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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1945
Page
8
Parcel on Oakhurst Avenue described as 100 by 180 feet with sidewalk at the front. Price listed as 2500 dollars. Contact phone or listing code 1687 for more details.
Broker notes a property listing from owner in South Bive area seeking a 90 Felesin lot. Includes farm for fishing and ripe, with a Bivefield cabin and Bon 30 care terms. Contact box for details.
Claims against estates must be filed with vouchers verified at the commissioner's office in the Bank by November 1945. Beneficiaries must be present to protect interests. Dated May 17 1945. H F Day Commissioner of Accounts Mercer County.
A consolidated listing of Sunday and evening worship times, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, and special programs for Bethel A M E Union Baptist Joan Stewart Methodist Church Living God Jones Street Christian Scott Street Baptist Logan Street Christian Mount Zion Baptist North Side United Holy Graham Christian Tabernacle Baptist Bethel Methodist Jenkins Jones Methodist with pastors and guest speakers noted.
The Rev J leads Sunday school at 9 45 with worship at 11 30 and a sermon by an unnamed speaker. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 5 30. St Matthews United Holy discusses 10 am Sunday school 11 30 am service by Rev H B Brown 6 pm P H A 17 30 service.
Trade note offers a saw mill job for two workers to operate edger and debark or cut off duties. Real estate includes a 5 room cottage on a garden lot with fruit trees, near graded school and district, immediate occupancy at a steal. Contact Wardman R G Thom at Dial 99246, Bluefield.
Dorothy Dix muses on whether women talk too much while recalling Nazi spies and a Hitler treasure tale. The piece argues men monologue as much as women and praises talkative wives as key to a lively home, noting society’s fascination with chatter and the social glue of conversation.
Percy Lane Lil f of Spanishburg applied for Phi enlistment in the U S Navy via the local recruiting station. James Lavely petty officer in charge announced Holmes left a quarter of a million dollars to the U S Government and all his books to the Library of Congress.
Cattle numbers 50 nominally steady with ranges for medium beef cows 7.50 to 12.50 and cutter to common 8 to 11.00. Calves 50 steady with vealers 120 to 250 lb 17.00 18.00 and light 11.00 16.00. Hogs 150 active steady with barrows and gilts 15.30 ceiling and sows 14.50 ceiling. Sheep 25 steady with spring lambs 16.50 to 17.50 and slaughter ewes around 8.00 or less.
The Chicago sale notes hogs at about 140 pounds selling to a 14.75 ceiling for good and choice barrows and gilts. Cattle and calves show general activity with steers around 17.60 to 17.85 and beef cows mostly 10.50 to 13.50. Lambs and bucks are noted with prices up to 15.35 for No. 1 pelts and lambs around 15.25.
Chicago grain markets opened with a weak tone as wheat fell sharply and rye dropped over two cents amid liquidation by commission houses. A late rally helped offset some losses though corn and oats sales were minimal. Prices for barley and field seeds showed modest variations with timothy and clover values cited in the report.
Egg prices shown for different sizes and weights with entries like No 1 to No 4 and 45 lbs. Midwestern and nearby markets listed with figures 37.9 38.8 and 35.8. Butter market described as firm and unchanged at OPA ceilings with 2 050 358 units noted.
Produce demand slow in Pittsburgh with steady apple shipments 2 cars and 0.8. New York Bald apples and Rome Beauties priced around 3.40 per crate. Maine Starks 3.75 and North Carolina Cobblers 4.04 in 100 lb sacks. Potatoes steady with 12 cars and California Long Whites 4.84 per 100 lb sack.
Lt. Holloway, reported missing in action over France June 20, has been liberated from a German prisoner of war camp and returned to Allied military control. He is a P-38 pilot from Georgetown Kentucky, overseas since April 1944, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Holloway.
Funeral services will be held at 1 pm at the First Presbyterian church for Mrs Bertha Evans Hufford 60 a Welch woman who died Thursday at home. Rev Dor Brandon will conduct with interment at Tazewell Virginia. She was the wife of A C Hufford former justice of the peace and longtime McDowell County law enforcement officer.
Police Chief Harry Chaffins announced a summer curfew requiring Welch children 18 and under to be home by 10 PM during vacation months. The city ordinance also requires those 18 and under to be off the streets by 9 PM during the school term. The chief stressed strict enforcement.
William Smiddy of Olive Hill Kentucky was fined 97.76 and sentenced to 150 days in jail by Justice of the Peace E L Mitchell. He faced three shoplifting charges based on store managers and police said he possessed 14 ladies garments 3 pairs of socks 12 saw blades 5 pairs of glasses and a billfold.
Enrollment for Vacation Church School by the Baptist church will be held this afternoon from 2 to 3 o'clock. The school opens on Monday and invites participation.
Morning sessions run for two weeks from 9 to 11 o clock each day. Mrs. John W. Latham named principal, Mrs. Orris Burgess registrar. Mrs. V. K. Tarter to head the primary department and Miss Helen Crabtree in charge of the junior group.
Williard Greer, held as a prisoner of war in Germany since November 1944, has been liberated. An air mail message to his mother, Mrs. Mary Belle Greer of Pilbert, states he is well and happy and hopes to return home soon. He sends greetings and love.
Advertisement seeks men with selling experience in specialties books brushes appliances to join a fast selling program. Earn $100 weekly and more with leads provided. Special consideration to veterans. See J. B. Lewis Matz Hotel.
Bristol market notes 2200 head with details on sheep price ranges from 7.00 to 18.00 and weights. cattle listings include steers stockers and feeders at 9.25 to 14.75, heifers around 9.00 to 14.75, cows 9.80 to 12.75, bulls 14.00, hogs noted with price ranges up to 14.55 and packing sows.
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