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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1933
Page
3
A fragment notes activities of the church and the Young People’s Society during unspecified hours. The record lacks full details of time, place, or event scope but indicates a prior gathering or routine meeting.
Local Democratic leaders favor postponing the nomination for the general assembly until after the gubernatorial primary on August 1 in Tazewell County. Names mentioned include Dr. J. W. Witten and Captain C. M. Hunter as potential nominees amid school funding concerns and redistricting rulings.
Bluefield and Snowville events mark a centennial Church of Christ celebration with Rev. W. H. Boak leading homecomings. Notables include Mrs Clara Ballyhoo of Oklahoma and Dr Robert H Pitt. W L May named chief clerk in Richmond internal revenue office effective July 1.
The Graham Presbyterian church heard reports on the Synod of Appalachia Young People's conference held in Bristol Virginia June 6 to 14. About 150 youths from southwest Virginia western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee attended seven days of study to foster Christian leadership. Reporters were Miss Don Lee Smith Charles Sowers and Ben T. Graham reporting to the Sunday school.
The Deal campaign vehicle to travel through Bluefield Wytheville Hillsville Stuart Martinsville South Boston Clarksville Lawrenceville South Hill Petersburg and other towns. The schedule was not confirmed last night and it was unclear if Joseph T. Deal would ride. A fog horn may announce the band wagon as the campaign seeks a new deal in Virginia.
Circle No 3 of Graham Methodist church hosts a Silver Tea from 4 to 6 Thursday afternoon at the parsonage on Tazewell Avenue. Proceeds support church activities.
The Bluefeld social season will showcase the outstanding social event of the month of roses in Bluefeld Virginia. A number of city artists will appear on the program with the committee in charge ensuring every detail is attended to for maximum pleasure of the occasion.
News of the death of J. R. McWayne occurred in Chicago on Saturday and was received in Bluefield Virginia with regret. He was related to the Dudley family and known by Bluefield pioneers. The remains were sent to Birmingham Alabama for burial. A card from T. S. Gillespie visiting in Birmingham said the city mourned his passing. The McWayne family ran Bluefield's first foundry in early town history.
Paul Yost of Wilcoe West Virginia spent Sunday night with Mr and Mrs C G Yost on Graham Avenue. He was accompanied home by his grandmother Mrs H E Yost who will likely remain with relatives.
Members of the community and relatives embark on visits and house guests across West Virginia and Virginia. Rev. L D Yost travels to Wilcoe to visit family while K C Patty heads to Scottsburg to join his wife and child Ann Holman who has whooping cough. Beatrice Bentley visits Miss Darhlene Ruehl in Lovers Lane, and Mrs. S N Worley plans a Denver trip with her son Charles to see her sister Mrs C A Worley.
In Paris this season smart women favor printed frocks. Mrs. Frank Wooster wears a white crepe dress with dark red floral print and bias sleeves while her daughter Madame Propper de Gallejon dons a dark blue crepe with a white feather motif. Brown trout reach larger sizes in New Zealand than England, though all New Zealand trout trace back to English origins.
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