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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1939
Page
3
Jackson's Mill West Virginia June 3 The event marks the opening of the 4th Boys' State with Governor Holt and supreme court judges expected to attend. Commander W Elliott Neffen and staff will oversee activities as various government officials preside over instruction sessions.
In Elgood on June 3 Misses M Nash and Frances White held a shower at Mrs Giles White Browns home on Lick Creek for Mrs Jerry White Brown. Guests received gifts and refreshments were served. Farm Women met in the club room with president Mrs A R Nash and lesson leader G A White. Mrs Dorse served a plate to members and visitors after adjournment. Mrs Lucille Nash McGraw, formerly Butler school teacher, has joined her ...
The text notes Mike Craig visiting relatives near Roanoke for a week and mentions Isaih and Dallas Kidd with W. S. Roger, a 10 year old mare and good colt. It also references Mr and Mrs Billy Richards shopping in Princeton last Tuesday.
Mrs. E B Hale reports church services at 6 pm with Rev. officiating and a schoolhouse gathering. Choir practice at 7 30 pm Wednesday. Public invited. The Surface wedding party and Creola Poe noted. Mrs. Wallace returns from Bluefield for knee injury care. Heiling relatives visit from Richmond. Alma Reynolds plans Columbus trip to see her mother. D W Waterman of Florence, Kansas, has remained a city water plant pumper for 57 years.
Montcalm 4 H club meets with Gail Donald as guide. County agent FP Miles and home demonstration agent Mabel L attend. A son Louis Delano born May 16 to Mr. and Mrs. C T Elier. Frances Isabel christened for Harold and Mrs. Looney. Several locals visit relatives and attend graduations in Concord College. E M Gibson recovering from truck wreck. Elmer Sims dies at 40 after eight years in hospital, never seeing Charleston, his wish.
Mud Fork Va June 3. Miss Hettie Shrader reports church services at Mace donia church with morning worship and Sunday school at 10:30. Epworth league at 7:30 p m. Miss Christine Webster and Hazel Ruth Bane visited Mrs J A Mathene. Mrs Epperson and Jane Tabor ill. W H Perdue remains in Bluefield sanitarium.
In Bishop Virginia Mrs Gahnes Mustard reports infant Doris Ann Cald weighed nine pounds at birth. Goodwin named their daughter Wilma Lynn Lynn. Misses Betty Knight and Kathleen Leonard return for summer study at Concord State College Athens Ohio. Elsworth Knight comes home for the season with his parents as Mr and Mrs.
Several families and students featured in a busy social page. Dioconnell and Peters households note visits and gatherings with friends. Miss Martha Smith and Miss Frances Halli attend alumni events in nearby cities. Mr and Mrs J R McCutcheon travel to Berea for graduation while Elwood Cassell and Mrs Carl Cassell visit Charleston relatives.
A five week band and orchestra program will run starting Monday June 5 with classes held twice weekly in the morning. The event was announced yesterday by organizers.
Beaver high school schedules evening and morning rehearsals and drills in vacation months. Beginners are urged to register this summer with junior high students aiming to join the Beaver band and orchestra. Several instruments are available for use, announced Mr. Emberger.
The U S Postoffice Department has used retreaded tires for four years. North Carolina notes most taxis in New York operate on treaded tires, reflecting continued tire retreading practices.
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