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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1933

Page

2

Votes Pile Up In Tour Contest

Readers urged to campaign actively for tour votes tied to the Chicago World’s Fair coverage. Local merchants offer bonus votes for a limited period while a special prize of a Lake Michigan cruise or fair-day trip entices top performers. Names listed among candidates and supporters appear in the community roll.

Daily Telegraph Sunset News Lake Michigan Bluefield Great Lake

Local listings and notices from an early Bluefield page

Community items include children dresses at Fretwell's with embroidery and a matching hat, for sale. a six room rental with basement and wood floors. dining and social listings at Pickwick Tavern and Palm Garden. stenographic classes at 603 Bailey building. and a long roster of residents and spouses with hometowns in Princeton, Pocahontas, Welch, and Northfork along with several other small town notes.

Tabernacle Meeting Progresses with Plans for New Pilgrim Holiness Church

At Bluefield avenue the four week tabernacle gathering attracts strong interest. Evangelist Rev. R. M. Ireson of New Albany leads the campaign with sermons by Rev. G. W. Butner of Roanoke. Rev. M. Butner to preach both services today, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., with an evening plan to organize a Pilgrim Holiness church. Butter sauce to king's taste offered at Jimmy's for 50c.

Tabernacle Bluefield Avenue R. M. Ireson New Albany Ind G. W. Butner Roanoke Virginia Pilgrim Holiness Church M. Butner

U S Court to Open Monday for West Virginia Term

The June term of the U S court for the southern district of West Virginia will convene Monday with Judge George W McClintic and staff arriving from Charleston. Ninety criminal cases plus fifty bonds appear on the docket, while the civil docket is lighter. opening day covers motions and routine matters as the term aims to finish by July.

United States Court For Southern District of West Virginia George W. McClintic Charleston McClintic Grand Jury A. J. Hearn Pocahontas Committee On Pocahontas Lodge No Pocaco J. C. Padgett Virginia Pocahontas Opera House Masonic Banquet Pocahontas Chapter Eastern Star Masonic Lodge Masonic Hal Masonic District Morris Magrill Pocahontas Lodge Opera House R. H. Bowden Lodge H. Renkin Bluefield Lions Club Quartette J. M. Newton Lions Quartette

Mrs. Salle Neal Witten Dies in Bluefield Va

Mrs. Salle Neal Witten, 70, prominent Bluefield resident, died suddenly Saturday night at her Walnut Street home of a heart attack. Widow of Dr. R. M. Witten, she leaves three sons and a daughter and siblings. Funeral services likely Monday at 2:30 PM at Graham Methodist Church, with burial in Maple Hill cemetery.

Abb's Valley Cosby Moore Quinn Elizabeth Moore Moore Wilson Boissevailn Hugh H. Wilson Christiansburg, Va J. W 8. B. Wilson Abb’s Valley Salle Neal Witten Bluefield Walnut Street Virginia Johny Witten Norfolk and Western E. B. Witten Greater Bluefield Kent Witten Resi Samuel W. Moore First Presbyterian Church W. Va Maple Hill Cemetery West Graham

Father Burk Heads to Pittsburgh Hospital

Father William M. Burk of Sacred Heart Catholic church, after a nervous breakdown, travels from Bluefield to Wheeling with his sister Mrs. John Bentz and will enter a Pittsburgh hospital for treatment. His brother Father George Burk will conduct Sunday services at Sacred Heart. The illness is linked to high blood pressure.

William M. Burk Sacred Heart Catholic Church Wheeling Pittsburgh Father Burk Bluefield John Bentz Father George Burk Sacred Heart Church

Miss Kell Attends West Virginia University Summer Session

Miss Margaret Kell attends the West Virginia University summer session that opened last Tuesday. She intends to remain through the two sessions to gain work toward a master degree.

Margaret Kell West Virginia University Miss Kell

Ministers Urged to Fight Repeal at Radford Conference

Delegates at the Radford district conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South endorsed a temperance report prepared by Rev. W S Lyons urging pastors to preach against strong drink and members to cooperate with groups supporting the Eighteenth Amendment. The document cites national moral and financial distress and warns of efforts to repeal liquor laws.

W. S. Lyons Kee Street Methodist Church C. E. Hare Waldo Wheeler R. EB. Johnston Norman Turner Radford Methodist Episcopal Church, South Floyd Committee On Temperance and Social Service Lyons W. M. Morrell M. E. Church Princeton

Cornish Reports May Sales Jump at National Lead

Edward J. Cornish chairman of the board of National Lead announces May sales were 50 percent above the first quarter average, signaling strong early performance for the year.

Chicago Edward J. Cornish National Lead Company

Jimmy's Sunday Fried Chicken Special

The ad promotes delicious fried spring chicken cooked in milk fat for Sunday dinner at Jimmy's with a price of 50 cents.

Jimmy's

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