Mrs King Receives Life Membership Honor at Church
The 1975 Life Membership certificate and pin from Women of Westminster Presbyterian Church honor Mrs Otis G King. A longtime church member, she taught Bible classes, chaired circles and committees, and led visiting outreach while supporting family and community. She is widow of Dr Otis Gardner King and mother of Gayle Anne and Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Solomon
Otis G. King
Westminster
Joy Mae Taylor to Wed Charles Nicholas in June Ceremony
Mrs. Taylor of 401 Park Street announces Joy Mae Taylor and Charles Nicholas plan a church wedding in Christ Church Columbus Ohio. The ceremony is set for Saturday June 28 at 6 p.m. in Columbus.
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Mr. Taylor
Park St
City
Joy Mae
Charles Nicholas
Westerville
Ohio
Christ Church
Columbus
EHC Meeting Hosted by Mrs Lindamood In Bluefield
Bluefield Extension Homemakers Club met at Mrs. Lindamood's home with 14 members and two visitors present. The program featured Tanzania by Mrs. Aldine Hypes, a devotional by Mrs. Crews, roll call humor, and a workshop planned for the June gathering at Mrs. Oliver’s home on Union Street.
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Bluefield
Union St
DAR Chapter Memorial During May Meeting
The Matthew French Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at Mrs. Elizabeth Eskridge’s Center Street Princeton home with Miss Pat Dance assisting. Obituary for NSCAR general Mrs. Sara Roddis Jones read. new member welcomed. Memorials for deceased members led. annual Southern District DAR meeting set for May 31 at Concord College Center.
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Matthew French
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Elizabeth Eskridge
Center Street
Princeton
Pat Dance
Concord
Presd
James Hatcher
Sara Roddis Jones
NSCAR
Gail Brooks
Sybil Keesee
William Winfrey
Virgil Miller
Harry Osborne
Margaret Scott
Heddleston
Isabelle Agnew
John L. Frede
A. R. B. Harris
Winfrey
W. N. McClaugherty
Southern District
DAR
Concord College Center
Miss Dance
M. N. Pashion
William Lilly
Cynthia Bowling
Mary Bowling
V. J. Honaker
Mrs Murphy Elected President of Southwestern District Council
Mrs Thomas Murphy, immediate past president of the Bluefield Junior Woman's Club, is elected president of the Southwestern District President's Council. The fourteen Junior clubs in the district are represented by their president and the immediate past president or alternates. The council acts as a clearinghouse for club ideas and problems. Mrs Murphy has served as district public affairs chairman and is currently state projects chairman.
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Thomas Murphy
Bluefield
Murphy
Community Club Calendar Highlights Local Meetings
Sunday 2:30 p.m. VFW Post 3112 Bramwell meets at Brushfork Armory. Monday lists Ridgecrest Duplicate Club Ride R. L. Shumate area and Union Missionary luncheon, Bible Council carry in, Omicron Beta Sigma dinner with Look Down the Staircase, Rainbow Girls, YWCA, Scenic View Garden Club, CES Bluefield chapter. Tuesday covers Bluefield Country Club Lady Golfers, Newcomers cookout, Lions Auxiliary dinner, Relief Society lesson, Memorial VFW, Home and Garden Club, Bluefield Woman's Club, Lambda Beta Sigma Phi, FOB Auxiliary installation. Wednesday notes Old Guard Auxiliary, church councils, Bluefield Quota Club luncheon, Circle 2 Greenview UM Church, Women's Council Atminster We Presbyterian, Trinity United Methodist Women meeting, Bramwell CBS 158, Women of the Moose. Thursday includes Fincastle Duplicate Club, Bluefield Garden Club, Ministers Wives Alliance at West Virginian Hotel.
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Ridgecrest
Ride R. L. Shumateecrest
Union
Mission Iuefield Ave
Virginia Asher Bible Council
Omicron
Beta Sigma
Ronal Meade
Walton Ave
Bluefield Assembly
Order of the Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Ywca Duplicate Club
R. L. Shumate
Ridgecrest Road
Scenic View Garden Club
Bluefield
CES
Masonic Lodge
Bluefield Country Club
Lady Golfers Association
Nickie Evenson
Rockbridge St
First Christian Church
Cumberland Heights Lions Auxiliary
Sahara Supper Club
Relief Society
Church of Jesus Christ, Latter-Day Saints
Susan Johnson
Fincastle Lane
Aerie
Princeton Ave
Old Guard
Trinity United Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Bluefield Quota Club
West Virginian Hotel
Greenview United Methodist Church
Milty Wiley
Atminster We Presbyterian Church
Trinity United Methodist
Bramwell Cbs 158
Masonic Tomle
Women of the Moose
Moose Home
Fincastle
Holiday Inn
Bluefield Garden Club
Interdenominational Ministers Wives Alliance
Lettie Ray
Alberta Evans
Mae Reynolds
Velma Tucker
Melba Lee Weds Charles Roger Peoples in Bluefield
Miss Melba Pauline Lee and Charles Roger Peoples unite in a May 18 ceremony at the Holiday Inn Bluefield officiated by Rev H L Hall. Attended by family friends with attendants Karen and Sharon Scott, Thomasina Bennett, Gail Lawson, and others. The couple plans residence in Bluefield after a wedding trip to North Carolina and Kentucky.
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Virginia Lee
Bluefield
Melba Pauline
Charles of Peoples
Lee Thomas Bennett
Holiday Inn
H. L. Hall
Miss Lee
Lee Jr
Cecilia Heath
Karen Scott
Sharon Scott
Thomasina Bennett
Gail Lawson
Harry Barney
Donnie Gresley
William Palmer
James Lawson
Michael Lawson
Karen Webster
Sean Scott
Shelia Tucker Sam Moore
Alvin Buchanan
Doris Lee
North Carolina
Kentucky
Bluefield Eastern Star Holds Memorial Service
Bluefield Chapter 66 Order of Eastern Star met at the Masonic Temple with Lucille Woods and William Ulch presiding. Betty Smith read a thank you letter from L. M. Carper for a Master Masons dinner. Officers to be elected next meeting. A social followed with Mrs. Vermillion in charge assisted by Amanda Montgomery, Reba Vencill and Mrs. Saunders.
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Bluefield
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Lucille Woods
William Ulch
Betty Smith
L. M. Carper
Mrs. Woods
Helen Vermillion
Bee Foley
Ethel Little
Jane Ruth Napier
Elmyra Saunders
Vermillion
Amanda Montgomery
Reba Vencill
Saunders
Templaire Club Sells Cookbook
The Templaire Handcraft Club offers a locally sourced cookbook titled Favorite Recipes for Our Best Cooks with about 170 recipes and household hints. Proceeds support the church and children. buy through the Children's Home or club president Mrs. Daphane Spence after 4 pm.
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Templaire Handcraft Club
Theildren
Daphane Spence
Births A Son to Mr and Mrs Estes Griffith
A son, Bryan Thomas, was born May 22 at Bluefield Sanitarium to Mr. and Mrs. Estes Griffith of Bishop Virginia. The baby weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces.
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Bryan Thomas
Bluefield Sanitarium
Thomas Estes Griffith
Bishop, Va
Iced tea tips and canning demos from WV extension brief
Mountaineer Homemaker Margaret M. Meador reports iced tea origins at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair and a new cold water tea bag method for easy, clear brew. She notes a canning demonstration at the Hobby Hut on June 3 and warns about botulism risks with improper home canning. The West Virginia Extension Homemakers meet June 5 with Jo Anne Goffaux as speaker. Mercer County members are asked to arrange transportation.
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Hobby Hut
Glenwood Park
United States Department of Agriculture
West Virginia Extension
Beckley
Wyoming County
Jo Anne Goffaux
West Virginia Department of Commerce
Mercer County Extension
Delegates Attend GS Council Meet in Parkersburg
The Black Diamond Girl Scout Council held its annual meeting in Parkersburg with 225 attendees including local delegates Mrs. Leonard Scott and Ms. Panzen Jones of Bluefield. Mayor William P. A. Nicely welcomed about 165 delegates from 55 counties across Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky as Brownie Scouts were approved to sell cookies and new three year goals were adopted to expand programs for younger members.
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Black Diamond Girl Scout Council
Parkersburg
Leonard Scott
Panzen Jones
Bluefield
William P. A. Nicely
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Kentucky
West Bs
Joseph Alderman
Cindy Winger
Huntington
Marilyn Maher
Sisterville
Marion Hendrickson
the Bible College
Williamstown
Larry Brothers
Community Family Counseling
Parker
Mrs Iddings Honored by FOE Auxiliary in Bluefield
Mrs Iddings, retiring president of Bluefield Auxiliary 857 Fraternal Order of Eagles, was honored at Sahara Supper Club with a money corsage from June Winesette and a past president’s pin from Shirley. The Aerie and Auxiliary presented a certificate and scrapbook by Thelma Hale. Gifts and thanks followed, with Edith Hopkins photographing the event.
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Bluefield
Fraternal Order of
Les Sage
Danny
Iddings
Sahara
Ube
June Winesette
Shirley
Aerie and Auxiliary
Thelma Hale
Pouring Champagne Secrets Boosts Bubbles
A kitchen tip advises pouring cold champagne into dry glasses to maximize fizz. The method recommends chilling both beverage and glass and pouring smoothly to preserve carbonation.
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Mrs. King
Miss Taylor
Mr. Nicholas
Mrs. Lindamood
EHC
New Summer
Bankamericard
DAR Chapter
Mrs. Murphy
Cumberland Rd
W.va
VFW
Bramwell Vfw
Brushfork Armory
Melba Lee
Charles Roger Peoples
Melba Pauline Lee
Bluefield Eastern Star
Templaire Club
Singer
Elin & Sew
Singer Company
Blue Prince Plaza
Bluefield, W. Va
Mountaineer Homemaker
Margaret M. Meador
Extensia
America
GS Council
Mrs. Iddings
FOE
Joyce Co
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Pete Hogan
Atlantic Boutique Jewelry Company
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