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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1940
Page
7
Finals in the Rocky Schorr handicap golf tournament were played at Bluefield Country Club on Tuesday. Medalist was Mrs C T St Clair Jr with a net 71. In the first flight Mrs W A McCue defeated Mrs C F Brooks.
Clover Club will host a summer dance at Minefield County Club from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. A Dutch lunch will be served. Officers include President Claytor and co president Paige Wooldridge with other officers listed.
West Graham W C T U meets at Bluefield Virginia Methodist church at 2 this afternoon. Anchorite club of West Virginia Business College hosts a 9 to 1 gathering at Ay Inn on Bram Cardinal Hill road near Bluewell. Bluefield Quota Club holds noon luncheon at The West Virginian. Trinity Methodist Sunday School group meets 2 30 at Mrs Mulheren’s home 510 Union St. Savoy club holds 8 PM bene fit bridge at the hall. Ola Gilbert circle at Bland St Methodist meets. Westminister Presby Woman's auxiliary choir announced. First Presbyterian Woman’s Missionary Association luncheon at noon at Ap. full attendance requested.
Misses Helen Kingdon and Nancy Ween will return from a conference at Lewisburg. Mr and Mrs Walton Sudduth and Miss Adelaide Ritz Williamson are mentioned in the note as attending or involved in related social arrangements.
The article lists residents visiting Florida for two weeks and trips to New York’s World’s Fair, Norfolk and Virginia Beach. It mentions Miss Anne Kingdon Albemarle street, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spencer Jr, Mrs. Ethel Gillespie and Jo Anne of Key, and others from Albemarle street Shenandoah avenue and Union street.
The Westminster Presbyterian Senior Young People plan an outing at 6 o clock with a scavenger hunt and wiener roast. Members will travel by car to various city spots, enjoy games, and end the evening back at home after a cheerful event.
A party of twenty five tourists traveled to the World’s Fair in New York. Among the group were Mrs Dave Rowe and Mrs Rut Clay, Miss Virginia Taylor, Miss Dorothy, and Mr Boyd of Tazewell Virginia. Also listed were Miss Fa Coeburn, Miss Becca Dolly Wheatley, and Hamilton of Wise Virginia.
Bluefield chapter Orders of Eastern Star lists officers at the regular meeting. Mrs. C. W. Pace is president, L. M. Carper is vice president, H. B. Boyd is secretary. Plans were made for installation at the July meeting. Interesting talks were given by various members.
The Bluefield chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy met at Mrs Kari Street’s home with Mrs Lent presiding. R E Greear, chaplain, led the ritual and spoke on Jefferson Davis and events in Pamela Baker Phillips’ life. Mrs Harold Billian hosted a reception with Mrs Jane Beth welcoming new members.
Miss Ruth Ownbey hosted the Four-Leaf Clover club of 14 college members at her College avenue home Monday evening. Plans were made for a near future club picnic. Mrs. J. B. Reyne, formerly of Bluefield, entertained with readings, and Patty Mae Mingo, a youthful dancer, performed numbers. The hostess and her mother, Mrs. I. L. Ownbey, served refreshments.
Mrs Easley offered an ear nest of peace by Smith a Banner and God Bless Mrs Walter Sanders Miss Lorraine Sanders little Miss Barbara ess and Master Walter Mack ers assisted in the hospitalities of the afternoon. The hostess served refreshments in white and blue colors on the porch after a rain threat.
The Blue Field Country Club hosted a Ladies Day with fifteen players under winter rules. Mrs. W. J. German won low net with 69 strokes and Mrs. H. X. Morton recorded the fewest putts 6, amid a sportfully modest field.
All lady golfers of the Bluefield club gather for league match qualifying days. Players compete in stroke play to determine flight standings and advancing groups for the season.
Carl Porterfield of Chestnut Street joins the city police to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Chief Ernest Idwin.
Porterfield, once with the Bluefield News company, will undergo a six month trial period before becoming a permanent member of the local police. He will perform night duty.
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