Annual Charity Cabaret An Evening Event Tonight
The Bluefield Sisterhood and the B'nai B'rith lodge sponsor a charity cabaret tonight from 10 to 2 in the bail room of the West Virginian. John Philip Sousa II leads a band while Charleston Huntington and Kentucky clubs provide professional night club acts. The program features Cuban Conras and Carne Miranda acts along with tap dancing and vocal numbers led by Mel Barnett WHIS. Reservations may be made through Mrs. J. I. Matz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Siserhood
B'nai B'rith Lodge
West Virginian
John Philip Sousa II
Charleston
Huntington
Kentucky
Mel Barnett
Jr Cotillion Club Elects New Officers
New officers were elected at the Junior Cotillion Club banquet held Saturday night at the Pinnacle restaurant blue room. Elected: President Roscoe Templeton, Vice President Harry West, Secretary and Treasurer Ralph Moore, Sponsor Jake Tabor. Plans were made to assist two needy families in Bluefield and to host multiple holiday events through December 26.
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Pinnacle
Roscoe Templeton
Harry West
Ralph Moore
Jake Tabor
David Keesee
College Avenue
Thevy
Bluefield
Dick Capone
Thompson Golden Wedding Celebrated by Family
Former residents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Thompson of Spangle and vicinity marked their golden wedding anniversary at a family reunion hosted by their daughter Mrs. Aleo Phillip of Spokane. They wed in Bluefield on November 27, 1890, and Mrs. Thompson is sister to Mrs. Laura Bailey Mrs. Belle Williams and Miss Snow Caffee of Walton Avenue. Mr. Thompson is brother to H. B. Thompson of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Thompson
Spangle and
Vicinity
Aleo Phillip
Spokane
Wash
Thompson
Bluefield
Laura Bailey
Belle Williams
Miss Snow Caffee
Walton Avenue
Thompon
H. B. Thompson
Impromptu Music Club Organized at Bland Street Studios
The Impromptu Music club organized Saturday afternoon in Miss Gertrude Watts studios Bland street electing Edna Sangina president and Grace Abbitt secretary. Piano selections were played by Tina Bailey Hazeleee Jimmie Canon George Nelson Billy Thomas Patty Mingo Phyllis French Edna Sangina and Susan Burnett. Mothers of members were guests and light refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Watts
Bland Street
Edna Sangina
Grace Abbitt
Tina Bailey
Hazeleee
Jimmie Canon
George Nelson
Billy Thomas
Patty Mingo
Phyllis French
Susan Burnett
Unclear Event Honours Miss Grace Abbitt And Edna Sangina
The text mentions hostesses for the day, Miss Grace Ann Abbitt and Miss Edna Sangina, as part of the event proceedings. The fragment provides limited context about their roles without specifying date, place, or organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Ann Abbitt
Edna Sangina
Wool Arrives at Local Red Cross Headquarters
Mrs. A. 8. Booker, production chairman, reports a new supply of grey wool at the Red Cross Coal and Coke building. Knitting rooms for sweaters to Britain are open each afternoon from 2 to 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. 8. Booker
The
Red Cross
Coal and Coke
Britain
Local Birth Announcements and Community Church Meetings
Birth announcements include Ellen Gale Latham born December 8 at Bluefield Sanitarium to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Latham and James Franklin Brickey born December 1 to Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Brickey. Also births for a Bowling girl in Tazewell Street and other community notices list Guild gatherings, PTA meetings, and circle events at multiple Bluefield locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Latham
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ellen Gale
Lao
Miss Irencook
Clyde Bowling
Tazewell Street
C. O. Brickey
Lowe Street
James Franklin
Small Town Dinner Guests Noted At Bluefield College
Professor and Mrs Willard Owen host Sunday dinner with Mrs Evelyn Walden and Professor Wm Marable at their Faculty Row home Bluefield College. Mrs I W Clark of Bishop Va improving at Bluefield sanitarium. John Frank Charleston and Lucy Hamilton hosted on Rogers Street. Carlyle Witten Cole born at Bluefield sanitarium. Earl Kardaras patient at St Luke's Hospital. Mrs Bill Pemberton ill at Cedar Street home. Betty Jordan visits Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Owen
W. P. Blacksburg
Evelyn Walden
Scottsburg
Wm. I. Marable
Owen
Faculty Row
Bluefield College
I. W. Clark
Bishop, Va
Bluefield Sanitarium
John Frank
Charleston
W. Va
Union Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Bill Pemberton
Cedar Street
W. Davis
Tazewell Avenue
Bluenda
Betty Jordan
Federal Street
Roanoke
Winning Contract: Bid Three Spades in Modern Bridge
Bridge puzzle discusses a West hand where timing and trump control decide the outcome. With South West North bidding, West preserves trump strength by delaying an overruff, creating a ruffing power shift and enabling later diamond and club tricks. The example ends asking for the best response when partnered with Merwin D. Maier with both sides vulnerable.
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West
Sweet
East
South
Four Aces answer readers on contract bridge queries
The Four Aces invite reader letters to the Bluefield Daily Telegraph with a stamped 3-cent SASE. Send questions or requests for the rocket outline of the Four Aces system to The Four Aces care The Bluefield Daily Telegraph and receive an outline, free of charge, in a large self addressed envelope.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Four Aces
Postmasters Granted Military Leaves in Roosevelt Signing
Washington reports that President Roosevelt signed legislation authorizing leaves of absence for postmasters entering military or naval service of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Naval Service
United States
Whitlow Boy Returns Home After Pneumonia Illness
Billy Whitlow the young son of Mr and Mrs W M Whitlow of Giles Street has returned home from Durham North Carolina where he was ill with pneumonia Mrs FE F Watson is ill at her Giles Street home
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Billy Whitlow
W. M. Whitlow
Giles Street
Durham
N. C
FE. F. Watson
Fire season cuts: 11 fires. worker layoffs
Charleston reports only 11 fires last week as the conservation commission dismisses most wardens and lookout staff. State forester says 425 fires so far this season is the smallest in 15 years, while California renews old licenses with new tests.
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Charleston
W. Va
The
Conservation Commission
Dan B. Griffin
California
Farm program would raise major crop prices via loans
American Farm Bureau Federation leaders tentatively back a plan using government loans and stricter market controls to lift parity-based prices for crops. The proposal would require Congressional action and set loan rates near parity, with wheat about 95 cents a bushel cotton 13.39 cents per pound and corn 69 cents a bushel, versus current prices.
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Baltimore
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Federation
Sheriffs and Deputies Sworn In at Princeton
Foundry and Supply company officer sworn in as chief office deputy at Princeton. Miss Ethel Virginia Davidson of Princeton named assistant office deputy and stenographer. Carl Ephriam Delp of Matoaka and Miss Marion E. Smith of Bluefield named assistant office deputies. Charlies Cooper McGuire of Princeton named field deputy. Mr Hall, known as Bus Hall, is a former Princeton high and Virginia Tech athlete.
Enlisted Here Yesterday Navy Recruits Named
Enlisted here yesterday were Navy recruits including Connor McDowell 17 Worth West Virginia James Brooks 17 Worth West Virginia James Eee 19 Stotesbury West Virginia Charles Sloan 17 Hazy West Virginia Forrest Bowers 17 Ashland Virginia and James Hellems 19 Hinton West Virginia The Army reports no enlistments.
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NAVY
Mac Connor
McDowell
James C. Brooks
Worth
W. Va
James E.ee
Stotesbury
Charles B. Sloan
Hazy
Forrest Oe Bowers
Ashland
James Hellems
Hinton
Local officials in Mercer county qualify for office
W E Garret deputy for Rock district G M Bird deputy for Plymouth district and Cecil C Lilly deputy for Jumping Branch district join re elected Roscoe Pendleton prosecuting attorney and assistant F Morton Wagner of Bluefield. Oak Vale member of county court Chap Johnson will qualify later. School board members Sexton and Vermillion must file letters. New magistrates and constables include Beaver Pond J Earle Bailey and John Loyd. Fast River D T Carr Clarence Elmore Conley White Carl C Christian. Rock E L Davidson R J Nelson. Matoaka John McKinney and J B Boyd. Plymouth district R A Martin.
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West Virginia
Mercer County
Alvin Ray Hedrick
Mé- Comas
Rock
John Lacey Keatley
Speedway
Plymouth
Leslie Earl Rose
Camp Creek
Dumping Branch
W. E. Garret
G. M. Bird
Cecil C. Lilly
Roscoe Pendleton
F. Morton Wagner
Bluefield
Co. I
Chap
Oaths Administered by Local Official in County Court Presence
Perry E. Martin, magistrates John Peck and Blain Jennings, constables. all oaths administered by Lowery G. Bowling in the presence of county court members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry E. Martin
John Peck
Blain Jennings
Lowery G. Bowling
HoldUp Frees Grocer but Clerk Dies in Shock
In Atlanta on December 9 a bandaged robber with a sling forced grocer W. H. Mosley to drive him away in a car. Clerk Fred Underwood, 21, chased in another car but collapsed and died en route to a hospital. Police said death resulted from shock. The robber later released Mosley’s own $43.
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Atlanta
W. H. Mosley
Fred Underwood
Mosley
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Jr. Cotillion Club
Christ Episcopal Church Guild
Berkeley
John T. Wilson
Lois Russell
First Christian Church
John Maxwell
Ramsey P.T.A
R. M. Umberger
Girl's Missionary Society
Grace Methodist Church
Appalachian Assembly Room
Marion Peterkin
Christ Episcopal Church
Constance Fortune
Pearl Street
Erlene Ayler
Lena Weiblett
Bluefield Temple
Pythian Sisters
Claude Aliff
Red Men's Hall
Helen Morrison
Radford Alumnae
Silas B. Artrip
Hancock P.T.A
Lacy Woodyard
This
Maytag
Warlick Furniture Company
Oswald Jacoby
Merwin D. Maier
You Schenken Jacoby Maier
Schenken Mailer
Jacoby Toll
Bell Syndicate, Inc
George Hall
Princeton
Princeton Foundry and Supply Company
Bailey
Jackson Court
W. T. Jackson
Southern Pioneer Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. Lewis
S. PF. Truett
Matoaka
G. M. Bailey
Lambert
E. Morgan
Beaver Pond
P. A. Smith
R. C. McClaugherty
T. Courtney Tanner
J. E. Wornal
Mamie Houseman
G. W. Heatherington
City of
E. I. Morgan
Blue
North Carolina
Crutchfield
Warlick Furniture CO
Army
Johnson
Holdup
Clerk
Zoe
Santa
ELEC
Ice Sentinel
Appalachian Electric Power CO
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