Miss King Crowned Pro-Teens National Winner
Patty King 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs James W King of Princeton won the Pro- Teens national title at Wilds Camp in Rosman North Carolina. She earns a 10 day all expenses paid trip to Paris Israel and Rome plus a trophy and camp expenses paid. The trip is planned for October. King a Princeton High School graduate planned to attend Piedmont Bible College but will enroll there after the trip. Pro-Teens combines Bible study scripture memory work and a recreational program with awards for achievements. She is a member of Johnston Chapel Church Pro-Teens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty King
James W
Jack) King
Princeton
Rosman
N. C
King
Paris
Israel
Rome
Miss King
Princeton High School
Piedmont Bible College
Winston-Salem
Johnston Chapel Church
Festival Lecture With Slides At Abingdon Va Foxfire Program
ABINGDON Virginia Foxfire program continues at the Virginia Highlands Festival Monday 13 at 8 15 p m featuring B Eliot and mountain residents skilled in native crafts They discuss Moon shining wagon wheels and other topics from the quarterly Foxfire folklore magazine which documents student collected recordings and transcriptions The Foxfire Book compiles some of these stories appearing with Wigginton and students who contributed to Foxfire
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abingdon
B. Eliot
Georgia
Foxfire
Apa
Wigginton
Tibbs Family Visit Highlights Springfield Trip
Ceres Personal Nelson Tibbs and his sons Warren Darrell and David from Springfield Virginia visited his mother Loma Tibbs. Warren will stay part of his vacation with her. Mrs Ernest Maude Kitts of Street Maryland and Roy Kitts visited Mrs W P Tibbs and friends in the area. Vert Cox welcomed Pammy Donna Rhudy of Burkes Garden Virginia for several days along with Curtis Cox Tazewell Virginia and Dennis Cox Timmy and Kristi of Kingsport Tennessee as recent visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Tibbs
Warren
Darrell
David
Springfield
Loma Tibbs
Ernest (Maude) Kitts
Street
Roy Kitts
W. P. Tibbs
Vert Cox
Pammy
Donna K Rhudy
Burkes Garden
Curtis Cox
Tazewell
Dennis Cox
Timmy and
Kristi
Kingsport
Tenn
Club Calendar Highlights Local Meetings This Week
A dense schedule lists dozens of groups meeting from Tuesday to Saturday across Bluefield and Pocahontas areas. Bridge clubs, church committees, garden clubs, fraternal orders, and social events fill the week with meetings, picnics, films, and a buffet luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macedonia Shrine
Little Temple
Bluefield Country Club
Rock
CES
Montcalm Masonic Temple
M. J. Whaling
C. Gaither
Redmen and Pocahontas
Preston Street
Smith Chapel Notes Visitors and Relatives Gather
Smith Chapel notes show visits from Mr. and Mrs. Billy Bishop and Robin of Ashland Kentucky to the Bill Thomasons and other relatives. Mrs. Billy Duke and her sons from Richmond Virginia recently visited Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Curry. Ms. Bessie Roland of Wilcoe visited the E. E. Harmans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Chapel
Billy Bishop
Robin
Ashland, Ky
Bill Thomasons
Billy Duke
Bessie Roland of
Wilcoe
E. E. Harmans
Leadership PTA Training Institute Set
Officers and unit leaders of Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers will hold a Southwest Virginia training institute at Emory and Henry College Wiley Hall on Wednesday August 8. The program includes a 2 30 p.m. keynote by Robert V. Shaver Danville, group sessions for officers and committees, and a 4 p.m. talk on Setting Goals in PTA Work followed by planning and a 5 15 p.m. dinner in Van Dyke Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory
Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers
Virginia
Wiley Hall
Emory and Henry College
Robert V. Shaver
Danville
Ralph Whitt
Wytheville
Holston
Kenneth Fleenor
Bristol
Washington County
Entler
PTA
Castle
Henry Stallard
Natural Tunnel District
van Dyke Hall
DeMolay Mothers Hold Meeting in Bluefield
The Bluestone DeMolay Mothers Club met at the Masonic Hall Bluefield with Catherine Pardue presiding. They reported a trip to Luray Caverns for a Grand Masters class and noted 34 new DeMolay candidates were initiated in the caverns ballroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluestone DeMolay Mothers Club
Masonic Hall
Bluefield
Catherine Pardue
Luray
Caverns
Caverns of Luray
Mark Wiley
Eddie Fanning
David Tate
Skip Pennington
Gray Pardue
Tom Yost
Buck Fanning
Raleigh Pardue
Diana Fanning
Kathryn Pardue
Ann Wells
Carlene Yo
Graham CWF Advised Off Fall Retreat
Mrs. Crockett Hughes, vice president of Graham Christian Women's Fellowship, led the August meeting and announced the CWF-CMF Fall Retreat for September 8 and 9 at Craig Healing Springs Virginia. Louise Hale gave the devotional from John 3 16 John 1 14 and Luke 4 18 19 on mission work and church unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Cecil
Josephine Dailey
Fort Parker restoration funded by Texas Centennial Grant
The Fort Parker site in Central Texas was restored with a $10,000 grant from the Texas Centennial Commission during the 1930s, marking a key preservation effort of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Parker
Central
Texas
Texas Centennial Commission
Princesses named for 1973 Mountain Forest Festival
Miss Julianne Lewandowsky of Jane Marion joins the Mountain State Forest Festival Queen’s Court for the 37th annual event October 3 to 7. She attends West Virginia University School of Nursing and has prior roles as Homecoming Queen and prom queen at Rivesville High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivesville High School
Women’s Athletic Association
Rhododendron Girl's State
West Virginia University
School of Nursing
Fairmont General Hospital
Lewandowsky
Katherine Anne Huffman
Princeton
Huffman
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Susan Carol Buric
Kingwood
Buric
J. D. Hinkle Jr
Europe
State Mental Hospital
Weston
Max Buric
Silvia
Bluewell Methodist Women Hold July Meeting
The Bluewell Methodist Women group convened with 29 members present as they formed a new organizational role. Officers and members announced plans for events including Come to Your Own Birthday Party on October 25 and a book study on India on September 20 and 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluewell
Clarence Kirby Jr
Robert Honaker
Ralph Carner
R. S. Hale
Lord
Jean Hawk Troy
Carner
India
Trinity Methodist Church
Bluefield
Beckley
Glenwood Park Methodist Home
Hale
Visitors from Detroit Vacation in Virginia Beach
Ms. Juanita Pendergrass of Detroit visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Homer Jennings in Pocahontas. She traveled with Miss Connie Jennings Ms. Cathy Phipps Patricia Jennings and Ronda for a week long Virginia Beach vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Juanita Pendergrass
Detroit, Mich
Homer Jennings
Connie Jennings
Cathy Phipps
Patricia Jennings
Ronda
Virginia Beach
Births listed for Bluefield area with multiple newborns
A sequence of birth announcements from Bluefield Sanitarium and nearby towns details the births of several babies. Names include Brian Douglas, Suzanne Margaret Bowling, Raymond Durane Hall, Kevin David Kellison, Christy Lynn Vance, Danielle Cherise Brock, Joshua Witt Williams, Ronnie Lyniel Meadows Jr, Vickie Lynn Mills, Tonia Lynn Morris, Renee Dawn Earls, Donny Ray Dawson Jr with birth dates, weights, and parental notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnis Douglas’ Hall
Bishop
Brian Douglas
Bluefield Sanitarium
William Herbert Bowling Ill
Welch
Suzanne Margaret
Lionel David Hall
East Drive
Bluefield
Raymond Durane
Marjorie Louise York
Herbert Dale Kellison
Kevin David
William Leonard Vance
North Tazewell
Christy Lynn
Linda Darlene Brewster
Daniel Monroe Brock
Route 2
Princeton
Danielle Cherise
Patricia Lea Martin
Jonathan Daniel Williams
Kimball
Joshua Witt
Kerry Jo Stewman
Ronnie Lyniel Meadows
Camp Creek
Ronnie Lyniel Jr
Gary Mills
Beeson
Vickie Lynn
Princeton Community Hospital
Basil Mills
Tony Goad
Howard Russell Morris
Montcalm
Tonia Lynn
Delela Lynn Watkins
Richard Douglas Earls
Renee Dawn
Donny Ray Dawson
Pocahontas
Donny Ray Jr
Guard Groups Plan Programs For Wednesday
Mrs. John B. Dellis will present the program for the Auxiliary to the Bluefield Old Guard on Wednesday August 8 in the Christian Action classroom of Trinity Methodist Church at 10 30 a m Walter V Bourne arranged the program for the Old Guard at the same time in the Men's Uplift Bible classroom
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilltop Bridge Club
Ridgecrest Road
West
Trinity Methodist
Wscs-Wsg
Asbury Hall
Pocahontas
Women's Christian
Bluefield
VFW
Park View Baptist Wmu
Forest Hills Garden Club
Carson Village
Forest Hills
Greenview Methodist
Margaret Ross Circle
Roy Haldren
Bluefield Aerie
Fincastle Duplicate Bridge Club
Fincastle Country Club
Brushfork Hdc
Bluestone Ehc
Public Library
Municipal Auditorium
Pinnacle Auxiliary 3856
West Virginian
Bluefield Chess Society
Christ Episcopal Church
Undercroft
Bluestone
Masonic Hall
Gary Perdue
Woman's Club
Boissevain
WMS
West Virginia
Lo Cal Club
Loyalty Rebekah Lodge
Moose Home
Roy Avenue
Park View
John B
Granny) Dellis
Elkhorn Guild July Meeting Adopts New United Women
The Elkhorn Methodist Wesleyan Service Guild met at Dorothy Tabor's in Upland with Louise McNeil presiding. Beulah Barton led devotion as Virginia Black performed How Great Thou Art and discussed Our Pointed Planet Can We Save It.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn, Methodist Wesleyan Service Guild
Dorothy Tabor
Upland
Louise McNeil
Beulah Barton
World Bank
St. Luke
Ms. McNeil
Virginia Black
Ms. Black
Response Magazine
Paul Peters
Marie Chiliote
Cincinnati
Ohio
Guild
United Methodist
Recent Visitors In Ceres Homes Attend Reunion
Among the children of Vir and Mrs J B Groseclose of Ceres who attended the family reunion were Mr and Mrs Don Hill and Freddie of Houston Virginia Mr and Mrs Arnold Compton and Susan of Wytheville Virginia Ms Verna Foglesong attended the postmasters meeting in Bristol Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceres
J. B. Groseclose
Don Hill
Freddie
Houston
Vex
Arnold Compton
Susan
Wytheville
Verna Foglesong
Bristol
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Ceres Personals
By Neg Cochran
Top Dog
Leadership Pta Training Institute
Graham Cwf
Miss Lewandowsky
Bluewell Church
Lewis Staton
Elbert Jones
James Jones
Joe Stout
William Duncan
James Foster
David Foster
Dorothy O'Neal
C. H. Kanade
R. L. O'Dell
Chef Figlers
Pipestem
Elkhorn Guild
Coats
Phils Fashions
Bucky
Bradford House
Bradford
Ferton
Grant City
Cumberland Road
SU Sai
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