Miss Witt and Mr. Steele Wed At Hillsville
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Helen Elizabeth Witt to Mr Charlta Steele on November 26 1987 at the Methodist parsonage Hillsville Virginia. Mrs. Steele a Madison College graduate and teacher in Tazewell county is daughter of Mr and Mrs W N Witt of Paint Lick. Mr Steele son of Mr and Mrs C Steele of Paint Lick has worked for Appalachian Electric Power Co. for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Elizabeth Witt
Charlta
Music Today in Bluefield Churches
Music today features Trinity Methodist morning anthem Worship the King by E F Lorenz with solo by Mrs William Penn and evening choir My Anchor Holds with duet by Mrs H G Steele and Mrs William Penn guest soloist at First Presbyterian sings Like As a Father by John Prindle Scott Betty Stovall performs My Task at College Avenue Baptist with Mrs Lon M Rish directing the choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Methodist Church
King
E. F. Lorenz
William Penn
Olds
H. G. Steele
Harry Ross
First Presbyterian Church
John Prindle Scott
At&1
College Avenue Baptist Church
Betty Stovall
E. L. Ashword
Lon M. Rish
Leave for Extended Vacation Trip
Mrs. E. E. Jones and her daughter Miss Elizabeth of Spring Grove avenue left Saturday for the San Francisco exposition. They will visit the southwest including Old and New Mexico the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone Park. They are to visit relatives in Nogales Ariz. They expect to be away about six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Jones
Elizabeth
Spring Groveavenue
San Francisco Exposition
Southwest
Old and New Mexico
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone Park
Nogales
Ariz
North Western University
Main Street
Silver Nugels
Virginia Hardwood
Jess Lucas
Woodson
Wiley
Bobby
Frank Brotherton
K. L. Pinson
W. C. Williams
Betty
Norman
Welch
Robert Wheeler
J. Arthur Adair
Adair
Parkersburg
T. D. Hutton, Jr
Glade Spring
W. W. Higginbotham
Stuart
K. R. Shumate
F. R. Spencer
Hazel Spencer
Washington, D. C
Spencer Biso
Sistera
Catawba
Roanoke
Leo Kings
Beverly, Winston
Sharon
Caretta
W. Va
Hing
F. A. Bane
C. B. Tiller
Portsmouth
C. B.tiller
Joseph Picarella
N. A. Boggess
Athens
Local Personal Notices Highlight Summer Visits and Travels
A roundup of residents visiting and traveling from Bluefield and nearby towns. Ned Shott returns from West Virginia University for vacation. Families from Pulaski, Albemarle Street, and Richmond plan trips to St Petersburg New York and Steubenville while others recover from illness and attend church camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Shott
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Carson C. Dalton
Miler C. Portterfield
Pulaski
C. C. Keeney
Albemarle Street
V. Brooks
Betty
St. Petersburg
Fla
Buddy) Brooks, Jr
Brooks
R. H. Callaway
St. Luke's Hospital
G. M. Barger
Adney Ann Barger
Wyoming Street
F. R. Lindsey
Charleston
John F. Land
Rogers Street
Bert Phillips
North Street
Columbus
Ohio
William McClaugherty
Misa Dorothy Freeman
Waynesboro
Ruth Johnson
Pairfax ‘Hall
Howard Jackson
Bill
Albermarle Street
New York
Nancy Kersey
Luther E. Austin
Blue- Field Sanitarium
Princeton Road
Emma Jean Hoffman
Leroy Hoffman
Bluefield Sanatorium
M. C. Brown
Paint Lick
Evelyn Mulkey
Jack Umberger
Guy Cline
Ruth Ann Worley
Sidney Worley
Bluefield
W. D. McCraw
McCraw
Little Son
Walker
Anderson, Ind
Church of God
C. L. Dunn
R. H. David
Eddie Wilson
Virginia Smith
J. W. Mattox
Roy Ferrell
Dane
Steubensville
Dave
Ferrell
H. S. Frye
Powell
Richmond
Wayne Street
Hallie Bradley
Rich Creek
C. J. Hess
Bland Street
Wayne Horton
E. W. Horton
Mt. Sterling
Roger Brown
L. E. Riggs
Donald
Rises
HG. Hutchison
Alley
W.va
Elien Taylor
Westminster
A. F. Hendricks
Barnes Lawson
Fort Houston
Narrows Social Roundup Shows Local Plans and Visits
Liable items include the Bid Bye Bridge club high scores won by Jocelle Chambers with Peggy Fleenor as host Miss Evelyn Shockey floating prize and Mrs T F Gearheart consolation. Community members attend steak fry in honor of Virginia Warren Frances Carr Winnie Hudson Iris Williams Murial Ballard Sara Simmons Rosalie Johnson and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narrows
Bid Bye Bridge Club
Peggy Fleenor
Jocelle Chambers
Evelyn Shockey
T. F. Gearheart
James Terry
Peterstown
Tod Campbell
Pulaski
James Warren
Russel Wheeler
Marshall Johnson
Harry Ragsdale
Charles R. Adair, Jr
Virginia Warren
Frances Carr
Winnie Hudson
Iris Williams
Murial Ballard
Sara Simmons
Rosalie Johnson
Methodist Auxiliary Circles Host Meetings and Study
New York visitors Miss Coburn and Miss Marie Witten figure in social rounds as Circle 1 of the Methodist auxiliary meets at 2:30 with Mrs. C. A. Brown. Circle 3 gathers with Mrs. C. M. Hale in the afternoon. ten members and two visitors attend. programs center on devotionals, readings, and discussions. A junior study class at the church starts The Church Takes Root in India with 30 members. The Junior Womans club plans a June 16 meeting with Mrs. R. A. Heslop. Pilkington family visits Narrows en route to Nashville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Thrasher
Children of the Confederacy
LaVerne Kingrea
Davis
Pauline Williams
Varina Howell Davis
Mary Grey Brown
Margaret Beamer
Marion Bowen
Sue Woodson
Betty Grey Wheeler
Margaret Shelton
Harrisonburg
Terrell
Celanese Corporation
Mr. Dillow
W. W. Higgenbotham
Hillsville
K. R. Shumate
Dillow
Ernest E. Northen
Northen
Richmond
Methodist Auxilery
C. A. Brown
E. D. Coburn
E. E. Woodson
Brown
C. M. Hale
Frank Spencer
G. C. Kirk
Spencer
Circle 3
Louise Burton
Alfred Coburn
Tarl Johnson
P. H. Hale
Methodist Auxiliary
8. L. Kingrea
India
Junior Womans Club
R. A. Heslop
Joseph Pilkington
John Earl
Mrs Baker Improves After Week at Bluefield Sanitarium
Mrs R Baker of Blandroad shows continued improvement after a week under treatment at Bluefield sanitarium. Mrs C Poage of Pee Va visits daughter L Whitenack, while Jordan Sivek joins the group for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. ¥. Baker
Blandroad
Bluefield Sanitarium
5. C. Poage
Pee Va
L. Whitenack
Jordan Sivek
Royal visit featured in Insurance Magazine review
The June issue of the Agency Review highlights Run Life Assurance Company of Canada. Isadore Cohen of Bluefield is the local agent and shows the Dominion Square head office across from the Windsor Hotel where the king and queen stayed. Sun Life War Veterans corps guard the procession, led by G M Canting with 170 members, and Arthur B Wood chaired the Citizens committee. The royal party praised the flawless arrangements. Mr and Mrs Wood met the king and queen at the reception and sat among head table guests at the Windsor Hotel banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agency Review
Run Life Assurance Company of Canada
Isadore Cohen
Bluefield
The
Assurance Company
Cohen
Dominion Square
Windsor Hotel
Sun Life War Veterans Corps
Guard of Honor
G. M. Canting
Arthur B. Wood
Wood
Montreal
Windsor
Kresge Manager Named to Roll of Honor in Community Builders
Clyde J. Stephens manager of the Bluefield Kresge store has been selected for the Roll of Honor of Community Builders by Chain Store Age. He is among a few nationwide chain store managers to receive the honor and will compete for community builder of the year. Stephens has led civic involvement in Bluefield since moving there less than ten years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde J. Stephens
Kresge and Company
Bluefield
Stephens
Groxck
Washington
Cannejs
Business leader and civic volunteer profile
The individual serves as president of the Business Men's Association and former vice president of the Bluefield Kiwanis Selub. He is a director of the Union Mission and treasurer of the Southern West Virginia Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and heads the Red Cross in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Men's Association
Bluefield Kiwanis Selub
Union Mission
Southern West Virginia Council
Boy Scouts of America
Red Cross
Community leaders active in relief effort and business groups
A fragmented note highlights local figures including Stephens and a Community Builder role praised by the Ear of commerce and associations such as the Business Men's and Kiwanis clubs for their relief work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens
Ate Ear of Commerce Theusiness Men’s Assoc
Kiwanis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Witt
Mr. Steele
Jelly Leftwich
Kay Keever
West
Virginian Hotel
Park Grill
Princeton
Hale’s Pharmacy
NEW Graham Phar
Willard
Plains
Taylor’s
Princeton Ave
Narrows, VA
Rosalie Jana Johnson
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Miss Johnson
Jean Ivery
Alma Woodson
Forest Worley
Mabel Beamer
Ruth
Justine Johnston
Warne
Phyllis Bana
Mary Woodson
Bedford State ‘Teachers’ College
Frances Lovell
National Business College
Jess Johnson
Emory and Henry College
Alda Carr
Thomas ¥. Chambers
Arthur Lee
Errold Wheeler
Concord State Teachers' College
Preston Beamer
Chapman Hale
Horace Johnson
Eugene Spangler
Medical College of Virginia
Powell Richardson
Duke University
Perry Hall
Fort Eustis
Richard Charlton
Roanoke College
Harry Me.Claugherty
University of Virginia
Gregory
Charlottesville
Edward Gregory, Jr
School of An
Edward Gregory Jr
Harry C. Ragsdale
Narrows High School
Investors Syndicate
Mary Davis Adair
Evelyn Fasley
Neila Steeger
Wheeling
Lucille Shumate
Pegsy Lilly
James Adair, Jr
Baltimore
E.G. Johnson
Wolf Creek
Lake L. Newton
Ohio State
Mac H. Johnson
Miss Coburn
Ferne Coburn
Misaeth Worth
Marshall Johnna
Donald Trout
Rufus Bondurant
Mrs. Woolwine
Heironimus
Haynes Hancock
Maryland
Mary Daily
Helionimus
WDEJ
Mrs. Hancock
Frances Menefee
Mary
Hetronimus Co
Coburn
Marie Witten
Insurance Magazine
Kresge
Signal
Electrolux
Evelyn
Irene Chemlesse
Pauline
Pedersl Neon
Vieeindan Hotel
Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
America
Patricia Manor
Villa Ambrose
Roo
Atlanta
Joe C, Ivey
Chicago
Mis
Chicago House Furnishing Company
Blofield
Telegraph Commercial
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