28 Dec 1950
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
1
Dorothy Dix counsels a man teased by a girlfriend to stop tolerating mockery and avoid marriage to a wife who mocks him. She urges switching to a woman who values him, noting cruel self‑deprecation harms lasting relationships.
Promote weight gain and appetite improvement with Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Claims to aid digestion and convert food into flesh, recommended by druggists for those underweight and fatigued.
Filet crochet and spider web combine in a rare beauty chair-set with a border around center section. Pattern 883 includes a chart and directions. Laura Wheeler's improved pattern promises simple crochet and knitting with charts and photos. Send twenty cents for pattern and for Laura Wheeler book plus illustrations of crochet embroidery knitting and more.
Enthusiasm grows for a Bluefield Automotion trip to Roanoke to see Ice Vogues of 1951 on January 7 with a 2:30 matinee at the American Legion Auditorium. About 35 to 50 locals travel by train 8:45 a.m. Led by Miss Pearle Brammer and Miss Margaret Stubbs. Also planned is Bluefield Community Concerts on February 5 at 8:15 p.m. at Ramsey Auditorium featuring Whittemore and Lowe with two Steinway grands, appealing to Bobby Soxers.
A Minnesota hotel guest favorite, Histulas are small fruit doughnuts tied to Mother Anderson's Pennsylvania Dutch heritage. The article shares her recipe for two dozen, including sugar yolks sour milk flour nuts raisins orange zest juice and fried in hot fat then dusted with sugar.
Club events on Thursday include GIA meeting at the Eagles hall for the Christmas party at 1:00 pm and a 6:30 pm Wesleyan Bible class at Grace Methodist with a pot-luck for new members. Friday schedules feature Midway Christian church's Friendship class turkey dinner and East River council Daughters of America banquet at the YWCA with a Pollyanna party. Also notes four hundred million fence posts are used annually in the United States.
AP News notes in 1950s home trends the rise of push button living with space saving furniture and built in appliances. Highlights include automatic kitchen gadgets egging on modern efficiency, modular seating, plastic materials, and versatile lighting adapting to busy family life.
Pattern 9129 offers a single yard main part with pockets and ties for sizes small and medium. Send twenty five cents for the pattern to Marian Martin at Daily Telegraph, 341 Pattern Wept, 232 West 18th St New York. Include name address zone size and style number. A free pattern from Marian Martin book accompanies the offer.
A reader asks about proposing alternate invite nights to a man when work restricts one night weekly. Mrs Post suggests clear timing and direct interest to avoid appearing overeager. A teetotaler toast option is white grapefruit juice or ginger ale and a note on appropriate wear of a fraternity pin.
Beaver high school's Sub Deb club hosts its annual Christmas dance at the Bluefield Country Club with Miss Anne Edwards presiding. Dick Daisey and his orchestra provide music for 450 invited guests including out of town visitors Miss Martha Katharine Hayes and Miss Erika Naumanne.
Birth notices report a son born December 21 to Mr. and Mrs. Turley Wallis of Huntington. The mother is formerly Miss Jean Ramage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Ramage. In Bluefield, Mr. and Mrs. James Arnold White of Dott announce a son James Arnold White Jr born December 22 at St Luke's Hospital.
Lieutenant Glen H. Ramage of Camp Breckenridge Kentucky returns home for Christmas with Mrs Ramage. He is a son of Mr and Mrs Cal M Ramage of Sussex Street and serves in the 104th Airborne Division US Infantry. Miss Jacqueline Phillips arrives home Friday to spend holidays with her mother Mrs Mabel Phillips in Bland Road.
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