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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1926
Page
4
Official count of 169 ballots shows Mayor Ben Graham and several council winners with votes listed. Independent candidate H W Hicks was defeated with 24 votes. Many freak ballots for non contenders drew criticism.
Preparations are made for a record crowd this afternoon at 4 o clock for Rev Jno Szechys farewell after nearly four years in the burg coal region. He will speak partly in English and partly in Hungarian to reach all listeners and the Ythian Lodge members will attend in force.
Legion dances have become more popular as duties shifted to Auxiliary women. Patrons now insist on a Friday dance rather than twice monthly. Objectionable features have been cited and former attendees are returning in growing numbers. Dancers from within fifty miles travel to these Friday night events.
Fragmentary lines praise Sal tayware with strong certainty as the best in its category. The quotation emphasizes confidence, though full context and specifics are missing.
Local Methodists attend the Tazewell district conference at Grundy from June 16 to 18. Rev. Shelton poster Clarence Smith R Young J K W E B Jenkins and several lay and Mrs A T Draper Mrs C Minnick Mrs C C Jackson and Mrs F B Shelton will attend. One young man Paul Groseclose will take the examination for license to preach. Delegates will be named to attend the annual conference in Johnson City.
Pocahontas Business Men's Club plans a regular meeting at the Pocahontas Inn to discuss town welfare and outstanding issues. Attendance of members and prospective members is expected as reports on town matters are presented and debated.
An infant born to Mr. and Mrs. Mac Graveley on Saturday the 5th survived only a few hours before burial in Bailey cemetery on Sunday. Mrs Graveley remains critically ill but shows signs of improvement. Other listed individuals include Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Peters and family, Mrs. A. T. Dr and daughter Bertha, Mary Lee and son Dennis, James Salt, Ruth Mason, Virginia Crawford, Margaret Bishop, Lucille Peters, Jettie Jackson, and Paul Groseclose.
Robert E Kirkwood, local representative of the Tribe of Ben Hur, is named Million Maker for May for securing 1 337 400 insurance, the largest production since 1919. The campaign honors Joho Co Snyder and marks his third anniversary as head officer. The Chariot notes a group photo of the millioners and their chief and cites growth under Snyder. The fifteenth biennial supreme meeting is held this month at Crawfordsville nd.
J. R. Thomas and J. T. Trolinger visited Bluefield to advertise an Elizabethton auction sale. The sale is to be conducted by American Realty and Auction Company of Greensboro, Carroll and Grayson Realty Co of Galax, England International Auction Co of Greensboro, Tro linger & Trolinger of Elizabethton, and others. Elizabethton, Tenn., with about 6 000 people, will host the German backed American Bemberg Company plant, planned to employ 10 000 workers and grow to about 25 000 in time.
A small group at the Bluefield Gun Club held a Saturday practice session. Rain shortened the afternoon but produced strong scores with Cooper and Abshire tied for high gun at 44 points each and Abshire posting the best in preliminary shots with 24.
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