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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1925
Page
11
A reader reviews The Red Mass praising its suspenseful plot and brisk pace. The book follows a dangerous chase, ending with a dramatic guillotine sentence, while noting Williams's earlier works Clubfoot the Avenger and The Three of Clubs.
Miss Mildred Johnston hosted a March 20 birthday party at 119 Allen Street. Assisted by Mrs H V Johnston and Mrs Lucy Perdue, the event featured green and white decor, autographed place cards, a luncheon with jellied fruit salad and turkey-trot sandwiches, and dancing into the night with numerous young guests.
News from here reports the engagement of Miss Louise Smith formerly of Bluefield now of Granville Ohio to Mr Carroll Camden Jr of Atlanta Georgia. An announcement dinner last Wednesday March 18 hosted about thirty Tri Phi Sorority members. The couple will wed in September after Miss Smith completes her senior year at Dennison College.
Announcements from Genoa Italy report the marriage of Caesar Ronconi and Teresa Canale received in Bluefield. The ceremony occurs March 7 with the couple arriving April 25. Ronconi will continue his singing studies during the summer.
A review notes Valentine Williams The Red Mans among popular books at the Bluefield Public Library. The tale follows Hector Fetheringay banished to Varia during the Revolution era and his perilous voyage with a French girl named Loison amid intrigue.
J I Matz left Bluefield for Newark New Jersey where he will wed Miss Marie Banks of Kimball later in the week. The bride to be is a guest at the home of Mrs D B Lesser in Newark. The couple will live in Welch after a bridal tour from their home bakery business in Welch.
The Bluefield Public Library will close after Saturday night until further notice as librarian Mrs. F R Dow and the library board pack books for transfer to the municipal building. All overdue and auxiliary books must be returned by March 28.
The Ladies' Bible class of the First Presbyterian church will hold a reception Thursday evening March 26 at 8 o'clock for the Men's Bible class teachers and Sunday school officers. All invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Gilpin of Norfolk Street announce the birth of a fine son. The event adds a new member to the Gilpin family with no further details provided.
The Union Bible class will meet Thursday evening at 7 30 with Mrs R L Johnston at 215 Fairfax Street.
The Mary Hood Circle of Bland Street Methodist Church will meet Wednesday at 2 30 at the home of Mrs J J Murphy Raleigh Terrace Ralston Boone has rep aptes from a trip to Washington D C Laurence and Louis Tierney are at home from Tome School Fort De posit Md for a visit with their mother Mrs L E Tierney Mrs Frank Wright and Mrs J C Summers and two young sons were shopping here Tuesday From Welch the children were taken to Bluefield sanitarium for tonsils examination Miss Lula Mae King has gone to her home at Popular Springs Va for a while Mr and Mrs I O Kent of Vivian were visitors In town Monday Mrs James Davis and Mrs H C Price of Wenonah W Va were residents in this city Perry Tyler is in Welch for a few Ashton File of Beckley was in the city Tuesday W B Hicks of the Flat Top National Hawk has returned to his duties after a week s illness of influenza Gilbert Owen a student at Bluefield College is ill at the home of Mr and Mrs C W Taylor Virginia Avenue Mrs R Lee Mullikin of Maryland is the guest of her daughter Mrs Robert M Marshall Virginia apartments Frank Maynard Jr spent the past weekend at Hot Springs Va Master Tom Williamson Bluefield Va is doing well at the sanitarium after a surgical operation Garrett C Walker has returned to Bluefield after spending the weekend at Roanoke Mrs George A Dean of Columbus
Social notes list brief visits and trips of locals including Mrs B. E. from Virginia en route to Hook Mulloch student, Pollock from Fort Springs due to ill father, shoppers from Shawvers Millis and Princeton, and several city visitors. Activities include temple event at Welch, theatre and hotel dinners, and medical procedures at Bluefield Sanitarium.
Mrs. L B Mc Laughlin remains under care after a Ford roadster driven by her husband overturned on the Bluefield Beckley road. She has a fractured wrist and bruises, while Mr Mc Laughlin has a cut above the left eye. The couple were hospitalized in Beckley and Mrs Mc Laughlin will stay with her parents until fully recovered.
Ben Allison succumbed at Glade Springs Virginia on Tuesday after a stomach illness. He was about fifty four and is survived by his widow two sons and two daughters. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 30 at Glade Springs. He was brother in law of Mrs H Kitts of this city who with her daughter Miss Edgar Allison left Monday upon receiving the notice of his critical illness.
Bluefield Va men W. J. Benbow and J. C. Shawver were arrested in the city west end on liquor possession charges. Prohibition Officer Eli Watkins and Captain Carter pursued a Ford coupe and an Essex coach from St. Clair's Crossing into West Virginia, after which the vehicles were stopped and a small quantity of liquor was claimed.
An officer detained two men, both allegedly drunk, after a Ford driven by Mrs. J R Clifton tried to deter them from entering West Virginia. W J Benbow faced two counts liquor possession and driving under liquor influence, J C Shawver charged with liquor possession, Clifton arrested for reckless driving with a $25 bond. Federal officer Bob Taylor took the men into custody and they awaited hearing before Commissioner Thomas Secor.
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