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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-14
Kiwanis Sponsor Harvest
Show October 81
By E. C. SMITH

The FFA-FHA boys and girls,
along with the on-the-job train
ing veterans under the sponsor
ship of the Clintwood Kiwanis
Club, will hold their fall harvest
show Oct 81, at the agricultural
building on the school grounds.
The show will include corn,
small grains, hay, tobacco, spo-
tatoes, vegetables, honey, syrup
nuts, fruit, poultry and rabbits.
The Home Economics girls de-
partment classes include embroi-
derry, crocheted work, sewing
canned fruit, canned vegetables
and baking.
The grand prize, a splke-tooth
harrow, given to the one who
wins the most points on ribbon
placing-first prize, ten points;
second, five points, and third,
three points. Four other prizes
will be awarded for point win
nings. In addition, cash awards
will be given for each entry win
ner.
Business firms in Clintwood
have contributed many prizes
for the winners in the show. The
firms helping make this show
success are: Clintwood Depart
ment Store, City Service Station,
Ratliff Cafe, Cumberland Motor
Sales, Western Auto Store, Mar
shall Grocery, Piggy Wiggly, c.
c. Long Hardware, New Hard
ware, Cumberland Chevrolet,
Clintwood Motor Sales, Rainbow
Cafe, Colonial Grill, White Star
Cafe Johnson Grocery, Clintwood
Lumber & Supply Co., Clintwood
Hardware, King-Speer Motor
Sales, Home Hardware, Vic Van
over Barber Shop, Clintwood
Farm Supply, Clintwood Kiwan-
is Club, Clintwood Hospital, DR..
R. L. Phipps, D. Curry Dept. Store.
The public is invited to come
and view the exhibits on Thurs
day from nine till three.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-14
PLANS MADE FOR
NEW COUNTY
JAIL

Plans are at last in the making
for new modern county jail
to meet the requirements of the
State Board of Corrections.
The Board of Supervisors met
with Mr.. Brent, state supervisor
of Jails, and ]. L. Williams, archi
tect, in a meeting of several
hours duration at the court house
Wednesday and discussed every
phase of the matter, and it was
agreed that the state architects
would prepare preliminary plans
for a 32-prisoner Jail and submit
to the board for consideration at
the November meeting.
State authorities have notified
county officials that the present
Jail is not considered up to pres
ent day requirements and that the
county must either build a new
Jail or send prisoners to jails in
other counties.
1t was agreed that part of the
foundation built back in WPA
days would be used in construct
ing a new jail, which would
mean a saving of several thous-
and dollrs.
1t is understood that the pres
ent Jail will be remodeled and
used for county offices.
The next meeting of the Board
of Supervisors will be on Nov. /.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-14
ACCIDENTAL SHOT KILLS
BART LICK BOY

Joe, 15-year-old son of Free
man Sykes, of Bartlick Creek,
was instantly killed Sunday in
the woods near the Skyes home
by the accidental discharge of a
shotgun.
According to report, the boy
and one or two companions were
hunting with guns in the woods.
Young Sykes was crossing tree
that had fallen during the past
summer and in pulling his gun
across by the muzzle the hammer
caught behind loose piece Of
bark and caused the gun to fire,
the entire load taking effect in
his body.
Burial was in the family grave
yard on Bartlick Tuesday follow
ing funeral services by Elders
Mainous Mullins, Howard Colley
and John Hess.
He is survived by the parents,
and by several brothers and sis
tiers. Mrs. Sykes was a daughter
of the late Noah Fuller.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-14
FARM TOUR ENJOYED BY
FUTURE FARMERS
AND VETERANS

Dickinson Memorial Future
Farmers and veterans, eighty
five in number, visited some OF
the outstanding farms in Dicken-
son County, under the direction
of c. D. Baker, F. l.. Colley and
E. c. Smith, instructors Of agri-
culture in the local high school.
Outstanding farms visited were
those of Gilmer Fleming, l.. A.
Priode, T. P. Bise and WI. Yates.
The group studied hybrid corn
demonstrations to see how they
were performing in different To-
calities. A demonstration was Civ
en- in measuring corn yield in the
field. Other interesting practices
observed were: Alfalfa establish
ment, maintenance and hay cur
ing, pasture improvement, pure
bred cattle. tobacco curing and
proper farm management where
soil fertility has been maintain
ed.
The Greenwood School lunch
provided tl3e .S>eal at very NOM
inal cost to each. The trip requir
ed the entire day.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-14
SIX YOUTHS CALLED BY
SELECTIVE SERVICE

The Selective Service Board of
Dickinson County will send six
boys to Bristol on October Is for
examination. The selectees are
Noah c. Bowman, Stratton
Calvin Sykes, Skeetrock
Jackie Woods Jr., Birchleaf
Mike Kodak, Wakenva
Albert E. Deel, Nealy Ridge
Lowell Robinson, Tense
1t is understood that the local
board has classified 400 single
non-veteran, non-father regis
trants.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-14
NEWTON MULLINS SLOWLY
IMPROVING IN WASHINGTON
ID. C. HOSPITAL

According to latest informal
ton, Newton Mullins of Isom,
who was shot and seriously injur
ed in an affray with Alex Dutton
a few weeks ago, is gradually I'M
proving in the government hos
pital in Washington. A very deli
cate operation is yet to be per-
formed upon him and it will prob
ably be several weeks before he
is strong enough to leave the hos
pital. In the meantime, Dutton re
mains at liberty on bond.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-14
FORMER CITIZENS VISIT
IN COUNTY

Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Rose, of
Camden-on-Gauley, w. Va, are
now visiting relatives in Wise
and Dickinson counties. Mr.. Rose
is a former citizen of this coun-
ty, having left this county and
settled in West Virginia around
fifty years ago. He is now 80 and
can get around mighty well for
a person of that age.
They have nine children liv-
ing, Fl grandchildren and eight
grandchildren. In earlier days
Mr. Rose was great hunter and
fisherman but is now unable to
get over the hills so well,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-14
FUGITIVE FROM
ROAD CAMP TAKEN
BY OFFICERS

Edgar Stanley, Camp Creek cit
izen, who has often been in the
tolls of of the law and whose es-
cape from the state road force at
Pound was mentioned some time
ago, was again captured last week
by Sheriff Truman Fleming and
state policeman H. H. Collier. He
was in the garden at the home Of
his brother-in-law, Russell Flem-
ing, near Norland, quietly feast
ing on ground cherries and to-
matoes.
The officers report that he re-
sisted nightly with his hands
and feet and that they had to
drag him part of the way to their
car, some 200 yards away. After
he was forced into the car he
kicked out one of the windows.
Stanley was returned to h e
road camp at Pound the day he
was captured, and it is supposed
that he is still prisoner there.
He is said to have escaped
from the Jail here twice within
the past year.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-14
NEW LAWYER HANGS
OUT HIS SINGLE

Glenn Phillips, born and rear
ed around Trammel, is now a
full-fledged Clintwood lawyer,
with temporary offices in the
office of the sheriff at the court
house.
He is a recent graduate Of the
University of Virginia law school
and also a graduate of Lincoln
Memorial University. He is a vet
eran of World War II,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-14
FOURTEEN COUNTY
"SPORTSMEN" ARRESTED
FOR COON HUNTING

Colonel Cecil Bays, game war
den of Wise County, and Joe
Rose, of the National Forest ser
vice, were business visitors here
Wednesday. They report the ar
rest Of IA Dickinson County
"sportsmen" coon hunting on
Steeps Fork last Saturday night
and that part of them have al
ready paid off.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Ballard Hanover
spent last weekend at White
wood visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Curt
Vanover, and while there attend
ed birthday party for Byrd
Cole, who was celebrating his
64th birthday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-14

Cecil Mullins of Skeetrock was
among the many visitors here
morning.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
After Dark
misunderstanding Extend
To Dietary Habits, Also
BY HARRY MACARTHUR
BY HARRY MACARTHUR

of the Old New Orleans, still does
things to the American language
that somehow make it little more
colorful than in its normal state
Bob Simpsons archestra broke oul
in spirited 3-4 time the night we
were there.
"A-a-a-a-h," said the effervescent
Miss Dimitrou,, "the valse. I love
it, the valse. You like?"
Makes us dizzy" we growled
romantically.
"Oh, no." she said. II can dance
for hours the valse and never dizzy
To dizzy is likely to be one of our
favorite verbs for some time.
X x x
Things seem about the same out
at the Shoreham, too, except for
the change naturally noted by a
man last there when the De Marcos
were on hand. Robert is still over
seeing things in Roberts own
manner and Barnee is still conduct
ing affairs on the Blue Room band
stand in Barnee'S own manner. That
man is amazing sometimes. He
never forgets a Blue Room patron
favorite tune, once it's been re-
quested.
The featured entertainment at
the Blue Room currently is pro-
vided by the Inka Taxi trio, as you
undoubtedly have heard. Theyre
good, all right, though their PERU
Wan Indian concert hall ditties may
prove little too rich for the dine
Evening star., 1948-04-29

You may add to the sad facts Of
life in this day the blunt one that
misunderstanding between peoples
extend even to dietary habits
Peter Borras, man who has made
a long study not only of the prep
aration Of food but of it's history
and psychology as well, was taking
note of this the other night as he
sat at his regular Madrillon table.
Mr.. BorraS got around to food while
brooding upon recently read
prophecy that it would be 500 years
before man achieved a peaceful
world government. Feeling he could
not wait quite that long for a less
turbulent atmosphere, Mr.. Borras
was contemplating the things that
stand in its way.
One of these, Of course, is the
nationalistic feeling that joins the
peoples of any land to shut out
those of other lands. And this, Mr..
BorraS thinks, is as much respon-
sible as habit for the esteem native
dishes hold with those accustomed
to them. Maybe, he decided, people
ought to do more travelling and try
to understand not only the ways of
lie OF others but their dietary
whims as we'll.
Mr.. Borras recalled the time
group of Spanish patrons of the
Madrlllon brought a new American
friend in to try their favorite dinner
rendezvous. Bring us, they said,
some OF your wonderful arroz con
polio. Not l." said the American
In stage-whispered Spanish to Mr..
Borras. Don't bring me any of that
plebelan food" A distinct GOODNESS
developed between the Spaniards
and the man they thought was their
friend.
There was another time, a num-
Der OF years ago, when a group of
influential Puerto Ricans brought
the newly appointed governor-gen-
eral OF their island to the Madrillon
Tor a celebration Fix us up some
thing special, they told Mr.. Borras.
mot for me-" said the new
governor-general of Puerto Rico,
bluntly. Il don't want any of that
hot Spanish food" He Immediately
saw what he had done and ex-
planned that he was bit dyspeptic,
but the damage was done. The
party was not gay one. He didn't
last very long in Puerto Rico, either.
In something of the same vein is
the story recently told us by a young
man who SWearS it is true as gospel
II you are an admirer of imported
Camembert cheese who has found
1t scarce, prepare now to shed your
tears.
During the war, this young mans
story goes, a party of advancing
American liberatorS came upon a
food warehouse in a French town.
1t was not an ordinary warehouse,
but one surrounded by an aroma.
Now, the combination of food and
an aroma meant only one thing to
those on the scene. They sent for
the decontamination squad. Couldn't
have all that spoiled food lying
about to poison the atmosphere and
maybe bring on a plague.
But we eat these cheeses," the
French protested.
You must really be desperate"
the American in charge said con-
solingly. I'VE will have K-rationS
distributed to the people immedi-
ately."
The decontamination squad lit its
blazeS about the warehouse. Twenty
five thousand rich, ripening Cam
embert cheeSes melted in the flames
of war.
X X X
A man who has been away from
the After Dark scene for awhile
finds, on returning, that it hasn't
changed much. For example, Rita
Dhnitrou, the lively and talented
Greek singer at the Sazerac Room
Evening star., 1948-04-29

and-dance set. They're worth hear
ing, though, just for the voice of
the trio's star, Imma Sumack, which
is an amazing one that ranges from
the contralto up to the reaches
hitherto reserved for inaudible Ito
humans) dog whistles. The non
Peruvians on hand are Gomez and
Beatrice, dancers, who are all right,
and Bob Edwards, singer, who is
all right, too.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
War Orphan 10 Present
Buddy Poppy 10 Truman

President Truman will receive the
first buddy poppy in this years sale,
when he greets little war orphan
at he White House Monday.
Flve-year- Sandra Marie Smith
will come to Washington from the
Veterans of Foreign Wars National
Home for Widows and Orphans of
former servicemen, in Eaton Rapids,
Mich, to give the President the
flower.
She will launch the annual sale
of poppies, made by disabled serv-
icemen in Government hospitals.
Proceeds from the sales are used for
relief work among veterans.
Sandra will be escorted to the
White House at II am. by Ray A.
Brannaman, commander in chief of
the VFW.
The youngster and her two broth
erS were admitted to the orphans
home last June, after the death of
their father Grant A. Smith, a vet
eran Of 10 months overseas service.
They lived in Columbus, Ohio.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Citizens Federation to Meet

The Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations will meet at pm. Satur-
day in the board room of the Dis
trict Building.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-05
Nations Fire Losses
All Time High

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-The ma
TONS fire waste affecting all ra-
cial groups, scared again during
June, destroying an estimated
$54, 100000 in irreplaceable prop
erty and resources, an increase of
7.6 per cent over losses in the
same month last year, educational
Board of Fire Underwriters an
nounced this week.
June's tool of fire destruction
brought the total for the six
months of 1948 to $386,480,0 600.
Hhis is greater than the total fire
loss for the entire year of 1913,
when an estimated $38O,235,000
worth of property burned.
June's fire losses also brought
the nations fire waste figure to
the highest level W recorded in
a II months period in U. S. his
tory. This total for II months
ending June 80, 1948, was $780,
$4,000, an increase of II per
cent over losses of $6633,457,00O
for the II months period ending
June 80, 1947.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-05

hurdles from Tuskegee institute;
Emma Reed in the broad jump
and high jump, and Audrey Pat
terson in the 100 and 200 meter
dash from Tennessee State; Lii
liam Young in the 100 meter dash
from Chicago; Mae Faggs in the
200 meters from the Police lea
que in New York; and Bernice
Robinson from Washington Park
playground in Chicago.
The girls are bearing down in
their workouts because they real
ize they are going to have stiff
competition from the jamaican
and Korean women.
Jamaica sent only five women,
but | want you to know they are
perfectly built for runnin. If
build has anything to dow it'll
their ability to run, then look
out u. S. A.
There is one Korean girl | had
the pleasure to watch toss the dis
Gus, and | must say she takes her
spin with ease, and releases the
plate like our champion men
throwers. Contrary to what you
might think, she looks barely 16
years old, just a trim as MISS
America, and bubbles with the
characteristic Oriental bashful-
ness.
l have only mentioned these
few performers to let you know
our women's track and field team
isn't going to have a w~alk-away
with the Olympic games. But with
stellar performers like Miss Coach
man, | still place my money on
the American women to win and
place high up among the winners.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-05
RUDE FosWs

Jelly Garner, RUDE FosteTs
Giants and other crack teams, was
a centerfielder out of the mould
that spawned such as Terry Moore
and Incompatible Iris (Gray Ea-
gle) Speaker?
The best hitter l ever saw
against top ranking colored pitch
ers over a tretch of years was
bull-shoulder Jud Wilson, Home
stead Grays. Wilson spent most of
his baseball days with the Grays
amounting to % years up to 1916.
Scrappy Brown, a hustling ball
player in his own right, takes a
lot of credit for keeping Jud in
terested in baseball back in the
days when rookie Wilson was a
member of the Baltimore Black
Sox (1924-32). Satchel Paige,
never held any terrors for Jud
Wilson to whom every pitcher was
his, sworn enemy in a baseball
playing sense, | mean, the first
time he batted against Paige
1920, cole Satch" was unable
to get him out. That was down
in Cuba. Wilson batted tremend-
ously against such immortals as
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-05
Beating The Gun
By Alvin Moses

NE WYORK, Aug. a. (ANP)
The people we talk to: Detec-
tive George Weber, looking as
fit as the proverbial fiddle, stops
on Seventh avenue and 132nd
street, to hold my hand to talk
about a lifetime of playing golf
now that he has retired. Only Is
years ago this same ace-lawman
and I met in the YIN (135th ST.
gym when | was boxing i%nstruc-
tor there. Lippy Lyons, former
rubber to Jack Dempsey and other
boxing greats, button-holes us for
a look-back to the days of old
Olympic field 136th ST., and 9Th
ave., home of many of the great
est colored baseball players in
hemisphere history. Lyons, is a
pal of the once strongest man.
battalion (Fire Dept.) Chief Wes-
ley Williams.
The boxing world mourns the
passing of Battling. Jim Johnson,
playmate of the late Jack Johnson
whom he fought in Paris, and one
of the toughest glovemen in fistic
history. Dick (Cannonball) Red
ding, Lincoln Giants pitcher whom
Babe Ruth was unable to hit sue
cessfully in transforming tits with
colored teams, is seriously i'll and
hospitalized at the writing; his
once great body is racked with a
strange malady that took the mus
cles from his heroic frame as if
by the fabulous voodoo witch prac-
tictioners of Haiti. After we visit
Reeding we will have a story for
you and later a resume Of his
baseball career.
Eddie Younger, Renaissance
basketball star, is the fright arm
of tall and good looking George
Gregory, headmaster (smile) OF
Forrest House in the Bronx. That
is quite some staff Gregory has
up there, by the way, most OF
them stars athletes during their
college days like Pierce, Harvard
university; Skinner, Tom Woods.
Younger and a few more of like
stature; Hilton (Scummy) Slocum
known as the "boy wonder" OF
an early Bob Douglas Kenny team,
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-05
Did You Know?

Four colored men, John Arthur
Johnson, Sam Langford, Joe Jea-
nette and Sam McVey, were the
best heavyweight fighters in the
world 38 years ago? That Jack
Johnson fought them all at least
once prior to his whipping Tommy
Burns and James j. Jeffries, but
that Johnson, would not face any
of them in a championship con-
test after that, claiming he want
ed to be the "only Negro to ever
hold the heavyweight champion
ship of the world?"
Carlos Torrienti, called by
many white and colored baseball
experts the finest outfielder in
Negro baseball history, once out
hit Babe Ruth (Havana) in polling
out home runs back in 1923? That
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-05

Lefty Grove, Dizzy Dean, Hilton
Smith, Paige Yoakley, No-hit Will
liams, Dick Redding, Slim Jones,
Willie Foster, Cyclone Joe Will
liams, ETC., Wilson whaled a two
run homer off Lefty Grove.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-05
negro women IN
THE OLYMPIC
By William O'Shields

LONDON, Aug. 5. (ANP) =
Nine Negro track women on a
track team composed of IL in all
shows some kind of superiority,
but not being a trained anthropol-
ogist, I am not in a position to
issue any scientific statements.
But | do know there have been
a lot of flushed faces when the
English and American photogra-
piers have asked to take pictures
of the star women track per-
formers.
Our nine girls are: Alice Coach
man of Albany State college, in
the high jump; Mable Walker in
the 100 meters dash, Nell Jack
son in the 200 meters, and The
resa Manuel in the 80 meter
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-05

PHONE YOUR NEWS TIPS to
the Daily Express. 1907 German
town street. by calling HEmlock
1915.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-05

You get better results by ad-
vertising in the Daily Express.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-05

never tires of showing close
friends or mere acquaintance pho
tos of his two sons whom he wor-
ships like any proud daddy should.
Evening star., 1948-07-25
Paths Of the Past

Customs and manners of the 18th and 18th cen
tures are reflected in the 85book selection from the
Lessing J. Rosenwald collection display at the
Library Congress- Considered separately each book
has history together they represent origins and lnf
ences of much that has occurred in the world since
their printing.
Plfny's Natural History (above) one of the earliest
books printed in what call Roman type, is the first
classic of scientific content to be printed 1t is also the
first printed treatise which included chapters on med
cine and was source for many medical works OF the
10th and 18th centuries Historians believe that the
first edition of 100 copies took about three months to
complete
In order to furnish English readers with an account
Of their country William Caxton prepared version OF
The copy at the Library (see title page at right above)
is from the second edition printed by Caxtons assist
ton is regarded as the earliest woodcut of English
landscape.
Another treasure from the collection is the copy Of
the "Poychronicon (rght) also by Ranulphus Hlgden
and printed by Caxton about 1882 This copy believed
to be the only perfect still in it's contemporary bind
ing-bnd stamped calf over wooden boards One orig
inal clasp remains.
The Valley settler., 1948-04-30
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Evening star., 1948-11-22

| Officers recaptured George Hus-
ton, Il, convicted murderer, On Q
farm 1S miles northwest Of here.
Last Sunday State prison guards
took Huston and q brother, Ernest,
|2s, to Excelsior Springs for funeral
services for their mother. Ernest
Huston was captured Friday in
Richmond.
Sheriff e. w. Craven said George
Huston was taken yesterday on the
farm of Robert ODell. Huston's
sister, Anna Mae Huston, lives on
the O'Dell farm, the sheriff said.
The two Huston brothers were
convicted Of Staying Sheriff Roy
Patterson and his son, Sam Patter.
son, near Lamar. Mo-, In 1914.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Fire Boats Pumps Save
BARGE Sinkinq in River

A heavily-laden barge was saved
from sinking in Is feet Of water In
the Anacostia River near the Sousa
bridge yesterday by the District
fire boat William r. Belt. The fire.
men pumped $4,000 gallons of water
from the barge while workmen
caulked leaking seams.
The fire boat was called by John
Morgal Of Morgal's boat yard
Seventeenth and M streets Sc.
after he saw the barge, laden with