Little Virgin wins popularity pageant crown
Virginia Rantis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Rantis, was named the most popular child in the community at Ramsey auditorium by a city and county poll. The Modern Woodmen of America sponsored the contest. She wore a white dress, received a gold crown, a tall trophy, a basket of roses, and a diamond ring, and will reign as the Baby Queen of Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Rantis
Jimmie Rantis
Ramsey Auditorium
Woodmen of America
Virginia
Bluefield
Engagement announced for Nancy Chamberlain and Rev J Hutton
Mrs Jessie Chamberlain announces the engagement of her daughter Nancy to the Rev J Hutton of Baltimore Maryland. Nancy has served in church work at Dante Virginia for two years while Mr Hutton has summer work in southwestern Virginia under Bishop Jett. The wedding is planned for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Chamberlain
Nancy
8. J. Hutton
Baltimore
Miss Chamberlain
Dante
Hutton
Virginia
Bishop Jett
Marriage of Frances Ballard to Elwood Booth in Peterstown
Mrs H R Ballard of Peterstown W Va announces the marriage of her daughter Frances to Mr Elwood Booth of Killarney W Va. The ceremony was performed December 1 1933 at the Methodist parsonage in Peterstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Ballard
Peterstown
W. Va
Frances
Elwood Booth
Killarney
Methodist
Bride from Peterstown Weds Booth in Elegant Ceremony
The Rev G E Pope officiated as the couple exchanged rings in a ceremony for a bride who graduated from Peterstown high school and Concord College Athens and taught in Monroe county schools. The groom son of Tom and Mrs Booth of Vivian WV studied mining engineering at West Virginia University and works for Kil larney Coal in Killarney WV where they will reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Pope
Peterstown High School
Concord College
Athens
Tri-Sigma Sorority
Monroe County
Booth
Tom Booth
Vivian
W. Va
West Virginia University
Killarney Coal Company
Killarney
Dance at Club Nelsons Nighhawks at Bluefield Country Club
The Nighhawks will provide music for tonight’s dance at the Bluefield Country Club from 10 to 12. Hosts Mr and Mrs Alex B Mahood welcome guests to the social event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson's
Nighhawks
Bluefield Country Club
Alex B. Mahood
Cantata Chrismas Presented by Bland Street Choir
A capacity audience is expected at Bland Street Methodist church Sunday evening for the cantata Chrismas performed by a forty voice choir with a ten piece orchestra. James Elmer Brown directs with Mrs Ruth Smith Thornburg Miss Blanche Armentrout Mrs N Stanley Frank Roberts and Maury Barret taking special parts. Preparations have been extensive and hundreds anticipate a finished presentation of this Christmas story setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland Street Methodist Church
James Elmer Brown
Ruth Smith Thornburg
Blanche Armentrout
Mre. N. €. Stanley
Frank Roberts
Maury Barret
Westminster to Have Two Sunday Programs
The Westminster choir presents The Manger Throne cantata by Charles Manney at 11 a.m. directed by Frank Booth with a full vocal soloist roster. At 5:30 p.m. the Westminster Sunday school stages an Advent pageant They Presented Unto Him Gifts directed by Mrs. William E. McDougle with named readers and performers. An offering benefits mine relief and Christian education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Choir
Charles Manney
Frank Booth
Mesdames
J. M. Badgett
G. Crowe
G. H. Lawhead
C. V. Bailey
Marshall Peters
C. W. Dickey
Frances Laird
Edwin Morrow
Welby Thornburg
Harold Vawter
W. BE. McDougle
Walter Peters
H. L. Hampton
Westminster Sunday School
William E. McDougle
Mrs Fox to Sing at Bland Street Church Service
Ruth Bodell known as Mrs Edwin Fox will sing at the Bland Street church morning service in Bluefield tomorrow. She will perform Lovely Voices of the Sky from Harry Alexander Matthews cantata The Story of Christmas, marking her return to a local program after many months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Fox
Ruth Bodell
Bland Street Methodist Church
Sumdley
Christmas Vesper Service at First Christian Church
A Sunday afternoon vesper service at 5 o clock at First Christian church 601 Bland street features Christmas music scripture readings and communion. A cantata by Charles B Nevin will be sung by the choir with soloists Virginia Bivens Elnora Cheyney Bernard Cunningham Emmett and Thomas Bivens. Mrs S B Chappell plays the organ and leads a brief recital. a quartet sings the communion hymn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Bland Street
Charles B. Nevin
Virginia Bivens
Elnora Cheyney
Bernard Cunningham
Emmett
Thomas Bivens
S. B. Chappell
Charles Nichols
Tom Bivens
Pollyanna Party for Coil Department at Kelley Home
Delightful event hosted by Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Kelley at 558 Union Street for the National Armature and Electric Works coil department girls. About forty attendees enjoyed bridge, rock, and dance with Old Santa Claus distributing Pollyanna gifts. Gifts were given to Miss Rowena Wyrick, Mrs. Jettie Parks, Mr. Kelley, and Victor Fredriksen, among visitors Nat Green and Fred Kirby. Christmas tree lit with electric lights and festive decorations enhanced the evening with refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coil Department
National Armature and Electric Works
C. C. Kelley
Union Street
Kelley
Coil Manufacturing Department
Santa Claus
Rowena Wyrick
Jettie Parks
Kelly
Victor Fredriksen
Fredriksen
Nat Green
Fred Kirby
Holiday party at National Armature and Electrical Works
The affair featured ice cream molded as miniature cakes with Santa Claus figures, holly springs, real cakes, and hot coffee. The event was described as one of the loveliest of the season, highlighting the congenial spirit among the company’s staff. Mr and Mrs Kelly previously lived in Beloit Wisconsin with Mr Kelly arriving in Bluefield in August and Mrs Kelly joining in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
National Armature and Electrical Works
Kelly
Beloit
Wis
Bluefield
Informal Open House in Lynchburg Holiday Visit
Mrs. Cloyd Martin of Lynchburg Virginia and Mrs. Roger Martin host an open house at the Martin residence on Walton avenue tonight from nine to eleven. Mrs. Martin and her daughter Miss Angie Martin greet guests with a small, close circle invited by Mr. Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloyd Martin
Lynchburg
Roger Martin
Walton Avenue
Martin
New Arrival Marianne Gills Born in Bluefield
Mr and Mrs B Ted Gills of Albemarle street welcomed a daughter named Marianne born at Bluefield san itarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Ted Gills
Albemarle Street
Bluefield Sanitarium
Marianne
Reynolds Joins Honorary Leadership Fraternity at Emory
George Reynolds of Bluefield Virginia is named a member of Omicron Delta Kappa at Emory University in Georgia. A senior in Emory Medical School he has earned high grades, participated in Glee Club and student activities council, and joined medical honor societies Caducenne and Asklepios and the Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Reynolds
Bluefield
Emory University
Georgia
Reynolds
Emory
Emory Glee Club
Sigma Chi
Alpha Kappa Kappa
Luncheon Cancelled for Monday at Oer Quarters
The schedule notes no luncheon will be served on Monday at the Oer quarters due to Christmas.
Christmas Time Visits And Travel Noted In Area
Local listings note Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Fox and child Jo-Ann visiting from New York with Fox parents Dr. and Mrs. J. Francke Fox. The Haleys and Crotty family visit Beckley. Yarbrough to Salem Virginia. Yoder to Galax Virginia. Shue returns from Charleston. Sheffeys host guests including Grace Sheffey and brothers from Lynchburg and New York. Frances Frazier returns to Bluefield for Christmas. Stecklers host J Moe and Levin from Milwaukee. E R Bishop and Kemper Tierney plan holiday travel to Harrisonburg and Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Fox
Jo-Ann
New York
Mr. Fox
J. Francke Fox
F. C. Haley
Polly Ann Haley
F. H. Crotty
Audrey
W. L. Carter
Beckley
Russell A. Yarbrough
Salem
F. K. Yoder
Mae Kapp
Galax
Frank Shue
Charleston
Pat Withrow
A Withrow
Robert A. Sheffey
Parkway
Mr. Sheffey
Grace Sheffey
Max H. Sheffey
Coke S. Sheffey
Lynchburg
John M. Sheffey
New York City
Miss Sheffey
Maggie
Rogers
Sheffey
Frances Frazier
Bluefield
John Kee
Villa Maria Academy
Wytheville
I. Steckler
Union Street
J. Moe
Levin
Milwaukee
E. R. Bishop
Greensboro
N. C
Yuletide
Albert S. Kemp
Holiday visitors gather from colleges and towns
Local notices list Miss Margaret Johnson from Bethany College and many others spending Christmas with relatives across West Virginia Virginia and North Carolina. Visitors include Mason E. Stewart, Dorene Chasteene, Edwin Wade family, Cecile Golda, Eulalia Francisco, Annette Burks, Bernice Steckler, Congressman John Kee, Jamee Kee, Sara Christie, Hampton Daily family, John L. Parker family, Alice Brown, Nancy Wilmore, Elsa Hamilton, Sallie Reese, Catherine Comer, and Mrs. Akers among others. arrivals and travel plans span Huntington Logan Miami Narrows and Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Johnson
Bethany
W. Va) College
Ben S. Johnson
Johnson
Mason E. Stewart
Mountain Mission School
Grundy
J. Stewart
James G. Litz
Jefferson Street
Dorene Chasteene
West Virginia University
I. Steckler
Union Street
John Kee
Kee
Buddy Waugh
James Kee
Lewisburg
Civic
Greenbrier County
Jamee Kee
Greenbrier Military School
Sara Christie
Marshall College
Huntington
F. R. Christie
Cumberland Road
Hampton Daily
Thomas Jennings
John L. Parker
Nat
Clinton
N. C
Bluefield
J. H. Wright
W. H. Kitts
J. R. Hill
Bramwell Road
Roanoke
R. D. Akers
Mullens
W. R. Burnopp
A. W. Woods
Illness notices and holiday travel in brief
The text reports travel and family plans around Christmas. It mentions a person going to Toledo Ohio in response to a message about the serious illness of her daughter Mrs A J Wilson. Lieutenant Edward Daily has arrived from VPI Blacksburg VA to spend holidays with his uncle J C Daily and Mrs Daily. Mrs H T Riddick plans to spend Christmas with Mr Riddick in Charleston and will be joined there by her daughter Mrs Stewart Livingston of Louisville KY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
A. J. Wilson
Edward Daily
Blacksburg
J. C. Daily
Daily
H. T. Riddick
Riddick
Charleston
Stewart Livingston
Louisville
Mrs Carlyle Peters Dies in Kansas City
Mrs Carlyle Peters formerly Miss Mattie Benbow youngest child of Mrs A A Benbow died in Kansas City. She grew up in Bluefield Virginia and is survived by husband daughter Helen, mother, sister Lois and brothers A T Benbow Indianapolis Donald Benbow Baltimore and Walker Benbow Bluefield. Funeral arrangements unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Kansas City
Carlyle Peters
Peters
Mise Mattie Benbow
A. A. Benbow
Helen Petere
Lois Benbow
A. T. Benbow
Stinson Dies at Brothers’ Home on Allen Street
W E Stinson 69 died at 3 55 yesterday at his brother A J Stinson 417 Allen street after cancer Born in Mercer County he lived in Bluefield plasterer by trade Funeral at his brother’s home 2 PM conducted by Rev R J Tyler Interment Stinson Cemetery Mercer Earnest of Matoaka and brothers A J Stinson Bluefield H W Stinson Matoaka survive Active pallbearers include Frank
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Stinson
A. J. Stinson
Allen Street
Mr. Stinson
Mercer County
Princeton
Bluefield
R. J. Tyler
Calvary Baptat Church
Stinson Cemetery
Princeton-Oakvale Road
Minerva Earnest
Matoaka
A. J. Stineon
H. W. Stingon
Frank
Prominent Names Listed in Landmark Public Notice
Thomas, Laymen Rash, Dan Thompson, Fred Buchanan, William Stanley and James Ratliff are named individuals in a historic public notice. The document lists these persons among a wider group tied to the event, with no further context provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Rash
Dan Thompson
Fred Buchanan
William Stanley
James Ratliff
Mother visits son in jail after father's slaying
Mrs. Clark N. Witherup traveled from Franklin to Venango county jail to see her 19-year-old son Walter, charged with killing his father. She spoke reassuring words, but appeared severely weakened after the funeral and the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Clark N. Witherup
Walter
Venango County
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Little Virgin
Bland ST
Fryers
Westminster
Mrs. Fox
Chicago House Furnishing Company
Bluefield, Va
Carolina
Princeton Avenue
Feeral St
First National Bank
Florida
Tangerines
Idaho
Brothers
VICKS
LA Blanc
ST. Annary
Ana
Dairy Products Corp
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