Presbyterians Approve Woman Elders at 142nd General Assembly
Cincinnati June 4 The 142nd general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U S A closed with a constitutional change allowing women to serve as ruling elders in local churches and higher bodies. The assembly also advanced church unification talks with the United Presbyterian and Reformed Church of America. The Pittsburgh meeting is set for next year with Dr Hugh T Kerr as moderator.
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Cincinnati
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Pittsburgh
Shadyside
Wauwatosa
Wis
Church Cooperation and Union Department
United Presbyterian Church
Reformed Church of America
Toto
Assembly
Graduates Receive Diplomas at Bluefield Institute
The ceremony featured diplomas awarded by Bernard McClaugherty as part of a year of growth for Bluefield Institute. Nine degrees in education, two in business, multiple certificates, and extensive praise for the school’s role in the colored community of southern West Virginia.
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Hendel
J. A. Moore
Huerter
Thelma Martin
Bernard McClaugherty
State Board of Education
McClaugherty
R. P. Sims
Smith-Hughes
Bluefield Institute
West Virginia
W. C. Matney
Matney
United States Department of Commerce
Wyco Child and Mother Injured in Auto Smash
A Wyco West Virginia family car crash on Cloyds mountain near Dublin left a two year old in serious condition at St Elizabeths hospital and the mother with a broken arm. Two other adults escaped serious injury. The Ford left the road and tumbled down an embankment after a transmission flip. A Bluefield bus driver found the party and brought them to care. The baby suffered a deep facial laceration.
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Pearisburg
K. K. McCall
Wyco
W. Va
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Cloyd's Mountain
Here
Dublin
Bluefield
Questionable Liver and Gall Bladder Remedies Ad
An old classified style ad promotes a Home Drug Co offering a liver and gall bladder treatment by a “recognized practicing specialist.” It claims 28 years of results, money back guarantee, and urges readers to “See use now” with an address in Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Oime
Write Home Drug Co
Asonic Temple
Minneapolis
Minn
Entangled Lovers Face Crisis as Bernadine Dies
Alan Converse confronts grief and duty after Bernadine Lamont dies. Natalie’s betrayal and Phillipa West’s schemes haunt him as Nellie and Bobby await a future shaped by guardianship and the boy’s welfare.
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Natalie
Bernadine Lamont
Alan
Phillipa West
Phillipa
Florence
Bernadine
Rente
Na— Ee
Bobby
Shee
Hom
Nellie
Bernadime
Ty Bo
Fire Destroyed Roof and Truck Fire Reported
Damages estimated at $50 to Mrs. M. J Carter’s Ramsey street home after sparks from a furnace fire set the shingle roof ablaze. At the same hour firemen fought a motor truck fire on Franklin street. the city truck sustained little damage, blamed on a short circuit in wiring.
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M. J Carter
Ramsey Street
Franklin Street
Hoover memorial address at Gettysburg tribute on battlefield
President Hoover delivers Memorial Day remarks on the Gettysburg battlefield fifty years after Lincoln’s call to moderation. Inset shows Mrs. W. C. Smith, the sole living woman who attended Lincoln’s address, listening to the president.
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Hoover
Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln
W. C. Smith
Lincoln
President Hoover
Eugene Trent Captured by Virginia Officers
Eugene Trent, a colored man wanted in Bluefield for unlawful shooting, was arrested by Virginia police. He agreed to return to Mercer County for trial, after fleeing for weeks. The incident injured Ulysses Ramsey, the Smoke Shop manager, who was struck in the leg as two bullets aimed at Alfonzo Eggleston missed. Police will forward the case to state authorities.
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Eugene Trent
Bluefield
Virginia
Trent
S. W. Lewis
Leutenant
Mercer County
Alfonzo Eggleston
Bland Street
Ulysses Ramsey
Eggleston
Ramsey
Thoughtful Hostess at a Summer Home Welcomes Weekenders
At a spacious seaside or rural retreat, a considerate hostess from a middle class family hosts numerous weekend visitors. The scene highlights hospitality, shared meals, and relaxed social rhythms during a warm season.
Plane Makes Fast Time to Chicago From Bluefield
The Bellanca of Pocahontas Air Transport departed Bluefield near 6 AM, refueled in Cincinnati, and landed in Chicago five hours later with passengers W E Gilkeson and Russell S Ritz and Miss Jean Ritz. Pilot H S Howard. Ritz and Gilkeson traveled to obtain depos tions from a witness in the Harry M Waugh suit against Bluefield Supply. Witness illness postponed the Mercer circuit court trial to August. Ritz party to return Friday. Mrs Ritz notified of the time by telegram after arrival.
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Bellanca
Pocahontas Air Transport Corporation
Bluefield
Chicago
Cincinmati
W. BE. Gilkeson
Bluefield Sig Company
Russell S. Ritz
Torney
Jean Ritz
Howard
Messrs. Ritz
Gilkeson
Harry M. Waugh
Bluefield Supply Company
Princeton
Mercer
Gilkesom
Miss Ritz
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B. C
Husbard Hunter
Synea Service Inc
Bernadine’s
Dr. Wagnall
Westchester
Darlin
Mummy
God Epeed
Hursery
Berhadine
Windy City
Matoaka
Mullens
Bristol
Norrows, Pulaski and
Ronceverte
Kyowine
Chesterfield
LIGGETT @ MYERS TOBACCO CO
Hesterfiele
Liccert & Myers Tobacco Co
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