New Look For Dry Hill Prosperity Center
The Dry Hill Prosperity Community Center unveils a facelift funded by the Prosperous Hill Garden Club and local clubs. New hemlock plantings, a limestone walkway, and white and green posts enhance the entrance while two maple trees are removed. A separate project adds a concessions and outdoor cooking facility in the grove.
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Dry Hill-Prosperity Community
Dry Hill - Prosperity Community Center
Will James
Dry Hill Home
Eric’s Jewelers
R. Gene Smith
Prosperous Hill Garden Club
Prosperous Hills Garden Club
Noel Thurman
Neighbors and Rain Reflections From John St Phillips
John St Phillips writes of a light scattered rain in Prosperity area and scenic routes from Glen Daniel toward Lucas’s store. He muses on neighborly virtue, a wish for a stalwart army of fine citizens, and a humorous note about an honorary Ridge Runner certificate and breeches as the correct attire.
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Prosperity
Flo
Glen Daniel
Lucas
Supreme Lodge
West
Virginia Association of Ridge Runners
Beauty Aims at Dry Hill Prosperity Center Area
The Dry Hill Prosperity Community Center area is described as becoming more beautiful as planting completes around the entrances and building. The concession building and cleanup are noted as future improvements, with details reserved for another story on this page.
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Dry Hill Prosperity Community Center
Morning at the Community Center with Gail Bair and Aubrey Halstead
The narrator recalls arriving Monday morning at the Community Center where Gail Bair and Aubrey Halstead were present. Gail had hot coffee as the memory triggers a note about owing her a pack of cigarettes and asking for a Winston.
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Country Life Group
Smith
Gail Bair
Howard Earehart
Harry Neal
Noel Thurman
Aubrey Halstead
Pains in the nuts and a fish oil remedy
In a humid spell two women discuss knee pains and a caller recommends a mix of cod liver oil and orange juice. The author jokes that the best remedy for joint pains might be staying out of the joints.
Meeting people across town and rural areas in notes
A narrator reflects on meeting many people while exploring town and farm pages. He imagines someday compiling a complete list from hundreds of stories, noting he has them filed away and could sit down to recall each encounter.
Beaty Remembered Through Early Market Memories
The columnist recalls Jim Bob Beaty as a early reference point in the column. The memory traces back to O. C. Hutchison who managed Beckley Farmers Market and later became director of Beckley Appalachian Center, noted in a undated reminiscence.
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Jim Bob Beaty
O. C. Hutchison
Beckley Farmers Market
Beckley Appalachian Center
Farm Work Scenes With Jim Bob and Margaret Scott
Frank lin Lilly visited Jim Bob's place where Margaret Scott aided in sacking potatoes. The 19th truckload was being readied and a field photograph captured Jim Bob riding a tractor pulling a weed and brush cutter.
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Franklin Lilly
Jim Bob
Margaret Scott
Fragmented plea line hints at gathering people from then on
A fragmentary utterance expresses a desire to gather all the people from that time onward. The text lacks clear names, places, or events, leaving the main action ambiguous and open to interpretation.
Bartlett Quotations Inspire Timeless Insight
A reflective note on Bartlett's Quotations praising its vast store of wisdom while noting that most clever lines echo ideas from figures long past. The writer muses on originality and the inevitability of quotation through history.
Wise saying sparks admiration then query about author
A reader notes that when confronted with a clever, wise remark their first reaction is admiration for the speaker's intellect, followed by curiosity about who originally said the line. The reflection captures the pull between appreciating wit and tracing its source.
Two Minute Danny Thomas Rerun Sparks Comedy Criteria
A reader recalls leaving the TV on for Andy Griffith then stumbling onto a Danny Thomas rerun. The moment prompts a reflection that a comedian needs at least two of three traits: a big nose, a big mouth, and a good writer.
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Andy Griffith
Danny Thomas
Louder and Funnier Echoes Through Modern Vaudeville
In old vaudeville days crowds cried louder and funnier as comics spoke before loudspeakers. Today modern venues with wide amplification still provoke distant cries to urge louder and funnier performances, occasionally startling nearby rooms.
Soft spoken comics draw laughs by being deemed dull
A critic notes that some quiet fast mumb ling comedians provoke laughter not for their wit but because audiences fear they will be seen as dull or not hep if they don’t laugh. The piece dwells on social pressure to react and the incongruity of humor earned by perceived self depreciation.
Joe the joker leaves crowds in fit of laughter
A social figure known for humor at dinners draws admiration from all who meet him. When telling a joke he begins to chuckle, the chuckle grows, and at the climax his sounds become a wild mix of chuckling and garbled speech, leaving listeners laughing without understanding the point.
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Joe
Market Pulse: Strawberries to Beans from Lincoln Route
A brief market note outlines how the system moves produce from Lincoln to local markets. It highlights how fresh strawberries give way to beans in the supply chain and hints at logistical steps guiding this seasonal shift.
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Lincoln
Twilight Dairy Meeting at Lundale Farm June 19
Twilight Dairy Meeting at Lundale Farm Oak Hill Friday June 19 at 7 p.m. Sponsored by West Virginia Holstein Friesian Association West Virginia Artificial Breeders Cooperative and Beckley Area Rural Development Council. RDC manager C T Shackelford said all interested invited.
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Lundale Farm
Oak Hill
West Virginia Holstein- Friesian Association
West Virginia Artificial Breeders Cooperative
Beckley Area Rural Development Council
C. T. Shackelford
RDC
Lundale
Herbert E. Jones
New Federal State Program To Eliminate Hog Cholera
Federal state plan to halt hog cholera includes four phases with joint administration by State Veterinarian Dr T P Siburt and Federal vet Dr L G Berg. Steps underway: information rollout, outbreak reporting system, garbage cooking enforcement, and market inoculation rules at sales to prevent farm or slaughter transfers. Mountain State farmers market 120000 pigs yearly. $55000 annual loss to producers from illness. Quarantine of infected herds and restricted shipments slated. indemnity possible in later phase. full eradication aims for 1965 completion but full recognition as hog cholera free state may take longer.
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State Department of Agriculture
Federal
Agriculture de- Departments
T. P. Siburt
L. G. Berg
John T. Johnson
Mountain State
Siburt
Boone Counties Stimulus to Commercial Gardening
Boone Counties first and the broader region are cited as a strong stimulus to commercial gardening, indicating growing interest and potential expansion in the sector across the area.
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Boone Counties
The Year of The Strawberry Breakthrough
A reflective note on a season nicknamed The Year of The Strawberry highlighting a standout success and hoping for even larger gains next year. It emphasizes local impact, mentions a strawberry themed breakthrough, and expresses optimistic outlook for continued growth in the area.
Time slips away and we've come to the end of this column
The column closes as time slips away signaling its final paragraph. The writer marks an ending moment, reflecting on pace and perception, and leaves readers with a sense of closure as the piece concludes.
So Long Neighbors A Pleasant Final Visit
A brief farewell note from a reporter to readers, bidding farewell with thanks for the companionship during their time together. The message expresses gratitude and a cheerful goodbye to the audience.
Livestock Slaughter Falls in West Virginia April Report
The Statistical Reporting Service shows West Virginia slaughtered 15,400 head of livestock in April, an 8 percent drop from March and 16 percent from April 1963. Hogs slaughtered declined by 1,300 from March and 2,600 from last April, with total live weight at 7,540,000 pounds versus 8,431,000 a year earlier. First quarter live weight also fell 7 percent year over year, with hogs down 15 percent.
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West Virginia
Statistical Reporting Service
Wheat output glances higher than 1963 but below five-year average
The Agriculture Department estimated the 1964 winter and spring wheat crops totaling 1,213,068,000 bushels. Winter wheat about 981 million and spring wheat about 232 million, with durum at 46.5 million. May drought, winds, and low moisture hit southwest Kansas, southeast Colorado, and the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, while Pacific Northwest rainfall remained light. Citrus outlook for 1964-65 remains relatively good despite a 5 percent drop from last year as oranges and grapefruit near harvest.
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Gaylord P. Godwin
United Press International
Washington
UPI
Central
Southern Plains
Pacific Northwest
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandles
Cowdioy
North Dakota
West Virginia Dairy Report May Milk Output and Prices
State dairy data show May production at about 53 million pounds, up 5 million from April, with the total herd at 107,000 head, down 5,000 from last May. Production per cow averaged 495 pounds, up 55 from April and 11 from last year. Wholesale milk prices to farmers were near 4.15 per cwt, down 0.15 from April but up 0.05 from 1963 May. Replacement cow prices held at 170, versus a national average of 211. Feeds varied, with mixed dairy feed up 0.10 per cwt and soy meal 0.20 lower. alfalfa hay rose 5 per ton while other hay fell 2.00.
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West Virginia
Statistical Reporting Service
Victoria Falls Height and Width Comparison Report
Victoria Falls in Africa rises to 355 feet, twice the height of Niagara Falls and nearly doubles its width. The article notes Victoria Falls as taller and broader, highlighting its prominence among famous waterfalls.
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Victoria Falls
Africa
Niagara Falls
Farm Market Trends Show Uptick In Cattle Prices
Midwest cattle prices steadied to up by a few cents with high weight cattle and prime grades showing gains. Hedging buyers absorb heavier cattle as wholesale demand improves and USDA notes merchandising efforts paying off. Slaughter cows and bulls weak to moderate, hogs firm to higher, lambs mixed while wheat and corn futures fell on mixed crop signals.
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Susan K. Pollock
United Press International
Midwest
Bert Hutcheson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hutcheson
Chicago Board of Trade
West Virginia crop report shows variable May weather and rising 1964 yields
May weather in West Virginia was variable and largely unfavourable for crops. Despite record low rainfall in Charleston and cold final weeks, spring crops advanced with wheat at jointing and about half heading. 1964 wheat production is estimated at 567000 bushels, up 19 percent, while 1964 hay prospects dipped slightly from dryness. Peach prospects in commercial counties were good with 790000 bushels anticipated, up 76 percent from last year. Virginia farms May output reached 53 million pounds, down 1 million from last May.
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Preston
Monongalia
Elkins
West Virginia
Mountain State Art and Craft Fair at Ripley July 2 5
Plans for the second Mountain State Art and Craft Fair at Cedar Lakes Ripley from July 2 to 5 are nearly complete. Headlining will be Billy Edd Wheeler with local professional talent supporting stage shows and demonstrations. The event offers food, more than sixty booths, spinning blacksmithing and educational displays, plus group activities and reduced admission for groups of ten or more with advance notice. Full details and artist applications available by writing Mountain State Art and Craft Fair Cedar Lakes Ripley WV.
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Cedar Lakes
Ripley
Billy Edd Wheeler
Mountain State
West Virginia
Nicotine Boosts Lean meat in Pigs Says Farm Journal
Canadian researchers report nicotine sulfate in pig feed yields leaner hogs at lower cost per pound. Nicotine appears to trigger adrenal hormones raising lean tissue, reducing fat. Cost about three cents per ton. finishing 50 hogs saves 39 cents while potential returns rise with higher grade. FDA hasn't approved feeding nicotine to pigs.
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Farm Journal
Food and Drug Administration
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John St. Phillips
Bartlett
W. L. Campbell
Maryland - West Virginia Bull Stud
Clark H. Taylor
West Virginia Abc Inc
A. Doty Remsburg
Holstein- Friesian Association
Ferrell Olsen
W.V.U
J. S. Larrick
RDC Dairy Commission
Roy 0. Thomas
New Zealand
O. C. Anderson
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Johns
Phillips
State Dairy Report
Chicago
USDA
Southwest
Bcaiic Ak
W. Va
Charleston
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