Bluefield Woman's Club celebrates formal June meeting highlights city officials
The Bluefield Women's Club June gathering honored city leaders Mayor Keesling City Manager Fred Burton City Engineer Bill Looney Treasurer Bob Palmer and others with a carry in luncheon. Guests included Mrs Jean Giampocaro president of the Bluefield Civic League. Ailing Mrs L H Ball was reported from St Luke's Hospital. The program featured a talk by Mrs Payne of the city board who outlined plans for a cultural center in the old municipal building with crafts drama and a potential museum and restaurant.
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Bluefield Women’s Club
Bluefield
Keesling
Fred Burton
Bill Looney
Bob Palmer
Dora Hedrick
John McGee
Richard Poe
Andrew Dodson
Ben Paine
Jason McGuire
Jean Giampocaro
Bluefield Civic League
Salvation Army
Emery Aliff
Cancer Committee
BWC
Clay Remington
Marvin Anderson
Thelma
Bluefield City Board of Directors
Payne
Summit Players
Railroad and Coal Museum
Sandra Willis
Teresa Dalton
L. H. Ball
Virginia Students Win State Poster Contest
Kim Clark of Bluefield and Mark Kitts, both eighth and fifth grade students at Graham Junior High and Graham Interim, earned second place in Virginia’s Fish Fowl and Wildlife poster contest. They received engraved certificates and $50 savings bonds for artwork mentored by Becky Richardson. Winning entries to be featured in Virginia Wildlife Magazine.
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Virginia Fish and Wildlife Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Virginia
Kim Clark
Robert E. Clark
Church Street
Bluefield
Kim
Graham Junior High
Mark Kitts
Terry Kits
Mark
Graham Imter
Becky Richardson
Virginia Wildlife Magazine
Club Calendar Notes From Local Centers And Moose Lodge
Sunday schedule shows 2:00 p m Bluefield Chapter 565 Women of the Moose to install new officers at the Moose Club followed by a dinner. The Center on College Avenue hosts 12:00 p m npm Golden Age Club while 8:00 p m Macedonia Shrine 8 White Shrine of Jerusalem meet.
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Golden Age Club
College Avenue
Macedonia
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Bluefield
Women of the Moose, Awn
The
Moose Club
Miss Marti Rich to Present Senior Organ Recital
Miss Marti Rich will present her senior organ recital at First United Methodist Church in Bluefield Virginia on Sunday afternoon at 4 o clock.
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Marti Rich
First United Methodist Church
Bluefield
Bland Street United Methodist Church
Elizabeth Shelton
Radford College
Hagy Family Reunion Set at Lincolnshire July 17
The seventh Hagy family reunion is planned at Lincolnshire Recreation Park Tazewell on Sunday June 17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A picnic lunch, refreshments, dinner at 1 p.m., and a business meeting will follow. Marti Rich, Graham High School salutatorian, will perform with local choirs and bands. She and brother Macon Rich, a student at Emory and Henry, plan a three week Europe tour starting June 13 with the Highlanders. The event includes entertainment, games, awards, and a reception at Palmer Hall.
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Hagy
Lincolnshire Recreation Park
Tazewell
Marti
Macon Rich
Emory and Henry College
Europe
Wheeling
Eastern Star Memorial Service and local notices
Eastern Star service held with welcomes to Bramwell Chapter 158 members and tributes to deceased members. Invitations announced for upcoming installations in Athens Princeton and Bethlehem chapters along with a 50th anniversary in Princeton. Local shop ads follow with gift ideas, fashion notices, and sales from Bluefield and nearby towns.
Bride Elect Entertained Before Wedding In Stately Shower
Miss Deborah Gillenwater, engaged to Kelley Massie Jr., was honored at a Thompson Avenue home party hosted by Mrs. Fred S. Jones. The event featured a yellow and white color scheme, a three tier server gift, and two china roses as a corsage alternative. Other showers for the couple were noted, including a luncheon hosted by Mrs. Jack Sarver and her daughter Mrs. Bennie Disibbio.
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Deborah Gillenwater
Kelley Massie Jr
Bland Street United Methodist Church
Fred S. Jones
Thompson Avenue
Miss Gillenwater
Jones
Robert K. Massie Sr
James E. Gillenwater
Elsa C. Lott
Jack Sarver
Bennie Disibbio
Buck Foundation Activities Slated for Pearl Buck Birthplace
The Pearl S Buck Birthplace Foundation and Buckhannon neighbors display manuscripts at Pfeiffer Library West Virginia Wesleyan College until 3 30 p m with cataloguers Mrs Lucille Zinn and Mr Mary Lee Welliver on hand The Birthplace Foundation and Wesleyan librarians spearhead the exhibit A June 24 birthday celebration at 1 30 p m at the Starting Place Hillsboro features Dr Craig Patterson bluefield born pastor recall Pearl Buck history. Dr Patterson delivered memorial services for Pearl Buck’s birthplace opening May 4 1974. A newborn son Aaron Grant Bassett born May 22 at Bluefield Community Hospital to Mr and Mrs James Charles Bassett of Bluefield Va weighing 5 pounds 2 2 ounces.
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Pearl S. Buck
Pfeiffer
West Virginia
Wesleyan College
Lucille Zinn
Mary Lee Welliver
Buckhannon
Foundation
George Hoylman
Gassaway
Birthplace Foundation
Pearl Buck
Hillsboro
Craig Houston Patterson
Bluefield
Patterson
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Washington Street
China
Aaron Grant
Bluefield Community Hospital
James Charles Bassett
Barbara Elaine Fields
Princeton Intermediates Banquet Highlights May Meeting
The Princeton Intermediate Woman's Club held its May gathering with an invocation by Mrs. Margaret Barrett and welcome from president Mrs. G R. Smith. Jim Faulkner performed piano numbers as the group reviewed next year projects and heard a safety division report on a crime prevention film shown to 15 local organizations. Officers and committee chairs will remain for another two year term. The club praised state convention awards with Betty Charles taking third in international affairs and Gail Henley earning a red ribbon for crafts Afghan. Plans for summer and fall were discussed after reflecting on a successful 1978 89 year and noting flour milling differences between all purpose and cake flour.
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Princeton Intermediate Woman's Club
Margaret Barrett
G. R. Smith
Jim Faulkner
Marilyn Maksut
Princeton Club
Greenbrier
Betty Charles
Gail Henley
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