Miss Billig and Larry Brooks Wed in Blacksburg Ceremony
Miss Linda Gayle Billig and Larry Wayne Brooks exchanged vows in Blacksburg Virginia at the Methodist Church. Rev Eugene R Woolridge Jr officiated. The couple plans a Williamsburg honeymoon. The bride is daughter of W J Billig and the groom son of Howard L Brooks. Mrs W J Billig Jr served as matron of honor with a large bridal party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Gayle Billig
Larry Wayne Brooks
Eugene R. Woolridge Jr
Blacksburg
W. J. Billig
Howard L. Brooks
Bluefield
W. J. Billig Jr
Pearisburg
Gini Mosby
Mary Shorter
Betty Beecher
Becky Toler
Danville
Robert F. Lutz
Charlottesville
James P. Lester
Newport News
Pfc
Charles Thomas Comer
Arlington
William James Billig Jr
Jon Michael Billig
William Kenneth Martin
Blountville
Whisner Building
Williamsburg
Brooks
Radford (Va
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Pocahontas, Va
Miss Bowman Weds Dr Shumate In Wyomissing Church
Miss Helene L. Bowman daughter of Mr and Mrs John W Bowman of 1148 Old Mill Road Wyomissing Pa became the bride of Dr George Ronald Shumate son of Mr and Mrs George H Shumate of 502 Hale Avenue Princeton on Saturday June 7 at 11 am in Atone ment Lutheran Church Wyomissing Pa The double ring ceremony featured traditional music by Mrs Grace W Starr Psalm 23 read responsively and Gloria Patri spoken in unison The bride escorted by her father wore an antique peau de soie gown with a rosepoint lace bodice and Victorian neckline The veil of rosepoint Brussels lace was a family tradition The matron of honor was Mrs David Rothermel The attendants were Miss Mary Jane Mott and Mrs Thomas Sigman The flower girl Zoe A Kyriakos The bridesmaids wore salmon pink chiffon and silk with ecru lace bodices and summer hats They carried bouquets The bride’s mother wore a blue silk dress with bows while the mother of the groom wore mauve The bride is a Wyomissing High School and St Luke’s School of Nursing Bethlehem alumna and a nursing instructor at University Hospital of Pennsylvania Dr Shumate a Princeton High School and West Virginia University pre medical graduate earned his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania and will begin a surgical internship There are two additional sentences truncated at end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helene L. Bowman
John W. Bowman
Old Mill Road
Grace W. Starr
David Roth
Bethlehem
Cedar Crest College
Allentown
Junior League of Philadelphia
University Hospital of Pennsylvania
Princeton High School
West Virginia University
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Gary G. Fleming
Martinsburg
Karyn Fleming
Reynolds Price
Orange County
N. C
N. J
Hillel House
Wesley Wallace
Fri Hardenbergh
Chap Hill
Prescott Stocking
Bristol
Tenn
Marie - Cecile
Paris
France
Epstein
Cosby M. Y
Princeton
Mi Otey
Welch High School
King College
Univity of North Carolina
David M. Epstein
Long Branch
New York City
N. Y
Morris Usdan
Long Bran High School
Rutgers College
Henry Rutgers
University of North Carolina
Independence Avenue
S. E
Washington, D
Garden Club Reports Planting in Circle Garden
Members of the Town and Country Garden Club report summer flowers planted in the circle at Parkway and Bland Road. A June meeting featured a letter from Bluefield Garden Council president and a vote to send two children to Salvation Army Camp Joy and Union Mission Summer Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town and Country Garden Club
Parkway
Bland Road
R. F. Wayland
C. G. Crow
Bluefield Garden Council
Salvation Army
Joy
Union Misson
A. L. Rhoads
R. L. Bailey
Jack McClaugherty
Otis Bivens
Golden Age Center
T. E. Vass
Edgewood Road
Bivens
N. C. Stanley
Elliott Jackson Kelley Welcomes Daughter Terri Lynn
Mr and Mrs Elliott Jackson Kelley of Bluewell are parents of a daughter Terri Lynn born Friday June 6 at Bluefield Sanitarium weighing almost 8 pounds in Bluefield West Virginia The birth adds to the Kelley family with the new arrival in Bluewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott Jackson Kelley
Bluewell
Terri Lynn
Bluefield Sanitarium
Carr McGhee wedding full double ring ceremony in War
Miss Michaelinda McGhee became the bride of Arthur Allen Carr Jr in a 1:30 p.m. Wed June 4 ceremony at St Mark's Episcopal War officiated by Rev Dale R Craig. Attendants included Miss Deborah Bateman and Miss Katherine McGhee. They plan a Miami honeymoon and residence in Morgantown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michaelinda McGhee
Arthur Allen Carr Jr
St. Mark's Episcopal Church In
War
Dale R. Craig
Willard C. McGhee
Yukon
Arthur Allen Carr
Thomas Addair
A. B. Carr
J. Sam Harris
Richmond
Miami, Fla
Morgantown
Bluefield Woman Wins Leah Wilber Friendship Ring
Miss Clara Jacqueline Lazenby of Bluefield received the Leah Wilber friendship Ring at Greenbrier College graduation in Lewisburg. The award honors cooperation and friendliness shown during two years of college life and is funded by Leah Wilber’s heirs. Lazenby plans to work for her father in the General Insurance Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Jacqueline
Jackie) Lazenby
J. H. Lazenby
Oakhurst Avenue
Bluefield
Leah Wilber
Greenbrier College
Lewisburg
C. F. Wilber
Tarrytown
N. Y
William Francis J. Cronin
Engagement announced for Sara Jo Lusk and Larry Bane
Mr. and Mrs Amos Lusk of Allen Junction announce the engagement of their daughter Sara Jo to Larry Bane son of Mr and Mrs Claude Bane of Itmann The couple linked by Mullens High School ties with Sara Jo a 1966 graduate and head cheerleader at Mullens who plans Concord College attendance Larry Bane a Mullens alum and Pocahonta Fuel Company employee is attending Eckley College and plans to transfer to Concord College in the fall
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itmann
Amos Lusk
Allen Junction
Sara Jo
Larry Bane
Claude Bane
Miss Lusk
Mullens High School
Concord College
Pocahonta Fuel Company
Heller Shrader Nuptials At Mountain Mission Chapel
Miss Jeannetta Lou Shrader and Ronald Wayne Heller wed Saturday in Mountain Mission School Chapel Bluefield Virginia and Barberton Ohio families and friends attended the double ring ceremony. The bride wore bridal satin with lace bodice and a four tier veil. her sister Mrs. Jack Carnes was matron of honor. The reception followed at the Hillel House in Chapel Hill with alumni from Welch High School and King College among guests. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs. Russell Heller of Barberton Ohio. The Epsteins of Long Branch New Jersey and New York City are guests in this merged celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannetta Lou Shrader
Ronald Wayne Heller
Mountain Mission School
C. M. Sublett
Ira Brandon
Northeast Church of Christ
Columbus
Ohio
Elmore Shrader
Route 1
Bluefield
Russell Heller
Barberton
Tra Brandon
Betrothal Announced for Gail Warner and William Wolff
Betrothal announced by Mr and Mrs H B Warners Blacksburg Virginia for their daughter Gail to Dr William Shaw Wolff son of Mr and Mrs A J Wolff Fort Worth Texas. Gail is a Roanoke Memorial School of Nursing graduate and nurse in cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine Houston Texas. Dr Wolff is SMU and Missouri graduate and a Baylor College of Medicine surgery resident. An August wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Warners
Blacksburg
Gail
William Shaw Wolff
A. J Wolff
Fort Worth
Tex
Miss Warner
Roanoke
Columbia
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
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Miss Billig
Mr. Brooks
George Ronald Shumate
Miss Bowman
Dr. Shumate
Stephen E. Rawe
New Martinsville
Earl G. Kendrick
Garden Club
Richlands
Beauty Academy
Cumberland Rd
W. Va
Carr-McGhee
St. Mark’s Church
Deborah Bateman
Katherine McGhee
Shannon McGuire
Carol Ann Carr
Patrick R. Stinson
R. Shaw
Excelsior
Roy Allen
Sara Daivis
Fred Sehrom
Maco Ferrante
Jack Yurick
Gary
Tilda Pruitt
Jim Terry
Peterstown
E. S. Carr
Narrows
Big Creek High School
Athens
Bluefielder
Wilber Ring
Miss Lazenby
Dupont Nylon F.H.A
Murphy’s Carpet Mart
New Jersey
Marc Joel Epstein
Carolyn Otey
Paul Platt
Jack Carnes
Darlene Moseley
Flower
Mare Joel Epstein
Hillel Foundation
Chapel Hill
Howard Rabinowitz
Bride’s
Clewrance
Terry
Anas
Air Atlas
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