Devon Grundy Line to Open on July First in Buchanan County
The 35 mile Devon to Grundy railroad line will begin operations July 1 with agencies at Hurley and Grundy and a Western Union telegraph service. The project links the Lakes to Florida highway plan, boosting Buchanan County’s status with coal and timber resources and a Jacksons Ferry celebration planned amid historic Virginia lore.
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Buchanan County
Virginia
Devon
Grundy
Hurley
Western Union
Bluefield
Williamson
Professor Greever Returns to Tazewell County Roots
The Rev J B Greever 86 arrives from Roswell New Mexico and greets kin and old friends in Tazewell County. A Confederate veteran and Wartburg Seminary founder he recalls battle hardships and Lutheran ministry and will preach at the Burkes Garden homecoming June 27 28.
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Tazewell County
Roswell
N. M
J. B. Greever
Dr. Greever
J. T. Spracher
Virginia Avenue
Professor Greever
Tazewell
Sam Hedrick
Falla Mills
Fitzhugh Lea
Henry Bowen
Five Forks
Greever
Roanoke College
Bluefield
W. Va
Wartburg Seminary
West Graham Land Company
Graham Land and Improvement Company
Burkes Garden
New Mexico
Pesos Valley
Mr. Greever
Mark
Revival at Memorial Baptist Church Grows Steadily
The Memorial Baptist Church revival led by Dr. E. D. Poe gains momentum nightly with growing congregations. Sermons include No Room For Jesus and The Trail of the Serpent. services scheduled Saturday morning and evening, Sunday three times, and a Monday night community service titled The First Five Minutes After Death. The public is invited.
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Memorial Baptist Church
E. D. Poe
Jesus
Eden
Poe
At & P
Florist Mrs Caldwell Sends Notable Flower Gift
Beautiful bouquets sent yesterday to a friend here by Mrs W C Caldwell of St. Clairs Crossing highlight her long devotion to flowers. Her cultivation brings pleasure to her family and friends and the plants seem unusually responsive and almost talkative.
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W. C. Caldwell
St. Clairs Crossing
Bluefield Gem Robbery Case Details for Fingerprint Work
The arrest of a colored youth over a recent gem theft in Bluefield included R. S. Stanley named as the fingerprint expert. George H. Sarver of Bluefield, Va. handled the fingerprint phase under Mr. Turk’s employment.
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Bluefield
R. S. Stanley
George H. Sarver
Turk
Sarver
New Family Joins Bluefield Community
Mr and Mrs C M Petty arrive in Bluefield Virginia settling in Shelby Heights within D B Spraher property. They previously lived at Jewell Ridge and Mrs Petty is daughter of the late Dr C W Greever. Apples promise a bumper crop in the Harry settlement with trees loaded and walnuts sized fruit expected. Raspberry vines also report heavy yields as berries ripen.
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C. M. Petty
Bluefield
Shelby Heights
Harry
West Harry
Will Preach Here by Dr Jimmy Smith at Graham Church
Dr Jimmy Smith of Big Stone Gap will preach at Graham Presbyterian Sunday morning in the absence of Rev Dc Browning who will preach in Wytheville to keep a prior appointment. Dr Smith arrives this afternoon and spends the night in town. He is secretary treasurer of the Appalachian synod mission board and has served Big Stone Gap for 15 years.
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Jimmy Smith
Big Stone Gap
Graham Presbyterian Church
Dc. W. Browning
Wytheville
Smith
Appalachian Synod
The
Presbyterian Church
Lakes to Florida Highway Crews Tan South Gate to Wytheville
P Johnson of Wytheville reports 213 men at work on the Lakes to Florida route from the West Virginia line at South Gate to Wytheville. Two steam shovels road scrapers teams cars picks shovels and tar wagons are in use. Johnson seemed highly optimistic about progress.
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Bluefield
Wytheville
Jackson's Ferry
Virginia
P. Johnson
Lakes-to- Florida
West Virginia Line
South Gate
Johnson
Virginia Side Personal Notes Highlight Residents
Virginia side column reports Mrs J E Long of College Avenue joining the Finney strawberry pickers in Russell County. Thelma Philegar leaves for Columbus after a dean's telegram. she is a faculty member home on visit. Mrs W H Frazier of Roanoke visits family in Falls Mills. Dr Cecil Chandler brings his bride to Falls Mills. Local bass fishing news notes plentiful catches and season opened June 15 with reports from Clubh River and Falls Mills dam.
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J. E. Long
College Avenue
Finney
Russell County
Thelma Phiiegar
Columbus
Ohio State University
Miss Phiegar
W. H. Frazier
Roanoke
Helen
Hampton
Tug River
Clubh
St. Paul
Crot Harman
Bluefield
Falls Mills
Virginia Side Churches Publish Summer Worship Schedule
Local notices list services across Graham M B Church South and nearby parishes. Ministries invite all to Sunday school at 9 45 a m with 254 attendance last week, preaching at 11 a m and 7 45 p m, youth leagues meet at 7 15, and a quarterly conference set for Macedonia on June 21 with Dr S D Long presiding.
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O. B. Turley
Mia
Fred Naeh
Mise Etta Wyatt
Weat
Graham M. B. Church
South
Graham Circuit
Macedonia
D. Long
Tazewell
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Prof. Greever
Baptist Church
Mulkey
Jack Frost
Jack Bobkin
Newark
N. J
Bobkin
BIG Force
Lakes
Florida
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Uneeda Bakers
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Virginia Side Churches
M. C. Hughes
M. PF. Church, South
ST. Marys Church
Herbert H. Young
John Hoggas
Woman's Auxiliary
Christ Church
Pocahontas
John J. Hoggan
Trinity
Hideo
Mr. Young
Pearisburg
Ke, Hughes
Sunda Echool
Mars Bacot
Gs Adint Mountain
Laveu
Nectar Brand
del Monte
Sunnyfield
Carton
Ivory Soap
P&g
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