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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
5
The Y M C A, active in safeguarding the health and morals of soldiers and sailors, will mark its sixty fifth anniversary this month. It was founded on December 29 1851 when Thomas W Sullivan organized a small group in Boston. The early gathering occurred in the Old South Church context.
The account centers on Dr Frederick L Black a Boston dentist linked with social clubs that grew into a national and Canadian YMCA network. It notes the British YMCA origin and a 1850 51 visit by American student G L Vanderlip to Edinburgh.
Community leaders call tonight for a Blufffield Y M C A to address urgent youth recreation needs. Aimed at creating a modest, funded operation with a paid secretary and storefront space, it seeks broad participation from local men and women at the chamber of commerce meeting at 8.
The piece traces the Y M C A origin in London 1844, its spread led by Vanderlip and Captain Sullivan, and 1851 Boston experiment. It notes worldwide expansion to nearly 10 000 associations, 106 million in property, 782 branch buildings, and large youth enrollments across education physical bible classes with thousands of staff and over 14 million dollars spent in current expenses.
An old advertisement promotes buckthorn bark and glycerine mixed in Adler i ka as a bowel flush to prevent appendicitis. It claims one sipconful relieves sour stomach gas and constipation by removing foul matter and purifying the system with instant effect, credited to druggist T Frank Mastin.
Camp Lee Battery A Sixth Regiment field artillery displayed disregard for food conservation on Thanksgiving as they served a feast including Michigan Celery Queen Olives Oranges Pickles Vermicelli Joup Roast Turkey Cranberry Sauce Oyster Dressing Cold Roast Pork Candied Sweet Potatoes Apple Sauce Pumpkin Pie Lady Fingers Ice Cream Assorted Candies Artillery Punch Apples Bananas Royal Moca Coffee Cheese Crackers Cigars Cigarettes.
Rapid progress is being made on the coal wharf and water tanks for the Norfolk and Western Railroad at Vickers Virginia on the Radford division. The wharf should be completed in about ten weeks and a five mile water line laid to fill the tanks. Sidings have been graded and track laying on the wharf will start soon. the Radford division crews will move from Walton once the Vickers facility is ready.
The Daily Telegraph appeals for a Bible fund with a note from a reader urging small donations from many. It recounts Sherwood Eddy’s story of a solo soldier in shellfire reading a Bible, and asks readers to send a 25 cent contribution to comfort a soldier. A donation list shows several contributors and amounts.
The marriage of George D May and Miss Bernice J Clans was held yesterday afternoon at 1 in the bride’s mother’s Rock home. Rev T S Hamilton of Bland Street Methodist officiated with a ring ceremony. The couple, after the ceremony, drove to Bluefield with Rev Hamilton and Joe Bailey to begin their honeymoon and plan to spend holidays in Lancaster with May’s mother before returning to Bluefield in the new year.
A Senate or cabinet report notes a $9.84 million surplus for the year, a 5.66 percent rise in appropriations, and a 4.45 percent cost gain. Postal savings deposits reach $151.95 million from 674,726 depositors, with $195.57 average per person. The war pressures routes and staffing, urging broader civil service inclusion for postmasters and purchasing roles.
A letter from Mrs. Chapman of the Potomac division asks the Bluefield chapter to rush fifty 13 by 13 inch cretonne bags with top drawstrings. The chapter will cut and assemble bags to aid soldiers in khaki and ray as a quick Christmas gesture, seeking volunteers through Mrs. James E. Mann on Tazewell Street.
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