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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1966
Page
7
A holiday guide urges readers to Think Big to entertain elegantly with less effort. Plan menus with large casseroles and advance items, use time saving devices, buy bulk staples, and glamorize frozen veg with cream of mushroom soup. Focus on simple hors d oeuvres, Spanish Christmas Punch, festive decor, and after party ease to enjoy gatherings.
A look at how Christmas traditions differ worldwide. St Nicholas stories, Pere Noel in France, Father Christmas in Finland, a Danish Christmas brownie, Spanish Wise Men treats, Puerto Rican roof gifts, Hungarian doorstep shoes, and a camel’s reward in Syria accompany fresh blooms as universal goodwill messages.
Pocahontas Virginia. The Pocahontas Elementary PTA led by Mrs. Charles Gilmore heard students perform a Christmas play. Beginners band played A Christmas Medley Up on the Housetop and Joy to the World. Choir sang Christmas Lully Little Town of Bethlehem and Sweetly Sleeping in a Manger.
Mr and Mrs Sam Everett Melvin at 2118 Market Street Bluefield Virginia welcome a daughter Tammy Kaye born Saturday November 26 at Bluefield Sanitarium weighing 6 pounds 7 2 ounces. Mr and Mrs Harry Otto Wor ley Jr of Fort Wayne Indiana announce first child Keith Allen born Monday November 28 at Bluefield Sanitarium weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces. Mr and Mrs Jack Neely Hare of 601 Union Street Bluefield greet daughter Lisa Lynn born Wednesday November 30 at Bluefield Sanitarium weighing 5 pounds 2 14 ounces.
Bluewell and Bluefield clubs host a busy week with meetings for YWCA committees, WSCS luncheons, Duplicate Bridge, holiday dinners and Christmas programs. Notable items include Grace Methodist WSCS luncheon, Bluefield Art Club, and Westminster WOC gatherings across Tuesday through Friday.
A china and crystal gift party was hosted at the home of Mrs. Carl N. Haynes with Mrs. John F. Wilkinson and Mrs. John C. Wilkinson as hostesses for Miss Linda Carter bride elect of Alvin E. Crowder. The couple plan to wed on December 2. The pink and green decor featured pink balls greenery and pink candles. Winners named were Mrs. Carter honoree Mrs. F. I. Baldwin and Mrs. S. D. Garrett. The honoree received a pink carnation corsage and a china gift among others. Open-face sandwiches petit fours nuts and pink punch served to 16 guests.
The December Table of the Month at the Y Center is sponsored by the Woman's Auxiliary of Bluewell Pentecostal Holiness Church. Co chairs Mary Haynes and Erma Severt plan the event, which begins at 10 this morning. Table offerings include fried pies canned goods and handmade gifts.
Mrs. William Smith of Green Valley reports her wife Donna Lou Tabor has been discharged from St. Luke's after a ten day admission.
The Y Center hosted the Hanging of the Greens on Sunday with about 200 attendees. The Blue Triangle Club presented the program featuring Priscilla Suiter singing O Holy Night and readings by Vera Roberts, with a candlelighting ceremony and tree decorations by several youth groups and clubs.
Margaret Dana explains that low-suds detergents are designed to produce controlled suds and are suitable for both front-opening automatic washers and top-loading machines. Effectiveness depends on the detergent's active ingredients, not suds level, and whiteners water softeners or perfumes may be added. High suds do not guarantee cleaner or whiter clothes.
Mr and Mrs Roy Edward Wallace of Leckie are parents of a daughter Lori Lea born at field Sanitarium weighing 4 pounds 12% ounces. Mr and Mrs Edward Lee Phillips of 1112 View Avenue Bluefield are parents of a son Kenneth Dale born Monday weighing 9 pounds 4 ounces.
Teens favor hearty canned beans and franks in tomato sauce served as a simple bake. The recipe combines beans and nine all meat franks with sauerkraut, then bakes at 450 degrees F for 30 minutes, yielding 4 to 6 servings. It is followed by a Bean and Pear Crisp combining pork and beans with pears, nuts, crumbs, and spices baked at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes for 4 to 6 servings.
A son Delbert Martin was born to Mr and Mrs Delbert Smith of Tazewell Virginia on Monday November 14 at St Luke's Hospital weighing 4 pounds 11 ounces. The mother is the former Deborah Mae Akers. A son Michael Shane was born to Mr and Mrs Lyle Taylor McMahan of Freeman on Friday November 25 at St Luke's Hospital weighing 8 pounds 12 percent ounces. The mother is the former Elizabeth Ann Saddler.
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