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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1940
Page
18
Mrs John Kee entertained Friday at the West Virginian hotel with luncheon guests including Mrs James French Strother of Welch Mrs Fred L Ray of Keystone and Mrs John J Lincoln of Elkhorn among attendees.
Eldridge Wilkenson of Washington DC visits his aunt and uncle the Inhills on Fairfax Street. Bertie McCoskey and daughter Betty of Narrows VA spend the weekend with the Wilkersons. Donald Harry of Cincinnati returns home after holidays with Peterson and Harry families. Dolly Van Dyke accompanies them to Cincinnati. D G Barger’s daughters welcome relatives from Logan WV. Edwin Burke of Richmond visits his mother in College Avenue. Barnes Lawson of Newport News stays with the Hendricks on Wayne Street.
Worth area notes list a Christmas cantata at Galilee Baptist church and a class party hosted by Bil Owens. Numerous local residents are noted visiting relatives in Welch, Bluefield, Roanoke and Martinsville, with holiday guest lists and several sickness updates.
A compressed portrait outlines women who shaped the decade through politics, fashion, and society. Claire Booth and Frances Perkins emerge as influential figures in public life while other notable women such as Jeannette Rankin, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Elsa Schiaparelli are highlighted for achievements, wealth, and cultural impact.
Berwind correspondent presents George L. Egbert reflections on leaving 1940 and entering 1941. The piece blends poetry and prose urging hope, resilience, and daily deeds, with quotes from Heber Kingsley Foley and others. It includes local holiday social notes and admonitions to face future with courage and purpose.
The text notes the origin of the city dating back to 1838 when it was established as The city of Kings. It marks the early naming and founding context of the settlement.
Swiss national railroads reported that German coal cars breaking down in transit to Italy disrupted traffic during the holidays. The Gotthard route through the Alps suffered hours of delay, and a Zurich viaduct bombing by British planes on Dec 22 plus cold weather and heavier freight worsened the disruption.
In Clarksburg on December 28 a siege of persistent coughs left 20 year old Nadine Tenny of Loveberry addition in serious condition at a local hospital, her physician reported.
The report notes 500 prairie dogs on 4 300 acres and 34 000 gophers on 6 800 acres in San Isabel National Forest Colorado while a NYA project worker recovered from an attack at home on December 20 per a physician.
Mrs. C. M. Wheeler and relatives attended services in Hill Saturday after the death of Houston Wilburn, a former resident. The notice lists many locals visiting homes for the holidays, including students from Concord, Bluefield College, Glenville State, Emory and Henry, and University of Virginia.
William Lawson King of Gaithersburg Maryland was named farm credit board director for the second district covering Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia Delaware the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. He will serve for three years starting January 1 and operates a grain and dairy farm after being selected by governor A G Black from the district’s highest voting nominations.
New York December 28 Ernest F Lawford aged 70 a one time law student turned stage actor died after a long illness He gained fame in Britain and America with performances alongside Lily Langtry Mary Pickford Helen Hayes and John Halliday spanning half a century of work on the stage.
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