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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1925
Page
11
The T E L class cap sule social is Friday at the church recreation hall. It is a buffet with the Capsule Sisters teaching a sister who has played Polyanna. Mrs D K Calloway leads entertainment committees aiming for an unusually good time. New members invited. lunch for each attendee. Menu includes sandwiches eggs pickles and cake or cookies.
County marriage licenses issued for Richard H. Kelly and Virgie Collins. Charley Dawson and Helen Blanton. W. Fred MecNeer and Lara M. Made. Weather shifts bring brief snow shower amid prep for city election and church events as community notices and real estate ads appear.
The Valley Association of the Baptist Woman Missionary Union of Virginia plans its twenty seventh annual meeting at East Radford Baptist Church on June 2 3 and 4 Speakers include Mrs C B Keeser of Virginia returning from a South American tour and Mrs John F Vines of Roanoke Also Miss Bessie Trevett Richmond mission study chairwoman will give an address The event invites Baptist women of the city to attend and hear the expected good programs.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lilly and Mr. and Mrs. G. Lilly concluded a brief camping outing. R. G. Meador of Athens visited Princeton on business yesterday. Ada Mae Lilly returned from Hinton where she spent the weekend with her mother Mrs. G. W. Lilly, who has been quite ill.
A local ad touts Best of All Mouth Washes a half gallon for 60 cents with Kojene praised as powerful yet harmless. East End Pharmacy Bluefield Fairview Princeton Hale Pharmacy advertise as agents and claim easy preparation from a half teaspoonful per half tumbler.
Miss Agnes Dodson soprano will give a recital at the Royal theatre in Princeton this evening at eight o'clock. She comes from Winston-Salem North Carolina and will be accompanied by her mother, hosted by Mrs Anna Douglass on Matin Street. Press reports praise her rich mezzo soprano voice and cultivated technique.
College Hill residents pleaded for water at a special city council session citing three days of shortages. The council ordered the Hines well to be connected, adding 60 000 gallons daily with opt out for objectors while three new wells expected to double supply within six weeks. A chlorinator will be installed per health department guidance to treat the water.
A 109000 gallon capacity water tank on Tank Hill nearly full Sunday night when a mains blowout in the bottoms drained it. Last fall the council ordered a reserve supply for fires and emergencies. The Public Service Commission sent an engineer who suggested placing a reserve tank on the heights above Park Avenue. The water company owns property nearby and plans a future reservoir.
Jury in Norfolk and Western Railway Co suit awards J. J. Coleman 3125 for injuries from a collision that wrecked his auto and broke ribs. Rail company seeks a new trial. In a second suit administrator M B Postlewatters seeks 10000 for estate of Lee Simons due to an electric wire injury. Trials progress with Wilmer versus Rosen slated next.
State highway crews along the road from here to Spanishburg are at work with evident energy and hustle. Traffic is detoured via Mercer Healing Springs or Coover's Cross Roads.
The report notes good overall road grades with a rough stretch from the healing springs to Bethel Church. Contractors aim to finish the road to Spanishou re in time for late fall and winter traffic. The project creates jobs along the route and requires supplies for macadam surface. The town must repair the 300 yards inside Honaker avenue to the city limits as state road work begins. A sale ad follows for a house at 106 Highland Area.
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