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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1941
Page
20
Mercer Board No 2 in Rock district outlines the draft induction steps including questionnaire flow, deferment claims, and classification. Inductees reach Huntington West Virginia for re examination before assignment to camps, with travel at government expense.
The board explains that deferment petitions must accompany the registrant’s questionnaire or arrive within five days of mailing. It is the registrant’s duty to contact the employer promptly and have them file the deferment claim if dispensable.
Miss Irene Neal daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard Neal Center street left yesterday for Charleston to spend a week as guest of Miss Nell Peery She was a guest artist on the musical program Friday night at Lowman Piano rooms Bluefield presented by Miss Sallie Litz Her numbers included Ave Maria and To See You Again
The Southernest Virginia Alumnae Association of Cappa Cappa Gamma met for a luncheon yesterday at the home of Mrs. Ben W. Bird on Straley avenue with Mrs. Jack McFarland and Mrs. Bruce Fleshman as joint hostesses. A business session followed with attendees including Mrs. F. M. Cloyd Mrs. James BE. Mann Mrs. Max Matz Miss Harriet Prench and Miss Jane Lee all of Bluefield.
Charlies Mole, brother of Pred Mole of Princeton and employee in the Canadian Pacific railroad claims division at Winnipeg, Canada, died Thursday. Funeral services were held at Winnipeg on Saturday.
The Mercer unit of the Greenbrier Co operative Livestock Marketing Association will ship the first lambs of the year from Oakvale yards on Saturday June 28.
The YWA of the Silver Springs church met Friday night with a brief session focusing on upcoming events and community outreach. Members discussed plans for youth activities and charitable drives, encouraging wider participation next month.
Miss Pansy Jones and Miss Dorothy Bowling chaired a church gathering on Thornton Avenue with Edith Virginia and Pansy Jones taking part in a program. Refreshments were served and the next meeting is set at the church.
The will of Charles C. Walker dated September 16 1935 was probated in the county clerk office yesterday. Riley Walker qualified as executrix with no bond required. Hubert Warden J T Taylor and Roy A Cole were named as appraisers of the estate.
Virgie Saylor filed a suit in circuit court against Earskine Saylor in chancery with returnable July rules.
Mercer county department of public assistance will distribute food to relief clients on Wednesday June 25 and Thursday June 26 from the Bluefield Roy avenue warehouse and the Princeton North Walker street warehouse. Clients should bring bags for their allotment and avoid bringing small children.
Essie E. Bailey vice president of Princeton Kiwanis and delegate to Kiwanis International in Atlanta returned to Princeton with his son James. He reported the convention the largest yet with over 5300 delegates, noting private homes and Georgia Tech dormitories housed attendees. Charles H. Archer also attended as a local club delegate.
A pet show will be held at Knob playground on Wednesday at 3 PM with prizes for the prettiest, largest, smallest, and most unusual pets.
Dr L Gumm professor at Concord college and Joseph T Vachon science instructor and athletic coach at Athens high school have houses under construction in Athens. Dr Gumm house on Plymouth street two story five room Cape Cod style. Vachon Eng lish cottage six rooms with two block foundation under construction two weeks. Contractors C L Thompson and Arty Wyatt are Concord college graduates. Mr and Mrs Vachon expect to occupy by August end.
Twenty five students enrolled in a Concord College summer workshop directed by G M Elliot principal of Oakvale high school. It aims to guide students in solving real educational problems they will face as teachers. Of the 25, 12 study primary reading 10 study auto visual aids and 3 work on elementary science problems. Director Elliot is an alumnus of Concord College and has done graduate work at West Virginia and New York University.
Con cord college summer session opens with C William Duncan of the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger presenting close ups of famous Americans. He profiles women like Mme Shumann Heink Helen Hayes Tallulah Bankhead Ruth Bryan Rhode and shares anecdotes about Joe E Brown Ed Wynn Wiley Post Dizzy Dean and Tony Galento.
Miss Anna Dudley Jeffries of Athens high school faculty instructs summer school classes in West Virginia arithmetic and West Virginia history and geography at Concord College this summer.
Concord college will close Thursday July 3 for Independence Day and resume classes July 7. The nine week session will last nine weeks this summer, announced by D L Haught dean of the college.
Six room bungalow with bath and electric pump. Several lots with fruit trees and garden space. Located on the outskirts of Princeton. Call 166-3.
Concord College notes 596 students enrolled for the regular nine week summer session and a six week workshop under G M Ellis. The workshop aids teachers with informal discussions and advice. Commencement June 3 awarded Chi Beta Phi to Louise French Cruise and Harry Hartley, with Lyda L Davis prize to Hartley and Pan Hellenic cup to Sigma Sigma Sigma. Dr J F Marsh received the Silver Beaver award for service to Boy Scouts of America.
Mary Estelle Johnston Louise Jones Jimmy Warner Billy Johnston Eddie Hunter and Buford Steele attended the 4-H club camp at Crockett Springs this week in Eggleston Virginia.
The Methodist church undertakes interior painting including walls furniture pews and floors renovation funded by the Woman's Society of Christian Service in a community project.
Miss Ruby Warner returns from a visit with relatives in Columbus. The Rev W Simpkins attended Tazewell Munral conference at Pocahontas last week. Mrs Earl Goodwin of Princeton Mr Charles Griner and daughter Carolyn Ruth of Salem and Mrs Jude Overstreet of Bedford visit Mrs Eva Carter. Mrs Laura Hunter ill at her home. Mrs P O Miller and children mentioned.
Readers report visits and guests across Willow ton Pulaski Clinchco Berton Binshield Straus- B and King households. Su e Spratt and Ruth Stafford are listed visiting relatives while names like J A Thomas M Neff and Mrs Ward Kyle appear as hosts and guests. Barracudas noted as sea tigers conclude the item with a stray fact next.
Basel reports Romansch as a minority tongue among Switzerland's four official languages. Only about 40,000 of over 4 million residents speak Romansch, a descendant of medieval Latin, shaping dictionaries grammars and textbooks in the language.
A high room brick home finished with hardwood throughout features a built in bath and shower a Westinghouse electric kitchen with a dishwasher automatic coal stoker and hot water system front and back porches full basement coal bin storage vegetable room and workshop Immediate possession offered due to permanent location at Radford Va Contact W L Cook care New Radford Laundry Radford Va or H L Glenn Alleghany Insurance Agency Princeton Bank and Trust Co Princeton W Va
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