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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1926
Page
3
Westminster Presbyterian and First Baptist churches host a three week daily vacation Bible school beginning June 28 for training teachers and children with home talent instruction. Programs run four evenings weekly at Westminster and First Presbyterian venues with parish cooperation and a grand parade kickoff.
Mrs. J. T. Stinson wife the pastor of the First Reptint church will direct their school and Rev. C. G. Gunn pastor of the West minster Presbyterian church will act as the principal of the south Bluefield school. Each church has secured a number of assistants and seeks to add more. There is tremendous interest among the children and those enlisted are enthusiastic. Each school will announce its own faculty as the list is completed.
Sunday school at 9 30 a m with Senior Intermediate and Junior Young Peoples Unions meeting at 7 p m. Preaching at 11 a m and 7 p m by Rev Howard L Weeks who has accepted the call to be pastor beginning his work at once. Members and visitors invited to attend both services and greet the pastor and family.
Sunday services begin at 11 a m with Confessing Christ Before Men and 2 30 p m Possibilities of Youth. Evening evangelistic service. Choir led by Jas Filmer Brown. Wednesday 7 45 pm continues The Lord's Prayer Thy Kingdom Come. All ages welcome and visitors invited. Thompson superintendent with C Warlick and J R Enbeseen assisting.
Grace Methodist invites all members to Sunday worship with a 9 30 a m Sunday school and an 11 o clock old time Methodist experience meeting. The young people perform at 8 o clock and Senior Effworth League gathers at 7 p m with mid week prayer meetings highlighted next Wednesday evening. CHRIST EPISCOPAL invites the public to 9 45 a m Sunday school and adult Bible classes with morning prayer and sermon.
At the corner of Mercer and Duhring streets Sunday school begins at 9 45 am and preaching at 11 am A duet by Mr Pearson and Mrs Littlejohn is a feature of the service Luther League meets at 7 15 pm with Bob Umberger as leader Mrs Littlejohn sings a solo Daily Vacation Bible School starts Monday at 9 am
Reverend J Taylor Stinson and Reverend J A Neilson lead Sunday worship at 11 am and 7 45 pm with Sunday school at 9 30 am D M Easley oversees the class Y P U meets at 6 45 pm and Wednesday prayers at 7 45 pm Visitors receive a cordial welcome at all services.
There will be preaching at the Primitive Baptist church on Greenbrier St at 7 29 p m Saturday by Rev Sam Pridy the regular pastor Elder G A Reed assistant and Elder L A Harris from Virginia will also render service There will be services also Sunday morning.
The First Presbyterian Church lists Sabbath School at 9 30 a m with Edwin C Wade as superintendent and Paul C Thomas as assistant superintendent East End services at 3 p m led by C F Tynes superintendent Preaching at 11 a m and 745 p m by the pastor Rev.
Samuel W Moore presents religious topics and notices for Westminster Presbyterian at Corner Albermarle and Washington. The week lists sermons, youth services, prayer meetings, scout activities, and daily Vacation Bible School sessions led by Rev. C. G. Gunn and Edein Warde with welcoming invitations to strangers.
Bland and Federal streets church hosts Father’s Day services with a morning sermon titled The New Covenant and a recognition ceremony for graduates and those at college. The pastor speaks on The Law of Success and a vocal duet by Virginia and Helen Bivens. A 6:30 Wednesday fellowship supper invites all.
The 117 South Street church led by Pastor Chas H Rice invites all to Sunday school from 9 45 to 10 45 a m with Mrs M J Brugh as superintendent Morning worship at 11 a m Evening worship at 11 a m and evangelistic service at 7 45 p m A youth meeting is set for 7 30 p m Public and visitors are welcome to attend all services.
A Sunday evening service at First Christian Church honors students returning from college and this year's high school graduates. The Senior Christian Endeavor will lead with Pastor Dr. Ben B. Johnson preaching. Virginia and Helen Bivens sing a duet. Cleo Harris gives a short talk. Titus Shawver leads devotions. Rev. Virgil Lowder aids. All students invited.
Real estate transfers recorded include Easley Wilson Company to Irene Durkin Jones for lot 4 section 562 Bluefield with nine thousand seven hundred ninety dollars and fifty cents. RE Spencer to A P Spencer for lot 2 block 7 Baltimore Land Company addition Princeton for one dollar. J H Gadd trustee to Will Kirby et al for sections 16 17 18 19 20 Lilly Land Company addition Princeton for 125 dollars.
The Woods family hosted a lawn wedding on the Oakview grounds on White Plains road Mt Airy N C as Jessie Lillian Woods married Clarence Utt of Bluefield W Va The ceremony featured a Dorothy Perkins roses arch Moravian rites and bride in Queen Annes lace over duchess satin A reception followed with notes of music by Lillian Buckner Dorothy Davis and J Warren The couple plan a western state tour and residence in Bluefield after the ceremony
Mrs J B Wagner Jr and Miss Mary Lee Wagner entertain next Thursday and Friday afternoons at the Wagner home on Stowers Street. The Thursday event honors Mrs Clyde Elliott a bride formerly Miss Marie Mustard.
Mrs. I. Meade of Beckley arrives Tuesday to visit Mrs. A. F. Kingdom who will host a midweek bridge at her Groveland avenue home. The gathering also honors Mrs. W. L. Fredeking of Huntington, an expected house guest of Mrs. Russell Ritz.
W. E. E. Koepler, secretary of the Pocahontas Craters Association, has returned from Washington D C after a two week stay due to illness. He traveled to discuss matters related to the organization.
Mrs Keppler is under treatment in a Washington sanatorium. Mr Keppler, accompanied by two daughters to Bluefield, says her condition has greatly improved and she will join him there as soon as she recovers sufficiently.
The Holston Conference executive committee of the Woman's Missionary Society will hold its annual meeting in Tazewell on Tuesday afternoon at 2 30. An open session is planned and all missionary societies are invited to attend with a special invitation to Bluefield women.
The Wesleyans will oversee Bland Street Methodist church young people's department program on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. The topic Looking to the Future will begin with responsive reading by Houston Jackson and prayers by Tom Hawley and Carl Sheets. C. M. Rosenberry Jr. will speak, with Wesleyan quartet James Woolridee Alex Hafford Claude Wade and John Wickham supplying music. attendees urged.
A charming Cotillion Club dance last evening at the West Virginia hotel featured the Blue City Blue Boys on excellent music. The club, 36, hosted many alfaires this season, with this event among the most delightful, drawing Bluefield girls home from colleges and schools.
Mrs. O W Fraser and J F Hatcher hosted a Friday bridge party at the Frazer home on Giles street as the first of a planned series. Pink and lavender color schemes decorated the rooms while Mrs. Thomas H Cooper Jr assisted. Mrs. C R Davant won top play prize. second went to Mrs. C. B. Wilson. A salad and ice course followed for a guest list including Mrs. J H Kabler and many others.
A charming noon gathering hosted by Mrs. W. K. McDowell and Miss Texie Reynolds featured stories for the lovely hostess and her child guests. Mrs. Rhodes received extensive assistance from several hosts while a six candle birthday cake drew center stage and guests enjoyed a cool ice course.
Captain T V Or of Villa Tasso Fla spoke to Bluefield Quota Club at the West Virginian luncheon on a proposed highway project. Charles Gates of Redline Pa played saxophone solos including a jazz number. Minnie Weaver presided in Miss Elizabeth Bond’s absence. Leaflets on Redpath Chautauqua to be held July 17 were distributed and the group voted to join with other service clubs. Miss Fifie Loudermick was named campaign chair for the Quota Cha invitation extended to the Macfield Quota Club to meet the Chamber of Commerce June 25 at 6 30 pm with Congressman J T Regge as speaker.
In honor of her sixth birthday Doris Fink entertained a small group of friends on Thursday afternoon at her Wyoming Street home. Guests included Helen Braley Buddy Braley Marie Hughes Dan Shaw Marie Carver Mary Cutler Jane Seal Jimmie Kabler Hampton Lucas James Lucas Irvin Holzsweig. An ice course was served with her mother assisting.
A social gathering hosted by Miss Harriet Thompson on Augusta Street drew guests Misses Virginian Mildred Thompson Wilma Gretta Thompson Inex Pauline Jennings and Messrs William Hardaway Walker Williams Harold Thompson. Light refreshments were served as the evening passed pleasantly.
Tonight from 9 to 12 there will be cards and dancing at the Blue Field Country Club hosted by Mr and Mrs Robert Sheffey with the Blue Boys providing music. Also noted is the return of Mr and Mrs James Calbreath and their son Brownlee to Washington after visiting Rinard on High Avenue.
The day in Washington saw the adjournment planned for June instead of completed, with debate on rivers and harbors projects continuing in the senate commerce committee. The senate cam m and investigation committee returned to the Pennsylvania primary as statements followed Wayne Wheeler’s list of prohibition speeches for pay. Friends of the McNary farm bill backed its current form as Senator McNary pressed for a vote next week. President Coolidge deemed government action limited in the Tacna Arica dispute as the Chilean ambassador and Secretary Kellogg conferred.
Residents of Bluefield and nearby towns share travel news with returns from Montreal Chicago and Columbus. Misses Willis Kabler Jennings and others visit relatives attend dances and plan further trips while new job moves and hospital notes appear among the week’s notes.
Lon O and Mrs N Broyles host visitors on Colege Avenue. Mrs W F DeBrick and Miss Ghee plan to accompany Yearout to visit DeBrick’s sister Mrs N H Thomas in Fincastle Virginia. Eric DeBrick will spend the summer there. Mrs T B Lewey on Park Street has guests Aunt Mrs James T Anderson and daughter Mrs L M Buckland from Beisprings Virginia.
Westminster church in Bluefield hosts a Sunday morning service at 11 o'clock to honor Beaver High seniors and local university and college students. Senior class members listed include Thelma Deverle Virginia Daumer Helen Hurd Francis Laird Mary Laird and Trixi Peters along with Donald Parsons and Charles Capito. The event features special music by Edwin Morrow and a sermon by Rev G Gunn on Young Only Once with a plan to send delegates to the Massanetta Young Conference.
An ad promotes Moone's Emerald Oil a two ounce bottle claiming fast relief from bunion inflammation and corn pain. It promises quick soreness reduction within minutes with repeated applications and assures money back if not effective, noting several pharmacies stock the product.
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