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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1923
Page
4
Rev. A S Thorn pastor of Graham Methodist Church received a proposition from a large oil company regarding the church site yesterday. A hurried stewards meeting was urged and discussion continued last night while an answer had not yet been decided.
Five room house and lot with water and electric on Hetts South Morton Street Graham. Desirable location. Property of the integra A Yout. Apply J L Winegardner Graham Va.
The center of attention is Mr Thorn with his bid for the option exhibition as residents discuss the proposal. A seven foot oil strike on the new church site weeks ago drew press attention and influenced the bid outcome.
The new Methodist church foundation is complete and ready for brick. Concrete rests on a limestone ledge with oil seeping beneath and a visible odor noted by contractor W. P. Barnett. If oil proves payable, drilling east of the site may follow while construction aims for completion this year.
A few lambs are sent from Clinch Valley as the market remains favorable. The shipment is delayed by a backward season but is expected to surge in ten days to two weeks. Wool also brings top prices and Tazewell county continues to raise hundreds of fine lambs totaling thousands of dollars in sales.
Chuck Lewis, a popular young lifesaver, is back on the job at Falls Mills dam after a hot spell when cars were seen heading to the Falls Mills resort. He made many friends during last summer’s stay and is ready to respond to any S O S signals. A Graham picnic party visited the dam area yesterday.
A car load of ostriches traveling through Graham led to two birds dying by their own actions. One feigned illness to ride in the baggage car, then stepped off the train and broke its neck. The other bird fell from a truck in Norfolk and killed itself. The shipment originated from Pasadena, California.
A Graham baseball meeting at S. N. Hufford’s office plans to recruit players by wire and by scouting. They target Cincinnati visits, signed offers to Lefty Thomas and others, and propose two Graham scouts to travel if needed. June 20 potential report date from catcher Goff. aims include home players with pay and a competitive town club.
College Avenue along with Bluefield streets and Sanders Drive gains popularity as a boulevard. Autos use the route between Graham and Bluefield to avoid No Man's Land hazards in its current condition. A future hard road is hoped to complete the loop around the college via East Graham Street on the Virginia side.
S M Graham of Graham and former Tazewell county clerk remains in feeble health at his home on Sanders Drive. He seldom leaves his room while his daughters Jessie and Sallie and his sons care for him in the new house recently moved into by the family.
The St Clair family of Bluestone found ice cream frozen with hail two and a half feet deep in a fence corner on their property Monday after a Saturday storm. Monday proved extremely hot. In a separate note, Mrs Elizabeth Crockett widow of C W Crockett of Tip Top was reported.
Mrs. Crockett, 69, remains in serious condition at Blue Field Sanitarium after a fall at her home four weeks ago. She broke her right hip while standing on a chair to adjust a curtain, previously injuring her left hip in a similar accident four years earlier. She is the mother of Pat Crockett, a well known Tazewell citizen.
The baseball park skating rink and dancing pavilion on the Coon Trigg place near Bluestone are nearing completion. Graham colored men provided the facilities at substantial expense and expect a large turnout for Independence Day festivities by the colored population.
Graham employees react to a Norfolk and Western wage increase affecting many Grahamites. The raise puts several employee classes roughly back to their pay scale from a year ago, signaling relief for workers at the Graham plant.
The revival continues at West Graham Methodist Church with Rev. E. L. McConnell preaching to big audiences. A local note mentions Graham’s “glass arm” second baseman W. E. Glasa, an official at the Graham furnace and a capable player.
A traveling salesman reported several cattle drowned in pasture fields near Athens on Saturday night due to the storm and rushing waters that flooded the hollows.
A stray notice laments a July 1 incident where livestock blocked streets amid preparations for Independence Day celebrations. The reflection contrasts the festive liberty mood with horses and cows wandering through town, delaying traffic.
Miss Tanner returned from Philadelphia where her poetry collection was published and she judged a popularity contest. Kenneth Newton came home from college for summer vacation. Dr C L Phillips veterinary surgeon in Tazewell Va offers care for small and free animal visits. office phone 165.
A woman communist discovered a burning fuse in a railway tunnel between Bellishaugh Junction and Kelvinside Station. She alerted police after extinguishing it, revealing a cache of explosives in ashes intended to trigger as two passenger trains passed.
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