Buchanan County Crowned By Coal Boom In Virginia
Radio program in Buchanan County highlighted a coal boom as Norfolk and Westerns railway expansion connected Devon to Grundy. Address by J W Thomas praised development alongside new mines, bridges, and a modern limited-town infrastructure including a $250000 high school and post office growth.
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Center of
Last Frontier
J. W. Thomas
Buchanan
Virginia
Radio Star
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Mr. Thomas
Buchanan Chamber of Commerce
Devon
Fucan County
Gruener
Thomas
Buchanan County
Russell
Well
Levissa
Big Sandy
Knox Creek
Garden Creek
Occober
Home Creek Smokeless Coal Company
Bluefield Interests
Red Jacket Coal Corporation
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
H. E. Harman
Norfolk and Western
Grundy
Skunk Parade Observed Near Bluestone Home
On a Saturday porch visit P. & Belcher and Bluestone telegrapher noted five striped pole cats marching along the road before retreating to a nearby den, suggesting the mother skunk had died. In Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle Reese moved into a new home on Virginia Avenue, formerly the A. B. Gilardi residence, once owned by Miss Annie Gilardo.
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Carlisle Reese
Virginia Avenue
A. B. Gilardi
Reesers
Reece
Annie Gilardo
Yorks First to Settle in Blue Field Virginia
NEWEST FAMILY Mr. and Mrs Eugene York arrive in Bluefield Virginia from Northfork and reside in a Yost cottage on Lincoln Street. Mr York works for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
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Eugene York
Bluefield
Northfork
Yost
Lincoln Street
York
Newborn Son Born to Davis Family of War
A son named Harry Orville II was born June 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Orville Davis of War. Mrs. Davis is formerly Nora Stephenson of Bradshaw. Mrs. P. W. Davis and other Bluefield relatives visited War on Sunday to see the new arrival.
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Harry Orville Davis
War
Harry Orville II
Davis
Nora Stephenson
Bradshaw
P. W. Davis
Bluefield
Wheat ripens as farmers seek sun after grim spell
Dirt farmers need a week of sun to finish wheat harvest as crops near maturity under favorable conditions. The report notes wheat appearing fine despite prior hardships and grass issues affecting pasture.
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Amere
Panetous
June Pegg Seeks Democratic Nomination for House Seat
June Pegg, president of the Raisish County Board of Education, announced plans to seek the Democratic nomination for a seat in the House of Delegates. The move positions Pegg as a hopeful for a legislative role representing the county.
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Mec Consa
Raisish County
Wheelbarrow Bet to Be Paid Tonight in Bluefield Event
After lengthy wrangling Otis Neal and Sam Pruett settle a bet involving a wheelbarrow ride from Maple Hill cemetery to the state line. Pruett must push Neal in the barrow, with seconds and officials overseeing a timed sequence and safety measures. If weather or delays occur the plan may be postponed with a city program preceding the march to the state line.
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Otis Neal
West Graham
Sam Pruett
Pruett
Neal
Louis Schmelin
Ped Neal
Maple Minem
State Line
L. H. Burkett
Sam Link
Osborne
Nadices
Davis
I. i
Dudley
Bluefield
Amonia
A .Y
Cade
Maple Hill Cemetery
John Newman
Newman
Bishop Singers to Perform Here Friday
The Sunset Royal Travelers, a male quartet led by a first tenor, will give a concert this Friday in town. Admission is 15 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
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Bishop Singers
Westirginia
North Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Rush Holt Accepts Reunion Invitation the Ballard-Spangler-Callaway
United States Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia accepted an invitation to attend the Ballard Spangler Callaway reunion as organized by the committee. Gray Sul-
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United States
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Gray Sul
Reunion Visit Pleases Welch Colonel in Peterstown Area
Col H Ballard of Welch wrote that visiting the reunion near Peterstown on August 2 was an honor and privilege.
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Peterstown
Holt
Col. H. Ballard
Welch
Minister and vestryman stranded after mountain exploration
The Rev. Hugh V. Clary and Vernon Hinton, seeking a nature outing on East River Mountain, became lost after entering the terrain with Ben Bates. They crawled back to the highway by Springville, found no help, and were eventually rescued by a driver who returned them home.
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Hugh V. Clary
St. Mary's Opal Church
River Mountain
Vernon Hinton
Episcopal Church
Ben Bates
Mr. Clary
Mr. Hinton
Clary
Springville
Tazewell
Presbyterians to Call Minister for Two Towns
After Rev. Sam S. Wiley visited Pocahontas and Bluefield Virginia congregations, Presbyterians plan to extend a call to the young minister. Wiley preached to good crowds and impressed both churches. A Graham Presbyterian Church meeting will issue the call. Plant Closure at McBride Glass Ends Summer Run in Salem Virginia. 150 workers affected.
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Pocahontas
Bluefield
Sam S. Wiley
Wiley
Salisbury
N. C
Brin Wiley
Scaeisten
James F. Galloway
Graham Presbyterian Church
Community Sympathy Extends to Yost Family
The section mourns Eunice Harlene Yost, a child who died from an accidental gunshot. The Yost family, longtime pioneers in the area, receives broad condolences as the little girl is laid to rest at 2:30 in the Pails Mills cemetery.
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Pails Mills
Hariene
West Graham Transforms Into Little Coney Island
West Graham over the weekend was reconditioned and turned into a carnival with dazzling lights flying trapeze acts barkers organ grinders and horse shows. The Pla association with local groups sponsors a week of entertainment that rivals country fairs. Hundreds gathered last evening for the spectacle.
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West Graham
Coney Island
Pla
Virginia Side Personal News Highlights
Miss Nancy Lane spent the past weekend at Kimball visiting her father J. J. Lane and serving as assistant to Dr. A. E. Kay in charge of the X ray room. Miss Katherine Dunn returned from a two week visit to Charleston to see her sister Mrs. M. R. Callaway. Mrs. C. H. Stowers is ill at home on Tazewell avenue with an infected ankle. Mrs. R. V. Crockett has returned.
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Nancy Lane
Kimball
J. J. Lane
Miss Lane
A. E. Kay
Katherine Dunn
Charleston
M. R. Callaway
C. H. Stowers
Tazewell Avenue
R. V. Crockett
Candidate Cyril J. Stanton to seek Democratic House seat
From Clarksburg West Virginia on June 27 Cyril J. Stanton president of a dry cleaning company announced his candidacy for a Democratic nomination to the house of delegates. The piece notes Haiti intervention costs totaling over 23 million dollars between 1915 and 1930 and mentions Harman and the C H family in a brief context.
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Haiti
Clarksburg
W. Va
cCyril J. Stanton
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