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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1940
Page
10
A dense listing of daily programs and features across Granada station from early morning to late night. It lists shows, host names, sponsors, and times including musical performances, church services, news, and variety programs.
Radio guide lists 6:00 to 10:00 PM program lineup across NBC CBS and network channels. The schedule includes The Aldrich Family, Bandwagon Orchestra, One Man's Family, Walter Winchell, Irene Rich, Phil Spitalny, Dance Music Orchestra, News Broadcasts, and Tunes for the Dancing among others. Several programs reference European War updates and various entertainment and talk features.
A brief notice indicates a music event at a local chain venue running until 1 am. Details on performers or location are unreadable from the fragment.
Rock chapter No. 130 of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold its regular meeting Friday June 28 at 8. Installs will be conducted by Princeton chapter No. 53. All members urged to attend. visitors welcome.
Mrs. W. B. Harris and daughter Mrs. Bill Smith of Huntington visited Mrs. Alice Bailey and Emily. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reed and children of Smithers W Va were guests with relatives here over the weekend. Mrs. P. W. Dalton of W visited daughter Mrs. F. W. Young the past week. Rev. T. E. Brooks of Camdenon Gauley has been visiting his sister Mrs. Mary West. Leonard Bailey and Blanche West attended the Eastern Star installation in Princeton Tuesday evening.
In this fragment from a serialized piece, Gusty and Francie barter about money and dreams of Hollywood. Francie laments inability to pay for a net or pa via the tense mood, while Gusty insists he will reach Hollywood despite setbacks. To Be Continued.
The column lists residents and guests across Anawalt West Virginia and nearby towns. It mentions Eleanor Crawford departing for Farmville Virginia for a summer session, local families hosting visitors, students at Concord College and Radford State Teachers College, and local travels to Raleigh New York City and Bluefield among others.
Returning from Terra Alta, relatives attended the funeral for their nephew Noah Mutter. The weekend guests included Conley Bennett and wife with children from Rocky Mount Virginia visiting E.S. Crawford. E L Belcher and Ethel Perdue of Rocky Mount visited Mrs. Chapman Moore. E B Crawford Jr. of Bluefield visited relatives. Yale medical student Robert Mino to spend summer with mother L S Mino.
In Montcalm West Virginia on June 22 the Woman's Missionary Society met at Mrs. Silas Martin's home. Scripture was read by Mrs. Warner Neal and the lesson was presented by Mrs. Tony Veneri. Meditations were given by Mrs. H W Wright, with refreshments served by the hostess and Mr Claude Bird. One visitor, Mrs Blonden Bailey, attended alongside members.
The Daily Vacation Bible School will begin Monday at the Methodist church and all children in the community are urged to attend.
The Pythians and Knights plan a bingo party and pie supper at the Lacy store building Thursday night at 8. The public is invited to attend.
Peggy Joyce Fulford spent the weekend with grandparents in McComas West Virginia. Mr and Mrs Clarence Linsey and son Billy visited Rev and Mrs C F Lun. A patient at Bluefield sanitarium has returned home improving nicely. Mr and Mrs Miles Kade visited Hungry Mother Park last weekend. Miss Juanita Harris of Martinsville Virginia visited Opal and Clara Lee Sutphin. The Sutphins attended the funeral of W E Phillips of Indian Valley Virginia Tuesday.
Brushfork West Virginia correspondence notes Sunday School at 10 a m followed by preaching at 11 a m by Rev J B Staley of the area officiating in Brushfork.
Mrs. Mary Graham announces the marriage of her daughter Doris Rebecca to Glenn Kitts of Bluefield West Virginia. The ceremony took place May 20 in Bland Virginia with Rev. J A Hardin officiating. Bride attended Beaver High School Bluefield class of 39. The couple currently reside with the bride’s mother and receive best wishes.
Mr and Mrs Grover Cox and children of Wytheville Virginia spent Sunday at relatives. Mr and Mrs Gary Phillips and children and Carl Bowling visited in Indian Valley Virginia over the weekend. Mrs Fred Poe and sons Gordon and Billy of Marion Virginia have been visiting Mr and Mrs C H Dock Francisco.
Bluewell Union Church of Christ sets Sunday services with Sunday school at 10:00 a m and preaching at 2:30 p m delivered by the Rev Preston Smith from Saltville Virginia.
T Eb Heldreth opened a singing school at Union church Monday night. The program runs through the week with two daily classes. The 2:00 session is for children and the 7:30 session for adults.
Mrs L W Dalton is mentioned in a fragmentary note. A Gullion of Bristol visits Mr and Mrs J M Gullion. Mr and Mrs J M Fox visited Worley Tipton and Clyde Fox of Hartwell West Virginia. Mr and Mrs Buchanan of Mullens spent the weekend with Bunford Tabor. Clyde Fox visited Willis Tipton for a period.
Pine Grove Church of Christ in Lorton’s Lick lists Sunday School at 10:00 a m with P F Wallace superintendent, Communion at 11:00 a m, Christian Endeavor at 7:30 p m, and choir practice Wednesday at 7:30 p m. Ladies' Aid meets June 26 at Mrs E T Peters home. class meetings set for next Thursday at the Wallace home.
A dated joke centers on a manager and his wife discussing his hospitalization. The wife asks about water on it, the reply reveals the private secretary as the cause. The brief exchange plays on innuendo and workplace gossip.
A vintage health advert urges guarding health with BI TONE products Bi Tone Cold Capsules Bi Tone Laxative Pills and Bi Tone Tonic to protect the family during changing weather It promotes buying at local drug or industrial stores and warns a delay might become serious The Buy-Word In Medicine.
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