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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
4
Rich ard T. Ringling, famed circus figure, buys ten planes to induce rain in Montana. He plans aerial trips across the state using high speed electrically charged ions to seed clouds and form raindrops, promising moisture delivery through air discharge.
Shannondale will be the name of a Bluestone Valley summer resort to honor grazier J. Shannon. The sugar grove site lies on the Graham Tate Well state road between Wellsville and Ebenezer church. Pools will be ready soon and the hotel will open later.
A well known prominent lady will supervise the resort as its opening draws attention from many notable figures in the region. Attendance is expected from a host of prominent locals and section leaders.
A recommended repair plan proposes H. 8. Lefler and teams with machinery to work for a few days on the Clear Fork Mountain road from the Sanders place to Cove Creek. The highway offers a scenic diversion from hard roads, with views of East River Mountain and surrounding valleys.
Tazewell County meadows grow rapidly as seasonable warmth and recent rains improve prospects for grass and crops. Farmers report vigorous growth, with crops generally advancing well despite last Saturday hail damage.
The Graham Billy Sunday club shifts weekly meetings to Thursday night in the basement of the new Baptist church. The cool quarters in Thompson Valley greet members with an hour each Thursday evening and the change starts next week. The group will also conduct services at New River next Sunday.
Rain falls in Graham and surrounding sections with best season in years. The drought stretches along the Valley with crops stunted and rain absent for weeks in parts. In local hobby news freak hens hatch eggs in Graham Pharmacy window cigar box nest.
Tens of thousands of women report dry dull hair becoming soft and gleaming with olive oil shampoo. The Palmolive shampoo is suggested as a cheap home remedy with simple directions to improve hair softness and shine.
Local report notes strong interest in a new Graham ball club with two new players arriving and tryouts for others. Fred Yost signs as outfielder, Parsons Goff joins as slugger, and Davis is urged as a regular. Brumfield and Burton will evaluate new talent amid strong business support and high local expectations. A star infielder arrives Saturday from the lower Clinch Valley.
The sport writers overlooked Vivian’s ball club in Graham. A Graham scout notes Vivian affords a good team with a nine member captain bantering Graham for a future game.
The Graham school will open this fall with 200 in the high school and 1000 total pupils. Professor R W Bobbitt predicts strong enrollment. Assistant Principal Reed will supervise a summer class to catch up on back work. A kindergarten program may be added by a remaining grade teacher. A tennis court is planned at the high school. The school improvement league seeks donations, led by Mrs. George A Reynolds. The league's June meeting is postponed due to the president's absence. New members include several local families.
Miss Maude G. Snell returns today from a two week visit to eastern Virginia. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. T. A. McParland at Mrs. McParland's mother Mrs. Tabor's home in West Graham. Mrs. McParland was formerly Miss May Tabor of Gary. Mrs. K. B. Thomas expects to return home late this week from Jonesboro Tennessee where she has been visiting for a month. The Radford Normal School dismissed for term as names such as Mrs. Gertrude Brophy Minges Helen Cook Nellie Whitesell Elma Gillespie Katy Gra emerge in the local notes.
Gabe Bennet of Flat Top Yard was taken to Bluefield Sanitarium yesterday for surgery to remove pus from his side after several weeks with pleurisy. A report mentions 9,000,000,000 board feet of lumber produced annually by mills in Washington and Oregon.
Ringling ranching interests pursue a fire fighting project with the Missoula forest department, aiming to mobilize aviators and equipment. Earl Vance aided in the Dempsey Gibbons bout move, while Ringling’s ten machines already in service show results, with landing facilities planned on Ringling property near Great Falls and a field just outside the city.
Beckley invites motorists to a Sunday meeting in an automobile camp near the Sunday tabernacle with running water, free of charge. Bring car and tent. For more information write The Beckley Evangelistic Campaign, Box 7. Meeting runs June 15 to July 2.
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