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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1949
Page
7
A community booster group sponsors a new playground project. The effort aims to protect residents and includes organizational backing from local leaders and sponsors.
A rattlesnake halted Stetion’s air broadcast when it found a three foot sett near the crew, forcing a pause in the transmission. No injuries reported and operations resumed after the snake was removed from the area.
Mercer county boards report 12 000 miles of extra curricular bus travel in the past school year for athletic teams bands study groups choirs and 4 H clubs. Princeton high led with 32 trips and 2850 miles costing 97 90 funded by gate receipts. Beaver 19 trips 1616 miles. Bluestone 29 trips 2417 miles.
About 100 delegates registered for the West Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce annual convention in Morgantown. Harry Scherr Jr of Huntington, president, spoke at a banquet as sessions continued through the following day.
Jack L. Rose seaman apprentice USN son of Mrs. Jean Rose of Gary and Harold D. Cole aviation boatswain's mate USN son of Mr. and Mrs. Ballard Cole of Big Rock Va depart San Diego in July with NSS Pine Island for Alaskan operations. Robert N. Niswander chief parachute rigger USN son of Mr. and Mrs. F J Niswander of Bramwell trains in anti submarine warfare with composite squadron 21 at San Diego. Howard W. Campbell arrives in Japan April 22 and is assigned to Jama air material area base. Pfc Campbell began service last November and is a Genoa high school alumnus.
Lt Col George R Charlton of Princeton and Lt Col Arch C Fleming of Wheel ing completed the air command and staff school at Maxwell Air Force Base Alabama. Charlton joined from a Canal Zone communications post with Caribbean Air Command ties. Charlton is son of Hattie E Charlton and husband of Louise Harper with two children. Meanwhile several youths visit Portsmouth England and Cherbourg France this summer aboard the battleship Missouri.
Corporal Edward R. Meadows of the 40th AAA Brigade has been moved to the Fourth Replacement Depot at Zamma Japan to await orders for discharge in the United States. He enlisted in August 1947 at Princeton and trained at Fort Jackson. Meadows has served 16 months in Japan as a Personnel Clerk and earlier attended Princeton High School. He is the son of Mr and Mrs C H Meadows of Princeton.
Mystery diary entries labeled as love notes led to police interrogation in Muenster. Cryptographers confirmed the notes hid business deals with unpaid taxes. The businessmen must now settle back taxes and fines.
Among the Boy Scouts, Noel Harman Pete Dolinger Buddy Painter Clyde and Everette Hedrick hiked to a mountain camping site and spent Saturday night. Various families hosted weekend and Sunday guests including Welch residents the Moores and grandchildren from Milwaukee and Norfolk.
Police in Singapore killed a large eight foot python near a physician's house after it swallowed a hen. An hour later officers killed an even larger snake, 1014 feet long and 15 inches thick, as it crossed a highway from vegetation behind a Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Charleston June 25 Floods in the Eastern Panhandle caused about 1 million dollars in damage to primary and secondary roads. State Road Commissioner Ray Cavendish said restoration will take years for Grant Pendleton and Hardy counties with major work needed on South Branch roads. Primary bridges and routes 28 and 22 require replacement with contracts. Prison crews and Buckhannon labor headquarters assist debris removal and detours.
Keystone news notes Mr and Mrs W D McDowall and son Douglass returned from New York and Roanoke Va after two weeks away Douglass completed an engineering course in Troy N Y Mrs Earle Pleshman spent ten days on vacation in Ohio and Brooklyn N Y Gloria Farmer visited grandparents in Bluefield and others enjoyed trips to Forest Hill Ocean View Va Welch Hospital patient W F P Dooley returned home improved. Montreal and St Paul Brooklyn Dodger farm teams played the 1948 Little World Series Montreal won four games to one.
Charleston West Virginia June 25 director Cabell S Davin of the unemployment compensation department announced the agency will be renamed the department of employment on June 30 under a 1949 law. The change marks a reorganization of state labor programs as other revisions take effect at month end.
Miami reports hot weather with high humidity as Patrolman Dave Lewis explains a police horse named Buster enjoys beer in warm conditions. The officer clarifies the animal's behavior is controlled and appropriate for the weather.
A collection event is slated for June 22 to 28 featuring exhibits and sales. Organizers invite attendees to explore works from regional artists and historic items on display across multiple venues.
A fragmentary report notes one of three involved in a Giles County accident where two Bluefield residents died. The individual was sent to Marion for observation as the case proceeds.
A fragment notes last season featured Montreal as the meanest NHL team and New York as the nicest. It mentions Canadian players spending time in the penalty box and briefly references penalties.
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