Aromatic Turkish Leaf Becomes Cash Crop in Southwest Virginia
In Independence Virginia aromatic tobacco, a new contract crop, grows across nine counties with Grayson leading at 36 acres and 114 growers. The premium leaf, cultivated largely by hand on small plots, offers prices from 40 cents to 1.25 dollars per pound, supporting low income farmers and boosting farm incomes with notable examples like the Fender family of Carroll County.
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Independence
Virginia
Grayson
R. L. Shaw, Jr
Virginia Tech
Carroll
Shaw
Russell
Smyth
Washington
Patrick
Bland
Tazewell
Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Russia
North
South Carolina
Grayson County
A. A. Fender
Shorts Creek
Carroll County
Fender
Steam Power Will Be Used On Elkhorn Tunnel Line
The Norfolk and Western Powhatan Arrow will be the first scheduled train through the new Elkhorn tunnel near Lick Branch West Cooper West Virginia marking the steam powered reopening. The relocation reduces grades and curves on 5.27 miles of main line between Lick Branch and Cooper and will speed traffic. The railroad also plans to abandon electrification on its Bluefield to Jaeger main line and several branches totaling about 76 miles.
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Powhatan Arrow
New Elkhorn Tunnel
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Elkhorn Tunnel
Lick Branch
Cooper
W. Va
Bluefield
Norfolk
Cincinnati
Columbus
Jaeger
Elkhorn
Seaboard Transportation
Byestone
Cooper Tunnel
W. P. Wiltsee
New transcontinental tunnel opens with world’s largest bore
The 7 052 foot tunnel rises 32 feet high and 31 feet wide, lined by 93 000 cubic yards of concrete and 1 100 000 pounds of steel. Started January 1 1948 no accidents recorded. Eastbound traffic now runs through the new bore while westbound uses Elk Horn tunnel 3 000 feet north.
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Elkhorn
Sesqui Square Dances Continue in Tazewell Virginia
The Sesquicentennial square dance series gains pace with plans for next week. Curley King and the Tennessee Hilltoppers will lead a 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. session at the high school gym Monday. Ezra Cline and his WHIS band perform Tuesday. Prizes hinge on costumes and beards. Sturm & Dillard hold the overall contract. Haley Chisholm Morris built the tunnel supervised by Robert E Parker.
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Tazewell
Curley King
Tennessee Hilltoppers
Bristol
WCYB
Ezra Cline
Bluefield
A. B. Stone
B. E. Crumpler
C. W. Fiery
Roscoe Porter
Sturm & Dillard Construction Co
Columbus
Haley, Chisholm & Morris
Charlottesville
Robert E
Bob”) Parker
Bluefield-Tazewell Methodists Join Junaluska Improvement drive
The First Methodist church of Bluefield Virginia hosts a dinner meeting June 29 at 6 30 p m led by Bishop Paul B Kern as part of a regional effort to fund Lake Junaluska assembly grounds expansion. Organizers plan 600000 in improvements including new motel type cottages and a Memorial Chapel with a reconstructed auditorium and a new hotel. Prominent church leaders Bishop Arthur J Moore Edwin L Jones Luther W Wells and Dr F Love lead the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist
Bluefield
Methodist Assembly
Lake Junaluska
N. v. Junaluska
Great Smoky Mountain
Asheville
Palmer Hall
First Methodist Church
Paul B. Kern
Tennessee-Virginia
Bluefield-Tazewell
Tazewell Singing Groups To Meet In July Session
The Tazewell County Singing Convention will hold a July session at the Four Way Assemblies of God Church in Tazewell Virginia. All singers and singing groups are invited to attend and participate in the program.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Four Way Assemblies of God Church
Aromatic tobacco curing barn under construction in Virginia
An experimental curing barn for aromatic tobacco is being built on the Troy Osborne farm near here. It will regulate temperature and humidity for the presence of over 80 million pounds of leaf annually. The project is a cooperative effort joining Virginia Tech extension service and agricultural experiment station with the Production and Marketing Administration and tobacco companies.
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Southeastern Aromatic Tobacco Co
Anderson
S. C
Duke University
Troy Osborne
Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station
Virginia Tech
The
Production and Marketing Administration, Tobacco Companies
Appalachian Electric Power Company
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Little French Beauty Academy
Coal & Coke Bidg
Mike O’connor
Osceola
Ind
Alice Noble
Niles
Mich
Elkhart
Methodists
Tazewell Singing Groups
Loyal Order of Moose Matoaka Lodge
A. J. Martin
Optometrist
Coal & Coke Building
DIAL
First National Bank
Welch, W. VA
China
Cambridge Laurel
LURAY
Duncan Teardrop
Bluefield, W. VA
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