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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1925
Page
9
Promote a Cavalier Chest as a cedar storage piece and fine furniture. Highlights solid cedar or walnut veneer exteriors with cedar linings and moth protection. Emphasizes lasting value and Cavalier honor mark inside the lid as a prized gift for wife mother or daughter.
Tables Like Lamps you can scarce ly get enough. There is a table for every purpose. For instance the little coffee table can find a place in any home. The end table is at home beside any big chair or davenport, and for the lady who entertains a great deal, the nested table solves the problem of having enough tables to serve on or to play cards.
Delegates from five Epworth League chapters in Gary gather to form a county union for the McDowell County Epworth League. G C Adkins of Welch is elected temporary chairman, with a nominating committee named to plan permanent officers. Welch chosen as site for the first regular union meeting set for January 22. Also notes upcoming Gary Theatre showing of Gene Stratton Porter story A Girl of the Limberlost.
The Missionary Society met at the church and elected officers for the upcoming year. New roles include President Mrs. G. C. Stedge and Vice President Mrs. J. G. McIndoe, with several other posts filled by named members. The meeting featured a Bible reading from Luke and a poem by Mrs. J. E. Wolfe. The next session targets the first Thursday afternoon in January.
Amusement Department announces Gary program lineup led by Sackcloth and Scarlet with Alice Terry. Other nights feature Spook Ranch, The Jawless Trail, Enticement, and Zander the Great with Marion Davies. Weekly shows promise romance, action and comedy in a busy theater slate.
Post office urges early mailing of cards and packages to ensure Christmas delivery. Packages must be wrapped, fragile items crated, and marked fragile. Size limit eighty four inches length plus girth. weight limits seventy pounds local in- zones, fifty pounds other zones. Personal correspondence cannot go in parcels. Insure valuable parcels with min limits: $50 value ten cents, $100 value twenty five cents. Holiday observed Christmas day. only essential dispatch of first class mail.
A recent community match drew the season’s largest crowd as Mike Silagi’s league-leading team faced the Shughrous Professionals. The event showcased top-scoring play and strong audience turnout.
The Helchee Wall Community Club holds its regular meeting at Thorpe Methodist Church this Sunday afternoon December 6 at 2 30. Rev G T Jordan of Jenkins Jones will present the principal talk. All are invited and members are urged to attend as revival efforts approach and a revived club can be useful in the next four to five months.
The Gary Dinner Club will meet in the basement of the Methodist Church next Tuesday at 7 o clock. B B Kimble plans a special program and McKinney will present a draft by laws for future club operation. Dinner will be served by Methodist ladies.
Miss Mildred Crane and Miss Ella Wiley were shopping in Welch on Friday. Mrs BE G Woods visits her daughter Mrs Wickline in Princeton. Odell Collett has resigned his position with the United Supply Company.
Mentions include Miss Dorothy Baughman called home by her mother's illness, Mrs. J. BE. McCalpin returning from Florida, Elizabeth Brown visiting East Radford, A. J. Smith visiting East Radford, Claude Boughner in Pittsburg, Joe Scott recovering from appendicitis, Jamnita Ruth Branscomb and family trips to War, and Mrs. Kh W Hart ill with a severe cold. Also references to coal company positions and local business visits.
Chevrolet Motor Company aims to exceed 600000 passenger cars and trucks in 1926, a first for the industry. President W. S. Knudson cites strong market demand, year round sales due to closed cars, and ongoing manufacturing improvements as key factors behind the record totals including the 2000000th Chevrolet milestone.
The Chicago factory and its dealers report continued strong sales with an average of more than 1,000 cars a month since January 1 as Willys-Overland makes its biggest driveaway drive.
Dealers at Willys Derby in Chicago celebrate a record single day driveaway of 401 Willys-Overland automobiles with a total retail value over 500000 and a cash payment of 348921.71 by 529 attendees. President John N Willys attended the Municipal Pier event branded Willys Day and Illinois dealer activity shows strong Willys-Overland sales with over 11000 cars delivered in Chicago area.
An advertisement touts Dioxol tablets as a modern liver gland secretion from ox that boosts bile, fights intestinal germs, and improves blood quality. It claims rapid relief from nervousness, dull eyes, and high blood pressure, urging readers to request samples via coupon.
The period from January 1 to November 1 shows total retail value over 14 million dollars. Willys-Overland's Chicago branch delivered 2202 automobiles in September and October, up nearly 300 percent from the same months in 1924.
Chicago reports the Red Cross relief drive for the March tornado toll in Missouri southern Illinois Indiana Kentucky and Tennessee has spent nearly two million dollars aiding rehabilitation. A back to school campaign is underway as fear keeps children from opening a classroom. 500 remain injured including 266 in West Frankfort with recovery possibly lasting a year.
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