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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1946
Page
1
A survey of Tazewell county industries highlights beef cattle and dairy farming, coal tipples, and major plants. Pounding Mill Quarry, Rock Dust, C E Goodwins, General Shales, and F H Hill expand output. Sun Rise Bottling adds capacity. Peery Lime and Cedar Bluff mill join county commerce with plans for growth.
The plant employs about 20 workers, with annual payroll around 12 000 to 15 000 dollars. It yields about 20 tons of lime and 125 tons of crushed stone, providing high calcium lime for water treatment and sewage disposal. The Standard Lime and Stone Co plans a large Maxwell plant near Tazewell County club land after acquiring land and limestone deposits.
Rocky Gap Virginia June 8 The Woman's Society of Christian Service held its monthly business meeting at the church Wednesday evening. Local residents James Watts and R D Watts visited relatives in Beckley West Virginia. Navy man E W McBride from Rising Sun Maryland stopped to see Mrs W I Hare. Mrs C N Pemberton and Mrs Frank Fanning are patients at University Hospital Charlottesville this week. Ruth and Ann Newton daughters of the Rev and Mrs R T Newton are ill with whooping cough. Mrs Oscar Warner and her infant Janis Faye returned from Bluefield sanitarium. Miss Elizabeth Fletcher has entered Bluefield sanitarium for an operation.
Amonate Virginia June 8 members of the Women’s Society of Christian Service closed their Africa book study with a play. Following games and refreshments, prizes for exhibits and stories were awarded to Mrs Harold Dunford and Mrs E T Cyphers. Mrs Dunford led the study. BRIDE HONORED Mrs Robert Gray Miss Sid Gregory and Miss Barbara Agnew co hosted a party at the church for Mrs Bill Ledford. Games and refreshments followed. Ledford, formerly Billie Agnew, plans to live in Amonate. HURT IN ACCIDENT Miss Jean Syphers of Mary Washington college Fredericksburg was injured in a Fredericksburg auto crash Friday night with a fractured pelvis and other injuries. Her mother Mrs E F Cyphers accompanies her in hospital.
The West Virginia circle met at the home of Mrs. Porter Buck Tuesday night for a program presentation.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Hutcher and their son have returned to Minnesota. The brief notice confirms their move and departure from their prior location, leaving Minnesota as their current destination.
Drew Pearson notes wartime profits for American export lines rose sharply from 1938 to 1942 while U S seamen earned double pay for convoy runs. He contrasts these gains with higher postwar living costs and warns U S ship personnel face competition from lower foreign wages.
Pounding Mill Virginia reports a closed school day after a term praised under teachers Mrs C Trayer Miss Mary Steele Vencill and Mrs John Armes. Seventh graders promoted include Trigg Collins jr Dennis Simpson Howard Brown and others. Attendance prizes went to several students as local visitors and relatives are noted.
A nurse at George B. Ben Johnson hospital in Abingdon is on vacation with her parents. Mr and Mrs Clyde Elswick of Cliffield and T Sgt William A McGee of McClellan Alabama are home on leave, visiting relatives in Radford for a few days.
The Boys and Girls Four-H Club enjoyed a picnic on Wednesday with leaders Luke Russell, Vivian Grubb and Mrs. C. H. er. Miss Peggy Trayer set to graduate from St Luke's Hospital School of Nursing, receiving her diploma on Wednesday, June 12.
Mr and Mrs Henry honored Ric High School students from Pounding M with a Thursday picnic at their home. The Cline Rives W 8s C 8 meet Wednesday afternoon at Mrs J home with Mrs A N Sparks as leader.
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