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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1928
Page
18
In Tazewell and Bluefield on June 14, the Byrd campaign plans stops to rally support for constitutional amendments and school levy changes. The piece notes tepid local interest, a push for a fairer school funding source, and ongoing discussions of taxation for education.
A representative of a large cheese manufacturer visited this week to discuss establishing a plant here if a sufficient milk supply is assured. Other concessions may apply, but local businessmen should back the effort to secure a profitable home market promptly.
At Wynn Fort on Fincastle turnpike the Woman's club held a Wednesday afternoon meeting led by Mrs. FB Boyd. Flower Gardens served as the general theme with various facets discussed. Refreshments were served and several visitors enjoyed Mrs. Martin's hospitality as the club pauses activities until fall.
Mrs. Sam DB Ward hosted the Senior Bridge club at her Thompson valley home while Mrs. Robert Battimore entertained the Junior Bridge club at her parents’ home in North Tazewell. Miss Rachel Royall and Sammie Scott from State Teachers’ College Farmville were appointed to attend the YWCA meeting in Blue Ridge North Carolina June 6 to 15. E R Boyd, Democratic county chairman, called a mass meeting at the courthouse on Saturday June 9 at 2 30 p m to elect delegates.
Tazewell will send fourteen delegates to the state convention in Roanoke on June 21. A dinner party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H G McCall entertained several friends with guests including Mr. and Mrs. A G Russell, Mr. and Mrs. W T Gillespie, and Mr. and Mrs. A B Higginbotham. Mrs. J Powell Royall and Mrs. G A Martin will host the U D C at Mrs. Royall’s home on Tuesday June 12. Flu outbreaks sweep the town and surrounding area with physicians on constant duty and no fatalities reported.
Mr and Mrs T R Peery are on a pleasure trip in North Carolina visiting Beaufort and other stops on their itinerary Mrs A Z Lita leaves Tuesday for Winston Salem NC to attend Salem college commencement B W Stras returns from Roanoke after attending a meeting of game and inland fisheries officers Mrs KR Meade of Castlewood visits Marion avenue with Mrs A Higginbotham Mrs Garland Yowder of Coalwood WV returns home after visiting her mother Mrs J H Hampton J Ed Peery leaves for Harrisonburg to attend Virginia farm bureau meeting W Baker of Bossevaine is noted among visitors with no further details.
A 93 year old Confederate veteran attended the reunion and day services on Wednesday. Barnes Gillespie is ill at home with flu. Mrs. W. F. Thompson of Charleston visited friends in Tazewell Tuesday. Oscar Gibson a Davidson College student stopped in Tazewell to see his grandmother Mrs. Mattie Thomson while en route to Lee County. Mrs. Joe Miller and daughter Katherine and son Charles of White Gate visited in Tazewell Tuesday, as did Mrs. Joe Davidson and son Sutter of Graham.
Bluefield College closes regular school exercises Friday at 4 30 p m after final exams. President Sams preaches the baccalaureate sermon at College Avenue Baptist Church. The Gilmer medal contest and annual literary and debater contests follow, featuring the Rodgin cup and Ross medal. Dr Charles Daniel of Richmond will deliver the commencement address to about thirty graduates.
Mrs Cora Watren Foster longtime music teacher at Carson and Newman college visits with Mrs Same and meets former students for commencement. Miss Daisy Harrison of Clarksburg Miss Anne Withers of Parkersburg join Mrs Vernon E Wood while several alumni return. Kenneth Wood heads to Rochester N Y and Bradford Lamson to Boston and Chocorua New Hampshire. Oscar E Sama Jr spent last year at Columbia University pursuing a masters degree and will graduate at the regular commencement.
Members of the Bluefield Rotary Club and their wives will hear Rev Percival H Barker D D of Pittsburgh Pa at First Presbyterian Church on Tazewell Street this evening. They will meet in the Sabbath school room at 7 30 p m and enter the church as a group at 7 40 p m.
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