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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1933

Page

9

Marcus Show to Play Midnight at Colonial Theatre

Manager Max Matz announces a special midnight performance of the Marcus Show at the Colonial Theatre on Tuesday December 26. The two hour and a half production features about sixty to seventy performers in two acts and twenty five scenes with Parisian style entertainment. All seats are reserved and admission is forbidden to adolescents as children are not admitted.

Max Matz Colonial Theatre Marcus Colonial Matz Paris America Montmartre Seine App Atera HA Cha San LA Fanette

Teachers in Wyoming County to wait for salaries

Pineville West Virginia Dee 9 Needy teachers in Wyoming county will receive no fund relief for counting. C A Blankenship county school superintendent said today he asked that all teachers who can do so await payment of their salaries after tax revenues are available

Pineville W. Va Dee Wyoming County C. A. Blankenship

Marriage at Fifth Avenue Baptist in Huntington West Virginia

Miss Daisy Kelly Butt and Frank R. McComas wed December 1 with ceremony led by Dr. Norman W. Cox. Bride, daughter of Charles Butt, is a graduate of Pocahontas High and Virginia Intermont. groom is with Pocahontas Fuel in Phontas and has bought a home near Alfred Den nen. Postmaster Butler Hammitt resigns after seven years to join Pocahontas Fuel.

Pocahontas Daisy Kelly Butt Frank R. McComas Fifth Avenue Baptist Church Huntington W. Va Norman W. Cox McComas Charles Butt Butt Pocahontas High School Virinia Intermont College Bristol Sheater George Peabody College Nashville Tenn James I. McComas Pocahontas Fuel Company Phontas Alfred Dennen Hammitt

Eastern Star to Meet at Masonic Hall Monday Evening

Princesse Pocahontas chapter of the Eastern Star will meet at 7 30 Monday evening in the Masonic hall.

Princesse Pocahontas Chapter of the Eastern Star Masonic Hall

Bridge club hosts lively evening with prize awarded

Mrs. Eddy Rhodes hosted the Contract Bridge club and guests on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Harold Renkin won the high score prize. A party plate was served to Mesdames Frank Ellett, Junius Ellett, Claude Camp, John Dennen, Herbert Butt, Harold Renkin, M. S. Bennett, and Chester Hind.

Eddy Rhodes Contract Bridge Club Harold Renkin Frank Ellett Junius Ellett Claude Camp John Dennen Herbert Butt M. S. Bennett Chester Hind

Local Names Listed in Court Journal

Warren Graham J B Hurley Joe Payne and Miss Margaret Bishop appear in the court docket as residents or parties noting participation or involvement in the case. The fragment suggests names of individuals connected to a legal matter or public notices in the issue.

Youngest student shines at Junior Military Academy

Gordon Little, twelve, son of Mr and Mrs Louis Gordon Little, excels at Junior Military Academy in Bloomington Tennessee with the highest grades in the school. He stands out as the youngest pupil in the program.

Gordon Little Louis Gordon Little Junior Military Academy Bloomington, Tenn

Ww Tc U Will Meet At Methodist Church

A local W W C T U meeting is scheduled for Tuesday night at 7 30 at the Methodist church. Various local notices and personal news follow, including recoveries and illnesses of residents, travel updates, and social visits.

Methodist Church

Bramwell Woman's Club Plans Christmas Tree and Bazaar

Bramwell West Virginia December meeting of the Woman's Club drew a large crowd. Plans were announced for a community Christmas tree on Mrs. Phillips lawn weather permitting, and a Masonic hall bazaar set for Friday and Saturday with hostesses listed. Dues for 1934 were reduced and volunteers were asked to join for club work.

Bramwell W. Va Bramwell Woman's Club Masonic Hall D. N. Griffith America John D. Hewitt W. S. Phillips J. F. Thornton Elizabeth Roberts T. J. Thompson D. J. Sexton Brown Talbert Phoebe D. Goodwill Ivan Clark A. L. Poteet Phillips

Circle 4 meeting at Mrs Boley home

Circle 4 of the Methodist church will hold its monthly meeting at the home of Mrs Robert Boley Tuesday evening at 7 30. The meeting was postponed from last Thursday.

Circle 4 The Methodist Church Robert Boley

Presbyterian Church Announcements and Local Basketball Practice

The Presbyterian Church schedules Sunday school at 9 45 a m and Women s Bible class. Men s Bible class meets at 10 a m in the Masonic hall, with services at 11 a m and 7 30 p m. Young People gather at 6 45 p m and midweek Bible study Wednesday at 7 30 p m. An independent basketball team begins practice for the season with optimism aided by last year s intact roster and new players, coached by Scotty Ack.

Presbyterian Church W. H Foard Masonic Hall Scotty Ack

Circle 1 Meeting Plans Banquet After Scriptural Readings

Circle 1 met with Mrs Leonard Boley Thursday evening. Twelve members and two visitors attended. Mrs Powell read the Christmas story as scripture. Mrs Boley read a poem I Have a Roof and Miss Gertrude Boley read When Mother Told a Story. A testimony meeting followed with roll call reciting scripture. Plans were made for an upcoming banquet.

Leonard Boley W. E. Powell

Christmas Circle Meetings Highlight Year End Socials

The Women's Men s circle reports December gatherings with two circles meeting at Mrs Frank Harney and Mrs W M Laethee s homes. Ten members and three visitors attended Circle 2 while Circle 3 hosted seventeen members and eight visitors. A chairman was honored with a shower as year end obligations were met and plans for January elections and meetings were announced with devotionals flower funds and a decorated dining room.

Circle Frank Harney J. ©. Forlines Ada Scott Circle 3 W. M. Laethee H. B. Jones Sweneteen W. B. Hill Michel Pucket Cave World Outlook Jesus Frank Witt Carden Flower Fund Frank Smith C. Leedy Ethel Puckett Pearl Nowlin

Plays Delight Audience at Palace Theatre by Methodist Youth

The Palace theatre crowd enjoyed a Wednesday performance by the Methodist church youth group. The girls club staged a chapel play Friday with coaches Hattie Hill and Margaret Lowe and Miss Woolfolk as sponsor. The local high school honor roll lists students including Mercedes Denny and multiple others, with Mercedes Denny named top honor student. Thanksgiving visits feature F D Williams and K K Price as Matoaka guests, Cody Bill Price born to Pat Murphy, and Mrs. F A Witt returning from Bartley after granddaughter’s illness.

Chapel Hattie Hill Marrgaret Lowe Miss Woolfolk F. D. Williams K. K. Price Matoaka George Allen Pat Murphy Cody Bill Price Leonard Allen F. A. Witt Bartley Betty Ryan Billy Mayes George En

County to Organize Adult Education Classes in Mercer County

Mercer county will extend continuing education to adults through a county school authority program funded by federal money. At a meeting in the Memorial building, G. J. Wood and Paul Davis outlined plans for general adult education and vocational courses, with nurseries for children of working mothers planned in East Princeton and Bluefield. Classes will start Monday with seven teachers holding college degrees and others with formal certificates, and local civic groups urged to assist by submitting suggestions to the county superintendent.

Mercer County CWA Memorial Building G. J. Wood Paul Davis T. A’s P.T. A EF. C. Wade

Prison holdover after Thanksgiving car theft near Bluefield

Magisterial hearing in Princeton on Friday night sent A B E Gilmore against Paul Foster Casey Jones Ed Newton and Abby Short to await January grand jury action. Gilmore accuses the quartet of taking his Ford coupe and wrecking it near Bluefield. Defendants reside around Freeman and the surrounding area. Each man held on $500 bond after testimony. Bond posted by all.

D. T. Carr A. BE. Gilmore Paul Foster Casey Jones Ed Newton Abby Short Giilmore Bluefield Freeman Carr

Princeton Society Delphian Delights Guests at Virginian Hotel

Mrs. Conley Snidow will host the Delphian club meeting at the Virginian hotel Tuesday evening at 7 30. The D T Carr Sunday shore class has been postponed to Thursday December 21. Edith Cassler’s party on Christie avenue featured games dancing and refreshments for a long list of guests. Harvest day at First Methodist church December 13 marks an all day program with 11 o'clock circle meetings and an afternoon program by Mrs G A Swope and Mrs H C Wells. Evening circle Presbyterian church meets Monday 8 at Miss Eleanor Booker’s Walker street. Princeton U D C chapter meets Monday afternoon 3 at Mrs H H Ball’s Walker street.

R. L. Johnson Jr Abl Vet Whitson Ora Leonard Bristol Tenn. Co M. Galway Bluefield J. W. H. Lawford Roanoke EB. Burns Gibson Barbara Jean Gibson Mise Jean Louise Pearman Shawsville Vaughn Pusey Pocahontas Fuel Company Amonate Pocahontas Bluefield Sanitarium Peters Emory Margaret Bishop E. W. Hughes Harold Renkin Solon Baach L. G. Little John Farquerson Coopers Mary Riley Gary C. C. Hindley A. J. Scott Richmond J. P. Curtis Ruth Gene R. H. Bowden Dan Stanyi Billie Mitchell Delphian Club Conley Snidow Virginian Hotel DT. Carr D. T. Carr Edith Cassler Christie Avenue Bernice Keaton Ruth Hash Mary Joe Pine Dorothy Myere Josephine Richards Eleanor Cassler Gwendolyn Sanders Jimmie Snidow Billy Lilly Cecil Fry Clinton Keatley G. D. Lusk Ed Numbure Charlie McGrothlin Woman'’a Missionary Society The First Methodist Church G. A. Swope H. C. Wells Presbyterian Church Eleanor Booker Walker Street UD. C Princeton U. D. C H. H. Ball

Circle and Brotherhood Gather for Social and Program Notes

Kee Street church circle met at Mrs. Dan Palmer's home with 13 members and 3 visitors as Mrs. Caldwell joined. A Wesleyan Brotherhood supper at First Methodist drew 75 attendees with music by Mrs. Welle and Mrs. Reynolds, and a talk on virtue of brotherhood by Rev. J. T. Bird. Princeton Woman's Club plans a Monday meeting at 7 30 in the Memorial building with a program on relations of ten points Morwantia Tynes.

Kee Street Dan Palmer Fred Holt M.S. Caldwell C. H. Workman L. H. Johnson Maggie Clemons World Outlook Little June Palmer Jacqueline Holt J. A. McAfee Wesleyan Brotherhood First Methodist Myrtle Rane Barry Robertson E. K. Ketron H. C. Welle C. R. Reynolds J. T. Bird Kee Street Methodist Church Princeton Woman's Elnh Memorial Building J. P. Dyer

Princeton Churches Pipe Stalwart Service Schedule

The Rev. Jennings W. Hobson rector at Princeton churches conducts adult Bible class at 9 45 and vesper service at 5 p m. First Baptist on Widward Street led by Pastor William Stubblefield offers Sunday school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 with a sermon on Phoebe a Helper. Evening program listed at 6 15 p m includes BY PLU.

Jennings W. Hobson Sehen First Baptist Wiward Stubblefield Dk, CoNaway Phoebe Plu

Public Worship Series On Sin and Declarations

Pantor leads a series on God's Questions and Declarations Concerning Sin with meetings at 7 30. The public is cordially invited to attend all sessions.

Pantor

First Church of Christ Services Announced

Frank L. Stuck, minister, leads a 9:45 graded service with a sermon on Conserving the Remains in the adult department. Christian Endeavor meets at 6:30 p m and an evening sermon at 7:30 on The Greatest Possession with special music and a cordial welcome.

First Church OF Christ Frank L. Stuck Christian Endeavor Societies

Princeton Personalities Share Weekend Plans

Misses Danese and Kula Besham and Beulah Pettry spend the weekend in Roanoke with friends Junior Bonham, son of Hedrick Bonham family. Mrs. Ray Hylton visits Bluefield at Mrs. Lamar Epperly's home. Mrs. Ben Pendleton and Mr. Ray Bailey relocate from Main Street to Park Avenue residence.

Danese Kula Besham Beulah Pettry Roanoke Junior Bonham Hedrick Bonham Eighth Street Ray Hylton Bluefield Lamar Epperly Ben Pendleton Ray Bailey Main Street Park Avenue

Calloways Move Into Hale Avenue Home

Mr and Mrs Sam Calloway relocate to Hale avenue with George B Halstead visiting Norfolk this week Ray Peters undergoes operation at Memorial hospital Monday and is reported progressing well yesterday.

Sam Calloway Calloway Hale Avenue George B. Halstead Norfolk Ray Peters Memorial Hospital Doling

Suit Filed By Dolly Mills Against Bert Mills

Dolly Mills sues Bert Mills in circuit court in chancery with a return to January Rules. The filing marks a divorce style chancery action in the jurisdiction.

Dolly Mills Bert Mills

U S Gold Price Holds At Forty Dollar Mark

The administration maintains an offer of 34.01 dollars per ounce for all new U S mined gold for the eighth consecutive time. London quotes for bar gold stand at 32.61 dollars per ounce with sterling at 5.15 to the pound.

Washington United States London

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