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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1935
Page
5
John Grote of Delware County Ohio surveys his 500 acre truck garden near Delaware and predicts a record crop after heavy spring rains. He notes moisture from rains improves soil, speeds plowing, and reduces cultivation labor while recalling last year’s drought hurt yields.
Grote, a Columbus area vegetable farmer, reports soil moisture is adequate into July with expected summer rains. He notes improved national business signals, enabling him to support his wife and four children and to keep about six regular workers plus seasonal hires during planting and harvest. He has farmed since 1915, growing and selling vegetables in Columbus.
Calloway Heights Tees school final PTA meeting of the year is set for Thursday at 7 30 PM in the school building. The program includes games music and speeches and a pot luck supper. All parents and interested persons are invited. Mrs George Warden is ill. Mrs Kyle Thompson has returned from a Virginia visit. Mr and Mrs W P Bean and children and J D Bean return from Kentucky. Mrs J T McDaniel June Radford and Daniel Bush visited Charleston Monday. Miss Ruby Bean returned home after a two week Kentucky visit.
May 9 report notes seven hundred German children in the Danish section of Slesvig have received invitations from the Nazi welfare organization in Berlin to visit Germany this summer, expenses paid. Danish circles view the bid as part of a German effort to push northward the spiritual border of Slesvig.
Williamson West Virginia May 9 A man and his teenage son known as roaming basket weavers Boyd Thompson 45 and Alex 16 were arrested near their home in the Mingo county mountains after a grand jury in Greenup county Kentucky indicted Silas Stegall 46 Tug Fork W V for their murder. Sheriff Hatfield of Mingo said authorities now bring the father and son to Greenup officials as the two skeletons remain on the hills.
In Owen Sound Ontario a five year old girl named Audrey Brown died after double mastoid surgery. Dr A F Laird injected nine drops of adrenalin into her heart minutes after death. She revived and remained on the road to recovery with eye opening and breathing restored.
Freiburg Germany May 9 a collection of 21000 German folk songs and their variations is being edited at Freiburg University. The work will fill five thick volumes.
In Bucharest on May 9, the finance ministry notes rising public consumption of wine and beer aiding the treasury. The state alcohol monopoly now brings in about $60,000 daily, reflecting strong sales and revenue growth.
Beckley plans a Saturday parade closing Beckley Rotary sponsored Boys Week with athletic events at Sprague field a weiner roast at Reservoir Hill and free tickets to the Beckley Akron game at R M I park Visiting Scouts will be hosted by Beckley Troops 65 and 66 The parade assembles at Beckley Junior High at 11 and moves at noon led by State Police followed by the Scout drum corps officials and clubs invite all Raleigh County boys to participate regardless of organization affiliation
The announcement notes one of the week’s major events for citizens and invites participation. It calls on boys with bicycles to join the parade, signaling an inclusive community celebration and organized civic activity.
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