Holston Conference Town and Country awards honor 1968 ministers and workers
Mrs. C W Porterfield of Pocahontas receives the Town and Country award at Lake Junaluska N C for her four years as Tazewell District WSCS president and 17 years of Methodist church service. She is active in education and community work and will preside at a Narrows Virginia WSCS meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holston
C. W. Porterfield
Poccahontac Wa
Wwesawanwesay
Tazewell
WSCS
Narrows
Interboard Council
Johnson City
Tenn
James E. Hawkins
John T. Lundy
J. G. Williams
Grundy
Clyde E. Lundy
D. Trigg James
S. E. Bratton
Walter Edward Mustard
Selected for Work Miss Sarah Spence Heads to MCV Biometry
Miss Sarah Spence daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Spence of Bluefield Virginia and Graham High School graduate has been chosen for a summer position in the biometry department at the Medical College of Virginia Richmond. The assignment centers on applied statistics and computer training while she completes her senior year as a math major at Radford College where she belongs to the Honor Society Kappa Mu Epsilon Chi Beta Phi and Kappa Delta Pi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Spence
Thomas Spence
Bluefield
Graham High School
The
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Radford
Kappa Mu Epsilon
Chi Beta Phi
Kappa Delta Pi
Bluefield Woman Receives Degree and Scholarship
Judith Kaye Pope daughter of Mr and Mrs J Murray Pope of Bluefield Virginia earned an associate of arts degree from Hiwassee College Madisonville Tennessee She won a scholarship to Emory and Henry College Emory Virginia to study religious education in the fall She plans to work with the Volunteer Appalachian Service Team this summer at rural communities She served as Life Service editor of Yoke and member of the Hiwassee Concert Touring Choir
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Kaye Pope
J. Murray Pope
Bluefield
Hiwassee College
Madisonville
Tenn
Emory and Henry College
Emory
Hiwassee
Life Service
Birthday greetings roll across Matoaka and nearby towns
A June birthday list extends across Matoaka and adjacent areas with multiple individuals named from Hawaii to Virginia. Notables include Prof E M Louthan Susie Pigg Mrs John Asbury Dr Chas Harman and Mimi Hoover among others. date references span June 16 to June 22 with special mentions for June 13 and many local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Louthan
Susie Pigg
John Asbury
Matoaka
Herschel Boyd
Raven
Deborah Pendergrass
Jean Cecil Moye
Paul Basham
Becky Kahle
Pete Magann
Harriet Speiden
Wayne Craddock
Kenneth Mack
Gary Stanley
Mimi Hoover
Peter
Nancy Hayes) Jansen
New York
Richard N. McCray
Janie Marie Lambert
James Edward Mce-Coy Jr
Cecil Plaster
Richlands
Debbie Bergs
Douglas Craddock
Daniel Floyd
Butch) Currence
Reports From Shelby Heights Home Demonstration Club
At Mrs. J. R. Leonard’s home the June meeting of the Shelby Heights HDC featured reports. Mrs. Tom Crabtree led in the president’s absence and Mrs. Ivan French discussed air pollution. Mrs. H. R. Gross spoke on the federation goal and led reading of the Ten Commandments for Club Members. A Virginia Federation event in Blacksburg was noted for July 22 25. Thirty cancer pads were made in a workshop. Mrs. Gross gave a Psalm 23 meditation and a Housewife's Prayer. She demonstrated wardrobe coordination with color tips and suit samples. Members answered dress questions and the Homemaker's Creed and Prayer were recited. Refreshments served to nine members and three guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby Heights
J. R. Leonard
Tom Crabtree
C. L. Sample
Ivan French
H. R. Gross
Mother of Grace Turner Wagner Honored on Mothers Day
The feature profiles Mrs. M. L. Wagner of Bluefield Virginia aged 80 on Mother's Day May 12. She is the former Grace Turner, daughter of J.H. Turner and Virginia Daugherty Turner, married to M. L. Wagner and mother of three daughters. Wagner ran a funeral home in Bluefield for 28 years until 1963. She is described as a Real Daughter of the Confederacy and a Quota Club organizer and charter member of several Bluefield groups. She enjoys china painting, metal and glass etching, knitting, and gardening, and has two grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Wagner
Lee Avenue
Bluefield
Virginia Garwood
Edith Smothers
Radford
Edna Anderson
Wagner
Grace Turner
J.H. Turner
Wythe County
Virginia Daugherty Turner
Smythe County
Baptist Valley
Tazewell County
Wagner Funeral Home
Gettysburg
Jeanne Foster
United Daughters of Confederacy
Quota Club
Grace
Virginia Garden Club
Virginia
Frank Shelton
First Methodist Church
Willing Workers Hear Reports at Northfork Baptist WMS
The Northfork Baptist Woman's Society met in the church fellowship hall with hostess Mrs. Lester Wallace and leader Mrs. Harry Pearce. Miss Alice Harpe gave a Father’s Day devotion from an article titled Behold My Daughter and led in prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfork
The
Baptist Woman's Society
Fellowship Hall
Baptist Church
Lester Wallace
Harry Pearce
Alice Harpe
Happiness Ranch
Tulsa
Oklo
John Cameron
Clyde Gwyn
Pearce
WMS
Burgoyne Betrothal Announced in Bluefield Area
Mr and Mrs Charles Burgoyne announce the engagement of their daughter Charlene Virginia to Joseph Marsh Meade son of Mr and Mrs J M Meade of Bluefield The bride to be is a 1968 Beaver graduate with ETSU studies in social welfare and criminology She plans ETSU practice teaching and has WV Business College IBM training The groom is a 1968 Beaver graduate from Concord College and works for Rish Equipment Co A Saturday August 10 wedding is planned A household shower for the bride Mrs Tommy Beavers was held at Squire Community Center with many guests presenting appliances and linens
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Otey
Beth Budner
Fairfax
Roy Gills
New York
Donald L. Speronis
Joe Hoge
Washington Courthouse
Walter L. Morris
Welch
John H. Morris
Oak Hill
Armistead Page Booker
Charlottesville
Charles E. Burgoyne
Charlene Virginia
Joseph Marshall Meade
J. M. Meade
Bluefield
BSC
East Tennessee State University
West Virginia Business College
IBM
Mr. Meade
Beaver
Bluefield College
Concord College
Meade
Concord
Rish Equipment Company
Squire
Tommy Beavers
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By Jeanne
Ens, Ga
Walter Mac Sanders
H. Stuart Hendersons
Gainesville
Alexandra
Brenau College
Presbyterian Heritage
Porterfield
Methodist Church
First Methodist
Pocahontas
Commission of Education
PTA
Home Demonstration Club
the Arts College
Ohio State University
YWCA
Inter-racial Council
Florida
A. E. Andes
Seminole
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Harry Charlton
England
Scotland
Ireland
Paris
English Department
Marshall University
Huntington
Mary Sanders
Ath
Miss Pope
Quotarian
Confederacy, & Organizer
Inter
By Andrea Drake
Ugng
Burgoyne
ETSU
Alpha Psi Omega National Drama Society
Social Welfare Club
Miss Burgoyne
Dacron
Federal St
Oneida
Lea
Iim
Xo le
Martinique
Stanton Hall
Grys Srg
Eweler
Saagaa
Hse
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