Pretty Baby contest winners announced
The Bluefield-Princeton chapter of Professional Secretaries International sponsored the second TeleScripps Mountain Festival Pretty Baby Contest on May 28 at the Bluefield Area Arts and Crafts Center. Judges named winners in six age groups, each receiving a trophy and certificate of appreciation. numerous participants earned participation certificates and smaller trophies.
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Bluefield-Princeton
Professional Secretaries International
TeleScripps Mountain Festival
Bluefield Area
Derek Justice Doggett
Michael
Ann Doggett
Bluefield
Wee Miss
Lauren Marissa Mills
Dempsey
Kristin Mills
Kegley
David Earl Nicewander
Dwayne
Kim Nicewander
Kimberly Danielle Malone
Teresa Diane Malone
Boissevain
John Daniel Lassak
Harry
Rita Lassak
Gary
Brittany Erin Holyman
Greg
Davette Holyman
Thomas Alexander Kelly
Tommy
Faye Kelly
Falls Mills
Candace Kree East
Larry
Pamela East
Princeton
Cole Anderson Cornwell
Mark and
Jennifer Cornwell
North Tazewell
Harley
Danielle Baker
Candace Marie
Births Bogardus and Wilson Families Welcome New Babies
Stacy Marie Brossoit and James P Bogardus of Bluefield Virginia announce a daughter Tiffaney Lee Bogardus born July 19 1995 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center weighing 5 pounds 6 ounces. Grandparents Cindy and Mike Brossoit New York Karin and Erwin Bogardus New York. Richard and Sandra Wilson of Princeton announce a son Michael Stephen Wilson born July 13 1995 at Princeton Community Hospital weighing 7 pounds 1 ounce. Grandparents Darlene Sarver Bluefield Charles and Ruby Wilson Princeton.
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Bogardus
Stacy Marie Brossoit
James P. Bogardus
Bluefield
Tiffaney Lee Bogardus
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Cindy
Mike Brossoit
New York
Karin
Erwin Bogardus
Homemakers Club July Meeting Highlights and Plans
The Bluefield Extension Homemakers Club met at Pam Godbey’s home for July. President Mary Ewing opened with the pledge. Willie Maxwell shared a devotion and hat collection from travels. The nominating slate named Pam Godbey as president and Edith Baldwin as treasurer.
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Homemakers Club
Bluefield
Edith Baldwin
Helen Smith
Phyllis Oliver
Phyllis Lindamood
Jo Anne Atkins
Pam Godbey
Mary Ewing
Thelma Parrish
Georgia Riddle
Carolyn Demopoulos
Celebrating Ellis Island and America’s immigrant heritage
The article notes Ellis Island served as the nation’s main immigration gateway from 1892 to 1924, with twelve million arrivals by its 1954 closure. It highlights Ellis Island as a museum today and estimates about 100 million Americans trace ancestry to arrivals via Ellis Island. Immigrants arrived hopeful after processing in the Great Hall and waited at the railroad ticket office for a ferry.
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Ellis Island
America
United States
Ellis Island Railroad
New York
New Jersey
Immigrants Pass Through Ellis Island in Bold Era
The largest global migration saw many seek hope amid war and poverty at Ellis Island. Steerage cramped quarters, limited privacy, and low fares contrasted with aboard ship inspections for those able to pay first or second class. Doctors marked clothes for further checks and questions tested migrants as 12 000 passed on April 17 1907 with only about two percent turned away.
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Ellis Island
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