Morton Wins Rocky Golf Tour Finals at Bluefield CC
Mrs H X Morton defeated Mrs J M Herndon in the finals of Rocky's Golf tournament at Bluefield Country Club yesterday morning. Morton advanced by beating Mrs H A Porter, Mrs Lewis C Tierney and Mrs C T Brooks. Herndon reached finals by defeating Mrs Hunter, Mrs Gilie and Mrs Heilman. Cruise won second flight, defeating Mrs C L Seyler. third flight winner was Mrs W J Erman over Mrs Percy Gillie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. X. Morton
J. M. Herndon
Rocky
Bluefield Country Club
Morton
H. A. Porter
Lewis C. Tierney
C. T. Brooks
Herndon
Hunter
Gilie
Heilman
YWCA Camp Opens With Sixty Six Girls Attending
YWCA prepares for Camp Roldan as sixty six girls gather at the Y quarters for the first week of a two week summer session. Misses Minnie Weaver and Desir Gilmore direct, with a staff of counselors for music water front handcraft and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y Quarters
Yesterney
Camp Roldan
YWCA
Minnie Weaver
Desir Gilmore
Marcha Sheffey
Eloise Dilcher
Nan Royer
Helen Warden
Henrietta Mahood
Mildred Bond
Ruth Owen Dickens
Richmond
Sara Helen Udy
Betty Umberger
Susie Warden
Emily Warden
Anne Wilson
Mary Lou Winter
Studio Graduation slated for June 28 at Commerce Street
The Vivclene Art and Expression studio will hold graduation exercises at the studio on Commerce Street Monday evening June 28 at 8 o'clock. Diplomas awarded in expression to Virginia Callaway and Louise Egbert and in art to Virginia McClung Margaret Hare Phyllis Peery and Mary Jo Thompson. Mrs. Vivian Putnam is art instructor with Terene Norris assisting expression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivclene Art and Expression Studio
Commerce Street
Virginia Callaway
Louise Egbert
Virginia McClung
Margaret Hare
Phyllis Peery
Mary Jo Thompson
Vivian Putnam
Terene Norris
Bluefield Personal Notes Highlight Local Visitors and News
Mrs Sam Worley Jr of Arcada Fla visits her parents in Bluefield as does Miss Lillian Ireson and her relatives Ellene Johnston and Beryl Ireson. M D HeathImproved at Bluefield sanitarium after June 4 visit relatives. Mrs Catherine Burgess from Tacoma stays with the Burgess family while A E Burgess Jr, AP war correspondent, to the Pacific. Ruth Lee Smith from Baltimore is home for a few days. Mrs Roy Willis and infant Sherry Lane discharged from sanitarium to Surry Street home. In the US there is one cinema seat for every twelve people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Worley, Jr
Arcada
Fla
Bluefield
T. R. Smith
Worley
E. N. Worley
Lillian Ireson
Williamson
Ellene Johnston
Beryl Ireson
Highland Avenue
M. D. Heath
Bluestone Powerhouse
Bluefield Sanitarium
Catherine Burgress
Tacoma
Wash
A. E. Burgess
Burgess
A. E. Burgess, Jr
Associated Press
Ruth Lee Smith
Eastern Aircraft Company
Baltimore
Roy H. Willis
Sherry Lane
Club Calendar Highlights Meetings This Week
Thursday 10:00 a.m. Appalachia Garden club meets at 1400 Whitethorn home of Mrs C J Reynolds with co host Mrs Eddie Steele and speaker Mrs Dean Hosmer. 2:30 p.m. N D Maher division 177 meets Moose hall. 8:00 p.m. Mercer Medical society auxiliary meets at Mrs Reynolds Whitethorn. 8:00 p.m. Women of the Moose chapter 656 meet at Moore hall. Friday 8:00 p.m. American Legion auxiliary meets at Legion hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachia Garden Club
C. J. Reynolds
Whitethorn
Eddie Steele
Dean Hosmer
N. D. Maher
Moose Hall
Mercer Medical Society
Whitethorn Street
Women of the Moose
Chapter 656
Moore Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Dance Revue Is Success at Colonial Theater
The Ester Irene Graham school of dancing presented a recital to a capacity Bluefield audience at the Colonial Theater. Miss Graham received a $25 war bond, flowers, and further gifts after her toe-acrobatic number. Accompanist was Mrs. Clarence Harry. several listed pupils performed with enthusiasm. The Princeton and Bluefield clubs helped organize a post performance supper at the 4-H camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ester Irene Graham
Colonial Theater
Bluefield
Albert Graham
Bill Smith
Miss Graham
Clarence Harry
Soony McClure
Mary Ellen Crow
Lynn Cole
Levla Lindberg
Phyllis Lynn Evans
Norma Jean Carper
Mildred Lindberg
Mary Moore McMullin
Mary Jane Prentice
Ennis Graham
Jane Lee Jones
Jane Barberie
Connie Cornett
Tommie Yost
Judy Granger
Alice Huffard
Mary Ethel Hendricks
Sue Barberie
Betty Mitchel
Jennie Jo Fyock
Caroline McCue
Elizabeth Ann Clench
Ann Edwards
Nancy Huffard
Anna MaeCall
Billy Irene Williams
Johnny McClure
Red Cross Board Sets Friday Meeting in Bluefield
The Red Cross board of directors will meet Friday at 3 30 PM in the Appalachian Power conference room. Full attendance is urged as Grace Wylie visits Bluefield to organize a local disaster relief program and Ruth Shadd checks on home service cases in Charleston and area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Board of Directors
Appalachian Power Company
Grace Wylie
Red Cross
Ruth Shadd
Charleston
West Virginia
Home Service
Shadd
Red Cross Home Service
Joint Quota Club Outing Brings Bluefield and Princeton Members
Bluefield Quota club and Princeton Quota club members met last night at the 4-H camp in Glenwood Park for a summer outing described as highly enjoyable. Mrs Annie Queke Meyers serves as president of the Bluefield group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Spray
Princeton Club
Phyllis Cary
Annie D. Woolwine
Bluefield Club
Bluefield
Princeton
Glenwood Park
Annie Quekemeyer
The
Bluefield Girl Sworn Into WAVES
Miss Elizabeth Ann Lester of 306 Tazewell Street was sworn into the WAVES on June 10 at Charleston. A McLain Business College student, she has worked for Bluefield Supply for two and a half years and expects to be called about July 1. She will go to Hunter College in New York City for indoctrination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ann Lester
Tazewell Street
Charlestorm
McLain Business College
Bluefield Supply Company
Miss Fleshman Weds Sergeant Grant N. Hale at St Paul Va
Mona Pauline Fleshman of Pearisburg and Grant N. Hale of Narrows wed June 12 in St. Paul Virginia at a Methodist parsonage ceremony. The couple will reside in Santa Maria California after August 1. Hale recently completed gunnery school at Fort Knox and returns to Camp Cook California. Red Cross relief across 14 nations and refugees totals 64,938,038 since Sept 1 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Mona Pauline Fleshman
Ada F. Gunnoe
Pearlsburg
Sergeant Grat N. Hale
Ralph C. Hale
Narrows
Barrys
Methodist
Charles M. Grear
Portland
Ore
Hale
Pearisburg High School
Celanese Corporation of America
Giles County
Set. Hale
Army
Fort Knox
Camp Cook
Calif
Santa Maria
Reporter Becomes Fireman For Wartime Rail Run
Margaret Kernodle chronicles a wartime rail journey aboard the Congressional fastest NY to DC train. A female reporter sits in the fireman seat, observes wartime rail operations, troop and freight movements, and the scale of track work and traffic, noting the crew’s calm under pressure and the public’s vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
P. R. Kates
Congressional
New York
Washington
E. A. Daley
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Station
Hudson
New Jersey
Birth Notice Nora Mae Tanner Born at Bluefield Sanitarium
Mr and Mrs L M Tanner welcome a daughter born June 8 at Bluefield sanitarium. The baby is named Nora Mae. Mr and Mrs Woodrow Harris are also mentioned in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coy M. Gone
Greenbrier Street
Clinton Madison
L. M Tanner
Bluefield Sanitarium
Nora Mae
Mrs. Woodrow Harris
War Bonds as Duty Hint in Dark Message
A wartime exhortation warns that Hitler's victory would force a life of deprivation and urges readers to calculate how far beyond 10 percent of family income they should invest in War Bonds each payday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Kellogg's All-Bran Gave Me Constipation Relief
A reader describes suffering chronic constipation from laxatives and then finding relief with Kellogg's All-Bran cereal. He notes regular use with ample water keeps him regular and credits the product for addressing the root cause of irregular bowel movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg's
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bery
Ireson
Society
United States
Falls Mills
Blueefild Sanitarium
Sciaus
Angrist Men’s Shop
Princeton Ave
Russell St
Lydia B. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Desert
Inif
Army & Navy
Eian
Miss Fleshman
Grant N. Hale
St. Paul, Va
By Margaret Kernodle
Aberdeen
Wilmington
Del
Victory Gardens
Ervin Lynn
Garena
America
Gy Onetricon
Eas
Towncraft
Imexsana
Taylor’s Drug Store
Wilson’s Weekly
Glin
Wilson & Co
Cop
Wilson
George Rector
Chicago
Army and Navy
Penimaid
Penney
Tyles
Kelloge’s
Battle Creek
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