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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1958
Page
5
The First Baptist Church Vacation Bible School reports 263 enrolled last week with average daily attendance of 224. Activities include worship, Bible study, memory work, music, and recreation for children to age twelve, plus evening teen sessions. Final service and school picnic planned Friday at seven.
Hundreds of Girl Scouts from all districts of the Southern Appalachian Council begin summer camping as early registrations show strong attendance. Mrs. Robert A. Abernathy Jr. chairs council camps with Claude Pancake as president and G. Browder as executive director. Staff training runs May 12–13 at Fayette County Camp with a lineup of volunteer leaders and program aides.
The Bishop Elementary PTA held its final 1957 38 meeting presided by Mrs Michael Gallagher. Officers installed included Mrs Everett Yates president and Miss Mary Louise Nelson, with Mrs Eldon Jones treasurer and Mrs Basil Scott secretary. A gift honored Mrs Yates who moves to another state after six years and two terms as president.
Union with Union Chapter 1223 as hostess includes luncheon at Union Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Lawson Faulkner presided as chairman, D. Cole WV division president delivered a message to sixty members. Donald Craft provided special music. Bluefield chapter elected L. D. Mattox chairman, Jean Boley co chair, Lawson Faulkner secretary treasurer. Twelve Bluefield members attended. next district to meet in Bluefield in June 1959.
Calendar notes a string of meetings and events from Tuesday through Monday including Bluegrass Garden Club at 400 South Mercer Street, Lois Russell Guild dinner at Matz Hotel, Republican Women’s Club picnic at Mrs. Hammond’s home, and multiple garden club sessions with tours and speakers. Transportation for United Daughters of the Confederacy is arranged via Mrs. French.
The Honaker Lions Club will host a bingo party at Honaker High School cafeteria on Thursday June 12. Proceeds benefit sight conservation and aid to the blind.
Mrs. Ronald Fife is pictured receiving a corsage from Mrs. W. H. Gilpin during a Pinnacle Rebekah Lodge meeting in Bluefield Virginia. Mrs. Bill Hickok holds a white Bible to be presented to Mrs. Fife for her outstanding work in the lodge church and community after receiving the Declaration of Chivalry at the Virginia Rebekah Assembly in Norfolk.
Mrs Rife of Bluefield Virginia received the Declaration of Chivalry at the annual Rebekah Assembly in Norfolk for outstanding service in church community and lodge. Presentation included a white Bible and corsage with green candle decorations and music by Miss Betty Spurgeon. Hostesses were Mrs Hearn Mrs Hearn and Mrs Hale.
Mrs A W Stewart and Mrs E C Pansy Baumgardner of 608 W Cumberland Rd spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Charles Carlton in Blacksburg Virginia. They attended the Virginia Tech graduation where Mr Carlton earned a master’s degree in vocational education. The item also notes a recipe for quick plucking waterfowl using detergent in boiling water to loosen feathers.
Keystone personals note Mr and Mrs Fred Bernard of Washington DC spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Bernard. The engineer in the Naval Research Laboratory attends George Washington University night classes. Dinner guests included Dr and Mrs David Williams and children Martha Nancy Susan and Margeria and Mrs Nell Williams from Timann. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Frank Otley and daughter Davie Lynn of Huntington with his parents and Mrs Alva Boggess and her mother Mrs Guff Keesee. Davie Lynn remained for an extended stay.
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