Chestnut Tree at Egeria Bouts Blight Resistant Nuts
Forestry experts note a chestnut tree at Egeria bearing nuts again and suggest its seed may yield a blight resistant native strain. Officials push Chinese chestnuts as blight resistant but aim to restore the native crop and timber value despite past losses from the blight.
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Egeria
Floyd Rothlisberger
Southern Soil Conservation District
Rothlisberger
Federal Soil Conservation Service
State Conservation Commission
Harr
Beckley
John Cooper
Raleigh County
Farmers Home Agency
Milton Harr
Kanawha Distict Forester
Red Cross Raleigh Chapter to Convene Quarterly Board Meeting
The Raleigh County chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its regular quarterly board meeting Thursday at 4 p m in the Bair Building.
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Raleigh, County
American Red Cross
Bair
Hot Lunch Program to be Discussed by State Supervisor
Martha Bonner, state supervisor of school lunches, will address Ra leight County principals at 1 30 p m in the county courtroom. Superintendent D W Bryson announced the session to explain the hot lunch system procedures and regulatory changes for the current year. The program starts in most schools in the last week of September.
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Raleight
Martha Bonner
Bryson
Ponds Dug On 3 Local Farms In Raleigh County
Raleigh County soil conservation efforts advance with two borrowed machines digging farm ponds. Floyd Rothlisberger notes a State Conservation Commission bulldozer works at Lundy Sweeney’s Glen farm, and a Federal Soil Conservation Service bulldozer operates at G L Ferguson's Cool Ridge after a pond at Hamilton Cole’s Cool Ridge site. An unusual gravel layer delays progress at Ferguson, with underground streams complicating water flow.
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Raleigh County
Floyd Rothlisberger
State Conservation Commission
Glen
Lundy Sweeney
Federal Soil Conservation Service
G.L. Ferguson
Cool Ridge
Hamilton Cole
State Conservation Com
Dozer
Rothlisberger
Ferguson
L. F P. Silberberger
Raleigh
Silberberger
State Parks Stay Open Late This Year
The Conservation Commission reports cabin reservations extend to October 26 and West Virginia state parks will remain open this year if weather allows. Swimming resumes after September 1 but no lifeguards will be on duty. Restaurants and recreational facilities stay open.
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Charleston
The
Conservation Commission
West Virginia
Young Republicans to Meet With President in Beckley
Leaders of the area Young Republican clubs will hold a conference with Cecil Underwood state president of Young Republican Clubs on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 204 of the Beckley Hotel. Mrs. Robert Ashworth national committeewoman urged all party and club members to attend. Raleigh County Republican Club officers R. D. Schwank president and George Foy will join the meeting.
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Cecil Underwood
Sistersville
Beckley Hotel
Robert’ Ashworth
Obscure Local Office Held by Bailey Amick Trio
The record lists Harvey Bailey Jr as vice president, serves as treasurer, and Lois McDaniel Amick as secretary in a local organization setting. The fragment confirms three named officers.
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Harvey Bailey, Jr
Lois McDaniel Amick
Farmer Paid 340 for Cow's Tail
Buffalo N Y A county treasurer awarded 40 to Clifford Kelkenberg after a dog bit off three inches of a registered holstein heifer tail. The payment used funds from the dog license fund to compensate farmers for livestock injuries caused by dogs.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank A. Slade
Clifford Kelkenberg
Clarence Center
Italians Read Quake Hits U. 5
Chicago area tremor reported as the most severe in the Midwest since 1937. A La Spezie clipping claimed Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit faced widespread fires after the quake on August 9, with no serious damage finally confirmed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Dan Marchese
Italy
Marchese
Cleveland
Detroit
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
Michigan
Alphonse Schmitt
Loyola University
Midwest
Japanese firm makes sugar from sawdust near Tokyo
The Japanese Forest Products Chemical Association reports success in producing sugar from sawdust and a plant is under construction south of Tokyo. The agriculture ministry confirms the sugar is slightly less sweet than cane sugar.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japanese Forestry Products Chemical Association
Agriculture and Forestry Ministry
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