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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1944
Page
7
The Junior Woman's club held a cabaret style Christmas party at the Appalachian assembly room with about fifty members in the program. Under the direction of Mrs Henrietta Mahood the event featured Yuletide songs and group carols.
Miss Mariam Shewey played piano with the Beaver trio Mary Ann Stahler Susan Burnett and Nancy O Keefeee singing selections. Mrs Marshall Sinclair told the Christmas story The Other Wise Man. The annual gift exchange raised small gifts for hospitalized veterans at Ashford General hospital White Sulphur Springs to be used as bingo prizes.
Circle 3 of Grace Methodist church WS803 held a 1 o clock luncheon at the home of Mrs. C E Kirby on Highland avenue to finish the year. Treasurer reported all obligations paid with a small treasury surplus. Mrs Miles Ratliffe received a pin from circle members. Mrs W E DeBrick was given a gift and goliyarna gifts were exchanged before prayer.
Bluefield Virginia Debonaire Club met at Miss Sarah Jane Perdue's home with Miss Princes Neal presiding. Miss Tee the sponsorship club spoke, Miss Carbaugh offered entertainment ideas, and members planned inviting new joiners, making scrapbooks for White Sulphur Springs wounded soldiers, and a Christmas food basket for a needy family.
The Allegheny Garden Club will meet at 2 30 this afternoon at the home of Mrs R J Cousins Frederick Street instead of the home of Mrs W S Owens as previously announced. An executive meeting will precede the regular session at 2 o'clock.
Friday calendar lists Allegheny Garden Club sessions led by Mrs R J Cousins and Mrs R T Cousins on Frederick Street. Ramsey PTA executive board at the school. Loyalty Rebekah Lodge 94 at IOOF hall. Wingfield Watts Bible class Christmas party at Hamilton Hall Bland Street Church. Story Hour at Belfeld Public Library with storyteller Miss Jeanne Foster.
Various county schools meet at Bramwell high for the Mercer County speech festival. Represented schools include Athens Beaver Bramwell Matoka Princeton and Spanishburg. Students will compete in debating humorous readings dramatic readings declamations and extemporaneous speaking. Miss Shirley Foster heads the Bramwell Speech department and directs plans.
Barbara Ann Williams of Augusta Street Morgantown WV and West Virginia University has been nominated for Who’s Who of the Colleges. She studies speech and was nominated by Dr Richard Aspinall dean of the administration department at the university.
Bluefield Garden Club met Thursday morning at the Appalachian room to hear Mrs C W Jackson speak on Highlights in Christmas Literature. The Beaver High School A Cappella trio Nancy O Keefe Mary Ann Stahler and Susan Burnette sang before her talk, with J M B Lewis Jr presenting yearbooks for 1944 45 and club members preparing Christmas trays for the local hospital.
Macedonia Shrine 8 White Shrine of Jerusalem holds the Christmas ceremonial this evening at 7 in the Masonic temple. Mrs Sayers Harman and Maryin Miller preside with a special dispensation to receive petitions. The goal is fifty new members and a prize fruitcake will be awarded.
Miss Elizabeth Jones a senior at Greenbrier college in Lewisburg and Miss Peggy Bryant a freshman at the college will arrive home on December 20 to spend the holidays with their parents Mr and Mrs E E Jones of Sprine Grove and A E Bryant Augusta street.
Sacred Heart P T A schedules a meeting for Friday at 3 15 in the school auditorium. W R Cooke county attendance officer will be the guest speaker.
Private Alyce Ball daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ball of Bishop Virginia is home on a seven day furlough from Newport News where she attends administration school. Prior to service she studied at War and worked as an inspector in an aircraft plant at Bristol Tennessee. A brother, Charles Ball, serves in the United States Navy.
Mrs L A Jackson will leave this morning for Lynchburg Virginia to attend the annual meeting of the Scott Horner and M investment firm. Mrs William Gillispie has returned home after visiting with Lieut Robert Bee and Mrs Bee.
At Columbus Ohio Lieutenant Bee rests on leave after overseas service with Captain Gillispie. David Lee Lambert son of Mr and Mrs George Lambert Dallas Texas returns from a visit with aunt Janie Marie Lambert and great aunts Misses Julia and Effie Lee at 628 Frederick Street. He is accompanied to Bluefield by grandmother Mrs W D Bartlett of Greensboro North Carolina.
Thirty seven service men and their wives attended the Service Men's club yesterday. They came from 12 states. The Woman's Community club of Dott donated eight dish ers to the club. Lawhead gave fruit juice glasses. Mrs Jim Shott chaired with Mrs Wharton O Keeffe as co chair. Workers included Mrs James Kahle Mrs R H Tyson Mrs CE Seyler Mrs R L Edmundson Mrs Ben Draper Mrs Charles Scott Mrs E W Horton Mrs Percy Gily Mrs Hazel Maxwell and Miss Cledn Heller.
Magistrate R. C. Godsey reported that jail attendants found the body of Mrs in the Fayette county jail. The death is being investigated as a possible suicide while in custody.
Della Bennett of near Mt Hope was found hanging from bars with a noose from her clothing. Godsey indicated she was being transferred to a state institution after the incident.
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