Graham Council Elects Four From Each End of Town
Graham voters elected eight council members with four from each end of the city, totaling 80 percent of the vote. New council members to take office Sept 1 are E. W. Phillips, W. P. Barnett, C. P. Painter, Wade H. Fleshman. incumbents remain Grat M. Bailey, S. N. Hufford, R. L. Longworth, John B. Graham. Graham's tally reached 341 of 413 votes.
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Graham
E. W. Phillips
W. P. Barnett
C. P. Painter
Wade H. Fleshman
Grat M
Loyal Knights Meet Grace Methodists In Graham Showdown
Loyal Knights face Bluefield’s Grace Methodists on the Graham grounds this afternoon. Bluefield batteries War and Smith oppose Graham’s Freshman and Buchanan. Officials promise a clean game from two church teams with results to be published in the Graham sporting section.
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Arthur Hendricks
Knights
Bluefield
Graham
Methodists
War
Smith
Buchanan
Graham Sporting Department
Action Promised on East Graham Road Controversy
Virginia state highway commission members planned a visit to St. Paul to discuss the East Graham road location dispute. The commission had not acted yet, with busy weeks ahead and a promise of future action. Henry G. Shirley will become chairman July 1 while George P. Coleman remains as engineer.
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Virginia State Highway Commission
St. Paul
Roanoke
East Graham Street
Henry G. Shirley
George P. Coleman
Cattle Rumor Sparks Campaign Commentary at Local Election
A lighthearted joke about banishing cows near corporate limits surfaced during a council election, causing the candidate to explain amid a noisy day. The piece notes past incidents with a cow named Bossy and hints local opposition while teasing rural remembers. The West Graham Methodist church hosts an ice cream supper Saturday at 8 pm on the Sanders Store to Britten lot area.
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Graham
Owever
West Graham Methodist Church
Graham Council Hears Water Works President on River Intake
The Graham council met for a regular session and heard William McCathy of Bluefield Water Works along with his attorneys K. C. Patty and George P. Crockett discuss extending the Norfolk and Western intake toward Bluestone River. The council emphasized Graham’s duty to protect its own town interests, noting the river’s value and potential sewage and drainage issues if water supply decreases. A committee was named to receive Bluefield’s position, and a dam on Bluestone River or sewer improvements near the railroad pumping station were proposed as possible solutions.
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Graham Council
William McCathy
Bluefield
Bluestone River
Toe
Aham
Graham
R. My
Callaway
Bluefield Water Works
Bluestone
McCarthy
Editorial on The Newspapers Service and News Values
The piece reviews a Daily Telegraph editorial defending the public service role of newspapers and the duty to report significant events rather than routine life. It cites Dana’s maxim on news value and notes editorial opinions on what constitutes news, with local notices about theater, conventions, travel, and residents in Roanoke and Bluefield.
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Daily Telegraph
Tof Galiy
Dana
Sun Office
Ground broken for Gra ham's new school
Ground has been broken for Graham's second school building on Hardy Hill. Bids rejected. contract awarded to W F Baugh on a force account basis. Street and sewer grading started. building cost estimated at eighteen thousand dollars.
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Graham
Hardy Hill
W. F. Baugh
Baugh
Corner stone ceremony for new North Side church set
The North side church plans a Sunday afternoon cornerstone laying with York Masons in charge. Rev L Dab ney is pastor. Also notes Miss Mollie Thompson of Graham and Mrs Blanche Thompson of Coaldale visiting. Lilly Land Company to auction about ninety lots in Washington Heights Montcalm West Virginia on Saturday June 17 at one o clock rain or shine. Auctions conducted fair and square with no bidding by highest bidder only.
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Elks’ Theatre
James Harper
Tazewell
Bluefield
W. H. Mitchell
Scott Street
Fiat tint _Association
Algoma Place
S Ieyior
Taylor
Sarah A
Philadelee
Parris
Gare
Cooper
Revdere
Blanche Thompson
Coaldale
Ir Sayek
Ind
Lilly Land Company
Aeene
Montwest VA
Lilly Rand Company
Union Land Auction
City
Tenn
Washington Heights
Montcalm
W. Va
Widemouth
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Crane Creek
Jone
Mayors From One Guilford Family Through the Ages
Thirteen members of the Smallpiece family have served as mayors of Guilford since 1502 in a remarkable local dynasty documented in historical notes.
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Ilford
Hag
Guilford
Learn a Word Each Day IRONIC Definition and usage
The Day's word is ironic, pronounced i ron ic with stress on the second syllable. It means humor or sarcasm that implies the opposite of the literal sense. An eminent authority notes the meaning is contrary to what is expressed.
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Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
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Graham Daily News
Eran
New River
Hudson Line
Reynolds Pharmacy
Fairies
Graman Sports
Loyal Knights
Grace Methodist
Warlick Furni
Ture Company
East Graham Road
Waterworks
William McCarthy
Norfolk & Western
Greever Hall
Bop Stoyle
Hudson Hafford
Johns Hopkins University
Kitts
Norton
C. L
Katherine Strickland
Virginia Intermont College
Violet
Daisy Vickers
Dublin
Lucileton
Bertie Ble
News OF the Colored People
Man Yuan
Tee
Spiehads
Srancoments
Stephen Te Ivessigent
Rouse Exclu Vey
Shibttion
Grahams New School
Red Sox
R Gs
F. M. Hylton
Athens
Hylton
Carrie
Ivy
Dosia
Rose
Tazewell Avenue
H. W. Perkins
Strickler
Sev Perkins
Joe Kisby
Graham Schoung
New Baptist
Stanley
Newt
Otey Walker
Bruno
GiLe
Hirsch
Heqoually
E& Co
Ufee Bas Dressia
Bluefield Grocery CO
Wwe
Navy
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