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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1947
Page
22
A Virginia Department of Education Vocational division workshop at the Glenwood Canning center educated new staff from state centers. John B. Swecker and W. H. Way led sessions across Wednesday Thursday and Friday to share preservation and center operations.
Man and Guy E Cain oversee a conference directed by Madoc McKenzie at Glenwood center with Mrs Pearl Faulkner and Mrs Julia McKenzie assisting. C H Archer welcomes Mercer county trainees who learn plant construction and processing of beans peas corn apples tomatoes meat and plum pudding demonstrations plus equipment care. Twenty nine trainees from centers in Huntington Fayetteville Glenville Ripley Weston Saeger Shady Springs Spencer Talcott Wayne and Elizabeth attend among WV centers total thirty one centers. two not completed last year. Southampton Long Island once a whaling center with Shinnecock Indians referenced.
Princeton society events include a Friday evening weiner roast hosted by Patsy and Charlotte Bish for about 35 guests. The Young Girls Circle met at Geraldine Cline’s home for a Bridges of Brotherhood lesson and refreshments.
In Norfolk Virginia during June 28 coal agents report half of 16 536 carloads at Hampton Roads piers are earmarked for export under an ICC controlled system. miners strike pause and labor talks threaten after midnight Monday. large export and transit totals posted across Virginian Railway Se walls Point Lambert Point and Newport News C O terminal with export bills topping 6 640 cars. labor idle rising as rail crews face reduced demand.
Jerusalem June 28 Irgun Zvai Leumi commander-in-chief Menachem Begin said his underground fighters had no illusions that the United Nations would grant Irgun aims in Palestine. In a secret hideaway interview he asserted Irgun was ready for a long fight and warned many in his generation would not die in their beds. The UN’s structure, he added, would shape future outcomes.
Bergin argues against partition as interim and urges addressing autocracy and brutality of British rule. Irgun pauses violence except in response to British actions, while Jews seek homeland and reject provisional treaties seen as preludes to future war. The Arab claim partition equals war is noted as demanding decisive conflict for a real solution.
Land and home offering 18 acres with a two room dwelling priced at 1050 dollars. Located 32 miles from Princeton. Interested buyers may apply at 412 Bluefield Avenue Princeton.
Real estate listings describe multiple properties in West Virginia including a two story 8 room country home on 16 acres near Princeton with a back porch well and spring, two nice level lots near the courthouse, a 63 acre farm at Regisy with 5 room house, a new 4 room house on Old Bluefield Princeton highway, a 6 acre near New River Dam with a bungalow, a 5 room two story house in Matoaka, a 3 room cottage near Thornton Ave, 10 acres with a 4 room cottage near Princeton, and a new 6 room bungalow on Oakvale Highway near Athens with 3 acres fronting the highway. Prices range from about 4500 to 6500 with various payment terms and possession dates.
In St Joseph Michigan on June 28 a small CIO picket presence formed across the street from the First Congregational church as Lloyd Bowers Taft married Virginia Stone. About ten men and five women, union members, paraded from a union hall but were kept away from the church by state and local police deployed from multiple communities.
The Fink family expresses gratitude for sympathy during the illness and death of their son Del mar. They thank friends for flowers and rides, Memorial hospital nurses, Dr L J Pace, and Reverends Callahan and Atkins for care and comfort. Signed Mr and Mrs Herbert Fink and Children.
A small fire at 400 Keestreet Princeton damaged a Davenport oil stove and several household items including a library table rocker chair wheel chair two large iron beds with springs and mattresses and some cooking utensils and picture frames. No injuries reported.
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