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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1949
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text shows a citation of Wan and Trem Deane with fines and names appearing amid garbled characters. No clear dates places organizations or outcomes are readable.
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Fragmented text hints at discussions of development, meetings, and actions. Names and places are unclear. several phrases resemble a report of ongoing planning or notices. No clear dates, organizations, or outcomes are readable enough to specify.
City council received applications for multiple building permits. Irvin A. Downey filed for a four unit block at 914 Mer chart with a $500 estimate. M. Belcher sought a brick room on Henry Street. Bowling Jr. requested a temporary four room frame and asbestos shingle house on Promi tree t with a $2,000 estimate. Ed mund Martin listed a garage on Heu ar avenue with a $500 estimate.
Charleaten West Virginia June 6 Treasurer R E Talbott reported May end balances show the general revenue fund at 47 1s pee 4 with 21 1t in short term investments total investments 92 304 704 securities in safekeeping 71 601 015 and liabilities 62 312 000 The special revenue fund held 10 684 1 remaining road fees totaled 61 317 609 outstanding The road fund and public assistance totals appear in the balance sheet.
Election day in Princeton sees a mayoral race and four council seats. Candidates include E. M. Brown Len Reed Hartwell Crumpecker Manning Poston Jr C F Gore and A B R Harris with term lengths and wards noted. Polls close at 7 30 and results expected by 9.
The Junior Choir of the First Methodist church for grades 4 5 and 6 will meet for practice at the church this afternoon at 1 o clock.
At 7 o clock the American Legion Auxiliary holds a regular meeting where officers for the coming year will be installed. Refreshments will follow with the American Legion Post.
Miss Dorothy Tabor of College avenue will attend graduation exercises at Virginia Polytechnic Institute this weekend to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in home economics. Her major is family life and nursery school work.
The Princeton Quota club schedules its regular weekly meeting for this evening at 6 10 at the Virginian Hotel. The session aims to boost attendance and assist team captains in the upcoming contest, urging all members to attend. The Helen Parker circle of the First Methodist church met at Mrs H Werner’s Highland Ave home for the year’s first gathering with devotionals, Bible lesson, and planning for Circle work.
Elizabeth Taylor will marry William D. Pawley Jr the son of a former ambassador to Brazil. Mrs Francis Taylor announced the engagement from Miami Beach where Taylor and her mother visit Pawley's sister Annie Pawley. The actress had previously been engaged to Glenn Davis.
The Senior Choir of John Steward Methodist will not meet tonight. Mount Zion Church Cradle Roll meets at 7 30 in Mrs. W. T. Norman's Wayne street home. Carolina Home board of directors meets at 7 in Bland street home. Mount Zion Baptist Senior Usher Board meets at 7 30 in Mattie Thomas's Brown street home.
Miss Pearle Brammer of the Bluefield Auto Club notes a national drop in accidents in 1948 despite heavier travel after a three day highway safety program called by President Truman. The conference urged schools safety education, stricter law enforcement, and more volunteer aid to promote highway safety nationwide.
Princeton residents report travel and family events. Bill Roney left for Morgantown for summer term. Mrs Roney and children to Cincinnati to visit mother. Mrs Arthur Mash attends funeral of her mother. Mrs Emma Dillon died Sunday. funeral in Willowood. The Nobles return to Cincinnati. Mr Noble to study embalming in a year. Ben Thornton returns to Atlanta after visiting Princeton relatives. Harry Thornton to spend a week there and in Florida on business. Bernie Daling visits Akron. Mills Dean and wife visited Washington D C relatives. Mrs Ralph Bolin returns from Roanoke after Joyce Powers and Robert Daw wedding at Christ Episcopal.
A 1941 Ford sedan driven by Kassim Flehan of Bramwell and a 1937 Plymouth sedan driven by Leonard Conner of Giatte collided on a mountain road near McComas and Giatte. No injuries. vehicle damage estimated at 150 dollars. Flehan received a ticket for driving on the wrong side of the road and must appear before Magistrate Frank Gibson of Matoaka.
The listing shows a full day of programming on Radio WLOH for Tuesday June 9 with segments such as Musical Clock, Daily Devotions, Battle of the Vocalists, Rex and Sleaner, Chuckwagon Jamboree, Farm News, Meet The Band, Matinee Melodies, News, Sports Stories, Memorial Time, Inquiring, Concord Players Present, Lets Dance, Music For Meditation and a Tuesday Night Dancing Party.
Black 1946 four door Plymouth with radio and heater, 77000 miles, good tires and paint. Reverend John A Wom eldorf contact via phone 849 or 89.
Conviction announced by the state labor commissioner Charles J. F. Sattler in Charleston on June 2. A man from Fails Mills was fined for employing a child under age as a helper in a labor case filed under child labor laws.
Logan Washington apprentice fireman George KK Brown Jr 19 drowned yesterday at the submarine base in Corres Dod Mason County West Virginia near New Haven New Haven Station according to naval officials at Key West.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions water service disruptions and a steam welter incident affecting Medere Prams. Readable details are limited. the text references outages and a local event tied to utilities and public safety.
Fragmentary OCR text references wheat harvest and yield data across years 1940 1968 and mentions a county office project. It notes requests in August and a report rate for farm production with unclear details and names.
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