UDC Chapter Hears Letters From Confederate Soldiers
Bluefield chapter 172 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy met at Trinity United Methodist Church. Miss Mary Lou Taylor and Miss Louise Payne presented letters from Confederate soldiers including 15 from 1862 to 1864 written by Edwin H. Harman, Robert P. Harman, and Charles Harman. Letters loaned by Nancy Brown Newmand and Sara Brown Crews. Many letters addressed to their great great grandmother in Tazewell County. Exhibit included an album with plastic-covered letters. Also Mrs. Lucy Vass showed an old Blenfield convention newspaper. President Mrs. L. D. Mattox thanked the chapter for sending her to the Winston-Salem convention and welcomed Miss Barbara Wilbur of Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Trinity United Methodist Church
Mary Lou Taylor
Louise Payne
Edwin H. Harman
Robert P. Harman
Charles Harman
UDC
Nancy Brown Newmand
Sara Brown Crews
Tazewell County
Lucy Vass
Blenfield
L. D. Mattox
Winston-Salem
N.C
Barbara Wilbur
Memphis
Club Calendar Masonic Temple Update
Members are urged to bring gifts for VA Hospital veterans in Beckley. Tuesday 10:00 a.m. Hobby Hut features Christmas foods by Margaret Meador at 4 H campgrounds Glenwood. 12:00 p.m. LLL Club First Baptist Church meets Golden Age Center. 2:30 p.m. Senior Citizens Friendly Neighbors Club meets WV Manor. 6:30 p.m. Evening Primrose Garden Club Christmas dinner at Frankie’s La Salute. 6:30 p.m. Bluefield Trillium Garden Club meets with Sue Mitchell 1320 Whitethorn St Chapter PSI meets at Holiday Inn. 7:00 p.m. Matoaka Kiwanis Club at Matoaka United Methodist Church. 7:30 p.m. American Legion Auxiliary 54 at Memorial Building Princeton. 7:30 p.m. Bluefield Auxiliary 857 FOE at Aerie Home Princeton Ave. 7:30 p.m. Bluefield La Leche League with Kathy Clyborne 1320 Liberty St topic Art of Breastfeeding. 8:00 p.m. VFW Auxiliary Post 9696 at VFW Home Spring Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Garden Club
Sheraton Inn
Bluefield Woman's Club
Trinity Methodist Church
Virginia Asher Bible Council
Fincastle
Bluefield Delphian Club
Margaret Meador
Glenwood
First Baptist Church
Golden Age Center
Senior Citizens Friendly Neighbors Club
West Virginia Manor
Primrose Garden Club
Bluefield
Professional Secretaries International
Holiday Inn
Matoaka Kiwanis Club
Matoaka United Methodist Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Building
Princeton
Stevens Family Holds Reunion Homecoming in Bluefield
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stevens hosted a family reunion and homecoming at 1925 Tazewell Ave Bluefield Virginia as son Chief Smsgt Eddie Stevens returns from four years in Kaiserslautern Germany. Eddie, 21 years in the Air Force, earned a degree from Troy State University and has served in radar electronics across six states and overseas. Also welcomed were sisters Nancy Deskins and Brenda Owen and their five children. Joshua William Stevens was born Dec 1 at Bluefield Community Hospital weighing 9 lb 1 oz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Stevens
Tazewell Ave
Bluefield
Smsgt
Eddie Stevens
Kaislauten
Germany
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Troy State Univrsity
Alabama
C. Smsgt
Stevens
France
Greece
Italy
Iceland
Alaska
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Eddie
Graham High School
Jackie
Karin) Kaussene
Hamburg
Nancy
Eddie French
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Herbert Hicks
Graham Christian Church
Bluefield Woman's Club Christmas Luncheon Draws Members
The Bluefield Woman's Club held a festive Christmas luncheon at the Sheraton Inn with evergreen decorations and a lighted tree. Guests included Mrs. Bea Richardson and Mrs. Don Davis of the Salvation Army Citadel, plus Home Life and Arts Department members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Woman’s Club
Don Davis
The
Salvation Army
Roger Aker
Emory B. Aliff
John Vermillion
Earl Campbell
Nora Lockett
Bluefield Woman's Club
Sheraton Inn
Melvin Anderson
Bea Richardson
Salvation Army Citadel
Melvin Grubb
Aker
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Ronando Holland
Bluefield High School
West Virginia Association of Student Councils
John Disibbio
Johnny McGhee
Century III
Didate
Bobby Robinson
Anthony Houston
Floristine Holland
Renando Holland
Michael Kessinger
Judy Lambert
James J. Johns
Dr. Widenour
Richmond Hyatt House
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Johns
Miss Taylor
Mattox
O. E. Pafford
Carl V. Martin
John Shrewsbury
YWCA
Dan McMullin
L. E. Tierney
L. C. Owen
Ivan Platnick
Clyde Hatfield
C. E. Francis
W. R. Graham
D. E. Shorter
W. P. Carriker
John Boyd
Brian
David Platnick
Laurence Tierney
Dudley Elementary
PTA
Twilight Twirlers
Moose Home
Overeaters Anonymous
Y” Center
First Assembly Christian School
PTF
Virginia Ave
Xi Omicron
Beta Sigma Phi
John Looney
Maryland Ave
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Beckley
Bluefield Auxiliary
FOE
Aerie Home
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield la Leche League
Kathy Clyborne
Liberty St
VFW
Spring Street
Coats
Lyndell
North Street
W.va
North and
Woodland
Welch Mcdowell ST
Alvin W. Dillard
Rt. 2
Joshua William
Bluefield Community Hospital
Ralph Mills
Henry Fortune
Bethlehem
Home Life Department
Ola Stowers
Anderson
Book Plaza
Bluefield Plaza Shopping Center
Princeton Bank
C. D
FDIC
Princeton Bank &Trust Company
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