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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1949

Page

7

Awards Made At Recital Of Mrs Nash

Readable notes show a recital honoring Mrs Nash with awards though text is garbled. names and details are obscured but imply local recognition at a community event.

Nash

City Visit Sparks Controversy Over Perment Giver

Officials and residents discuss a reported visit related to a city program. The event centers on concerns about ethics and conduct, with calls for clarity from local leaders and community groups.

Local Birth Announcements From Bluefield Area

Mr and Mrs Kenneth Bradley welcome Donna Lyn born Monday at Bluefield Seminarium. Frances Brook named for Frank Melcher daughter born June 11 at Bluefield Sanitarium. John Apaus Galbraith III born June 13 at St Luke's Hospital. Clyde Miles son born June 15 at Bluefield Sanitarium. Harman Woodward daughter born June 14 at Bluefield Sanitarium. Henry Meredith daughter born June 4 at Bluefield Sanitarium. Bernard Collins son born June 14 on Bluefield Avenue. Robert Rogers son born June 14 at Bluefield Sanitarium. Received guests include Prenk Oliver and Jack Johmemm.

Kenneth Bradley Pals Mills Geuehier Bluefield Seminaria Donna Lyn Bradierw Comdeted Bus Company Frank Melcher Union Street Bluefield Sanitarium Henry M. Meredith Bluefield Bernard S. Collins Bluefield Avenue Robert E. Rogers Frederick Street Bluefield Tarium

Rehearsal Dinner Held at Bluefield Country Club

Dr and Mrs C J Reynolds hosted a Wednesday dinner at Bluefield Country Club for Thurman Reynolds and his fiancé Miss Helen Louise Hancock ahead of their Thursday 10 AM wedding at College Avenue Baptist Church The guest list included the bridal party and both families Braxton LeGrand Hancock and his relatives from Huntington were present as well as Mr and Mrs Fausto DePrieto and their daughter Eliza flower girl.

Huntington Fausto DePrieto DePrieto St. Petersburg Fla Eliza Country Club

Club Calendar Highlights Local Meetings

Blue Ridge Garden club meets at J. D. Long home in Double Gates at 2:30 p.m. A joint Missionary guild and Annie F. Fox Missionary Society of Emanuel Lutheran church gather at 7:45 p.m. Friday City events include Bluefield Lodge 444 Ladies Society drill practice at 2:30 p.m. at Eagles hall and American Legion auxiliary Riley West to 9 p.m. in Appalachian Assembly Room.

Blue Ridge Garden Club J. D. Long Double Gates The Missionary Guild Annie FP Fox Missionary Society of Immanuel Lutheran Church Bluefield Lodge Ladies Society B. of L. F Eagles Hall Riley West American Legion Auxiliary Appalachian Assembly Room

Local Personal News From Town And Nearby States

Mrs Mary Fretwell and daughter Mrs Lee Pretwell depart for New York for a week then Old Salem Massachusetts for ten days. They will go to Boston where Miss Fretwell attends a National Education Association meeting. Mrs W R Sprinkle returns from visits with sons in West Warwick Massachusetts Walter Jr in New York City and Bruce Sprinkle in Massachusetts and daughter Mrs C E Frye in Washington DC. Mr Bill Bradley of Mercer Funeral home visits friends in New Jersey and Norfolk Virginia.

Mary Fretwell Lee Pretwell New York Old Salem Mass Boston Miss Fretwell National Education Association W. R. Sprinkle

Appalachia Garden Club Meets for Talk on Old Fashioned Gardens

The Appalachia Garden Club met with Mrs. Joseph M. Sanders on Lebanon Street. Principal speaker Mrs. W. W. Wood discussed old fashioned gardens around Roanoke Lynchburg and Williamsburg and noted Virginia plans came from England with few flowering shrubs and box woods and evergreens. Mrs. Alonzo McCue reported on the garden club convention.

Appalachia

Local guests attend Virginia Tech graduate ceremony

Mrs W A Burton and Mr Robert K Hunt of Huntington visited Dr and Mrs C R Baker and Mrs Thomas M Hunt as their son Thomas M Hunt received a B S in civil engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg Va. Mrs Robert Hash and children of Keystone visited Mrs Thomas Shrader in Bluefield Va. The note adds a phonetic correction that eleven and twelve were once written oneteen and twoteen.

W. A. Burton Robert K. Hunt Huntington C. R. Baker Thomas M. Hunt Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg Robert Hash Keystone Thomas Shrader Bluefield

Miss Burgess and Miss Huffard Honored at Stephens College

Barbara Lee Burgess of Bluefield is among over 100 students in Stephens College Columbia Missouri 860 graduate class awarded certificates of competence in Nursery School Work The remarks touch on college programs and future aviation speeds and limits.

Barbara Lee Burgess Bluefield Stephens College Columbia Burgess

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Mies Jean McCulloch Williams George A. Williams University of North Carolina Prenk Oliver Roemer Chris Gen Jack Johmemm Divinity School T Rising Aue Appalachia Garden Club Oneteen Miss Burgess Miss Huffard Departmente Tieance Fite Deere Creme “Passe Thete Adeep Sendellen Arlams Princeton Ave Ammar Coles Ammar Brothers Princeton Avenue Bembdergs Piques Det Tod Swice Denier Thrifty
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