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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1938
Page
8
The criminal court will open July 3 with twenty more cases from magistrates' courts. No murder cases are listed. Grand jury sessions are set for Tuesday through Thursday, July 5 6 7 with indictments expected July 8, or the following Monday.
D K Canaway and Ed Rule were slightly hurt when their Chevrolet truck collided with a coal laden truck owned by Roy Willetts of Roanoke on the Glen Lyn bridge Thursday. The coal truck driver will face a hearing in Pearisburg Monday. Also listed are chancery suits filed in circuit court returnable to July rules including Dean vs Dean and several parties involving the Seyler Lumber company and Appalachian Electric Power. In local screens City Girl headlines at Mercer theatre with Phyllis Brooks and Ricardo Cortez leading a cast, while Paroled to Die plays at the Royal theatre.
Postoffice notice reports a found watch with possible owner claim. Identify watch and arrange payment by contacting C. G. Brown at the postoffice.
A front page feature presents a tale in which a con man vies for the village belle’s heart while a rival is exposed as a crook and sent to prison. Rev. Glen Eastwood will lead a quarterly conference with a prayer service Wednesday evening.
The Princeton chamber of commerce merchants committee approved community wide sales days to be called midsummer bargain days. The events will likely occur in July with dates and specifics announced later.
Edward Stubblefield and Frank L. Stuck lead services at Princeton churches with morning worship at 11 and evening sermons on The Shekinah and Andrew The First Missionary. Special invitation extended to Jewish friends and soul winners. Nell Campbell directs a large chorus in music.
Rev. Paul Martin pastor leads Sunday school at 9 45 a m with Early Robert son as superintendent Morning worship at 11 o clock includes a sermon by the pastor Epworth League gathering at 7 p m Evening service at 8 o clock features a sermon by the pastor Stewards meeting Wednesday evening at 8.
Rev. W. R. Smith Jr. hosts Sunday school at 9 45 with W R Rainey as superintendent. Regular service at 11 with sermon by the pastor. Young people meet at 6 pm. Wednesday prayer and Bible study at 8 pm.
Miss Polly Pudge returns home from New River State College Montgomery due to an infected eye. Mrs Emma McKenny breaks an arm after a fall while visiting her niece Mrs Carl Jones. Early Robertson attends funeral of Mrs Robertson’s uncle Mr Crabtree in Tazewell. Mrs G T Lowe and daughter return to Forest street after visiting Northfork. Mrs G D Lusk travels to St Petersburg Florida for the G I A convention then to Athens Alabama. Dr and Mrs R C Cutright of Buckhannon West Virginia were weekend guests of Cutright family in Athens.
The Rev. John Garrett Shirley was ordained as an Episcopal priest in Charles Town West Virginia. The ordination rites were conducted by Bishop Coadjutor R E L Strider of the West Virginia diocese.
Classified item notes a boy to stay on a farm doing light tasks in exchange for board and clothing or small wages. Also offers twenty fine pigs for sale under the heading your livestock with a seller in W V.
Andrew Kozak a Concord college mathematics instructor discussed Finstein relativity before the Rotary club yesterday. He sang two numbers with Mrs B A Gumm accompanying on piano and Mrs Ramona H Bresnahan played a number. The program was arranged by Dr J Prank Marsh who was absent. Dr John McGraw Jr presented. About fifteen members and several Rotary Anns attended a Welch meeting. Don McClaugherty urged joining Kiwanis for a July 13 meeting with state officials. The matter went to the new board of directors. Next Friday Frank McKenzie becomes club president succeeding Dr J J Markell. C H Bass of High Point was a guest of J J Griffith.
The First Church of Christ Daily Vacation Bible School closes Sunday morning at the Bible school hour with final programs and department visits. About one hundred children attended daily, ending with a Friday picnic at the old park. Mrs. W L Vickers directed the school with help from Reba Tuggle Clara Walford Mary Louise Bell Helen Hayes Marjorie Clarabelle Craft Mamie Keaton Kathleen Vickers and Evelyndale Panning. young men Orville Martin and Junior Thompson assisted.
Announcement of the marriage between Miss Arville Gunter of Spanishburg and Mr. Allen L Hartz of Detroit Michigan. The ring ceremony occurred Saturday June 18 at 2 pm at Rev Cecil Albright's home in Detroit. Guests included family from Welch Lamar Spanishburg and Detroit with 22 at dinner.
Judge D M Easley issued a special term for Thursday July 7 with the August docket to be called for trial. All pending motions to set aside verdicts will be heard and cases set for trial. Grandpappy of lobsters story from Yarmouth Nova Scotia notes a 30 pound 37 inch lobster. Crew fed 13 men after breaking claws to cook them. Thomas Griffith Sloan dies of heart attack in Fairmont store at 65. native of Mayersville Pa formerly in Fairmont insurance.
Rudolf Holsti Finnish foreign minister will present a monument in Chester Pennsylvania to honor the first Finnish settlers who colonized the Delaware Valley. The event marks the Delaware celebration with Finland’s tribute to early settlers and ties to a historic Finnish community.
A large crowd in Welch gathers for the first annual Pocahontas regional mine rescue meet at Blakely Field. Ten witnesses and more than 2,000 attendees observe demonstrations of rescue techniques, hear remarks from Mayor John W. Blakely and mining officials, and enjoy a Gary high school band performance. A Welch vs Hunt boosters baseball game caps the day.
Judge Thomas H. Curd spoke to more than 20 Laymen's League members at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Welth about the long historical relationship between church and state. He traced church dominance and control across centuries, noting evolving power dynamics and key facts in church growth. The talk was led by Rev. O. W. T. Chamberlain at Central Cafe.
Mrs. Charles F Hicks and her son Charlie left for Culver Indiana where Charlie will enter Culver summer camp. Margaret Ann Mulkey of Capels and Betty Whitney of Elbert depart for Jackson's Mill to represent McDowell County at the state 4-H camp, accompanied by county home agent Miss Alice Hamilton. Miss Helen Stamper visits Hastings Michigan for two weeks at a former schoolmate’s home. Mrs A A Roth also mentioned.
Welch First Baptist Church marks six years since organizing in 1918 under J F Cook with 22 members. Rev D M Dorsey leads a 500 strong membership as 10 am service features charter members, roll call, and sermon The evening program recalls church history and an anniversary offering is taken.
The article recounts a bridge hand where a declarer, chasing a top score, misplays a four notrump in a duplicate game. East cunningly switches to hearts to provoke an endplay, while West’s clever queen return blocks the declarer’s plan and turns the contract into a loss.
More than 100 members and guests from ten Rotary clubs gathered in Welch's Community Room as host club Welch welcomed visitors from Pineville Kimball Princeton Saeger Williamson Bluefield Logan Beckley and Mullens. Gail T. Carter welcomed attendees and Paul W. Jones led introductions amid songs and a program featuring Janice Vermilion.
Mr and Mrs C W Chase of Welch announce the birth of their son Charley Lundy at Grace hospital Friday morning. Mr Chase works as a technician at Grace hospital where Mrs Chase previously worked.
Col P I Day Crsbarg state commander of the Patriarch Militant attended a Tug Valley Encampment No 16 meeting in Welch and spoke to the group. His Welch visit aimed at forming a Canton chapter of the Patriarch Militant in McDowell county with the order acting as a bodyguard to the Grand Sire. Chief Patriarch Alex Sutherland of Gary presided. Charles A Craig hosted.
Miss Rose Mary Nunnery leaves Welch for eight weeks visiting relatives in Chicago Omaha and Kansas City. Mrs. Malcolm Trice of Charleston visits Welch at the Tinsley home. Mrs. Russel Miles and children of Pittsburgh stay with the Sutters in Welch and Belcher in Big Four. Mrs. P. W. Early and son return to Charleston after visiting Mrs. Early’s daughter. Miss Sue French Strother travels from Welch to Washington and then to Peterboro New Hampshire for summer camp starting June 29.
East St. Louis youth Raymond Morgan completes high school after four years and attendance at 35 schools across eight states Canada and Mexico. He is the son of a traveling salesman from Alton Illinois.
The Public Works Administration issued grants and loans totaling 46.1 million to states and municipalities, ending a three day total of 221.3 million for non federal projects. West Virginia allocations include Dunbar auditorium 40909 dollars Point Pleasant courthouse 77400 Morgantown courthouse 40909. About 500 children are injured annually in the United States by blasting caps and eighty percent of accidents occur in rural or semi rural districts.
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