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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1937
Page
14
Chicago reports a puzzle in meat packing where buyers from Japan and China acquire gall stones from cattle by the pound. The stones fetch 75 to 125 dollars per pound and are said to be used in medicines to revive the sick, sustain alertness, and drive spirits away, with another claim that they serve as a dye for chinaware. Packers note 100000 cattle yield about one pound of gall stones.
Capels West Virginia notes report the Capels Missionary society gathering at Mrs Victoria Highberger's home with Mrs Vaught presiding. Bible study led by Mrs Meade followed a brief business session and refreshments served.
The program featured students Jona Day Edna Dehaven Laura Jones Gertrude Warf Ronald Moorefield J D Loving Marshall Basham Claude Banner Jr Alice Mae Williams Gladys Goins Buddy Collette Charles Spiney Elmer Rose and Gladys Coleman. Speakers included Mrs W M Boardman Rev James H Lotspeich and Rev P P Tabor with songs and a valedictory by Betty Royce. Church calendar lists services and W M S activities concluding with missionary reports and prayers.
Mr and Mrs J W Allen and family along with McKinley Harman of Beckley were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs J T Bridgman. Frank Johnson returned from vacation in Norfolk Virginia. Mrs F Pelter and daughter Kay spent days in Bluefield with her parents Mr and Mrs W W McNeal. Mrs W A Williams visited relatives at Goopers. H Laughter and others called on Mrs J Brown and children Nelson and Elwood in Springville. Memorial day at Bailey. Mrs Lacy Horton recovering well after Grace Hospital operation. The Rev James H Lotspeich and family returned after spending.
A series of short notes records visits and social occasions around Bluefield Welch Huntington and Princeton. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Zeke Clark Mr Jana A Cawthorne Mrs Nancey and families Mr. and Mrs. Max Snead Rev L D Yost and others with dinners sorority events and a college enrollment at New River State College.
Rockford detectives re called their school day games to solve a theft at a hardware store. They invited groups of boys to join a game where a boy boasted of a new knife and pocketed items matched to six taken. A youth confessed and named his brother and two others.
Berwind West Virginia social notes list visits and travel among residents. Mr and Mrs William Geisinger and party traveled to Huntingdon and St Michael Pa. Mr and Mrs John Fawcett with Miss Georgia Trout attended. Mrs Clarence Bunt toured with two children to St Michael. Several families headed to Frostburg Md and S Simmons for a burial last Sunday.
Mrs. Bessie Thorpe reports her 19 year old daughter Wanda Thorpe a Ball State College junior has been missing from her Muncie home for a week. Wanda was chosen as leading woman in the Muncie civic theater production The Tangled Web.
Davy West Virginia reports a Methodist class gathering at Ms. Joe Ayer home with business and social hour. Geneva Cline and others visited, Hazel Pitcock and Rose Ninni stayed with Lois Ltd. Mrs. Jim Pop Welch hosted relatives. Mr. and Mrs. PF Morgan visited Kenova. Mrs. Harry Jarrett and Mrs. R. A. also mentioned.
Irine Fleenor, who had not attended a camp in Ohio, will return. The report notes her absence and upcoming return, with no other details provided.
Rev Herschel B Abshire, formerly of this city and early member of the Bluefield Billy Sunday club, will deliver the sermon at Grace Methodist Church today. He studied at Hiwassee College and Emory and Henry and earned a B S T from the New York City seminary in 1934. He now serves with Hiwassee College as pastor and director of religious education. A separate note reports a streetcar derailment in Pratt City Alabama related to a baseball incident.
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