Fifty eight Girls to Attend Camp Roland in Bland County
Fifty eight girls will depart Wednesday for Camp Roland in Bland County Virginia for the annual Young Men’s Christian Association camp. The first week has no vacancies with several girls staying for a second week under supervision of fifteen staff counselors and a full schedule of swimming archery crafts prayer and dramatics.
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Camp Roland
Young Omen’s , Christian Association
Bland County
Eloise Dilcher
Peggy
Mary Ellen Farquason
Mildred Copenheaver
Henrietta Mahood
Martha Sheffey
Nan Royer
Janet Bell
Margaret Ann Ritter
Elizabeth Booth
Mary Ruth Montgomery
Shirley Horton
Miss Montgomery
Minnie Weaver
Desire Gilmore
Virginia Watkins
Eulalia Francisco
Federal Street
Virginia State Woman's Club Head To Speak
Mrs. R. G. Boatwright state president of the Virginia Federation of Woman's Clubs will be guest speaker at the joint luncheon of the Virginia and Northfork Women's clubs today at 1 pm at the Aus tin cabin near Falls Mills. Miss Helen Fleshman’s circle serves the luncheon as members bring guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Boatwright
Virginia Federation of Woman's Clubs
Coeburn
Northfork Women's Clu
L. C. Austin
Falls Mills
Helen Fleshman
Northfork Methodist Church
Bluefield Lodge Initiation Service Set for Thursday
An initiation service for a Bluefield lodge class of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will be held Thursday at 2 o'clock in the Red Men's hall. Mrs Lola Ann Placey of Chicago will preside as grand lodge officer. Musical selections will be part of the program in the Assembly room.
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Bluefield Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroa Tranmen
Lola Ann Placey
Chicago
Liberty Rebekah Lodge
Summit City Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Hall
Roanoke Street
Emma Porterfield
Rebekah Assembly
Frannie Cecil
J. E. Matthews
R. H. Walder
P. H. Lambert
Burkett
Bertha Burton
Bluefield UDC Invited To Attend Alderson Meeting
Bluefield chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy received an invitation to a luncheon meeting at the Travellers district in Alderson. West Virginia state president Mrs. Ernest Thompson will attend. Members are asked to reply to Mrs. E. R. Fletcher in Alderson by Friday, June 26.
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Bluefield
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Alderson Reptisseer
Alderson
Auxiliary Members Attend Welch Encampment
Mrs. Elizabeth George presided over the local Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary as members including Mesdames Lucy, Helen Galate, Virginia 8hreer, W. T. Jac, Maude Francisco, Inez Owenby, Gladys Munsey, Margaret Wyatt, Lelia Boyle, Ethel Tiller, Virginia Barksdale and Miss Frinces Munsey attended the state encampment at Welch over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth George
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Mesdames Lucy
Helen Galate
Virginia 8Hreer
W. T. Jac
Maude Francisco
Inez Owenby
Gladys Munsey
Margaret Wyatt
Lelia Boyle
Ethel Tiller
Virginia Barksdale
Miss Frinces Munsey
Welch
Club Calendar Highlights Local Church Activities
Tuesday events include Philathea class at College Avenue Baptist Church hosted by Mrs. Paul H. Hedreth and Mrs. Charles A. Joyce, Bluefield lodge practice, Gladys Stowers circle picnic at Pinnacle Rock, Mountain City lodge banquet and Moose Hall inspection, Methodist Youth Fellowship council at Augusta Street home, Ruth class Calvary Baptist at 1200 Norfolk Street, Pollyannas exchange. Wednesday schedule covers East River Mountain Garden Club meetings and a U C W recognition service at Bland Street Methodist Hamilton Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philathea
College Avenue Baptist Church
Paul H. Heldreth
Mountain View Avenue
Charles A. Joyce
Bluefield Lodge
Mountain City Lodge
Degree of Honor Protective Association
Pinnacle
Moose Hall
Council of Methodist Youth Fellowship
Trinity Methodist Church
B. J. Jones
Augusta Street
Ruth
Calvary Baptist Church
J. M. Sarver
Norfolk Street
East River Mountain Garden Club
R. R. Stuart
College Avenue
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Hamilton Hall
Bland Street Methodist Church
Local Personal News Rows From Martinsville Area
Mrs. Herbert Van Pelt and Miss Nelda Van Pelt visit Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Powers in Martinsville while Pfc. William Powers spends ten days with his parents before returning to Morris Field. Families from Portman, Huntington, and Washington report visits and furloughs. several service members are stationed in California and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert van Pelt
Nelda van Pelt
Martinsville
Ohio
T. E. Powers
Fourth Street
Pfc
William
Bill) Powers
United States Army Air Corps
Morris Field
Charlotte
N. C
Richmond and Son
Frederick, Ee
Mary Elizabeth Ree
Dorothy Kenney
Lton
Harry Lasley
Point Pleasant
Davistier
Huntington
L. E. Berry
Portsmouth
Ralph Berry
Otto Collins, Jr
Victorville
Calif
Elizabeth Collins
Clarence Boyd
Charleston
Robert Williams
New York
N. Y
R. F. Williams
Pranklin Street
James E. Law
United Army Air Corps
Jefferson Barrack
Hattie Law
Third Street
Porrest French
Nancy
Clovis Street
Haysi
Vansant
Co. O. West
Princeton Avenue
Ann Rose Pearman
Arista
J. H. Sarver
W. D. Absher
Roy Sarver
Crockoe Sarees
de Cockie Rorver
Apsenem, Sievers
Winston-Salem
Pfc. Sarver
Port
Births for Leach and Sadler Families
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Leach of Hancock Street are the parents of a daughter born Sunday morning at Bluefield sanitarium named Barbara Ann. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Saddler of Bland Virginia are the parents of a son born June 18 named Larry David. Mrs. Saddler was formerly Miss Lucy Marie Hall of Bland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Leach
Hancock Street
Bluefield Sanitarium
Barbara Ann
W. H. Saddler
Bland, Va
Larry David
Sadler
Lucy Marie Hall
Bland
Food box promotes wartime baking in Romford advertisement
A wartime advertisement touts a food box labeled FOOD with ponna' cake mix and baking powder as keys to kitchen success. It offers a free victory booklet of recipes and urges readers to write Romford ing Powder in Romford, RB for promotion materials.
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Romford, RB
Baptist Young Peoples Rally Program For Wednesday
The annual all day Young People's rally for New Lebanon association will be held at First Baptist Church in this city starting 11 o clock with Dr Dewey Moore of Italy as guest speaker. The program features music devotion mission study announcements offering a playlet and a pageant concluding after lunch with a benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lebanoniist Association
First Baptist Church
Dewey Moore
Italy
John Williams
Oat Louthan
Marshall A Vo
T. E. Peters
Bill Robinson
John A
B. E. Lenoir
Clark M. Brown
Paul Dean
John Dellis
Betsey Bivens
Catherine Peters
U S Wealth Total Reaches Six Figures Billions
A National Industrial Conference Board report places U S total wealth at 249 481 000 dollars. The figure reflects the nation’s overall economic standing as reported by the board.
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U. S
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Invitation Issued To Service Mothers
All mothers with a son in the U S service are invited to a reception at the West Virginian hotel Friday evening from 8 to 10 o clock. The American Legion auxiliary hosts the event and will issue no invitations except through the daily papers per Mrs A S Booker, president of the auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
West Virginian
American Legion Auxilay
A. S. Booker
Local Girl Receives Master of Science in Social Administration
Miss Margaret A. Thornhill of Highland Avenue earned the Master of Science in Social Administration from Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She attended the third commencement of the 116th convocation, part of a war accelerated program with most graduates on May 13 and medical students on June 5. She previously held a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret A. Thornhill
Highland Avenue
Warren Ashby Thornhill
School of Applied Social Science
Western Serve University
Cleveland
Ohio
Severance Hall
Thornhill
University of Michigan
Special Music Featured At Trinity Youth Meetings
The Trinity Methodist Youth Fellowship held morning worship with theme Pacing the Beauty of the Earth led by Bill Hill. Soloist Mrs. W. S. Penn Jr. and organist Miss Dot Lawrence performed. An evening service titled The Stake of Freedom in a Democracy featured leader Miss Betty Jane Jones and songs including That Cause Can Neither Be Lost Nor Stayed and Day Is Dying in the West sung by William Fowlkes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Fellowship
The
Trinity Methodist Church
Bill Hill
W. S. Penn, Jr
Dot Lawrence
Lauralee Compton
Betty Jane Jones
West
William Fowlkes
Ruth Dawson
Helenspeeney
Free Conservation Food Class Draws 150 Bluefield Women
About 150 Bluefield women attended the first session of free summer food conservation classes in the Appalachian Assembly room. The program covered drying and steam pressure canning with later sessions to include boiling water canning oven canning drying and kraut brining storage and meat cutting by Kroger butcher staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Appalachian Assembly Room
Kroger
Paul Hilliard
Beclley man credits World’s Tonic relief for kidney pains
J A Crawford of 106 Tolbert Street, Raleigh Coal and Coke Co. motorman, reports severe rheumatic like kidney pains and sleep disruption. He claims World's Tonic improved elimination, reduced night urination, and cleared mouth taste and coated tongue, with renewed energy and no lingering pains. Distributed by Goodykoonts Stores and other drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Crawford
Tolbert St
Beckley
Raleigh Coal & Coke Co
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Virginia State Woman's Club
Bluefield Udc
VFW
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Tcklesathgatasts S
John Prederics
Black Horse Hair
Lilly Dache
Sally Victor
Foreign Legion
Private Jones
Coal & Coke
Clan Mills Portrait Studio
Bluefield, W. VA
Coal & Coke Bidg
Rebekah
Odd Fellows
Esdames Laura Brown
Lillie Long
Helen Price
Della Roland
Ella Leftwich
Maude Weiser
Carla Johnson
Ella Forlines
Deloris Kirk
Mamie Carty
Beatrice Foley
Jane Whisman
Grace Holsapple
Glen Johnson
Myrtle McComas
Marie Jessee
Alleta McDonald
Burton
Richard R. McLaughlin
Summit City
R. G. Johnson
Baptist Young Peoples Rally
O Zion
Fripture
Mary Lee —Speenanen
America
Anne Coleman
Anna K. Harrell
Billie Osborne
Margaret
Phyllis Osborne
Marie Devor
An Crigger
Lucille Crigger
Betty Devor
Betty Jean Ceneme
Leonard Devor
King’s Business
Ee Ayers
Vel- Juanita Bruce
Baty R Rae Tabor
Dorothy Kirk
Jackie Stewart
Norma Lee Ayers
Charles Prank DeBusk
R. R. McLaughan
Mainbocner
Mainbocher
Jbl
Maude McCu
Moseley
Vaclen Hale
Leanne
Ows
Woman's Club
Edders
Firstian Church
Church
Harry Steinfeldt
Evers
Cha
Chicago Cubs
Tolbert St. Man
Old World
iPper
Ove Une Waternaite Bronne
Appalachian
Electric Power CO
Kammer Furniture CO
Bland ST
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