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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1967
Page
8
Rocky Gap Virginia residents travel to Ohio for visits with relatives and friends. Families including Harless, Tiller, Richardson, Blankship, Graves, Newton and Stowers are listed visiting kin in Hillsboro Orrville Wooster and Martinsville areas, with trips to Buckhannon and a Strawberry Festival noted.
McDarmonts Mr and Mrs Rob ert McDarmont enplaned for New York City en route for a three month vacation in their homeland England and London. Several Jaeger families hosted relatives during visits from Bramwell Salem Va and Fayetteville N C and others in Jaeger and nearby towns.
Rev and Mrs Charles Potts of Morgantown and Mrs David Stewart of Phillippi visited Mrs W M Dunn and the Gill family in Morgantown last weekend. Mr and Mrs A M Taylor visited Mr and Mrs Virgie Weddie in Crab Orchard.
Mrs. Hazel Templeton presided at the Quota Club of Bluefield meeting marking her first official gathering of the year and her birthday. Gifts from the fellowship committee and members, a corsage, and a birthday table set the celebration as by-laws and reports were reviewed. Attendance reached 87.22 percent with various committee updates and plans for Camp Joy and Camp Iva noted.
Pairings announced for the Edith Hunter Handicap Golf Tournament at Bluefield Country Club starting at 9 30 a m. The competitors include Eloise White with Hazel Haynes Peg Bartley with Sarah Frances Jones Erma Joyce with Helen Tom Mary Martha Gillespie with Elinor McQuail Anna Mae Stuart with Bish Bowen Fern Smith with Mary Ellen McCue and a threesome of Ruth Rouquie Norma Mahood and Ollie Kate Hunter.
Birth announcement for Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Belcher of Lynchburg Virginia formerly Bramwell reporting the birth of son Douglas Kevin on May 12 at Virginia Baptist Hospital weighing 8 pounds. Grandparents listed are W. W. Belcher Crystal and E. W. Estep Eagle Mountain California. Mrs. Belcher formerly Miss Barbara Estep. The family also has a daughter Kimberly Ann age 3.
The 1966 67 Virginia Ashers Bible Council closed its year with a two course dinner at the Y Center. Rev Spencer C Bibb gave invocation and the group honored dinner coordinator Mrs L D Mattox. President Mrs Steve Volkovich led prayers and read the financial report as 19 members attended plus guests including Rev and Mrs Bibb and family.
The Wesleyan Service Guild of the Ashworth Memorial Methodist Church in Matoaka installed officers led by Mrs. R. L. Carrico. Sandra Wiles became president with a slate including Mrs. Claude Blankenship as vice president and Mrs. Claude Karnes secretary.
Mr and Mrs L A Kinser visited his sister Mrs S R Thompson and Mr Thompson in Elkins. Mrs Vance Lambert of Rural Retreat Va spent a weekend with her sister Miss Bert Stowers. Miss Elizabeth Stowers of Washington DC spent a weekend with her mother Mrs bessie Stowers.
Miss Linda Sharon Straley wed Robert Desoto Welch Jr at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Charleston on May 30. Rev. Herman E. Davis officiated. Attendants included Anita Straley, Ann Welch, Pennie Ford, and others with a reception at Starke Memorial Hall.
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