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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1975
Page
5
November meeting at Mrs. Harry Gary home organized by Mrs. Dale Kersey and Mrs. Carlyle Bolen produced wreaths for Bluefield Multi-Care Center doors. Members Shirred netting on coat hanger frames with bright ribbons holly and small birds.
Tips on crafting Bargello canvas belts and small needlepoint bands as thoughtful gifts. Features Chevrons and Flower Medallion designs, tips on sizing, and alternative uses for bands such as napkin rings and lamp trim. Includes reader questions on embroidery linen twill and its suitability for counts and crewel work.
Community clubs post Monday schedules with meetings at Bland Street United Methodist and Y Center. Groups include Bluefield Girl Scout Service Unit Ridgecrest Duplicate Club First Baptist WMS Forest Hills Garden Club and more with luncheons Christmas banquet and social gatherings at various venues.
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 14 Pocahontas Va reelected Daisy Groseclose as president with officers Wanda Compton Nancy Shumate Sallie Cook and Hallie Stephenson. New member Patricia Dillon joined. Meetings shifted to Dec 15 with a Christmas party and gift exchange. Donations to Salem Veterans Hospital Christmas Fund and fruit baskets for shut ins arranged. Food baskets planned for two veteran families. Donations sought via Pocahontas Market box. Refreshments served by Janie Shew and Wanda Compton.
January release promotes Printed Pattern 9298 with slim diagonal design. Pattern details include half sizes, bust measurements, yardage, and mailing costs. Mail to Marian Martin Pattern Dept at New York address with requested personal data. Also advertises catalogs and sewing books with small clip coupon offers.
John Chapman Chapter DAR convened at the Y Center with regent Mrs. Harold F. Porterfield presiding. Mrs. George W. Richardson outlined Continental Congress resolutions on liberty limits, UN withdrawal, gun rights, education, immigration, and farm controls, urging stronger defense and restrained government. The session opened with ritual led by Mrs. Mattox and pledged by Mrs. Perkins, with several new members welcomed and library and CAR matters noted.
The Pocahontas Craft class and Abbs Valley Craft Class held a November dinner at the Odd Fellows hall Boissevain led by Mrs. Anne Blevins with two guests Mrs. Ruth Sargent and Mrs. Louise Worley. Margarett Brown reported strong sales at recent Blacksburg and Roanoke fairs. The next joint dinner moves to Wednesday December 17 at the Pocahontas Firehall with Christmas party gift exchange and birthdays for Vivian Earnest and Nora Phipps observed.
Grandview Extension Homemakers Club met at the home of Mrs D Romano with co host Mrs Dexter Blankenship presenting. Eleven members and one guest Mrs Ben Hutchison attended. Mrs Eric DeBrick presided. Plans for 1976 lessons were discussed. Officers slate read by Mrs W D Harris. Contributions approved for Daily Telegraph Christmas Tree fund and Salvation Army. Mrs A H Brooks taught charcoal art.
A daughter Tara Maire was born Nov 26 at Bluefield Sanitarium to Mr and Mrs Robert Jackson Marty of Gary. The baby weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces. A daughter Rhonda Carol born Nov 17 at Bluefield Danny Ray Dowell Canebrake. The baby weighed 6 pounds 15 ounces.
The Pocahontas RSVP group held a Thanksgiving dinner and birthday celebration at the fire station meeting room. The Rev. Harry Fleener spoke at the event attended by 40 members and guests and the group later visited Haga Nursing Home to give Thanksgiving favors they made themselves.
A daughter named Cheryl Jeanette was born to Wallace Moody Blanton in Bluefield Virginia. The newborn weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces at birth.
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