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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1954
Page
7
The Christian Women's Fellowship of the First Christian Church will hold a general meeting tonight to install officers. The event includes a reception after the proceedings and is open to all members.
Mr and Mrs J Q Donnally of Marion visit relatives in Bluefield. Mrs Vermilyea improves after illness. Dr and Mrs Wiley of Miami spend the summer here with relatives Dr George Glenn Killinger and family of Washington DC visiting his mother. Miss Margaret White leaves for Radford State Teachers College. Mrs J P Killinger visits daughter Mrs Russell Snyder in Charleroi PA. Little Cookies offer vanilla wafer cookies with currant jelly and pistachio frosting.
Eleven Bluefield women attended the Quota Club International convention in Chicago with delegates from the United States Canada and Mexico. Plans included endorsing democratic institutions and UN principles while supporting information freedom and food aid. Miss Berta Luckey of Cleveland elected president as over 500 delegates wrapped with officer installation after tours and Cinerama.
The calendar lists executive and general auxiliary sessions at Christ Episcopal Church led by Mrs. L. A. Osborn, plus meetings of Women of the Church at First Presbyterian and multiple garden clubs. Lions Auxiliary luncheons, Blue Ridge and Appalachia groups, and a Trinity Methodist Church supper with officer elections are scheduled across Wednesday to Friday. Local hostesses include Mrs. Conrad Brevick and Mrs. Ruth Aker with events at Pinnacle Restaurant and Trinity House.
Tokyo reports a growing trend of hair bleaching among Japanese women despite male opposition. Salon owner Maya Kataoka notes about ten percent of her customers now seek lighter shades from blonde to reddish brown, driven by fashion and proximity to foreign influence.
Attendees at the 4-H Camp in Tennessee include Joan Waters Zita Yates Barbara Joyce Yvonne Franklin Gayle Mayberry Garnet Stillwell Sue Peacock Janet Hinegar Johnny and Jimmy Daugherty Dixie Miller Gordon Gillespie and Judy Edmondson. Others visit kin in Illinois California Washington D C Maryland and West Virginia. Sidney Harman Jr a VPI student spends summer with his parents.
Mrs W W Wells and her daughter Jane join Mr and Mrs Walter Neal of Bluefield Virginia for Lt James Wells and Miss Annabel Richards wedding set for Saturday June 19 at 7 30 pm in St Luke's Episcopal Church La Lunion New Mexico. They depart Monday and will return Wednesday. Diamond biscuits note follows.
Marion Virginia June 15 brides elect Ellen Hull was honored at four social events before her marriage at the First Methodist Church. Hostesses Mrs James S Scott and Mrs R K Fleshman Jr presided with bridge and dinner gatherings, awarding high and second prize to guests including Mrs Donald Jones Mrs Elden Campbell Mrs Leola Fields and Mrs John Tate.
Esther Irne Graham School of Dance hosts Young Women’s Club program at Appalachian Assembly Room with Mrs. Charles Nichols presiding. Garden Club members plan July picnic at Christie's Wolf Creek cabin. Eastern Star and Fraternal Order of Eagles hold joint installations. officers named and sworn in. A fish fillet sauce tip appears in a separate cooking note.
A reader asks about leaving a white wedding runner for the bride and guests using side aisles. Other questions cover best man duties and proper attire when dining out, with Mrs Post advising on freshening the runner, temporary separation at receptions, and jacket removal for women in suitable outfits.
A series of birth notices from Bluefield Sanitarium list six newborns with their weights and parental names. David Ricky Sells and Michael Eugene Slaughter were born June 8 to families in Switchback and Rocky Gap Virginia. William David Jr Stafford born June 9 Narrows, Virginia. James William Crabtree born June 9 Bishop Virginia. Robert Edward Garber Jr. born June 9 in the city. Patricia Ann Kern born June 10 in Bishop. Robert Verse Adair born June 11 in the city.
Mrs R H Turner Sr shows steady recovery at St Luke's Hospital and now allows visitors. Miss Jessie Taylor has returned to Bluefield after a three week vacation in Miami Beach Florida.
A miniature, 12 inch high Little White House replica tours the country. Creator Lynn Scott, industrial designer, built the five room model in 1,800 hours, width 46 inches, depth 22 inches. The exterior mirrors Eisenhower's Augusta residence. The tour starts last April and runs through July 1955, reaching at least 30,000 people in 30 cities.
A small outdoor display features a finished miniature apple tree loaded with red apples accompanied by white flower pots overflowing with red geraniums creating a vivid, decorative scene.
New furnished apartments on Ocean Boulevard feature two bedrooms with double bed and studio couch, fully furnished with utilities included. Linen and electric excluded. For reservations, write the Jones Company Myrtle Beach, S. C. 5.
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