This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1956
Page
17
Mrs Junita Vinca announces the engagement of her daughter Kathryn Marie Vinca to Aaron Hoyle son of Mr and Mrs Hoyle of Burting. No wedding date has been set in this notice and further details are not provided.
Boissevain Abbs Valley Rebekah Lodge 95 meets Thursday at 7 30 PM at Odd Fellows Temple Mrs Nita Morris Roanoke Rep to Rebekah Assembly will report The Boissevain Baptist Missionary Society meets Tuesday with Mrs Glen Harman as president Mrs Ted Bower program chair and Mrs Beulah Evans and Mrs Edd Laicas as hostesses
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet in the Appalachian Club Room at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. The item notes a plain pie pan technique for better crusts, styled as local advice.
Miss Linda Breeding of Falls Mills Virginia, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Breeding, spent the summer with her family after attending Southern Seminary and Junior College Buena Vista Virginia. She is among sixty students chosen as counselors for new students next year, selected for leadership, activity, dependability and integrity. She will return to complete plans for the new student reception in September.
Mrs. Mae Graham of Baltimore has been visiting relatives and friends here. Mrs. Sam Wagner is improving at home from a recent illness. Mrs. Willard Blaylock has returned to her home from St. Luke's Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hale and children have moved to Falls Mills. Paul Brewster of Welch visited his parents Wednesday. Kenneth Franklin visited Emory and Henry College last weekend.
The Jes sie O Keeffe Circle of the Main Street Methodist Church will hold a luncheon at Mrs. Leslie Nicholls home at 1 p.m. on Wednesday with Mrs. Kate Whit ley as hostess. The Woman's Society for Christian Service of Riverside Church meets at Mrs. Graham Jackson home at 1 30 p.m. Wednesday with Miss Pearl Yates as co host.
Miss Helen Elizabeth Bodell of Princeton becomes engaged to James Parks of Kingsport Tennessee. She is secretary in the Education Department at Concord College Athens and he is a professor in the Business Admin Department at Concord College. The wedding is set for August 4 at the First Baptist Church in Princeton.
Gail Turner of Vivian heads the Northfork Assembly Order of Rainbow for Girls installed with Nancy Mahaffey and Frances Wain Harris as marshals. Others include Judy Anderson recorded, Dixie Christie chaplain, Saundra Keesee treasurer, Zinna Roberts musician, and Mother Advisor Mrs J B Turner. Initiation of Deanna Simmons and Patty Brown noted and Grand Assembly trip planned. Spaghetti supper by Beta Signi Phi and summer social planned.
Richlands residents undertake various trips with several families vacationing in California for a month to visit relatives. Others plan moves and visits to Bristol Knoxville Florida and North Carolina as they attend graduations and reunions and join relatives across multiple towns.
A column by a local writer recounts Alfred Land, jeweler, explaining why diamonds are treasured. He notes diamonds are the hardest and most refractive white stone, scarce, mined deep in South Africa, and only a small fraction of ore becomes gem quality after cutting and polishing. Land promotes his shop as exclusive area dealer for Registered Perfect Ladylove Diamonds and Artcarved rings with listings from $50.00.
Stubby Currence notes Alfred Land, Jeweler, recognized among twenty leading American jewelers by the Brand Names Foundation for excellence in promoting and selling nationally advertised brands. The feature highlights the store's stock and branding efforts.
The Draper family and others plan trips to Daytona Beach and Myrtle Beach. Several individuals are listed with health notes, visits, and relocations, including Mary Helen Brown earning a nursing degree and various social visits to Pulaski and Galax.
Tazewell chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet at 2 30 on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs J P Royall on Fincastle Turnpike Mrs J Thompson and Mrs J V Johnson will join Mrs Royall as hostesses
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.