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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1951
Page
2
Tazewell County board approves a $328,896 road budget for the coming year at a special open hearing. Widening planned for Abbs Valley Baptist Valley and Dry Park secondary roads, among 36 listed projects, plus courthouse additions requested by Circuit Court Judge Vincent L. Sexton Jr.
The board discussed new road segments totaling about 6 miles in Springville heights Bishop Dry Fork and Steel heights areas for county inclusion. E G Grey noted maintenance funding limits and $65 138 in matched state federal aid may be allocated for specific projects only. A federal aid project on Route 644 near Peacock's store is planned. Courthouse plans include a new jury room and clerk's office with a private jail entrance, with an architect to estimate costs. The board approved $450 for TVA soil conservation and raised county agent Rose Godsey's salary supplement starting July 1. Zoning discussion for Maiden Spring district high school area and a June 13 adjourned meeting to act on Maiden Spring district school bonds.
Mrs Edna Dale Bates 60 wife of Delegate T Monroe Bates died of a heart attack at her Wise Virginia home today. She leaves her husband two sons Victor and Emer a daughter Irene Bates her father Daniel Dale and four grandchildren in the Wise area.
Charleston reports May unemployment pay totaling 64,324 dollars, up from April but far below the 1,413,979 dollars spent in May a year earlier, reflecting wartime labor shifts and lingering job gaps.
The certified list of voters who paid the state capitation tax by May 5 was delivered to Circuit Court Clerk H Elmer Kiser to print within ten days. The sheriff will post copies at polling places for voter inspection, with a brief appeal period for corrections. The list contains about 7000 names.
The tenth annual eastern stud ram show and sale will be held June 13 and 14 at Staunton purebred sales pavilion Augusta County Agent E B Morse announced. The two day event features 164 head from 15 states with H C Besuden of Vinewood Farm Winchester Ky as banquet speaker and Dr Hilton Briggs University of Wyoming dean to judge all breeds. The sale concludes the second day. The U S army age noted as 176 years old in the report.
Mrs Emma F O Brien of Bramwell marks her ninth birthday today born June 7 1861 in Harpers Ferry West Virginia. She has lived with her daughter Mrs Ethel V Thornton for 35 years and is honored by guest Clarence H Green of Arlington Virginia who is assisting at the celebration.
A rabid fox hound belonging to Paul Umbarger of Ceres in Bland County sparked a multi county hunt as it bit three dogs in Freestone Valley and Laurel Creek. The animal traveled from Little Brushy Mountain west along the highway then into Smyth and Freestone valleys before being killed at North Holston. The head was sent to the health department for testing, confirming rabies. County game warden Elbert W. Wilson oversaw destruction of the three infected dogs.
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