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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1937
Page
12
American soldier Sergeant Grade Cook introduced German grape growing methods to a barren 1920 hillside on his parents farm. His mother Mrs Lon Cook recalls how one vine per pole and rock-filled terraces transformed the slope. The 17th straight crop demonstrates the enduring success of his experiment.
A hillside formerly deemed unproductive hosts a small vineyard with uncertain yield this year, estimated as several bushels. The Cook farm sits at the former Cameron post office near Glen Daniel, with the planter now working in Montana about a hundred miles from a post office.
Local Colored News notes the West Virginia Baptist State Convention meeting at Young Street Baptist Church Charleston August 18 19 and 20 with New River Association program at 11 00 am on the 19th All churches in the district urged to attend and file reports Rev J Carl Mitchell president Rev D C Hunter moderator plus Eccles Activities report a Ladies Aid topic The Value of Prayer and recent B Y P U rally at the church with visitors and diverse choirs from nearby communities.
The day saw a 90 degree peak, one degree above yesterday, with a brief early heat surge followed by clouds and a cooler late afternoon. Overnight dropped to 59 as a weather front brought renewed warmth later. forecasters expect local showers and storms Friday and Saturday with little temperature change.
Mrs. W. H. Level is visiting relatives in Huntington this week and will return later with her sister Mrs. E. S. Lahon matron at Marshall College.
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