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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1935
Page
11
The Virginia vote tax dispute centers on whether poll taxes must be paid in person. Montgomery county treasurer omitted 966 voters from certified lists citing paid by lists. Judges in Ninth district previously allowed non in person payments. Republicans oppose the six month pool tax law and expect a showdown.
The Bluefield Virginia school term ends and plans for a larger facility gain support led by Prof. A S Greever from Tazewell county. The bean beetle reappears in bean patches. Pax high school in Fayette county graduates Julian Sllumphrey the only boy in an 18 student class weighing 350 pounds and age 17. Mrs Gladys P Harry closes her school with a Bluefield water plant excursion and picnic. Prizes go to Norma Jean Peery and James Haun.
The Southern Methodist church in Virginia renews its campaign against ABC stores in the Old Dominion. Richmond resolutions by the committee on social welfare and temperance condemn the system for seducing respectable girls into drink and lament that drinking would not decrease as promised.
Mayor W H Speed of Bluefield Virginia proclaims June 15 1955 as Better Housing Day urging citizens to observe the national day. The proclamation highlights the home as central to community life and notes the better housing program helps build and modernize homes while putting workers back to work.
The Bluefield Virginia school board is not releasing full faculty details yet. Prof. and Mrs. Z. T. Kyle have been notified of reappointment. Percy McElrath returns as instructor and Ted Fix is likely elected athletic coach for next year.
Fires burned in Bluefield homes as cold air kept windows and doors shut. The article envisions an artificial Clerk Fork lake with a vast size and future summer resorts adorning the area near East.
River mountain from Springville to the Narrows and visions of Mountainlake as a college gym pool spark a speculative forecast. The piece envisions Bluefield gaining worldwide recognition as a famed summer resort once dreams come true.
Dr Joe B Greever, a Roanoke College alumnus of 1872 and veteran of 18 months in the war, is set to celebrate his ninetieth birthday on June 26. He recounts being the sole survivor of Burkes Garden’s 100 young men and notes only two survivors of the Tazewell Troopers, including Samuel Hedrick. His wartime wounds and the loss of his mare at Winchester are recalled.
A large black bear wandered into a corn field on the J. P. Gose farm near Burkes Garden, startling farm workers. The bear climbed a high fence and then retreated. Joe Moss collected a matchbox full of the bear’s coarse hair as evidence.
Buckhannon lawyer Jacob S. Hyer is slated for district attorney of the northern district of West Virginia. His appointment was recommended by District Attorney Howard Robinson and endorsed by Senator Neely and Senator Elect Holt, both Democrats.
Between 1690 and 1720 more than two thousand pirates sailed the Atlantic shores from Maine to Florida, disrupting shipping lanes and challenging colonial authorities. Records note their presence along the coast and in Caribbean trade routes during this era.
George Richardson Jr. of Bluefield attends a conference of fourth judicial circuit legal representatives in Asheville to discuss changes in federal court procedure. He chairs a committee for Southern West Virginia district court with Hawthorne D. Battle and Walter L. Brown. Judge John J. Parker presides. Chief Justice Hughes attends. The circuit covers Maryland and several Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina districts.
In Muskogee Oklahoma John Lucas a cab driver placed a two foot grass snake in a car pocket to frighten a rival. The snake failed to emerge until two women passengers saw it dangling from a ceiling hole causing a crash and screams. Lucas paid 7.5 dollars to have upholstery removed but the reptile was not found. John Hancock’s signature on the Declaration is noted as notably large.
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