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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1923
Page
6
The Home Committee of the Country Club announces a Saturday night bridge party June 16 with games at 8 30. Light refreshments and simple prizes for high and low scores will be provided. Mrs. F L Black and fourteen committee members run the event. all club members and out of town guests are invited. RS JAS O KEEFFE Society Editor.
Mrs Page Thornhill and Miss Gertrude Watts issue invitations for a reception at Tip To Mineral Springs on Wednesday June 20.
The ladies golf committee yesterday announced the mixed foursome draw for the event at Bluefield Country Club on Saturday June 16. Listed are pairs such as Mrs J H Hardy with Thos Cooper Jr and Mrs A B Mahood with Doug Leckie among many other couples and substitutes.
Mrs. Phoebe Goodwill hosts a Bramwell home reception today with guests of honor Mrs. F. L. Schoen Mrs. Van Dyke Clark and Mrs. Frances G. Goodwill amid a busy social week.
Mrs. WC Nelkirk hosted a refined porch gathering on Jefferson street with summer flowers and a noon salad course. Attendees included Mrs. W. E. Ross Mrs. F. J. Clark Mrs. M. L. Rierdon and many additional locals such as Mrs. J. S. Browning Mrs. Bess Palmer Mrs. T. D. Woods and others.
Mrs Harry M Waugh of Spring Grove avenue hosts a distinctive social event on Wednesday June 20 to honor Miss Josephine Coleman of Orange Virginia with a formal dance and reception in her home.
Today the club hosts Ladies Day with a game starting promptly at 10 o clock. This recurring event invites women golfers to participate in a scheduled round on the course.
A called meeting of the Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church will be held tonight at 7 80 o clock. Mrs Stinson, recently returning from the Southern Baptist Convention in Kansas City, will present her report to the members.
Beagemer Mich June 13 Mildred M MacFarlane has helped brides in nearly 200 weddings acting as bridesmaid. Though superstition warns twice a bridesmaid means no marriage she remains unbothered. As deputy county clerk she also assists couples at the courthouse by serving as a witness for licenses.
The convocation opened the University summer school with a strong address by President Smith and a powerful critique of imperial power versus democratic governance. Rivalry formed to be the first enrolled as Miss Maude Sulter, Brison Kimble, and Miss Hazel Sue Rice led readers through enrollment milestones.
One person died as flood waters toppled a bridge at the Hale culvert after Brush Creek overflowed between Bluefield and Princeton. The Princeton Power Company interurban system remained badly interfered Wednesday but officials hoped regular service would resume. Judge J Frank Maynard said Mercer county water levels between Bluefield and Princeton were the highest in 25 years.
Lewis Knox of Seattle recounts a custom in the New Hebrides where a man must bring twenty wild pigs to win a wife. The process fuels excitement among the wild pig colony as the groom becomes a hunter and a husband, returning with his prize to the bride’s father.
A state trooper guard on duty at Raleigh county jail in Beckley will be withdrawn tomorrow after Willie Reed was brought in for safe keeping following the fatal shooting of Mattie Dobbs at Mt Hope. Reed allegedly killed Dobbs when informed he would not be released soon due to her marriage to his rival. He was captured by a squad commanded by Captain Norton after fleeing to the mountains.
Beckley West Virginia June 13 over 200 physicians and surgeons attended the annual West Virginia Medical Association meeting. An illustrated lecture by Dr S G Grant highlighted the day as morning and afternoon sessions filled with papers and discussions on medical subjects.
Tulsa June 13 A flood in the Arkansas River area prompts estimates of about 1 million dollars in damage. Weather official Dr H M Hutchison reports the river at 7 PM stood at 19 feet, down eight tenths from morning as the river receded after a nearly one foot fall.
The report notes a proposed change extending day enforcement rules from three to twelve miles and hints Britain might push territorial waters to an international conference. It also describes the treasury crackdown on dry ships reducing sailors rations, causing the Argentina to sail with 42 crew missing and the France to lose nearly half its crew who refuse further voyages over wine ration disputes.
New York June 13 Edward M Fuller and William Frank McGee partners in a bucket shop collapse pleaded guilty before General Sessions Judge Nott. Fuller was held for examination for further details on the affairs of EB Fuller & Co and the possible involvement of others. Sentencing ranged from suspended to a maximum of five years with judgment to be decided imminently.
A crowd in Weston West Virginia gathered at the Lewis County courthouse for a Dr W S Hopkins lecture on the Ku Klux Klan. Sheriff’s notice blocked the talk and dispersal followed before the program began.
New Orleans reports the formation of the Volstead Vigilantes in Louisiana with a charter membership of 400 including 300 women. O D Jackson federal prohibition chief for the state says the membership is secret and they will act as unofficial aides to prohibition enforcement officers.
Marian Hale quotes Charl Ormond Williams urging a national department of education with cabinet representation after highlighting literacy gaps in the United States. Williams criticizes focus on surface style over learning and calls for stronger educational reform ahead of Congress.
Paris reports France is not at war with Germany. Officials suggest any armistice or halt to hostilities in the Ruhr depends on Germany ending its resistance campaign for calm.
An advert urges use of olive oil shampoo for soft glossy hair. It promises gentleness and shine, urging readers to buy Palm Olive Shampoo from department or drug stores to improve dull brittle hair.
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