New Year Celebration Planned by Clover Club Dance
The Clover club invites about 400 guests from Bluefield and coalfields for a traditional New Year’s Eve dance. A lavish presentation marks the main event with Life photographer coverage and congratulations from Major B. H. Namm. The club, rooted in 1893 as Carnac and reborn as Clover Leaf in 1898, is a long-standing Bluefield social institution with gala dinners and multiple annual dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clover Club
Bluefield
Coalfields
B. H. Namm
Hudson Hufford
Carnac Club
Plan Watch Services Tonight in Bluefield Churches
Bluefield churches plan watch night services to welcome the new year with prayers at midnight. Methodist churches launch National Methodist Youth Fellowship. Grace church hosts a 11:30 watch party with 9:30 college status. Trinity and Bland Street unite at 11 for fellowship and music. Westminster and First Presbyterian run 11:30 to 12:10 with Rev Crowe speaking on Comfort Ye. Gibson Morrissey directs music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Grace Church
Trinity
Bland Street
Illiam Fowlkes
Lillian Mically
Roscoeee Laura Wood
Eizabeth More
National Conference
First
Westminster Presbyterian
Westminster Church
Williar Crowe
First Church
Gibson Morrissey
Wesminster
Sweetbriar Day Luncheon At Bluefield Country Club
A Sweetbriar Day luncheon was held at the Bluefield Country Club with former Sweetbrier Va. college students and alumnae in attendance. Guests included Miss Anne Bowen Betty Jane Feuchtenberger Anna Mae Feuchtenberger Beth Thomas and Mrs Bernard McClaugher Jr along with Mrs Prank Day Mrs Hudson Huffard and Mrs R C Pritchard. The gathering focused on college activities and student progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Country Club
Sweetbrier
Anne Bowen
Betty Jane Feuchtenberger
Sweetbriar
Anna Mae Feuchtenberger
Beth Thomas
Bernard McClaugherty
Prank Day
Hudson Huffard
R. C. Pritchard
Savoy Club New Year Dance Tonight at Savoy Ballroom
Members of the Savoy club host a New Year Eve dance from 10 to 2 in the ballroom with music by the Roanokee Collegians. The venue will feature New Year decorations and proceeds go to the American Red Cross. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savoy Club
Roanokee Collegians
Beavers
American Red Cross
Personal notes from Bluefield and nearby towns
Miss Elizabeth Hull of Marion Virginia visits Bluefield with Mrs G M Goodwin and Ms Paul Lowry. Donald and Mabel Henderson return to Washington DC after a visit with T E Hendersons, Douglas Henderson accompanies them. Private J Howard Henderson of Fort Knox Kentucky is at home with his parents. John Winchabbe Jr of North Wilkesboro North Carolina visits for a few days. Carolyn Harvey of Curdsville Virginia attends Clover Club dance at Bluet Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hull
Marion
Graham High School
Bluefield
Uest
G. M. Goodwin
Paul Lowry
Donald
Mabel Henderson
Washington, D. C
T. E. Henderson
Douglas Henderson
J. Howard Henderson
Fort Knox
Memorial Ave
Mance Eset
Mnice Area
John W. Winchabbe, Jr
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Carolyn Harvey
Curdsville
Bluet’'4 Country Club
Concord Library Opens This Afternoon for Holiday Visitors
Concord Library announces hours from 2 to 5 this afternoon. Miss Peters will conduct tours and greet visitors. She invites students home for Christmas to see the new building and its facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Miss Peters
Music Is Theme Of Methodist Youth Meeting
The Methodist Youth fellowship service at Trinity Church featured the theme Enriching Experience Through Hymns. A quartet Laura Lee Compton Ruth Dawson Robert Puqua and John C Gordon Jr sang three selections including Finlandia while Miss Mary Taylor spoke With Joyful Song and Miss Helen Mooney read a poem O Brother Man. Miss Dot Law led the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Trinity Church
Laura Lee Compton
Ruth Dawson
Robert Puqua
John C. Gordon
Mary Taylor
O Brother Man
Helen Mooney
Finlandia
Dot Law
Watch Night service opens church calendar in Bluefield
The Wednesday program lists Youngest Trinity Methodist in charge of prayer with special music and a speaker at 7 30 p m. Public invited. At 8 00 p m the Senior Guild of St Marys church Bluefield Va hosts a Christmas party at Tempe Osborne home. Bramblel Women’s club meets Monday 2 30 p m at Masonic Temple Bramwell with officers to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Methodist
St. Mary's Church
Bluefield
Tempe Osborne
Bramwell Women’s Club
Masonic Temple
Bramwell
Mrs Gatherum Hosts Holiday Tea at College Avenue
Mrs Robert Gatherum Jr hosted a holiday tea at 3 pm at her College Avenue apartments. The home featured snapdragon centerpieces, white candles, Christmas bells and red roses, with Mrs Robert Wathall of Brilliant Ohio assisting. Guests included Athens residents and Bluefield visitors such as Ralph Klingensmith Fred Cooper Christine Cooper Giles Pink Robert Gatherum E W Kanode Meade McNeill Horace McNeer Cecil Dibbee Donzie Lilly Haney Wells McGraw Smith Poe Minor McClung Beulah Raymond Coffey and Miss Peters plus Pred Litz Jack Johnson Maude McCulloch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gatherum, Jr
College Avenue Apartments
Gatherum
Robert Wathall
Brilliant
Ohio
Bluefield
Mesdames
Ralph Klingensmith
Fred Cooper
Christine Coper
Giles Pink
Robert Gatherum
E. W. Kanode
Meade McNeill
Horace McNeer
Cecil Dibbee
Donzie Lilly
Haney Wells
McGraw
Smith Poe
Minor McClung
Beulah Raymond Coffey
Miss Oar Peters
Athens
Mesdames Pre
Wanda Mae Crabtree Birthday Honor At Home Party
Wanda Mae Crabtree was celebrated on her tenth birthday with a December 27 party at her home near Squire. Guests played games, awarded bingo prizes, and enjoyed cake ice cream candy and sodas. Attendees included Jo Ann Patty Arlington Jean Mary Ellen Danny Hanson Loretta Cricknew Olivine Osborne Christine Baugguess Helen Barker Billy Barker and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Mae Crabtree
Squire
Jo Ann Patty Arlington
Jean Mary Ellen
Danny Hanson
Loretta Cricknew
Olivine Osborne
Christine Baugguess
Helen
Billy Barker
Jo Ann Beavers
Dorothy Nichols
Charles Baldwin
Orlie Altizer
Eloise and Rubin
Tommy Lambert
Shelmar
Jacueline Maines
Junior Baldwin
Douglas Turpin
Owen Crabtree
Betty Crabtree
Clarence McInnes
Joe Gentry
Dyer Baldwin
Dan Hanson
Blair Maines
Tom Lambert
Beauty And You In 1942 A Call To Courage And Style
The piece urges women to dress well and stay calm as 1942 begins, stressing shared wartime work, cool sense, and relaxation. It advises using leisure for triple duty, recommends skin cream and soothing ointment, and encourages calm activities like sewing or crocheting while listening to music.
Efficient Womanhood Program for 1942
Radioprogram urges women to dedicate daily hours to nutrition exercise and defense as a national effort. It praises American efficiency and calls for careful daily planning to manage a busy day and contribute to the country’s needs in 1942.
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America
Improvement Club Of Elkhorn Meets With Mrs Ward
The Ladies Improvement club of Elkhorn held a Christmas gathering at Mrs Flora Ward home. The room shone with Christmas colors and a tree while games and punch preceded a salad course ice cream cake and confections. Silent Night capped the event with the room lit by candles and the tree glow. Attendees included Mrs Jo Brammer and daughter Elizabeth Mr and Mrs Lee Graves Mr and Mrs Reed Mr and Mrs Sampson Adams Mrs Gertrude Webster Mrs Elvire Lacy Mrs Beatrice Morris and Miss Geraldine Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Improvement Club
Elkhorn
Flora Ward
Jo Brammer
Elizabeth
Lee Graves
Reed
Sampson Adams
Gertrude Webster
Elvire Lacy
Beatrice Morris
Geraldine Morris
Miss Mary Alice Hodnett Weds Andrew Witten Tunell
Mr and Mrs J W Hodnett of Bluefield Virginia announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Alice Hodnett to Andrew Witten Tunell of Bluefield Virginia on August 29 in Elizabeth ton Tennessee. The bride is a graduate of Graham High School and a student at Bluefield College. He is a Graham High School graduate and attended West Virginia Business College and works as a bookkeeper for Crowder Freeman Garage. They will reside in Bluefield Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hodnett
Bluefield
Mary Alice Hodnett
Andrew Witten Tunell
Elizabethton
Tenn
Uate
Graham High School
Bluefield College
Tunell
Graham Hig School
West Virginia Business College
Crowder Freeman Garage
Miss Beth Thomas Heads to Poughkeepsie for Holiday Visit
Miss Beth Thomas leaves Monday for Poughkeepsie New York to join the child study department of Vassar College. She will spend the holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Paul C Thomas. Paul Thomas a student at Washington and Lee University accompanies her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Thomas
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar’ College
Paul C. Thomas
Paul Thomas
Washington and Lee University
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Clover Leaf Club
Pioneer
R. H. Moore
Lewis C. Tierney
American Voluntary Services
Methodist
Marion Gooch
Phon
Eugene H
Farley
Coke & Coal
Bluefield, W. VA
FOR
R. R. Crowgey
Kelleysville
Wytheville
Summer
Greyhound
Florida
Jacksonville
Greyhound Bus Terminal
Federal
Scott Sta
W. Va
Beauty and You By
Patricia Lindsey
Ann Sheridan
Improvement Club of
A. W. Tunell
Bill Thomas
McCallie’s School
Chattanooga
Cc. Thomas
St. Joseph
G. S. Hagar
Federal St
the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
United States
Bette
A. Hartford
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