Russell County Home Demonstration Group Attends State Meet
Five women from Russell County attended the Virginia state meeting of the Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs at Blacksburg. Highlights included a welcome by VPI President Dr. Hahn, a talk by Mary Louise Collings, and 4-H talent. Members planned future tours and May Tolliver House visit.
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Russell County
The
Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
VPI
Blacksburg
Florence Byerley
Nel Hawkins
Sidney Johnson Sr
W. J. Dorton
T. A. Gilmer Jr
Hahn
Mary Louise Collings
Federal Extension Service
WPI
F. M. Sholes
Norfolk County
Associated Country Women
Australia
Blackstone
Lebanon
Bob Settle
Barter Theater
Southwest Virginia
Tolliver House
Big Stone Gap
Honaker
Willard Ball
Nat Wright
Swords Creek
Howard’s Pond
Abingdon
Mason's Store Home
New June Tolliver House
June Tolliver
Frugal Sew Tips From Readers Use Skirts For Pillow Cases
Penny wise readers share do it yourself ideas from old skirts to make pillow cases and covers. A reader describes cutting a full skirt at the waist to form two or three pillow cases and notes using the skirt hem for the open end. Others suggest renewed uses for sheets ironing board covers and homemaking hacks.
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Heloise
Woman's Missionary Society meets in Gilbert home
The Justice Baptist church Woman's Missionary Society gathered at Mrs. Wayne Lester's Gilbert home with devotion on Faith from Virginia Hill and a study of Acts 13. Mrs. Josie Justice led prayer and refreshments were served by Mrs. Wayne Lester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Justice
Wayne Lester
GIA Members Picnic At Dotson Home
The Grand International Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers held its August picnic at Mrs. W. S. Dotson’s 322 College Ave. About 60 members, families, and guests attended a covered dish supper. Dr. James T. Browning led the invocation. Guests included Mrs. Ada Crowder of Shepherdstown and Mrs. G. F. Crowe of Roanoke visiting local members. L. H. Bradley presided and welcomed attendees.
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Grand International
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
W. S. Dotson
College Avenue
James T. Browning
Ada Crowder
Shepherdstown
Hazel Farmer
Sunrise Drive
G. F. Crowe
Roanoke
E. M. Ritchey
GIA
L. H. Bradley
Birthday dinner honors Mrs Akers in Rocky Gap
Mrs. W D Akers was feted at home by daughters Faye Hodges and Juanita Updyke of Chester Va for a birthday dinner. Six of seven children attended. House decorated with seasonal flowers and numerous relatives visited from Radford Richmond Bluefield Ohio and other towns.
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Rocky Gap
W. D. Akers
Faye Hodges
Juanita Updyke
Chester
Akers
Everette B. Akers
Ohio
Marcelle Milton
Nell Hudson
Radford
J. H. Pruett
Mike
W. A. Glass
H. G. Shingledecker
James Mitchel
Linda Hoosier
Robert Lambert
Mary Lee Fisher
Richmond
Lucy Daugherty
Ernest Akers
Hubert
Billy Hodges
Lake Tabor
Arthur Bailey
Nora Bailey
Harvey Hager
Bluefield
Milton
Marvin Crabtree
Burke’s Garden
P. F. Shrader
Truby Childress
Les Cochrane
Bastian
Blanche Walker
Mechanicsburg
Claude Kirby
Watha Shrader
Claude Kirby Jr
Oak Hill
J. H. Kinser
B. T. Stowers
D. H. Howell
C. E. Tiller
Earl Quesenberrry
Hyattsville
Daisy Wright
H. S. Herman
Norfolk
F. H. Grigg
Grigg
B. F. Williamson
J. K. Ring
Roanoke
Robert Glenn
Sanford
Fla
Connie Conley
Phyliss Wiley
Emory Morehead
Bluewell MYF Plans August Activities For 1964
The Methodist Youth Fellowship of Bluewell church outlines August plans including a trip to Lewisburg State Fair on August 22 by truck a cook-out with Brushfork church Falls Mills event a Claytor Lake day and an August bake sale. Members aiding the Mercer County blood pressure survey include Brenda Ayers Mary Jane Foster Susie Foster Sherry Hale Toni Carosi Kay Duncan Barbara Duncan Elizabeth Jones Greg Kanode Paul Martin and Sandra Whaling. Susie Foster led prayer.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
Bluewell
Kay Duncan
Lewisburg State Fair
Brushfork Methodist Church
Falls Mills
Claytor Lake
MYF
Mercer County
Brenda Ayers
Mary Jane
Susie Foster
Sherry Hale
Toni Carosi
Kay
Barbara Duncan
Elizabeth Jones
Greg Kanode
Paul Martin
Sandra Whaling
Umbrella Sales Rise in Paris Fashion Defense
Paris reports a 25 percent increase in ladies umbrella sales as manufacturers promote umbrellas as defense tools. French buyers favor colorful designs over black, and many now purchase men's and ladies models similarly.
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Paris
Wns
OES No. 102 Plans Grand Visit in Bluefield
Bluefield Virginia Chapter No. 102 of the Eastern Star schedules a grand visitation for Mrs. Eva Martin, worthy grand matron, on Wednesday September 4. Committees under Worthy Matron Mary McGuire organize hospitality, flowers, gifts, tables, and banquet details at Virginia Avenue Methodist Church with District 5 chair Mabel Frazier receiving a special project honor.
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Bluefield
Order of the Eastern Star
Eva Martin
Mary McGuire
Masic
C. D. Kinzer
Andrea Tate
Dorothea Wagner
Edna Turner
Mabel Frazier
Mickey Chambers
Ruth Beard
Ernestine Brewster
Willie Scott
Diana Fanning
Virginia Shufflebarger
Helen French
Pearle Farley
Virginia Hearn
Della Dawson
Ruby Beard
Viola Nee
Pearl Hearn
Rachel Blaylock
Virginia Avenue Methodist Church
OES Endowment Fund
Ella Mae Dawson
Grat Johnson
Gwen Elam
Mary Elizabeth Wynn
Edgar Hale
McGuire
Calendar of meetings and rummage sales in Bluefield area
Listings for Wednesday include rummage sales at 325 and 207 Bluefield Avenue, a Trinity Methodist and various church gatherings. Events feature speakers, executive boards, potluck, jewelry fashion show, garden club picnic, and Lodge meetings across Bluefield and nearby streets.
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Bluefield Auxiliary No. 857
FOE
Bluefield Avenue
Greenview Methodist
Bluefield Old Guards
Trinity Methodist Church
Capt
T. Herring
Princeton
U. S. Army
J. S. Dudley
First Presbyterian Woc
College Avenue
Elizabeth Hale
E. S. Bailard
Trinity Methodist Wscs
First Presbyterian Woc Circle No
E. B. Fast Jr
Whitethorn Street
Bluefield
Women of the Moose
Carl Porterfield
the Loyal Order of Moose
Evelyn Quesenberry
Lucille Howell
Greenspon Baby Born to Dr and Mrs William Greenspon
Dr and Mrs William Greenspon announce the birth of their grandson William Jalbert Greenspon born Sunday August 4 at 10 am in Knox Hill hospital New York weighing 82 pounds. The mother is Kay Jalbert, daughter of Willard and Grace Jalbert of Fort Kent Maine.
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William Greenspon
Heatherwood Road
William Jalbert Greenspon
William Stuart Greenspon
East 86Th Street
New York
N. Y
Kennox Hill Hospital
Kay Jalbert
Willard Jalbert
Fort Kent
Maine
Cabbies Boldly Question Women Drivers in London
British cabbies, usually chivalrous, now taunt female riders. At Piccadilly Circus a cabby shouted to a female motorcyclist, warning her she had tumbled down in London town after she cut in.
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London
WNL
Picadilly Circus
Valentina
London Town
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Mrs. O. Keily
Gloria Goldsmith
Jeanne Peterson
Coney
Islands
American Legion Auxiliary
Riley-West Post Unit No
John R
Pete) Garrett
al Morgan
Cliffmont Avenue
Jimmy Jones
Frank Waiser
H. W. Gra
WMS
Gilbert
Florida
Ernest Cook
Barry
Debbie
Gainsville
Pearl Cook
Justice
Mavis Nutter
Cincinnati
Pat Wall
H. O. Wall
Concord College
Athens
Tommy Atwell
Terry Stephen
Sherri Lynn
Lakeland
Virgie Henderson
Mohawk
Letty Lee
Baisden
Keenan Ellis
Gilbert Creek
Lara Paynter
Brenda Kay Simpson
Esmond Step
Benkie
Wanda
Tamcliff
George Vance
Logan
Dotson
WMU
Laurel Fork Woman's Mission Union
L. H Sands
Roy Goonde
Ronnie Garay
Lamesa
Tex
C. FE. Brewster
Rex Cowan
Bristol
Elizabeth Stowers
Walter Stowers
J. L. Gregory
Raymond Gregory
Mt. Vernon
Carl Melvin
North Tazewell
Charlie Gregory
J. C. Gregory and
J. C. Gregorys
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Harry G. Shingledecker
Lincoln
Neb
Glass
C. B. Tiller
Narrows
Ernest Blankenship
Kermit Bourne
Tazewell
Johnston
Bluewell Myf
Bland Street
Eagles Hall
Princeton Avenue
Town and Country Garden Club
A. L. Rhoads
Leatherwood Lane
Mary and Martha
Memorial Baptist Church
Bundy Beard
First Street
Graham Presbyterian
Bob Trent
Double Gates
Loyalty Rebekah Lodge No
Noble
Edna Lunter
UTT Refrigeration Co., Inc
Bluefield Ave
W. Va
Fieldcrest
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