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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1950
Page
26
Lawrence Hurst spoke at the Matoaka Kiwanis meeting about the Toronto Kiwanis club project creating a castle like residence in Toronto turned into a playground and tourist center. The club will observe Father’s Day Tuesday with E. E. Tomlinson leading the program.
Elizabeth Richards daughter of Mr and Mrs E W Richardson switches McDowell county has been spending several days visiting relatives here Mr and Mrs R W Coker and
Commissioned son Bobby returned Thursday night from a week long visit with relatives in Alabama. They were accompanied home by their niece Pamela Parker of Talladega Ala who will visit here for several weeks.
The Christian Woman's Fellowship of the First Christian church held its final fiscal-year meeting with Mrs. Raymond Thomas elected president and a candle light installation conducted by Rev. John M. Dunn. Officers installed include president and several vice presidents, secretaries, and circle leaders. The Anna Kate Montgomery circle won the year’s banner and will be honored later.
An advertisement offers 20 shoats and pigs and 3 milk cows for sale or trade. Interested buyers should write J C Lilly at Kegley West Virginia regarding cattle or calves.
A compact classified item lists a 1937 Packard sedan and a 1941 Oldsmobile sedan for sale with contact by Princeton Finance Co Dial 2153 Princeton.
Gutter and end spouting details. Forced air and gravity furnaces. Shingle and metal roofing discussed as housing improvements.
Mrs Ed Rule led a service as Dunn offered prayer and Mrs Wirt Mingo arranged the service. Circle leaders chosen include Mrs C B Anderson and Mrs Stella Chambers with refreshments by Mrs A M Robinson and Mrs B K Wysong. An institute for officers is set for June 29 and a district workshop at Princeton church on June 23 with four speakers.
Carter Glass Jr., publisher of the Lynchburg News and Advance, named chairman of the Virginia Associated Press for the coming year at the annual meeting in Virginia Beach. Clark Lindsay of Charlottesville Progress as first vice chairman, John Spencer of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot as second vice chairman, and Frank H. Fuller of the Richmond AP bureau as secretary treasurer.
Williamson West Virginia residents protest a Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co rate hike. Prosecutor Lafe B. Chafin condemns the fourth postwar increase and plans to urge Mingo county court to join. Mayor Hatfield says city council may oppose the measure at an upcoming meeting.
Families in the Glenwood Park area gathered for a second community meeting on Thursday evening June 15 at the 4-H camp. A pot luck supper followed at 6 30 with Rev. A J Young directing recreation activities.
Newark New Jersey June 17 A dog named Pudgy helped diagnose a car problem at a gas station. After the attendant could not locate the issue, Pudgy growled toward the front of the car revealing a kitten wedged between the grille and radiator, solving the mystery.
Idaho Falls June 17. Dallas Day two and a half, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Day of Bone Idaho, wandered off during a family outing. He was found playing with a bobcat cub that growled as the child growled back. The couple planned to keep the cub until it becomes too challenging.
Hollywood reports Keenan Wynn and his wife Betty Butler have reconciled after a dispute. Betty left their apartment briefly but Wynn says the relief is like a dark cloud lifting and everything is wonderful now.
W T Whitesell 103, Civil War veteran, died at his daughter’s home in Palatka Florida yesterday. He was born November 30 1846 in Greenville South Carolina and lived in Fishersville Virginia before moving to Palatka with his daughter Jay T Merwin’s family. He was a retired building contractor and longtime Methodist, survived by two grandchildren two great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
Miss Carolyn Lowe of Forest street leaves this morning for the Young People conference at Davis and Elkins college. Charles Lambert attends from the Presbyterian church. Mrs A R Scott and her children Dan and Mary of Flagstaff Arizona visited friends here Friday. the Scotts are former Princeton residents.
The Everyman's Bible class of the First Christian church will hold its annual social and dinner meeting Tuesday evening June 20 in the Appalachian social room at 6 30. All members are urged to attend and a delightful program has been arranged. Election of officers for the coming year will be held.
The No. 1 Sunday school district union will start a leadership training class on Sunday evening June 25 at Bluestone Baptist church in Bramwell. Registration opens at 6 p m with pupils to register at the church.
A $50 wedding cake is ready for the first bride who walks in and claims it. A prospective bride ordered and paid for the cake after mixing up dates. she is to be married a week from today in Dunellen, New Jersey.
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