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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1932
Page
3
A long list recounts visits and travels of Bluefield residents, including trips to Christy camp and Georgetown University graduation for Robert Sanders. Several family movements are noted with relatives visiting, hospital stays at Bluefield sanitarium, and summer returns from Duke and West Virginia University.
In a Humoriat quip, James keeps his heirloom long to suggest a fertile mind, a playful jab at appearance shaping perception.
Explosion destroyed the Grist Mill 15 on Little River in the Paint Lick community near the Russell line. Sam Puckett owned the mill, and his son escaped injury. Several children were inside moments before the blast, believed dynamite caused the damage to the building and dam. Authorities have no suspects yet.
Local government employer notes US Senate vote on pay reductions but applauds that top earners were spared while those earning $1,000 a year or less were not cut. The writer remarks the opposite of bottom up cuts occurred and that the small fellow escaped.
Virginia brief notes the Rev W D Larrowe will preach at Tip Top at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening with public invitation. A Bluefield four year old Neal KE Steele son of Edgar and Mrs Steele of Montrose street weighs fifty eight pounds and is growing rapidly. His father works as a Norfolk and Western clerk. Mrs Steele is a native of the west end of Tazewell county.
Mrs. T by Baker returns to her home from Miami Florida where she spent the past winter and spring accompanied by her granddaughter Jack Cecil.
Mr. and Mrs. Caesar Ronconi of Beckley will attend this evening at Memorial Baptist Church in Bluefield Virginia to assist with the music and Mr. Ronconi will sing several vocal solos.
On June 7 the nation stood and applauded congressional efforts to balance the budget. The public praised lawmakers for sustained criticism and progress, with business figure June 7 expressing cautious optimism that prosperity may be turning a corner.
The Graham Methodist Church ladies have laid the groundwork for the play Old Maids and are practicing diligently to be ready for a Monday night performance in Palmer hall.
The meetings at Memorial Baptist Church Bluefield Virginia led by Rev. E Gibson Davis of Beckley will close this evening. Davis has fulfilled his reputation and recommendations as a capable and forceful minister. He pastors the First Baptist Church of Beckley.
Virginia Democrats meet in Richmond to elect delegates to Chicago and adopt a platform including prohibition, with Harry Byrd supporting a referendum. Governor Pollard presides as temporary chairman and the party’s stance is seen as shaping the national Democratic position.
Don Larrowere is spending a few days visiting relatives in Russell County, with plans to return soon. He is staying with family and enjoying local sights during the stay.
The Virginia Side presents the musical comedy See You Later Friday night in Graham high school auditorium under Eastern Star auspices. Miss Eugella Goode directs with dances and song hits. Cast includes James Hughes Eleanor Witten Charlie Copley Eleanor Anderson Fred Tate Robert Anderson James Gillespie Mautle Fleshman Griffith Morris Richard Burress and chorus groups. Proceeds aid the Eastern Star, led by worthy matron Mrs. Edna K. Dudley.
Bluefield Virginia hosts prominent guests amid a heat wave. Mrs N S Sacrey of Fredericksburg returns with Miss Virginia Frazier, a Fredericksburg high school teacher, while Miss Euna Lee Dunn of Peters Town visits Miss Virginia Hinton. Phil Williamson attends VM L finals in Lexington. Miss Rissie Stephenson, a telephone operator, returns from Matooka after a party hosted by Mrs Kyle Tibbs. Col and Mrs J B Saunders of Williamson visit Bluefield and are discussed possibly returning.
Notices posted by a deputy treasurer of Tazewell county advertise a public auction sale. The June 10 notice lists 100 bags of white sugar at 100 pounds each and sparks controversy over taxation involving the Tazewell Farm Bureau, Inc.
Inquiry shows the Tazewell circuit judge will soon rule on the legality of the 1930 act under which the Tazewell Farm Bureau claims exemption from taxes for 1931. The bureau, a cooperative nonprofit operating stores in Richlands North Tazewell and Bluefield, contends it is non taxable. The county argues officers and stockholders trading as a corporation are taxable on capital. One hundred bags of white sugar, 100 pounds each, are to be sold at 2 pm June 10 1932 to cover the assessed taxes. The bureau comprises prominent farmers. a proposed 1931 amendment bill failed in the senate after passing the house.
At Chicago convention Smiths backer calls for a winner fighter while Roosevelt campaign managers plan for chairmanship. Roosevelt aims to command a two thirds delegate bloc with Walsh as favored chair. Byrd may seek Virginia support if his name stays in play.
In Wheeling gas rate case, F H Lerch valuation engineer testifies on methods for valuing Natural Gas Co of West Virginia property. Hearing resumes after cross examination. Lerch cites eight cubic yards per man day in construction and four and a half in trenching with labor rates of 33 to 40 cents per hour.
West Virginia Supreme Court held that officers who stop a moving vehicle may arrest occupants upon visible violations and search the automobile, with evidence obtained admissible against those occupants. Hatfield and Osborne of Mingo County were serving ten year sentences for theft from Red Jacket Coal.
The Grace Methodist church mission study closes this evening at 7 45 with Dr T B Vass delivering Hospitals and Healing and Mrs C W Kelley guiding the theme Methodism of Healing. Several nurses will participate in the program.
The Loyal Daughters Bible class of Trinity Methodist church plans an outdoor party at Mrs J D Longs home Mountain View avenue on Thursday evening from 7 30 to 9 In case of rain the event moves to YY Mrs H V Trout mans circle will lead the arrangements
Mrs Lake Ferguson leads Grace Methodist Church Circle Nine of the Woman’s Missionary Society in a meeting this afternoon at 2 30 with Mrs B Houchins on Bedford Street.
In Denver Mrs. D. E. McLaughlin scored 388 points in a bridge game despite holding 13 spades and a poker face. After a perfect hand shock, she bid to four spades but could not improve the result.
Lon M. Rish leaves for Roanoke on a business trip. G. DeWitt Fowler family and Janet Young return from Annapolis after Naval Academy commencement. William Stuart Fowler heads to San Pedro via Bluefield then U S S West Virginia on June 20. Belcher travels to New York. Inez Johnston returns home to Fincastle for recovery. Averill party spends weekend at Buena Vista with son Wallace at Washington and Lee. Mrs. Thomas H. Scott travels to Charleston for Republican meeting. Abe Schlossberg tours Baltimore. Mrs. J M Sanders and daughter visit Washington to see Mr and Mrs Charles J Farrington.
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