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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1946
Page
5
Summer students fill classrooms across West Virginia as university and state colleges report their largest summer enrollments. Veterans eager to resume studies boost totals with thousands enrolled during the second term.
The Morgantown university enrolled 2 356 students this year up from 668 last year with 1 519 veterans in attendance. Institutions listed include Concord State Bluefield State Fairmont State Glenville State Marshall Shepherd West Liberty West Tech Alderson Broaddus Davis and Elkins Morris Harvey Salem and a junior college, with veteran counts and year over year changes noted.
The Trinity Methodist church men's club will gather at 6 30 pm with dinner served by church ladies. The Rev C H Patterson of Westminster church will speak and Miss Anna Mae Foresman will sing selections including Without a Song Let My Song Fill Your Heart and Little Star.
Four honorably discharged men reported to Local Board No 1 yesterday. The men named are William Wade Carl Layne Bowling and Wilbur Martin Lyons Jr all of Bluefield. Also reporting was Roger William Berger Jr McComas.
Lee Baldwin will be installed as president of the Bluefield Life Underwriters this evening at their meeting and dinner. Others to be installed include Sam C. Rush as vice president Bernard Wilkinson as secretary and W D Jones as treasurer. Present officers are C D Dusty Rhodes president Lee Baldwin vice president Sheen Wilkinson and Sam C Rush. Plans for the state convention.
Emma Talbot a 77 year old chambermaid in Eugene Oregon after 4 years on the job vents frustration about hotel guests over the last half century She claims guests dirty towels shoes shine and steal hotel equipment while she plans a change to cleaner work opening a sewing alteration shop and continuing to work.
Ostriches were first domesticated for feathers in 1867 when the French started a farm in Algiers and exported ostrich feathers to Egypt. Since then successful ostrich farms have spread to many parts of the world.
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