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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1938
Page
2
The Kew-Bee Touring Inquirer airs today at noon in front of the West Virginia Hotel. Cole Baking Company presents Edward Kitts hosting from Bluefield with prize rewards for participants.
A radio lineup from 9:45 to 11: a morning jamboree features Dan Stafford and His Lilly Mountaineers, Clarke and Furniture, Sun Dial, Rise n Shine, White’s Service Station, The Stafford Brothers, The Breakfast Club, Red and Charlie at Bakeries, Morning Devotional by John R Bene, Hires for Health Kiddies Club with Johnnie Hires, Organ Meditations by Bill Saunders, Lowboy and Jack, JFG Coffee Boys, Bluefield Hardware, Touring Inquire Cole Baking, Norge program by Lowman Music Co, Rock Cliff Musical Moments, Bluefield Supply Co, Dance Melodies and Works Progress Administration.
Radio lineup lists time slots from 2 to 9 PM featuring Ozarkee and the Radio, boys’ vocal by Len, Harlem garden, Salt and Peanuts, Van der Verhovay Hungarian Band, Make Believe, Dr Dance, Baseball scores, Dinner Dance, Shoppers Program, Rice for Chin, String Music, and the Supper Club with Hess and His Big Little Broadcast.
NBC WEAF CBS WABC NBC WIZ and West Coast networks present a day of music orchestras choirs sport reports and talks with programs from 1:00 PM to 11:30 PM including NBC Symphony Dale Carnegie Lou Breese Larry Clinton Artie Shaw Nat Brandwynne and more across multiple stations and times. The listings show various ensembles and entertainment acts with brief annotations and To Be Announced slots.
Church notices list Sunday school at 9 46 a m holiness meeting 11 a m Young People 6 30 p m street meeting 7 15 p m salvation meeting 8 p m and WHIS broadcasts. Tuesday Preparatory class 3 30 p m soldiers meeting 8 p m Wednesday Rest broadcast 7 45 p m Thursday Sunbeams and Chums 7 30 p m Women’s club 7 30 p m Haven of Rest devotional radio 9 30 a m cadet class 6 30 p m and rest meeting. June 18 end. Recreational gym activities. public invited.
The Immanuel church at the corner of Mercer and ia streets proposes morning worship at 11 with Robert N. Peery delivering the sermon. A Sunday Bible school starts at 9 and a 7:45 evening hymn service follows the 11 o clock sermon. A church council meets Monday at 8 led by pastor Paul L. Royer.
Pastor Wiley leads morning worship with a topic His promotion in Us and invites union. Evening service at eight features sermon and choir music. Vacation Bible School runs from nine, with programs at seven for youth and prayer at eight. Delegates attend district conference in Kimbal Thursday and Friday. all welcome.
Calvary Baptist services listed with James W. Farmer pastor Burns Wornal superintendent and various officers. Vacation Bible school starts June 13 at 9 am with Mrs Webb intendent Junior Department. Baptism at close of evening service. First Christian Church notes Unified service 9 45 to 11 15 with choir anthem and sermon Wear A Crown. Evening service 7 45 with long service and choir.
Grace Methodist at corner Thomas and Rogers streets holds church school at 9:30 a.m. and service at 11:45 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. led by Rev. James Tilden Browning. A cordial welcome awaits all who will attend these services.
Howard L. W as pastor leads Sunday school at 9 45 a m and an 11 a m service featuring a Children’s Day program won by a large class. Youth talks include How God Selected A King and Obedience Better Than Sacrifice. Baptism will follow. Summer Bible school opens Monday at 8 45 for grades 5 to 8 at College Avenue. others meet at Westminster church. B Y P A at 6 45. Midway Christian Church hosts Bible school 9. Rev W M Snead is pastor with A Z Peters superintendent and communion at 11.
At 6 00 p m Mr Rogers Bailey leader special speaker Mr Marion Bryant of Bramwell You will be most welcome to meet with us.
The First Baptist on Duhring and Mercer streets announces Cradle Roll Day with dedicated little ones. The pastor’s theme is The Little Lamb and Forbid a Not. Mary Ann Meyer plays the organ as the choir accompanies the service at eleven, with an evening sermon on Blessed are they whose sins are forgiven. Sunday school meets at 9:45 and Vacation Bible School starts Monday at 9:00.
Washington and Albemarle church notes Bible school at 9 45 a m led by W L Alley superintendent Divine worship at 11 00 a m with sermon Home Again Evening service at 7 45 p m with sermon Regaining the Heart To Live Young People will meet at the church pastor Rev G Gunn leads services and activities
The First Presbyterian Church on Tazewell Street schedules Sunday activities with 9:45 a.m. Sunday school led by E itt and beginners, 11:00 a.m. worship by William Crowe Jr on The Knowledge That Saves, and 7:45 p.m. service. Morning broadcast on WHIS features Gods Majesty and Taniah's Call to Service. Evening study centers on Isaiah chapter one. Special choir music marked both services. Intermediates meet at 6:00 p.m. Senior Young People at 7:15 p.m. Trustees meet Monday 7:30 p.m. Midweek prayer Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Infant blessing at 11:00 a.m. services.
Callaway of the Bluefield Gun Club announced plans to arrange an inter-club skeet shoot with nearby clubs for next Saturday afternoon. He is corresponding with several clubs but could not name participants. The local club will hold regular weekend practice at 2:30 PM, with skeet and 16-yard targets. visitors are invited to join.
Williams was dead, the victim of an automobile accident. The fragment notes a crash with fatal outcome and hints at a time limit or urgency tied to a 48 hour period. Details about location, other parties, or investigation status are missing.
The Rev Mr Peery will preach at Immanuel Lutheran Church during the 11 o’clock Sunday service. He earned a BA from Roanoke College Salem VA in 1934 and a BD from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary Columbia SC in June of this year, with second honors. He is a recent seminary graduate and has begun pastoral work, likely taking a parish call in Tennessee of the Virginia Synod.
Elder Alvin Pocock with Mrs Pocock and Miss Clara and Ruth Wilson arrive from Roanoke to lead Mormon church conferences in the city. Elder Bassett T Wright of the Mutual Meat Association will attend. A cottage meeting is tonight at the Ferguson home on Glendale avenue with several sessions tomorrow at Moose Corner Mercer Bluefield avenue, Bluewell Union church, and Moose hall led by Elders Pocock and Wright.
The warty snail produces its spawn as a beautiful white ribbon many times its own length, described in natural observations.
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