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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
7
A column discussing spelling engraved names in full, guest introductions at school dances, widow wedding ring etiquette, and best wishes wording for hospital visitors. It notes initials are common in some usage but full spelling is preferred for engraving. It also advises how widows handle rings after reengagement and whether to congratulate the whole family when sending flowers.
A New Year dance will be held Saturday at the Eagles club rooms on Princeton avenue for Fraternal Order of Eagles members and friends. The event starts at 9 o'clock with an orchestra providing music. Noisemakers and refreshments will be available for the evening.
Miss Marcia Godsey gave an impressive Christmas story at the Bluefield chapter 66 Order of the Eastern Star meeting in the Masonic temple. Presiding were Mrs. Cora Wood and Edgar R. Phelps. Refreshments followed.
Advice column excerpt where Dorothy Dix urges against marrying a fiancée if love has faded. A middle aged man seeks guidance on debt and an impending marriage, while a 19 year old asks what traits to seek in a husband and Dix warns to marry only for deep love.
Bluefield Quota Club held its final luncheon of the year at the West Virginian hotel with an informal program of verses adages and colored slides from the White Sulphur Springs district meeting. Miss Janie Marie Lambert chaired the session and Miss Helen Sue Spangler showed slides. Guests included Mrs Grace Wagner and daughter, Mrs Charles B Woolwine and daughter Janet Woolwine, Mrs W M Blalock of Belmont NC and Mrs Lucile Gish. Miss Light announced a board meeting next Tuesday at noon at the Y quarters and the club endorsed the city swimming pool project. Mrs Elsia Thomas noted an upcoming Oscar Levant concert.
Westminster Presbyterian to honor local college students at a 6 30 p m banquet in the church hall. Robert Patterson Union Theological Seminary Richmond speaks. choir led by Kitty Garland and Kitty Upton. solos by Conrad Crow Auburn University. master of ceremonies Dr C H Patterson. About 60 students expected.
Bluefield Virginia hosts include Mr and Mrs J N Bowman McDowell Mr and Mrs N W Hash Keystone Mr and Mrs Wesley Hash Switchback and Mr and Mrs E C Caldwell Jr and son Rodney plus Julius Hall Appalachian Electric Power Co commercial manager and former Bluefield resident Hall visits to discuss expansion plans with power officials from Roanoke and others. Pfc Betty I Kirby returns to Langley AFB after Christmas at home and completing ten weeks of basic training at Lackland AFB she now serves as clerk typist at Langley. Miss Margaret Jennings leaves to spend New Year with Miss Georgia Walker in Chattanooga Tennessee Walker a former Bluefield music teacher.
The Harry L. Westpost U S Army Mothers club met at the YWCA with ten members and two visitors. Officers elected for the coming year include Commander Amelia Hattery first vice commander Katie Bowling second vice commander Almeda Snead adjutant Lilia Tibbs finance officer Flore Hager chaplain historian Carrie Luke judge advocate Sadie Hill sergeant at arms Elsie Eanes color bearer Evie Crews. Rehabilitation chairman is Gladys Fisher. Installation will be at the January meeting. Refreshments were served.
Alicia Hart notes a new makeup set that anchors to a lipstick compact, providing a built in mirror and a compact that opens as the lipstick is pulled out. The design keeps powder from spilling and helps locate lip color quickly.
The Clover club extends invitations to wives of deceased members as chaperones for the New Year’s Eve dance at Bluefield Country club. Invitations list Mrs. R. W. Lacy, Mrs. Harry Waugh, and others, with additional guests from Tazewell. Decorations will adorn the ballroom dining and bridge rooms. Billy Lang and his orchestra will provide cabaret style music starting at 10 PM.
Mr and Mrs James Wyatt Akers of 113 Fairview Street Bluefield Va welcome son Richard Wyatt Akers born Monday at Bluefield Sanitarium weighing six pounds fifteen ounces. Mr and Mrs Elbert Caudill Dent Bluefield birth Tuesday at Bluefield Sanitarium weighing six pounds twelve and a half ounces son Wayne Calvin Dent. Mr and Mrs Ralph Emanuel Aust 204 Cedar Street announce daughter Rebecca Ruth Aust born Tuesday at Bluefield Sanitarium weighing seven pounds eight and a quarter ounces. Mr and Mrs George Milton French Route 1 Bluefield Va report son Dennis Lane French born Wednesday at Bluefield Sanitarium weighing six pounds thirteen ounces. The mother is Dovie Marie Bowman.
If you are underweight or skinn y with no organic cause read these facts. A good appetite and better digestion are needed. The medicine by Dr Pierce claims to stimulate appetite and improve food utilization to add pounds of flesh. Tablets cost 60 cents, liquid one dollar at your drug store.
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