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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1949
Page
10
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Partial AP copy notes quotes from New York items including rags and Woody. Fragmentary lines reference Jame 16 and Yokot, lacking clear event or context.
Wholesale bulk car ton prices for Whites and Browns categories listed with weight class and quality grades. Butter price noted at 1.138.953, steady. Creamery prices vary by score from AA at 60 cents to C at 54 cents.
The West Virginia State Water Commission orders Clarksburg to appear at a July 12 hearing to show cause why a sewage disposal plant should not be constructed. Executive secretary Kenneth S Watson cites Elk Creek and West Fork River near Clarksburg as a critical pollution site with raw sewage discharged into the waters. If noncompliance continues, the commission will mandate the plant’s construction.
A modest buying surge interrupted a month long market slide as New York stocks rose briefly from a 4.2 year low. turnover totaled 1,120,000 shares with 382 advances and 364 declines among 1,058 issues. rail and industrial groups gained while utilities dipped.
AP reports salable hogs 11 000 with top 21 25 and bulk 170 230 lb butchers 20 75 21 00. 240 270 lb 20 25 20 75. 280 300 lb 19 25 20 00. odd lots to 17 00. Cattle 7 500 and calves 500. top 29 50 for two loads Colorado steers 1375 lb. bulk good to choice steers 25 75 28 50. heifers 25 50 27 25. cows 16 50 21 00. canners 12 75 16 25. bulls 21 00 23 00. top 27 50 on choice dealers. Sheep 500 with top 25 00 and odds 26 00. heavies 6 00. bucks 9 00 down.
Wheat recovered from an early dip at the Chicago board of trade and led gains in a fairly active session. Cash grain prices ranged with No 3 red wheat at 2.17 and corn varying from 1.38 to 1.33 plus fractions across several grades. Oats and barley prices were listed with various grade quotes. soybeans not traded.
County agent Miss Clifton Dodson will take Mercer county 4-H boys and girls to Jacksons Mill for camps. They return June 27 with transportation provided by R E Harbert. Attending the older members conference are Mary Frances Elmore McComas Betty Ruth Shewsbury Matoaka Modoc C White Jr Princeton Billy Harless Browning Lambert. Two youths from each county attend the conference. Peggy Hambrick Nemours Margaret Blankenship Princeton Margaret Banken ship Princeton attend the music and game leadership camps. Attendees must be over 16 and have earned a 4 H pin or completed 4 H chart.
Corporal Edward R. Meadows son of Mr and Mrs C H Meadows Princeton will return home after two years service in the United States Army He will be discharged August 1 1949 Meadows enlisted August 7 1947 and trained at Fort Jackson SC He joined the 40th AAA Brigade in Yokohama Japan April 19 1949 and serves as personnel clerk in S-1 section
Plat Top Insurance Agency filed a suit in circuit court in chancery against James Creek Coal Co and partners trading as that name. The action in assumpsit seeks 1149.18 dollars.
Trooper E. O. Burner has returned from Jackson's Mill where he served as a counsellor at Boys State last week.
R. E. Harbert Hack Scott E A Bolton and Calvin Swim visited Marlinten on Monday to inspect the livestock auction and study the setup. The Mercer cooperative livestock marketing association aims to establish a livestock auction market in Princeton and will report its findings.
4 H leaders will hold a dinner meeting next Wednesday, June 22, at 6 30 p.m. at Glenwood Park. The Mercer association will discuss plans for the county 4 H club camp set for July 11 to 16.
Commencement exercises of the daily vacation Bible school at First Baptist church are scheduled for 7:30 PM. Each department will participate in the program with a display by the children’s handicraft class.
The notice states that a license service will secure truck and motorcycle licenses or titles. Applications should be left at Stockman's Tire Service Harvest Esso Station Jennings' Drug Store Gary Auto Service Station and Wilco Esso Station.
Athens Masonic Lodge elects officers for the new term and announces committee appointments. Officers include junior warden J. Boane, senior steward F Crovier, junior steward R. C. Sutherland, and MG Mi OD Bhell. Committees cover charity and entertainment with named members.
An OCR fragment references a Princeton ARC event, a noon meeting on June 1, and mentions a person named Jae and a group or outcome labeled Nine a Bene. The text is garbled with unclear details and figures.
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