First Session Garden Club School Opens at VPI Blacksburg
The first session of the accredited garden school sponsored by the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs begins at 9 this morning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg and runs through August 3. Instructors include Mrs. Robert Kearfott of New York Miss Anne Wertener of the Philadelphia Horticultural Society and Prof J C Porter of Cornell with Mrs R H Dyer presiding in Roanoke and H D Smith directing at VPI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
R. H. Dyer
Roanoke
É . Smith
Robert Kearfott
New York
Anne Wertener
Philadelphia Horticultural Society
J. C. Porter
Cornell
Aett
H. D. Smith
City
War Bond Reports Requested by County Chairwoman
Mrs. E. W. Harris, chairman of women's war activities finance division for Merrcer county, asks all representatives in clubs lodges and other groups to phone in their war bond and stamp reports to 9813 or mail to 304 Peery Building by Thursday noon. Urgently needed so Harris can submit her report to headquarters by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Harris
Women’s War Activities
Merrcer County
Peery Building
Bluefield Garden Club Cancels August Meeting
The Bluefield Garden Club cancels the August meeting due to active members in the past month at the Victory Exchange. Members are asked to call on Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays. The committee meets each Thursday to rearrange the stock.
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Bluefield Garden Club
Victory Exchange
Birth notices for Tolcher and Taylor families
Capt Tolcher of the Salvation Army and Mrs Mire Tolcher announce a boy born Sunday at Bluefield sanitarium. Mr and Mrs Ernest L Taylor of Bluefield Virginia are parents of a daughter born Sunday at Bluefield sanitarium. Mr Taylor works for the Lilly contracting firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Tolcher
Salvation Army
Mire Tolcher
Aluefield Sanitarium
Ernest L. Taylor
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Taylor
Lilly Contracting Firm
Circles Meet at Grace Methodist and First Baptist
Grace Methodist Circle 2 led by Mrs. B. Lewellyn meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m at 507 Rogers St Circle 11 led by Mrs. Garland Hypes with Mrs. O J Carter at 709 Highland Ave Tuesday 7 30 p m Mrs S T Harper cohostess First Baptist circles meet Wednesday at 7 p m Margie Shumate circle led by Mrs E Louthan with Mrs R H Gilpin 123 Juniper St Ruth Kersey circle led by Mrs Craig Thornton with Mrs Frank Bond 1315 College Ave Elizabeth Hale circle led by Mrs E Montgomery with Mrs G Dailey 112 Giles St Olive Riddell circle led by Mrs S H Clark with Mrs H E Ireson 513 Third St Lydia Greene circle led by Mrs W L Kaylor with Mrs B D Assum 323 Walnut St with s G D Dotson joint hostess Susie Whittinghill circle led by Mrs Emil Hill with Mrs E H Pields 808 Raleigh Ter Francis Bagby circle led by Mrs C J Stephens will be announced later
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Margie Shumate
R. H. Gilpin
Juniper Street
Ruth Kersey
Craig Thornton
Frank Bond
College Avenue
Elizabeth Hale
E. Montgomery
G. Dailey
Giles Street
Olive Riddell
S. H. Clark
H. E. Ireson
Third Street
Lydia Greene
W. L. Kaylor
B. Dassum
Walnut Street
S. G. D. Dotson
Susie Whittinghill
Emil Hill
E. H. Pields
Raleigh Terrace
Francis Bagby
C. J. Stephens
Thirteen Applicants For Navy Take Exams
Thirteen youths from this area were sent to Huntington for examination prior to final enlistment in the U S navy. Names include Clarence Norris Os oid Claude Dalton Greenville arry Quesenberry East Beckley Caldwell Skelton Garland Wheeler Princewick Thomas Cline Bandy Va Ken Shrewsbury Jr Beeson Angelo Lanc ianese Oswalds Dallas Monk Taze ell Archer Addair Bartley Coval ead Princeton Charles Shephard Oak Hill Freeman Lambert Pineville. Four more applicants from the area are Sidney H. Griffith Robert M. Murray Jr Boissevain Illiam J Kerley Berwind Char les L Harris Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Yestern
U. S. Navy
Carl Porath
Navy
Clarence Norris
Claude Dalton
Greenville
Arry Quesenberry
East Beckley
Caldwell
Skelton
Garland Wheeler
Princewick
Thomas Cline
Bandy
Ken Shrewsbury, Jr
Beeson
Angelo Lancianese
Oswalds
Dallas Monk
Tazeell
Archer Addair
Bartley
Covalead
Princeton
Charles Shepherd
Oak Hill
Freeman Lambert
Community Church Groups Schedule Activities
Club calendar lists multiple afternoon and evening gatherings at Trinity church First Baptist First Presbyterian College Avenue Baptist and Trinity Methodist. Activities include Young Matron circle Intermediate A YWA Margie Shumate circle Twenty club and executive board with various hosts and locations on dates unspecified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Church
Arthur Cox
Cumberland Road
First ‘Baptist Church
John
North Street
Ywa
First Baptist Church
Maxine McGruder
Pearl Street
Margie Shumate
Avene Baptist Oak
Paul Heldreth
First Presbyterian Church
College Avenue
Personal notices from Bluefield residents announced in brief
Mrs Paul Starling and Miss Phyllis Neel of Bluefield Va are vacationing at Beach NC. Mrs Carl Houchins of Giles Street is resting comfortably after a heart attack on a return from downtown. Jean Marie St Clair Wythe Avenue visits cousins W H Childress Eckman. Mrs C C Edmonson Clayton NM and Mrs D G Ritchie Meadowview VA guests of Mrs Walter Clark Highland Ave. Mrs Lois Alvis Columbus OH visits sister H H St Clair Wythe Ave. Mrs M H Tabor College Ave returned home after week with L L Boone Shawsville VA. mother ill but slowly improving. Mrs Gus Coupanger Blue Earth MN recuperating after operation at Bluefield sanitarium. sister of Mrs J C Smith Jr College Avenue apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Starling
Phyllis Neel
Bluefield
Beach
L. L. Boone
Shawsville
Gus Coupanger
Blue Earth
Minn
Bluefield Sanitarium
Coupanger
J. C. Smith, Jr
College Avenue Apartments
Air Cadet W N Smith Begins Army Air Force Training
Aviation Cadet William Nelson Smith son of Mr and Mrs W E Smith of 321 Hancock Street Bluefield leaves for Fort Benjamin Harrison to start basic training. He has served in the Air Corps reserve for a year and is 18 years old as of March 4. From Fort Harrison he will proceed to Sheppard Field for basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nelson Smith
W. E. Smith
Hancock Street
Bluefield
Fort
U. S. Army Air Force
Smith
Air Corps Reserve
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Sheppard Field
Ensign James B. Eades Jr Leaves for Naval Training
Ensign James B. Eades Jr son of Mrs J B Eades of Virginia Court left yesterday for Plattsburg New York to begin U S naval Reserve training He recently received his commission after graduating in aeronautical engineering from Virginia Tech Blacksburg and prior to that attended Beaver High School and Bluefield College before V P I
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Eades Jr
J. B. Eades
Virginia
Plattsburg
N. Y
U. S. Naval Reserve
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Ensign Eades
Beaver High School
Bluefield College
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U S Service
G R Neel of Bluefield Virginia is on a ten day furlough with his parents in Gainsville Florida. Cpl Calvin Pyroson of Bluefield Princeton road has landed in France after ten months in England and Northern Ireland. Cpl Allen Bradford of Camp Stewart Georgia on a fourteen day furlough with his wife Ruth Dove now visiting relatives in Beckley. W Eiser promoted to corporal at Fort Knox Kentucky, son of D W Weiser of Bland Street. Lt Thomas W Gibson left for Fort Bragg after leave at home on Tyler Street. The Starling couple of Cumberland Road have word from the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Neel
United States Army Air Force
Gainsville
Fla
Joseph A. Neel
Bluefield
Cpl
Calvin Re Pyroson
Habgg
Bluefield-Princeton ‘Road
France
England
Northern Ireland
Allen B. Bradford
Camp Stewart
Ruth Dove
Beckley
Donald W. Weiser
Fort Knox, Ky
D. W. Weiser
Bland Street
Thomas W. Gibson
Fort Bragg
N. C
Tyler Street
Service Men's Club Hosts Sixty Servicemen And Guests
The Falls Mills committee at the Service Men's Club hosted sixty servicemen in uniform with four spouses, representing ten states. Flower donations came from Cole's Flower Shop while Mrs. L. D. Bailey chaired the event and Mrs. J. C. Tabor co chaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls Mills
Service Men's Club
States
Secrets Of Marriage Success From Dorothy Dix Wives Discuss
A group of wives debate how to live married life again with tips on managing husbands and avoiding fuss. Each woman offers practical, humorous lessons on harmony, patience, and keeping romance while navigating daily domestic roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Baby Face
SEA Group To Plan Convention
Charleston West Virginia July 31 The state education association executive committee will meet to study plans for the 1944 convention and to determine the exact assembly date Executive secretary Phares Reeder says the convention is tentatively set for Wheeling in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
State Education Association
Phares Reeder
Wheeling
Junked auto body catches fire at Bland Street site
A junked automobile in the Crowder-Freeman garage lot on Bland Street caught fire yesterday. Fire crews from South Bluefield responded, but no damage occurred as the car was already dismantled and discarded as junk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowder- Freeman
Bland Street
South Bluefield
Go Dunn
Brazil Remains Third Largest Nation by Size
Brazil ranks as the world’s third largest nation after the Soviet Union and China, covering nearly half of South America. An armored division reportedly consumes 21 feet per gallon of gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Soviet Union
China
South America
Starling Son Arrives Safely in England
The note confirms that their son Corporal John H. Pat Starling has arrived safely somewhere in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
John H
Pat) Starling
England
Fraser Named Fleet Commander in the British Eastern Fleet
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser was appointed commander in chief of the British eastern fleet, succeeding Admiral Sir James F. Somerville. The move points to heightened British and American naval operations against Japan as British forces shift toward the Orient. Fraser previously commanded the home fleet and sank the German battleship Scharnhorst and crippled the Tirpitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bruce Fraser
James F. Somerville
Admiralty
Sir Bruce
Bay of Bengal
Orient
Tires And Wheels Stolen From Bakery Truck
Two 600-16 tires and wheels were taken from a Frank's Bakery truck parked on the company lot on Bluefield Avenue. The theft occurred between Friday at 4:30 AM and yesterday morning and was reported to the Pa police department yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank's
Bakery Company
Bluefield Avenue
Maximum Potato Prices Raised in 16 Northeastern States
The Office of Price Administration says August pricing for potatoes produced in 16 northeastern states will rise 90 cents per hundred pounds at shipping points due to drought reduced yields. Retail prices will climb by one cent per pound. The affected states include Maine to Delaware with specific max caps noted for several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ohio
West Virginia
Maryland
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Delaware
Kenucky
Nephew of Queen Elizabeth Wounded in Action
London July 31 nephew of Queen Elizabeth Capt Lord Leveson reported wounded in action by official casualty list no further details given He is son of the Earl and Countess of Granville Glass overcoats with bonded glass fiber boards aid storage in Army motorized equipment for Arctic use
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Queen Elizabeth
Lord Leveson
Earl and Countess of Granville
Arctic
Former War Writer Visits Relatives Here
Arthur E. Burgess Jr son of A. E. Burgess Jr of Princeton arrived to spend a brief visit with his parents. He worked with the Daily Telegraph and Sunset News before nine years with the Associated Press on the west coast and later served as war correspondent in the Pacific. He resigned the AP to head public relations for Northwestern Airlines Western division in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Burgess, Jr
A. E. Burgess, Jr
Princeton
Burgess
News Department
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Associated Press
West Coast
Pacific War Area
Bluefield
The
Northwestern Airlines
Seattle
Wash
Minneapolis
Airlines
Chicago
Cincinnati
Vern Haugland
Russell Annabel
Beatles Post Intelligencer
War correspondent recalls Pacific combat and War Bond use
The post informs Burgess, a war reporter in New Guinea and the Pacific, told soldiers where War Bond money goes after describing a naval engagement 360 miles north of Guadal canal. He notes his malaria illness and Catalina crash injury, and mentions visiting his brother in Princeton amid other anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
The
Post-intelligencer
Burgess
Pacific
Navy
Princeton
Thompson Burgess
First Wireless Operators Use Drums for Long Distance Signals
African drummers served as wireless operators with code signals beaten on a large drum. Their sounds could travel up to 15 miles at night, while an interior Australian resort laments a landscape of endless miles and emptiness.
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Garden Club
Grace Methodist
B. Lewellyn
Rogers Street
Garland Hypes
O. J. Carter
Highland Avenue
S. T. Harper
First Baptist
W . Va
DMC
Taylor’s Drug Store
Princeton Avenue
W. N. Smith
J. B. Eads Jr
U. S
G. W. Starling
War Department
Little Susan Desfor
New York City
SMC
Cole's
L. D. Bailey
J. C. Tabor
Cochairman
A. Compton
J. C. Staples
M. H. Harry
E. R. Thomas
F. L. Earnest
Grace Pearson
Frances Thomas
E. L. Dangerfield
8. B. Wilson
W. J. Hatomatoes
W. S. Bailey
Methodist Missionary Society of
Dorothy DIX
Bell Syndicate, Inc
SEA Group
Adm. Fraser
DIAL
Bluefield, West VA
W. Waters CO
the Reliable Jewelers Blea Asta Reddl
America
National Optical Stores Co
A. E. Burgess JR
Australia
Lyceen
Virginias
Appalachians
WAR Food Administration
Appalachian Peach Council
Appalachian
Electric Power CO
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