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A society note praises a recent humorous event held at the Y M C A rooms. It remarks the sketch or performance is highly entertaining and expected to draw good attendance and patronage.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1925
Page
10
A society note praises a recent humorous event held at the Y M C A rooms. It remarks the sketch or performance is highly entertaining and expected to draw good attendance and patronage.
Miss Eva Amato pianist and Miss Anne Amato violinist, both of Bluefield Virginia, performed at the Bluefield Quota Club luncheon at the West Virginia hotel. The meeting featured a club marriage announcement for Miss Ruby Benjamin and Mr. Robert Baker, plus a May 31 reception. Mrs Fiora Benjamin’s home on North Street hosts the reception. Miss Ruby Johnson resigns due to business duties but wishes the club continued success.
Bluefield Public Library acquires three volumes of the History of the United States by Hawthorn. Mrs. Peter Reynolds of this city facilitated the gift, expanding local resources for readers and researchers.
Under the Wade Parent-Teacher Association a Fidelis Club minstrel will be staged at the school on Tuesday evening May 19 at 8 o'clock. The event repeats the entertainment previously given by the club, engaging the audience with a cultural program from the Fidelis group.
The Bluefield Country Club opened the 1925 social season with a gala reception and dance attended by the community's social elite. The ball room was a floral display of er and wygelia with rose lighting, dogwood and rhododendron. F. M. Archer presided as host with a notable receiving line. V. P. L. Collegians from Blacksburg supplied music, and a late supper of chicken salad sandwiches nuts and coffee followed. Hostess Mrs BE W Hardaway was praised for her refined taste and management. The article notes visitors from outside Bluefield and anticipates a busy summer with several events planned at the club house.
Mrs J M Carter and Mrs Ernest Henson attended Holston conference mid year session in Chilhowle Virginia. Twenty four board members present with two absent. Plans for the year include establishing the Belle Bennett Memorial and paying travel expenses for the district secretary to the next Woman's Missionary Council in Raleigh North Carolina. Messages from Tulsa and Washington inspired the gathering delivered by Mrs Drew Webb and Mrs L A Tynes.
A secretary and Mrs. H. B. Reynolds attended a reception hosted by residents of Chilwie. The visitors were given a cordial welcome and refreshments as the event proceeded in a congenial atmosphere.
Mr and Mrs Jesse Miller depart for about a month in Kentucky, with Mrs Blanche Offutt accompanying to Huntington. J T Thornton returns from Charleston. The Lambert family reports tonsil surgery for their child at Bluefield sanitarium. Nurses Helen Gorman and Mary Dodd visit Welch, while Dr Thomas E Peery and Misses Vimia Bracey and Elizabeth Peery return from Smyth county. Billie Hume and Joe Speed of Georgia Lumber attend a lumberman banquet in Welch. Helen Shafer and Frances Hurley return from Grundy school. Mrs R L Hurley Fay Walden and Frances Hurley leave for a motor trip to Richmond and Norfolk. Mr and Mrs J S Bryant of Bram shop in Bluefield.
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