Navy Man Home After 14 Years Visit In Bluefield Area
Roy B. Bane of Bluefield Tazewell road returned home June 5 for the first time in 13 years. In the U S Navy for 18 years with eight spent locating home he will spend three months at the U S Naval hospital in Portsmouth Virginia and is due back on an extended 45 day leave in September. He is the brother of Mrs Earl Scott and praises Uncle Sam for a great Navy.
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Roy B. Bane
W. H. Bane
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
U. S. Navy
Mr. Bane
Earl Scott
Sam
Virginia Sidelights Reception for New Pastor
Graham Christian church will welcome Rev. J. D. Kitchen and his family with a 8:00 PM Sunday reception at the church. All members and the public are invited. A short program will be rendered. Kitchen comes from Blackstone.
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Graham Christian Church
J. D. Kitchen
Blackstone
Dewberry praised as choice berry in local notes
Visitors returning from Lynchburg and Pearisburg share family ties to Pocahontas area. Mrs Baber and Mrs Thomas, sisters of the late Mrs Litz, are linked to Bluefield and Pocahontas. Bluefield Better Service club recalls Mrs J E Wilburn speech at the Bluefield freight station.
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J. L. Baker
Lynchburg
W. H. Thomas
Pearisburg
Pearis- Th
Bluefield
L. Bates
Baber
Pocahontas
Alberta Dills
Thomas
Orrie Dills
8S. T
Bluefield Better Service Club
J. E. Wilburn
Pocahontas Division
Bluefield Avenue
Meadows Flourish and Meadows in Bluefield Notes
Bluefield weather brings rain again while dirt farmers plan fall grass care. Meadows flourish as corn is worked in second pass. A. B. Snelling Jr of Boydton Virginia visits for the summer with his father and at the Randolph College area. The Snellings and Dr Edwin Wade of Bluefield College are long-time friends.
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Bluefield
A. B. Snelling Jr
Boydton
A. B. Snelling
Field College
Randolph College
Snellings
Edwin Wade
Bluefield College
Woman Returns Home After Auto Crash Treatment
A Bluefield woman left the sanitarium Thursday to recover from injuries she sustained in an automobile accident a week ago. She is expected to be about soon.
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Bluefield
Virginia Side Personals Reported Tonnage in Sanders Area
A terse Virginia side personals note records seven tonnage in the Sanders area near Blacksburg, with sparse details. The fragmentary item mentions a location tied to Blacksburg and a numeric figure, implying a measurement or shipment noted on a local page.
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Sanders
Blacksburg
Road work slated for Bluefield Virginia highway project
A rumor of resumed road work on the state highway through Bluefield Virginia lacks official verification but is believed to be followed by a summer bid advertisement. The plan concerns the section from the new road in West Graham to a point south of the Graham high bridging the Blue River, exact location still to be determined.
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Bluefield
Highway Department
Graham
Graham High
Blue River
Blue
Road Talk and July Expectation in Virginia
State highway department may be expected around the first of July. Road matters in Virginia and the handling of the gasoline fund continue to furnish a lively topic.
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State Highway Department
Virginia
Progressive Eggs Sent to Animal Ed
Duff of Richlands notes a bantam hen laid larger eggs as part of a well rounded program. The first egg resembled a pheasant egg, the second near pheasant size, and the third approached a goose egg. The article speculates on continuing the plan to produce larger eggs toward a bantam title.
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Duff
Richlands
Neligg
Bantam
Sutherland and companions plan Bluefield visit
Mrs H Sutherland of Hurley seeks to rent a house and relocate to Bluefield Va with Norfolk and Western agent Mr Sutherland. Chingteen Combs of Norton visits Roanoke and stops in Bluefield to see cousin Jean Burroughs of Vincel Street. Burroughs plans to accompany Combs to Norton.
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H. 8S. Sutherland
Hurley
Bluefield
Sutherland
Norfolk and Western
Chingteen Combs
Norton
Roanoke
Jean Burroughs
Vincel Street
Miss Burroughs
Candidates Plan To Visit Section For No Issue Campaign
Virginia Republicans and Democrats prepare to tour the Ninth district as candidates for governor promote a no issue platform. Senator Vivian L Page of Norfolk spoke on WHIS Bluefield radio while Lt Governor J H Price claimed the race has no issues and could proceed without a session. The no issue Democratic primary is set for August 3. The Ninth district leans toward Price and his approach. Over 31 500 firemen attended training schools in the US and Canada last year.
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Ninth District
Page
Virginia
Vivian
L. Page
Norfolk
WHIS
Bluefield
J. H. Price
General Assembly
Mary
Price
United States
Canada
Aid Department Plans War on Syphilis Peril
The Aid Department and the state health department opened its first clinic in Lewis county to combat general diseases. Director A. W. Garnett warned many relief cases stem from the disease and announced more clinics would follow in Lincoln and Mason counties amid serious impact in southern West area where congenital syphilis renders many unemployable.
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AID Department
State Health Department
Lewis County
A. W. Garnett
Lincoln
Mason Counties
Garnett
West
Rattlesnake Spurs Men to Flee Bathhouse in Kakima
A rattlesnake slithered into a Kakima bathhouse prompting 15 naked men to flee. Swan Dahlberg, head of the Rosa irrigation district camp, led the men who killed the snake before they returned to showers.
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Kakima
Wash
Swan Dahlberg
Rosa Irrigation District
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