If You Have Heavy Lambs Now Is The Time To Sell
Virginia farmers are urged to sell heavy lambs now as buck prices dip 1 dollar due to market shifts. Prime lambs last week brought 23.50 to 25.00 dollars with choice 22.50 to 24.00. Tennessee and Kentucky prices lagged about 50 cents. Egg prices are expected to rise in two weeks with Top quality eggs leading the increase. last week Richmond Grade A large eggs sold at 35 cents, Shenandoah Valley 36 to 39 cents, Norfolk 35 to 38 cents.
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Richmond
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Norfolk
Newark
Graduation Week Across Virginia Colleges
More than 1,700 students received degrees as Virginia Tech, William and Mary, Randolph-Macon, and Richmond Professional Institute held final programs. Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia prepared baccalaureate sermons ahead of Pe-day, with Richmond and Virginia Military Institute hosting their own exercises.
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Associated Press
Virginia Institution of Higher Learning
Virginia Tech
William and Mary
Randolph Macon
Richmond Professional Institute
University of Virginia
University of Richmond
Virginia Military Institute
J. Manning Potts
Nashville, Tenn
Tech
Agriculture, Applied Science and Business Administration
J. Leonard King
Denision University
Granville
Ohio
Nouyth
Richmond
Eugene M. Burke
St. Paul's College
Catholic University
Francis P. Gaines
Washington and Lee
Charlottesville
Luther D. Miller
U.S. Army
Washington Cathedral
Washington, D.C
VMI
Frank Pace Jr
The Difficulty in Life Is the Choice
A pharmacist authored piece arguing the public should rely on pharmacists for medicines and health aids, warning that profit motives push supermarkets and door to door sellers to market drugs without proper knowledge. It asserts pharmacist pricing keeps costs down and protects patients.
Outstanding Johnston wins at Greenbrier Academy graduation
John Chapman Johnston son of Mr and Mrs C Johnston of 1320 Whitehorn Bluefield Bluefield student at Greenbrier Military Academy Lewisburg won the outstanding non commissioned officer award in the 1958 graduating class. He played football basketball and baseball during his two years at the school and will enter Ohio State University Columbus to study mechanical engineering.
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John Chapman Johnston
C. J. Johnston
Whitehorn St
Bluefield
Greenbrier Military Academy
Lewisburg
Greenbrier
Johnston
Ohio State University At
Columbus
Red Men praised Bluefield Moose Lodge hospitality
About 250 Red Men and the Pocahontas Degrees attended the West Virginia state convention in Bluefield. The Bluefield Moose Lodge provided facilities after Red Men lacked suitable lodge space. Visitors praised the hospitality and some stayed for shopping and a Moose dance, promising to spread the word.
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Bluefield
Moose Lodge
West Virginia
Order of
Red Men
Pocahontas
Carl Porterfield
Leon Martin
Officer Jim Myles to be released from Bluefield asylum
Officer Jim Myles of the Bluefield Police Department is expected to be released from Bluefield Sanitarium today or Tuesday after admission Monday June 2 for a back ailment.
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Jim Myles
Bluefield
Myles
Rose Of Rhyolite Sparks Railway Furor TV Film
The Rose of Rhyolite stirs trouble in a railroad town in the Death Valley Days TV film. WHIS TV Channel 6 airs tonight at 10:00 honoring the casino girl and the stir she causes.
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Death Valley
Whis-Tv
General Dynamics exec to give key address
The former Secretary of the Army and a top General Dynamics Corp. executive will deliver the keynote address at the event.
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General Dynamics Corp
Secretary of the Army
Lumber Group To Meet Here For Home Improvement Talk
The meeting features an honored speaker and FHA assistant state director Robert Buskirk addressing home repair loan programs under Title I. In Bluefield and Mercer County, 3,154 loans totaling 1,200,264 dollars have been made for various improvements, with dinner at 6 pm under Sam Diemer's leadership.
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Robert Buskirk
FHA
West Virginia
Bluefield
Mercer County
Sam Diemer
The
West Virginia Lumber and Builders Supply Association
Former Congressman James M. Barnes Dies in Washington
James M. Barnes, a former Illinois congressman and Roosevelt administrative assistant, died in Washington at 59 from a liver disorder. A Jacksonville lawyer, Barnes served as county judge (1926–34), was elected to Congress (1939–1943), and remained as aide to President Truman after Roosevelt’s death until 1945.
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Washington
James Martin Barnes
Congress
Illinois
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Barnes
Jacksonville
Ill
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Livestock Price Report From Pulaski Market
Pulaski livestock shows varied quotes for hogs and sows with weights 140 to 340 pounds, veal calves priced by grade from 22 to 29 dollars, sheep and lambs with prime and choice values near 23 to 92 pounds, cattle cows and bulls listed with wholesales around 14 to 23 dollars, reflecting mixed market activity.
Tazewell Election Set For Tuesday
Tazewell County voters head to five of six municipalities on Tuesday to vote on a $350000 water system bond and to elect council members and mayors in Bluefield Pocahontas Cedar Bluff Richlands and Truscon the last as weatherproof ads. J Hudson Huffard J M Pope and Okey B Yost expected to win council seats in Bluefield while J K Peters runs unopposed for Pocahontas mayor. Cedar Bluff mayor W R Williams Jr is unopposed with seven candidates for six council seats and Richlands mayor John McClintock Jr faces W W Fields in a close race for three council posts. Incumbents Hefner Simmons and Patteson seek re election with Serreno and Harris also on the ticket.
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Tazewell
Bluefield
J. Hudson Huffard
J. M. Pope
Okey B. Yost
Pocahontas
J. K.peters
George E. Adams
M. B. Hammitt
Walter F. Wyrick
A. V. Sproles Jr
W. F. Shumate
Grat F. Mustard Jr
E. L. Head
James K. Salt Jr
Howard Butt
C. W. Gilmore Sr
Posie E. Edwards
Cedar Bluff
W. R. Williams Jr
Bernard Nearhood
C. Arnold Goodwin Jr
James M. Peery
O. D. Altizer
J. K. McFarlane
John C. Scott
Lukin L. Hall
Richlands
John McClintock Jr
W. W. Fields
McClintock
Paul B. Hefner
W. E. Simmons
Harry Patteson
Joseph S. Serreno
C. A. Harris
Employment Officer to Speak at Bluefield Rotary Meeting
Martin L. Tabor, manager of the West Virginia Department of Employment Security in Bluefield, will be the principal speaker at the Bluefield Rotary Club Tuesday noon session. The talk at the West Virginian Hotel begins 12:15 p.m. and covers employment in the Bluefield area.
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Martin L. Tabor
West Virginia
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Potts
Rit
Paul N. Garber
Virginia Methodist Conference
Williamsburg
Dabney S. Lancaster
State Board of Higher Education
Jefferson
Lancaster
Lee C. Sheppard
First Baptist Church of Columbia
Goodykoontz
Rexall Drug Store
Corner South
Bland Bluefield
George Moore
Viola Clark
NBC News
Chet Huntley
David Brinkley
Bill Cullen
Vint Bonner
Otfer
Wells Fargo
Jim Hardie
Jack Barry
Lawrence Welk
Champagne Music Makers
Tiny Thompson
Jack Paar
Moose Club
Pines
Bland Street
Davenport
YES
Evening House
Pulaski Livestock
Prember
Appalachian
Bailey Lumber Go
War
Wytheville
Grundy
Low Gap
Shaffer
Maytag CO
Blond Street
Luefield
W. VA
Penney’s
Rayon
Penney's
Penney
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