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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1924
Page
10
The Young Peoples Mission Circle of the Christian church meets tonight at 8 at the church. The program includes a missionary say Fifty Years From Now with Gray Russell, our missionary to Africa, taking part. Members should attend and bring dues as the missionary year ends.
Bernard A. Meckhany arrives today from Cambridge Massachusetts where he completed studies in business administration at Harvard University. He visited his parents for about two weeks before starting as traveling secretary for Theta Chi with head offices in New York City.
The Fairview Bible Class resumes after a vacation and will meet today from 3 to 4 at the home of Mrs H B Lee 203 Abbe marle street. New members may join to study Joshua chapters nine ten and eleven.
On Wednesday evening Callie Adelene Callie Adelene Cooke married E. Cooke at the Morrison home in Washington street with a ring ceremony officiated by Rev. Taylor Stinson. The bride, a Conford State College graduate and former McDowell County teacher, wore blue and beige. The groom, a Nor and Western Railroad employee at Kimball, plans to reside at Kimball after July 1.
The final season meeting at the West Virginian Hotel discussed last year’s achievements and next year’s plan. T.O.J. Wilson announced a public information booklet on city county and state social agencies. The council endorsed Dr. David Littlejohn’s program for juvenile delinquency study and county welfare development, with committees named to follow up.
A men’s round robin event at the Bluefield Openey Club runs from Saturday June 14 to Tuesday June 24. Matches complete by then with prizes for winner and runner up in each flight. Entry urged as all have an equal chance and opening event aims to be interesting.
The young people of Calvary Baptist church invite all city youths to gather at the tabernacle each Friday at 7:30 p.m. starting this evening for prayer meetings begun during the John Brown event. Bring hymn books.
A group of young business women employed at the Law and Commerce Building held a splendid prayer service at noon on Wednesday at the YWCA Blue Triangle center with Mrs. Frank Longley in charge. They plan weekly services and will meet again next Wednesday at 8:30 in the morning.
The Preston Street Bible Class will gather at 7 30 this evening with Mrs R J Bowen on Union Street for the session.
The First Presbyterian Church hosted a cheerful social last evening with about fifty attendees including many older members. Miss Maud Forsythe directed the activities, arranged college color themed decorations, and organized games that delighted guests.
Representatives of the Lilly Land Company enjoy a reunion at Mountain Lake with Mr and Mrs J H Tilly and son Priest of Princeton and Miss Billie Rush among the attendees.
Bluefield and others attend the occasion as plans call for about 200 guests to be entertained at a banquet forming a feature of the gathering.
The regular noon meeting of the Bluefield Quota Club goes forward today at the West Virginian with members gathered for the weekly luncheon and program.
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