Icelandic student charms Mercer County during visit
Karolina Gudmundsdottir from Iceland visited Mercer County as part of a WVU scholarship program. She stayed with the Oliver family in Bluefield, toured the Arts and Crafts Festival, the Pocahontas Exhibition Mine, and Glenwood Park, and spoke on Icelandic climate and industry.
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Grubb
Mercer County
Karolina Gudmundsdottir
Iceland
West Virginia
Gudmund- Goodman
Karla
West Virginia University
West Virginia Extension Homemakers Council
International Institution of Education
John Oliver
Union St
Bluefield
Oliver
Bluefield Extension Homemakers Club
United States
East River Mountain
Pocahontas Exhibition
Glenwood Park
Morgantown
WVUI
Connecticut
New Jersey
New York
WVU Center For Extension and Continuing Education
Reykjavik
WVII
Stalnaker Hall
Germany
Denmark
Athens HDC Retains Officers
The Athens Home Demonstration Club met with Mrs. Danese Wood for its June meeting. Officers for the new club year were elected with Margaret Beckett as president and other officers retaining their posts. Committee chairs and next year’s lesson topics were planned, and a guest, Mrs. B. B. Wimmer, attended.
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Athens
Danese Wood
Nancy Belcher
Sharon Turner
American Heritage
Margaret Beckett
Blanche Bailey
Rita Lovern
Violet White
H. F. Toothman
Rosa Wiley
Sue McKenzie
Mildred Craghead
Jennie Dorsey
Beckett
Wood
Community Club Calendar Events Listed for Week
The schedule lists 12:30 p.m. Duplicate Club at Mrs. R. L. Shumate Ridgecrest Rd. 1:00 p.m. Princeton Garden Club meets with Mrs. Ronald Walling. 8:00 p.m. Bluefield Civic League at Appalachian Auditorium. 8:00 p.m. Bluefield Chapter 66 CES to elect officers. 10:30 a.m. Pisgah Home Demonstration Club meets at Princeton Bank and Trust Co. with covered dish. Hostesses Mrs. J. A. Keller and Mrs. Ethel King. 12:00 noon LL Club at Deskins Cafeteria. 6:30 p.m. Lois Russell Guild dinner at Andre's Gourmet. 7:30 p.m. Joan Carter Circle First Baptist Church meets with Mrs. Joyce Shumate.
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Fincastle
R. L. Shumate
Ridgecrest Rd
Princeton Garden Club
Ronald Walling
Bluefield Civic League
Appalachian Auditorium
Bluefield Chapter 66
CES
Pisgah Home Demonstration Club
Princeton Bank and Trust Co
J. A. Keller
Ethel King
LL Club
Deskins
Lois Russell Guild
Andre
Comer Couple Welcome Son Craig Dwayne
A son named Craig Dwayne was born on May 30 at Princeton Community Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Comer of Princeton. The baby weighs 7 pounds 6 ounces and the mother is Drema K. Shrewsberry formerly.
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Craig Dwayne
Princeton Community Hospital
Larry W. Comer
Princeton
Drema K. Shrewsberry
Parenting Conference Aims to Strengthen Family Life
PTA and March of Dimes host a Tuesday June 14 parenting conference at Tazewell Junior High School in Virginia. The event runs 3 p.m. to 9 30 p.m. and features sessions on child abuse prevention growth in school curriculums teen parenting and steps to support parents.
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PTA
Tazewell Junior High School
Tazewell
United States
Jeffery Johnson
Department of Corrections
Russell
Buchanan
Dickenson
Bland
Pearlsburg
Ann Whaley
Tazewell County
Edcator
Bluefield
Angela Clark
VPI and
Blacksburg
Traveller District UDC Holds 37th Annual Meeting in Princeton
The Traveller District of the United Daughters of the Confederacy met at the First Church of God in Princeton with Princeton Chapter 1876 hosting. Highlights included 1977 1978 project plans a Sept 15 17 division meeting in Clarksburg awards, memorial service for two Princeton members and rosette themed decor.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
Church of God
Princeton
James Johns
Christine Abrahamson
Memorial Building Endowment Fund
Clarksburg
Ruth Elmore
Dixie
Walter W. Ross
Bluefield
N. J. Herring
Union
Lawson Faulkner
H. S. Gay
Blanche West
Miss West
Virgil Burgess
Oak Hill
Paul Thomas
Blanche Steorts
John Donovan
Thomas
Mary Edna Young Evans
Steorts
Hinton
Delphian Club Meeting Tuesday At 917 Highland Ave
The Delphian Club will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at 917 Highland Ave in Princeton with Mrs Henrietta Booth as hostess The program will be on Rice with Mrs T R McFarland speaker The roll call will be the favorite cereal The creamed dried beef tip mentions celery for texture but is informal guidance
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Delphian Club
Highland Ave
Princeton
Henrietta Booth
T. R. McFarland
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Jackson's Mill
Athens Hdc
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Bailey
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Blank
Raleigh St. Bluefield
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Mercer St
Eggett Your Happy Shopping Store
Kodak Paper
Dee Fox
Tazewell County Development Corp
Tazewell, Va
Jack Liddy
Roanoke County Schools
Roanoke
Joanne Wilson
Unique Cleaners
Bland Street
Shad
Law and Order
Commonwealth
State Crime Commission
United States Supreme Court
State Corporation Commission
Courts
General Assembly
Shad Solomon
Virginia
House of Delegates
Pree
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