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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1978
Page
5
A reminiscence of serving Bun Steads at a Ladies Aid meeting. The group sold the recipe for a dime, boosting the church treasury by 4.60 dollars, and continued monthly fundraisers. The card offers a cheese tuna filling recipe and promotes Do It Yourself bread mixes with Ruth McDaniel in Largo Florida.
Rev. Virgil C. Cook spoke at Trinity United Methodist Women meeting, detailing the Beckley Child Care Center home housing 39 children in three cottages with housemothers or couples, ages seven to 17, admitting regardless of race or religion to reunite families. The session opened with a meditation on Faith, led by Mrs. Pelts, and prayers by Mrs. Davidson and Dr. Sherwood.
This piece explains three pillars of credit worthiness character capital and capacity and guides readers on opening charge accounts and bank accounts. It highlights Truth in Lending Fair Credit Reporting and Equal Credit Opportunity acts and urges awareness of credit laws and responsible borrowing.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph advertises Marian Martin pattern 9452 for Misses sizes 5 through 20 with options to embroider and coordinate shirts and checks or plaid outfits. It notes fabric use, price 1.50 plus 0.35 for first class airmail handling and invites readers to send name address size and style number to the New York address. It also promotes several sewing and fashion books and catalogs.
Janet Sue Bane daughter of Mr and Mrs William L Bane Jr of Barboursville Bluefield formerly of Bluefield married William Harold Holderby son of Mrs Arvilla Halley Warsaw Indiana and Everett A Holderby Pretorville Ohio on July 14 at Pearisburg Baptist Church Rev Charles E O Roark Jr officiated They will reside in Proctorville Route 3 The Banes previously worked at Bluefield Supply transferred to Mason Dixon Distributors in Huntington where he is branch manager The bride is a Barboursville High School graduate and Huntington College of Business student The groom is a Fairland High School graduate with a building and trade engineering degree employed by C J Hughes Construction
Local groups in Bluefield area publish a daily schedule of meetings. Listings include Fincastle Duplicate Bridge, Bluefield Assembly 48 Rainbow Girls, Eastern Star, Civic League, Aglow Fellowship, Extension Homemakers, Delphian Club, FOE Auxiliary, Rebekah Lodge, Montcalm Friends, Old Guard, Quota Club, Bluewell Home Demonstration, Ridgecrest Bridge, Bluestone Extension, Pocahontas Woman's Club, Plant and Palette Garden Club Princeton, Golden Age Club, Rock Chapter 130 Eastern Star, and Macedonia Shrine White Shrine of Jerusalem with meeting times at various venues.
West Virginia’s best chili will be chosen at Jackson’s Mill on September 2 during the First Ever Hillbilly Chili Cookoff as part of the Arts and Crafts Jubilee. The Mountain State winner advances to Tropico Gold mine in Rosamond, California for the World Championship on October 22, with applications open through Hillbilly Chili Headquarters in Jane Lew WV.
WVU Medical Center chief Dr. Charles E. Andrews proposes major revisions to nursing pay, merit, seniority, overtime, shift differentials, and vacation and retirement policies to address shortages and low morale. He stresses a broader career ladder, a better reward system, and a restructured nursing service to support permanent careers and improved work environment at University Hospital.
A daughter Virginia Robin was born July 19 at Bluefield Community Hospital to Floyd Elwood Boone and Deborah Williams of Bluefield Virginia. The baby weighed 8 pounds 52 ounces. A daughter Angela Marie to Larry Eugene Yates and Deborah Williams of Keystone weighed ? pounds 12 ounces. A daughter Leslie Carlene to Truman Frost and Barbara Crabtree of Bramwell weighed 5 pounds 4 ounces.
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