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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1930
Page
5
Mrs Kyle McDowell will start a kindergarten for ages five to six on January 5 at her home 408 Mercer Street. The five day program runs 2 30 to 4 30 p m with a diploma holder who formerly headed the model kindergarten at the Atlanta training school. The well qualified educator cites training experience and a genuine love for children as strengths.
The Young Women's Christian Association board held a Christmas supper at the Y quarters on Federal street. Attendees included president Mrs. Markle and numerous officers. some members were detained. A nominating committee was formed to propose new directors for January 7. The evening featured scripture readings, songs, and a humorous gift exchange.
The baby division of the W M B Trinity Methodist church will meet at 409 Union street this afternoon at 3. Mothers are urged to attend with their babies and bring mite-boxes.
Adele Townsend Jahncke, a debutante in the current Washington social season, is the daughter of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke. The Jahnckes reside in New Orleans when not in Washington.
Tuesday evening December 23 at 7 30 there will be a Christmas tree and special program at the First Presbyterian church with community attendance invited.
The College Avenue Baptist church Woman's Missionary Society held its last meeting of the year at the church. Mrs. T J Occupying chaired the session with Mrs. W H Land's circle in charge. Officers elected included President Mrs John B Pearson and vice presidents C W Owens J B Copenhaver and Albert Hughett. secretary G M Cruise and finance chair J D Enochs. Circle leaders for six circles were named with Circle 6 to be appointed. The meeting closed with the doxology.
Sunday at 9 45 a.m. during Sunday school at the First Christian church. Mrs. Tommy Peery Fallis reads as gifts are brought. Miss Lee Fretwell and Mrs. Bert S. Johnson oversee arrangements. The 11 o clock service features the cantata The Holy Child. Evening program highlights a special young people service for students home from schools and colleges.
The Globe Trotters club stages a Christmas entertainment this evening at 8 at the Y. Three short playlets will be presented with interspersed music and the public is invited to attend.
The North Side Ladies Prayer Band of the Church of God will meet this afternoon at 3. The gathering is hosted by Mrs. G. W. Burkett on East Princeton Avenue.
The Bluefield Va Jolly Sunshine club staged a Christmas program at the local Y with a reading by Mrs. Ben B. Johnson a short play Such As We Can's Use and biblical tableaux. Volunteers including Miss Anna King Miss Blanche Lindawood and Miss Dorothy Tibbs portrayed town ladies aiding a China mission with gifts.
Westminster Presbyterian displays a Christmas program with a Sunday 11 am cantata and 9 45 am Sunday school, featuring White Christmas donations to Lewisburg orphanage and Grundy Presbyterian school. Gifts include clothing toys cereals and foods with offerings aiding Christian education and ministerial relief. Santa Claus night ends the event with an old fashioned tree and cross shaped tables for White gifts.
The community records arrivals departures and health updates. The Rev. Virgil Lowder arrives from University of Maryland and will depart Christmas morning for Detroit to attend a faculty convention. Conan Gilmore recovers from surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital with Rev. Samuel W. Moore, and Miss Margaret Johnson plans Yuletide visit from Bethany College with relatives in Bluefield.
The Senate faced a deadlock over an emergency 116 million dollar employment appropriation as House amendments clashed with Senate positions. Leaders signaled possible session into next week to finish relief legislation before Christmas while ordering a broad inquiry into the job situation led by Senator LaFollette and Colonel Arthur Woods.
Miss Marian Keller leads a society doll drive at the Los Angeles doll festival with hundreds of handmade dolls sold to benefit the Los Angeles Children's Hospital. Proceeds support hospital care for children.
Senate stands by an amendment to a 116 million appropriation limiting presidential use of funds and challenging Hoover to account for 100 million European food relief. Conferees clash as Senators Black and George push for over two million for road building without state matching. House refuses. A vote looms tomorrow.
New York December 17 Harry F Sinclair chairman of Sinclair Consolidated Oil in a year end survey of the petroleum industry issued today said it has been shaped by a period of rapid change but must be brought into order with stronger regulation and orderly production to stabilize prices and supply.
The speaker warns prosperity will not return until the oil sector fixes its faults. Executives reportedly see the issue clearly and will address problems in time. Meanwhile, overdevelopment in production and marketing, excessive service stations, and inflated distribution costs harm the industry and prices.
Bluefield students compete in a citywide Christmas lighting contest sponsored by the Woman's club. A special student division offers $20 in gold prizes, with several hundred dollars total for top displays. Details available from the YWCA or radio WHIS.
A playful exchange shows a husband hinting at a secret collection and a wife responding with sly awareness. The dialogue centers on a private topic implied by light humor between spouses.
Rockefeller Institute researchers report a potential pneumonia protector a bacillus from New Jersey cranberry bogs attacks the outer covering of the pneumonia germ and destroys it. The finding is described as a protective development though further testing is needed.
A fragment appears to express regret that the speaker was blocked from marrying or dating someone perceived as a better partner. The line suggests personal disappointment and a judgment of the current partner.
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