Christmas Tea at Pocahontas High School
Pocahontas Virginia December 28 The third year Home Economics class directed by Mrs Ben T Graham Jr held a Christmas tea December 17 in the high school Home Economics department with parents and faculty as guests. The decor featured cedar holly and a small electric tree with red candles and a Santa sleigh centerpiece. Students served Christmas sandwiches cookies and mints they made themselves. Class members include Margaret Belcher Genevieve Noechel Mary Louise Ellett Rose Hrametz Ruby Wyatt Frances Crist Rebecca Hughes Frances Pais Joseline Gullion Pearl Fisher and Margaret Robinette. Mr and Mrs Cleon Crockett announce the birth of a daughter Gloria Jean on December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahi Pocahontas
Pocahontas High School
Ben T. Graham Jr
Mararet Belcher
Genevieve Noechel
Ary Louise Ellett
Rose Hrametz
Ruby Wyatt
Frances Crist
Rebecca Hughes
Frances Pais
Joseline Gullion
Pearl Fisher
Argaret Robinette
Christmas Baby Born at Blue Field Sanitarium
On December 25 a baby girl named Rachel Elizabeth was born to Mr and Mrs Richard Sult at Blue Field sanitarium. Mrs Sult is formerly Elizabeth White of Bluefield.
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Bluefield Sanitarium
Richard Sult
Rachel Elizabeth
Sult
Elizabeth White
Bluefield, A
New Year's Church Services and Social at Local Parish
Fisher pastor leads morning worship at 11 with a new year sermon Journey. Evening service at 7 30 features Open Doors for the New Year and a male quartet. Young People’s league at 6 30, Woman’s Society meets Wednesday at 2. New Year’s Eve run 7 30 to 12. Christmas party at the Lawford home honors students home for holidays with feasting and games. Episcopal and Catholic services listed with times and leaders.
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A. Church
Young People's League
Woman’ Society of Christian Service
New Year's Eve Program At Rue Methodist Church
The event features a 7 30 church conference with P L Chaffin of Richlands as speaker a 8 30 to 9 30 cantata The King Cometh by West Graham Methodist choir directed by James C Warden 9 30 to 11 00 Young People's social 11 00 to 11 30 communion 11 30 to 12 00 refreshments and fellowship hour The public is invited.
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Rue Methodist Church
P. L. Chaffin
Richlands
R. M. Stults
West Graham
Baptist Church Service Schedule and Youth Group
R H Powden pastor leads Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 evening worship at 730 B Y P U meets at 630 with Paris Lambert as leader in charge.
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Baptist Church
R. H. Powden
Paris Lambert
Reform Church Morning and Evening Worship Schedule
Wepasse Reform Church announces morning worship at 30 o clock and evening worship at 7. All parishioners urged to attend.
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Wepasse Reformed
Winners Named in Pocahontag Christmas Lighting Contest
The Pocahontag Woodlawn club outdoor lighting contest announced winners for the town wide display. First prize awarded to Mrs. F. C. Ellett and Mrs. Junius Ellett. Second prize to Mrs. Pred Wyrick and third to Mrs. J. H. Cheek. A colored division prize was noted for first place.
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Pocahontag Woos Club
F. C
Junius Ellett
Pred Wyrick
J. H. Cheek
Joe Hrametz
John Deaton
A Ee
Mills Va Churches Share Holiday Programs and Gifts
In Mills Virginia on December 28 churches from the Christian community held Christmas programs and distributed gifts and treats to members of local Sunday schools during the past week.
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Mills
the and Christian Churches
Christmas Party At Mrs Whitleys Home
Mrs M C Whitley hosted a Christmas party on December 20 for her Sunday school class and friendship club. Twenty seven members attended and each received a handkerchief and candy box. mothers and guests were given a dainty apron. Fifty one people attended in total.
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M. C. Whitley
Christmas guests travel from Grundy to Elizabethton family home
Mr and Mrs Eugene Knode and children return to Elizabethton Tennessee after Christmas with Mrs 8S C Knode and accompanied by Mr Knodes sister. Also visiting were Mrs Charles Bales Mr and Mrs H H Cruey with Lester Umberger and Earl of Wytheville Virginia and Umberger two daughters Opal and Andrea from Grundy orphanage.
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Eugene Knode
Elizabethton
Tenn
Died at Stevens Clinic Sarah Graham Buried in Family Cemetery
Mrs. Sarah Graham died at Stevens Clinic in Welch Tuesday after months of illness. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon and she was buried in the family cemetery. Visiting relatives and local families shared holidays and gatherings through Christmas.
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Horsepen
Sarah Graham
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Cheese Baked Potatoes With Creamy Filling
Scoop out centers of large baked potatoes. Mix potato with seasonings and a splash of milk or light cream. Refill shells and top with paprika. Return to oven to heat and brown.
Religious services and Sunday school schedules Bramwell
In Bramwell West Virginia on December 28 Holy Trinity Episcopal Church will hold Sunday evening service at 7 45 led by Rev E W Hughes of Pocahontas Presbyterian The Sunday school meets at 9 46 with men’s Bible class in the Ma ane pas and various youth groups scheduled for 5 and 6 pm Pilgrim Church lists 9 45 Sunday school led by K G Lawrence pastor A L Davis attends 7 45 services and weekly prayer Wednesday 7 30 Cottage prayer Friday evening
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Bramwell
W. Va
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
E. W. Hughes
Pocahontas
Presbyterian
Pilgrim
Pilgrim Church
K.G. Lawrence
A. L. Davis
Methodist church school and services schedule
The Methodist church outlines its program with a 9 45 a m school session led by superintendent L H Burke and 11 a m and 7 45 p m services by Rev Azo F Wagner. A 7 p m young peoples meeting and a 7 30 p m mid week prayer service on Wednesday are noted. Aged Negro man Henry Wade passes with community mourning his longtime presence.
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Methodist Church School of the Methodist Church
L. H. Burke
Azo F. Wagner
Young Peoples Meeting
Henry Wade
Henry
Christmas Guests Return Home From Holiday Visits
Bluefield families hosted relatives over Christmas including Mrs. Barton and Mrs. Emma F. O'Brien, with travel plans announced for Arlington and Washington visitors. Cecil Cowan returned to Portsmouth after holidays with local relatives. Emil Levis and C Levis also traveled back to New York after Christmas gatherings.
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Baby
Bluefield
C. Levis
New York
N. Y
Lev
Christmas Day Visits and Illness in Mud Fork Area
Mud Fork sees multiple family visits as residents share Christmas with relatives from Bluefield Pocahontas and Dry Fork. Mrs Shrader sick with influenza at home. Winston Crouse and Raleigh Tabor hosted relatives over the weekend.
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A. S. Wagner
Arthur Wagner
Montcalm
S Wagner
Elizabeth
Oliverson
Pocahontas
Captain Johnson
Pauline
Thelma
Thermon
Bluefield
Maft Wagner
Joe Shrader
Frank Crouse
Raleigh Tabor
Darcie Eagle
Shirley Rae
Dry Fork
Joe Eagle
Duck
W. Va
H. Virginia Patton
Tip Top
Glen Perdue
Elizabeth Bane
Jackie Perdue
Knoxvile
Tip Top News Roundup from December 28 1940
Tip Top Virginia correspondent reports visitors from Youngstown Ohio Mr John Moore former local RFD mail carrier now in steel factory work. Moore notes defense orders boost steel industry. New Year greeting extends best wishes for 1941. Betty Lawson recovering from hand injury in clothes wringer incident. Bernard Grubb and Stuart Bowman family visitation. Brief historical note on New Amsterdam population in 1633.
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Tip Top
John Moore
Youngstown
Ohio
Houston Moore
Moore
Indiana
Betty Lawson
Frank Lawson
Bernard Grubb
Bishop, Va
Stuart Bowman
Virginia calls 500 for January induction in Roanoke center
Tazewell county boards list eight white and five colored men for January 10 and January 20 drafts respectively with volunteers filling the quotas. The first registrants include William Henry Alley and Patrick Henry Hardy among others. Board 1 reports 745 classified registrants with 79 outstanding questionnaires and several delinquents, while class distributions show III-A, I-A, IV-F, IV-A and IV-D designations. two ministers qualify under IV-D.
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Tazewell
Selective Service
Richmond
Virginia
Tazewell County
Roanoke
William Henry Alley
North Tazewell
Patrick Henry Hardy
Amonate
Hen Peery Mitchell
Charlie Greever Mitchell
Luther Ball
Raven
Fritz Lee Murray
Joseph Albert Lewis
Raymond Calvin Edwards
Joe Clarence Sword
T. Hester
Willace Augustus Fox
North Tazewel
District Attorney's Office
Remittance Urged for Virginia Tuberculosis Seals
Mrs. R. E. Kitts chairs the Tazewell county Virginia Tuberculosis association urging members to remit for the annual seal sale. The notice asks those who have not yet sent in to mail their payment to the local chairman named on the letter enclosure and on the envelope back.
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R. E. Kitts
Tazewell County
The
Virginia Tuberculosis Association
Raid Interferes with Two Distilleries on Tazewell Border
Sheriff R Bowen Thompson and deputies seized two fully equipped stills on the Tazewell Buchanan border near Jewell Ridge. The 50 and 55 gallon plants were sheltered, one recently used and another ready to fire. Five barrels of mash totaling about 250 gallons were destroyed. both copper stills and equipment were brought to jail. no arrests were made.
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R. Bowen Thompson
John Jewel
L. C. McMeans
D. Taylor
Tazewell-Buchanan
Jewell Ridge
Notable Tazewell Resident Featured On National Radio
Gabriel Heatter will host Dr. Jack W. Witten of North Tazewell on CBS from WARC New York at 9 PM Tuesday. Witten’s work sheltering boys drew nationwide attention after a Bluefield Daily Telegraph feature by Carol Douthat and coverage by Sunset News.
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Tazewell
Gabriel Heatter
Columbia Broadcasting System
WARC
New York
Jack W. Witten
North Tazewell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Carol Douthat
Heatter
Dr. Witten
Lo&k
Virginia Military Institute
The
Medical College of Virginia
New Jersey
Faculty couple to join VPI as instructors in 1938
Mr and Mrs W G Ireson of Waynesboro Va visit family for Christmas. Mr Ireson leaves Wayne Manufacturing to join VPI as assistant in industrial engineering and pursue a master’s degree starting January 1. Mrs Gillespie directs school lunch projects and will join him after the term ends around June 1. Barnley Slemp Fox of North Tazewell, a draftee, returns from Camp Meade on furlough to his anti tank unit and hopes to reenlist after his year.
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W. G. Ireson
Waynesboro, Va
H. F. Ires
R. L. Gillespie
Ireson
Wayne Manufacturing Company
Waynesboro
Gillespie
Barnley Slemp Fox
North Tazewell
Tazewell County
Selective Service Board No. 1
Camp Meade
Young Fox
Selective Service Army
Holiday Guests At North Tazewell Home
Mr and Mrs W L Baker hosted holiday guests including daughters Mrs D E Hollingsworth and Mr Hollingsworth of Roanoke Miss Evelyn Baker from Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Walter Baker of Plant City Florida Dr Victor Baker a Bluefield dentist W L Baker Jr an Emory and Henry College student and Joe L Baker in North Tazewell
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W. L. Baker
North Tazewell
D. E. Hollingsworth
Mr. Hollingsworth
Roanoke
Evelyn Baker
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Walter Baker
Plant City
Victor Baker
Bluefield
Emory and Henry College
Joe L. Baker
Roosevelt Re elected in 1944 National Vote
Roosevelt is re elected as President in a wartime election. The item lists various local residents and families visiting, traveling, or staying with relatives during the Yuletide season, including moves and health updates. Names include Betty Bailey, P O Bailey, L L Dickenson, John P Moss, Dr Moss, Martha Wade Allison, T A Freeman, and Margaret Copenhaver.
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C. M. Eddyy
Mr. Eddy
Staunton
Betty Bailey
P. O. Bailey
North Tazewell
Richlands Hospital
L. L. Dickenson
Yuletide
John P. Moss
Moss
Johnson City
Tenn
Martha Wade Allison
Tazewe] County
Draper
New York
T. A. Freeman
North Carolina
Freeman
Margaret Copenhaver
Alexandria
Willie Helen Cruise
PSA
Tazewell County
Hillsville
T. W. Chambers
Charles Faust
Faust
Jackson
Mich
Farmville
R. C. Deidrick
Sammyy Scott
Chester, Va
Mrs Hugh Taylor Davis Hosts Baptist Missionary Society
Boissevain Virginia December 28 Mrs Hugh Taylor Davis entertained the Baptist Missionary society at her home Friday evening. There was splendid attendance and a well prepared program. After the business session a social period followed. A lovely gift was presented to Mrs David Fitzgerald for her faithful and untiring efforts as president for the past two years. Mrs Ernest Murray Will will hold the office as president for the ensuing year.
Christmas Programs At Local Churches
The Baptist church staged a pageant directed by Mrs. H. T. Davis with help from Mrs. G. Ross and Mrs. Fitzgerald. The Methodist church presented songs recitations a short pageant and a musical exercise with committee directors Mrs. McGinnis Mrs. Alderman and Mrs. Wade Saunders guiding the children.
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Methodist
Baptist Churches
Baptists
H. T. Davis
G. Ross
Fitzgerald
Methodist Church
McGinnis
Alderman
Wade Saunders
Community Thanksgiving Week Social Roundup
Miss Virginia Leidig and Samuel Leidig spend holidays with the D J Leidigs while Paul Barbour visits relatives. Local families host or visit kin in Eckman Richmond Welch Bottom Creek Wytheville Bramwell and Matoaka. Veiled notes mention hospital stays and a Sanatorium patient’s recovery.
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Virginia Leidig
Emory and Henry College
Samuel Leidig
Emory University
Georgia
D. J. Leidig
Paul Barbour
Fieoyd Barbour
Stuart Mitchell
Samuel Mitchell
Eckman
Quick Hearty Dinner Menu For A Crisp Evening
A speedy, satisfying meal idea features cream of mushroom soup, broiled ham steaks, fried sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts with cheese sauce, cole slaw, and ready mixed gingerbread with whipped cream. Includes coffee, tea, or milk.
Mr and Mrs T W Zink Visit Daughters Mid Week
Mr and Mrs T W Zink were mid week visitors to their daughter. The note confirms family travel plans and affirms local ties within the community.
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T. W. Zink
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