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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1955
Page
15
Miss Lucille Hostutler of Glenwood Park will marry Thomas Faulkner of Princeton Friday at 7 30 p m in Carr Memorial Church. The couple will reside at Bridgeport Apartments Brushfork after a short honeymoon. He is a Kimball High School graduate, a Navy veteran, and works at WHIS transmitter.
Anne Cadwallader Myers and James Alexander Steele of Huntington plan to marry Friday at 7 30 p.m. at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church with open church. Rev Howard W Hinkeldey will perform the ceremony and music will be provided by F P Allred and Mrs James C Bobbitt.
Miss Patricia Lucille Shumate daughter of Mr and Mrs Mack M Shumate Mullens and Jack Barger married at the First Methodist Church Mullens with Rev Robert J Caenoweth reading the service at 2 pm June 2 A reception followed at the bride’s home The couple plan to finish education at Concord College where both will graduate next year Miss Shumate is a Tau Gamma member and secretary to the dean of men at Concord.
Nancy Jo Edwards daughter of Mr and Mrs Rennis H Edwards of Itmann married Rolland George Fitch son of Mr and Mrs William H Fitch of Chicago at Cassell Memorial Methodist Church Itmann Sunday June 12. The ceremony featured white gladioli ivy and candelabra with music by Phyllis Bryant and Patricia Courington. The gown was a waltz length nylon over taffeta with a pearl necklace and a white orchid bouquet. Many relatives from Mullens Amonate Raven Bluefield and Chicago attended the wedding and reception. The couple plan to live in Chicago after September following nursing and Navy service commitments.
Mrs. Yarbrough announces the marriage of Miss Mary Louise Carr to Elemet Anders Apelseth. The ceremony occurred Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Overstreet home in Princeton Florida with Rev Frank Elbrey officiating. A small reception followed.
Mrs. D. E. Bundy and daughters of Roanoke visit Mr. and Mrs. Don Williams. Theodore Hawkins guests in Logan last weekend. Delmar Stephens hosts Dorothy Davis of Richlands. M. E. Brewster visits Kingsport Tennessee. Jim Withron of the U S Air Force in New York visits his wife Shirley Christian and relatives. Mary Sykes of Council visits Brewster. Ron Keith Kirtley of the U S Air Force in New York visits his parents.
John Chapman Chapter of the American Revolution will host a 2 p.m. meeting at Mrs. Percy Gillie of Whitethorn Lane with Mrs. Ben Williams presiding. Vir ginia Johnson, state president of the Junior DAR, will speak and members will bring personal gifts for a Veterans Hospital shower in Beckley.
In Richlands a women's auxiliary was organized in the Mullens Motel dining room. Mrs D M Wayne of Bluefield was elected president with Rufus Brittain named president and treasurer and Mrs W J Berry of Richlands as corresponding secretary. A organizing committee led by the president will report at the next meeting.
Draper Virginia reports Patricia Ellen Sartelle and Cortez A. Cooper have announced their engagement and plan a fall wedding. The announcement comes from the Rev and Mrs Preston Orr Sartelle.
Miss Giorias Verree Andes and George Carter Kitts of Bluefield Va married at 4 p m in Graham Presbyterian Church with Rev William W Hatcher officiating. Attendants wore pastel gowns as guests watched a traditional processional and reception in Pierce Hall.
Miss Patricia Shaffer will speak at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Hamilton Hall Bland Street Methodist Church on Juvenile Delinquency. Her mother Mrs Prank Shaffer will give the devotional. Members are asked to bring gifts for servicemen and flowers for Flower Mission Day. A tea will follow.
A film titled Out of the Night will be shown to Union Mission Auxiliary members at 2 30 p m in Hamilton Hall Bland Street Methodist Church. Mrs J A Hammond presides. Missionary groups from city churches will be represented. The public is invited.
Miss Doris Sue Katz daughter of Mr and Mrs Jerome Katz of Bland Road Bluefield graduated Friday from the University of Wisconsin Madison with a bachelor of science in speech correction. She was among about 2000 graduates addressed by Lillian Gilbrith and earned honors as national VP of Sigma Alpha Eta and president of Alpha Epsilon Phi. She will teach in Richmond Va this fall as a speech correctionist and plans private classes in Bluefield this summer.
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