Wedding Bliss and Local Honors Highlight Bluefield Social Notes
Kimberly Stewart and Dr. Albert Paine Jr. wed May 12 and return from Hawaii. multiple pre wedding events and celebrations across Beckley Oak Hill and Bluefield. Katherine Gage earns Wake Forest Presidential Scholarship. John C Baker Jr. earns Doctorate in Education. community honors and a Brass Quintet concert cap the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly Jane Stewart
Albert James Paine Jr
Hawaii
Hon
Jim Rhee
Robert
Linda) Mitler
Quota Club
South Bluefield
Jack McGhee
University Club
Arts and Crafts Center
Rick Parsons
Teresa Paine
Norton
Mountain View
Jim Laws
Jack Mahoods
Winfrey
A. James Paine
Fincastle Country Club
Andrs
Paul Cole Jr
al Modena
Carol
Paul Cole
Vivian Peters
Teresa Cole
Kim
Jim
Beckley
Oak Hill
Marilyn Tinder
Doris wLkaws
Betsy Butt
Sherry Martin
Athe Perry House
Kevin O'Connor
Cathy Yates
Paines
Katherine Marshall Gage
Charleston
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem
N.C
Katharine
Evemeat
Civic Center
Katherine
George Washington High School
Stone and
Thomas
John M. Wright
Bluefield
Dot
Prudential grant aids Valley Branch Library project
Richard D. Allen of Princeton receives a $1,250 Prudential Partners in Community Service grant for the Valley Branch Library project. The grant supports the library’s move to a permanent home and improvements, benefiting two elementary school areas and neighborhood readers through the Valley Woman's Club and David Craft Memorial Library efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Moore
Craft Memorial Library
Carol Allen
Valley Woman's Club
Richard Allen
Pat Stanley
Prudential Insurance Co
Valley
Richard D. Allen
Princeton
Prudential Partners
David Craft
Ri“chard Allen
Prudential
U.S
Joseph Melone
Valley Branch
Prudential Partners In Community Service
West Virginia hosts seek French Spanish German teens
Nacel Cultural Exchanges seeks West Virginia host families for one month to house teenagers from France Spain and Germany this summer. Groups arrive July and July 26 with return dates July 31 and Aug 25. Ages 14 19. families provide room and meals. insurance covered. Due to demand boys 14 18 especially needed. Contact Dr Dominic DeFilippis at 1 800 553 8591.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
En. Nacel
West Virginia
France
Spain
Germany
Ome
Dominick de Filippis
Dire Centor
Dominick DeFilippis
Birthdays for Sammy Lee Francisco and Sarah Beth Webb
Sammy Lee Francisco, son of Mike and Anne Francisco of Venice Florida, celebrates his fifth birthday on June 4. Grandparents include Ramona Francisco of Bluefield Jay Lee Clark of Concord North Carolina Kay Wesson of Venice and Kesley Francisco of Nokomis and great grandmother Minnie Kinzer of Bluefield. He has a sister Maria. Sarah Beth Webb daughter of Mr and Mrs David Webb of Bluefield Virginia turns one on June 28. Grandparents Mr and Mrs John A Ball and Mr and Mrs Walter Green Webb of Abbs Valley tint the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy Lee Francisco
Mike
Anne Francisco
Venice
Fla
Ramona Francisco
Bluefield
Jay Lee Clark
Concord
N.C
Kay Wesson
Kesley Francisco
Nokomis
Minnie Kinzer
Maria
Sarah Beth Webb
David Webb
John A. Ball
Walter “Green” Webb
Abbs Valley
Memorials and honors mark Bluefield Chapter gathering
Bluefield Chapter No. 66 Order of the Eastern Star held its memorial meeting in May with Worthy Patron Arthur Lawson Jr. and Worthy Patron Helen J. Bailey presiding. The altar and charter were draped for deceased members including Mildred Harris and Evelyn Pownell. A memorial program featured Past Matron Betty Holbrook. June brings officer elections and ESTARL fund plans. Belmont Lions Club hosted a Ladies Night on June 7 with past district governors and Lions Browning and Lawson speaking. New officers for the Lions were installed by District Governor Henry Paul. Membership drive urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Order of the Eastern Star
Helen J. Bailey
Arthur Lawson Jr
Mildred Haney Harris
Texas
Evelyn R. Pownell
West Virginia
June Lawson
Helen D. Puryear
McDonald Mullin
Edith Caiise
Jessie Mare Pabst
Emma Harris
Adria Gordon
Gladys van Reenen
Effie Linseinmeyer
Iona Jones
A.R. McIntosh
Luther P. Lose
James O. Mahoney
Princeton Lions Club
Best Western Motel
Lion Joe Lawson
Bristol, Tenn
Lion Dick Buff
Welch
Lion Lawson
Princeton Club
Princeton
Lion Robert Browning Jr
Pineville
Lion Browning
Lion Henry Paul
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Mahood
John C. Baker Jr
Concord College
VPI
Greenville
John
Carol Little Baker
Sarah
John C. Baker
United States Air Force Tactical Air Command Band
Bluefield College Chapel
United Way of the Virginias
The
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
L Prudential Award
Melissa Hope Combs
Mitchell and
Joy Combs
Kegley
Harold Walker
Frances Price
California
Cecil and
Ruth Combs
Beeson
Michaela Adrianna Cooper- Smith
Nanette Y. Cooper
Michael A. Smith
Maybeury
Ronell and
Naomi E. Cooper
Doris C. Smith
West Columbia
S.C
George Smith
Kecia “Woo’ Cooper
Shameka Cooper
Timothy Conrad Pendleton Jr
Timmy Pendleton
Peggy Brown
Glenn
Mary Brown
Odie and
Dorthy Pendleton
GET
Jack Jack C. Thomas
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Cherry St
Capital Street
Jiury
Eastern Star
Delaware
Vermillion
Estarl
Fay Brewer
Bill Francis
Russ Crump
Howard Kessinger
John Osborne
Paul McManaway
Paul Davis Sr
Jim Juhl
Drew Clark
Judy Bell
Ernie Smith
Harold Haldren
Glen Davis
Jake O'Donnell
Taylor Optical
North ST
Tyson Towers
Bob Taylor
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