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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1939
Page
17
Daily Vacation Bible School at Calvary Baptist Church begins Monday under Mrs. oo Po ee Stephens and Miss Beatrice i with Edward Stagle as general secretary.
A brief Bluefield church page notes a solo by Mrs Lee Pant and Welke in the evening service with the choir scheduled to perform at 8. The article mentions church events and confirms a musical program for today.
Mr and Mrs John W Webb of Erwin visit relatives in Lynchburg. Miss Leda Castrodale returning from Northwestern University Evanston to spend the summer with her parents in Anawalt. Miss Ruth Ann Worley improving at St Lukes Hospital after mastoiditis surgery. Mrs A F Doyle helps at the hospital. Mrs C O Floyd and children Nelson and Evelyn vacationing at Ocean View Virginia.
McDowell West Virginia June 17 The McDowell Ladies Sewing club gathered Wednesday at C A Armbrister's North McDowell residence. Community notes include Paul Foster visiting family, deaths prompting distant travel, summer school plans for Mary Ann Lotspiech, and Danish Navy orders for English built planes with two seats and eight machine guns.
In Tazewell County on June 17 the town council of North Tazewell empowered Attorney R O Crockett to draft a document clarifying encroachments on Route 81 in the Farm Bureau area. The action ends a years long dispute tied to state law prohibiting gasoline transfers while vehicles stand on pavement and the highway department’s demand.
Prof. Jack Witten scoutmaster of North Tazewell troop 29 returned from Camp Roland Bland County where Virginia troops from the southern West Virginia area gathered for the annual Jamboree. The event drew 16 patrols with many boys and adults under Executive Stratton Richlands. Troop 29 ranked highly in competitive judging with Witten Jesse Brown and Charles Robert Ireson among lead officials.
The final session of the North Tazewell Community league was held Tuesday at the Methodist church. Attendees gathered for year end activities and closing remarks.
Hampden Sydney College featured students and faculty in the latest commencement ceremonies. Data shows graduates receiving degrees and addressing the crowd with thanks and future plans.
Dr J W Beagle executive of the Home Mission board of the Southern Baptist convention will speak at the Baptist church in Tazewell Sunday at 11 o clock. Beagle has spent years in mission work in the South, focusing on outreach among Indians.
The Tazewell Fair committee finalizes mid September plans and a catalogue invitation. Livestock and farm exhibits are expected to surpass recent events with strong local cooperation. The fair is sponsored by the board of supervisors and supported by county, state, and federal agricultural efforts.
The Regional House association of bankers from Russell Buchanan Dickenson and Tazewell counties accepted Tazewell group’s invitation to convene at the North Tazewell Methodist church next Friday evening where church ladies will serve dinner. M. M. Long of St Paul National chairs. J. Lincoln Kiser of Richlands is cashier. Road work on Route 19 between Tazewell and Plum Creek progresses with W W Tuck and Sons operating a two shift day program near the 8. S. F. semen.
Under the contract with the state highway department the job must be completed in 150 working days with favorable conditions Mr. Tuck is to have the road finished in the early fall.
D W Good resumes duties as acting resident engineer for the state highway department while the regular official is ill. He assumes responsibilities temporarily and continues oversight of ongoing roadway projects and maintenance work.
Among church groups meeting this week the Street church Workers' circles led by Dean Jessie O Keeffe met Thursday at Mrs. J M Cruise home with Rev C F Lundy as invited speaker recounting the Unification conference in Kansas City. The body voted to forgo July formal meeting for a picnic inviting husbands or friends. In North Tazewell the Missionary society met in the church school annex with Mrs P O Bailey and Mrs L E Anderson hosting and Mrs Peery leading Our National Book program assisted by Mrs C K Hall.
The well attended gathering at Mrs. L. L. Dickenson's home featured an inter esting program led by Mrs. Wade H. Peery and Mrs. M. H. Kiser. Burkes and Garden residents visited Charles Moss home for days due to Frank J. Moss’s illness, while O. K. Nelson of Caldwell Sites Roanoke firm exhibited during the stop. A. B. Buchanan arrived in Tazewell on Sunday evening.
A jumble of family visits and travels circulates through Tazewell area society notes. Mrs. Beeman and Mrs. Patterson head to sea shores near Norfolk while relatives across Virginia and North Carolina visit kin in Bedford Roanoke Farmville and Staunton.
Engineers seal seams of the new stratoliners with a soap film and inflate the cabin to reveal leaks. A bubbling film indicates pressure loss and faulty joints from the construction phase.
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