Initiation at Bluefield Rainbow Assembly 48 Meeting
Rainbow for Girls Assembly 48 held initiation at the Masonic Temple during the first December meeting. Worthy Advisor Carol Ann Galbraith presided as Brenda Sparks Martha Pritchett Peggy Cookes Glenis Clapp Patricia Yost and Linda Shumate received degrees. A bake sale is set for December 7 at 9:30 a.m. and gifts for Sweet Springs guests are requested for December 16. A Christmas formal dance will occur December 20 from 8 p.m. to midnight with the Sweetheart crowned. An initiation is planned for the next meeting at 7 p.m.
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Bluefield Assembly
Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Carol Ann Galbraith
Brenda Sparks
Martha Pritchett
Peggy Cookes
Glenis Clapp
Patricia Yost
Linda Shumate
Sweet Springs
Christmas Party and Dinner Meetings Schedule
Bluewell HDC meets with Mrs. Leonard Scott at 10:00 am for the annual Christmas party and Pinecrest package preparations. At 6:15 pm the Town and Country Garden Club hosts a Christmas dinner at Golden Age Center with husbands as invited guests.
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Bluewell Hdc
Leonard Scott
Pinecrest
Town and Country Garden Club
Golden Age Center
Husbands
Dante Bridge Club Meets and Thanksgiving Gatherings
The Dante, Virginia bridge club met at the Village restaurant with Mrs. Roy Farr as hostess. Winners were Mrs. W. A. Davis and Mrs. C. L. Markland, who also hosted guests Mrs. Markland and Mrs. John Alf Muse. Thanksgiving visits included the Petreys and Hodges in Norton, with extended family from Charleston, Vienna, and Norfolk.
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Dante Bridge Club
Dante
Roy Farr
W. A. Davis
C. L. Markland
Markland
John Alf Muse
James Petrey
Hodgen
Charleston
Rhododendron Club Holds Christmas Brunch
The Rhododendron Garden club held its Christmas brunch at The Dieck residence on Parkway with Miss Jeanne Foster delivering a humorous program and Mrs. C H Alba presiding. Members reported on Garden Council projects, Junior Daffodil Garden club efforts, and planned meetings at the East River Mountain Tourist Center.
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Rhododendron Garden Club
C. G. Thecheck
Parkway
Jeanne Foster
C. H. Albea
Thedieck
W. K. Bentley
Grover Asbury
Alba
Garden Council
Henry McClung
Lynn Johnson
Cherry Street
Asbury
East River Mountain
Golden Age Club
Daffodil Garden Club
Robert Shumate
Thanksgiving Hospital
Margaret Sykes
Paul C. Thomas Jr
A. A
Symbols Of Christmas Described By Alpha Sigma Tau Alumnae
Alpha Sigma Tau alumnae met at Mrs. Glenn Buchanan home to present Advent Symbols. Mrs. Corley Lineberger described four candles Prophecy Bethlehem Shepherds and Angels with a red Light of Christ candle. The group discussed Jesus birth and the Advent season.
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Alpha Sigma Tau
Glenn Buchanan
Doak Street
Bluefield
Corley Lineberger
Advent
Lineberger
Preston Hamilton
Prophecy
Bethlehem
Shepards
Angeles
Robert McClung
Marcella Dee Whitlock
Birth Announcements From Bluefield St Luke’s Hospital
Danny Ray Caldwell was born December 1 at St. Luke’s Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. John Edward Caldwell of 1308 Lowe Street Bluefield weighing 6 pounds 13% ounces. Pearl Elizabeth Herald born November 30 to Mr. and Mrs. Maxie Edward Herald Sr. Route 2 Bluefield at St. Luke’s weighing 5 pounds 4% ounces. Jerry Dale Shrewsbury born December 1 to Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Shrewsbury Jr. Route 1 Rock at St. Luke’s weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces.
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Danny Ray Caldwell
John Edward Caldwell
Lowestreet Bluefield
St. Luke's Hospital
Pearl Elizabeth Herald
Maxie Edward Herald Sr
Bluefield
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jerry Dale Shrewsbury Waborn
Harold S. Shrewsbury Jr
Rock
Garden Club Formed In Peterstown
The Mountain Trail Garden club of Peterstown organized with Mrs. Dorothy Dunn as temporary chair and a guest speaker Mrs. Helen Bradley from Rich Creek Garden club. Members announced a pink and green decor theme, a blue ribbon Thanksgiving arrangement, and a period of games with prizes.
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Peterstown
Mountain Trail Garden Club
Dorothy Dunn
Mesdames
Kate Thomas
Verna Young
Margaret Bogbess
Helen Bradley
Rich Creek
Charles Jack
Ira Daugherty
James Adkins
Mary Lew Burton
Janie
Janet
Tommy Canterbury
Nathan Thompson
Lewisburg
B. R. Gunnee
James Hawthorne
Rebecca of
Welch
John Nester
Mrs. Humphrey D. Smith Patient at St Luke’s Lima
Mrs. Humphrey D. Smith of Oakhurst avenue is a patient in St Luke’s hospital Room 404. She is undergoing treatment and is allowed visitors Mr. and Mrs. W A Wagner and Keith spent the weekend in Lima Ohio with his mother Mrs. W A Wagner and his sister’s family Mr and Mrs Clyde West.
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Humphrey D. Smith
Oakhurst Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
W. A. Wagner
Keith
Lima
Ohio
Clyde West
WSCS Program Highlights Christmas Event and Meetings
Grace Methodist Woman's Society hosts a WSCS program featuring a Nativity scene on illuminated translucent figures and a reading of the Story of the Coming of Christ. Members present speeches for Joseph shepherd inn keeper Mary and wise man, with prayers and a luncheon.
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James Taylor
Grace Methodist Woman's Society
Miles Ratcliff
Christ
J. B. Gilpin
Joseph
T. J. van Dyke
L. L. Stke
Lewin Boice
WSCS
Mary
W. E. DeBrick
Wise Man
Twins Born to Stamper Family in Bluefield
Mr and Mrs Curtis Claude Stamper welcomed twin daughters Kimberley Annette and Tammy Lynn at St Luke s hospital 238 Randolph Terrace Bluefield on Thursday November 28 The first weighed 4 pounds 13% ounces born at 10 45 p m and the second 5 pounds 13% ounces born at 10 40 p m This is the couple s first children.
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Kimberley Annette
Tammy Lynn
Curtis Claude Stamper
Randolph Terrace
Bluefield
St. Luke's Hospital
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