McGuffey Club Presents Yule Carols Program
At the December McGuffey Book Club meeting in Mrs. S. W. Dantzler’s home eleven members and guests heard a Christmas program by vocalists Mrs. Fred Edmunds and Mrs. Jack Lloyd with Garland Bruce on piano. Edmunds gave a brief history of carols as the crowd enjoyed selections from England France Spain and Germany. The singers performed a series of carols including In Dulci Jubilo Holly and the Ivy While Shepherds Watched and O Little Town of Bethlehem while Lloyd sang Conventry Carol Song of the Crib So How a Rose Infant Holy Infant Lowly and Bring a Torch. Yuletide refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGuffey Book Club
S. W. Dantzler
M. T. Meachum
Fred Edmunds
Jack Lloyd
Garland Bruce
Edmunds
England
France
Spain
Germany
Lloyd
Bethlehem
Dantzler
Meachum
Miss Brooks Honored At Pre Bridal Gift Party
A pre bridal shower honored Miss Terri Brooks bride elect of Rodney Hill at Mrs. Betty Owens Crawford home with co host Lillie Mae Brooks. Games winners included Betty Lee Miss Brooks and Mrs. Hubert Hill. The December 18 wedding was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terri Brooks
Rodney Hill
Betty Owens Crawford
Miss Brooks
John Arvas
Ed Brooks
Bluefield
Hill
Hubert Hill
Princeton
U. S. Navy
Citizens Underwriters Agency
Holiday Guests In The Roy Harman Home
Thanksgiving guests at the Roy Harman home in Smith Chapel include Harburn and children Kitts from Colonial Heights Virginia and Ronald Harman family from Richlands plus Harman daughter in law and grandchildren from Virginia Beach. The Larue brothers from Nazarene College Mt Vernon Ohio visited with Rev and Mrs Joe A Larue. James Harman and family visited son Larry Harmon in Waynesboro. David Fuller and Davie of Matoaka visited the C N Tabors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley Bowling
Leslie Thorn
Susie Hammond
Columbus
Ohio
Arnold Neal
Richmond
Harry Bowling
North Tazewell
Neil Thomas
Sissonville
Clyde Parks
Gwynne Parks
L.cpl
Bluefield Area Club Calendar Busy With Meetings and Dinners
A lengthy Monday to Wednesday schedule lists numerous club and organizational activities. Events include bridge groups at Ridgecrest Road, Christmas luncheons and dinners at the Y Center and Hotel West Virginian, and various meetings of civic, garden, and service clubs across Bluefield and nearby areas with speakers, gift exchanges, and charity drives.
Rubber wear from tires pollutes air and lungs
Research from the University of Cincinnati shows tire tread wear floats into the environment as particulates and gas emissions totaling about 340,000 tons annually in the United States. Dr. John Pattison and J. P. Subramani found most rubber loss becomes tiny particles likely to be inhaled and deposited in human lungs.
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United States
University of Cincinnati
John N. Pattison
J. P. Subramani
Pattison
Matoaka Notes Holiday Visits and Local Guests
Mr and Mrs Wesley Matthews of Hubert NC spent the holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Lonnie Shrewsbury. Visiting were Mr and Mrs Otey East and family of Lenoir NC, Mr and Mrs Curtis East and sons. Mr and Mrs Don Gillispie of Norfolk VA visited Aunt Mrs Minnie Baldwin. Other visitors included her brother Mr James Hall of Hermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Matthews
Hubert
N. C
Lonnie Shrewsbury
Otey East
Curtis East and Sons
Lenoir
Don Gillispie
Norfolk
Minnie Baldwin
James Hall
Hernon
Freight moves by boat farthest shipping distance
A ton of freight travels 330 miles by barge on rivers and coastal waterways, versus 70 miles by rail and 14 by truck, highlighting barge transport as the longest typical inland movement option.
State WCTU President Visits Here
Mrs. Kelley Williams of Oak Hill, president of the State WCTU, spoke at the Bluefield WCTU December luncheon at the Y Center. She described the World WCTU Convention in Chicago and noted gifts and youth themes. Williams urged opposition to alcohol advertising and drinking on campuses and shared convention schedule for 1972 and 1974 venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley Williams
Oak Hill
State Women's Christian Temperance Union
Bluefield
WCTU
Y Center
Williams
C. W. Matheny
Chicago
T. Roy Jarrett
Virginia
Philippines
West Virginia
Australia
Miami Beach
Fla
Cedar Lakes
Church circles schedule across Westminster First and Bland Street
Circles meet weekly at Westminster Presbyterian First Presbyterian Bland Street and First Baptist venues with multiple circles assigned to named leaders. Morning and evening sessions run midweek with December night circles planned and Christmas dinners noted.
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Westminster Presbyterian
C. S. Powell
C. Goodman Jones
F. T. Edmunds
Gilbert Atkins
H. C. Stafford
Guy H. Lawhead
Haske
Sluss
First Presbyterian
George Evans
Parkway
Circle Four
Charles Peters
First Baptist
Ruby Jane Louthan
David Bohnke
Route 3
Bluefield
Birth of Richard Harold Martin Jr at Rex Hospital
Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Martin of Bowies Creek N C announce the birth of a son Richard Harold Jr born Tuesday November 30 at Rex Hospital Raleigh weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces They also have a daughter Lisa Kaye nearly 3 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Stanley Martin Bluefield and Mr and Mrs Harless Cook Coopers
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Richard H. Martin
Bowies Creek
N. C
Richard Harold Jr
Rex Hospital
Raleigh
Lisa Kaye
Stanley Martin
Bluefield
Harless Cook
Coopers
Cooling effect of a single tree over its lifetime
Evaporation from one well watered tree may provide over one million BTUs of cooling across its life, equivalent to ten room air conditioners running twenty hours daily.
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B.T.U
Thanksgiving Day Guests In Imann From Florida To Ohio
Thanksgiving visitors from Florida and Ohio joined local families across Beckley and surrounding towns. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hight of Jacksonville staying with the Moorefields, and others visiting or hosting relatives from Valdosta, Huntington, Thornville, Columbus, Proctorville, and Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imann
Florida
Ohio
H. E. Davidson
Lora Knight
Thornville
Davidson
Harley Davidson
Rebecca
Bluefeld
Frank Cooley
Lennie
James Michael
Welch
Eva McNeely
Beckley Hospital
Johnny Stiltner
Columbus
John Stiltner
Leon Ellis
Proctorville
Scott Hatfield
Pete Semonco
Richard Riggins
Pulaski
Semonco
Milton
Landis Courington
Morgantown
Thomas Staton
Princeton
Brooks Walker
Pineville
Shelia Courington
West Virginia Tech
Charlie Lowman
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Gene Parr
Charleston
Windle Baby Born In Bluefield On Sunday
Mr and Mrs Michael Lee Windle of Route 1 Bluefield announce the birth of their daughter Melisa Ann at Bluefield Sanitarium. The newborn arrived Sunday near seven pounds with health reported good.
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Michael Lee Windle
Route 1
Bluefield
Melisa Ann
Bluefield Sanitarium
Newspaper Circulation Rates by Country
The report shows Sweden at 528 copies per 1000 people Japan 403 Britain 488 and the United States 305 for newspaper circulation.
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Sweden
Japan
Britain
U. S
Chapter 565 Enrolls Five New Members
Bluefield Chapter 565 Women of the Moose enrolls five new members at the December meeting led by Senior Regent Juanita Snyder. New entrants include Jane Stoppel, Wanda Meade, Edith Jackson, Beatrice Meade, and Norma Jackson with sponsors. Plans for a Christmas party and a charitable box to a shut-in are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Women of the Moose
Juanita Snyder
Jane Stoppel
Libby Hoff
Wanda Meade
John Franklin
Edith Jackson
Beatrice Meade
Carolyn Musick
Norma Jackson
Mabel Willowby
Annette Battalino
College of Regents
Moose Home
Roy Avenue
Battalino
Snyder
Moose Haven
Mildred Gilliam
Mrs Ennis Edwards Recuperating at Cumberland Road Home
Mrs Ennis Edwards is recuperating at her home on Cumberland Road after hospital care at Bluefield Sanitarium. She is able to have visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennis Edwards
Cumberland Road
Bluefield Sanitarium
Also Mentioned on This Page
McGuffey Club
Roy Harman
James Harman
Larry Harmon
Waynesboro, Va
David Fuller and
Davie of
Matoaka
C. N. Tabors
David Lean Ryans
Metrocolor
Super Panavigion
Movielab
Daughters of American Colonies
West Virginian
Harry Holmes
Claude Hill
Samuel Solins
John R. Garrett
Corris Graff
Mount Hope
Arch McCoy
Solins
Beckley
Ridgecrest Duplicate Bridge Club
Ridgecrest Road
West
Health Center
Bluefield Woman’s Club
Larry George
BHS
H. M. Saunders
Bluewell Baptist Act
Virginia Asher Bible Council
West Virginia Nurses Association
Masonic Hall
Montcalm Senior Woman’s Club
Rock
Bluefield Civic League
Hotel West Virginian
Bluefield Assembly
ORFG
Little Temple
Pam Aliff
Dogwood Garden Club
Jack Hurley
YWCA
Duplicate Bridge Club
R. L. Shumate
Civil Air Patrol
Airport
Skyland Garden Club
Jerry Helms
Oakhurst Avenue
Logan Street
PTA
Montcalm Jwc
Bluewell
First Christian Group
C. H. Nichols
Children’s Temple Mission
Edgemont
WMS Mission Prayer Group
Whitethorn School
Relief Society
Bluefield Chapel
Preston Street
Cumberland Heights Lions
Bluefield Jwc
Matoaka Kiwanis Club
Woman’s Christian Mission Society
Blue Triangle Club
Park View Baptist Wmu
Bluefield Ioof Lodge
IOOF
JWC
Municipal Clubroom
Bluefield Moose Lodge
Bluefield Old Guard and Auxiliary
Trinity Church
Bluewell Hdc
Princeton Holiday Inn
St. Ann’s Altar Society
Falls Mills Hdc
Falls Mills Methodist Church
Bluefield Extension Homemakers Club
Quota Club of
Christ Episcopal Churchwomen
Barnes Gillespie
Holy Lands
Forest Hills Garden Club
Westminster Presbyterian MCC Ladies
Bluefield Art Club
Ahavath Sholom Sisterhood
Temple White Elephant Sale
Harry Finkelman
Bluefield Aerue Foe 857
Home
Princeton Avenue
Fairview School
Warrenizing
Garvie Stidham
Ea Pees
Milner
Detroit
Berkline
Dad
Warlick’'s
Raleigh Street
W.va
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