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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1942
Page
6
Dorothy Roe advises making a home vacation during gas rationing and travel limits. She suggests sunbathing in the yard, wearing a sun suit, and using sun tan oil for a healthy tan, starting with ten minutes a day and increasing gradually until vacation fatigue fades and work vigor returns.
Election of officers for 1942 43 featured Rock Chapter No. 130 OES at Rock. Officers elected include Worthy Matron Mrs Letha Thompson and Worthy Patron Victor L Parley with a June 26 installation planned in the chapel room.
AAUW has mailed questionnaires on college work and organizations for a permanent file. Forty one members and associate members are listed. No summer meetings are planned as the group continues war work.
Judge D M Easley and George Richardson traveled to Asheville North Carolina for a judges conference. Miss Nannie Ferrell of Axton Virginia visited Mrs F P R Dow. Mary Gordon Perkins Evelyn Easiey Betty Jeanne Williams Mary Overholt and others made weekend or short visits to Charleston Washington Rocky Mount Bluefield Princeton with family and friends.
Six church departments presented a two week Daily Vacation Bible School program last evening at the First Baptist Church. Certificates were awarded for five of ten days, while about 187 attendees enjoyed a picnic at Bluefield College.
First Lieutenant T. C. Doyle is now located at Fort Lewis Washington. He had been in training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and was recently transferred. Before leaving Bluefield he was with the Superior Sterling company. He is a son of R. E. Doyle of Kimball.
Sunday services feature choral performances at Trinity Methodist with Mrs. Joe Davidson directing and singing My Recompense. First Baptist welcomes guest violinist Sanford Schoenbach and Alma Gilliespie for Chopin. First Presbyterian music includes Prayer and Pastoral selections, plus an anthem. Evensong at 7 45 offers Geibel and Hoffman items and Hewitt anthem By Waters of Babylon. At end a note remarks pilots must be 64 to 70 inches tall due to cockpit size.
A nursery will operate Monday Tuesday and Wednesday from 2 to 4 PM at First Christian church for children while mothers attend the Civilian Defense food preservation course. Care provided by Junior Woman’s Club with Sub-Debs assisting. Louise Tabor to lead the Junior Woman’s group.
Mary Cheyney and Martha Sheffey senior piano students of Mrs. Harry Holmes will present a recital Monday at 8 p.m. in the Appalachian Assembly room. Both graduates of Beaver High last May plan music studies at Westminster Choir College and Randolph Macon Woman’s College. program includes works by Mozart Schumann MacDowell Chopin and Strauss with both students performing a piano duo.
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby heads the new Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and has a Texas background. The article notes her 1936 plane wreck in Ferris, her Houston Post co leadership with William Hobby, and her family including daughter Jessica. It portrays her as poised, practical, and no-nonsense despite public attention.
A profile celebrates a Texas woman with a sharp mind and strong work ethic. She broke ground on the flood control board, earned a UT law degree, wrote a parliamentary guide, served as bank director, and led civic fund drives. Her River Oaks home reflects status as a prominent editor and publisher. She lost a state legislature bid amid a rural whispering campaign.
Proper wool care ideas include brushing after wear and hanging on the correct hanger to keep shape. Air garments after removing and before storing, dry clean woolens, use moth prevention, and air outdoors in sun every few weeks.
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