Workers Needed for Cannery

Herald of August 2, 1945

The Blue Mountain Canneries is in urgent need of workers at the Martinsburg plant during the coming corn-canning season. Management is expecting a big season.

Sgt. Ira Dean Butler, 27 of Martinsburg, has been honorably discharged from the Army after four years and four months of service. The young man had portions of two fingers and the thumb of the left hand blown away during the invasion in France on July 2 of last year.

H.K. Rhodes, Roaring Spring contract painter and decorator and merchant, has taken over the old Deford theatre building on North Market Street, a short distance north of the Square, and plans to open up a fairly large 5 and 10-cent store.

Between showers, farmers have been cutting oats this week. Some are having their crop cut and threshed at the same time by combine. The straw is long and the grain is well developed, resulting in a large yield.

State highway men oiled the road leading from Smithfield, Piney Creek, across the Barrens to Beavertown, Clover Creek.