Regional PTA Officers Report on Atlantic City Convention
Mrs. John E. Mattox reports Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers delegates attended the 1975 convention in Atlantic City New Jersey June 14 with about 2000 PTA members. The theme Turn PTA Potential Into PTA Power guided business sessions workshops and speakers on education communications and health. Highlights included a keynote by Terrel H Bell and panels on movie ratings and media with Peggy Charren Barbara Scott and Dudley Flood. Officers elected for 1975 77 include Walter G. Kimmel and William C. Bassinger. Resolutions supported covered food labeling metrication parenting and safety among others. The 1975 77 theme is The Today PTA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Mattox
Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers
Parkvention
Atlantic City
New Jersey
PTA
Terrel H. Bell
U. S. Commissioner of Education
Peggy Charren
ACT
Action For Children’s Television
Barbara Scott
Motion Picture Association of America
William F. Fore
Advisory Council of National Organizations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Cee
Walter G. Kimmel
Rock Island
Ill
William C. Bassinger
Washinngton
D. C
Wilson C. Riles
Sacramento
Calif
Harry Stow
Runnemede
Virginia
West Virginia
U. S
Robert B. Shaver
Virginia Pta
Vacation figure tips for modest bathing suits
A mature reader seeks a graceful waterside swim and tips on hiding veined legs. Advice covers long modest suits with full skirts or tunics, waterproof makeup for veins, and a dancerlike limbering routine. A spot reducing program promises targeted inches and a leaflet offer for Mary Sue Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sue Miller
Scenic View Garden Club Plans Picnic
The Scenic View Garden Club met at Mrs. Catherine Bruce home with president Mrs. Douglas Gillespie presiding. Sowers reported a successful flea market sale and plans for a fall sale. Community projects chair Mrs. Bruce Garrison updated on landscaping at the Fincastle entrance and announced plans to hire a professional landscaper. Committee chairs for the August Community Neighborhood Picnic were appointed and tentative plans discussed. Gillespie won the door prize amid a brief program in which members prepared grounds and sought shrubbery and flowers from extension offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scenic View Garden Club
Catherine Bruce
Douglas Gillespie
Sowers
Community Projects
Bruce Garrison
Fincastle
Garrison
University Extension
Carl Hrovath
Dinner Cancelled for Macedonia Shrine Officers
A dinner honoring the 1974 officers of Macedonia Shrine No. 8 has been canceled. The regular meeting remains scheduled for Friday at 8 p.m.
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Macedonia
Friday the 13th Myth Busted in 1975 Chronicle
The article explains triskaidekaphobia origins with Norse and Christian lore and notes June has only one Friday the 13th. It offers playful antidotes and cites superstition fans and skeptics, including Donna Shoemaker, about avoiding danger and seeking luck on the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triskaidekaphobiacs
O.K
Donna Shoemaker
Club Calendar Activities Across Bluefield Area
Tuesday schedules include Lois Russell Guild dinner at Kitchen Cupboard and FOE Auxiliary at Prin ceton Ave Aerie Home. Wednesday features Old Guard at Trinity United Methodist and Bluefield Quota Club luncheon. Evening golf and tennis start at Bluefield Country Club with member events and a Sunday pool party planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Russell Guild
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Williamson Hall
FOE
Aerie
Princeton Ave
Trinity United Methodist Church
Bluewell Home Demonstration Club
Lauren Hanklin
Bluefield Quota Club
West
Fincastle Ehdey Inn Club
Falls Mills Arts and Crafts Club
Falls Mills
Bluefield Woman's Club
C. W. Ashley
Cumberland Road
Geneva Stafford
Goldie Hubbard
Iris Garden Club
Elma Kaye
Jefferson St
Red Men's
Preston St
Bluefield Country Club
Bluefield
Pool Side
Big Creek High Names Girls State Delegates
Big Creek High School will send juniors Donna Hardy and Pam Powers as its Rhododendron Girls State delegates at Jackson's Mill this week. Hardy is top in her class with diverse activities including yearbook editor and Keywanettes president, while Powers is junior class second and a former All County Band cleen and senior Girl Scout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Creek High School
Rhododendron
Jackson's Mill
Donna Hardy
Pam Powers
Big Creek Keywanettes
VFW
Macie Hardy
Squire
Keyvanettes
No Honor Society
Bausch and Lamb
Tazewell Community Hospital
Donna
Washington
Ken Kierto
Advent Christian Church
Pocahontas
Proclaimers
Kermit Powers
Big Creek
Pam
Squire Troop 78
Freewill Baptist Church
Births in Bluefield area announce several new arrivals
A series of birth notices from Bluefield area hospitals report multiple newborns. Claybourne Lee Jr. born June 3 to Mr and Mrs Claybourne Lee Davis Maybeury weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces. Hope Lynn born June 3 to Bluefield Allen Howard Howerton McComas weighed 5 pounds 1 ounce. Alice Diane born June 4 to Clyde Randolph Martin Capers weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces. Julia Gay born to unnamed parents weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces. Katrina Michelle born June 1 to Kenny Dillard Cline Cucum ber weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces. William Owen born to Charles Richard Buskill Richlands weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claybourne Lee Jr
Bluefield Sanitarium
Claybourne Lee Davis
Maybeury
Hope Lynn
Allen Howard Howerton
McComas
Ter
Alice Diane
Clyde Randolph Martin
Capers
Katrina Michelle
Kenny Dillard Cline
William Owen
Charles Richard Buskill
Richlands
Miss Vickers Receives Outstanding Senior Award at Radford
Valerie Vickers daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Vickers of Bluefield Virginia was among 20 Radford College seniors honored with the Outstanding Senior Award at cap and gown ceremonies. She earned a bachelor of science in music education at the 62nd commencement and was nominated for Outstanding Young Women of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valerie Vickers
Frank Vickers
Fincastle Heights
Bluefield
Radford (Va.) College
Vickers
Dr. Dedman
Radford College
GOP Women to Hear Goldwater Tower and National Chairman
The 18th biennial National Federation of Republican Women convention in Dallas, Texas will feature speeches by National Chairman Mary Louise Smith and U S Senators Barry Goldwater and John G Tower. Ronald Reagan will also address the Friday banquet. The event draws about 3000 delegates and guests with workshops on campaigns and issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Smith
U. S
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
John G. Tower
Texas
National Federation of Republican Women
Dallas
GOP
California
Ronald Reagan
Nationa Federation of Ae Women
NFRW
Smith
Republican Party
New Dallas Convention Center
Senator Goldwater
U. S. Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Tower
Connie Armitage
South Carolina
Interior decorating Q and A create cohesive color schemes
A reader asks about aligning den colors with a charcoal tile floor and living room tones. The advice suggests a charcoal and beige den with red accents and confirms wallpapering over Craftex walls is possible with a skilled paper hanger preparing the surface.
Dear Polly and readers voice concerns about packaging and safety
Letters discuss safer chicken cutting to avoid bone splinters and suggest keeping larger pieces. Another reader explains using cassette tapes to inventory household items and wills for insurance and executor records, as a low cost archival method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
R.E
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Dudley Flood
George Walter
Lawrence University
Appleton
Wis
Pegasus
Wenrinn Marti
Marian Martin
Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
N.Y
Westant
Ehemet
Gillespie
Princeton Jayceeettes
Jane Casey
Teresa Pauley
Alita Wilcox
Patty
Loki
Baldur
Jesus
George Washington
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Four Winds Syndicate
North St
W.va
Radford
NYT
Goldwater
Tower and National
Republican Woman's Club
Armitage
By Polly Cramer
Irene
Your Family
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