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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1922
Page
4
Plans for Bluefield Community Play Night highlight C Watson arriving Friday morning to supervise the grown-up section while children perform in another room at the Masonic temple. The event, Friday December 8 at 7 30, promises fun and active recreation beyond passive amusement.
Wttshuro. Dec 5 The Jones and Laughlin Steel Company will reorganize into the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation with 60 million dollars in preferred stock and 60 million 400 thousand dollars in common stock. The current capitalization is 80 million dollars all in common. The change preserves existing management. The firm, founded in Pittsburgh in 1852 by the Jones and Laughlin families, remains largely family owned.
Carrie Steidmitler once valued at about $100000 died in Pueblo Colo in a hut under a bridge. Her husband a Vienna surgeon died in 1886. She moved from New York to Creede and owned mines including Japanese and Little Frankie properties. Legal battles drained her fortune leaving her poor in old age. Her second husband and a son had not spoken with her for years.
A Bluefield community effort forms the Christmas Tree Committee to reach every needy child. Led by T OJ Wilson and 11 others, the group plans a $500 drive with free will offerings to fund toys and clothes for children overlooked by Santa. Contributions may be given to committee members or at the Daily Telegraph office.
Mrs Frank M Mooring fell down stairs at 1025 Elm Street Huntington W Va Thanksgiving night suffering a badly fractured limb though friends say the injury is not serious. Mrs H C Beckett from Chase City Va visits Graham area relatives and is mother of Mrs S B Jeffries who vacationed here last summer.
Bluestone Lodge No. 13 invites all Odd Fellows to a Saturday night meeting at the usual hour with an address by Past Grand Master E. B. Northen, now a Bluefield College professor. The Ladies Guild Lutheran bazaar starts at 1 30 Saturday in J P Spracher & Bro with a large offering.
A sale featuring variety of needle work and handmade articles is organized to support the church. Friends and community members are invited to attend and purchase items.
The building committee of the Baptist church will meet this morning at 10 30 at the old church to open bids for heating and seating the new building. Representatives discussed details yesterday and bid proposals are expected. Architect Islip representing Herbert L Cain will attend.
The building committee of the M B Church will meet Friday evening at 7 20 at the parsonage. All members urged to attend.
John Weekly of Clarksburg West Virginia was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the July 4 killing of James Davis of Parkersburg. He was released on a 1560 dollar bond by Judge John C Southern and will be sentenced on Saturday. Davis allegedly threatened Weekly as they walked along a railroad near Interstate. Weekly testified that he shot three times when Davis moved as if reaching for a gun.
Wheeling, W. Va. Dec 5. The veterans bureau will be closed here within the next thirty days despite Congressman Rosenbloom’s protest. Washington officials argue work can be done more economically by trimming state offices. The Charleston office closure had been announced earlier, and manager K E McWhorter expects to wind up by year’s start.
More than 200 delegates from Northern West Virginia gather in Wheeling on December 5 for the Young Peoples Conference to discuss fourfold life ideals. Representatives from local churches and youth groups hear speakers on spiritual, social, physical, and intellectual development.
Five barges carrying 60 000 bushels of wheat were torn from their anchors in a violent wind storm on Oneida lake near Lewis Point. Three vessels washed ashore at Verona Beach while two drifted toward Sylvan Beach as life savers rushed to rescue four crew members. The Inland Marine Corporation of New York owned the boats.
Fire on the steamship Canadian Gunner in St Johns Newfoundland was put out after a three days battle. The blaze damaged the ship's cargo of flour and produce estimated at about $100,000.
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