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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1937
Page
13
Social Security guidance urges workers to obtain account numbers before June 30 and ensure employers report wages for all types of employment. The message highlights that many estates rely on claims, the need for blanks from post offices, and the nationwide network of 144 field offices to administer benefits.
Cedar Bluff June 26 the vacation Bible school at the Presbyterian church reports thirty two teachers and helpers with superintendents Mr Lewis and Mr Tate and Mrs Ralph Mitchell as secretary. Also notes June 19 marriage of Rena Bullvin of Dyke to someone from Tazewell and a weekend visit by A L Mitchell family to Rob ert Warner. Several local illness and social items follow including hospital stays and visits.
A man was bitten on the leg by a rattlesnake, a posse member nearby pulled the snake from a rock, Wood administered anti venom, and the woman suffered only slight swelling from the bite.
In Tazewell Virginia on June 26 the Burke's d Tate-Rees Bowen program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute drew about 100 vocational agriculture students for four days of instruction recreation and athletics. Professor Groseclose from Virginia plans national scope for the future partnership.
T Haley, proprietor, reports his drug store has been modernized with composition panels enhancing interior appeal. The upgrade follows recent business improvements aimed at attracting customers and boosting ambiance.
The ongoing importation of young cattle from western producing areas continues with fifty white faced yearlings from West Texas shipped to Harman operations. Hereford stock remains favored as heavy beef rejects lose favor with plants. Mrs Gillespie honored by Legion auxiliary at Witten home before moving to Big Stone Gap. guests presented lace luncheon cloth amid gifts and a drawn passport diversion.
Weeks of rain boosted grass and crops with promising yields. Fruit and berry crops recover after April dry spell, while cherries face disease setbacks. Countywide orchard output remains below peak due to tree illness.
Dr W W Arrowood longtime pastor of First Church in Tazewell has accepted a call to lead a Pulaski denomination church for twenty four years. He and his wife came from Grundy where he served as pastor and taught at the denomination mission school. The Arrowoods have endeared themselves to the community and helped fund church construction. Church officers seek a successor as Arrowood departs early next Dr and Mrs Arrowood will move on to Pulaski.
Thursday reports honor a series of social visits across Tazewell Richlands and nearby towns. Arthur Jr. returns from West Tennessee while Lieut. Hurt moves toward Annapolis and others in Ashland Evans Lieu and Virginia Beach host guests.
Community updates list dinners visits and illnesses around Horsepen Virginia and nearby towns. Names include Buchanan Credle Daniel Lester Whitaker Whitman Presley and Subellett with details of social visits fiddlers contest attendance and a patient improving at Bluefield sanitarium.
Community notes report Mrs Blanch becalls visiting relatives in Clintwood and Harold Smith family at Mrs Smith's. Jack Payne of Elk Creek spent weekend with Pred Puckett who was shot by a sheriff's deputy during an arrest in Harman. Vacation Bible school at Methodist church. Aunt Amanda's tea room opening. various visits to Charleston Gate City and Rainelle. school commencement at United Evangelical Baptist church with about 100 enrolled.
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In St Paul two long standing cafe traditions collided as Ludwig A. Johnson and Elmer A. Benson ordered coffee brewing lessons ended in capitol offices. The aim was reducing electricity use due to the presence of over 30 electric coffee makers.
William G. Saunders, a local resident and construction worker at Eckman, fell from a scaffold causing minor injuries and was hospitalized in Bluefield, then sent home. Gene Melvin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Melvin, was rushed to St Luke's hospital after an operation and remained in serious condition. Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Marcus of Princeton visited relatives here.
Baird and W. W. Mathena visited Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gillespie of Bossemain last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Gillespie of Bluefield spent several days this week with Mr. and Mrs. James Gillespie. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bundy and Mrs. J. P. Bowman and nes Bowman visited Tazewell on Friday.
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