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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1917
Page
2
Community classified items list tomato and pepper plants, azaleas, geraniums and flowers for transplanting from Bluefield merchants including Harman and Mitchell. Also notices on a new telephone directory, cash coal sales, junk shop purchases, and a local Red Cross meeting plus a quiet marriage between Virginia Bailey and King Snead.
A photo from Isadore Cohen Company shows Bluefield’s fifteenth division officers training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Notables include William C. Snyder Frank Fox and W D Himes among the pictured Bluefield boys.
Vernon W. Wood of Rochester has been hired to supervise the season as playgrounds attract many youngsters. Daily events include a story hour led by Mrs. W. K. McDowell with assistants starting at 4 PM. Capt. Frazee of the Salvation Army will teach on the horizontal bars, with a Friday meeting at Wings Baptist parsonage to discuss food conservation plans by Miss Mary Brown.
The Eggeleton Springs Hotel sits on the Norfolk and Western and Virginian Railways main lines offering direct train access with no back drives. Guests enjoy New River scenery and popular amusements plus White Sulphur Springs and fine dining.
The groom wore a dark gray suit while the bride wore a blue traveling suit with accessories watch. Mrs. Henry Ketron, sister of the bride, played the wedding match. Rev. R N Cartright officiated. A small group of relatives and friends attended. A breakfast followed and the couple departed for Braddock Heights Maryland for a time away. After September 1 they will reside in Bedford Virginia.
S J Sublette left last night for Cincinnati on business. B A Smith of Uniontown Pa visiting the city. M T McCarthy Beckley contractor in town on business. Miss Mary Warden headed to Kimball to visit friends. Rev S W Lyons Jenkin Jones visited Bluefield for business. Miss Gertrude Watts to Lynchburg for a short visit. A S Thompson traveled to Honaker to buy cattle for Thompson Dunn meat market. Mrs R L Page and Miss Willie B Rowan of Berwind visiting Mrs Rh L Parsons Bramwell. Miss Ruth and Janie Dodd returned from the Clineh Valley. Mrs G Fk Mancos, Mrs Gry Pennington, and Lies Matha Harman motored from Princeton. Captain D H Barger and family of Oakhurst Avenue depart for Shawsville Virginia for the summer. J P Whitwan of Horsepen Va passed through yesterday.
A quiet morning ceremony at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J B Finney in Lebanon Virginia united their daughter Miss Jean Finney with J L Borden from Salem Virginia. The bride wore a pretty and becoming gown as they joined in wedlock on Tuesday at 6:50 AM.
W N Farner of Railford is in the city on business. Francis Ripley, a student at Old Point College Fort Monroe, has returned to Bluefield to spend the summer with his parents on Raleigh Terrace.
The Vivian branch of the American Red Cross under the Gary chapter reports rapid progress four weeks after organization with 133 members and substantial donations from Venta Creek Coal Company and Tidester Coal Company. Officers include John Maurice as chairman and Mrs Samuel Watterson as secretary, with a large roster of volunteers and planned programs. meetings are held Wednesdays at 1 45 p m in Bottom Creek, and new members are welcome.
The adjourned meeting elected K B Ferguson mayor for the unexpired term after councilman Ferguson resigned. J W Snyder won the vacancy as councilman, and F A Francisco became mayor pro tempore. The council granted building permits, a ten year Huntington franchise for street receptacles, and a gas tank permit for Square Deal Garage. Adams Street paving plans were discussed with engineering oversight and a plan to widen the street to nineteen feet. Bids will be sought to start work promptly with shared costs among the street railway, property owners, and the city.
Lionel Barrymore stars in The End of the Tour a five act photodrama shown today at the New Rex Theatre. The Chicago Ideals Theatre Co. barnstorms with a tale of traveling players facing dwindling receipts and hardship on the road. The production portrays interiors of three small town theatres during its run.
A publisher advertises a free trial of a new asthma treatment promising relief for all severities and ages. It targets patients with hay fever or chronic asthma and invites those who failed inhalers or opium or patent cures to respond by mail with no payment required.
The article notes Camille stars Vivian Martin and Jack Pickford in The Girl at Home at the Colonial with real snow scenes filmed far from sunny Southern California. Director Marshall Neilan sent a truck fifty miles to the mountains to obtain snow for key scenes while the company performs to boost audience appeal. A two reel Keystone comedy also plays as an added attraction.
Miss Louise Stanger hosted a Thursday evening gathering at her home with red white and blue decor to honor local soldiers. Music by Miss Bess Rhodes accompanied games and refreshments, with a long list of attendees including Virginia Belcher Elsie Mac Donald Josie Tabor Hessie Rhodes Irene Wright Callie Rhodes and more. Mrs. Woodyard of Bluefield noted in the personals.
Guests include Edgar Tabor of Jumping Branch visiting his brother Oscar Tabor and Beatrice Stone staying with Mrs. Breedlove. Mrs. D Jones of Bramwell visited Mrs. J J Palmer, Katherine Howell ill with tonsillitis, Mrs Trophy of Montana visiting Mrs. Cooper, Dr D H Thomas of Columbus on business, J H Honaker moves family to Maybeury, Irene Wright visits in Maybeury, Mrs St Johnston of Keystone visiting her mother Mrs Stanger, Mrs J J Hogue shopping in Pocahontas and visiting Bluefield, Mrs Jonathan Bowen in Cooper Friday.
The state road commission rules cities may tax only commercial vehicles, ending local license taxes on automobiles except for commercial use. Leading WV cities will lose thousands in revenue while several towns had planned to continue the tax. Albert J. Kern, Fairmont city clerk, requested the ruling.
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