Garden Club Hosts Annual June Luncheon At Bluefield
Rhododendron Garden Club members and officers held their June luncheon at Bluefield Country Club with 15 attendees. Guests included Mrs. P. C. Thom Jr. and Mrs. G. L. Asbury. The group discussed plantings for the chamber of commerce triangle and city park beautification, and announced new junior senior Gardeners club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhododendron Garden Club
Bluefield Country Club
P. C. Thomas Jr
G. L. Asbury
R. R. Raub
C. W. Bartley
William Davidson
C. H. Alba
Alba
Ways and Means
Richard Wood
Davidson
McClung
Council
J. J. Mahood
E. B. Fast Jr
Fast
Marilyn Yates
E. Eones Jr
A. C. Bowers
With Pi Tas Aleebe
Community Calendar and Birth Announcements
Calendar items list rummage sales and meetings at multiple churches clubs and groups around Bluefield with times and venues. Birth notices report two newborn sons: David Thomas Chandler and Steven Ray Thompson Buchanan with weights and hospital details.
HD Club Provides Supplies and Meetings Update
The Nemours Home Demonstration Club reports 17 bed shirts and 19 cancer pads sent to Mercer County Supply Center in April. A new craft display includes a chair with a woven grass bottom and aluminum trays by Mrs. Ralph Ealy of Roanoke VA. A house-to-house canvass is underway as Mrs. Davidson leads the Mental Health Bell-Ringer Drive. A birth is announced: Ronnie Keith Cleary born to Ernest Joseph and wife in St Luke's Hospital weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nemours Home
C. W. Porterfield
Health and Safety Committee
Mercer County
J. C. Miller
Ralph Ealy
Roanoke
A. C. Davidson
Margaret Meador
Ronnie Keith
Ernest Joseph Cleary
Bluefield
St. Luke’s Hospital
Miss Peck Honored at Memorial School Tea
Miss Katherine Peck bride-elect of E. M. Carrigan was feted at a tea hosted by Memorial School teachers in the home of Mrs. William Kidd. Co host Mrs. Frank Melcher led about 17 guests in a pink and white event. Guest Mrs. Rubye Shewey of Dallas served punch and Miss Peck’s sister Mrs. Bernard McClaughety attended. The honoree received linen gifts and a sterling silver pitcher from the teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Peck
E. M. Carrigan
William Kidd
Memorial School
Frank Melcher
Rubye Shewey
Dallas
Tex
Miss Peck
Bernard McClaughety
Elaine Conley to Wed Donald Miller on June 8
Miss Elaine Conley of Oceana is to marry Donald Eugene Miller of Cleveland Ohio June 8 at the Miller home in Cleveland. She is a 1965 Oceana High School graduate with band majorette yearbook staff and Tri Delts affiliation. The Conleys and younger sister Theda will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Estel G. Conley
Oceana
Elaine
Donald Eugene Miller
Franklin Boulevard
Cleveland
Ohio
Oceana High School
OHS
IBM
Miller
Conley
Theda
Birth of Karen Sue Woody in Bluefield Sanitarium
Mr and Mrs Raymond Lee Woody of Rocky Gap Virginia welcomed daughter Karen Sue born Wednesday May 17 at Bluefield Sanitarium weighing 5 pounds 6 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Lee Woody
Rocky Gap
Karen Sue
Bluefield Sanitarium
Standard for peanut butter set by FDA in 1965
The 1965 FDA final standard requires peanut butter to be 90 percent peanuts with 10 percent optional ingredients listed on the label. Peanut oil or hydrogenated vegetable oils may be added, limited to three percent of the finished product. Lard is not part of the standard. Read labels to know other ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food and Drug Administration
Decoration Day Originated by Mrs Francis Pierpont
Mrs Francis Pierpont of Fairmont originated the movement that on May 30 1868 became officially Decoration Day highlighting the formal observance to honor Union soldiers with remembrance and ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Pierpont
Fairmont
St Paul Club Adopts State Of Officers
The Hill and Dale Garden Club met May 11 1967 at the Lions Club House. The president Mrs Irvin Spotte led the meeting with invocation and a Conservation pledge by Mrs James Porter. Officers for 1967 68 were proposed: Irvin Spotte president Robert Foley first vice president Ernest Boyd second vice president John Berry secretary Russell Robinson treasurer Douglas Harris librarian. Installations set for the June meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Hill .and Dale Garden
Robert Foley
Ernest Boyd
John Berry
Russell Robinson
Douglas Harris
Alex Hopson
Winston Kiser
Pre Bridal Party Held In Grace Methodist Church
Miss Sharon Johnston wife to Paul Taylor Jr. was honored with a miscellaneous shower at Grace Methodist Church social hall. Hostesses included Mrs. M. C. Ratcliff and others. Forty guests attended as gifts were opened, with pink and white decor and a pink carnation centerpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Johnston
Paul Taylor
Herbert Underwood
Bernard Wilkinson
Paul Taylor Jr
M. C., Ratcliff
John Wilkinson
Grace Methodist Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. L. Gatherum
Daffodil Club
F. D. White
Ing
Don Vollmer
C. G. Jones
Jack Burks
Garden Council
James Nelson
A. A. Modena
J. C. Walters Jr
Hen
Ry McClung
E. B. Fast, Jr
Robert Brandt
Garden Club
Trinity Circle
Nina Riddick
Bland Street
Greenview
WSCS
Princeton Avenue
Federal Street
Rebekah Lodge No. S
Virginia Avenue Methodist Men’s Club
Georgina Theta Rho
Ioof Hall
F. T. Morse
Kappa Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Red Carriage
Masonic Temple
Skyland Garden Club
Virginia Asher Bible Council
Y Center
Dudley Elementary
Virginia Avenue Methodist Church
Bluefield Assembly
ORFG
CBS
Masonic Hall
Bluefield Republican Woman's Club
First National Bank
Nace
J. C. McArthur Chandler
Route 1
David Thomas
Steven Ray
Thompson Buchanan
HD Club
Clint Grindstaff
Cox’s Dept. Store Third Fleet
Warlick
UTT Equipment Supply CO
Ye. Ave
W. Va
West Bend
Cox
Osrow
Aluminum
Horse Power
Stratton Engine
Mae Whitman
Larma Johnston
Miss Johnston
Loleta Hopkins
Zola Ratcliff
Miss Conley
Consumer
Margaret Dana
St. Paul Club
Jack Bourne
Myrtle Brooks
Wanda Runyon
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