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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1925
Page
2
Fragmentary society listings and telephone directory lines show misc names and contact notes, with unreadable OCR elements. Readers should treat the fragment as a brief social page item reflecting local notices and listings without clear events or dates.
Mrs Charles Roe field secretary to the National Congress of Parents and Teachers completed a five week tour of West Virginia beginning in Bluefield. Her visit energizes local parent teacher work and officials aim to double association membership to forty currently in state and national groups. Dr Geo W Diehl Concord Normal offers a course in parent teacher work, Marshall College may follow. Mrs I J Dawson of Yekon WV presides the federation and will provide information. The Ramsey Parent-Teacher Association presents The Child Wis Nature and High Needs at Bluefield Public Library, a Children’s Foundation contribution. Williamson natives Williamson and his bride plan to settle there amid local goodwill.
The Fidelis Club of the Y W C A will meet until evening at 7 30 at the quarters on Federal Street All business girls are urged to attend as plans are made for a special program to be presented in April.
Jesse Hodges was solemnized Wednesday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Austin, at Wil Hanson. Mr. and Mrs. Hodges arrived in the city on No. 16 last evening for a visit with the bridegroom's sisters. Mr. Hodges is a son of I. TL. Hodges, of Galax, and is a railway employee of the Norfolk and Western.
The T E L Class of College Avenue Baptist Church will hold a social meeting at the home of Mrs C W Thornton, 394 Jefferson Street, Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. All class members and Sunday School teachers and officers are invited to attend.
A Bluefield Public Library feature reviews Jay William Hudson's Nowhere Else in the World chronicling Stephen Kent, a restless American youth who adores Paris, rebels against Main Street business life, and faces his father's demand to return home. The tale traces Kent's Paris years, his romance with Catherine Hardy, and the clash between artistic freedom and conventional American life.
Cluefeld Public Library will close after Saturday night for removal to the new municipal building on Bland street. The new library rooms will include children’s, main, large reading room and office. Local notes mention various residents and visitors in Bluefield and surrounding areas, including hospital births and trips to Washington and Roanoke.
Misa Ruth Postlewaite accepts position at Wrench Hat Shop. Mrs. M J Gubanks and daughters Margarette and Janette O Neal of Logan Street travel to Roanoke for Mia Mubanks funeral. Pauline Hare nine months ill at 1004 Princeton Ave. A A Angrist of Logan W Va visiting his mother on Ramsey Street. H Morris and J Morris of Logan Street visiting in Narrows. Mrs J N Floley returns from Louisville trip. Laura Sweet sick ten days on Wythe Ave. Mrs M H Burton returns from Bellefontaine visit. Nolorise Durham visiting Mrs J T R Hall on Boone Alley. Miss Virginian Godsey under treatment for appendicitis at Bluefield sanitarium. P S Reaves of Princeton was a business washer in town. Mrs EB Stone of Princeton shopped in the city. Max Stecker of Cincinnati in town on business. Miss Annie Hancock of Norton High School faculty to arrive Friday evening.
Washington March 25 Secretary Hoover has entered the ranks of the one tubers to study the link between the loud howls on simple radio nets and those sent to the commerce department amid alleged unit confusion. An inexpensive home radio set replaces a more powerful one at his residence.
The Senior Endeavor Society of the First Christian church takes over Walnut Grove cemetery upkeep. A neat fence will be built first, then volunteers and lot owners will renovate and beautify the grounds. Mrs. Marty Fretwell leads the committee with J H McMullin Jack Corell Bob Lowder and J I Collehon. Rev P P Hasgenyander is ex officio. Boys will place the fence next week and girls prepare lunches for workers. A caretaker will be hired on a monthly salary to maintain the grounds.
News notes three out-of-town preachers drawing larger nightly crowds at Scott Street Baptist Emanuel Baptist and A M Zion as revival meetings press on. Also in brief, Mack Lewis, veteran crane creek fireman, left for Lynchburg Va on business. Mrs M B Woods heads Elehorn benefit musicale tonight at Carter Temple. Groundwork soon for president's home at Bluefield Institute. Committee meeting held Tuesday at Genoa Avenue School office to finalize arrangements.
A city initiative in Bluefield aims to canvass the colored community through gatherings on health and other statistics. The effort operates in cooperation with a movement fostered by the University of West Virginia and directed by the local Chamber of Commerce.
The West Virginia Clarion will publish a Friday sports section covering all teams that appeared in the recent tournament at the West Virginia Collegiate Institute and detailing their standings. The article previews the full report to appear in the next issue.
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