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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1940
Page
8
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Gillie of this city Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Herndon and Mr. and Mrs. Mac Gambill of Welch West Virginia have issued invitations for a dance to be held December 21 in the Memorial building Welch West Virginia.
Rock Chapter No 180 of the Order of the Eastern Star met Friday with Worthy Matron Hattie Bailey and Worthy Patron A P Thompson presiding. The flag was presented by Marshall Dollie Scott and the group sang America. The Blues won the attendance contest led by Mrs Brooks Hardy. A gift will be sent to ten aged guests of the Eastern Star home in Melwood. A Christmas party is planned for December 27 led by Mrs Robert Lacy Mrs Fred Young and Mrs Aubrey Bailey.
Local students Miss Mary Frances Meade Harold Royer Paul Thomas and John T. Burke will sing with the Westminster Choir of Princeton at a December 28 Carnegie Hall concert conducted by Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The event, a benefit for the National Conference of Christians and Jews, features Met stars and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.
Infant Nancy Elizabeth Mitchell is named by Mrs. C. C. Mitchell of Camara Pote after her grandmothers. Mrs. Mitchell, formerly Miss Dorothy Pritchett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pritchett of East Cumberland Road, is this city’s resident.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian meets Wednesday at 3 PM with Miss Jo Ma tie Thompson as speaker and Miss Marion Smith singing. Whitethorn PTA meets at 2:30 PM. program by students. Bland Street Methodist Women plan Thursday 2:30 PM gathering. Memorial Baptist Bluefield seeks Pollyanna party at 7:30 tonight. Swope society hosts Christmas party with Pollyanna gifts. Mrs. S R Thompson's class meets at Mrs. Thompson's Rockbridge home at 7:30 PM. McClung class at 1616 College home of Mrs. Gam mage.
Multiple organizations schedule gatherings today including D A R John Chapman chapter hostesses at 3 PM, Whitethorn P T A meeting at 2, Wade P T A at Calvary Baptist 3, Ola Gilbert circle at 2 30, Bluefield Hadassah at 8, Memorial P T A program by primary pupils, and the Kyle Bruce circle Christmas dinner at Trinity Methodist.
The Presbyterian church will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Ladies Parlor to discuss a basic of importance. East End P T A led by Mrs Jack Bell will meet Thursday at 3 p.m. instead of Tuesday. The Hannah Truth Seekers Bible class of Trinity Methodist, taught by Mrs J E Clark, will meet Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Mrs F Turmans Preston street home.
Les Belle Club entertained Saturday afternoon at Miss Betty Jeanne Williams home on Highland avenue. Guests greeted at the door by the hostess and a receiving line of Misses Manely Quillin Lilly Tabor. Dorothy Whitteraker presided at the tea table with Siblye Sheets assisting. Virginia Montgomery performed violin pieces. The club planned a forthcoming dance with help from Mrs Miller and other hostesses.
Bland Street Methodist Church circles plan a 2:30 Wednesday meeting. The Virginia Nutt circle led by Mrs. Harry Burnett meets with Mrs. J. W. Bailey on Jefferson Street apartments. Ola Gilbert circle led by Mrs. S. C. Douglas meets at Mrs. J. M. Sanders home on Whitethorn Street. Trula Thompson circle led by Mrs. J. E. McMullin Jr. meets at Mrs. Paul Yankey’s home on Oak Grove Avenue.
Mr and Mrs G A Browder of Fairfield Avenue announce the birth of a seven pound son on December 14 at the Bluefield sanitarium. The baby is named James Robert Austin. The mother before marriage was Miss Mabel Clide West of Itesville West Virginia.
The Union Mission Auxiliary met at the Mission chapel with president Mrs. H. Tingler presiding. The First Baptist church had the largest attendance among eight churches. literature for Sunday school classes will be purchased for 1941.
A renowned player erred on a hand described as a modern lesson in bridge strategy. The dealer on South declared a winning contract, with both sides not vulnerable, highlighting how even experts can miss critical lines and reveal blind spots in bidding and play.
In a South Pass bidding sequence West opens with hearts. South chooses to finesse dummy's heart nine to limit loss but loses the contract. East returns a trump and the intended cross-ruff plan to make five trumps in hand and three in dummy cannot salvage the contract.
The Misses Mildred Faulkner and Blanche Frampton with Scott Houseman and Wade Bond visited relatives in Winston-Salem North Carolina. Mrs A Glenn Edmondson of Atlanta returned home after weeks with the Edmondsons and underwent a tonsil operation. Mrs R E Edwards and F P Taylor attended Huston Wilburn's funeral in Oak Hill West Virginia, the brother of Edwards and brother-in-law of Taylor. Mr and Mrs R F Wilkinson and others and Miss Emily Purcell traveled to Majestic Kentucky for W H Ellixeson funeral.
The article presents a bridge dilemma with both sides vulnerable. It analyzes choices for taking heart tricks versus ruffing, concluding that bidding two spades yields about five tricks and a strong score potential, while a diamond contract appears weak.
Questionnaires were mailed yesterday to registrants listed with order numbers and affiliations including Ernest Thompson of Brown & Wright Cons. Co. in Princeton West Virginia Edward Gearhart of Montgomery Ward Co. Bluefield Harvey Lockhart of Me Jarrett dairy Bluefield James Bratton of Norfolk and Western Railway Co. Bluefield West Virginia and James Avery Arnold of Gate.
A partially legible roster shows individuals and affiliations in Bluefield and surrounding areas. Entries include students, contractors, and local business staff with associated companies or workplaces such as Medical College of Virginia, Pocahontas Corporation, Oil Co, Jones Confectionery, Lamar Colliery, and American Coal Co.
The prize includes a $1,000 award for exemplary reporting. The award recognizes outstanding work by a reporter, reflecting journalistic excellence and dedication across the publication.
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