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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
9
A Chicago dispatch reports railroad workers likely to vote on strike despite warnings. Ballots read pledges to support committees, with detailed negotiations explained. Observers note risk in pre election jitters as labor groups seek to cash in, while ballots may be kept as records.
C. E. Moore, agent for the Norfolk and Western at Northfork, is back on the job after several days recovery from injuries suffered when his car wrecked on the Lee Highway near Lexington.
A hen owned by Mrs. G. H. Perdue of Coaldale laid an egg that allegedly winked at her husband when taken from the nest. The egg is described as protruding and revolving against the shell, appearing to move on hinges.
C Toler, badly burned when his bed caught fire last Saturday, is able to be out. he suspects a match in a hip pocket sparked the blaze while he napped. Robert Cornett, struck by lightning Saturday, is back on the job after a steam pipe incident at Nehi Bot. his left arm remains sore. The Sudduths return to their Waltondale mansion north of Falls Mills, while Mrs Walton Sudduth visits Bluefield. Lt and Mrs David Buchanan visit from Fort Benning to see Mrs C Prichett, Buchanan a Marion Va native and son of the late Governor. Their daughter Cynthia Dee is five months old.
Joe Woods Harmony will play this evening at Springville VA for the new fund financed by the church. The event supports the church effort and takes place at the Springville school hall with anticipated community turnout.
Rev. M. O. Alexander, once pastor here after World War I, returns to Bluefield to lead a revival at Memorial Baptist Church Sunday. He previously left the area for Thomasville.
Friends from Bluefield Virginia attended the funeral and burial of George Belcher at his home near Coaldale on Wednesday afternoon. Belcher died tragically at home. The Belcher family is well known. Belcher was formerly Cora Davidson before marriage and was raised near Coaldale. Dr C M Fisher and Mrs Fisher and daughter Elizabeth returned from Columbus Ohio. Their son Jody Fisher joined them in Columbus to spend the summer. C M Fisher Jr Bud is a student at Ohio State. Both Fisher brothers are football stars, stand 6 1 and about 200 pounds. Jody may also attend Ohio State next term to play football.
Dr. W. G. Wagoner and family have returned from a pleasant visit with relatives in Sparta North Carolina. They stopped at Galax Virginia to see Mrs. Wagoner’s mother Mrs. L. J. Todd who recently broke her arm. Mrs. Todd has many friends in Bluefield.
Dr. J. W. Manning, pastor of Bethel M. E. Church, discusses a bolt that struck the church Saturday. Plates were passed and donations collected to repair damage to the steeple, which may be removed or shortened after being struck three times in the same spot.
A couple from Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jones, with their daughter Patience, spend hours stranded after their wagon breaks down opposite the railroad tower. The family, traveling through town, assists each other, and the little girl amuses herself making mud pies while trains pass.
A Lum and Abner exchange suggests corns or bunions foretell rain. Old Timer says foot pains reflect atmospheric changes and may warn roughly 36 hours ahead. He advises all listeners to carry an umbrella during wet seasons.
Elkins West Virginia June 23. Federal Judge William E Baker sentenced J B Blair Jr Fairmont attorney to four months in the county jail on his guilty plea to contempt of court in a bankruptcy proceeding for failing to account for 5168 20 dollars in the case The judge cited the seriousness of the breach of court trust.
John Morris aged 32 and W F Gallagher aged 41 died when their motorcycle rammed a truck in Huntington. The crash occurred June 23 leaving authorities to investigate the cause and identify the truck driver.
In a sequence near a highway detour Morris of Wingfield and Gallagher of Boomer attempted to negotiate a curve and skidded beneath a heavy vehicle.
Rhodell West Virginia June 23 The E C Minter Coal company installed a 10000 gallon oil spraying machine at its France mine working the Beck ley Seam and is producing about 1000 tons daily.
Parsons West Virginia June 23 John Burley reports someone offered his butcher shop a bribe and about 15 dollars in state consumers tax collections.
Nathan Matz, manager of the Matz hotel, leased a new 100 room Beckley hotel due to open by early November. The $200000 project features white brick and steel construction five or six stories high with outside rooms each equipped with bath radio and running water. A basement garage and adjacent coffee shop complete the property as Matz brings decades of Southern West Virginia hotel experience to the venture.
Brick work has been completed on the new Clinch Valley clinic erected for the Bluefield hospital project. The $150,000 structure will be under roof in weeks with plastering soon, and occupancy is planned for December at the Richlands site.
The Bethel M. E. church Ladies' Aid group will gather at 2:30 PM at the Community hall. The Church of God Apostolic Missionary society will meet at the pastor's home 427 Church street at 7 PM.
Oklahoma City reports W. F. Westcott spent hours sifting soil while planting potatoes three years ago. He found a peculiar ring marked by a slash around its slender middle, believed to be his lost ring hidden in the patch.
Bluefield Theaters Inc announces the formal opening date of their new playhouse on Commerce Street as July 28 with contractor W C Bill Croye aiming to complete work within the week and deliver the project.
The Kansas State Board of Agriculture reports that from 1927 to 1936 the state's products were valued at 1,280,65 dollars more than the animals that produced them, highlighting a growing gap between output and animal stock.
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