Pisgah Club Elects Officers As New Year Begins
Pisgah Home Demonstration Club held July meeting at Lerena Ruritan Center electing officers for the year starting Oct 1 and naming standing committees. President Wayne Blankenship and other officers listed, with reports, devotions, readings, and plans for Aug 11 picnic at Glenwood Recreation Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pisgah
Pauline Thomas
Edward
David Butler
Edward VII
King
Beckley Area
Glenwood Recreation Park
Wayne Blankenship
Walter Elswick
Panel Price
Milton Brookman
Elswick
Council
Walter White
Alvah Worley
Ethel King
Garland Brock
Ray Porter
Club Calendar Preview of Local Meetings and Events
A roundup of weekly gatherings in Princeton Bluefield and nearby: World War I Veterans Auxiliary at Memorial Building, Fincastle Duplicate Club at the Y Center, Overeaters Anonymous at the Y Center, Twilight Twirlers workshop at the Moose Home, Eastern Star at Masonic Lodge. Tuesday features a Welcome Wagon coffee, CPA meeting at the Princeton Holiday Inn, Kiwanis at Matoaka United Methodist Church, Purple Heart in Princeton, and garden club activities including tours and programs at homes on West Cumberland Road and Bluestone Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Welcome Wagon
Sue Mitchell
Whitethorn St
Southern
West Virginia Society of Cpa
Princeton Holiday Inn
Matoaka Kiwanis Club
Matoaka United Methodist Church
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Memorial Building
Princeton
Bluefield Trillium Garden Club
Peter Richardson
West Cumberland Road
Ivan Hasley
Primrose Garden Club
Karl Evans
Bluestone Drive
Hunter Smith
Births Across Bluefield Area Highlight Dozens of New Babies
Mr and Mrs Robert Graf announce daughter Cynthia Dean born July 4 in Clearwater Florida weighing 4 pounds 6 ounces. Numerous other births follow at Bluefield Bluefield Community Hospital Princeton and surrounding areas with weights from 3 pounds 11 ounces to 8 pounds 2 ounces and dates in June and July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Graf
Bluefield
Cynthia Dean
Clearwater
Fla
Rebecca Marie
Bluefield Community Hospital
Frank Perdue Jr
Maryland Ave
Peggy Belcher
Frank Perdue
Bluewell
Hoge Shrade
Eric Jeffrey
Thomas L. Fuda
Princeton
Jason Lynn
Rebecca Ann Gillian
George A. Gillian
Athens
Frances L. Fuda
Louie Fuda
Old Athens Road
John L. Nunn
Jonathan Brian
Theresa Lynn Hall
Leonard J. Hall Jr
Charlie Nunn
Donald Lee Shawner
Donita Ann
Patricia Ann Puchett
Emma Puchett
Pearl M. Shawner
David Anderson
Rocky Gap, Va
Jean Lawell
Carl J. Clemons Jr
Rt. G. Princeton
Amy Michelle
Princeton Community Hospital
Delores G. Hunt
James E. Poole
Jack Clemons
Rt. 3
Paul Adderty
Matthew Robert
Jack Wise
Elbert
Faith Marie
Jimmy Jones
Rt. 4
Jimmy Lee Jr
Joyce Morris
Harry Morris
Rt. 2
Sanford Jones
Robert E. Reed
Tonya Renee
Tom Kirk
Sarah Linnea
James Robbins
Nikki Fay
Nina Goode
George C. Goode
Pineville
Cecil Robbins
Willie B. Perry Jr
Wayne St
Dwan Rozzell
Rebecca S
James Edward Jr
Deborah Smith
Lake Clark
Shelby Murray
Tazewell
Arthur L. Cox
Thorpe
Thomas Allen
Sue Fisher
Joe N. Fisher
Welch
J. D. Cox
Homemakers Elect At Planning Session In Mercer County
At the Memorial Building Princeton Mercer County Extension Homemakers Council met with 34 members present. Mrs Grace Mathews presided. minutes by Delaurice Porter. Officers slate read. new projects planned for 1981 including Achievement Day and a Homemakers Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Extension Homemakers Council
Memorial Building
Princeton
Grace Mathews
Cora Crow
Opal King
Delaurice Porter
Margaret Beckett
Mrs. Porter
Bessie Davidson
Claudia Hairston
Pearl Faulkner
Helen Jones
Glenwood Park
Margaret M. Meador
Nashville
Tenn
Greebrier
Otter
Margaret Crofts
Mercer County Council
King
Porter
Sara George
Croftis
Jones
Geneva Adams
Mathews
Pamela Godbey
Hobby Hut
Virginia Garden Club Picnic At Rich Home
The Virginia Garden Club held its annual picnic at Mrs. Mark E. Rich's home with co hosts Mrs. Roystter Bates and Mrs. Jim Higginbotham. Eleven members and eleven guests attended as invited by president Mrs. Virginia Garwood. Luke Bates won the men’s door prize. Mrs. R. J. Jessee won the women's prize. A workshop will feature the August meeting at Mrs. Jessee’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Garden Club
Mark E. Rich
Roystter Bates
Jim Higginbotham
Crockett Hughes
Virginia Garwood
Luke Bates
R. J. Jessee
Virginia Avenue UMW July program and meetings
The Susannah Wesley Circle at Virginia Avenue United Methodist Church Bluefield presents the July United Methodist Women program led by Mrs Betty Stroup with devotions by Mrs Ewilda Whitenack based on Elton Trueblood and a poem. Nine Children Temple Mission participants performed and sang. Delegates were elected to Holston Conference in Knoxville and alternates named. Various circle leaders filed reports and the meeting closed with The Lord's Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susannah Wesley
Betty Stroup
Virginia Avenue United
Suzie Hess
Heaven
Miss Thomas
Ronald Richardson
Ralph Brown
Ott Belcher
al Werner
Flavorful Brussels Sprouts in Chicken Broth Butter Sauce
A simple method to make Brussels sprouts appealing is to simmer them in chicken broth and finish with a light butter sauce. The result is a tender vegetable with a subtle savory depth and a glossy finish.
Poet Bonita Brogdon Published in World Poems Anthology
Bonita G Brogdon daughter of Mr and Mrs Benjamin P Brogdon Sr and granddaughter of Mrs Ida Beale of Thorpe has a poem titled After the Rain selected for The Great Treasury of World Poems. Approved for copyright following a March contest, the book set for press in late September. A 1980 Mount View High School graduate and Bluefield State College sophomore Bonita attends Miracle Mt Carmel Church in Kimball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonita G. Brogdon
Benjamin P. Brogdon Sr
Ida Beale
Thorpe
Eddie Lou Cole
Sacramento
Calif
Bonita
Mount View High School
Bluefield
Buchana Hospital Auxiliary Meeting Highlights
The Buchana General Hospital Auxiliary met in the hospital dining room with Mrs. Carlene Hackney presiding. Filmstrips on volunteering were shown. Reports from Mrs. Cynthia Reasor and Mrs. Jane Hurley were presented. The group plans a Barter play trip to Abingdon. Gladys Akers to organize plans. A nominating committee will report in September. Booth plans for the August Grundy High School county fair were discussed. Five members honored for July birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan General Hospital
Carlene Hackney
Cynthia Reasor
Jane Hurley
Abingdon
Gladys Akers
Grundy High School
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pisgah Club
Fincastle
Overeaters Anonymous
Moose
Roy Avenue
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Lodge
Mills Doughton
Bramwell High School
Marjorie Surface Lambdin
Leo Matson
Jean Mitchem Gaither
Betty Lou Mabe
Cass
Elks Club
Cumberland Road
Concord College
Joyce Timson
Jackson's Mill
Matthews
Mary Louise Hedrick
Floyd County
Virginia Avenue
UMW
Bonita Brogdon
Buchana Hospital
Louise Greenleaf
Emile Compton
Dick Potter
Maggie Stewart
Jerry Thomas
Raleigh ST
Bluefield, W.va
Els
Patr Ee
Lee’s Carpet
Virginia
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