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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1940
Page
1
A local church notices page lists schedules for Jones Street Christian and multiple faith communities in Pocahontas and nearby Bluefield. It includes Bible school times, worship services, music programs, Sunday school, prayer meetings, and guest speakers such as Rev. Eu Aaron Elder J H Bryson and Bishop J D Diggs, with additional events at North Side United Holy Mount Zion Baptist Bethel AME Church and Blakes Chapel.
Edwards Memorial led by Rev A L Polk with Sunday school 9 30 and morning worship at 11 on Ten Don t for Father. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 and prayer meeting Wednesday at 7. John Stewart Methodist led by Rev Hubert C Jones with Sunday school 9 30 morning worship 11 sermon by Rev H Wilson from Concord N C subject The Essential Qualifications for Christian Leadership and evening worship at 8 with address by Prof A W Prunty Kimball High principal. Services conducted by the men of the church.
The Bethel Methodist church in Bluefield Virginia lists Rev W W Ward as pastor with Sunday school at 9 30 led by J S Painter as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 and evening worship at 730 with prayer meeting on follow.
The page lists church services for multiple congregations with pastors and Sunday schedules. It also includes a feature on a bridge hand and bidding discussion by A Cyril Daldy, detailing a six clubs squeeze and a related bidding sequence. The article references Rev Huston Tiffany and Rev John Williams among others and notes a Rev O T Harris passes.
Thursday morning funeral arrangements set for Sunday at 2 PM in Levern. The rites will be led by Rev Louis of Huntington. Survived by wife Sarah Harris and eleven children including Tassie Andrews and Ruth Saunders, plus numerous relatives across Huntington Coalwood Bluefield Princeton Levern Washington New York Applegrove and 32 grandchildren.
The text presents a bridge bidding scenario where both sides are vulnerable, you hold Jacoby’s hand, and you must bid after hearse of a 19 pass and a 7 bid. It asks for the next bid choice with 40 on score and asks to answer tomorrow.
Count Rene de Chambrun, who fought in Flanders, arrived in Washington and planned to seek an early meeting with President Roosevelt to report on the French military situation. He is assigned as a special French military attaché. Model airplanes mounted on wires demonstrate formation positions for U S Army cadets during the visit.
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