Bluefield Opens Four Playgrounds With Supervisors
Bluefield launches its first annual playground season this Monday with four openings and a fifth planned next week. KE F Yager installs equipment for slides and games while supervisors oversee grounds across Central West End North Side East End and South Bluefield sites.
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Bluefield
High Street
Pulaski
Park Streets
KE. F. Yager
Randolph Terace
Russell
Tazewell
Lucy Shirey
West End
Lynn Street
Bluefield Avenue
Claude Wade
Roanoke Street
Bluefield Produce Company
Virginia Stowers
East End
Princeton Avenue
Belcher Lumber Company
Nina Dodd
W. A. Hansen
Chambersburg
Hansen
Haneen
Parkway
F.W. Udy
Chamber of Commerce
Plante
Bluefield Playground Association
Seniors Make a Pretty Picture
A brief note on a Christian church gathering on Monday evening May 26. Mrs. Hoffman outlined the church’s missionary work since 1847 when Alexander Campbell began the effort.
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Aka
Christian Church
Birthday Party By Church Auxiliary Honors Eighteenth Birthday
The Presbyterian church auxiliary held a Thursday birthday party at the church to mark the eighth birthday of the local Woman's auxiliary of the Southern Presbyterian church. Proceeds will aid widows and orphans of deceased ministers and support mountain missions.
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Auxiliary
The
Presbyterian Church
Southern Presbyterian Church
Clergy and locals to attend Ratcliff trial in Williamson
Rev J S Foley Mrs M B K Size Mrs John Kennedy Mrs W F Pennington and Mrs J Gilmer Foley head to Williamson Mingo county to testify in the Mrs Lilly Ratcliff murder case. Witness list includes C W Murphy Matoaka mayor Dr M B Caldwell Dr W W Harlee Prosecuting Attorney Walter G Burton and others.
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J. S. Foley
M. BK. Sizemore
John Kennedy
W. F. Pennington
J. Gilmer Foley
Williamson
Mingo County
Lilly Ratcliff
Shrewsbury Family Moves to Beeson and Local Visits
Local notices list moves to Beeson Pepper and Rock Virginia and Bluefield area trips. Families such as Shrewsburys Pritchards and Mayes visit relatives, attend commencements, and send well wishes to graduates. The Matoaka Christian church held services with J S Dudley presiding.
Flat Top Personal News Recaps Local Visits
Miss Hazel Crawford spent the last week with her sister in Pocahontas. Raymond Butt plans a trip to Pennsylvania to visit his sister Mrs J S Thompson. Miss Hester Barrett of Nemours stayed with Miss Helen Tabor Tuesday night. Mr and Mrs J H Tabor and Edwin visited Mrs Tabor's mother in Nemours Sunday. Mrs R J Page and Misses Virginia and Darcy Shrader visited relatives in Boissevain Thursday. Mrs G M Perdue and Mrs G W Anderson shopped in Bluefield Wednesday.
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B. L. Shrewsbury
Beeson
Matoaka Christian Church
J. S. Dudley
Bluefield
Mise Myrtle Brammer
T. F. Bram
Barn
D. Pritchard
Pepper, Va
F. W. Young
Naomi
Buddie
le I. Bailey
Kermit
Norma
Danese
Rock
Clifton F. Bailey
C. W. Murphy
Lane
Annabel
Stuart
W. H. Hatcher
Murphy
Z. T. Murphy
Wakefield
Jackson Sizemore
Perepoint
Sizemore
Mildred Collins
W. S. Reynolds
A. B. Hawks
Sprague
Lenora Allison
Matoaka
Roanoke
Altoona
B. P. Early
McComas
Fitzhugh
R. L. Riggs
Ruth Holman
Bowling Green
Margaret Holt
Weston
Virginia Mae Campbell
Matoaka High
Radford
Molly Dickson
Bowie
Paul Honaker
C. C. Liddle
Piedmont
Ella Mareh
Jefferson
N. C
Virgie Brown
F. D. Williams
Morgantown
T. J. Godfrey
Geo. Godfrey
Princeton
Charlie Jaber
Mullens
Joe Hayder
Elmore
Lebanon
B. H. Grimm
Hazel Crawford
Harry Murray
Pocahontas
Raymond Butt
Pennsylvania
J.S. Thompson
Hester Barrett
Nemours
Helen Tabor
J. H. Tabor
Edwin
Tabor
R. J. Page
Virginia
Darcy Shrader
Boissevain Thursay
G. M. Perdue
G. W. Anderson
Berwind and Nearby Residents Notice Vacations and Passings
Local correspondents report residents and visitors from Berwind West Virginia and surrounding towns spending time in Oneonta New York Baskerville Virginia and Castlewood as well as family deaths. A. L. Wickline died in Stevens Clinic Welch and Mrs Mary Yancy of Raven died after paralysis with burial at Hartwell cemetery. Spiders note adds a brief natural history fact.
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Berwind
W. Va
Kenneth Palgreen
Oneonta
N. Y
E. C. Huffman
Huntington
J. L. McCarty
C. . Graves
Baskerville
Stevens Clinic
Welch
A. L. Fulcher
Galax
Andrew Peck
W. C. Gilmore
T. M. Fink
Williamson
Mary Yancy
Raven
William Elswick
Hartwell Cemetery
Bluefield Boy Wins High Honors at Virginia Tech
William Ballard Zimmerman of Bluefield West Virginia is among 209 cadets in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute class slated to graduate June 10. He rose from private to captain in the cadet regiment and held posts in the West Virginia club Monogram club and German club while managing varsity basketball and serving as senior banquet treasurer.
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Blacksburg
William Ballard Zimmerman
Bluefield
West Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Zimmerman
Corps of Cadets
Eub
V. P. 1. Ger
Monogram Club
Episcopal
Episcopal Club
Company M
Attorney Corps of Cadets
Monogram
Bachelors Club
Stubblefield Preacher at Blufield College Baccalaureate
Dr. Stubblefield will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at College Avenue Baptist Church at 11 with a full service including hymns prayers and anthems. The college commencement program continues with an intersociety contest at 8 p.m. and exhibitions of debate declamation and musical numbers.
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Bluefield College
College Avenue Baptist
Blucefield College
College Avenue Baptist Church
Lloyd
Lilles
Philip Lilly
Edward Stubblefield
Stubblefield
Marvin G. Williams
College
John Marshall Society
Virginian Society
Walter C. Presley, Jr
West Graham, Va
Charles P. Parker
Miss Reverew
Porto Alegre
Brazil
Edwin Kornhi
Bluefield
W. Va
Walter Presley
West Graham
Norene Holst Montcalm
L. D. Bond
Mouth
Vance Pusey
Princess Anne
Virginia J Coe
Congress
United States
College Auditorium
T. 8. Hamilton
Trinity Methodist Church
Hamilton
Small Feet, Big Price Tag and Four Marriages in London
A London stage star Georgina Lady Solto Douglas reportedly has the smallest feet, cured for 100000 pounds to boost a show. Her feet cannot secure a husband, as she has been married four times. The piece also notes Japan’s population growing by about 800000 annually.
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London
Georgina
Solto Douglas
Ballyhoo
Flat Top graded school opening program at 7:30
Flat Top Va May 31 Correspondence Tuesday night the commencement of the Flat Top graded school was held at the 7a Top school house at 7:30. The address for the evening was.
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Flat Top
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Electrolux Refrigerator
Electrolux
Bluefield Gas & Power Co
Hoover
New National Museum
Helen Jensen
Conflict Bluffs
Mildred Froning
South Bend
Ind
Mise Helen Jensen
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Ruth Des Jardins
M. C. Hughes
Christian Church of
Mr. Hughes
Charles Lanuer
Danny
Bertha Shrader
Berwind, W. VA
Bluefield Boy
Ai V. PL
Dr. Stubblefield
Japan
Nrv
America
Barbers
Ina
Taloum
Cara Nome
Rexall
Hee
United Drug Company
Georgia Rose
Bluefield Pharmacy
Mercer St
East End Pharmacy
Princeton Ave
Bland & Federal
Fairview Pharmacy
Bland and
South Streets
Goody’s Drug Store
Goodykoontz Drug Stores, Inc
Flat Top Yards
DR. Godby
DR. Overton
United Modern
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