Local Traffic Counts Reflect Decoration Day Observance
The week’s totals show a rise of 22.70 cars compared to the same period in 192%. The observation of Decoration Day influenced the ceding figures, indicating higher activity this year.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1928
Page
3
The week’s totals show a rise of 22.70 cars compared to the same period in 192%. The observation of Decoration Day influenced the ceding figures, indicating higher activity this year.
Members of the executive board enjoyed a luncheon last week at Mrs. John Kelton’s home on Union Street with hostesses Mrs. Shelton and Mrs. C A Lilly. Fidelis class members met with Miss Etta Baker. Miss Gladys Tickle elected president, Kathleen Yancey named treasurer, Ethel Kelley secretary. Mildred Thompson and Ita Thaker sang a vocal duet during the social hour.
The Woman's Missionary society of College Avenue Baptist church will convene this afternoon at 3 at the church. The executive board gathers at 2 30. Quarterly reports will be presented and full attendance is urged.
Mr and Mrs A H Short of Preston Street announce the birth of a daughter named Lois Jacqulyn.
The Sisterhood of Ahavath Sholem will meet this evening at B'nai B'rith hall Matz hotel. Mrs. B. 8 Black and Mrs. Henry Rodgio are to be hostesses.
Circle 5 of Westminster Presbyterian plans to meet at 3 o clock today at Mrs. J R 634 College Avenue. Mrs. Laird and Mrs. Clara Crutzburg will be joint hostesses.
The Quota club meets today for its weekly luncheon conference at noon at the West Virginian hotel in Bluefield.
Mrs Hugh S Davie of Grand Rapids formerly Evelyn Perfater visits her parents on Tyler street. Mrs Humphreys mother ill in Richmond. Mrs King and children from Morristown Tenn to visit Snead family. George Spangler returns from Radford Va. Numerous friends and relatives arrive from Bristol Chicago Huntington Lookout and other towns for visits and events. Mrs Humphreys undergoes surgery at Bluefield sanitarium and recovers.
Virginia Brewster struggles under a debt trap after her father's death leaves her destitute. She loves Nathaniel Dann but faces manipulation by Frederick Dean who promises a fortune if she marries him within a year. A broker Oliver Cutter aids her while she confronts deception and pursuit in New York society.
Halifax Nova Scotia veteran T. J. Halliday has served as a newspaper carrier for half a century and raised 11 children on his earnings.
The Bluefield Rotary Club held a weekly luncheon at the West Virginian hotel with many Rotarians and visitors attending. A delegation was chosen to represent Bluefield at the Ladies Night meeting of the Tazewell club and the inter-city Shawnee Lake gathering hosted by the Princeton club. Delegations from Beckley Mullens Fayetteville Bluefield Princeton and others were expected. Rev. Warner Dubose of Johnson City Tenn spoke, praising Rotary leadership. Bobby Haskins played harmonica selections and A L Rhoads joined as a new member.
Washington reports from the American Railway Association show total coal loadings at 138,941 cars for the week ending June 2, down 463 from the year prior. Revenue freight loadings reached 934,214 cars, a drop of 86,702 below the previous period.
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