Local Players Win West Virginia Bridge Championship
Mrs. W. H. Dodd and Mrs. Lee Whittaker were named North South champions for West Virginia after winning World Bridge play here weeks ago. Alfred P. Sheinnold of New York, secretary of the World Olympic, notified them by letter. The trophy will be sent to Mr Sheinnold in a few days. Mrs. Staker of Bristol Tennessee was visiting Bluefield during the Olympic event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 8. Dodd
Lee Whittaker
West Virginia
Dodd
Whittaker
Alfred P. Sheinnold
New York
Sheinnold
Staker
Garden Club Tour At Hungry Mother Park
Local gardeners and citizens traveled Friday morning to Hungry Mother Park for a grounds tour led by R. E. Burson state director of parks for Virginia. A porch luncheon followed with an afternoon lecture by Burson and the election of Garden Club officers for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Hungry Mother Park
R. E. Burson
Virginia
Bur
Complimentary Party For Miss Jarrett
A small bridge luncheon in honor of Miss Anna Jarrett the future bride of Mr Frank Buchanan was hosted by Mrs H E Wetzel and Mrs Charles Francis Jr at the Wetzel home on Walton avenue. Blue and yellow decor with a wedding cake centerpiece featured a fortune telling ribbon game for guests. The honoree cut the cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erian
W. L. Gravatt
West Virginia
C. W. Sydnor, Sr
Pulaski
W. R. Smith
Princeton Church
Caroline Rosemond Rich
John Robert Rich
Charles William Jr
St. Stephen's Sydnoy
Ten Episcopal Church
Beck
New Orleans Episcopal Church
Margaret Rich
Charleston
Helen Johnston
Huntington
West Virgas University
Frances
Beverly Tate Wren, Jr
Beckley
Robert R. V. Twohig
Charles A. Higgins
John Converse
Harrisonburg
Paul Ae Te Ta
Nerida
T. M. Johnson
Hart- Sanders
Ce Gleaves
Wytheville
Bertrand Brown
Miss Gleaves
Wagner
Mrs. Johnson
Evening Star
Tannhauser
Endelssohn
Misses Johnston
Sydnor
Maid of Honor
Miss Rich
Misses Anna Bob Rich
Belisa Rich
Elizabeth Hare
Miss Belisa
Miss Anna
Elizabeth
Athens
Ruth D. Noel
Council of Woman's Student Government
Woman's Athletic Association
Athenaeum
West Virginia University
Alexandria
Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Moun
Anna Jarrett
Frank Buchanan
H. E. Wetzel
Charles Francis, Jr
Wetzel
Walton Avenue
Miss Jarrett
Lina Light
Charles Carson
Elizabeth McCue
Thomas Nelson Page
Miss Light
Coll Avenue
McCue
Katherine Kitts
Mamie Whitlock
Louise Light
Vacation Bible School to Begin at First Baptist Orriftin
Dale Griffin of Parkersburg West Virginia and a Richmond University junior will lead a district wide Vacation Bible School at the First Baptist Church Orriftin. The enlargement camp begins June 27 and will run for several days among Baptist churches in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Griffin
Parkersburg
W Va
University of Richmond
First Baptist Orriftin
Baptist Churches
To Offer Special Numbers Sunday At First Baptist
At the First Baptist church on Sunday morning the choir will render Hosanna and a special piece with tenor solo by Mac Phelps and accompaniment by Ann Myer. The program also includes Meredith Jones and Phil Lilly Jr. with the choir and piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
Jones
Meredith
Mac Phelps
Phil Lilly, Jr
Hey Ann Myer
Nes
Marvin Williams
Hollins Plans Centennial Celebration and Honor System
Hollins College marks its centennial with plans highlighting a century of scholastic achievement and social progress. The college promotes broad student life from social activities to guest artists while emphasizing the honor system as its backbone and a key factor in its national reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollins College
Hollins
Ruth Draper
New York
Education of Women
Hollins Collect
Collins
United States
Impromptu Music Club Meet at Gertrude Watts Studio
The Impromptu Music club will meet at 1 30 this afternoon at Miss Gertrude Watts studio Bailey building. If weather allows, members will hike. A dance at Blue Field Corn club is canceled due to lack of a suitable orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Watts
Bailey Building
Bluefield Corn Club
Meeting Of Coalfield Mission Board At Berwind
The Coalfield Mission M E board held its June session at South Berwind church the first time in history. Berwind's south WV location was framed as a mission field opening opportunities for local church work and educated by speakers including Rev G K Patty and Rev James M Wysor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalfield Mission
M. E. Board
South Berwind
Bluefield
Anes
Roups
Savior
Rs Bb. Stone
James M. Wysor
Berwind
Mr. Wysor
Abraham
God
West Virginia
Wysor
G. K. Patty
Welch Church
Gideon
Mr. Patty
Dwight L. Moody
Nichols
B. B. Houseman
Hardy
Emma Johnson
Verdie Anderson
Sarah Lowder
Springton
Maude Fail
Bradshaw
Ola Gilbert
War
Wortley Moorman
Mary Carter
Carter
Blusfield
Miss Carter
Erlinelor
Lula Kagey
Hemphill
Neil McKinnon
J. M. Wysor
Ladies of the Missionary Society
Guests At Thornton Residence Leave
Mrs. T. 8. Johnson of Pairfax Oklahoma and family visited the J. T. Thornton home on Bland road and left Friday. Mrs. Johnson is Thornton’s sister, and Mrs. Thorn ton is his sister-in-law. The Johnson party includes Russell V. Johnson, Junior Johnson, Miss Lois Thorn ton, Miss Virginia Thorn ton, and Joan McMahan. The group traveled from Oklahoma and Washington, D.C. after the visit. The Agriculture Department estimates the South Texas Bermuda onion crop at 1,993,000 sacks, down 32 percent from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. 8. Johnson
Pairfax
Okla
Russell V. Johnson
Junior
Oklahoma City
J. E. Thornton
Lois
Virginia
Angeles
Cal
Joan McMahan
Washington
J. T. Thornton
Bland Road
Johnson
Department of Agriculture
South Texas
Bluefield Ladies Win First League Golf Match
Bluefield Country club women won the Southwest Virginia Golf league opening match at Bluefield Country club. Heilman led with 82 and Wessels tied for low gross at 91. Team score 378 edged Roanoke 387 and Galax 394, Bristol 399. Fifty-eight players attended with a luncheon and elections noting Mrs. Dan Waugh as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Virginia Golf League
Bluefield Country Club
J. B. Heilman
Paul Kapp
Neil Wessels
J. M. Herndon
H. X. Morton
C. F. Brooks
Bluefield Club
Roanoke Country Club
Bluefield
E. Keffer
Nellie Smithy
Joseph Chitwood
Galax Club
Dan Waugh
R. L. Nelson
Taylor Vaughan
Bristol Club
Cc. C. Lincoln
L. M. Simpson
Gammon
Whaley
R. O. Rogers
Roy McClure
Roanoke Club
Howard Norman
Bill Nelson
Dorothy Terrill
A. M. Flippen
Joseph Coates
Garland Anderson
Richard Lenox
B. C. Vaughan
Ey Harmon Pritchard
T. Wilson
Ian
Herbert Markle
L. E. Tierney, Jr
Mercer County Boy Named in Who's Who Among Students
William Shirley Steele of Route 1 Bluefield appears in the latest Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. He is a student at Emory and Henry College in Emory Virginia, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Steele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shirley Steele
W. Steele
Route 1
Bluefield
William
Emory and Henry College
Emory, Va
Miss Eulalia Francisco Heads to Red Cross Camp
Miss Eulalia Francisco leaves for Camp Carolina in Brevard North Carolina for days of intensive aquatic training at the National Red Cross training camp. She will be accompanied by Miss Pearl Weaver who is returning to Weaverville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eulalia Francisco
Camp Carolina
Brevard
N. C
National Red Cross
Pearl Weaver
Weav
Local women prepare for summer conferences and studies
Miss Desir Gilmore leaves Sunday for the Girl Reserve summer conference with Dr. Mary Elizabeth Johnston serving as conference physician. Miss Minnie Weaver hosts relatives in Winston-Salem while Mrs Gladys Peery Harry and Miss Virginia Peery attend Duke University summer session. Mrs Roy Gills remains home with a dislocated elbow. Julia Hobson, fresh from Randolph-Macon, spends the summer as the Rev and Mrs Richardson Jr attend a judicial conference in Ashe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erville
N. C
Minnie Weaver
Desir Gilmore
Young Women's Christian Association
Girl Reserve
Betty
Winston-Salem
Mary Elizabeth Johnston
Tazewell
Gladys Peery Harry
Virginia Peery
Virginia
Duke University
N.C
Roy Gills
Union Street
Julia Hobson
Randolph- Macon Women's College
Lynchburg
Richardson Jr
Ashee
Recital by Miss Crawford Pupils Pleases Bluefield Audience
Pupils from Miss Ethel Crawford’s music classes performed in a Thursday recital at Lowman’s Music Room. Despite a smaller than expected crowd due to city events, the program featured talented young pianists and vocalists including Charlotte Jean Kirby, Lester Kiss Crawford, Edna Walters, Jean Bryant, and many others delivering solo and duet numbers to warm applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Crawford
Lowman’s
Music Room
Bluefield
Charlotte Jean Kirby
America
Lester Kiss Crawford
Edna Walters
Ty Jeans Morris
Louise Higgins
George Backus
Jean Bryant
Heliner Britts
Betty Hawley
Charlotte Ball
Albert van Reenen
Freda June Rakes
Marcella Gearhart
Phyllis Aryant
Marvy Ellen Powers
Helen Frances
Local Social Notes From Bluefield and Nearby Areas
Mrs. W M Blalock of Charlotte visits her mother Mrs A Hancock on Grant Street after returning from Emory and Henry College where grandson Louis Hancock graduated. Several residents, including Miss Ruby Dalton and Mr and Mrs William Hicks, are in and out of town for family events and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Eaton
Ehldees Jeni-ee
Shirley Ann
Jimmy
Columbus
Ohio
Eaton
E. 8. Eaton
J. W. Austin
Marvin Williams
John Edward
Jean
J. T. Stinson
Relatives and visitors travel between Virginia towns
A group of visitors and travelers are noted across Virginia and nearby states. Ruth Stevenson visits James at the home of Guy French in Cleveland Tennessee. Rosa Stowers from Rocky Gap plans study at Radford State Teachers College with Wilburn and Hazel and Corolia Stowers. Jeanette and Helen Hancock head to Huntington for two weeks with relatives. Mamie Stone from Roanoke visits E. T. Tyee in Washington Street. Dick Hancock travels to Annapolis for the Naval Academy physical exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Charles Cone Va
Martha Ane Hartsell
Charles
Ray
Graham
Patricia Lee
Birmingham
Ala
Braxton Hancock
Jeanette
Helen
Huntington
Ruth Stevenson
Cleveland
Tenn
At James
Guy French
Rosa Stowers
Rocky Gap
Radford State Teachers’ College
Wilburn Stowers
Hazel G
Corolia Mae Stowers
Harry Adams
Emons
Thomas H. Scott
Scott
Mamie Stone
Roanoke
E. T. Tyree
Washington Street
Dick Hancock
C. B. Hancock
Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
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Rev. C. W. Sydnor
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Coalfield Mission Board
Thornton
Bluefield Lady Golfers
Miss McCue
Mercer County
Who
Lal
Helen Smith
Richard Hudnut DuBarry Salon
FOX Pharmacy
West Virginian Hotel
Federal Street
Elsie
Sey
Mily
Howe
Wast
Ted Health Authority
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