Virginia Asher Council Holds Birthday Banquet
The Virginia Asher Business Women's Bible Council celebrated its fourteenth birthday with a banquet at First Presbyterian Church Bluefield. Officers were installed in a candle-lighting ceremony as Miss Effie Loudermilk became president and other officers were named. The evening featured fairy tale themed tables, talks on the annual conference, a birthday cake, and thanks to organizers with a strong note on fellowship and spiritual revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Asher Business Women’s Bible Council
First Presbyterian Church
Bluefield
T. H. Clagett
Clase
Midas
Red Riding Hood
Samuel W. Moore
Virginia Asher
Winona Lake
Ind
Margaret Taylor
Ruth Sage
Irene Norris
Alice Zimmerman
Robert Gamage
W. FE. DeBrick
Armistead
Joe B. Overmyer
Barrow
Missesir Gilmore
C. W. Frazier
Rex Slagle
Gladys Udy
Grace McDowell
Edith Grogan
Arlene Geordon
Effie Loudermilk
Minnie Weaver
Ruth Rader
Edna Stultz
Beulah Price
Otie Sumner
Desir Gilmore
Dorothy Davidson
H. M. Saunders
George Martin
Davidson
Sumner
Grace Church Circles Schedule for Women Missionary Societies
Grace Church circles of the Woman's Missionary Society meet at various homes on dates in June. Circle leaders and hostesses are listed with street addresses for Circle 1 through Circle 10, plus Alaska Terry circle and Young Women's circle events. The note ends with an unrelated trivia line about Stephen Foster and the Swanee River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of Grace Methodist Church
A. H. Hock
S. A. Taylor
Rogers Street
J. G. Nichols
Frederick Street
J. H. Hicks
Earl H. Frye
Frank New
W. W. Sneed
C. A. Johnston
W. B. Webber
Jr. L. Fairchilds
Larch Street
R. J. Keyes
W. A. Allen
Fourth Street
J. H. Cook
J. E. Keith
Chestnut Street
Alaska Terry Circle
Don Shelton
P. E. Vass
Edgewood Road
Young Women’s Circle
A. M. Wilburn
Elizabeth Kirby
G. F. Richardson
May Johnson
Pauline Morris
Anna Crockett
Stephen Foster
Swanee River
Holston Young People to Meet at Emory
The Holston conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South schedules its fifteenth annual assembly at Emory and Henry College Emory Virginia June 10 to 15. About 350 young people from Tennessee Virginia West Virginia and Georgia are expected to attend. The event is promoted by the Holston conference board of Christian education Bristol Virginia and is open to ages sixteen to twenty three within the conference. The program blends instruction recreation and spiritual development under the theme Follow Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holston
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Emory and Henry College
Emory
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Georgia
Holston Conference Board of Christian Education
Bristol
Bluefield
Mre
Paul Whitenack
Young People's Assemys
Bland Street Methodist Daily Vacation Bible School Opens
The Daily Vacation Bible School at Bland Street Methodist Church opened with strong enrollment. Classes run each weekday 9 to 11 a.m. this week and next, with Saturday off. All children are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland Street Methodist Church
Bon Voyage bridal shower honors Miss Studebaker
Mrs. W. M. Lankford hosted a Bon Voyage bridal shower at her Cumberland Road home for Miss Anna Margaret Studebaker. The event featured pastel ship decorations, guest poems, a “Honeymoon Special” sailboat display, prizes, and a buffet, with gifts hidden beneath a green and white basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie LeGrande
A. B. Thompson
Emily Greever
Lankford
Ray Howard White
Anna Margaret Studebaker
Bessie
Lena Doughton
Leonard Christian
Mildred Thompson
Juanita Brown
Elizabeth Debusk
J. M. Studebaker
J. Earl Bailey
C. E. Trent
H. L. Black
W. 8. Mustaine Jr
D. T. Musick
C. L. Emmett
C. Scott Lilly
Fred Stev
Community Names Read At Honor Roll Ceremony
A list of attendees includes Mrs. Aileen Thornton Saw yers and Mrs. Paul Carnes among a group of local residents honored in the ceremony. Names span multiple families and households, reflecting broad community participation.
Elam-Long Nuptials Tie Mullens Resident to Lillybrook Clerk
Mr and Mrs W J Long of Mullens West Virginia announce the marriage of their daughter Heather to Howard G Elam of Lillybrook West Virginia on Saturday May 25 in Charleston West Virginia Heather Long has taught at the Ben Dunman school in Mullens for four years and is active in Wyoming county social and school circles Elam is employed in the offices of the Lillybrook Coal company since September 1934 and has past work with Koppers Coal company at Kimberly Fayette county He is a Tennessee native who moved to West Virginia in 1927 and worked at the Elkhorn Piney Coal Mining company in Stanaford Raleigh county The couple reside in Lillybrook West Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Long
Mullens
W. Va
Heather
Howard G. Elam
Lillybrook
Charleston
Lillybrook Coal Company
Koppers Coal Company
Kimberly
Fayette County
Fayette
Raleigh
Elam
Tennessee
West Virginia
Elkhorn Piney Coal Mining Company
Stanaford
Raleigh County
Wingfield Watts Bible Class Meeting Time Change
Wingfield Watts Bible class meets at Bland Street Methodist Church this evening at 7 30 PM. Meeting time is changed from Friday evening. Mrs E L Albert president asks all members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingfield Watts
Bland Street Methodist Church
E. L. Albert
Children Meet for Practice at First Christian Church
All children from the primary and junior departments are asked to assemble this afternoon at 2 at the church. There is no practice for the Children's Day program scheduled for Sunday during the Sunday school hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Identical Birth Anniversaries Noted for Local Residents
Several Bluefielders share a birth date with the Dionne quintuplets on May 28. R. Hi Powell of 208 North Street was born that day, and his sister Blanche Bailey of Oak Hill, formerly of Bluefield, six years younger, also celebrates the same birthday.
Fine Studio Week Programs Planned Aladdin Theme
Vivene Art and Expression studio hosts Studio Week with Aladdin and the Magic Lamp as the theme. Entertainment includes one-act comedies readings music and marionette shows Wednesday and Thursday at the Y quarters. Friday features an art exhibit with magic treasures from Aladdin's cave and a mixed media display by local artists.
Kidney Trouble Relief Promises Nightly Sleep Restored
Advert sees a 35 cent Gold Medal Haarlem O11 Capsules package to flush kidneys and ease bladder irritation so you can stop getting up nights. It notes other symptoms like backache, leg cramps, burning urine, puffy eyes.
Side by Side of the Road and Related One Act Pieces
A program listing multiple acts and performances including By the Side of the Road a Billy Trail violin solo with Helen Cohen Toy Heart a one act drama cast Shirley Foster Ruth Rice Oreda Neel and Dorothy Martin Rabbits Left Hin Foot Mary Allen Brevick For the Flag Douglas Rice Plupys Debate Club Donald Nicewander violin solo Billy Train Between Trains one act comedy cast Lucille Melhany Dorothy Martin Letty Crockett and Ruth Rice Marionette show Dances by Sally Darling The Return of the Favorite Oriental sketch part 2 with The Favorite The Old Amir The Wicked One The Magician The Black Boy Dancers Negro Workmen and new marionette sets
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivene Art and Expression Studio
Y Quarters
Vivene
Ritz
Aladdin
Donald Niswander
Michael Strogoff
Dorothy Martin
Oreda Neel
Betty Perdue
Shirley Foster
Lucille McKhany
Harry Rice
Mary Ann Payne
Helen Cohen
Mary Allen Brevick
Ruth Rice
Virginia Vandyke
Bimbo
Reader
Jacqueline Nunnally
Amir
Billy Trail
Douglas Rice
Rith Rice
Sally Darling
Ruth Class Bus. Meeting at Mrs. Davidson Home
Calvary Baptist Ruth class holds its monthly business meeting at 7 30 this evening at 123 Alder Street. Pollyannas will be revealed and a large attendance urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Calvary Baptist Church
Miss Johnston’s Sunday Class Meeting at Crotty Home
Grace Methodist church Sunday school class led by Miss Ellene Johnston meets at 218 Beech Street this evening at 7 30. Miss Mary Allen Land will assist as hostess. All members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellene Johnston
Grace Methodist Church
Eliene Crotty
Beech Street
Mary Allen Land
Personal News Items From Bluefield Area Families
Mrs. Thomas 8. Hamilton returned Sunday from Parkersburg West Virginia where she visited her daughter Mrs Ernest P. Witt and Mr Witt for several weeks. She was accompanied home by Mrs Witt and her two daughters Florene and Ann who will spend two weeks here. Bob Mollohan of Parkersburg is in Bluefield for a two weeks visit. Mrs C W Dickey is confined to her home on Augusta Street because of injuries from a fall. Ned Bryan Ramsey School teacher left this morning for Huntington to spend the summer with relatives. He will be joined next week by Mrs Bryan. Mrs Garfield Burton and her little son Freddie are guests of Mrs Burton's parents the Rev and Mrs J W Morris at Woodlawn Virginia. I E Sands and son Billy have returned from Roanoke where Mr Sands...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Bryan
Ramsey School
Huntington
Bryan
Garfield Burton
Freddie
Sands Attends 98th Odd Fellows Session in Virginia
Sands attended the ninety eighth annual session of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Virginia and inserted his sister, Mrs. D A Bird, in ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sands
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
Virginia
Mr. Sands
D. A. Bird
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Summit Hill
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Penney
Penney’s
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