Graham Red Sox Ready for Saturday Clash at New Park
Graham fans expect an exciting game Saturday as the Graham Red Sox face Welch at the new park. A huge crowd is anticipated after a 12 inning draw with Bluefield Athletics and a historic homer by Ansil Davidson. The Red Sox, all local players, boast a strong home team with 14 hits in the latest game and may see Sexton join the lineup. Hurt Mercantile announces stock transfer to Maxwell Cage of Tazewell, expanding the business as a chain store.
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Graham
Welch Satur
Red
Bluefield Athletics
Bluefield
Ansil Davidson
Red Sox
Cameron Meadow
Aaud Harman
Davidson
Wade
Brum
Professor Meredith Leaves Graham High for Bedford County
Professor Hal J. Meredith former Graham high school principal leaves with his wife and two children for his old Bedford county home to spend the summer. He will not return to Graham next year and has received several offers from large schools but has not decided which to accept. Professor R W Bobbitt former Tazewell high principal is elected head of the Graham school. Miss Mary Cole Hankins former Graham teacher takes a Gary high school faculty post.
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Hal J. Meredith
Graham High School
Bedford County
Meredith
Graham
Professor Meredith
University of Virginia
R. W. Bobbitt
Tazewell High School
Graham School
Arva Rudy Returns to Graham with Buchanan Triangular group
Arva Rudy and his Buchanan Triangular Mountain School troupe visit Graham on June 6 at Palace Theatre for a strong audience turnout. Rudy, a Graham High School alumnus and J O Austin relative, leads promising work in Buchanan county.
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Arva Rudy
Graham
Buchanan Triangular
Fawest
Palace Theatre
Rudy
J. O. Austin
Graham High School
Buchanan County
Graham Loses as Gary Gains in Teaching Shakeup
A comment notes that a teacher from Houston who has long been among Graham's best is now experiencing a shift as Gary benefits, while Graham loses out in this instance.
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Houston
Graham
Gary
Richlands Home Destroyed By Fire
The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jewel was completely destroyed by fire Monday afternoon. Household effects were saved by neighborly aid. The blaze likely started in the kitchen flue and spread between walls before detection. Fire was contained to the single house by volunteer fire company efforts.
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J. W. Jewel
New School Construction Planned by Clear Fork Board
The Clear Fork district school board will begin work on a modern four room schoolhouse with heating plant as soon as the contract is awarded. The town provided the site and the board plans future additions as funds permit.
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Clear Fork
District Board
Cope Board
County Board
Grahamites Describe Strange Light In Sky Over Graham
Residents report a bright ball of fire streaking northeast across the sky Tuesday at 9 pm near Graham, possibly a meteor. J L Harris and Clarence Greever observed the event from the Graham Tazewell road area, describing a rapid descent and a wash tub sized object. Nearby, Sallie Stuart, wife of Alex Stuart, died after weeks of illness, and Dixie the dog died of a broken heart after the Garland home fire.
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Brush Fork
Virginia
Graham
Nottoway County
J. L. Harris
Norfolk and Western
Harris
Graham-Tazewell
Mr. Harris
Clarence
Sallie Stuart
Alex Stuart
Stuart
List Of Dollar Donors To Baptist Church Building
A long list details individuals who donated one dollar each toward building a new Baptist church. The roster includes government officials, ministers, doctors, and many local residents, with numerous repeats and surname clustering across entries. The article also notes a revival at a Methodist church and other community notices.
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Baptist Church
The
New Baptist Church
Willie Holbrook
T. B. Baker
C. B. Perkins
E. H. Harman
C. W. Matthews
G. K. Norman
A. A. Benbow
T. J. Ashworth
C. L. Shufflebarger
B. A. Rich
Gov. Westmoreland Davis
J. M. Tanner
B. Frazier
Pajama-clad motorcyclist aids fire rescue in Missouri
In St Joseph Missouri Thomas Carlton riding a motorcycle in pajama attire dashed into town to seek help as a farmhouse burned. Quick actions and prompt arrival saved the building and likely lives.
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Pajama St. Joseph
Thomas Carlton
Quick
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Graham Daily News
Graham, VA
Graham Ball
Riehlands “Flem Sells
Marmons
America
Morton Motor CO
Raleigh St
Bluefield, W. Va
Armon Company
Indianapolis
T. M. Ln
Richlands
Greever
Earth
Dixie
Mary Garland
Garland
HW. Alexander
M. D. Croy
M. O
J. A. Strickland
S. Pippin
J. D. Watuscarver
Cully Jones
Glenn James
G. M. Goodwin
Lulaser
Minnie Drinkard
W. K. Graves
S Matthews
J. B. Catron
Mattie A. Hudgins
Allie Spurgeon
Grace Cruikshank
Ruby Graham
Mary Coles Hawkins
Antoninette Morgan
Virginia Dudley
G. B. Keen
J. F. Combs
Helen Repass
Virginia Bryson
W. J. Miller
H. M.ee
J. M. Childress
C. W. Garnett
Hager
Elizabeth Crenshaw
Thelma Pannill
Louise Thacker
E. H. Weaver
G. B. Stevens
F. M. Hylton
B. C. Hylton
G. D. Hylton
Carrien Hylton
Ivy Hylton
Decia Hylton
Rose Hylton
R. T. Parry
Jane Stevens
Joseph Stevens
Richard Stevens
E. Ray Rogers
E.G White
E. G. Whitt
R. K. Crockett
R. E. Johnson
J. J. Hodges
Bane S. Witten
Walter Hodges
F. Blount
BE. L. Jones
W. H
G. M. Bailey
N. Hufford
Margaret Taylor
J. B. Eades
J. C. Shawver
F. A. Brown
R. H. Palmer
J. A. Newton
J. M. Newton, Jr
Methodist
H. B. Brown
Tor
Mose Hawkins
Roanoke
Corry
Bluefield Awning & Furnace Company
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield, West Virginia
Baldwin Pianos
Graves & Mahood Factory Distributors
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