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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1948
Page
2
In Blacksburg on June 12 cadets received honors for academics drill and athletics at a Tech leadership ceremony. The event honored Omicron leadership fraternity initiates and H. & W. and Dr. Hugh Trout of Roanoke. Four alumni were recognized including Maj. Gen. C. & R. Moore USA retired of Baltimore.
A former Bluefielder won the Danville Virginia mayoral race in a record balloting turnout. Mayor E. E. Carter was re elected to the office in a high turnout, and is the son of Mrs. E. E. Carter and brother of Garland R. Carter of Bluefield.
W R Legge of Winchester serves as alumnus representative on the VPI athletic council. W C Bowles of Washington is a telephone official and member of the VPI association. W Windree of unknown title holds the position of vice president of the association.
Two Bluefield residents, Don Vencil and Reginald Byrd, were jailed in Mercer county after their motorcycle skidded onto the sidewalk in front of Bluefield sanitarium and overturned. Vencil faced a drunken riding charge while Byrd had no intoxication charge. Trooper Bazzie pursued the speeding vehicle.
U S District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia with Judge Ben Moore will open here Tuesday. Grand jurors are summoned to meet at the Post Office building at 1 30 PM, while petit jurors report at 9 AM on Monday, June 31, for service and case consideration. indications point to fewer cases on the docket.
Blacksburg Virginia report urges pasture fertilization to boost dairy profits. A 10 year study by Virginia agricultural experiment station dairy husbandman C W Holdaway and A D Pratt shows fertilizer use raises yields and profits, with results compiled after 1941 and published recently. Pratt left staff in 1945.
Matoaka West Virginia Kiwanis club heard Dr R H Daugherty superintendent of the Methodist church Bluefield district as guest speaker. The program led by John Sanders aligned with Kiwanis International in Los Angeles. J D Hamm of Dott announced a $100 donation from the UMW local at Dott to the playground committee for Hiawatha. Other guests included FE G Hamilton Johnstown Pa and Rev L D Roe.
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