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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1925
Page
52
Highway workers and railroad crews repair washouts while gardeners replant crops after a historically fierce storm. Ditches and gutters filled, water a threat to macadam roads and buildings. Low areas flood, homes surrounded, pipes hard to access. Rumors place a Ford deal at over 234 million dollars, with 150 workers left as operations wind down.
Unofficial reports to Richlands say about 650 men were laid off at Pocahontas Fuel Company operations in Faraday Virginia on Dry Fork division. Pay envelopes Friday indicated more than 17 dollars was needed to cover the large force. Hundreds moved toward Cedar Bluff and Lunch Valley to catch trains. The cause of the Faraday slump is unclear.
The Richlands Sunday school holds a strong lead in the intersunday contest with a 115 point attendance advantage and a 117 point edge in collection over North Tazewell. After only three Sundays, observers predict a decisive Richlands victory in five more Sundays.
Richlanders respond to the American Legion Endowment Fund drive with strong support as the halfway mark passes. About $550 of the $1,000 quota was raised by Thursday with many solicitor reports still due. Indications favor Richlands exceeding the target, driven by widespread willingness to contribute and no refusals among visited residents.
Miss Mary Johnson, a teacher at the local school, resumed duties Thursday morning after an appendectomy at a Knoxville Tennessee hospital on April 11. She recovered well and returned to work Friday morning with Miss Mary Williams covering her math and English classes during her absence.
Rev Clyde Douthat will preach at the Methodist church on For Felix Trembled, with an Epworth League program and 7:45 p m service. A brief talk on the Prohibition era will be given, a solo by Willie Lee Dickenson featured, and all invited. Marriage notices announce Miss Alice Hart to J W Catron of Gardner Virginia. The Richlands Laymen and Honaker clubs plan a joint service at Council Virginia with talks and sermons.
William Dye hosted an informal ice cream social Friday evening at his home with many guests enjoying games and late refreshments. A. W. Asbury of Pounding Will faced a city hearing Sunday for intoxication after being found attempting to board a train. mayoral proceedings followed. Missionary circles met at J. W. Shawver’s Fairfax avenue home with music from local singers and eighteen members present. Eliza Alley Circle stands as the largest circle in the local Missionary Society. Hogeston, a miner, was captured after avoiding arrest for three months and fined $50 plus costs for transporting liquor following a collision on Railroad Avenue. he had fled to Hall Creek and returned after concealment failed.
Raven miner Arthur Newbury was admitted to Mattie Williams Hospital on Tuesday for leg fracture treatment after a slate fall at the Red Ash Coal Company mine. A fracture near the left knee was noted and he received prompt medical care.
The Star Theatre hosted a Wednesday night performance by Richland High School home economics students titled Aunt Abigail and the Boys directed by Sally Helen Combs. Aliie Mae Jesse and Elizabeth McCall led as Abigail and Gerald Harrig with humor and a reveal scene followed by a well received Negro minstrel and harmony girls vocal numbers drawing strong audience applause.
Commencement exercises are being organized with diplomas and invitations prepared. A fundraising play titled Betty's Last Bet will be produced by the senior class to cover expenses, with a cast of fifteen for the event.
Large number of friends and relatives attended the funeral in Bluefield Virginia for Mrs Byron F Quillen. Services were at West Graham Methodist Church led by Rev Roy Early. The funeral was among the most attended in West Graham for some time and donations of flowers came from many communities. Mrs Quillen died Saturday morning after a lingering illness.
Richlands moves forward with concrete paving on Second Street after all property owners consented to share costs. A sidewalk along Second Street is expected, with total project costs near 10000 dollars. Ordinances and material orders will be prepared at the next council meeting as part of a broader street-building program funded by surplus funds and owner approvals.
The Richlands town council approved paving plans to cover every street and authorized the mayor to negotiate for materials to improve the Big Creek road with work likely starting next week. Local notices include a Ladies Missionary Society meeting and multiple residents visiting Bluefield, Tazewell, and Richmond areas.
Monday seat reports indicate Mr. Hilton will depart for East Radford for several days. Guests visited Mr. and Mrs. Underwood on Lee Street, with Buster and R. Blankenship, Dan and Paint Lick, in attendance. Others called on Cedar Bluff resident Mrs. Bob McCall. Pearl Carter returned from Dry Fork Branch visits. Christian church Ladies' Aid to meet Thursday at 2 pm at Mrs. J. T. Altizer’s home. Altizers were in Jewell Ridge Monday. Women and girls coat ships at Karatean, Japan.
Do not fear loss of health and motion. Building blood power can end rheumatism. S.S.S. is claimed to cleanse blood and boost red cells with vegetable ingredients. Many cases report relief from pain swelling stiffness and restored vitality. Take S.S.S. and see improved health and pink vitality.
Three physicians sustained injuries or damage in separate auto accidents Sunday afternoon and evening. Dr A M Byrd of this city turned a steep embankment wreck nearly at rail tracks, suffering two broken ribs. Dr G W Parsons of Raven escaped fatal harm when his car was struck by an engine at a crossing, leaving his Ford coupe wrecked but him unhurt. Dr John McGuire of Binefield escaped injury in a Lebanon road collision, with only a detached fender note amid a demolished Studebaker.
Higginbotham Dry Cleaners moved from the east end to a rear building of Hayton Jewelry Store on Norfolk Street and installed about 626 dollars worth of new equipment including cleaners filters extractors and drying appliances. The plant indicates a total investment around 2000 dollars and plans to solicit business from towns as far west as Honaker.
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