Akers Endorses Christmas Seal Sale Plan
Postmaster J T Akers endorses the Bluefield Woman's Club Christmas Seal drive to fund tuberculosis fight. He offers mail safety tips for holiday letters and parcels including proper addressing, return addresses, sufficient postage, secure wrapping, fragility marking, and early mailing to ensure Christmas delivery.
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J. T. Akers
T. O'S. Wilson
Bluefield Woman's Club
Bluefield
United States
Cender
Grace Methodist Woman’s Missionary Society Meets Today
The Wo man’s Missionary society of Grace Methodist church holds a regular meeting today at 2 30 PM at the church with attendees to discuss church activities and plans.
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Woman's Missionary Society of Grace Methodist Church
Bland Street church Young People's society meeting closes year
The executive committee met Sunday at 2:30 to close this year's work and outline plans for next year. A letter from Mrs. TM. M. Watson was read, Miss Mary Louise Wade read the scripture, and prayer was offered by Mrs. W. C. Given.
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Young People’s Society of the
Bland Street Church
M. Watson
Mary Louise Wade
W. C. Given
D A R Chapter Meeting At Y W C A
John Chapman chapter of the D A R met at the Y W C A Tuesday afternoon at 3 o clock. Regent Mrs T H Scott opened the meeting and minor business was discussed. A paper on Women of Colonial Times by Mrs Bernard McClaugherty was enjoyed. Mrs J R Cameron read Christmas at Valley Forge by Mrs Edith Erwin Hobart president general.
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John Chapman
D. A. RR
T. H. Scott
D. BE. French
Bernard MecClaugherty
J. R. Cameron
Willing Workers Junior Circle Organizes at Pocahontas Club
Junior Circle No. 12 auxiliary of Woodmen circle is instituted with fifteen charter members at Pocahontas club rooms after an adult society meeting. Officers elected include Guardian Dorothy Hill Past Guardian Herbert Duncan Adviser George Schrader Secretary Mirace Duncan Attendant Margie Elien Stiff Assistant Margaret Schrader Chaplain Mary Schrader Inner Sentinel Betty Ann Stiff Outer Sentinel Ernest Duncan Captain Luther Schrader. The group adopted the name Willing Workers and shows strong interest for growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen Circle
Pocahontas Club
Dorothy Hill
Herbert Duncan
George Schrader
Mirace Duncan
Margie Elien Stiff
Margaret Schrader
Mary Schrader
Inner Sentinel
Betty Ann Stiff
Outer Sentinel
Ernest Duncan
Luther Schrader
Ievery Pensan
Cyclaman Grove
Pocahontas Club Rooms
Henrietta Snider
Fairmont
L. B. Forrest
Ruby Cunningham
Ollie Longe
Emma Letst
Guardian
Nancy Elizabeth Forrest
Ocie M. Ferguson
Grace BE. Wright
Ruby E. Cunningam
Georgiana
Ruth Chaplain
Sarah B. Schrader
Emma C. Leist
Glenna W. Troutman
Ollie Long
Josephine Epperson
Grove
Meeting of Cyclaman Grove Holds Installations
A Cyclaman Grove gathering at Pocahontas club rooms saw new member classes and officer elections. Officers include Guardian Nancy Elizabeth Forrest and others. next meeting January 14 with installation and social planning underway.
Lutheran Guild Meeting and Elections Today
The Lutheran Guild meets this afternoon at 3 at the parish house for officer elections and urges full attendance.
Local Couple Welcome Daughter Norma Jean Epperson
Mr and Mrs Bill Epperson of Flat Top Yards welcomed a daughter born December 16 named Norma Jean Epperson. Mrs Epperson before marriage was Verlie Anderson.
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Bill Epperson
Epperson
Mss
Verlie Anderson
Norma Ean
Bluefield Quota Club Plans Christmas Party Details
The Bluefield Quota club holds its weekly luncheon today at noon at the Y. Plans for the Christmas party are to be finalized for Friday at 6 PM at the Pocahontas club rooms, Peery Building. All members urged to attend.
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Bluefield Quota Club
Ocahontas Club
Peery
Fifteenth wedding anniversary party in Kimball hotel grandeur
Mr. and Mrs. W. EB Salt of Kimball celebrated fifteen years of marriage with a large party at the Kimball hotel. The lobby and dining room glowed with pink roses, pink and white candles, and a pink and white bell arch while a mock ceremony amused guests. A long guest list featured many local residents and relatives from Kimball, Welch, Narrows, Princeton, Superior, Ocala, and surrounding coal-field towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Eb, Sult
Kimball
Kimball Hotel
J. H. Miles
Russell Miles
C. BE. Painter
Salt
Bertha Carr
Sult
E. H. Bay
Victoria Carr
Princeton
E. Painter
B. Campbell
Bert Hylton
Superior
C. P. McClaugherty
Narrows
R. H. Tyson
William McClaugherty
Welch
EB. F. Mays
Bluefield
F. C. Cook
Francis
Alice Cook
Northfork
H. P. Hutsell
Garland Ashworth
Kate
Irene Fitch
J. M. Pree
H. P. Meadows
W. P. Mabry
W. D Getison
P. H. Kelly
C. L. Hardy
Nita Smith
D. BE. Haygood
J. C. Killey
T. A. Martin
W. M. Lyons
J. H. Gray
Elenor Shaw
Ada and
Ella Burton
W. H. Shaw
W. H. Leedy
Gene Hensley
L. G. Kinder
T. E. Organ
S. G. Mattox
W. W. Hyde
Mabel Howell
Louise Petit
J. W. Batley
J. I. Payne
George Eddins
Aviatrix Gene Du Rand Sets Parachute Jump Record
Gene Du Rand of St. Petersburg Florida completes her 740th parachute jump from a plane setting a record for women. She also makes the highest and lowest jumps by a woman at altitudes of 18 700 and 150 feet, respectively.
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Gene du Rand
St. Petersburg
Fla
Aviatrix
Christmas Party for Trinity Church Children
A Christmas party for children aged four and five from Trinity Church is set for this afternoon at 3 30 in the benedered room of the church.
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Trinity Church
Ladies auxiliary to the B of RE T holds 2 pm meeting
The Ladies' auxiliary to the B. of R. E. T. will meet this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Red Men's hall. Officers will be installed and all members are asked to be present.
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B. of RE. T
Red Men's Hall
Norfolk man in serious condition after illness complications
W. BE. Harry of Norfolk remains in serious condition due to a complication of ailments. A former Bluefield resident, he is brother to R. R. Harry, W. H. Harry and E. H. Harry of this city, and to Mrs. BT. Oliver of Princeton and Mrs. Mollie Inenginbotham of Heathsville Virginia. Local friends express deep regret over his critical illness.
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W. BE. Harry
Norfolk
Mr. Harry
Bluefield
R. R. Harry
W. H
E. H. Harry
BT. Oliver
Princeton
Mollie Ineginhbotham
Heathsville
Sacred Heart School Children Present Christmas Play
The Sacred Heart Catholic school will stage its annual Christmas play this evening at 7 30 in the K of C hall of Sacred Heart church. The children, well trained by the Sisters, make Yuletide events of note and the play will be repeated Thursday at the same hour.
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Sacred Heart Catholic School
K. of C. Hall
Sacred Heart Church
Pledges Urgently Requested for YY WCA Budget Drive
All donors who pledged to YY WCA last budget drive are asked to fulfill payments immediately as the association has no funds left. Pledgers are urged to honor their responsibility to replenish the treasury, and to avoid contact from the committee.
Georgia student wins Rhodes scholarship for Oxford
Mrs. Nora A. Craft learns her grandson George Springer Craft of Emory University in Atlanta has won the Rhodes scholarship for Georgia. The award grants two years of study at Oxford. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Craft and nephew of Mrs. C. I Cheyney, with many friends pleased by the scholastic honor.
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Nora A. Craft
George Springer Craft
Atlanta, Ga
Emory University
State of Georgia
Craft
Oxford University
M. Craft
C. I Cheyney
Christmas social notes and local visitors in Bluefield
The column lists numerous residents and guests in Bluefield during the Yuletide season. Names include Miss Cartier and aunt Mrs. Wilson, Miss Kinora Cheyney, Miss Virginia Volta, Miss Flora Jane Sweeker, and many others visiting or returning home from colleges and towns like Lynchburg, Abingdon, Roanoke, and Huntington. It notes illnesses, recoveries, weddings, funerals, and travel plans, with several local addresses and family connections.
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Miss Cartier
Mrs. Wilson
Willie Carter
Nellie Smith
Gretta Tabor
Pauline Porterfield
Janie Jenkins
Opa Ball
Lucy Hamilton
Marcella Whitlock
Margaret
Virgnia King
Iris Watts
Wanda
Virginia Day
D. T Whitlock
Garnet
Thomas J. Cruise
Union Street
St. Luke's Hospital
I. E. Borrer
Berwind
W. Va
D. B Cruise
College Avenue
Virgina Volta
Lynchburg College
R. R. Wotts
Kinora Cheyney
Portsmouth
Gerald
J. E. Gerald
Eleanor Jennings
Saltville
R. W. Nebinger
Harrisburg
Capt
Minor C. Hubble
New York
Carleton Tours
Bluefield
C. W. Jackson
W. H. Leslie
Norwalk
Ruth Nartlett
Helen Johnston
Columbus
W. B. Weber
Roanoke
R. E B. Green
Eloise Jackson
Martha Washington College
Abingdon
Jackson
Connor Jones
Pink Hill
N. C
Virgil Lloyd Currence
Bluefield Daily Teleraph
Flora Jane Sweeker
Hundred
John H. Cooke
F. B. Green
Harold Rolen
Norfolk Street
J. B. Gerald
Garrett Bailey
Huntington
Richmond
West Virginia University
Edith Maynard
Frank M. Pollock
William Simmons
Spencer
Kathleen Tynes
Miss Tynes
Emma St. Clair
Bluefield Sanitarium
Doris Woolridee
Gladye
Rowena Peters
Princeton
M. M. Reid
W. RB. Webber
F. W. Dye
Kimball
Sam Worley, Jr
University of Denver
Drunk Driving trio fined and jailed in Tazewell
Beauford Mitchell received $100 fine and six months in county jail after being tried on a warrant for driving while intoxicated. John Harrie and Joe Mullins were fined $50 each and sentenced to thirty days on the county road. Police arrest by Chief Phillips and two deputized citizens followed an incident where a fruit jar of liquor was hurled from the car.
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C. P Beaver
Tazewell
Beauford Mitchell
John Harrie
Joe Mullins
Mitchell
Phillips
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AKERS
Nature
Stuart
Aeas Air Drug
Grace W. M. S
Executive
Woodman Circle
Catherine Parham
Bland W. M
J. H. Bishop Stone
Lutheran Guild
J. O. Williams
W. H. Yost
M. P. Alexander
Virginia Saferight
C. A. Hensley
George J. Turner
William Woodyard
T. J. Bads
Lula Wood
A. R. Wood
J. H. Growan
Tresa Smith
Sadie Witten
L. K. Cruise
H. L. Gray
R. C. Salt
Lacy Trumpkins
L. V. Belcher
C. W. Harris
James R. Miles
T. W. Rector
J. W. Rector
W. EB. Booth
P. W. Houchins
D. J. M. Cook
Virginia Rector
R. M. Jackson
J. E. Painter
Keystone
L. C. Lucas
K. McParland
A. P. Wood
Dora Bailey
W. B. Stevens
L. D. Wood
C. R. Hughes
Richard Stevens
Onna Smith
A. R. Marshal
Ocala
J. G. Smith
JT. C. Sammons
H. Tudor
Esther Harless
Mary D. Williams
A. D. Shaw
Florence Sanders
Kermit Grogan
Susan A. Early
Thelma Marshall
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Letha Mae Carter
R. D. Wilson
Fourth Street
Sam Worley
D. T. Whitlock
KE. E Green
L. W. Reid
Mr. Reid
E. E. Green
I. B. Muff
Dearborn Street
Huff
D. J. Pritchard
Jack
Columbus, C
Archaid and
Peacock
Oxfords
Granada Theatre Bldg
Henry Rodgin
Eet
Eeller
Barbers
Lucky Tiger
Ben Hur
South Bluefield Pharmacy
Nio
Am Va
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