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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1968
Page
5
The article advises using porous clay pots to prevent over watering and heat stress for holiday gift plants. It notes clay drains excess moisture, helps keep roots cooler, and reduces salt buildup. Advice covers watering timing for azaleas, allowing soil to dry between waterings, avoiding drafts, placing sun lovers in light, and monthly soluble plant food.
Compact kalanchoe plants with small red flowers brighten a holiday buffet or mantel. Keep in clay pots with matching saucers for a finished look. water sparingly and let soil dry before watering again.
A reader notes Census data showing one in a hundred women 65 and older still work, with 150000 plus at 75 and over. She reflects on barely possible retirement plans, social security and pensions, yet many stay employed for routine, social contact, and ego. A 65-year-old writer recalls teaching, adapts to a new area by volunteering, then finds part time work and renewed purpose. The husband also shifts to part time shop work and they both resist retirement.
Bluefield Old Guard and Auxiliary meet January 1. Fincastle Duplicate Bridge Club gathers January 2 at Y Center. Rock Chapter No 130 OFS meets at Montcalm Hall led by Mr and Mrs Charles Thomason. YWCA Duplicate Bridge Club meets at Y Center on December 28 at 12 45 PM.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Estes Quick of Route 1 Bluefield in Bluefield Sanitarium on December 12 a daughter Katie Beth weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Carroll of 909 Union Street Bluefield in Bluefield Sanitarium on December 12 a son Russell Melvin weighing 9 pounds 4 ounces. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W Jessee of Tazewell Va a son Kelly Joe on December 5 in Bluefield Sanitarium weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces.
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