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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1938

Page

2

Pollyanna Gift Exchange At Grace Methodist Class Party

Miss Ruth Sage leads the Sunday school class Christmas party at Grace Methodist Church home of Miss Rebekah Williams, 217 Floyd Street. Miss Martha White presides, Miss Sage receives gifts. program includes scripture reading, Silent Night, and Pollyanna gift exchanges with cake and Russian tea. Attending are Ruth Sage, Elizabeth Dillon, Martha White, Agnes Hetherington, Margaret Dillon, Phyllis Morris, Dorothy Harris, Charlotte Williams, Margaret Gillespie, Edna Carter, Eloise Wilson, Ruby King, Maxine Wilson, Maxine Weimer, Dorothy Kress, Rebekah Williams. visitors Mrs. Edgar Wilson and Mrs. Ida Sage.

Ruth Sage Grace Methodist Church Rebekah Williams Floyd Street Martha White Christine Shumate Miss White Dorothy Harris Edgar Wilson Miss Sage Pollyanna Charlotte Williams Margaret Gillespie Edna Carter Eloise Wilson Ruby Kingsinger Maxine Wilson Maxine Weimer Dorothy Kress Ida Sage

Christmas church programs and gatherings announced

The Sunday School of Christ Episcopal Church plans a Christmas tree and carols Friday at 7 30 in the church Sunday School room. The Church of God children present a Christmas program Friday at 7 30. Grace Methodist Good Wit class hosts a Christmas party at Miss Ann Meador's home on Bluenese Avenue. Mountain City lodge hosts a Degree of Honor memorial and meeting at Red Men's hall with 7 30 start. L A B of R T meets at Red Men's hall 2 this afternoon to install 1938 officers. Torch Lighters class at First Christian meets at 10 tonight for caroling party at Mrs J B Galbraith's College Avenue.

Sunday School of Christ, Episcopal Church Children’s Department The Church of God South Street Grace Methodist Church Ann Meador Bluenese Avenue Mountain City Lodge Lola Lambert Red Men’s Hall Roberta Echols Bluefield L. A B. of R. T Red Men's Hall First Christian Church J. B. Galbraith College Avenue Graham Christian Church J. D. Kitchen, Jr Edith Seaford Edward Norman Mark Gillespie Walter Keister Paul Shawver the Shepherds Marguerite Pritchett Mia T. S. Gillespie Bethlehem Star Vera Fleshman M. Leedy D. N. Stephens Paul Shawyer J. B. Havens Margaret Tate

Memorial PTA Holds Final Meeting Of Year

Memorial PTA presided by Mrs. E C Giles concludes the year with a program of Christmas carols by first and second graders, Rhythm band selections, and numbers by Mrs. Ralph Kahle’s pupils. Miss Else Lambert reads minutes, treasurer’s report by Mrs. John J Hetzel, and Lambert’s room wins attendance prize.

E. C. Giles Memorial Parent-Teacher Association Ralph Kahle Else Lambert John J. Hetzel Francis W. Archer

Winning Contract in a Bridge Hand Debates Double

The hand discusses bidding strategy for a bridge contest. It suggests the correct bid is the double, used for takeout, with potential information on partner's spade support and minor cards. It notes score implications: double yields 100 percent, two spades 60, three spades 30, and pass 20.

Trickery in a Diamond Endgame in Bridge

In a bridge play by Declarer, after a sequence of clubs and spades, East shows strength in red suits. Declarer tests heart finesse and diamonds, risking a loss but choosing a single-basket plan to force East to have four diamonds to king. He ends by conceding a heart trick.

Dummy East Declarer West

Local visitors and hospital update in city notes

Mr and Mrs Tom Page of Huntington are visiting relatives in the city. G D Miller of the N and W dispatcher's office underwent surgery at St Luke's hospital on Wednesday and is reported doing well.

Tom Page Huntington G. D. Miller N. and W

Quotarians Hold Annual Yuletide Party at Y Quota Club

The Bluefield Quota club held its annual Christmas dinner at the Y quarters with Irene Norris presiding. Tables featured Santa figures and poinsettias, gifts included chiffon handkerchiefs, and Miss Norris led the program with carols and the Van Dyke story The Lost Word. Guests included former member Mrs. G C Tucker and several local ladies, with plans announced to form a Quota club in Princeton. The group resumes meetings at the West Virginian hotel next week.

Bluefield Quota Club Irene Norris BR. Thompson Grace Methodist Church Santa Claus Norris Quota Biffle Loudermilk Marshall Peters 3. J. Phillips Quota Club C. W. Jackson Henry van Dyke Thelma Motley Peters

Ladies Bible Class Christmas Social at First Presbyterian

The Ladies' Bible class at First Presbyterian Church will hold a Christmas social Friday evening at 3. Teacher W. C. Pollock and president Mrs. Garland Jones organize the event. Pollyanna gifts will be exchanged and each member should bring a gift to help provide a bed basket.

First Presbyterian Church W. C. Pollock Garland Jones

Gold Medal Kidney Health Capsule Advertisement

An 85 cent box markets GOLD MEDAL capsules as a safe stimulant to improve kidney and bladder function. It claims rapid relief from urinary troubles and urges purchases from Haarlem Holland. The ad notes symptoms like night visits, backache, puffy eyes, and painful passage.

Haarlem Holland

Personal notes on Christmas visits and recovery progress

Miss Mildred Williams of Richmond Medical college is at home with her mother Mrs. H. M. Williams on South Street during Christmas. C. R. Caffee, recently discharged from St. Luke's Hospital, continues to improve at his home on the Bluefield Princeton road.

Mra. W. H. Crawford Bluefield Sanitarium North Tazewell Lillian Burnett Bluefield R. H. Bowden Mildred Williams Richmond Medical College H. M. Williams South Street C. R. Caffee St. Luke's Hospital Princeton

McClung SS Class Comrade Party at First Presbyterian

The McClung Sunday School class held its annual Christmas Comrade party Tuesday evening at Miss Julia Cameron’s Bluefield home with about thirty members present. Mrs. H. C. Humphrey gave a devotional, readings and carols followed, then gift exchanges and a short business session concluded the event.

McClung SS First Presbyterian Church Julia Cameron Virginia Avenue Bluefield H. C. Humphrey

Christmas Party Plate Delights Guests With Festive Gifts

From the gifts extended ribbons in the Christmas colors tied to packages bearing recipients' names for easy distribution. After opening, the hostess and her sisters Misses Margaret and Christine Cameron served a party plate of indivi dual ces molded as Santa Claus, iced treats, mints, and coffee.

Margaret Christine Cameron Enrie

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