Y Camp To Run Three Weeks At Camp Roland
The Young Women's Christian Association of Bluefield will operate Camp Roland for three weeks from June 18 to July 9. Junior and senior counselors were appointed, with Bess Lawton leading swimming, Colleen Jackson and Beryle Lyle as buglers, and a graduate nurse on site. Camp executives Minnie Weaver and Desir Gilmore of the Y staff oversee operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women’s Christian Association of
Bluefield
Camp Roland
Mary Herring
Martha Jeter Lazenby
Christine Steele
Margaret Thornhill
Virgina Lee Fisher
Pat Barrow
Blanche Lazenby
Bess Lawton
Grace McDowell
Eulalia Francisco
Mies Besa Lawton
Red Cross
Colleen Jackson
Beryle Lyle
Minnie Weaver
Desir Gilmore
Ristine Hendricks
Clark Brown
Harriet French
William Alexander, Jr
Pearce
Brammer
A. B
Mahood
Barrow
Mra
James Mann
N. H
Mannakee
Geography Talks Enrich Sixth Grade Study at Fairview
A study of geography was enhanced by talks from prominent local speakers who traveled abroad. Mrs. A H Hoge discussed Famous Building a France, Mrs. Joe B Overmier spoke on The German People, Mrs. Carroll Woods wore a Dutch costume and spoke on The Netherlands. Miss Blanche Toney presented Romantic Venice. Mrs. Virginia Ward spoke on The Blue Grotto and Miss Jean Brown gave a talk on Mr Vesuvius with graphic illustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview School
A. H. Hoge
France
Joe B. Overmier
Carroll Woods
Netherlands
Venice
Blanche Toney
Virginia Ward
Blue Grotto
Jean Brown
Mr. Vesuvious
McTyier Cassell Wedding in Richlands Virginia
A June 2 ceremony at the White home in Richlands united Miss Frances Cassell of Burkes Garden with Floyd K. McTyier of Washington DC. Rev. Charles Tusing officiated. Guests included family and out of town visitors. couple departed for a Lake George tour after luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. F. White
Richlands
Dorothy Gray Mce- Tyler
Lohengrin
D. M. Cassell
Burkes Garden
Jessie Philpott
Nell Porter Boggess
Mary Cassell
Alverta Greever
Charlotte Zeigler
Venita Baldwin
H. L. Baldwin
J. A. Greever
W. H. Moss
Mona Davis
W. B. Cassell
Sidney Harris
Carl Wagner
R. S. Moss
Joe 8. Moss
J. F. McTyier
Dorothy Gray McTyier
PD. N. Cassell
H. K. Cassell
Mamie Lee Baldwin
Elizabeth Fisher
Charlie Cassell
Alice Zeigler
Jack Hyatt
Joe. M. White
Jess White
B. L. Jackson
George R. McCall
Martha Sadler
Ted Jewell
Charles Ireson
Lake George
Ew York
New England
Pleasant Affair at Tabor's Cafeteria for Fairview Teachers
Pleasant Get-together marked the commencement season as thirteen teachers enjoyed dinner at Tabor's cafeteria. Mrs. Helen Bryant and her daughter Betty Jane Bryant received a surprise shower with Western Union delivering the gifts. Guests included Blanche Toney Lonnie Early Virginia Bailey Thelma Bailey Eliza Williams Mary Lou Carr Mary Laird Dorothea Poff Ruth Weibler and Mary Hawkes Ned Shirley Russell Yarbrough. Afterward a theater party attended the Colonial to view a picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview
Tabor
Afair
Helen Bryant
Betty Jane Bryant
Beaver High School
Western Union
Recitals This Week By Piano Pupils At Local Halls
Piano pupils of Mrs. Harry Holmes will be presented in recital this evening at Lowman's Assembly room in two parts. The public is invited. On Friday at 8 oclock in the piano rooms of Lowman Music on Raleigh the pupils of Mrs. C V Land will perform in a piano recital to which the public is cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Holmes
Lowman
Lowman Music Company
Raleigh
C. V. Land
Cory
Bluefield Quota Club Honors Miss Effie Loudermilk Birthday
The Bluefield Quota club hosted a noon luncheon at the West Virginian hotel. Miss Effie Loudermilk received many gifts and thanks, with Mrs. Anne Neel as president noting the Quota International convention in Chicago. The club voted delegates and support for a girl to attend Y M C A camp, and announced the June pageant Let There Be Light presented by Christ Episcopal church June 10 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Loudermilk
Bluefield
Quota Club
West Virginian
Anne Neel
Chicago
W. D. Barnett
Virginia Kyle
Martha Smith
Kyle
Charleston
Agnes Scott College
Decatur
Barnett
Evelyn Moore
Loudermilk
Christ Episcopal Church
Globe Trotters Club Meeting At Y Tonight
The Globe Trotters club will meet this evening at 7 30 at the Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Trotters’ Club
Y. Quartera
Girl Reserve summer conference at White Lake NC
To Attend G. R. Miss Ruth Bartlett Beaver high school sponsor will attend the Girl Reserve summer conference at White Lake North Carolina June 15 22 The conference comprises Virginia North Carolina with Bluefield included Miss Bartlett who accompanied Miss Helen Johnston to Columbus Ohio this week will return to Bluefield before leaving for the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Bartlett
Beaver High School
White Lake
N. C
Virginia
North Carolina
Bluefield
Francisco family attends Marshall College graduation
Mr. and Mrs. BE. W. Francisco with Miss Louise Roediger returned from Huntington after attending the graduation of their daughter Miss Eulalia Francisco who earned her A B degree at Marshall College. They accompanied her to Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. W. Francisco
Louise Roediger
Huntington
Eulalia Francisco
Marshall College
Francisco
Bluefield
Choir Rehearsal at Bland Street Methodist Tonight
Bland Street Methodist Church calls a choir rehearsal this evening at 7 45 PM. Only a few rehearsals remain before vacation season and it is urgent that all members attend and arrive ready to begin promptly at 7 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland Street
Mrs Belcher Circle 3 to Meet at Belcher Home
Calvary Baptist church circle meets this evening at 7 30 at the home of leader Mrs O C Belcher 924 Bluefield avenue All members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Church
O. C. Belcher
Bluefield Avenue
Fairview Graduates Gala Banquet At West Virginian Hotel
Fairview Junior High graduates held a gala banquet at the West Virginian hotel with Principal M L Smith presiding. speeches featured George Sinclair Francis Claytor Jennie Clark French Rosa Spencer and Mrs Elizabeth Bailey. Diplomas were awarded and a farewell clock gifted to the gym. The class of seventy six included Lucille Call Edna Crowder Edith Duff Jeanne Foster Virginia Gibson Mary Frances Green Ruth Grose close Colleen Jackson and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview Junior High School
West Virginian Hotel
M. L. Smith
Mr. Smith
George Sinclair
Francis Claytor
Leter
Jennie Clark French
Rosa Spencer
Co. A. Johnston
Elizabeth Bailey
Phyllis McCue
Dorothy Freeman
Edith Duff
Blair Stone
Dorothy Ruth Jones
William Walters
Anne Lilly
George Lilly
A. Johnston
Elizabeth Haseley
Sara Christie Katheryn Smoot
Jean Brown
May Batley
Elizabeth Easley
Russell Packard
Concord College
Jeanne Foster
Lions Quartette
Smith
Bobby Fuqua
William Johnston
Wilma McGhee
C. A. Johnston
Marguerite Evans
Elaie Jones
Roselyn Kammer
Helen Kirkwood
Anne Lambden
Maxine Lester
Robbie Lindsey
Wilma Nixon
Ruth Ownbey
Margaret Barcell
Rosa Mae Spencer
Jane Trent
Elsie Kegley
Herbert Edward Albert
David Bailey
Terry Brown
Jack Feuchtenberger
Paul Daniel Goodwin
Jack Lazenby
Mullie LeNoir
Bill Lewis
Lee Lilly
William
First Presbyterian adult choir plans evening rehearsal
The First Presbyterian Church adult choir will hold an important rehearsal this evening at 7:30 at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Hadassah Chapter Holds Final Year Meeting in Princeton
Bluefield Hadassah Chapter held its last meeting of the year at Mrs. Joe Tomehin’s Princeton home. Mrs. Henry Rodgin presided. colorful program featured songs, a Zionist talk by Mr. Sanders, and a piano solo by Sally Tomchin. Officers for the new term were elected and a luncheon cloth gift was presented to Mrs. Rodgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Tomehin
Princeton
Bluefield
Hadassah
Henry Rodgin
R. Reyoulds
Hartley Sandera
Helen Reynolds
Hartley Code Akment
Sanders
C. R. Reynolds
Hartley Sanders
Sally Tomchin
R. Wagner
Max Auerbach
H. Stolch
N. Platnick
8. Shamen
J. Blank
Rodgin
Bookie Club elects Nancy Linkous queen for 1936
At the West Virginia Business College Bookie club meeting on Monday Nancy Linkous, a popular student, was elected Queen for 1936 and will be crowned later this month. Club officers include President Roland Eubanks, Vice President Roy Taylor, Secretary Charles Haws, Treasurer Bill Cundiff, Chaplain Jack Austin, and Sergeant-at-Armed Red Lemons. The club, limited to college students, plans social events such as a Lake Shawnee picnic and an undetermined activity to be announced, signaling a busy summer ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Business College
Nancy Linkous
Roland Eubanks
Roy Taylor
Charles Haws
Bill Cundiff
Chaplin
Jack Austin
Red Lemons
Lake Shawnee
Beving Family Attends Portsmouth High School Graduation
Mr and Mrs M F Beving and their children travel to Portsmouth Ohio to attend the Portsmouth high school graduation exercises. Mrs Bevin's niece Miss Helen Scott is in the graduating class. Miss Scott is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Scott formerly of Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Beving
Portsmouth
Ohio
Portsmouth High School
Bevin
Helen Scott
Miss Scott
W. W. Scott
Bluefield
Junior Choir Party at Tolley Home Wings Choir Fellowship
The Junior choir of First Presbyterian hosted a lawn party at Charles Clinton Tolley’s Hillcrest Avenue home after a rehearsal. Hostess Mrs Tolley with Mrs Lavinder and Mrs Ramage provided hospitality for about thirty five to forty youths, featuring a green themed platter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Charles Clinton Tolley
Hillcrest Avenue
T. Tolley
J.C. Lavinder
Dal Ramage
Baby Girl Born to Mr and Mrs Grissom
A daughter was born June 2 at Bluefield sanitarium to Mr H L Grissom and wife. The birth notice lists the new arrival as a daughter with no complications reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Grissom
Bluefield Sanitarium
Sub-Deb Club Elects Officers At Barrow Home
The Sub-Deb club held its annual meeting at Miss Pat Barrow home with full attendance and plans for the year. Miss Betty Keesee was honored with a birthday cake and a gift as retiring president. Officers elected: Barrow president, Stone vice president, Smith recording secretary, Lee corresponding secretary, Stuart treasurer. Members later enjoyed a wiener roast on the Sandes farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Barrow
Betty Keesee
Cassie Mae Stone
May Gardner Smith
Jane Lee
Margie Stuart
Sandes Farm
Notices of illness and medical updates from the area
Friends of Miss Wilma Parks learn she is ill and in a Florida sanitarium. Lynchburg and Roanoke visitors stay at the West Virginian as guests of Mrs. H. C. Jordan. Dicky Dyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Dyer, has been discharged after a tonsil and adenoid operation at Bluefield sanitarium. Mrs. N. S. Dyer returns from Memphis and stays with her sister Mrs. R. H. Bowlman. Virgil Bratton underwent appendicitis surgery at Bluefield sanitarium and is recovering. Mrs. M. R. Shugart and daughter Jeggie Mae had tonsil operations at St. Luke's hospital and are improving. Dorothy and Florence Graham travel to Easton Pa. for LaFayette college commencement and visit Allentown and New Jersey. Belle Rothschild returns from a trip to Washington, Atlantic City and New York visiting her daughter Mrs. William Greenspon and Dr. Greenspon, with grandson Buddy Rothschild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Parks
Florida
W. L. Moorman
F. M. Merryman
Lynchburg
Roy Smith
Roanoke
West Virginian Hotel
H. C. Jordan
Albemarle Street
Dicky Dyer
N. 8. Dyer
Bluefield Sanitarium
Dyer
Bobby
Memphis
Tenn
R. H. Bowlman
Virgil Bratton
Giles Street
M. R. Shugart
Jeggie Mae
St. Luke's Hospital
Dorothy
Florence Graham
Faston
LaFayette College
Washington
Atlantic City
New York
William Greenspon
Greenspon
Buddy Rothschild
St Mary's Guild Meeting Set in Bluefield
St Marys guild of Bluefield Virginia will meet this afternoon at 8 o clock hosted by Mrs W B Dunn Sanders rive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Guild
Bluefield
W. B. Dunn
Sandersrive
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Y. Quarters
Federal Street
Reom
Kammer Furniture Co
St. Bluefield
W. Va
G. R. Meet
Hadassah Chapter
Club
Plevel Oy
A. W. Cox Dept
St. Mary’s Guild
Rinso
Marge
America
Aral
Ree
Appalachian
Electric Power Co
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