Plans Pushed by Park Association in Bluefield Va
Citizens in Bluefield Virginia are advised of plans for a 12 acre park purchased last year by the city near Graham high school. The tract along Bluestone river features locust trees limestone rocks and grassy shady nooks. A contour study has been made and a park committee will seek support for a pool athletic spaces and picnics as the project aims to become a community center.
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Bluefield
Graham High School
Bluestone River
Splendid Growing Season Continues In Bluefield Area
Falls Mills farmer J. M. Hale visited Bluefield Virginia with newly harvested wheat showing three large grains to the mash. Hale planted ten acres in November and the crop emerged in February ready for harvest without fertilizer or lime.
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Bluefield
J. M. Hale
Falls Mills
Hale
Ward Ratcliffe Triumphs as College Career Advances
Bluefield Virginia notes Ward Ratcliffe son of Mr and Mrs J J A Ratcliffe West Graham and Pingon graduate has excelled at the University of Cincinnati as an architect and Phi Delta Theta member. He is regarded as a capable artist and architect expected to rise to the top of his profession and plans a home visit this summer.
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Bluefield
Palmer
Ward Ratcliffe
Ae J. J. A. Ratcliffe
West Graham
Ping
Ratcliffe
University of Cincinnati
Phi Delta Theta Fraee
Peery S. Graham's Father Dies in Virginia
Peery S. Graham, Bluefield train dispatcher, was summoned to his Montgomery County home Sunday as his father, a veteran farmer, died after lingering illness. He was the grandfather of Mrs. Lee Rakes of Bluefield Va.
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Peery S. Graham
Bluefield
Montgomery County
A. . Graham
Mr. Graham
Lee Rakes
Virginia Sidelights Too Much Speeding
Citizens on Sanders drive complain about speeding. Lilly reunion boosters from Gary visit Bluefield Virginia on Sunday seeking cherries. Orville Lilly and his brother are named.
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Lilly
Gary
Bluefield
Cherries
Orville Lilly
Relieve Neuralgia The BC Way
Quick relief for neuralgia and related aches using the BC formula. Claims relief from muscular aches headaches backache and nervousness with convenient 10c 25c or per dose options.
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Nee
Lilly brothers plan Dunn round up read daily
Chaucer Lilly aged 22 and father of three including twins is from Dunn West Virginia. The Lilly brothers say they read this page early every day and will pack early for the Lilly round up.
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Chaucer Lilly
Chaucer
Dunn
W. Va
Lilly Brothers
Local residents return from travels and visits
Miss Cully James is home from Bristol for vacation. N Clarence Smith expected home from Williamsburg Ontario where he accompanied his wife and daughter Miss Bee Smith. Miss Smith undergoing treatment under Dr W M Locke. Mrs Reed and husband return after a two thousand mile car trip with fishing on Lake Michigan. Jack Baldwin city manager of Blueford Virginia visited Roanoke Radford with daughter Barbara. Mrs Willis and son Herbert Willis expected from Richmond. Willis a University of Richmond graduate recuperating from appendicitis surgery. Hugh Morgan home from Emory for the weekend.
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Miss Cully James
Bristol
N. Clarence Smith
Williamsburg
Ont
Miss Bee Smith
Miss Smith
W. M. Locke
W. T. Reed
Lake Michigan
Jack Baldwin
Barbara
Roanoke
Radford
Baldwin
Blueford
H. A. Willis
Taicy Temple Willis
Willis
Herbert Willis
Richmond
University of Richmond
Hugh Morgan
Emory
Winning contract by Becker in a bold No Trump bid
B Jay Becker, a former Philadelphia player, bid five notrump after careful analysis of spade and club stoppers, anticipating eight clubs and the ace of diamonds. His plan yielded eleven tricks, five notrump doubled, game and rubber for his side. Meanwhile a Borneo wife wears her husband’s sword.
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Jay Becker
East
West
Becker
South
Mr. Ker
Mr. Becker
Borneo
Meeting at Memorial Baptist Church by Rev M O Alexander
Rev M O Alexander, former pastor here and in Tazewell, conducts services this week at Memorial Baptist Church at 7 45 p m. His family remains in North Carolina while son John 12 stays with him. Rev H B Cummins arrives Thursday with his family from Parsley Virginia in the Northern Neck.
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Memorial Baptist Church
M. O. Alexander
Tazewell
Alexanders
North Carolina
Alexander
Ridge Crest
John
New Baptist
H. 8. Cummins
Mr. Cummins
Parsley
Northern Neck
Realty firm helps city grow with vast holdings
Easley-Wilson company, the largest rental agents in the region, represent over 150 landlords and manage ess properties, apartments, and residences. They are exclusive agents for the Peery building, a modern stoker fired office with elevator service and attendants, and offer numerous homesites and building sites across the city.
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Easley-Wilson Company
Ess
Peery
Trysting place talk stalls in moonlit meet
In a fragment from Middletown Ohio a romantic scene unfolds with Stuart and a companion recalling youth while riding. Firemen quell a car fire involving Herbert Isbell as he mentions dynamite, hinting at broader wartime era tensions with England.
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Stuart
Panin
Middletown
Ohio
Herbert Isbell
Isbell
Shott Addresses Kiwanis on Declaration of Independence
Hugh Ike Shott Bluefield publisher spoke to the Bluefield Kiwanis about real citizenship and patriotism. He traced the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution, warned of dictatorial influences, and noted the document's evolution through the Articles of Confederation and events around June 28, 1776.
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Hugh Ike Shott
Bluefield
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Thomas H. Scott
Italy
Russia
Mnental Congress
Shott
Thomas Paine
Constitution Club Urges Route 44 To Join Hinton and Rainelle
Albert P. Carter, chair of the good roads committee, said petitions circulate in Bluefield urging the state road commission to finish Route 44 from Hinton to Rainelle. He noted the road would connect with the Athens Hinton route, aiding Mercer County with a shorter northern outlet. There will be no meeting next Monday, July 5.
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Albert P. Carter
Club
Good Roads Committee
Bluefield
State Road Commission
Hinton
Rainelle
Carter
Mercer County
Athens-Hinton
Hinton-Rainelle
Cousins
Bank deposit paid after West Virginia bank closure
Banking Commissioner George Ward announced checks totaling 23 221 dollars were mailed to depositors in the closed Wood Bank. He said this payment equals 10 percent of deposits and raises the total paid to 25 percent.
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Charleston
W. Va
George Ward
Bank of Wood
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