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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1925
Page
2
A brief report notes ongoing discussion of a local bond issue amid community activities including a church rehearsal on Tuesday. Officials and residents weigh costs and benefits, aiming to secure voter clarity before an upcoming decision.
Superintendent E C Wade spoke to young women at the YWCA lunch noon meeting urging registration and voting for the upcoming school bond issue. He warned that a failure could delay Bluefield Ito progress and encouraged those ineligible to influence others in favor of the bond. Also notes from the Pennehoro News include a bridges luncheon at Doyle’s hosted by Miss Genevieve Collins for Mrs. Jas E Hatcher of Bluefield and subsequent bridge games and a Monday afternoon gathering hosted by Mrs. L P Jones with Mrs. Jas B Hatcher as guest.
Friends celebrate the marriage of R. Daffron and Mildred Savage of Richmond. Daffron, a Virginia Polytechnic Institute graduate, serves as an electrical engineer with the Norfolk and Western and they reside in Elliott apartments in Blusfield. Trinity Methodist Church Hannah Bible Class met at 7:46 for their regular monthly gathering with important business.
Fidelis Club presents Aunt Mirandy's Minstrel at the Y M C A rooms Friday evening to raise funds for the delegates to the YWGA. Proceeds will defray travel and related expenses for the group.
The schedule shows a conference in Blue Ridge North Carolina from July 7 to 17 and a minstrel program at 8 o'clock Friday evening April 24. Morton Wagner son of Mr and Mrs J E Wagner won Emory and Henry College annual public debate and was chosen as representative for the inter collegiate contest with Elon Colleges. G I A holds a 2:90 gathering this afternoon. Regina Vicarine will sing at Grace Methodist Sunday service. Mme Regina a noted opera figure teaches at Sullins College Bristol VA and tours have taken her to several states. A list of books is noted at the library and the Missionary society calendars are updated.
Mrs J A Jones of 317 Colley Avenue Norfolk Virginia recounts her recovery after taking Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound in 1904. She professes life changing health gains from the remedy and urges other women to use it, noting improvement during the Change of Life and willingness to answer letters.
Personal notes list Raymond Russell as the fine son of Mr and Mrs RB Peters. Readers mention visiting relatives, expected arrivals from Sullins College, and a chorus from Sullins College with pianist May Merson set for Grace Methodist church service. Several local residents travel or shop in Bluefield and nearby areas.
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