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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1950
Page
3
Tazewell Virginia prepares for a county founding sesquicentennial celebration starting Sunday afternoon June 25. A parade of historical floats moves to the fairgrounds at 2 PM and a large stage hosts nightly events titled Echoes the Hills with a 20-scene program and queen competitions from three districts. Window dressing by women’s groups features relics and obsolete utensils to spark interest.
Tazewell county receives 50 pounds of minor element fertilizer to aid WPI extension work. The 5,000 pounds allocated to 60 Virginia counties will be distributed in 10 pound lots for 0.25 acre plots. Recipients include Dan W Lynch Thompson Valley for pasture Charles Steele Paint Lick tobacco Francis Snapp Burke's Garden ladino and alfalfa and W J Tarter North Tazewell corn.
At North Tazewell the Tazewell Supply Company window shows playthings and 100 year old items, Greever’s features WCTU and DAR displays, Sayers Brothers and Clinch Valley spotlight old dresses, Main Street photos, and class pictures. The highlight is Jeff Higginbotham’s Indian relics window with stone tools and cave finds.
An old Kellogg advertising letter touts ALL BRAN as a solution to constipation. It features a testimonial from Mrs H B Taylor of Coraopolis Pennsylvania and urges daily intake with water, plus a money back guarantee if not satisfied after ten days.
Charles King Harvey a 53 year old former Bluefield resident was killed when a wheel came off a race car and struck him while he watched auto races in Kingsport. Funeral rites set for Wednesday at 1 30 from Hamlett-Dodson Funeral Home. Harvey survived by wife Dorothy Croy three sons a daughter seven sisters and five brothers and eight grandchildren. He worked as a mechanic for the Mason-Dixon lines in Kingsport where he had lived about 25 years.
Revival services began at the Pound Baptist church in Big Laurel Virginia and run through June 30. The Rev Sam Crawford of East Park Avenue Norton Baptist church conducts the services with Rev C W Hawks leading singing and Rev Charles Breder of Clintwood as song leader.
Tazewell Va June 19 Special Home Demonstration clubs schedule next week announced by Mrs. Vivian Grubb county agent Bluefield club meets Monday at 7:30 Shawver's Mill Tuesday 2 pm Thompson Valley Wednesday 2 pm all gatherings held in local homes to share demonstrations and plans
Higgin Botham has built one of Virginia’s largest varied caches of Indian artifacts. As Monday’s parade nears, local clubs and businesses prep floats with Betsy Ross, Generals Lee and Jackson to be featured. Mollie Tynes will be portrayed, while a side saddle ride may fail due to lack of horses and riders.
Willis E. Donley supreme governor of the Loyal Order of Moose will speak at Bluefield lodge on Sunday July 2. He will be in the city with other national and state officials and will appear on WHIS radio between 11 and 11 15 p.m.
Forest rangers report a rise in deer numbers in the Stone Mountain area with many sightings of does and fawns. Ranger Ward warns against capturing or carrying away the young as a conservation measure.
Richlands Virginia town officials released estimates for a proposed sewage system and treatment plant totaling about 687000 dollars. The project faces a bond election, with construction not expected to begin until next spring as officials review costs and location near Route 460 by Doran.
West Virginia University geologist Dr. Harry M. Fridley outlines the New River’s ancient course and its role in eastern U.S. watershed development in The Geomorphic History of the New Kanawha River System. He notes the Teays river predated the Ohio and Kanawha, flowed through present Nitro to Huntington, and later formed the Ohio via overflow drainage south of New Martinsville.
A leopard is reported to have killed more than 200 persons in a single district over two years. The animal typically avoids humans, yet caused widespread fear as the attacks continued.
Tazewell county will be represented at the Blacksburg short course June 26 to July 1 by 18 youths. The event, themed Better Living for a Better World, emphasizes leadership development with recreational leadership as a focus. The All-Star conference opens June 23. Read lists of attending girls and boys with their home towns.
Smokers are urged to test Camels for 30 days in their T Zone throat and taste proving ground. The ad promotes Camel as the mild, good tasting choice after testing with a steady, pack after pack smoke.
Coast to coast test uses 2,470 participants who smoked only Camels for 30 days. Throat specialists examined each smoker weekly and found no cases of throat irritation from Camel smoking.
A survey of 113,597 doctors across 48 states shows Camel as the cigarette brand most smoked by doctors in every medical specialty. The question asked was what cigarette they smoke and Camel led the list.
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