West Graham debate over station plan stirs city row
Citizens clash over forming Bluefield coalition and fear loss of local control. The piece defends Graham's rights, notes west end sentiment and potential tax impact, and urges voters inside Graham limits to decide next Tuesday. It recalls a wedding and a funeral with Ada Pruett’s tribute to a young boy Eugene.
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West Graham
Graham Daily News
Sexton
Messrs
Cameron
Dudley
Rhea
Graham
Hockman
State Line
Commonwealth
William F. Rhea
Pointblank
Bluefield
Public Service Commission of
Virginia
West End
Corporation
Maple Hill Cemetery
King Tuts
Goldsmiths
W. Va
West Virginia
Bluefield Board Backs Collaboration Over City Name Change
In a Bluefield Chamber of Commerce meeting from April 11 1924 the board unanimously approved a resolution supporting closer Bluefield Graham cooperation. The measure pledges cooperation if Graham voters approve changing Graham Virginia to Bluefield Virginia and seeks joint development of the two cities interests.
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Bluefield
Graham
Virginia
Hung Jury in Little Teapot Dome Suit at Lebanon
Honaker resident Mrs. R C Clarke who runs a hotel faced a delayed case over a coal car purchase from Poindexter mines. A key Poindexter witness was labeled Judas by Bruce Johnson, while Arthur Griffith countered the claim. Seven jurors split five to two, leaving the jury hung after debate on color and other details.
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Honaker
Teapot Dome
Lebanon
R. C. Clarke
Lewis Creek
Poindexter
Mr. Poindexter
Nesses
Graham
Bruce Johnson
Judas
Arthur Griffith
Johnson
Clarke
Russell County Abandons County Health Department
The Russell County board of supervisors abandoned the county health department effective the first of the month. They cited cost while praising the department’s work among residents and schoolchildren. Dr. Lloyd K. Flanagan visited from Richmond to discuss finances as the department, begun two years earlier, was dismantled amid questions about ongoing cattle disease care.
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Board of Supervisors
Russell County
Health Department
Lloyd K. Flanagan
Richmond
Lebanon
David Lepper
H. W. Conner
Lucy A. Bryden
Russell
Obituary Eugene Clinton Gregory 1922 1924
Eugene Clinton Gregory the only child of Mr and Mrs Otho Gregory was born February 5 1922 and died May 16 1924 at Shawver Mill Virginia at age two years three months eleven days After a short illness bronchial pneumonia proved fatal despite medical care and prayers from the local community The mother and family mourn the loss in their home as the community remembers the child’s brief life.
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Eugene Clinton Gregory
Otho Gregory
Shawver Mill
Eugene
Vacation Bible School Opens in Graham on June 9
The Graham Vacation Bible School will open June 9 in the high school auditorium. Sessions run from 9 to 12 with possible 6 to 15 additional attendances. Miss Lillian Umberger named principal and Miss Beatrice Repass assistant principal. All Graham youths are urged to attend and more teachers will be added as needed. Also, Graham baseball fans hope for fair weather for remaining games at the fair grounds amid a Bluefield Graham attendance race. rumors say Brumfield may appear in uniform.
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Graham
Ste
Lillian Umberger
Ministerial Association
Bible School
Beatrice Repass
Fair Grounds
Bluefield
Brumfield
Singing Thrills Graham Audiences With Self-Taught Voice
A remarkable story from Graham tells of a singer who vocalizes flawlessly without training or parental funding. Critics in a car near Liberty Hill praised its voice likening it to Caruso while a thrush birdsong accompanied the scene. Local notes cover Graham personalities and social moves. The Repiss Orchestra of Graham performs at the Country Club making a hit with music.
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New York
Caruso
Graham
Bluefield
Liberty Hill
George
Repiss Orcestea of
Directors Elected by Pure Oil Company in Columbus
Pure Oil Company stockholders meet in Columbus on June 5 electing W F Burdell B G Dawes W C Fairbanks F S Heath A E Humphreys W E Hutton W W Mills N H Weber T J Jones R W McKvain all of Columbus and Tulsa Oklahoma joined by 1 983 000 shares. President Dawes says the oil industry remains stronger than a year ago. Mrs Theo Johnson of Graham shopped in Bluefield Thursday.
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W. F. Burdell
Columbus
H. N. Cole
Tulsa
Okla
B. G. Dawes
W. C. Fairbanks
Chicago
F. S. Heath
A. E. Humphreys, Sr
Dallas
Texas
W. HE. Hutton
Cincinnati
W. W. Mills
Marietta
Ohio
N. H. Weber
T. J. Jones
R. W. McKvain
Dawes
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H. L. Hanshew
Gregory
Jesus
Ada Pruett
Ladies Aid
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Cere Alia Sweets
E. Cumby
Bramwell, W. Va
Arly
Daniel
Harry Neikirk
J. C. Jett
Bluefield College
Hutson
Norfolk
Wringer
Appalachian Power Company
Bradmann Building
Postoffice
Matoaka
Welch
Keystone
Pocahontas
Brainwell
Coal Vaperators Association
Clinch Valley
Clinch
Tabernacle
Pure Oil Company
Theo Johnson
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