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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1949

Page

7

Municipal Tennis Courts Open Today At 1

Playgrounds register for the program during the first week with 86 locations listed East River Hast Mod Midway Wade Weller and the recreation hall. This week includes candy hunts a show theater tickets for contests a ball bounce contest for youngsters and a basketball foul shooting contest with prizes for each playground winner and runner up.

East River Midway Wade Weller Recreation Hall Dunnerup

State reports crop damage in higher areas despite milk strength

Last week in the state's higher elevations crops suffered damage with peas labeled generally a failure. Milk production remains high while egg production is seasonably off according to the service.

Mercer Lodge No.160 to Install Officers in Bluefield Temple

Masonic Lodge No.160 of A F and A M will hold its first public installation at 8:30 p m Thursday June 16 in the Bluefield Masonic Temple. Installing officer Benjamin F Gravely will be aided by Walter P Hawkins. Newly installed officers include Charles W Johnson worshipful master William M Bistic senior warden Harold E Taylor junior warden Dudley E Cruise treasurer Ralph E Thompson secretary Stultz F Gravely Marvin B Hale stewards Louis D Wilmore senior deacon Herbert K Humphreys junior deacon Charles A Gravely chaplain and Walter King tiler.

Mercer Lodge No A. F and A. M Bluefield Masonic Temple Benjamin F. Gravely Walter P. Hawkins Charles W. Johnson William M. Bistic Harold E. Taylor Dudley E. Cruise Ralph E. Thompson Stultz F. Gravely Marvin B. Hale Louis D. Wilmore Herbert K. Humphreys Charles A Gravely Walter King

Methodist Church To Train Labor Leaders

Bishop G Bromley Oxnam announced a program to train labor leaders within the Methodist Church. Since outlining it in 1944 the plan progressed with a commission of bishops implementing the scheme. Fifty college juniors would receive Methodist scholarships to graduate schools in labor relations and then enter industrial concerns to affiliate with labor organizations.

New York G. Bromley Oxnam Methodist Church Oxnam Methodist General Conference Special Commission of Bishops Methodist

Mother To Aid Daughter in Union Leadership Plan

Oxnam outlines a program to recruit 1,000 intellectually able labor movement members over 20 years to steer it along Christian lines. After five to six years of union activity the young Methodist would receive a year of graduate study and travel as lay ministers dedicated to the ministry.

Oxnam

Tax Deadline Meadhunting of Omerites

A fragmented note discusses a tax deadline and a community matter in a village setting. It mentions Meadhunting and Omerites and an effort to collect sow as part of stock adjustments. The readable text is sparse and unclear about specific actions or dates.

Forfeit Bonds at Municipal Court in Drunkenness Case

At the municipal court yesterday two defendants forfeited bonds. One man paid a 16 cent drunk in public place fine, another forfeited 16 dollars for drunkenness or 18 days in jail for Orenkenner.

Orenkenner

Dry Weather Hurt Growing Crops In West Virginia

West Virginia reports from the federal crop service warn that last weeks dry spell harmed corn and other crops while hay harvesting benefited. Rain totals for seven days ending June 11 were below normal, with some fields needing timely moisture to prevent losses.

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