John Chapman Chapter D A R Holds Summer Meeting
The John Chapman Chapter D A R met at Mrs D M Easley home on Rogers street with Mrs W C Easley and Mrs D M Easley as hostesses. Newly elected regent Mrs Lamar Epperly chaired and received the outgoing secretary report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chapman
D. M. Easley
Rogers Street
W. C. Easley
Lamar Epperly
Epperly
J. Franck Fox
Helen Smith
Beaver High School
A Hearty Meal Ends Stomach Distress Claiming Health Revival
An advertisement proclaims Ferraline as a cure for indigestion stomach disorders and related ailments. It touts improved appetite energy and recovery, urges readers to request a free health booklet, and lists Atlanta as the company base with drugstore availability through Easley-Penn, Goodykoontz, and Flat Top Grocery distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ferraline Co
C.2
P. O
Atlanta, Ga
Easley-Penn Drury, Goodykoontz Drug Co
Flat Top Grocery Company
Library notice seeks return of overdue books and report of finds
The librarian Mrs. F. R. Dow asks anyone finding library books in stores or public places to notify the public library at telephone 1498. Notices have been mailed repeatedly with no response and overdue books should be returned or explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. Dow
Silver Tea at College Avenue Baptist Church
The W M S of College Avenue Baptist invites leaders and members to a Silver Tea this evening at 7 30. Junior societies will participate in the program and all leaders and members are warmly invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M.S. of
College Avenue
G A girls plan church picnic preparations
The G A girls of the First Baptist church will meet this afternoon with Mrs. Harry D. Phillipe at 214 Russell Street. All girls are urged to attend to prepare for the annual church picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A
The
First Baptist Church
Harry D. Phillipe
Russell Street
Lutheran Guild Meeting This Afternoon at Mrs Roediger Home
The Lutheran Guild will meet this afternoon at 3 o'clock at 162 College Avenue, the home of Mrs Roediger. A large attendance is urged as this may be the last meeting until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Guild
Roediger
College Avenue
Circle Meeting of Bland Street Methodist Women
Mrs J Y Hill hosted the Wo Mans Missionary Society circle on Bluefield avenue Wednesday afternoon. A short program on Save America was presented and discussed. Mite boxes for the week of prayer in November were distributed and the offering will support the deaconness work for Bluefield coal fields. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
Wo Man's Missionary Society
Bland Street Methodist Church
J. Y. Hill
Bluefield Avenue
Save
America
Home Department
Woman's Work
Southern Methodism
Bluefield
Hill
Y M C A Board Adopts Plans For Building Move
Y M C A directors meet at Blue Triangle center to discuss moving the organization home to Fallon building. June 24 quarterly meeting postponed to July 1 with dedication of new building. Travelers' Aid report shows 532 assisted in May and several specific cases including a child left behind and a patient located at St Luke's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Triangle Center
Fallon
Katherine Mattox
Sammer
Travelers’ Aid
R. A. Fox
F. L. Black
St. Luke's Hospital
Miss Billie Bush Weds Ernest Lilly in Princeton
In a Wednesday ceremony at Bee Mansion Princeton the couple wed with relatives present. The bride, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Bush of Bluefield, wore gray beaded georgette. The groom, local Lilly Land Company representative and former Roanoke College student, celebrated with a two week western North Carolina honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Bush
Ernest Lilly
J. H. Bush
Bluefield
Bee Mansion
J. H. Lilly
Princeton
William Kirby
Sarah Jane
Mabel
Mary Bush
Virginia Stevenson
Lilly
Senior
N. C
North Carolina
Wedding at Cedar Bluff honors Ora Hoops and Charles Midkiff
The ceremony took place at the home of Rev. Ezra Linkous in Cedar Bluff Virginia at 11 o clock Sunday June 16. Ora Elizabeth Hoops daughter of Mr and Mrs O E Hoops wed Charles Midkiff son of W Midkiff and longtime road contractor. A grand dinner followed with family and friends present including Milton Harris and Mrs Harris and John Milton Hoops. About forty friends serenaded the couple that evening under a moonlit sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Linkous
Cedar Bluff
Ora Elizabeth Hoops
C. M. Falck
Catherine
Lucille
CC. M. Wagner
Oa Louise
Washington
Brilliant Pageant at First Presbyterian Church Honors Richmond Training School
The Woman's Auxiliary staged a pageant by the High School Girls' Circle to mark the tenth anniversary of Richmond, Virginia's Training School. Mrs. C. F. Tynes led with Miss Maud Forsythe directing. Green and white decor matched the school colors with green punch and white cake. Proceeds go to a home for the training school's president. The Junior Christian Endeavor Society hosted a social at the church the prior evening with games and refreshments led by Miss Forsythe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Richmond
C. F. Tynes
Maud Forsythe
Young Peoples
Junior Christian Endeavor Society
Forsythe
Grace Methodist church hosts reception for Miss Mallie Munsey
The Woman's Missionary Society will hold an informal reception at Grace Methodist Church this afternoon at 3 o'clock honoring Miss Mallie Munsey, a missionary worker in the coalfield who is soon to be married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of Grace Methodist Church
Mallie Munsey
Meeting of Bland Street church group at Perkins home
The Business Women's Circle of Bland Street Methodist Church held an interesting meeting on Tuesday evening with Mrs. Lucille Perkins at her mother Mrs. C. B. Wilson's home on Princeton avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Women's Circle
the Missionary Society of
Bland Street Methodist Church
Lucille Perkins
C. B. Wilson
Princeton Avenue
Moonlight Picnic Honors Louise McClaugherty and Grace Parker
A moonlight picnic Tuesday night honored Louise McClaugherty of Pearisburg and Grace Parker of Hinton with chaperones H. B. Spangler L. E. Humphreys and J. G. Dowman. The group hiked to Pinefield College and the fair grounds where lunch was shared and games played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise McClaugherty
Fom Pearisburg
Grace Parker
Hinton
Mgsdames
H. B. Spangler
L. E. Humphreys
J. G. Dowman
Fourth Street
Pinefield College
Fair Grounds
Anna Belle Swacker
Lois Porterfield
Cathleen Spangler
Stella Dillon
Zelda Thornton
Mildred Grim
Gathleen Powers
Ethel Puckett
Millie Swacker
Dock Kitts
Eunice Kelly
Tom Kitts
Clark Peck
Jr. M. Powell
William Albert
Jessie Humphreys
Henry Humphreys
Ray Tabor
Boyd White Marriage Unites Louise White and Emerson Boyd
The ceremony occurred Wednesday at 8 30 in the home of Mr and Mrs Q H White with Miss Beatrice Dickerson singing At Dawning. Bride Miss Katherine White attended. best man Karl Halius. Officiant Rev Mr Waterhouse. Couple to Norfolk and Washington for two weeks then to Rhoderfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise White
Emerson Boyd
Ryoderfield
Q H. White
Beatrice Dickerson
Powhatan
Mendelsohn
Bluefield
Boyd
Bowling Green College
Princess Pocahontas Coal Company
No. 4
Norfolk
Washington
Rhoderfield
Social Notes From Bramwell and Princeton Weddings
Miss Barbour Bruce of Louisville stayed with Dr and Mrs E T Cecil in Bramwell. Mrs Edward Cooper Miss Marylith Smith and Mrs E T Cecil of Bramwell drove to Bluefield. Mr and Mrs F E Hudgins and sons Frank and Paul left for a vacation tour to Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and more. Mr Hudgins a Sterling Grocery Co traveling representative based in Princeton is on a month off. Mr and Mrs J Carvil Nichols attended the Corning Pennington wedding in Princeton. Rev W H Du Bose and Mrs Du Bose were in Princeton for the Carling Pennington nuptials. Mrs C C Sells of Keystone shopped here Wednesday. Mr and Mrs C E F Reese attended Miss Grace Pein’s marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbour Bruce
Louiisville
E. T. Cecil
Bramwell
Edward Cooper
Marylith Smith
Bluefield
F. E. Hudgins
Frank
Paul
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Hudgins
Sterling Grocery Co
Princeton
J. Carvil Nichols
Corning-Pennington
W. H. du Bose
Note on visiting etiquette for young men in winter
The passage advises that good manners require a telephone call before visits. It suggests only occasionally making a tea time call to a hostess who frequently invites him to dinner, usually when he can leave work early in winter.
Local Notes and Visitors Move Through Bluefield
A long list of visitors, residents, and patients appears in Bluefield society notes. Among arrivals are Mrs. Edna Hagen and son Jake from Davy visiting the Woodyards. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ross and family with others in Princeton for Corling Pennington marriage. Mrs. E W Francisco and daughter Eulalia visiting Huntington. and many more from Norfolk, Pittsburgh, Columbus, and beyond. Multiple residents undergo surgeries at Bluefield Sanitarium, including mastoiditis cases and tonsil removals. several locals return from trips to Lynchburg, Staunton, Richmond, and Welch while preparations for city hall work continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Carling
Princeton
Edna Hagen
Jake
Davy
J. H. Woodyard
Floyd Street
Albert Hughett
Lewis Center
Ohio
W. E. Ross
Walter V. Ross
Margaret Develin
Mary Jane Taylor
Emma Miller
E. W. Francisco
Eulalia
Huntington
M. S. Meadows
Tazewell
Bluefield
W. C. Warlick
Norfolk
P. 8
Zimmerman
Dorothy Shott
John H. Shott
Staunton
Stuart Hall
Edward Sterling Douglas
Bluefield Sanitarium
W. C. Swartz
Pittsburg
W. G. Powell
Columbus
H. Tyree
Los Angeles
West Virginian Hotel
Robert Baldwin
de Moines
Iowa
Catherine Davis
W. Burton
Roanoke
Clara McFarland
Virginia
Kimball
Howard Monroe
Billie
Lynchburg
California
Monroe
Fay Wright
Anna Corell
Jane
Martha Elwood
Bramwell
Thomas Stockdaye
W. A. Pankey
Margaret
J. C. Pack
Bernard Mason
Pearisburg
Charles Dick
Richmond
W. C. Easley
A. L. Johnson
Welch
Walton Sudduth
Virginia Beach
Jack Easley
Ohio Avenue
J. H. Griffin
Shipman
M. J. Carter
Ramsey Street
H. T. Merriman
Rachel
Walter Nelson
C. M. Perkins
Devil's Fork
Lewis and Ruth Williams
No Attempt to Bomb Morgue Denied by Admiral
Vice Admiral Wiley of the Pacific fleet denies reports of planned demonstrations by Navy personnel in California and says there was no attack on the morgue where Mississippi casualties lay. Civilians allegedly wearing Navy uniforms tailed to show evidence. Navy conduct described as exemplary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wiley
Navy Department
San Pedro
Cal
Nanti-L. W. W
California
Navy
Mississippi
Careless Camper Sparks Rocky Mountain Forest Fire
A camp fire left unextinguished by a careless camper ignites a wildfire in Arapahoe National Forest sixty miles west of Denver. Three hundred forest fighters led by supervisor J W Lehighon battle winds and spreading flames, with several thousand acres burned and the Moffat tunnel project nearby under threat. John McLaren travels from Denver to take command as communications fail and winds shift. Frazer, Grand County, is the nearest sizable town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Arapahoe National Forests
J. W., Lehighon
Moffat Raiilroad
John McLaren
United States Forest Service Office
The
Forest Service
Frazer
Grand County
Riot Over Penny Sparks Massive Town Turmoil
A penny tossed to a group of boys escalated into a riot drawing hundreds of men and women, prompting police to intervene. The item notes Sioux language meaning cloudy or smoky water for Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Vienna
Minnesota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goldie Perry
D. A. R. Meeting
Mrs. Corning
Grace Pentington
Charles MacCorkle Carling
Neeton
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Littl Cally Carling Rees
Nancy MacCorkle Ross
Grace Thanks Pennington
Pennington
Mr. du Bose
J. C. Nichols
d'Hardelot
Cadman
Nichols
Carling
South Bluefield
Corling
Bluefield Gas & Power Company
Marshall College
West Virginia
G. A. Meeting
Business Women’s Circle
Boyd-White
Cooper
B. W. Winston
Ashland
W Va
B. C. Neal
Graham
Rolie Phillips
Walter Gardner
Johnson Howell
Tralee
G.S. Simpkins
Alan A. Greenspon
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Blue-jay
Ruth Dayhoff
Sivley Hospital
Washington, D. C
Gail McCauley
India
Ceylon
Java
Arapahoe Forest
J. W. Waters CO
the Reliable Jewelers
Federal
St. Law & Commerce
Alleigh Street
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