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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1939
Page
3
A dense broadcast list shows a full day of radio programs from morning to night. Listings include musical acts, talk shows, news segments, variety programs, and commercials with numerous sponsors and station notes.
The 1940 edition of Karston's Follies Unusual headlines a grand tour show with giant illusion effects. It features a living mummy, animated toy soldiers, a severed but revived Oriental slave girl, and multiple spectacular scenes. Claims set it apart from typical tours and notes record-breaking attendance worldwide.
A dense listing shows CBS NBC and ABC altering programs by time, with shifts noted for Eastern and Central zones. The schedule includes news, serials, music, and comedy blocks from 6:05 p.m. to 2 a.m. featuring Edwin Hill Malcolm Clairenbc etc.
Lost ladies gold Waltham wrist watch in Bluefield Virginia. Suitable reward. Return to Goosby Woolworths Baestieté W Va. Virginia.
Bluefield voters must pay poll taxes by Saturday to qualify for the town election next June. The piece notes potential candidates, lists groups and banquet organizers for the 1940 cycle, and gives sale locations for banquet tickets in Glato and neighboring areas. Mrs Mammie C Lyles travels to Cleveland for a presiding elders meeting.
Reward offered for recovery of a lost terrier with ears and white feet and white on tail. Phone 4749 Bluefield Va. Childs Study club meets at 3 with Mrs. J. W. Dickenson. other items note illness of Mrs. Poindexter, Santa Claus baskets, and a bus incident over a ten dollar bill. Circles of the Women’s Missionary Society and Graham churches plan meetings with multiple hostesses. A Harrisonburg visit from M D Hinton is mentioned along with a boy with a goat team collecting scrap for Christmas.
Mrs. Olin Troy discusses a belief about Chinese families and refutes a supposed foe in China. The interviewer notes a misunderstanding of Chinese family structure and aims to clarify the topic.
The fragment references Mrs. Troy describing American life, mentions Bluefield Virginia families with fifteen children, and notes someone as a missionary from China.
Observations note rabbits fatten well after heavy frosts. They seek shelter in brush piles hollow logs and ground holes during deep snows. The rabbit is described as lacking a permanent home with every resting spot becoming its home.
Monday evening a homecoming was held at the Methodist church for Rev. Olin Troy and his wife Mrs. Jean Hawks. Attendees included former classmates and local church members. The event featured organ music, a solo, a reading, and refreshments. Mrs. Troy’s mother was a Saltville native.
At city hall two ex town managers, Jack Baldwin of Finley and Mr. Rhuel, first town manager now with the Virginia League of Municipalities, met by coincidence. Rhuel recently fractured a rib in Honaker after slipping on the town sidewalk. Baylor, connected with the state in Richmond, was visiting home for the first time in some while.
The P A G class of Mount Zion Baptist church youth department will meet today at 5 o clock at Mrs Mamie Goodwin 117 Park Street Miss Alma C Adams Superintendent expected present The P T A banquet at Giatto honors five veterans and silver loving cup for largest represented membership to be presented by Mrs L M Trigg hospitality committee named to serve one hundred persons
council convenes December 6. William Ward of Cleveland has returned after attending the funeral of his brother in law Johnnie Robinson. He also visited his father on High Street and two sisters Miss Lillie and Carrie Ward.
The Junior ushers of John Stewart church will hold a called meeting this afternoon at 4 30 members are urged to attend at the church venue.
The notice states that the annual election of officers will be conducted at the upcoming meeting. It implies a formal vote within the organization and schedules the event for members. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
The public service commission grants authority to the Chesapeake and Ohio to discontinue its agency station at Peace Springs Summers County and substitute a preparation. The order is effective 30 days from the date of public notice.
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