02 Dec 1953
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1953
Page
1
In Sel and Knox Counties Kentucky Leo County Virginia and Claiborne County Tennessee annual rates are $8.00 with six months for $4.00 and cents per month for shorter periods. Outside this area the yearly rate is $8.00 with six months at $4.00 and one month at 60 cents.
Middlesboro plans a permissive blood donor program starting tomorrow to improve emergency transfusion readiness. The system aims to register donors, type blood, and build a cross index, addressing past chaos in shortages and speeding hospital needs.
An unnamed narrator recalls a tense household where Ethel and Murphy clash over domestic issues. Ortega, a young worker, risks exposure as hints of a missing Ada Murphy surface after a dead man is found in the back area. By nightfall, about twenty people know Ada Murphy has vanished.
A mailed letter from Corporal James Head of Amb. Co. 2nd Mee Br. requests mail from home to boost morale. He notes soldiers value letters and asks readers to respond, hoping for contact and support from home.
The Bell Circuit Court sale notice sets December 5 1953 at 10 o clock in the morning at the East Courthouse door Pineville Kentucky for Lots 49 50 57 32 58 31 3 55 and 97 Loyd Taylor Subdivision conveyed to E W Howard by Eugene Mampton and wife August 4 1952 recorded in Deed Book 154 page 515 Bell County Clerk office Pineville Kentucky The sale aims to raise 544.14 plus interest from November 16 1953 and costs with six month credit bond with surety and 25 cents of the purchase price due at sale. The master commissioner Jack Helton will oversee the bid process. prolific names: Lee Creech Clyde Creech Treva A Howard Sheeman Smith and E W Howard.
The article notes Chenoa Fund totals and a proposed rural highway from Middlesboro to the planned Chenoa Lake site. It mentions the Bell County group sponsoring the lake, plans for a dam at Chenoa Lake, and federal funds from Fish and Wildlife Resources to build the dam. It outlines anticipated earthwork, costs, and start timing for construction next year.
The discussion centers on gender roles with Mrs Dancer and Mrs Hite arguing that women are capable and should lead in many fields while men remain needed in labor and tradition. Rev Digsen notes prehistorical bias and urges male attendance at meetings to support shared efforts.
Julian Pitzer compiles notes on the 1951 minor league draft rumors and Mountain States participation with Macon’s impact. He recalls Macon’s past players and manager traits, praising a Class D skipper who teaches, guides, and shapes talent for higher levels, while touching on basketball and upcoming holiday tournaments and local weather outlook.
Western powers debate a four power conference with Russia and the West seeking a peace process in Europe. Churchill pushes for a top level meeting in Moscow while Laniel faces a fragile, cautious French stance amid postwar European plans.
Dr. Tyson states no blood is bought or sold and that transfusion costs are borne by hospitals. The Island Junior program names Mrs. Qgwson Phillips as chair with committee members and a Middlesboro fundraising drive led by Mrs. Craig Ralston. A 37 Middlesboro women voluntary training session for donor services was recently held.
Best calves brought up to $27 a hundred at divestock auction sales here yesterday. Heavy top calves sold at $26, heifers and steers $11 to $17, sows $6.60 to $11, bulls $8.50 to $22.50, and hogs sold at $23.39 per hundred. In Wise County market at Bix Stone Gap calf top was $29.70, heavy tops $26.60, steers $9 to $18, cows $6.50 to $13, fails $3.4 to $4.70, hogs $23.
Obituary notices list Mrs. dine Asher Osborne and family survivors from Whitesburg Pineville and Whitesburg with multiple Asher siblings. Funeral details cite Durkan Funeral Home and burial in a Durkan cemetery with pallbearers named. William McKinley Gray of Pineville route 1 funeral held in Pineville. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Brooks of Paving route 3 died at birth in Middless boro hospital with survivors and funeral arrangements noted.
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