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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1939
Page
17
Plans completed for the second semi-annual Tri-City Contract Bridge championship. The first session is set for Monday at 8 p.m. in the club rooms. The event will span four sessions with entry open to all players in Bluefield Princeton and Matoaka.
The Daily Vacation Bible School of Trinity church opens Monday at nine with sessions through two weeks. Four age based departments offer Bible instruction music and demonstration work led by Mrs D B Gray Mrs M C Young and staff of twenty teachers. Irene Weaver returns as secretary while I N Fuqua and Rev E E Wiley participate. Courses link worship nature and Bible study with dramatized material and valuable content for all ages.
The Junior and Senior Girl Rangers of the First Presbyterian church will hold a swimming party at Falls Mills Monday afternoon. Members should meet at the church house at 2 30 PM with swimsuit towel and admission fee. Admission is ten cents at the doors and twenty five for
Dr and Mrs Harmon Dobbs Brown of Summerville Georgia announce the engagement of their daughter Katherine Bolling to John Hoyt Parmer of Summerville and this city. The bride to be is the daughter of the Rev W Parmer of Bluefield and will wed July 20 in the Boxwood Garden at Brownwood home of the bride. The groom is a Georgia graduate active in athletics and a member of Blue Key and Alpha Lambda Tau.
R F Smith and family visited Decatur Georgia for the Agnes Scott graduation of granddaughter Miss Virginia Kyle. The Agnes Scott News reported Miss Kyle and three other seniors earning Phi Beta Kappa honors with Muriel Harn noted as Greek secretary introducing new members. Graduation exercises occurred June 6 at Gaines chapel.
Mr and Mrs E L Camper announce the marriage of their daughter Celma Eloise to William McKiney Johnson on January 7 1939 at Bland Virginia. The Rev Newton of the Presbyterian church performed the ceremony. Celma Eloise, educated in Mercer county, worked at the Lee Theater Bluefield Virginia. William McKiney Johnson, son of Mr and Mrs R E L Johnson, is from Walters Avenue and educated in Tazewell county schools. The couple plan to reside in this city.
Mrs. D E French regent of West Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution returned from Charleston where she attended a luncheon at the Wren's Nest tea room. The Charleston chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy hosted the event with a reveree luncheon.
Lucian Bailey son of Mrs. Alice Bailey and the late A C Bailey of Rock will receive a veterinary medicine degree from Iowa State College Ames Iowa on Monday June 12 His brother Aubrey Bailey and sister Violet Bailey left Wednesday to attend commencement Their sister also traveled from Cincinnati to accompany them Dr Bailey plans to practice in Town
Invitations issued for the marriage of Miss Virginia Hampton to Mr. William Lowry Lazenby at St. Pauls M E church Wytheville Va on Tuesday June 27 at 4 pm. Dr E A Shugart to perform the ceremony with a full bridal party and reception at the George Wythe hotel.
The Savoy club met Miss Winnie Royer on Washington street at 7 30. New officers were elected with Miss Jean Kirk as president Miss Doris Un as secretary Miss Virginia as treasurer and Miss Helen Kingdon as corresponding secretary. Visitor Miss Frances Jarrell attended.
Vera Bowling returns from Farmville Woman's College an honor roll student and medalist for high marks in French. She attended the final dances at the University of Richmond before going home.
Edward W. Gregory son of Mr and Mrs E S Gregory formerly Bluefield now Narrows Va graduates from University of Virginia law school in Charlottesville with an LL B degree. The family traveled to Charlottesville for the baccalaureate sermon and graduation exercises. Gregory is well known in Bluefield and attended local schools before entering UVA three years ago.
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