License Renewals At Bluefield Airport For Local Air Transport
Inspector M. P Hanscom of the U S department of commerce renewed the licenses of three planes and two pilots for Pocahontas Air Transport at Bluefield airport. Pilots Willie T Mitchell and W W Wells had their transport licenses renewed. The Bellanca aeroplane three place Travel Air and Fleet training ship were relicensed and deemed in perfect flying condition by inspector Hanscom. Edwin Scully of New Brunswick joined the student class, nephew of BE Anderson, Princeton representative of the Daily Telegraph, living with his uncle in the county seat. Hanscom then inspected equipment in Wertzfeld and Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P Hanscom
United States Department of Commerce
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Air Transport Corporation
Willie T. Mitchell
Marion
W. W. Wells
Mullens
Travel Air
Hanscom
Harvey Amos
Edwin Scully
New Brunswick
N. J
BE. W. Anderson
Princeton
Daily Telegraph
Wertzfield
Charleston
Walter V Ross Hospitalized With Pneumonia
Walter V Ross prosecuting attorney elect of Mercer county was admitted to St Luke s hospital Wednesday night suffering from pneumonia after influenza His wife and two children also had influenza with others in the family recovering at 525 Union Street Monday reported improving conditions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter V. Ross
Mercer County
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ross
Union Street
Bastian Lumber Mill Suspends Operation
The Virginia Hardwood Lumber mill at Bastian Bland County Virginia will suspend operation on December 31 for an indefinite period about 150 men will be affected. One unit has operated since March 1 with half the production unsent due to shipping limits and storage space being filled. officials hope to resume at least one unit by March 1 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company
Af Bastian
Bland County
Virginia
Europe Manufacturer Buys U S Glass Plant
Pittsburgh sees the sale of the Standard Plate Glass plant at Butler to Societe de Saint Gobain, Europe’s largest glass maker, approved by a federal court. Transfer of title expected tomorrow. Standard Plate Glass Corp ran the plant since 1887 and receivers took over May 1, 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Standard Plate Glass Company
Butler
Societe de Saint Gobain
Europe
Standard Plate
Standard Plate Glass Corporation
Kingsport
Tenn
Societe, National Pirate Glass Company
Belgium
Corning Glass Works
Corning
N. Y
Blue Ridge Glass Corporation
Flour quality drives buyers away from bargains
The piece notes the shift from low price to quality in the flour market with growing demand for I-H flour. It states I-H sells for a few cents more yet offers better value, delivering worthwhile food.
Large Attendance Marks Young People Convention at Local Church
About 400 attendees including 175 from out of town gathered for the annual convention of the Church of God youth at First Church of God on South Street. Sessions featured talks by Rev. R. B. Roan and Rev. W. C. Gray with music from church youth, celebration of spiritual development, and a full schedule of discussions and programs through the day concluding with Roan's address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
First Church of God
South Street
R. B. Roan
Huntington
W. C. Gray
B. C. Hodges
Paul W. Cook
Roan
Charleston
Paul B. Cook
Mr. Conner
Oak Hill
R. B. Ro
Nila Banham
Fannie Hagan
Edgar Sexton
Mra. B. C. Hodges
Ross Taylor
J. S. McCarmo
Thelma Riddle
Cleo Allen
Effie Carr
George Musser
Orlen Carta
Parkersburg
Eastern Star Christmas Party in Bluefield
The Bluefield chapter No. 66 Order of Eastern Star held its annual Christmas party at the Masonic temple arranged by the Yellow Point team with Mrs C W Pace as chairman. A festive program featured readings songs tap dancing and a Santa Claus visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H. Edwards
Masonic Temple
Yellow Point
C. W Pace
Bluefield
Order of Eastern Star
Charles Cassell
Star of the East
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Harry Ross
Mises Virginia Powell
Talking Parrot
Rives Jones
Jack Clark
Pauline Bailey
Farewell Party at Club Bluefield Yuletide Event
At Club Bluefield a pleasant farewell gathering for visiting youths featured a dinner and dancing with ping pong and other diversions. Attendees included Elinor Ritz Louise Frazier Helen Kabier Margaret Houston Helen Scott Zirleta Kent Ed McQuail D G Rangeley Billy Williams Alex St Clair and others. Forty one reservations were made for tonight’s dinner and a bridge session will follow. a dance Saturday from 9 to 12 with Eddie Galloway and his orchestra is planned. an afternoon tea is set for Sunday by the club’s board of governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Country Club
Elinor Ritz
Louise Frazier
Helen Kabier
Margaret Houston
Helen Scott
Zirleta Kent
Ed McQuail
D. G
Watch Prayer Service Held At Burkhart Home
The Brown Webber Prayer circle hosts a Watch prayer service on Saturday at 9 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs G W Dock Burkhart on Ferndale Avenue. All are invited.
Christmas Lighting Contest Awards Announced by Woman's Club
Judges for the Bluefield Woman's club Christmas lighting contest reported to president Mrs F L Black. Winners receive small monetary prizes: Thomas H Cooper Jr Mountain View avenue first Billy Williams Jr Monroe street second Elizabeth French Reid avenue third T D Yeatts Jr Bailey Lumber Co fourth R C Fleshman Albemarle street fifth Conrad Brevick 400 Parkway sixth. Prizes will be awarded Tuesday at 2 30 during the club meeting at the Y quarters with winners calling for prizes at 3 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Woman's Club
F. L. Black
Thomas H. Cooper Jr
Mountain View Avenue
Billy Williams Jr
Monroe Street
Elizabeth French
Reid Avenue
T. D. Yeatts Jr
Bailey Lumber Company
R. C. Fleshman
Albemarle Street
Church Directory Highlights Nazarene History and Growth
The Nazarene church directory presents a Christmas message and history showing the denomination’s thirty years of expansion from California to worldwide reach. It notes evangelistic zeal, global mission, and a publishing house in Kansas City, with emphasis on youth and rapid church planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Nazarene
Perry. R. Rood
P. F. Presee
California
Global church movement reports vast reach and growth
The movement spans five continents and many regions including Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the British Isles, India, Africa, and Asia with thousands of native Christians. It states over 3000 preachers in service and church membership exceeding 100,000, plus 250,000 in Sunday Bible school and 1,900 congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Mexico
Central and South America
British Isles
India
Africa
China
Japan
British West Indies
Cape Verde Islands
Our Sunday Bible School
Pollyanna Social Follows Lodge Meeting No 59
Bluefield lodge No 59 Degree of Honor P A met at Moose hall at 8 pm Tuesday with Miss Bernice Bowen presiding in Miss Ruby Thompson’s absence. Members exchanged gifts from a prior homes draw and enjoyed refreshments served by Miss Mary Belcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Lodge
Moose Hall
Bernice Bowen
Ruby Thompson
Mary Belcher
Evelyn Bowen
Juvenile Club Meeting At Bluefield Lodge
The Juvenile club of Bluefield lodge No. 59 Degree of Honor P A met Tuesday evening at 6 30 in the Moose hall with a large turnout. A Christmas tree and program featured gifts exchanged among members. Mrs Lucy Farley gave fruits nuts and candy to members. The program included songs by Miss Kitts and piano solos by Pauline Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen Godsey
Betty Jean Hawley
Kiss Cole
Mary Ann Cole
William Davis Hawley
Little Frown Baby
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Blanche Armentrout
Harry Ross
Little Venus Jennings
Dorothy Lee Edwards
James Edwards
Bluefield Lodge
P. A
Moose Hall
Lucy Farley
Misses Kitts
Pauline Webb
Cotillion Dance for Students Leaving for School
The West Virginian hotel in Bluefield hosts a cotillion Monday evening from 10 to 2. The Bluefield Cotillion Club holds the farewell dance for students leaving for various schools after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginian
Bluefield Cotillion Club
Bowery Ball Dazzles at West Virginian by Thirteen Club
The Thirteen club hosted the Bowery ball at the West Virginian hotel last night. Eddie ee and his orchestra supplied an excellent program as teen dancers in period costumes entertained, reflecting the club’s status as a leading city dance organization led by president Sam Morgan 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowery
West Virginian Hotel
Thirteen Club
Sam Morgan
Eddie Ee
Estate convention closes at First Church of God
The annual estate convention of the young people of the Church of God finishes this evening after a two day session at the First Church of God on South Street. A Bluefield Country club dinner-bridge serves at 7 this evening. W M A executive meeting at First Christian church at 2 30 this afternoon. Bluefield Shrine club New Year ball from 9 30 to 1 30 at Masonic temple ballroom with ee orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
First Church of God
South Street
Bluefield Country Club
First Christian Church
Bluefield Shrine Club
Beni Kedem
Masonic Temple
Ee Orchestra
Dinner Meeting of Trinity Methodist Young People's Circle
Members of the Young People's circle of Trinity Methodist church host a 6 30 dinner at Mrs D E Templeton Albemarle Street. The final session of the year features officer elections and a Christmas program by pupils of the Child's Culture school directed by M E Bailey teacher and circle member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Methodist Church
D. E. Templeton
Albemarle Street
Miseine Bailey
Local Personal News and Illness Updates
Haynes Hancock improves at home after appendicitis surgery at Bluefield sanitarium. Miss Mary Kahle ill with influenza on Jefferson street. Harvey Amos returns from Danville after Christmas with relatives, accompanied by daughter Betty Anne. Mrs Lucille Wilson Perkins home from Bluefield sanitarium. Ruth Webber ill for weeks, now able to go out on Vend Princeton road. Mrs J E Hatcher recovering from influenza on College avenue. Mr and Mrs M L Sowers return to New York after Christmas visits to Pocahontas relatives. H C Weller and J H Hoge travel to Charleston on business. Polly Levine of Greensboro visiting Edna Delott on Jefferson street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haynes Hancock
Bluefield Sanitarium
Parkway
Mary Kahle
Jefferson Street
Harvey Amos
Betty Anne
Danville
Lucille Wilson Perkins
Ruth Webber
Princeton Road
J. E. Hatcher
College Avenue
M. L. Sowers
D. W. Dillon
Pocahontas
New York
H. C. Weller
Western Division
N. and W. Railway Company
J. H. Hoge
Bluefield Producerg Provisions Company
Charleston
Polly Levine
Greensboro
N. C
Edna Delott
Death of Harry Blankenship A Giles County Farmer
Harry Blankenship 27 of Wolf Creek near the Giles Bland border died last night at St Elizabeth hospital Pearlsburg Va from a ruptured appendix. He was admitted last Friday and operated on but never recovered. He leaves a widow two children Eva 4 Wanda 2 his parents and many siblings. Funeral is today at 2 30 at the Blankenship school house near Narrows followed by private burial. Christopher Columbus voyage cost about 7000. he earned about 230 for his work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Blankenship
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Pearlsburg
Eeete
Mr. Blankenship
Wolf Creek
Giles-Bland County
Eva
Wanda
Raleigh Blankenship
Raymond
Gilbert
Claude
Evelyn
Lena
Alfred Blankenship
Midway
Clarence Blankenship
Penvir
Bernard Blankenship
Narrows
Blankenship
MacDonald Engaged to Robert Ritchie
American actress Jeanette MacDonald and her manager Robert Ritchie announced their engagement on the French Riviera. The news quiets circulating rumors linking Miss MacDonald to Maurice Chevalier after their films together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivera
Jeanette MacDonald
Robert Ritchie
Miss MacDonald
Maurice Chevalier
Economists and Technocrats Clash Over Unemployment
Cincinnati December 29 Economists described as the pathology of debt by Howard Scout clash with technocrats. Prof Wilford I King of New York University argues that most unemployment is not caused by tech progress and that output per worker has risen threefold since a century ago. He notes 1930 census shows 9.12 percent unemployed among factory workers while only 6 957 idle men out of 2 686 145 unemployed. He says techn unemployment is usually temporary as labor shifts between industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Howard Scout
Wilford I. King
New York University School of Commerce
American Statistical Association
King
Local Doctors Attend Charleston Meeting
Dr. Albert H. Hoge of St. Luke's hospital and retiring WV Medical association president and Dr. Wade H. St. Clair of Bluefield sanitarium staff left yesterday for Charleston to attend an adjourned meeting of the state association council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert H. Hoge
St. Luke's Hospital
West Virginia Medical Association
Wade H. St. Clair
Bluefield
Marshall Manuscript Reveals Marshall Appointed Chief Justice
Ann Arbor Mich December 29 John Marshall’s unpublished autobiography reveals how President John Adams chose him as Chief Justice after John Jay declined. Marshall recalls advising Patterson as Ellsworth’s successor, Adams weighing Cushing, and finally deciding to appoint Marshall a day after Jay’s letter declined the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
John Jay
U. S. Supreme Court
John Adams
John Marshall
Marshall
William L. Clements Library of American History
University of Michigan
Ellsworth
Patterson
Cushing
Mr. Jay
Senate
Two Killed While Repairing Gas Line Near Catlettsburg
In Catlettsburg Kentucky two men, E P Keyser aged 50 from Huntington West Virginia and Tilden Edgar Dicken 25 of Summit were killed when a gas main ruptured and hurled them against a pit wall where they worked. Joseph Schafer 30 from Huntington sustained minor injuries while three other workers escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catlettsburg
Catlett's Creek
Here
E. P. Keyser
Huntington
W. Va
Tilden Edgar Dicken
Summit
Joseph Schafer
Do You Squint You May Need Glasses Optometrist Poster
Henry Rodgin optometrist offers eye care advice with a light note about glasses. A Norfolk style notice lists Fretwell’s curtains sale with half price on one to three pairs and a contact phone 334. Narrows Va resident Mrs Jennie Fizer, 82, fractured her hip after a yard fall at her daughter’s home and remains under physician care. She is mother to Mrs Tom Priddy, Mrs C O Broyles, and Mrs M Hale. Gregory I, Benedictine pope in 590, noted as first monk to hold the papal office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fretwell'’s
Jennie Fizer
Narrows
E. A. Hopkine
Jennie
Hopkins
C. O. Broyles
Giles Street
This City
M. Hale
Mays Funeral Services Set For This Afternoon
Funeral services for D. and Mays proprietor of Bluefield Tinning and Plumbing will be held at 2 30 PM at Bland Street Methodist Church. The pastor Dr Staxley W Hayne will preside with Dr Samuel W Moore assisting. Burial follows at Monte Vista Park Cemetery with a list of active and honorary pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland Street
Methodist Church
Bland Street Methodist Church
D. & Mays
Bluefield Tinning and Plumbing Company
Carolina Avenue
Staxley W. Hayne
Samuel W. Moore
First Presbyterian Church
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
J. Sublette
W. T. Hancock
Nd. Cofer
Clarence McClaughert
F. R. Christie
Russell Ritz
John PF. Land
J D. Johnson
W. Pollock
Karl Lentz
W. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bastian Lumber Mill
U. S
The
Hope Shoppe
Federal Street
Fom Frei
Eastern Star Party
Bluefield Shrine Club of
Dishman’s Orchestra
Church Directory
Bowery’ Ball
Giles Farmer
Christopher Columbus
America
NEA
Henry Rodgin
Gregory I
Benedict
Mays
Vicks Plan
Vicks
Vicks Nose & Throat
TruKold Electric Refrigerator
Spring Green
Bath Outfit
Montgomery Ward & Co
Bluefield, W. Va
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