Chickens Hobby for Railroad Worker Captivates Newsroom
P S Belcher telegraph operator at Bluestone tower of the Norfolk and Western keeps hands busy on the railroad. He turns to poultry and raises 1 216 baby chicks. He sends three hens and a rooster to A Morrisey chief dispatcher in Bluefield. Morrisey reportedly receives four eggs daily from the hens. Railroad men marvel at the feat and Belcher explains a hen can lay two eggs a day. Over the weekend Morrisey observes the unusual production.
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P. S. Belcher
Bluestone
Norfolk and Western
Belcher
A. Morrisey
Bluefield
Mr. Morrisey
Egg totals from three hens and rooster noted at Bluefield office
The report records daily egg collection by three white leghorn hens and a rooster. Over ten days the total reaches 34 eggs while the dispatching force at the N and W division office in Bluefield notes Mr. M is over when receiving four eggs daily from the trio.
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N. & W. Divi
Bluefield
Mr. M
Wild bird cared for by tame canaries after nest blowdown
Mrs. Frank Watson of Tazewell avenue found a yellow wild canary blown from its nest. She placed it in a cage with three canaries kept by Mrs. Jackson at West Graham Methodist Church, where the wild bird now appears content. Watson, a former teacher, urged kindness to wildlife and birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Watson
Tazewell Avenue
F. B. Jackson
Animal editor advises on crow tongue splitting method
The wild animal editor answers a question from a prominent Abbs Valley citizen about making crows talk. He cites examples from Bramwell Boissevain Cincinnati New York and Hip podrome and describes using a razor blade to slit the tongue and iodine to treat the wound.
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Wild Animal
Abbs Valley
Bramwell
Boissevain
Cincinnati Zoo
New York
Virginia Sidelights Hurt In Car Wreck
Two parties from near Shannon Dale, Frank McReynolds and Frank Nash, were treated for injuries after a Saturday night car accident. Nash dislocated a shoulder. Mc Reynolds injured a leg. They received care from Dr. K Phiegar in his office. A party of Richmond and Tazewell residents stopped in Bluefield en route from Blacksburg to the V P I commencement. The group included Mr and Mrs Lacy Tynes, Mrs C R Moss, Miss Ellen Apperson, and A H Apperson. The Apperson siblings will spend the hot season at Tazewell.
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Shannondale
Frank McReynolds
Frank Nash
Nash
McReynolds
K. Phiegar
Richmond
Tazewell
Bluefield
Blacksburg
Lacy Tynes
C. R. Moss
Taze
Ellen Apperson
A. H. Apperson
Apperson
Local Folk Head to New York Then Europe
Mrs. E Bullio and her daughter Miss Melba Bullio depart today for New York and a Friday sailing aboard the Bremen to Italy. They plan visits to Paris Rome Naples and other European stops before returning around early September. Melba Bullio is a Graham high school student and the family resides on Lovers Lane with Mr Bullio a Norfolk and Western Railway foreman.
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E. Bullio
Melba Bullio
New York
Bremen
Italy
Paris
Rome
Naples
Europe
Graham
Bullio
Mr. Bullio
Norfolk and Western Railway
Local Visitors See White Robin With Clifton Forge Guests
Mr and Mrs G W Pile Jr host Mr and Mrs Thomas Glover and son Thomas Jr from Clifton Forge. Glover is Mrs Pile’s brother. The group toured City Park to view the white robin during their visit.
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G. W. Pile, Jr
Thomas Glover
Thomas, Jr
Clifton Forge
Mr. Glover
Pile
Go to Emory for Annual Assembly Conference
A group will leave today for Emory to attend the annual assembly conference there. Mr Arthur Hendricks Mae Blankenship Mary Stacy Crockett Ruby Stowers Elizabeth Morgan Amrick Morgan James Akers Hermin Dean Mrs F B Jackson Helen Gibson George Burkett Jr Mrs Hendricks and Mrs Jackson will teach in the assembly.
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EMORY
Arthur Hendricks
Mae Blankenship
Mary Stacy Crockett
Ruby Stowers
Elizabeth Morgan
Amrrck Morgan
James Akers
Hermin Dean
F. B. Jackson
Helen Gibson
George Burkett, Jr
Hendricks
Jackson
Graham Methodist vacation church school continues
The Graham Methodist church hosts vacation church school in session with daily classes at 9:00 each morning and a closing on Friday.
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Graham Methodist Church
Recital Postponed To Thursday At Colonial Theater
The Ester Irene Graham recital scheduled for Wednesday June 9 at the Colonial Theater is postponed to Thursday night at 8 30. The venue remains the Colonial Theater and the program time is 8 30.
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Ester Irene Graham
Colonial Theater
Virginia Side Personalities Highlight Sister Of Helen Looney Visit
Mrs. R A Newman of the Lesler apartments hosts her guest sister Helen Looney from Columbia this week. Mr Newman works on the sewage disposal plant project and has stayed several months here. Mrs G R Buckland, visiting, returns to Roanoke for daughter Miss Noma Virginia Buckland's graduation.
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R. A. Newman
Lesler Apartments
Ce Helen Looney
Columbia
Newman
G. R. Buckland
Roanoke
Noma Virginia
Vs. Buckland
Maggie Ritter
Bluefield
W. Va
Falls Mills
Homemaker Class Hosts Pollyanna Party at Bluestone
The Homemaker class will meet Thursday evening with Mrs. J. G. Denny and Mrs. Andrew Fraser as joint hostesses at Bluestone. The event features a Pollyanna party and all members should arrive at the church at 7 o'clock. cars will be furnished.
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J. G. Denny
Andrew Fraser
Bluestone
Woods Rites Thursday
Funeral services for Ti vous Raymond Woods are set for Thursday after his death in Philadelphia Pennsylvania last Saturday morning from a concussion.
Funeral service at Scott Street Church and Pocahontas burial
A funeral will be held Thursday at 2 o'clock at Scott Street Church. Interment will follow in Pocahontas, Virginia.
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Scott Street
Pocahontas
Home and Garden Club Call Meeting Notice
All members are asked to attend a call meeting at the home of Mrs. Craft C. Carter this evening promptly at seven o'clock. The notice requests full participation and timely presence.
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Home and Garden Club
Craft C. Carter
Personal notices from East Radford and Huntington
Mrs. Sherman Brown of 812 Jones street was called home to East Radford Virginia by the death of her grandmother and the illness of her father. Mrs. C. W. Johnson of 243 Vine street hosts Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wood and two children and a cousin Mrs. Lucile Allen and son, all of Huntington.
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Sherman Brown
Jones Street
East Radford
C. W. Johnson
Vine Street
Willie Wood
Lucile Allen
Huntington
Mission Directors to Meet at Noon Today
The Union Mission board will hold its monthly meeting at noon today at the Railroad Y M C A on Roanoke Street. J E Erwin urges full attendance as several time sensitive matters will come before the luncheon preceding the meeting. Poultry experts predict egg scarcity and higher prices on the fall market.
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Board of Directors of the Union Mission
Roanoke Street
J. E. Erwin
Winning Contract in Four Hearts Bridge Play
Merwin D Maier returned after nose surgery to a bridge game. West opened diamonds, East bid spade, West raised and doubled four hearts. Maier deduced West held a singleton diamond and likely four hearts, drew trumps, and led a singleton club to force the play.
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Merwin D
Jimmy) Maier
Jimmy
West
Mr. Maier
East
Declarer
Maier Conquers Impossible Contract In Bridge Play
In a bridge hand Maier makes an improbable contract after a misread by East. A steadfast doubleton opening by partner and a club misdefense set the stage for Maier to finesse diamonds and secure an overtrick, despite the odds against the contract.
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Declarer
East
Mr. Maier
Diamonds
Two Beads of Fate in a Bridge Hand Result
Two players debate a bridge hand where East refuses an Ace and West risks losing by a return, with strategic implications about ruffing and forcing plays in the play sequence.
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East
West
Five Firemen Save Man From Drowning in West Fork River
Clarksburg West Virginia June 8 five members of the fire department revived Herbert Pritchard of Jane Lew after his canoe upset and he was thrown into the West Fork river by artificial respiration.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Herbert Pritchard
Jane Lew
Pritchard
West Fork River
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