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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1968
Page
8
The Bluefield Civic League invited area clubs from Montcalm Green Valley and Bluefield to attend Friendship Night. New members Shirley O'Dell Betty Lou Mabe and Frances Holloway were introduced. The program featured talks music humorous readings and reflections with members discussing projects and upcoming events.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Goforth Jr. and April and Eric Lang of Orlando Florida visited relatives in Bluefield. They are spending a two week vacation with his grandmother Mrs. Eugene Weatherman in Ivanhoe Virginia.
Shoppers can find affordable gifts at Goodykoontz Drug Store and Leggett’s of Bluefield including Timex watches, key chains, wallets, grooming products, and golf attire. Tabor’s Market offers meats and groceries with home delivery. Community Savings and Loan advertises home improvement loans and personalized financial help with John Stacy.
At 9:00 a.m. a Sandlick HDC rum mage sale runs at 338 Princeton Avenue until 4 p.m. The Fincastle Duplicate Bridge Club reschedules its Master Point game for today at 10:00 a.m. St. Mary's Episcopal Churchwomen host a Tasting Tea from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Williamson Hall. Pinnacle Auxiliary No. 3856 VFW meets at the West Virginian Hotel at 2:00 p.m. Bluefield Assembly No. 48 ORFG holds a practice session at 1:00 p.m. in the Masonic Temple.
A list of local group gatherings for the day includes Town and Country Garden Club at Edgewood Road with Mrs T E Vass and co-hostesses, Susannah Wesley Club in Bluefield Virginia, Parkview Garden Club officer installation banquet at Y Center, Boissevain Baptist WMS at the church, Carr Memorial Strawberry Festival at Glenwood Park 4H Camp, Macedonia Shrine No 8 potluck at Masonic Temple honoring Louise Yost and Roy Slade, Loyalty Rebekah Lodge No 94 at IOOF Hall, Bluefield Country Club mixed foursome pairings in the morning, and YWCA Duplicate Bridge Club at Y Center.
Mr and Mrs Dan Garland Edwards of Meadows Street Bluefield are parents of their first child a son named Mark Garland born Friday June 7 at Bluefield Sanitarium weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Lacy Edwards and Mr and Mrs R E Barnett all of Bluefield the baby is their 20th grandchild
The YWCA Duplicate Bridge Club at the Y Center honored four pairs. First place went to Mrs. John Boyd and Mrs. Van Martin with 24 percent. Second were Mrs. Louise Soulier and Mrs. James Powers of Princeton at 22 percent. Third were Mrs. J. B. Heilman and Mrs. W. A. McCue at 19 percent. Fourth were Mrs. Margaret Fleming and Mrs. A. K. Parker at 17 percent.
In 1967 the number of Americans living on farms dropped by 778000, reaching 10817000 people. The decline reflects ongoing shifts from agricultural households amid modernization and rural-to-urban migration.
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