Dairymen elect Fayette and Raleigh unit directors
Charles Boyles of Oak Hill and C. E. Shumate of Beckley were chosen as directors for Fayette and Raleigh county units. The meeting featured I. D. Porterfield on quality roughages, a report on artificial breeding plans, and a Dairy Herd Improvement Association overview. Rural Development official Shackelford urged dairymen to enroll cows, noting many units target farmers with under 10 cattle. Gerry Heebink highlighted the need for personal visits to establish DHIA. Fifteen DHIA units in WV cover 298 herds and extend to Fayette Raleigh Mercer and Summers regions.
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Register
Fayetteville
Charles Boyles
Oak Hill
C. E. Shumate
Beckley
Fayette and Raleigh County
West Virginia
Tiateemaan
Asamintinan
Vali Vimnitu
Mossvciawuviloyles
Lundale Farms
Shumate
Harper Road
I. D. Porterfield
West Virginia University
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Dairymen’s Association
Charles T. Shackelford
Rural Development Council
Gerry Heebink
ABC
Raleigh-Fayette
Heebink
Fayette
Raleigh, Mercer
Summers
DHIA
New Jersey
Holstein-Friesian Association
Win OU King Ormsby
Amos Combs
Lewisburg
Greenbrier Stock Farm
Morgantown
Food prices to rise in 1951 say USDA forecast
The Agriculture Department warned that food prices may reach or exceed the 1948 wartime peak by mid 1951 due to stronger consumer demand and rising incomes from higher employment hours and wages. It noted larger supplies may not lag demand enough to keep prices down and suggested price controls could be used if inflation worsens.
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Department
Congress
Korea
Roy Blough
Blough
Woodlief Thomas
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Department of Agriculture
Four-H clubs organize for year across Oak Hill area
ers OAK HILL Two Oak Hill 4-H clubs, the Bunker Hill Hustlers and the East End Owls, organize for the coming year. The Whitby Mountaineers reorganize. Gatewood Golden Red 4-H Club forms at Gatewood. Full-o-Pep 4-H Club forms at Cannelton. Club leaders, officers, and adult counselors listed for each group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Bunker Hill Hustlers
East End Owls
Hilda DeQuasie
T. G. DeQuasie
B. S. Zink
Gatewood
Imogene White
Judy Fleshman
Gloria Ashwell
Mary Null
Francis Ramsey
Juanita Rose
Betty Dolinger
Cecil Bolton
Julia Huffman
Ralph Null
Mabel Fleshman
Virginia Ramsey
4-H Champs to Demonstrate at New River Poultry Exposition
Barbara Bennett and Phyllis Hill, Kanawha County 4-H'ers, won the state championship and third in the Northeastern Poultry Producers' Council contest in Harrisburg. They will demonstrate to housewives at the New River Poultry Exposition on November 11.
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Kanawha County
Northeastern Poultry Producers’ Council
Harrisburg
Barbara Bennett
Phyllis Hill
New River
From the Ground Up ABC Unit Still Needs 375 Cows
Ben Rhodes reports enrollment in the Fayette Raleigh Summers ABC unit trails required cows by 375. Dairy Commission moved start date to Nov 1 with aim of 1,500 cows by May 1 1951. subsidy plan possible to begin with 800 head. Despite interest, 175 additional cows needed from small herds. advocates cite rapid ABC growth and benefits of artificial insemination.
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Fayette-Raleigh- Summers
State
Artificial Breeders Co-operative
Dairy Commission
The
Rural Development Council
Commission
C. C. Thompson
Piney View
Thompson
H. B. Thomas
Antibiotics Grow From Soil Microbes to Fight Illness
Many soil microbes produce antibiotics that combat human pathogens like pneumonia typhus and tuberculosis and livestock diseases. Penicillin streptomycin aureomycin are among the earliest and most used, but resistance limits effectiveness. Scientists seek better drugs and understanding, nearing the beginning of the quest rather than its end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banane
Benjamin M. Duggar
Calvin Kenney Elected PMA Committee Head
Calvin Kenney of Clifty was elected chairman of the Fayette County Production and Marketing Committee on Oct. 27. E. L. Clower of Fayetteville and D. A. Griffin of Meadow Bridge were elected vice chairman and regular member respectively. The committee will administer the PMA program in the county during the next year. Common matchboxes bound with cord tape or rubber bands make a seed storage system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Kenney
PMA
Register
Fayetteville
Clifty
Fayette County
E. L. Clower
D. A. Griffin
Meadow Bridge
Supreme Court declines bid to overturn Jackson County livestock permit
The State Supreme Court refused to reverse Agriculture Commissioner J. B. McLaughlin’s order granting a livestock market permit to Jackson County Livestock Market, Inc. Dawkins, trading as Farmers Livestock Market, appealing, argued discretionary abuse and that Ripley Livestock Sales, Inc. was a weak, paper-backed operation. Jackson’s Mill hosts WV Poultry Association convention with speakers from Indiana, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Chicago hosts the 51st International Live Stock Exposition opening for eight days with total prize money over $100,000, cattle prizes totaling $61,370 the largest yet, per manager W. E. Ogilvie.
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State Supreme Court
Jackson County
J. B. McLaughlin
Jackson County Livestock Market, Inc
John B. Dawkins
Farmers Livestock Market
McLaughlin
Ripley
Dawkins
Ripley Livestock Sales, Inc
Chicago
W. E. Ogilvie
Rural Development Activities This Week and Upcoming Meetings
A schedule of rural development events lists Ballengee Farm Club meeting at 7 30 p m with L N Lively as president, plus a series of Nov meetings. Becket county officials include John L Gorman and Kelly Farmer chairing regional PMA and county sessions. Upcoming items feature New River Poultry Exposition and Dairy, Forestry, and Rural Development Council gatherings in Beckley and Prosperity with various chairmen and dates through Nov 21.
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Ballengee Farm Club
Bozoo
Raleigh Pinners Council
Frank Bowman
Prosperity
New River Poultry Exposition, Recreation
Beckley
The
Poultry Commission
Rural Development Council
Dairy Commission
RDC
Memorial
H. C. Avis
Grandview
Tallest living tree in the United States found in California
The tallest living tree in the United States is a California coast redwood reaching 364 feet. It stands on North Dyerville Flat within Humboldt State Redwood Park in California.
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U. S
California
Dyerville Flat
Humboldt State Redwood Park
West Virginia notices call 1950 election to fill state posts
The governor orders statewide elections on November 7 1950 to fill vacancies in the Supreme Court of Appeals Attorney General and Treasurer. Appointments rewind as successors must be elected and qualified. Proclamations issued at the Capitol Charleston July 1950 naming Kanawha and Wyoming counties in the process.
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West Virginia
I. Okey L. Patteson
Supreme Court of Appeals
Jo N. Kenna
Leslie E. Given
Kanawha County
N. Kenna
Charleston
s/OKEY L. PATTESON
Ira J. Partlow
William C. Marland
Wyoming County
s/ OKEY L. PATTESON
Okey L. Patteson
R. E. Talbott
Theonorable
William H. Ansel, Jr
Hampshire County
Funeral Announcements for Katherine Blackwell Beasley
Obituary notices from Beckley and Hinton report Katherine Blackwell Sampson Beasley 64 died October 30 in Spencer hospital. Funeral at Keyser Funeral Home Chapel November 2 at 2 pm with Rev B L Jones. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Pallbearers listed. In Memoriam notes for Mavin Pack and Harold Hamner Beasley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampson Sampson
Katherine Blackwell
Beckley
Spencer
Keyser Funeral Home
B. L. Jones
Sunset Memorial Park
Stanley Mackovick
Paul Greys
Sam Linkous
Albert Caron
Joe Szinokwiski
Leonard Lovell
Funeral services for Thomas Creed Bryant in Shady Spring
Thomas Creed Bryant 67 of Shady Spring died at home Tuesday October 31 at 1 am. The body lies at Caffee Funeral Home until 12:30 pm Thursday then funeral at Shady Spring Baptist Church at 2 pm with Rev. Powers and Rev. Cochran. Burial in Skaggs Cemetery. Ingram Branch note of thanks from Jeff Elliott family.
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Bryant Bryant
Thomas Creed
Shady Spring
Caffee
Shady Spring Baptist Church
E. W. Powers
T. D. Cochran
James P. Elliott
Carl Johnson
Tyree
Jeff Elliott
Ingram Branch
W. Va
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State Dairymen Group
USDA
Associated Press
Washington
Res Aa
Tony
Yolanda Hall
Clarise DeQuasie
Robert Dempsey
Martha Sue Hall
Jerry Dempsey
Thomas Bibb
Earl DeQuasie
Larry Oyler
Charles Haga
Martha Green
Charles Nichols
Juanita Law
Phyllis Epperly
Lewis Law
Lydia Byers
Dewey Pittman
J. M. Myers
James Cummings
Whitby Mountaineers
Connie Thompson
Ira C. Bennett
Whitby School
Ross Bennett
Melvin Bennett
Melvin Bowling
Edna Lee Saye
Peggy Keaton
Susan Lilly
Yvonne Cox
Cannelton
Ella Lou Valentine
Pat Handley
Evelyn Skaggs
Pat Hiles
Shirley Walker
Marting
Sally Pennington
Carolyn Myers
Evelyn Meaks
Hazel Myers
Jo Mattea
Smithers
Jersey
U.S
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Opal Crystal Lady
Ralph E. Cope, Jr
Langlois
Ore
American Jersey Cattle Club
Columbus
Ohio
Cope
Oregon
Douglas McKay
Ralph
Lady
Ben Rhodes
Register Farm Editor
Jackson’s Mill
West Virginia Poultry Association
Indiana
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Mrs. Paley
Blanche
State OF
s/D. Pitt O'Brien
Secretary of State
State OF West Virginia
s/ D. Pitt O'Brien
Memoriam
Mavin
Elsenpemoes Pack
Jesus
Christ
God
Harold Hamner Beasley
Reuben James
Sears Monument Co
Charleston, W. Va
Brandon
Harper Rd. Beckley
Roth OF Ages
Wm. Fred . Davis
John W. Eye
Neville ST
General Electric
Dial
Halstead Refrigeration Co
East Maine St
Singer Sewing Machine CO
South Kanawha St
Rent Doy Radio CO
North Fayette St
Gibson Refrigerators
HN W. Eye
Mallory
Barre “Guild
Robert C. Egnor Monument CO
Crab Orchard
Dia
Pine Monuments & Family Memorial
Snow Thornton Florists
Prince Street
Marcon
H. B. Snead
St. Dial
Fisher’s Flowers
Member Florists Telegraph Delivery Assoc
Norman Shanklin
Hinton
Cliff Top
T. L. Cannaday
Midway
Dial Beckley
Soak Creek
Sophia
J. D. Delp
Suai Eles Civetsace
Montgomery Ward
W. E. Harvey
J. J. Warden
Calloway Heights
Marguerite’s
Main St
Embees
Professional Directory
KODAK
Virgil's
Main Street
H. C. Kinzer
Jones Window Senta
Maplewood Lane
John C. Huffman
Cremens
Brab Oreha Wright
Floralco City Avenue
Youngstown
Crosley
Beckley Maytag Co
Mirr Furniture
Kinas
Raleigh
Mirr
City Avenue
Beck G. L. Fette
Mgr
Or, Inc
Maxwell
Keyser Plumbing & Heating
Prince St
Plumbing
Houchins Mfg. Co., Inc
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