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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1929
Page
11
Dr. Hilton I. Jones noted scientist delivered the lecture Science and the Future before a large audience at the Redpath Chautauqua tent. He spoke in simple terms with humor, predicting cotton seed and corn cobs becoming valuable and noting accidents aid discoveries. He warned chemical progress could end war.
The Jugo-Slay Tamburica orchestra performed afternoon and evening numbers led by Joseph Rotkvic and family with diverse native instruments. Chief Nipo Strongheart spoke on The Past and Present of a Vanishing Race, and the evening featured Three Wise Fools a Redpath production mixing comedy drama and mystery.
Brownlee Nebraska June 27 Robert B Lee raised 480 acres of wasteland into a 6900 acre ranch and 1 289 acres leased for grazing He built a 14 room farm home and added modern conveniences He stayed on his mother’s homestead since the 1860s efforts earned him Nebraska agriculture’s Master Farmer honor.
Six Mississippi counties have approved plans to provide a county round of 1000 dollars to aid deserving high school students through the first college year. Funds will be distributed as scholarships within accredited districts and will require promissory notes on a six year repayment plan.
In Bronte Texas a five year old girl Minnie Blanche West works in her father’s newspaper office learning to spell by setting type for the Bronte Enterprise. She studies type sizes and watches the running presses from a high stool, turning the shop into a classroom.
Miss Elizabeth Freeman Ratliff married Gilbert Ray Meadows Monday evening at the Ratliff home on Stratton street. The ceremony featured an improvised altar, rose decor, and a Lohengrin bridal march. Attendants included Mrs. Grover C. Dwyer and the bridal party, with reception music and a pink white theme. The couple plans a two week honeymoon visiting Washington and White Sulphur, then reside at 665 Stratton street in Logan.
The Cotil Lions Club hosts a dance tonight from 9 to 1 20 at the West Virginian hotel with Edwards Collegians supplying the music. It’s billed as one of the season’s enjoyable social events.
The Daily Vacation Bible School at First Presbyterian wraps its second week with strong attendance and fine work. An 11 am automobile ride for the pupils is planned, and Sunday evening the junior department leads a 7:45 service. The final week begins Monday with full sessions and closing exercises set for Friday evening July 5.
Miss Sarah English Ashland and Miss Alice Ready Partlow will sail July 7 from New York for a six week European tour. The report notes their departure as part of a travel plan listed in the Thursday edition.
The travel party plans a weeks tour of Europe aboard the Aquitania. They will visit England including Southampton London and nearby towns. The group then tours Holland Germany Switzerland Italy and France. Mica Partlow will meet her aunt Mrs J J Divine in Interlachen Switzerland. They also join a Student Travel Club tour guided by Dr John F. Cadden, leaving Sunday for Washington VA en route to New York.
Fresh ingredients mix for a summer salad featuring black cherries and pecans with cream cheese balls. The guide suggests rolling cheese into balls, placing notes inside, and arranging three in a triple cherry presentation with pitted cherries.
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