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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
5
Henry Fortune, baritone, joined by the Graham Church Choir of Bluefield Virginia, directed by James Elmer Brown, will perform at 8 15 Friday night at the Graham church. Program includes The Lord's Prayer Spirit of God Cantate Domino Were You There I Walked Today Jesus Walked Hark Hark My Soul with Mrs Clay and Dr J G Williams featured.
The Young People of the First Christian Church plan a Thursday night service at Coors. Jack Johnson and Landon Williams will lead with Frances Dou serving as soloist. Miss Mary Cheyney directs. Yvonne Fish and Virginia Dove perform a short skit. The public is invited.
Sacred Heart Parent Teacher Association elects new officers for the year. Mrs C F Phalen becomes president with Mrs E J Shutko as secretary and Mrs H L Gorschalk as treasurer. Sister Colette Marie thanks retiring officers.
Thursday calendar lists Victory Prayer at 10:00 with Mrs Hager on K Street and a garden club session at 10:30 in the fan assembly room with guest speaker Mrs Vid Dyer. Annie E Fox missionary society meets at 8:00 PM with Umberger and Alma at 1305 Bluefield Ave. Friday notes a Moose Hall gathering.
After Friday commencement exercises the PTA held a short meeting to discuss plans for a hot lunch program for the 1944-45 school year.
Mrs Carl Mays Simmons nee Evelyn Gordon Imhoff was the honoree at a linen shower hosted at Miss Doriinger’s Pen Mar Avenue home. The afternoon featured a high prize and rummy games with guests later at a luncheon by the Girls Ice club where she received fine china.
Girls invited to attend the camp at Camp Roland from June 14 to 28 must register soon. Miss Desire Gilmore of the YWCA notes many reservations have been made for out of town attendees and urges local girls to register promptly at the YWCA quarters on Federal Street.
The first annual meeting of the Southwest Federation of Baptist Business Women will be held June 8 at 6 30 p m in the Appalachian Electric Power company auditorium. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year. M T Rankin secretary of the Foreign Mission board of the Southern Baptist convention returned missionary to China will be the principal speaker. No business woman should miss the opportunity to hear Dr Rankin.
Seaman second class Doris Tucker in the WAVES has been assigned to the bureau of naval personnel in Washington D C. She is the daughter of E C Tucker of Princeton and joined WAVES after working for Celanese Corporation of America and training at Hunter College annex in the Bronx New York.
Members of the McClung Sunday school class were entertained by Cameron. Mrs. H. E. Nichols read verses from Psalm 24 and the story of the Pearl of Price. Mrs. Nichols closed with a votional poem. Twenty one members attended.
Mrs Margaret Hendricks presided as Quota Club members met at the West Virginian hotel for a noon luncheon. Guests included Miss Miriam Shewey with piano selections. A plan was noted for a booth at Publ Bazaar June 12 to launch Mercer County's Fifth War Loan drive.
Parishioners of Sacred Heart Catholic church enjoyed a picnic from 3 to 10 p.m. Tuesday at the 4 H campus in Glenwood park. The event was sponsored by the Knights of Columbus with games and a basket lunch. Girl Scouts of Sacred Heart parish joined the festivities during Catholic week.
Miss Grorgie Mullins of ng shaw and Mary Knoblin of War were sworn in as WACs at Ashford General hospital in White Sulphur Springs on Tuesday. Mullins graduated from Concord State College and was a teacher at Taeger High School.
Choir rehearsal postponed this week with a note that sessions will resume next week. No further details on timing or location provided.
The nineteenth annual West Virginia Synod opens this afternoon at the Presbyterian church with a delegation gathered. Dr. Ramsey of First Presbyterian leads a worship service, Bluefield College president E C Wade will introduce teachers, and Mrs. Smith Brewer of Huntington announces the trainers. Friday evening features a 7:30 service by Dr. Hill with Bible study and a hostess, Mrs. Turpin of Albemarle Street, hosting the session.
Mr and Mrs Bernard H Cunningham announce the birth of a daughter named Dewannah Chil a newborn added to their family in an early notice.
The Rev and Mrs Stanley Humble of Bluefield Virginia are the parents of a son born Tuesday at Bluefield sanitarium. China has only 10000 motor trucks to supply an army of several millions.
Bluefield post office employee C K Lambert, a ferry official, lives in Sburg and has been in town for several days on ante rial business. Lambert returned home yesterday. Misses Janie Marie Lambert Elizabeth Garland Helen Loyd and Margaret Borden spent the past weekend in Roanoke.
West Virginia war price and rationing boards may slightly raise tire certificates but the volume of applications for new tires vastly surpasses quotas. Local boards must still issue only in essential cases, with Grade I tires for B and C motorists and Grade III for A holders, after careful screening to serve the war effort and safety.
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