Bluefield Woman's Club Reports Regular Meeting Details
The Bluefield Woman's Club met yesterday at the YWCA with President Mrs. F L Pag watery inn 48 Booke. A new member Mrs. J E McMullin Sr was welcomed. Members voted to send Christmas tree fund contributions and announced Christmas seals. Bundles for Britain tea is set for December 14 and 15 at the West Virginia hotel inviting the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bluefield
Thomas H. Scott
Britain
West Virginia Hotel
Meador Bride Unearths Mr Melton in Camp Creek WV
Miss Una Athleen Meador, daughter of A. W. Meador of Camp Creek, W Virginia, wed Mr Charles A Therry, pastor of the Christian church at Catlettsburg. The bride, a Concord College graduate and Mercer County teacher, will reside with her husband in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Meador
Camp Creek
W. Va
Ter
Una Athleen
Charles A.therry
Christian Church
Catlettsburg
Melton
Concord College
Mercer County
Phi Sigma Phi Fraternity
Kanawha County
Charleston, W
New Books Received By Local Library
Local librarian R Dow lists new titles including Clear Tears Ballerina Murders Fielding's Folly Dark Elliots Mary Virginia Province Without a Center Treasure Ranch Sergeant Lamb's America Trail of the Pine Hush Gentle Veronica Parker Mountain Black Plumes The Prickly Pin Mountain Murder in the Family Last Train From Jemes Phillips Oppenheim Hilda Estes The Great Mistake Mary Roberts Rinehart That I Remember Retreater Sake Give Me Liberty John Erskine Star Case of Jaide the Silent Erle Stanley Wrong Murder Craig Rice Invitation to Live The Voyage Charis Morgan Cos hitans W Somerse many titles linked to film productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Dow
Harry
van Wyck Mason
Fielding
Oeeper Keyes
Dark Elliotts
Mary Virginia
Dorothy Bowers
Treasur Ranch
Charles Alden Seltzer
Sergeant Lamb
America
Robert Graves
Trail of the Pine
John Fox
Veronica Parker
Laura Johns
Krey
Binns
Margaret Mallingham
the Prickly Jr
le Pine
Li Bruce Lanca
Phillips Oppenheim
Hilda Estes
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Ises
John Erskine
Ee Star
Jaide the Silent
Erle Stanley
Craig Rice
Lloyd C. Douglas
Charis
Morgan
W. Somerse
cehich —_ moving pictures
Marriage of Gay Evelyn McCoy and William T. Spencer
Miss Gay Evelyn McCoy daughter of Mrs. Hi McCoy of Pikle Kentucky, wed William Thomas Spencer formerly of Bluefield. The ceremony November 21 occurred at Paynesville Kentucky with close friends as witnesses. They will live in Pikesville where Spencer works as a salesman for Armor and Company. A Cleveland agricultural engineer reports a potato with protruding eyes reducing peeling waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Evelyn McCoy
Hi McCoy
Pikle
William Thomas Spencer
Bluefield
W. H. Spencer
Wythe Avenue
Orie
G. H. Bill
Paynesville
Pikesville
Spencer
Armor and Company
Square Dance by K. O. A. Frat at Kirkland Inn
Kappa Omicron Alpha from Bluefield college hosted an old fashioned square dance at Kirkland Inn on Saturday. A country string band played mountain airs while couples danced from nine to eleven thirty and were served hot coffee and sandwiches. Alumni attendees included William Fowlkes Henry Lee Walker Bill Riley Harry Garber Goodman Jones Charles Hale and Joe Bowman with chaperones Mr and Mrs J L Kirk Mr and Mrs Otis Bivens Mr and Mrs McCue and Prof W I Marable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappa Omicron Alpha Fraternity
Bluefield College
Kirkland Inn
William Fowlkes
Henry Lee Walker
Bill Riley
Harry Garber
Goodman Jones
Charles Hale
Joe Bowman
J. L. Kirk
Otis Bivens
McCue
W. I. Marable
Seasonal prayer and club meetings listed for churches
The notice lists multiple religious groups and church organizations in College Avenue area scheduling seasons of prayer for missions, with times and dates. Also included are gatherings at Calvary Baptist, Luthern Guild, Twenty club, Preston School P T A, Home Room Mothers, Child Study club in Bluefield, and the Women’s Auxiliary at First Presbyterian with venue details and supper plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Avenue Baptist Church
Colleeg Avenue Baptist Church
Blanche White
Calvary Baptist Church
C. Patterson
Personal Notes From Roanoke Area Visits
Mrs H F Graybeal and daughter Mrs Morris Kraige return to Roanoke after a pleasant visit with relatives. Miss Arthelia Wise returns home after time with friends in Huntington. Mr and Mrs Ba of Pikeville Ky visit Wythe avenue at Spencer home. Lucille Bailey weekends in Charleston Va. Several locals attend Duke Pitt game in Durham N C. Carl Lang Lexington Va visits Yancey Knowles and Thornton Campbell. Lang Meen Charleston W Va visits hometown parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Graybeal
Morris Kraige
Roanoke
Arthelia Wise
College Avenue
Huntington
Pikesville
Mr. Spencer
W. H. Spencer
Wythe Avenue
Lucille Bailey
8. H. Meen
Union Street
Birth of Cecil Strader Jr in Greenbrier Street
Mr and Mrs Cecil Strader announce the birth of a son on November 29 at their home on Greenbrier Street. The infant has been named Cecil Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Strader
Greenbrier Street
Cecil, Jr
Talented Aletta Jo Looney Debuts at WHIS Studio
Seventeen year old Aletta Jo Looney of Roanoke, new WHIS receptionist and radio artist, showcases piano prowess since childhood. She has eight state titles and one national classical win, reads masterworks from manuscript, and will host a fifteen minute program and weekly request slots while aiming to become a concert pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WHIS
Aletta Jo Looney
Roanoke
Aletta Jo
Newport News
B. F. Looney
Aletta Ja
WDBJ
Dramatic Guild
Jefferson High School
Jordan Conservatory of Music
Indianapolis
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Alleta Jo
Toer
Johnny Green
Bundles for Britain Bridge Tourney Set in Bluefield
The Bundles for Britain groups to host a one night bridge tournament December 9 at 8 PM in the Appalachian Power Company building Bluefield. Players from West Virginia and Virginia are invited with or without reservations, proceeds go to a great need and prizes donated by local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Appalachian Power Company
Bluefield
West Virginia
Virginia
Larry Ho
Francis Lloyd Rigby Wins King Wheat Title Again
Francis Lloyd of Wembley Alberta Canada won the wheat king title for the third straight year at the international livestock exposition grain show. He repeated with reward variety hard red spring wheat. The reserve wheat chain went to Georg Hofman Jr. of f.eS who displayed the black hull. Judges also named Marsh Foundation Farms Van Wert for the corn duke award, the shelled corn championship. A note adds the first practical lamp was patented by Thomas A Edison on January 27 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Lloyd
Wembley
Alta
Canada
Georg Hofman, Jr
F. Es
Marsh Foundation Farms
van Wert
World's Largest Swiss Cheese Factory Found in Antigo Wisconsin
The largest Swiss cheese production facility is located in Antigo Wisconsin, not in Switzerland, reshaping assumptions about dairy industry hubs.
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Antigo
Wisc
Switzerland
Church Circles Schedule Meetings Across Bluefield
Bluefield churches publicize weekly circle gatherings. Grace Church Woman's Society lists circles with leaders and host addresses for December 10 through Friday, plus First Baptist and Trinity Methodist circles meeting Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Notable: Circle 1 at Mrs. J. Hereford’s and Circle 1 Trinity circle at Mrs. Yost’s, both in local streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Woman's Society of Christian Service of Grace Church
D. D. Tynes
Harris
R. J. Es
Keyes
Pearls Street
A. FP. Stafford
Claude Chambers
Bluefield Avenue
Circle
R. W. Culler
Oees North
J. On
Leader
C. Claytor
So Avenue
J. H. Russell
A. D. Carter
Willow Street
E. N. Dudley
Reynolds
Third Street
W. C. Bone
Bone
Carolina Avenue
Circles schedule meetings at Fairfield and First Christian churches
The text lists Wednesday and Thursday circle meetings led by various women at multiple addresses in Fairfield. It covers Circle numbers 1 through 8 with leaders and host locations, noting times such as 2:30 and 1 o'clock, and includes both College Avenue Baptist and First Christian church groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Avenue Baptist Church
J. A. Burton
Burton
North Street
Wade McNeal
C. T. Gills
Predeens
Lon M Rish
Lebanon Street
Circle No. 4
James Sappington
Page Morrison
Maryland Avenue
Circle No. 5
R. W. Clifton
Hattie N. Lusk
Jefferson Street
the First Christian Church
Circle No
Frank Bowling
Charles Ee
Parkway
W. T. Jackson
C. S. Cheyong
Mt. View
de Hale
E Barton
J. H. Rosenheim
Corum Cunningham
Oakhurst Avenue
Ben Johnson
R. R. Waltz
Hancock Street
Howard Brown
Bivens
Cromer
One Avenue
Pedigo
Aciff
Seaman Street
Weanesday
c. = chell
C. Akers
Tazewell Street
A A W Holds Special Meet Plans Benefit Tea
A special meeting of the American Association of University Women was held at Mrs James E Mann s home. Plans were made for a Benefit Tea for Bundles for Britain on December 13 and 14 from 3 to 5 at the West Virginian hotel with Mrs Mann as general chairwoman. Fields of lava and volcanic features reported in southeastern Idaho were described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of University Women
James E. Mann
Parkway Avenue
Association For the Benefit
West Virginian Hotel
Mann
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis
An old advertisement urges early treatment of bronchitis or chest colds with Creomulsion. It claims the medicine targets the bronchial membranes to loosen phlegm and soothe inflammation without narcotics and offers a money back guarantee if it does not help.
Power Behind the Nation shown in Bramwell and Bluefield clubs
A Norfolk and Western color sound film titled The Power Behind the Nation will be shown at Bramwell High School tonight at 7 30 as part of a Bluefield Better Service club and Bramwell PTA meeting. The film, narrated by CBS's Bob Trout, highlights coal industry roles in the nation’s economy with mining scenes filmed in West Virginia Kentucky and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bramwell
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefield
Bluefield Rotary Club
West Virginian
Bob Trout
Columbia Broadcasting System
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Norfolk Western
Roanoke
Nationwide picture to be distributed with clubs and schools
A photograph is prepared for nationwide distribution accompanying items on schools colleges civic clubs traffic gatherings and N. and W. Better Service clubs as part of a broader community outreach effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. and W. Better Service Clubs
James M. Godwin Named President Engineering Body
The Southeast chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers elected officers for the coming year at its annus ladies night. James M. Godwin of Bluefield was named president with L. A. Gates of Beckley as vice president, E. C. Smith of Bluefield as secretary treasurer, and directors H. W. Saunders Bramwell Luke Bates E F Ketter James Cameron Kyle Bruce. The group plans its eighth annual convention, tentatively set for Bluefield, to honor Saunders who becomes state president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
West Virginian Hotel
James M. Godwin
Bluefield
L. A. Gates
Beckley
E. C. Smith
H. W. Saunders
Bramwell
Luke Bates
E. F. Ketter
Gary
James Cameron
Kyle Bruce
Shirley Sue White
Shirley Peters
Jean Warden
Jean Foster
Concord College
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Bluefield Woman’s Club
Kee
Ben Williams
June Shupe Ao
Winterset
Maxwell Anderson
Williams
8. J. Kell
S. B. Payne
Ethel Killey
Miss Meador
Mr Melton
Evelyn McCoy Arries
Cleveland
Cme
K. O. A. Frat
W. M
Luthern Guild
A. F. Olinger
Bailey Avenue
Twenty Club
Kitty Kitts
Preston School
P.T. A
Hancock P.T. A
Lacy Woodyard
Wayne Street
Child Study Club
J. W. Dickenson
Virginia Avenue
Reece Osborne
Woman’s Auxiliary of
The
First Presbyterian Church
Francis Lloyd Rigby
King Wheat
Thomas A. Edison
Panvill Cela
ALA
Elk’s Club
Fred Pendleton
First Baptist Church
L. E. Humbeys
J. T. Hereford
Fourth Street
A. V. Eee
W. D. Iddings
Annex
H. E. Ireson
H. T. Montgomery
R. L. Marshall
J. R. Magnus
We L. Taylor
Tazeweil Avea
E. M. Louthan
H. Tingle
Rogers Street
Trinity Methodist Church
R. E. Yost
H. Belcher
Bland Road
Lake Bailey
G. 8. Armbrister
W. R. Keesee
John Oe Leader
Oor
C. Eastwood
T. Wynne
FP. M. Turman
Preston Street
W. H. Wayland
Wayland
C. R. Goodson
Inger
Fairfield
Idaho
N. Dw
la Bo
Moroline
Olinne
Cox’s
Cox
Christmas Oeer
Dad
Sue
Horace Junior
Appalachian Electric Power
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