Pioneer editor A F Hendricks joins Merry Christmas Shut-In Club
Bluefield Virginia notes honor for A F Hendricks pioneer newspaper man. He founded Pocahontas Headlight in 1889 and Graham Banner before moving to Daily Telegraph as proof reader. Illness ends 58 years of activity. family at 1069 Wayne St Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Hendricks
Pioneer
Mr. Hendricks
Daily Telegraph
Wayne Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Hendricks
Pocahontas
Graham
Graham Banner
H. M. Smythe
Tom Suthers
Virginia Side Personal News Update
Mr and Mrs William Sexton of New York are here for Christmas Weston Pierce and Garnett Beard are home from Emory and Henry college for Christmas Mrs Lucy Jennings Myre Prug ett and Ada Hill are home from Radford State Teachers college for the holiday vacation Edith Cherry a well known school teacher is recovering from an operation at the Bluefield sanitarium Shernan McReynolds operated on at St Luke's hospital Bluefield is recovering Mrs W C Burton is seriously ill at the University hospital in Charlotte Va Mr and Mrs P O Barksdale are both ill at their home on Virginia avenue
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sexton
New York
Weston Pierce
Garnett Beard
Emory and Henry College
Lucy Jennings
Myre
Prugett
Ada Hill
Radford State Teachers’ College
Edith Cherry
Bluefield Sanitarium
Shernan McReynolds
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
W. C. Burton
University Hospital
Charlotte
P. O. Barksdale
Virginis Avenue
Weasel Suspected in Hen House Tragedy
A. Peery awoke Tuesday night to a disturbance in his hen house. One hen lay headless on the floor, with a weasel suspected as the culprit. The entry notes predators like weasels, rats, minks, pole cats, and owls as dangers to poultry, and mentions trapping methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weasel
A. Peery
Cards Convey Real Friendship Messages
Christmas cards pile in during the week. Each card conveys friendship and love, showing friends are thinking of you at Christmas. Cards spread goodwill around and then are laid away for a long time.
Virginia sidelights schools out today in Bluefield
Bluefield Virginia schools will reopen January 3 after holidays, while N Clarence Smith, a prominent local attorney, remains a shut-in with rheumatism. McLain's Business College staged a Christmas program, a veteran columnist notes a new “spit” sighting, and donations for the town Christmas tree fund keep rising. The green Christmas tree on College Avenue near the post office shines with colorful lights, drawing Bluefield’s attention to holiday celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Clarence Smith
Bluefield
Smith
College Avenue
Flat Top Yard Rapidly Building and New Homes
Flat Top Yard is rapidly growing with three new homes completed. Charley Club plans a ten thousand dollar house soon, and Rev. John Cochran’s home nears completion while his son Tom has broken the foundation on a new dwelling. Falls Mills and Flat Top Yard may twin, with Bluefield, Va. possibly annexing.
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Top Yard
Flat Top
Charley Club
Junk Dealer
Flat Top Yard
John Cochran
Tom Cochran
Falls Mills
Twin Cities
Bluefield
Thoth
Elton Fennis
Austinville
G. C. Backus
Hale Place
Backus
Bluestone River
Ione Trouble and Extravagance in Old Time Toys
A vivid reminiscence recalls a Christmas toy from the horse and buggy era where boys blew up hog bladders with corn, drying them to create rattles. The piece links such thriftless whimsy to national imbalance while noting a law would intervene. It also mentions partridge hunting tricks used by farmer George Arnold of Wythe County who killed quail by biting their heads.
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George Arnold
Wythe County
Utilities deserve a hand for improvements noted
A reader letter praises utilities for yearlong improvements in Bluefield and surrounding areas. Appalachian Electric Power spent funds to extend service to steep hills while Bluefield Telephone adds new fancy phones. The M. and W. ceases spending, and Tri City Traction renews rubber tired buses each Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Applachian Electric Power Company
Bluefield
Bluefield Telephone Company
M. & W. Lever
Tri-City Traction Company
Lineman John C Lewis Killed in Fairmont WV
Fairmont West Virginia Dee 21 4 John C Lewis a 4 year old lineman filling in for a vacationing crew member was fatally injured today after touching a live power line loop in Fairmont He was a native of Elkins and survived by his widow Also included is an unrelated note about Ouida author of Under Two Flags and her habit of penning novels in quips and tossing pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Dee
John C. Lewis
Lewis
Elkins
Ouida
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Virginia News
VEI
Virginia
McLain's Business College
Dunn
Santa
Finch
Gholden
Ahi
Josh
Finch &Co
Rys Rye
Schemley
Southern Maid Dairies
Bluefield — Welch
Twin
Kodaks
East End
New Fall Swaggers
Charming
Ny Sas
Bika
Ole
Ugu
Eee
Cee Es
Senate
Rance
Eatmore Cranberries
Royal Anne
del Monte
del Monte Buffet
Heinz Brand
Petie
Boston
Manbeck
Troubadour
Dunham
Moist
Pocahontas Fuel Stores
Mixed Nuts
Brazil
NUTS
Johnson
Pocahontas Fuel Co., Inc
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