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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1941
Page
3
The War Department invites high school graduates 19 to 22 to enlist for pilot training in the Army Air Corps. Training starts after July 1, with pay during flight training. Graduates may become non commissioned officers with progression up to master sergeant, yearly pay rising to 207.90.
Weak, run-down people suffer sluggish digestion and low red blood cells. 8.8.8 Tonic promises to revive stomach digestion, improve appetite, and restore color and strength by delivering minerals in soluble form. It claims faster results and renewed energy.
A call to hesitant teachers to sign and return for the next term in Bluefield Virginia. The message highlights a friendly community, good living, and a history of faculty rejoining, noting a few applicants have not yet signed.
Local board No 2 in Tazewell County mails questionnaires to registrants on June 12 with return by June 22. List includes Alexander Marshall Webb Pocahontas Fletcher Streeter Bluefield William Bernard Ward Bluefield Leonard Patrick Boissevain Herbert Mullins Bluefield Clyde Oscar Lawson Tazewell John Boling Burkes Garden William Goodman Burkes Garden William Patton Bluefield Jess Puckett North Tazewell Harry Dalton Bluefield Wesley Patton Boissevain Fred Bowman Pocahontas William More Bluefield Charles Tip Franklin West Thompson Bluefield Tivis Rasnake Bluefield William Welch Boissevain Louis Patton Tip Top John Slade Bluefield Albert Kirby Shawvers Mill Alonzo Farley Boissevain Robert Johnson Boissevain Roke Caldwell Falls Mills Robert Smith Pocahontas Herbert Thomas Pocahontas Arthur Draper Pocahontas James Dillon Pocahontas Roy Taylor North Hollywood California Roscoe Robinson Bluefield Charles Thompson Bluefield Charlie Robinson Boissevain Fred Walker Bluefield Marvin Thompson Boissevain Paul Bradshaw Bluefield Johnnie Jackson Pocahontas William Rose Tip Top Earnest Miller Boissevain Theodore Greever Burkes Willie Snell Boissevain James McFarland Pocahontas Dewey Crewey Boissevain
A terrapin in Glen Lyn bears the name of the late Sheriff W A Brown and his brother T W Brown with 1899 carved on its shell from William G Johnson. Sheriff Brown was Princeton mayor and Mercer county sheriff. Johnson notes a field near the Brown farm as the terrapin’s found location. Virginia auto deaths total 343 through Wednesday with reckless driving cited. liquor linked to 51 percent of last year’s crashes.
Forecast notes good growing conditions with cycles of rain and sun. In Bluefield area locals report a wonderful season of stable weather and steady warmth aiding crops and outdoor activity.
The Rev. J. Guy Saunders will close a ten day revival at Memorial Baptist Church Bluefield Virginia this evening. Attendance has been good and congregants have benefited from sermons delivered forcefully and clearly.
The piece mentions Rev Saunders of a Roanoke Baptist church and a nesting stream in a backyard. It notes veterans and families such as First Lieutenant H. C. Broyles Jr and his wife visiting West Graham, plus the Roanoke engineer connected to Fort Belvoir. It recalls early Maple Hill cemetery history and the Sims family and Samuel Graham who laid out the old and new cemeteries around 1898.
Town ordinance allows truck unloading in the business district only when vehicles park at the curb during delivery operations. The revision narrows unloading to curbside stops, clarifying parking requirements for deliveries.
The Bluefield Business Men's Club will meet at 6 15 this evening in Palmer hall. Secretary A G Taylor warns nonattendees may be unlucky as Friday the 13th reminds everyone to watch their step today.
A letter from Squire T. A. Repass of Tazewell is received and will be recorded in the Vacation Book.
The Oakvale Homecoming will be held July 27 at Fountain Park on Oakvale Road. Joe Matney reports a bigger, better event with a large crowd expected as locals travel long distances to attend.
Mrs R 8 Tabor who ran a Bluefield boarding house has closed and may relocate with her husband to Radford. Friends regret the business is ended noting her eating house was excellent value. A remark about tribal tea prices ends the fragment.
Richmond estimates that between 20 000 and 26 000 Virginia youths aged 21 will sign for military service by July 1. Draft age guidance still uncertain with figures ranging from 21 to 24. Many married men over thirty with dependents remain in camps.
Joe Heldreth plans CCC camp setup on East River mountain as dirt work restarts on Skyline Lane. Last year three miles of road were built. this year aims to connect with the Lakes to Florida highway on the east. The site sits at Old Buffalo Trail offering a panoramic view from the summit.
The article lists the Jeffries family members and their schooling choices with two sons at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and one son Robert about to join them. It notes Mrs C H Jeffries and Miss Anna Dudley Jeffries traveling to Morgantown for a weekend visit and P W Davis with daughter Pauline Yost returning from Winchester after visiting Mrs J J Parley Jr.
Ensign Clifton Davis of the U S Naval Air Corps arrived in Bluefield yesterday and remains today to contact young men interested in joining the U S Naval Aviation Training Service. He is at the naval recruiting office in the post office building. Ensign Davis said that the
Miss Mary Stacy Crockett plans to leave July 1 for New York to join a finance firm. Her mother attended her daughter's graduation. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Gillespie and son Samuel returned from Lexington after Samuel completed his second year at V. M. S. and was praised as an outstanding cadet. Alice and Aris return home from college with Alice earning a degree.
Candidates must be American citizens aged 20 to 27, unmarried with a two year pledge, and in sound health. A prelim physical at the local recruiting office leads to a Washington final exam. Upon acceptance one month of instruction in Anacostia, then flying training in Pensacola or Jacksonville, Florida, or Corpus Christi, Texas.
Acquitted Lewis A. Sothen of Elkins was reported in Fairmont as part of a June 12 AP dispatch. The brief item notes the outcome without detailing charges or proceedings.
A federal court jury acquitted an employee of stealing 5 in government postal savings funds. A church notice outside a London church urged passersby to kneel if their knees trembled.
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