Review of A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuckerman
Mrs McKenzie reviews the historical novel A Distant Mirror covering 1340 to the Black Death and the Hundred Years War. The book blends church strife, siege warfare, plagues, social norms, and medieval life with vivid detail, while noting shifts in language, monarchy, and class roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith McKenzie
I of McGuffey Book Club
Jean Belchee
Mary Morgan
Norma Mahood
Harriet Duncan
Richard Wood
McKenzie
Barbara W. Tuckerman
Picardy
England
France
Enguerrand
Toy Catalogue Echoes Changing Times in Christmas Picks
ERMA BOMBECK laments modern toys that educate and entertain with gadgets. She notes Adventures in Adverbs and a math motivating set aimed at children as young as four, while imagining parents overwhelmed by high tech flash cards and calculators in a family Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Bombeck
Mommy
Miss Shelton Celebrates Wedding Shower Series In Bluefield
Miss Shelton, daughter of Mrs. Charles Alexander Shelton and the late Mr. Shelton, receives multiple bridal showers hosted by relatives and coworkers across November at First United Methodist Church and Bluefield Community Hospital. Festivities feature fruit arrangements, kitchen gifts, door prizes, holly decor, and a Hallmark ornament, with the couple planning an open church wedding on a Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Shelton
United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
George Evans
Ray Oney
Dennis Mills
Richard Dooley
Karen Thorn
Ron Taylor
Bluefield Community Hospital
Charles E. Bradley
Alex Shelton
Jack Donovan
Wade Elmore
G. C. Donovan
Basil Bennett
Shelton Thorn
Stanley Goad
D. A. Johnston
D. Wayne
Christmas events fill Bluefield and Princeton calendar
Friday morning through evening features a hospital bazaar a Christmas shop at 323 Mercer Street and a Golden Age Club meeting at College Avenue Noon gatherings include Alpha Mu Chapter Alpha Delta Kappa at the Holiday Inn Bluefield A Christmas dinner at Dinner Bell Restaurant and a Red Men Degree of Honor meeting at Preston Street Also a Pink Dogwood Garden Club Christmas dinner at Double Gates Bluefield Virginia plus a Sunday Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary Christmas party at 2:00 PM at Unit 33 Bluefield
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Bluefield Multicare
Princeton Jaycettes
Mercer Street
Princeton
Golden Age Club
College Avenue
Degree of Honor
Preston Street
Alpha Mu
Alpha Delta Kappa
Holiday Inn
Bluefield
YWCA
Y”’ Center
Pink Dogwood Garden Club
John Kersey
Double Gates
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary
Unit 33
Red Men's Hall
Recipe Sources Splice Across Cookbooks and Clippings
The piece notes recipes come from newspapers magazines cookbooks and friends with food companies as other sources all yielding one shared test taste. It observes many households keep an old cookbook and turn to clippings for variety and inspiration. It highlights time pressures as more women work outside the home and cooking as affection. It suggests gifts from the kitchen during the holidays as alternatives to malls.
Hoback Concert Tonight at Bluefield College Harman Auditorium
Noted operatic tenor Jimmy Hoback performs a Christmas concert at 8 p.m. in Harman Auditorium Bluefield College. Accompanist Bill Glazier from New York City Wytheville Va joins. Hoback, son of E. W. Hoback, will present classical and traditional Christmas pieces. Door tickets are $4 adults and $2.50 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Hoback
Harman
Bluefield College
Bill Glazier
New York City
Wytheville, Va
E. W. Hoback
College Avenue
Bluefield
Book Fair Sunday at Plaza Store
The Bluefield Branch of the American Association of University Women announces a Sunday book fair at Plaza Book Store from 1 to 6 p.m. All Cumberland Road store books are available. a portion of sales funds fellowships for women pursuing advanced degrees. The branch contributes $500 annually to the program. Mrs. John Tyson chairs the local effort and urges regional residents to shop to support international and American women scholars.
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American Association of University Women
Bluefield
Plaza
Cumberland Road
John Tyson
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Ecilli
Seige
Chaucer
John Updike
Cousy VII
Europe
Richard II
Charles II
Nancy Shelton
Michael Donovan
Bradley
Cabinet
Lenie
America
Hoback
Amana
Nick's
Walker St
Courthouse
Nick’s
Bluewell
Nick’s Inc LY. Applianger
Cumberland RO
Bluewell U.S. RT
Welch
VA Ave
Sun Valley
Rt. 20
Speedway
W.V
Fristy
Virginia
Merry Christmas
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Bluefield, Virginia
Bluefield Monument Co
T.V
Chicago House
Dairy Queen
Don's TV
Fisher-Trenton Pharmacy
Something Fine Boutique
eGraham Floral
eGraham Jewelry
Jean Barn
eKing-Alan Ltd
eNeel’s
the Fashion Place
eNew Graham Pharmacy
Rutherford T.V. & Appliance Village Variety
Evirginia Ann
Bank OF Tazewell CO
Nehi Bottling CO
National Bank
Mountain Security Savings
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