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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1944
Page
19
The campaign for funds for the continuous community recreation program is moving along. Committees expect to drive this week under J C Buckley, finance committee chairman. To finance the proposed program it is necessary that $3,000 be collected for the playgrounds base. Citizens who in thesolicitation may make tributions to the committee chairman.
The Princeton area reports on Chapter 355 Women of the Moose officers elected for the coming year, a Father’s Day observance, and a June 2 meeting with two guests. Daughters of Ruth Circle at First Christian held a devotional and program with new officers installed and a reception for members and friends.
W L C Kirkhuff, a 20 year Southern rail mechanic from Kansas City, assumes charge of the steam end of Virginian railway shops at Elmore, succeeding W G Gray now with Lynchburg Steel in Chicago. The story also covers a fatal accident involving a Virginian pusher locomotive that injured an infant, followed by local social notes, obituaries, and military news from Mullens and vicinity.
Miss Swettsie Carter and Mrs. N W Maultsby spend the weekend in Lewisburg for the Greenbrier military school commencement and commencement exercises as guests of Cadet Jack Maultsby.
A sequence of real estate notices offers multiple properties in Serona, Bluefield Princeton Road, Athens, Matoaka and Princeton. Listings include five room houses with water and lights, basements, porches, and large tract lands with fences and barns. Prices range from 1500 to 4250 with terms including installments and half cash payments.
A service member completed training at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in Little Rock Arkansas and sent his purple heart medal to his mother Mrs Jennet W Clarke.
Circle five of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church will meet Tuesday night at 3 o'clock with Miss Pearl Robinette and Miss Emma Peck as joint hostesses.
Edith Janes Strow of the reserve enters the U S Naval Hospital Corps School at National Naval Medical Center Bethesda to begin training in naval medical duties.
The recruit trained at Hurter College Annex Bronx before enlisting in WAVES. She previously worked at Melrose Pharmacy Roanoke Virginia and Princeton Pharmacy. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones and daughter in law of Mr. and Mrs. O Strow of Princeton.
Mrs Gladys Jones and Dolores Jones returned home after visits in Michigan and Canada. Hallie Ball and Elizabeth Shelton of Straley Avenue head to Washington DC for summer work.
Item reports a lost trombone from the Knob school graduation night. Contact Paul Forbes at 305 L 306 3rd St Pri Reward for return and reward offered.
Advertising copy lists several properties with details on features and prices including a 25 acre five room frame cottage near Bluewell priced at 4150, a four room Bluefield frame cottage for 2300, and a Princeton nine room residence with extensive amenities and land, described as desirable.
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