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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1926
Page
8
A Pacific summer wrap feature by Henri Bendel presents three luxury coats in rose satin and chiffon with tonal linings and unique details by Paquin Chanel and Callot. Emphasizes slender lines, light fabrics, and versatile ensembles pairing wraps with multiple frocks for stylish, affordable sophistication.
Miss Elizabeth Schuler Pevoto wed Rev. Arthur Kenton at 4 o clock on June in the bride’s home. The ceremony, performed by the bride’s father, featured roses and peonies and a pearl necklace. The bride, daughter of Dr and Mrs Thomas Schuler, taught history at Kidd Kee Sherman and studied at Alabama Women’s College and George Peabody College. Kenton, son of Mrs M C Pevoto, is a student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and pastor of Laneville First Baptist. The couple will reside in Fort Worth, Texas.
At Beaver High School auditorium Friday at 8 pm the annual Society contest invites public attendance. The program features selection by the High School Orchestra, readings by Miss Ritz and Miss Peters, orations by Harold Honaker and Jerome Kats, debate on Congress power, and prize awards including the H I Shott Trophy and various medals.
Miss Alice Littlewood hosted Thursday afternoon from 2 to 5 at Toms Creek for Miss Grace Deaton amid bridal décor of roses and sweet peas. Guests included Grace Deaton, Ruby Sammonds, Katherine Lyons, and several Mrs. and Misses from Toms Creek. cake and tea were served by Mrs. Bruce Crawford and Ruby Sammonds with the hostess presenting the bride’s cake to the guest of honor.
The Ruth Circle of the First Christian church held a Tuesday business session led by Miss Arlene Geordon of Woodlawn Avenue. A Love story contest saw Mrs. Ben Johnson and William Mustard win as numerous games filled the social hour with refreshments of sandwiches pickles cakes and lemonade. Attendees included Rev. Ben Johnson Leroy McLaughlin Ray Carter Eugene Thomas Stella Kitts Maggie Mounts Mary Watts Ruth Parks Hazel Parks Ruth Harris Grace Cundiff Ella Berl Smith Bernie Geordon Glada Epperly Pulalia Epperly Bessie Williams Mildred Thompson Harold Kelly Bill Stoman Iry Bailey Joe Lita Byron King Richard Hall Truble Farmer Paul Geordon and Earl Long.
Miss Mary Henderson the bride elect of Mr John Budner was feted Tuesday at Cra street home of Mrs EB Brookey with Miss Garett Hen as co hostesses About twenty guests attended the fern and rose decorated event A small wagon of gifts was drawn into the room by Little Miss Freda Lowder and Master Landon Williams The couple’s marriage is scheduled for Monday June 21.
Miles Matherine Meyer of Roanoke and Miss Eileen Tenney of Boston were hosted by Miss Maryn P at the Bluefield Corn Club for a Wednesday bridge luncheon. Miss Perkins led with aides Mrs. D. E. French Miss Frances French and Miss Janet Magon. Seven tables of play produced high prize for Miss Helen Huffard of Bluefield and low prize for Mrs. Fred.
Dr. Margaret Grant and Miss Gertrude Hughes hosted a dinner party at the West Virginian hotel for the St Luke's training school for nurses class of 26. Mrs Nell Gray Anderson and several Misses attended, with a concluding dance on Friday evening and commencement exercises scheduled for the municipal building.
Graduation exercises for St Luke's hospital training school will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the municipal building. The ceremony honors the completing class and marks a milestone for the graduates.
The Y W A girls from College Avenue and Calvary Baptist church plan a special evening at College Avenue Baptist church. A musical program includes a duet by Mildred Thom and May Belle Sarver. New officers to be installed are Mrs. D T Musick counsellor Mrs George Parker president Miss Mildred Thompson vice president Miss Nannie Rae Hefner secretary and Miss Ethel Kelly treasurer. The program theme will be Indians.
An invitation to the public to attend a concert at Warlick's piano rooms this evening at 8. Bima Gillespie, piano pupil of Miss Ella Olroyd, and Bertha Rodgin, violin pupil of Vincent Paollello, will perform. The two young artists are described as remarkably gifted and receiving careful training, promising a rare accomplishment.
The Beaver High School announces its Commencement Exercises for the Senior Class on Tuesday evening June 15 at 8 15 o clock in the High School Auditorium. Invitation letters have been sent to graduates and friends.
The final meeting of the PTA Council is set for 3.30 this afternoon in Room 210 Bailey Building. Officers will be elected and plans for the coming year discussed.
The Business Women's Circle of the First Baptist church will hold its regular meeting Friday evening at 7 30 at the annex. Attention is directed to the change in time and place.
A square dance occurs this evening at Robins Rest with Hagers orchestra providing music. Members of the Summit Recreation Club are invited. Ladies are asked to bring sandwiches.
The First Baptist E E Northen class is asked to attend a banquet at the YWCA at 6 30 p m Thursday. All members are requested to be present for the event.
A cheap cream named Flyte claims to erase freckles in four days without staining. Available at Goodykoontz Drug Co and other druggists with a money back guarantee if it fails. The product promises cleaner clearer more youthful skin after use.
An entertainment event was held by the Whilathes class of the church to honor distinguished individuals. Attendees included parishioners and local figures as part of the church’s festive observances.
Mrs Elizabeth Wyant of Huntington, grand chief of the Pythian Sisters of West Virginia, is identified as young Mrs W E Wyatt on Fourth Street and plans to attend conventions of the tenth and twelfth districts today and tomorrow.
Strother Hoge returns from V P L Blacksburg as Mrs J Weinstein and son from Roanoke visit Mr and Mrs A N Schlessbers. Miss Helen Baylor leaves Bluefield for Norfolk. Miss Myrtle Johnson returns to N and W offices after tonsillitis. Misses Ruth Hunter and Marion Morley head to Columbus Ohio for visits. Hunter to Bluefield for summer teaching, Morley to Geneva after a course. Others return from Blacksburg finals. Musick heads to Cleveland for weekend. Vincent Heck, Georgia Tech grad, returns home then to Pittsburgh to join Westinghouse. John Land travels to Live Oak Florida for health, arrival noted.
An old advertisement touts Endo-Corn as a cure for corns with a money back guarantee plus a Chicago laboratory address. It warns against liquid corn remedies containing ether and cautions that vascular and stubborn corns require a chiropodist. A Goodykoontz Drug Company mention appears alongside questionable endorsements.
Received Wednesday by Mrs. Land. Mrs. Land to remain in Florida with A. H. Baldwin on a business trip. Ruth and Mary Elizabeth Bowles return home after tonsil and adenoid operations at Bluefield sanitarium. Louie Dann Jr is ill at 314 Tazewell Street. L. A. Hooper of the First National Bank leaves for Petersburg, Virginia.
The report notes an appropriation request to repair the White House. The Department of Agriculture describes spring wheat as very poor on June 1. A senate committee questions expenditures with Governor Pinchot on the stand. The presidential prohibition order is upheld by the senate judiciary committee. William J. Tilson is nominated as federal judge in Georgia.
A death notice for H Hooper was announced in the morning. Miss Lillian Speiden underwent an operation at Bluefield Sanitarium and is recovering. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. William T. Marshall of Trenton New Jersey to see their daughter Mrs. Frederick W. Black and Dr. Black.
Mrs J W Snyder visits her daughter Mrs Harry Crigger in Roanoke. Mrs W H Thomas leaves today for a weeklong visit in Eliz ton Tennessee.
Henry Rodgin Co Jewelers in the city showcased a large clock with the 1929 high school graduates names and photos. Virginia Stowers won the lucky graduate prize a wrist watch after two weeks of display ending Monday night as her name stopped on the clock.
A pamphlet promotes mixing lemon juice with Orchard White to create a home skin whitener. It promises a quarter pint of a fragrant lotion for face neck arms and hands and claims it cannot irritate. It cites stage beauties as users and says results are immediate after preparation.
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