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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1925
Page
13
Louise Lester daughter of Mr and Mrs P L Lester Franklin street delighted friends Saturday for her fourth birthday. After games the children enjoyed ice cream cake and home made candies. Each received a mint basket and guests exchanged tokens of friendship.
Mrs 8 A Freeman hosted a Saturday party on Balsam street Hale Addition for her daughter Fletta’s ninth birthday. From 3 to 5 children played lively games and enjoyed refreshments. Ruth Trumbo won a prize.
The event honored participants including Pauline Russell Alfred Russell Ruby Russell Junior Russell Virginia Ryan Zoe Ryan Zelda Lowder Fatantine Lowder Lawrence Freeman Ruth Trumbo Ralph Sprague C B Lowder Melvin Freeman and Fletta Freeman for accuracy in the blindfolded contest.
About fifteen ladies gathered for the Bluefield Country Club’s regular Ladies Day on Tuesday. A delightful luncheon was served and golf and cards provided pleasant diversions during the event.
The opening affair of the school exercises in Bluefield is a prize ovation contest Friday evening at o'clock at municipal hall. The Inter Literary Society contest follows Wednesday May 20 at 8 o'clock at the municipal hall with a 15 cent admission. Plans for the junior senior aquet at the West Virginian Hotel Saturday May 6:30. The seniors sermon by Rev J Taylor Stinson at municipal hall Sunday May 24 at 11. Commencement for eighth grade graduates to be held.
The Beaver I High School annual commencement will be held at the municipal hall on May 29 at 8 p m with Dr Smith president of Roanoke College as principal speaker. Afternoon program on May 28 also at 8 p m includes Washington Tubbs II event and an inter society contest May 20 is the only exception open to the public.
The Ladies Guild of Christ Episcopal Church will gather this afternoon at the home of Mrs Hillie Petty on Ramsey Street for a regular meeting.
Mrs Claude Taylor will entertain at bridge Thursday afternoon at her home on Jefferson street.
The Fairview Parent-Teacher Association met Tuesday afternoon with high attendance and an engaging program. Miss Rockwell presented a paper on why boys and girls should attend high school. Mrs. Peck's room won a picture titled Head of Christ donated by J. D. Cartwright for the largest parent representation. The description ends with the picture being a...
Grace Methodist Be Square class led by Mrs. Hugh P F Swin gie stages The Mere Man at the church Thursday evening at 7 45. The public is cordially invited and a free will offering will aid cemetery shrubbery at Greenville orphanage.
Trinity Auxiliary will meet this afternoon at 2 30 at the church. Mrs Bert Phillips was in Princeton Tuesday. Mrs W B Webber and son Bobby of Boone street are visiting in Salem Va. Mrs Mary Becker and Misses Beulah Price Bertha Newton and Louise Hamilton will leave Sunday by motor for Pittsburgh to attend the Quota Club convention. Miss Lida Davis rural education professor at Concord College Athens spent last night in this city with Mrs Thomas EB Peery and Miss Virginia E Bracey.
Bluefield Lodge 967 of the Independent Order B'nai B'rith held a moving Mother's Day observance in the synagogue on Sunday evening. Morris Masinter of Roanoke gave the keynote address. officers B D Lenett, Harry Clark, Harry Greenspon, and Rabbi Joseph Marcus led the ritual before a large audience.
Members and friends from Emmanuel Baptist Church visited Rev and Mrs W H Mitchell at their Ellis Street home Monday night. The gathering yielded a full pantry of groceries and necessities despite the reported attack. Attendees included Effey Scott C M Johnson Hattie Jones and others.
The article announces a Thursday 7 30 p.m. musical at John Stewart Memorial M E Church with Miss Truxie Warren and B L Bernard Walton, admission free and refreshments by Club No 4 led by Mrs Charlotte Morrison. It also invites Y M C A night class members to meet Prof Bright Friday and notes a Scott Street Y meeting. The school team opens the season against Princeton with hope for victory.
Robert Bassil, angered by his wife who said he was unkind for striking their son, retrieved a pistol in the bedroom and shot himself. His wife attributed his deteriorating mental state to war service.
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