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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1941
Page
5
The article urges brides to choose cedar chests to store linens and gifts, noting their dual use as decor. It describes styles from Early American solid looks to mahogany and walnut editions, plus modern limed oak and plastic exteriors, with chests serving seats, sideboards, or coffee tables in various rooms.
The grand encampment of the Patriarchs Militant an Odd Fellows order opens tomorrow in Parkersburg West Virginia and continues through Wednesday C M Schoolcraft of Parkersburg is commander R L Costilow of Clarksburg is grand patriarch The ladies auxiliary led by Mrs Henrietta Wilson of Parkersburg will meet concurrently
The FHA program spurs record volumes of new homes in defense industry areas while safeguarding long term housing quality. K B Mas and Thomas of the Community Loan Co and FHA officials stress sound construction, attractive design, and well planned neighborhoods to prevent a postwar glut and aid families in defense centers. In May FHA mortgage insurances and started homes hit new highs, with 8,401 applications and 4,920 inspections for the week ending May 24.
State superintendent W W Trent announced appointments to Lincoln school board vacancies created by resignations of three members who were later convicted of bribery. New appointees include Pat Barrett Hamlin. Harrison Smith Griffithville. Roscoe Hazlett Midkiff. Terms run to June. The resignations followed indictments on 18 counts for selling teaching positions.
An editorial urges a national push to value music amid hardship. It cites schools teaching rhythm and instruments, notes over eighty thousand schools with bands, and highlights local performers Elma Gillespie and Margaret Gail. It praises the Wurlitzer piano and Lowman Music as support for music education.
The article urges young men to start a life insurance savings plan now, noting government and insurer relief for premiums during service. It highlights a Retirement Income and Endowment Plan through Provident Life and Accident Insurance and directs readers to Hal Laughridge Agency in Bluefield West Virginia for details.
Charleston, June 2 The state supreme court denied an appeal by City Detective Edgar C. Bourne from a $2,500 verdict returned last December in the death of Maxine Wilburn Collier. Miss Collier was fatally injured on a downtown hotel roof in March 1939 after being in a sixth floor room. A Kanawha county jury acquitted Bourne of murder in April. Greyhound racing in America began in 1917 with the first menena hare in Oklahoma.
The Little French Beauty School in Bluefield West Virginia markets modern training for a growing beauty industry. It promotes accredited status, high pay, and a record of graduates passing state licensure exams as it expands classes to meet demand for operators in upscale shops.
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