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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1934
Page
12
Bluefield Country Club hosts Ladies Day with a morning putting contest from 11 until 1 and a nine hole medal play to follow in the afternoon.
In the Blue Field Country Club final, Mrs. J H Kabler faces Mrs. W C Slusher after Kabler beat Mrs. C M Deyerle 6 5 in the semis and Slusher edged Mrs J M Herndon 2 1. The pro will award a golf club to the champion.
McClung Sunday school class holds a picnic supper this evening on the lawn of Mrs. S. J. Sanders in Nemours. Members gather at First Presbyterian church by 6 30 for transport.
James S. Kahle attorney delivered an address on Law and the Poor Man's Justice at the Senior Epworth league in Trinity church. Bill Barnett led the program with devotional features, hymns, and scripture readings. a violin solo by Bob Lundy complemented the event. Announcement was made of a league meeting and swimming party at Shannondale at 6:30.
Attending conference members Irene Altizer Mary Alice Coles and Mabel Marshall and Charles Pruett Dale Kersey and Howard Henderson left for Lynchburg to join the Young People’s conference of Disciples of ae. They will be away about a day.
D V B S opens at First Presbyterian church with 175 students enrolled surpassing prior Daily Vacation Bible schools. Mrs Henry C Humphrey leads as superintendent and Mrs Thomas H Clagett teaches junior and intermediate classes. Robert Ramage oversees manual training though ill Monday, expected to join other days.
Degree of Honor P A members urged to attend a meeting this evening at 8 at Moose hall Bluefield.
The Juvenile Sunshine group of Degree of Honor P A will hold its monthly meeting at 7 oclock in the evening at Moosehall. A full attendance is urged.
Calvary Baptist church reports 141 pupils enrolled for the Daily Vacation Bible School. Rev. R. J. Tyler serves as principal with sixteen teachers. Boys will play baseball on Wade field each morning from 8 to 9 before sessions begin. All divisions dismissed at 11, woodcraft classes run to 11:30.
The Ladies' Aid society of Midway Christian church holds a called reree this evening at the church building. Members are summoned to attend the church gathering for the planned event and activities.
Earhart the famed flyer designs and models a two piece seersucker suit in brown and white for travel. The outfit features a detachable white linen collar, brown linen inner layer, brown patent leather belt, brown composition buttons, and a round brown straw hat.
Program at the Elks Club features Armstrong national bridge authority and Ed Benedict composer of popular songs from New York. They will lecture on Grand Slams and perform musical numbers Thursday at 8:15 pm in the Elks parlor. Public invited. The Good Will tour arrives Thursday afternoon en route to the Elks convention in Kansas City. Local traffic officers will meet the party, led by John J. Rhodes, Virginia public safety chief.
An evening program at Warlicks Piano Rooms featured pupils of Mrs Lyman Bailey and Paul Lawrence Maybeury. Performers included Jimmie Thornton Beatrice Cruise Wanda Lee Day Virginia Powers Alvin Wilson and the Tabor sisters with violin and piano selections plus readings. The event drew an appreciative audience and showcased diverse musical numbers and expressive recitations.
Bramwell hosts a Wednesday evening dance from 6 to 2 at the Masonic hall. Harold Per due Stewart Maxey and Hewson Austin Jr. sponsor the event with Jackie Cooper's Collegians from Beckley providing music. Chaperons include Mrs. John D. Hewitt and others.
B. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cooper Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Scott Pack and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Goodwill Jr. appear among the community’s social notice, highlighting local families and households.
Charles Cassell returns to Christiansburg Virginia for a Friday 8 pm organ recital at the Methodist church. The event features the handsome new organ and marks a notable homecoming for the native artist.
Miss Willie Lee Stowers of Bluefield Va returned from Chattanooga Tenn where she was bridesmaid at the wedding of Miss Billie Yates and Mr Frank Day. The ceremony took place June 16 at the First Baptist church of Chattanooga. On the trip home she stayed with Mrs Belle Leach in Knoxville Tenn for several days.
The Loyal Daughters of First Christian Church serve a 7 pm supper this evening for Lincoln Men's Bible class members who won a recent contest. Rev. Ben S. Johnson is the Lincoln class teacher and Mrs. Johnson teaches the Loyal Daughters class.
From 1600 Princeton Avenue and 1604 Princeton Avenue, West Bueter Sams and Frank Pruett report a pleasant western excursion. In Los Angeles they saw Sams’s parents, and on return they visited Yuma, Tucson, El Paso, Lawrenceburg, Juarez, Kansas City, St. Louis, and other places in Illinois and Ohio. Sams lives here with his sister Mrs. C. R. Mahoney.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Christ Episcopal Church will serve supper at 6 30 pm for the rector Rev Jennings W Hobson and church representatives from the Jackson Mill summer conference. Interesting reports from the conference will be given. Reservations to Mrs 8 M Meem 539 by call are requested.
Miss Virginia Snyder daughter of Mr and Mrs W C Snyder is improving after a left hand burn from a boiling candy accident Saturday. She received care at St Luke s hospital and remains under physician supervision. Various locals are noted traveling visiting guests and family in short social notices.
Mr and Mrs Charles J Farrington and their son Charles Jr travel from Washington to visit Mrs J M Sanders, the mother of Mrs Farrington. They plan to spend part of the summer at a camp near Bluefield with relatives.
State Manager Mrs. Henrietta Snider calls a lodge meeting for West Virginia and Virginia Woodmen circle tonight at 7 46 in the bridge room of the West Virginian hotel. All members are urged to attend.
Mrs. R. R. Mahoney hosted a juvenile party at 1600 Princeton Avenue on Monday afternoon for her daughter Harriet Lee's third birthday. Melvin Mahoney and Fannie Jane Browning won prizes. guests included Sarah Ann Browning, Fannie Jane Browning, Billy Browning, Richard Akers, John Henry Pruett, Junior Akers, Bobby, Melvin and Harriet Lee Mahoney. Refreshments were grape, rice, cake and ice cream. Photos captured the group after the games.
Renowned mezzo soprano Mrs. Courtland Jourdman appears as Mary Courtland on NBC and Columbia networks with Monday evening programs. She recently settled in New York City while her husband studies law at the University of Tennessee.
Mrs. John Sheffield and her son Treadway of Union Street have returned from a visit with Mrs. Sheffield's parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hundley in Danville Virginia.
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