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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1926
Page
8
Mrs Hedley McNeer Bowen is honored as host. Mrs Newton Roberts and Miss Ethel Bowen to preside as hostesses for the affair. Receiving line to run from four to six.
A program this evening at 8 o'clock at Hamilton Hall hosted by Circle 1 Bland street church. Guests include Mrs. Marguerite Russell Cousins Miss Deas Reese Miss Dorothy Mason Miss Thelma Kinser Mr and Mrs Caesar Ronconi Miss Mildred Greenspon and Miss Anna Belle Honaker. Tables will feature four seasons decorations and the affair is billed as a delightful event of the season.
The Wo mans Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian church met Wednesday afternoon with Miss Nannie Kessler leading devotional duties. She spoke on Witnessing for Christ. Co B Hancock gave an impressive talk on Home Mission work and Mrs C C Harris sang a solo Just a Little Bit of Me.
The Rev. C. G. n of Westminster Presbyterian Church and Mrs. Gunn welcome a fine healthy boy born at St. Ke's Hospital. The newborn is hailed as a newBluefield addition as the family recently moved to the city.
Mrs. O. V. Parsons and Mrs. Rus will preside jointly as hostesses for a bridge party at Bluefield Country Club on Thursday afternoon June 24. The event marks the start of a series of affairs to be hosted by the two women.
The N and W band performed Tuesday evening on Princeton road to aid Greenview Methodist church deficit. Saxophonist Charles N Gates of Red Lion Pa drew praise. Mrs Bailey and church ladies served refreshments after the program. Earlier, Knights of Columbus enjoyed a concert at the Catholic church drawing large crowds.
Pupils from Miss Lois Benbow of aes Va present a piano recital this evening at Warlichs Piano Rooms at 8 oclock. The program includes a long list of pieces by various students such as Cramond May Dance Auld Lang Syne and Dance of the Gnomes with performers including Helen Ashworth Hazel Sands Loriene Gillenwater and many others.
Flapper Fanny notes moths overlook the price of outfits as she jokes about fashion and expenses. The lighthearted column comments on wardrobe costs and frugal style amid trendsetting humor.
Nine year old Jamnita Bowman and ten year old Thelma Mangus performed a Duke of Bluefield guided program before a receptive audience. Both pupils of Miss Louis Benbow displayed refined touch, tone and musical interpretation with pieces including Für Elise, Minuets, Moorish Dance and a final Bobolink Polka duet.
Beaver high school closes with Tuesday commencement in the B. H. S. auditorium. Teachers depart by train and auto for homes and planned trips across the United States and Canada. Some attend summer schools while others tour and even plan foreign travels.
Mr. Jackson praised the 1926 class for outstanding school work with record general averages and a high number of graduates in a summer school setting.
Mrs O J Carter and her daughter Miss Velma return from Blacksburg Virginia where Velma served as maid of honor at the wedding of Miss Mabel Grissom to Mr Fenton Loud of Roanoke. The bride sis Harry Grissom of Bluefield acted as usher. the couple resides from the Grissom family of Blacksburg. Mr Loud is described as a well regarded young man.
The safe method claims to bleach skin using juice from two lemons mixed with Orchard White, shaken into a quarter pint lotion. Advertises a fragrant mixture for face neck arms and hands with claims of no irritation and popularity among stage beauties for a clear youthful complexion and freckle sunburn tan bleaching.
The ceremony featured a shower corsage of roses and swansonia with the matron of honor in a black georgette and cream lace outfit and a pink rose arm bouquet. The couple left for a motor trip through North Carolina and Tennessee before settling in Pineville Kentucky. Out of town guests included Corrie Knipp of Greenville Tennessee Fee Knipp and Mark Knipp of Harlan Kentucky Mr and Mrs E E McMullin Bluefield West Virginia Mrs Napoleon Bond Kingsport Tennessee Mr and Mrs G C Smyth and Robert of Clinch Virginia Mr and Mrs W T Poole and Mrs Jack Coxe St Paul Virginia.
Grace Methodist church Woman's Missionary society meets today at 2 30 PM seeking strong fall attendance and fellowship.
Miss Virginia Wright of Bluefield Virginia returns from an extended eastern trip visiting her sister Miss Alberta Wright YWCA secretary of Eastern Pennsylvania and attending Sesquicentennial events in Philadelphia.
Miss Gertrude Abrahamson of Bromwell hosts a formal dance at the West Virginian hotel in Bluefield tonight in honor of her sister Miss Anna Abrahamson who will wed Mr. Nathan Effron next Sunday. The event is billed as one of the season’s most delightful social occasions.
Miss Virgie Hypes of Princeton visits relatives in town while many residents travel for shopping visits, health cures, and summer plans. The community reports on hospital improvements, trips to Roanoke Charlottesville and Philadelphia, and local visits by Pruett, Combs, Haldren, and Mellhany families with assorted travel to Beckley, Detroit, and Norfolk area.
Miss Minnie Weaver announces the annual Y camp to run July 1 to 29 at Tip Top Springs. Thirty to thirty five girls weekly will be cared for with hotel lodging supplied minus bedding. Activities include hikes, sports, campfires, and crafts. transportation and rainy day games requested. records and light auto use sought by organizers.
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