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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1933
Page
3
Bluefield postmaster Mrs. Stella M. Bivens appeals for 100 percent cooperation to handle the Christmas mail surge. She urges patrons to shop and mail gifts a week to ten days early to ensure delivery before Christmas Day. No deliveries will be made on Christmas Day.
In Sydney the single bell at St Chad's Cremorne was replaced by a recording of St Margaret's Westminster chimes. The disc was amplified so the sound could be heard up to a mile away.
McComas West Virginia residents praise J B Boyd for rapidly locating and breaking into the Pocahontas Fuel company community building after a fire started from sawdust. He entered through a rear door, finding flames threatening the pool room and ceiling, preventing total ruin. The report also notes funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Hall and a list of local births and social notices from McComas.
A seventh grade home economics group hosts a kitchen and dish shower in the high school gym Friday at 7 30 p m. Attendance reports show 72 pupils with perfect records this month and a 93 percent school rate. The senior class leads with 97 percent. Yale holiday closes Dec 22 reopens Jan 3. Aged Mrs Elizabeth Bailey dies at 90. Open war on truancy as deputy sheriff targets families with absentees. Mora PTA meeting reports Reds win attendance contest. Thanksgiving program given by Mora students. Rabies alert urges muzzle or tie of dogs within ten miles of Montcalm. Various church and club activities noted.
In Nemours West Virginia Mount Herman church held Sunday school at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m led by Rev Charles Damron of Bluefield. A birthday party for Fred Mullins was hosted at the Mullins home with many neighbors and relatives in attendance. The list notes students who were never absent or tardy in the third month of school.
The school lists students earning grades of C or above across grades. Fourth graders Helen Hambrick Kathlene Strong Hazel Belcher are recognized along with Elizabeth Barrett Nedra Tabor and Lucille Sarver in sixth grade. Third graders Junior Lawcen Fred Mullins Arminta Barrett Sadie Belcher la Brooks Margaret Pruitt Jenny Mae Rye Corine Sarver Ernestine Sparks and Louise Workman. Second grade Blanch Mullins is noted.
Announcement from Falls Mills reports the marriage of Miss Nellie Cumby to Ralph Marre on December 1 at Princeton. The bride is daughter of Easley and Nellie Cumby and Beaver high school alumna. The groom is son of H M Marre and wife formerly from Nemoura where the couple will reside.
Mrs C. KE Sparks has been ill this week. Misses Trene and Mable Bryant of Bluefield spent the week end with their sister Mrs J W Morris. George Walker will return home Sunday after a business trip to Iowa. Miss Byrtle Rigney returned to her home at Bramwell Saturday.
Advertised as a bladder laxative with juniper oil and Bucha leaves, Bukets claims to remove impurities and acids causing irritation and frequent urge. Touts pleasant intake, similar to castor oil for bowels, and promises relief after four days or money back. Local drug firms endorse Bukets as a best seller.
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