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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
2
WPA forces started the second major phase of the East Princeton avenue retaining wall. The project aims to improve pedestrian safety by diverting foot traffic from the congested street and easing the heavy runoff along the bluff as construction proceeds.
The U S civil service commission issued a bulletin inviting qualified applicants for several positions including ironworker machinist and welder at navy yards in Washington D C. Pay ranges from 4 512 to 8 832 daily with selection based on training and experience. applications accepted until July 9 with no written test required.
Lilly Brothers Bluefield contractors finish removing salvaged materials from the Joseph Davidson home on Pulaski Street to the city park. Only stone and bricks remain. Rebuilding will start soon under W C Croye supervision, with about $300 still needed for the Davidson home fund.
A morning fire caused minor damage to the bank basement at Flat Top National, with smoke doing most of the harm. First Chief E. L. McClure reported the incident yesterday.
A peculiar and beautiful fog settled on a River mountain Tuesday evening as dusk approached. The white mist capped the peak and, as it rose, spilled over the summit resembling Niagara Falls in a striking natural spectacle.
West Bluefield Virginia sees rapid town expansion with a new ice cream plant a foundry building ten houses under construction in the west end and renewed beauty. The area on Tiller terrace attracts attention as the town garden and fern collection to the British museum is noted as a world class private collection.
The Bluefield Virginia town election produced notable shows by two young candidates J B Brown and Robert G Armes with strong counts. Ed Cecil led 315 to 195 for Evans Omar in the treasurer race while C P Painter held the council post. The new council will reorganize Sept 1 amid voter restlessness and war context.
W. I. Short formerly of Bluefield Virginia is reported critically ill in a Preport Illinois hospital. He lives at Cedar Illinois near Freport and is employed by the Norfolk and Western railway. He is a brother of Mrs. Mason and Mrs. E. W. Phillips.
A meeting of Hump League officials and managers of its six teams is set for tonight at Wells' barber shop in Bluefield Virginia at 8 o'clock.
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will meet this afternoon at 2 30 at the home of Mrs Pearl Hale in Shelby Heights. The program committee led by chairman Mrs C P Painter has arranged an interesting program featuring Miss Bettie Crockett.
The George P Crockett Memorial class will meet Thursday at 8 o clock at the home of Mrs Arthur Miller with Mrs John Burch joint hostess. The Senior Guild of St Marys church will meet at the home of Mrs George Walker Thursday at 2 30 p m.
A severe electrical storm accompanied a cloudburst like downpour in Bluefield Virginia during the Wednesday afternoon. Showers began around 2 30 and caused water to fill streets to shoe depth. Gardens suffered damage and some power lines were interrupted.
Mr and Mrs Otis Boyd of Buena Vista visit to escape Shenandoah heat. Mr Boyd a retired Norfolk and Western agent. Mrs Boyd is sister of A M Lane Bertha Dunn and Eva Lane. The Boyds are well known in the Pocahontas coalfields.
Local residents discuss whippoorwills as omens of bad luck and note the bird’s shrill call near homes. The article describes the whippoorwill and its defense method, highlighting public interest in this nocturnal fowl.
Rangers in George Washington National Forest Virginia found a three and a half foot white snake with black buckshot sized spots and an eel like head. The snake appeared opaque.
The Bluefield Virginia police blotter notes Officer E. L. Mathena smote a rock and found three gallons of moonshine. Reverend M. C. Hughes counters with a biblical aside about Moses, a rock, and corn liquor on the North Side. A late tale recalls Mathena smelling a well on the North Side where liquor was half full.
The article warns that Bluefield gardens face a new invasion by the Japanese beetle as hot weather triggers its emergence. It notes a 17 year cycle or aspect related to the insect, signaling the potential for widespread damage to plants and crops in the near term.
Reader accounts confirm a heavy locust infestation in Mingo County with Sid Bane noting millions of locusts around Swords Creek in Russell County Virginia.
The piece notes a possible new residence on Graham Heights as Mr. and Mrs. Evans Omar inspect the terrain. It recalls a past election using rubber stamps for mayor councilmen and treasurer, with J. W. Hicks revealing an earlier filing slip about 25 years ago. Councilmen reportedly earned $1 a month.
The text notes progressive salary increases from two and a half dollars to five dollars, then states the current salary of 150 dollars per year for city councilmen.
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