Farming group outlines FHA goals for West Virginia borrowers
Melvin L. Smith reports a year long focus on sound farming to boost borrower income. Officials including Helen Mahood and Harold Williams stress efficiency and avoiding bad practices amid a price squeeze. FHA loans fund farm purchases and improvements plus a new farm housing program with six loans completed and twenty one applications. Morgan town will run pest and disease control demonstrations in Mercer county with garden meetings scheduled on the 26th and 27th at several farms.
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Farmers Home Administration
West Virginia
Melvin L. Smith
FHA
Clarksburg
Helen D. Mahood
Harold Williams
Washington, D. C
Williams
R. G. Ellyson
Morgantown
Mercer County
Prince Williams
Lerona
County Dairy Meeting on Brucellosis Control in Princeton
Next Wednesday night June 28 at 8 oclock a county wide meeting will be held at the courthouse in Princeton for all interested in Brucellosis control. County agent R E Harbert says Dr T C Green state veterinarian and Dr R R Pharr Beckley will discuss mass vaccination of calves aged 4 to 8 months kept on farms for dairy and breeding. The disease has hurt Mercer county dairymen and attendance is urged to help eliminate it.
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Princeton
R. E. Harbert
T. C. Green
R. R. Pharr
Beckley
Mercer County
Harbert
Court Rules Against N and W Railway in Damages Case
Judge D M Easley in circuit court yesterday overruled Billie Brooks’s motion to set aside a jury verdict and entered judgment for N and W Railway company in a $25000 damages suit arising from an arrest at a coal show last August.
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D. M. Easley
Billie Brooks
N & W Railway Company
Princeton Society Athens OES to Meet
Athens chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold a stated session Tuesday evening June 27 at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Julia Wiley and E. E. Tomlinson will preside. A public installation of officers will follow the business meeting.
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Athens
O.E.S
Julia Wiley
E. E. Tomlinson
Coffee Prices Slip From Peak Highs in World Market
Prices have eased from the dramatic highs of previous months with world demand persistent and production steady. Independent roasters raised prices to cover rising green bean costs, while major chains and consumers faced tighter supplies and shifting packaging options as the market cooled.
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Brazil
Coffee market slides as demand wanes and prices hold
A New York importer notes a prolonged downturn in coffee consumption with expected continuation into summer. US imports fall 15 percent year over year, while roaster buying slows and production outlook remains cautious amid tight supply and possible producer interventions.
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Brazil
Five Egyptian Farmers Die in Strike Riot
Five Egyptian farmers were killed in Alexandria after police clashed with about 7,000 textile factory workers demanding higher pay. Two police officers were wounded in the confrontation.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Guttering and Roofing Services Ad
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Local Recruiters Report Enlistments
Clara Lou Keatley an 18 year old Bozoo graduate has enlisted in the WAC for three years and is sent to Camp Lee Virginia for processing. William B Anthony McComas reenlists in the U S air forces as private first class for four years and goes to Lackland AFB Texas. Kyle A Swim of Oakvale enlists in the regular army for three years and reports to Third Armored Division Fort Knox Kentucky.
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Clara Lou Keatley
Bozoo
Peterstown
WAC
Camp Lee
Virginia
William B. Anthony McComas
Army Air Force
U. S. Air Forces
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Kyle A. Swim
Oakvale
Third Armored Division
Fort Knox
U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Memorial Building
Mayor Signs Deed for Princeton Park and Recreation Lands
The City of Princeton transferred forty and a fraction acres from the hillside portion of the municipal airport to the Princeton Park and Recreation Association formed by Princeton Youth Inc. Mayor Joseph W. Lawson signed the deed, delivered to John Frederick and W Grady Carper. The group will survey the land and develop plans with a state agency, including a swimming pool and safety fencing. A re capture clause protects the city if the land is not developed as a park and recreation center.
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Joseph W. Lawson
Airport Hillside
Princeton Park and Recreation Association
John Frederick
Princeton Youth, Inc
W. Grady Carper
Princeton
Recreation Association
Funeral Home Adds New Director and Coach
Matoaka West Virginia June 24 Bailey funeral home expands with a 1950 model funeral coach and ambulance joining a four unit fleet. Vincent Hilton, Cincinnati College of Embalming graduate, joins as director with wife in residence above the funeral home.
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Matoaka
W. Va
Rowland Bailey
Bailey Funeral Home
West Virginia
Funeral Home
Rose Funeral Home
Beckley
Bailey
Clifton F. Bailey
Bailey Establishment
Four Room Cinder Block House on Hard Road
New four room cinder block house with basement and plastered walls on six lots situated on a hard road. Down payment accepted with car or truck offered in trade. Contact Jack L. White Route 3 Box 92 Princeton West Virginia.
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Princeton
W. Va
Lilly Grove
Union City
Jaeger and
Bradshaw
McDowell Co
Docs
Edison Hollow
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Sandlick Road
Bluefield Ave
Coopers
Bailey St
Brushfork
Ada
Oakvale Road
Bramwell
Athens Highway
Lilly Highway
New Hope Church
Walker Street
Bing Crosbys Hold Going Away Dinner
Hollywood reports of a going away dinner for Bing Crosby Dixie Crosby and the four boys with Bing and the boys to spend six weeks at a cattle ranch near Alicia New Mexico. Dixie not traveling with them but expected to visit later. The dinner followed separation rumors denied by both sides.
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Hollywood
Bing
Dixie Crosby
Dixie
Alica
New
Suit Filed for Damages in Circuit Court
Doris Bland filed a $5,000 damages suit in circuit court against Jim Cullop yesterday.
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Circuit Court
Doris Bland
Jim Cullop
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