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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1940
Page
6
Louise Sentz daughter of Mr and Mrs Kari Sentz has been named as son of the Lydia Boggs society Children of the American Revolution by the national board in Washington on June 12. She succeeds Mrs W E Hume who served as president for eight years. Mr and Mrs Hume and their daughter Elise are moving to Charleston.
Young people from Westminster church groups meet Sunday at 6 pm in the education building auditorium to view a film titled Every Man In His Own Tongue. The documentary shows home mission work among Indians Negroes Mexicans and seven foreign language groups with missionaries at work across the Assembly.
A small informal dance at Kirkland honors Miss Mary Catherine Richmond and guests Miss Yvonne Rineheart of Lincolnton NC and Miss Mary Pierce of Boston MA. Dancing 10 to 1, punch and cookies served, mothers assisting in hospitalities. Breakfast hosted for guests by Miss Phyllis and Mary McCue with Mexican decorations. ten guests attended.
Betty Anne Holmes hosted twelve friends at her home on View avenue for a luncheon honoring Misses Rineheart and Pierce. Roses formed the centerpiece and three bridge tables followed with Mrs. Harry Holmes aiding in hospitality. Mary McCue won the high prize in the games.
Circles of Bland Street Methodist Church met at homes on Wednesday and June for Bible study and a World Outlook article. Hosts welcomed fifteen members and refreshments were served. The Elizabeth Earnest circle raised 21.30 for the Red Cross and will host the next Woman's Missionary Society meeting at the church.
In honor of Miss Oreda Neel who will wed Mr Owen Kaylor at Trinity Methodist Church, Miss Kathleen Litton entertained Wednesday evening at the Litton home on Pearl Street. A dessert course followed a bridge game with a pink and white roses theme. Prizes went to Cassie Mae Stone first, Mrs W H Jackson second, and Shirley Waters low. Miss Litton gave Miss Neel a leather bound cookbook.
Mr and Mrs Donald F Dey of 150 Giles Street announce the birth of their son Donald F Dey Jr The mother was Miss Virginia Whitlow before marriage
Fall crops produce the year's best salad greens with Chinese cabbage and chicory improving after light frosts. Sowing time matters, with July advised for fall crops but excessive delay risky. The piece outlines deep summer sowing methods and lists cauliflower, kale, spinach, and root crops as viable fall harvests, noting shorter days prevent bolting.
Sponsored by the Savoy club, Miss Virginia Bradshaw hosted a delightful benefit bridge party at Appalachian hall from 8 to 11. Miss Ann Slusher won high prize, with Mrs. W. C. Slusher second and Mrs. Nancy Brown taking the third prize. Flowers decorated the hall and refreshments were provided by club members.
Announcements state Mountain City lodge 85 Degree of Honor P A members and officers are to gather at the Red Men’s hall this afternoon at 2 for a plac e. The Drum and Bugle Co Mothers’ club led by Mrs C F Davis will meet at the American Legion hall tonight at 7 45 urging full attendance. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Sherman Patton of Bluefield Va at Bluefield sanitarium Gladys Croy is the former Mrs Patton.
James D. Francis announces two new mechanized coal mines in Wyoming county will start production by October 1. Six hundred workers will be employed and over 750,000 tons of coal expected annually by Marianna Smokeless Coal, a Pond Creek subsidiary. Sewell seam production to reach capacity by year start. A 6,000 acre coal land tract along the Virginian railroad has been leased.
Charleston marks WV statehood anniversary with routine capitol business as usual. West Virginia split from Virginia and gained statehood on June 20, 1863, but no celebration took place today.
Miss Lazenby entertained at a dessert bridge on Thursday at Bland road for Mrs. Harold Billian and Miss Beatrice Cruise. Four tables contested with Miss Anna Mae Feuchtenberger winning high and Mrs. J. C. Walter Jr. low. Gifts of Fostoria presented to the honorees. Mrs. Robert Lazenby Jr. and Miss Martha Jeter Lazenby assisted. Summer garden flowers adorned the decor.
Mr and Mrs G O Strader Jr of Duhring street visit Dr and Mrs R C Bunts in Asheville North Carolina formerly of Bluefield. Mrs Anna Ruth Graybeal returns to Roanoke after visiting Miss Julia A Wise. she is accompanied by daughter Emma Lou Graybeal. Miss Lucy Clark Wise attends Concord College Athens. Mrs Harry Adams of Kingsport Tennessee with her little waiting er visits.
Mrs Lucy A Wise has improved after illness and returned home. Robert Davis Jr son of Judge R A Davis of Athens Tenn visits Rev J T Browning on Highland avenue. The Browning is a former Davis family pastor. Judge Davis is a leading attorney and former state supreme court justice. Nancy Jean Lefler of Bluefield Va underwent tonsil surgery at Bluefield sanitarium.
The early Christmas card design by J C Horsley, a Royal Academy member, was limited to 1000 lithographs hand colored. Official permits are required to build campfires in national forests.
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