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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1934
Page
3
A final Sunday afternoon rehearsal with full choir and orchestra precedes the Christmas cantata by Stewart to be presented at Bland Street Methodist Church at 7 39 Sunday evening.
A Christmas pageant in tableau form will be presented at College Avenue Baptist Church Sunday at 7 30 p m. Sponsored by the B Y P A Miss Ruth Backus directs with the junior choir assisting. Cast includes Miss Bessie Doughton as the Angel Miss Mildred Eubank as Mary Roland Eubank as Joseph narrators Miss Beatrice Sisson James Pryor shepherds George Backus Richard Henley Howard Smith Dick Wayland wise men A H Jenkins E S P Robinson and J C Walters The three scenes are The Shepherds the Angel The Wise Men and The Nativity lighting and tree will set the holiday mood.
A Christmas program and special offerings mark Sunday services at the Bluefield First Christian Church. A 9 45 a m service precedes class and the 11 o clock worship features Christmas music, a solo, a brief program, and a sermon on The Radiance of Jesus. Evening vesper includes the Christmas cantata The Holy Child.
Sunday at 9 45 a.m the Trinity Methodist Church hosts a Christmas carol program presented by the entire Sunday school. James Kahle will open with The Origin of Carols. Performances include violin duets, solo and choir pieces, Bible stories from Luke 2 8 16, a junior pageant, and a congregational Joy to the World. Gifts for needy families will be collected after the pageant.
Mr and Mrs G L Easley of 126 Summers Street are the proud parents of a fine daughter born Friday at the home of Mrs Easley’s parents Mr and Mrs J R Martin at 934 LaFayette Boulevard Roanoke. The mother was before marriage Miss Mary Martin.
The Bluefield Clover club issues invitations for the annual New Year’s dance. The invitation asks recipients to attend the Clover club event.
A Bluefield Country club New Year’s dance is noted for December 31 1934 at 10 o’clock. The First Presbyterian church invites the public to a Sunday 5 30 p m Christmas music vesper with Miss Norma Lee Davis and Mrs Spencer Armistead assisting and a full choir program including carols and a Bible reading.
Miss Sarah Clendenin and Miss Kathryn Smoot left Friday for New York City. They will sail Saturday on the Queen Smuda for a week in Bermuda and plan to return December 31 on the Monarch of Bermuda, calling at New York before returning to Bluefield in January.
Members of the Bluefield Quota club gathered at the Y quar tera on Federal street for their annual Christmas party. Mrs. R. L. Burgess attended with Miss Beulah Price and Miss Maude Medley with her niece Miss Edna Ramage. A turkey dinner was served under Miss Effie Loudermilk’s supervision with help from Misses Mary Barnett and Mildred Eddins.
Miss Reba Whitlock and Larry Amos of Roanoke were married Friday in Bland Virginia. The ceremony was performed by Adjutant Hal Hughes of the Bluefield Salvation Army corps. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Whitlock of Roanoke.
Miss Mary Gordon Perkins of this city and J. T. Allen of Blacksburg Virginia will spend the weekend in Charleston as guests of Dr. and William Jarrett. Mr Allen visits the Perkins residence while Henry McClaugherty arrives from Corcoau Washington to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Bernard McClaugherty on Highland avenue for the holidays.
Mr and Mrs P S Barrow and daughter Pat Barrow with Miss Betty Read of Canada return from Warm Springs Ga where son Pete Barrow Jr received treatment. University of Alabama students John Gilbert Billy O Keeffe visit homes before Rose Bowl trip with Edwin and Alvin Gilbert. Mrs T Whitlock of Roanoke visits with son-in-law Larry Amos and daughter Hal Hughes Adjutant Hughes. Mrs W C Roberta arrives from Washington to spend holidays with her parents in Bluefield, joined next week by Robert Roberson Agee of Bluefield Furniture. Alfred Glien Edmonson from VPI Blacksburg visits for Christmas. Cecilia Golda Nazareth college student arrives from Nazareth Ky to spend holidays with father Frank Golda. Frances Paollello returns from Miami. Wade Walker family heads to Danville Ky for holidays.
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