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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1960
Page
7
A reader seeks advice on coordinating draperies lamps and one chair with Oriental mulberry green and white walls and grey pink furnishings. Suggestions include taupe or pale pink draperies, pewter or white lamps, and a pink sofa with mulberry accents plus deep pink throw pillows.
A compact item lists multiple towns including Bluefield Mullens Wytheville Matoake Grundy Gilbert Low Gap and nearby Wy. Va and N. C. names. The note appears as a regional place reference or routing list from a local page.
Calendar of local events lists Monday activities at Hamilton Hall Bland Street Church Bluefield VA with Evelyn Thomas leading a Children’s Temple program 9 30 am Bluefield District Women’s Society meeting at Greenview Methodist Church 10 pm start Leadership Training Day afternoon sessions district officers. 1 pm Association of Childhood Education movie The Little Rascals Variety season tickets for summer children’s movies end. 6 pm National Secretaries Association Bluefield dinner and officer installation. 8 pm Public Speaking Group at N W Freight Station with J Barnes Gillespie. 2 pm DAR John Chapman Chapter meeting with Mrs Percy Gillie hosts. executive board 1 pm musical program by Virginia Bates.
Atlas 4 H Club met at Pinnacle Rock for a picnic meeting Friday. A vesper service featured poetry and scripture read by members and special guests. The group explored the rock as two safety films were shown before adjournment.
The Northfork Book Club honored Mrs. Park Delp and Mrs. Sam Greer who are moving from Northfork with a pot-luck dinner at Miss Helen Fleshman and Mrs. Jet Goebel home. Gifts were given and a short business session elected new officers: Mrs. Lace Kirby president, Mrs. John Jackson vice president, and Mrs. H. H. Wall Sr. treasurer. A $10 contribution to the Salvation Army was approved to fund a child's one week at Camp Joy.
Mr and Mrs J W Dorton of Washington DC visited the home of his brother J B Dorton and Mrs Dorton last week. On Friday they motored to Bluefield for a picnic at the lawn of Mrs M C McNeal sister of the Dortons. Also present were Mr and Mrs Frank Dorton of Bluefield VA. Mr and Mrs Fred White left Tuesday by bus for Gary NC to visit their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Jack White and two grandchildren Jon and Foxie. We note a playful remark about a cow and the moon in relation to prices.
Mrs. Frank Carter was guest speaker at the Green Acre Garden Club meeting hosted by Mrs. P. L. Dye in June. President Mrs. A. L. Peery led the session with a devotional by Mrs. Carl Dye. Carter discussed Hogarth and Crescent arrangements and displayed foliage ideas for lines. Twelve members and one guest, Mrs. Richard Carbaugh, attended.
At Kimball Eastern Star the officer slate for the coming year was elected. Worthy Matron Myrtle Roberts and Worthy Patron Lacy Lumpkins lead a list including Gussie Haymont, John P. Swartz, Pearl Lampkins, Geneva Brown, Itose Corte, Elva Belcher, and Virgie Brown. The Worthy Matron elect did not name appointive officers. The charter was draped and a memorial service held for Julian E. Holiway, followed by a social hour and refreshments.
The Mabel Young Circle of the Northfork Baptist WMS met at Mrs J D Cameron’s home. She led the program with That I May Know Him. Guests included Mrs Fred Murphy and Mrs Har less Mann. Mrs Clyde Gwyn oversaw the love gift offering and the group voted to call off June and July meetings. Members joined hands and sang Bless Be the Tie That Binds. Refreshments were served.
The Women's Auxiliary of St. Mark's Episcopal Church met in the parish hall in St. Paul Virginia. Mrs Darwin Gillenwater led the program explaining Episcopal service terms and discussed beliefs. Mrs Robert H Hughes was elected president and presided. Committees were named for devotional altar and parochial duties. Treasurer's report was given.
Sae ger Mr and Mrs Marvin King welcomed a 7 pound 7 ounce son at Welch Emergency Hospital on June 16. Raleigh Addair and wife Bradshaw greeted a 6 pound 3 ounce son at Welch on June 14. Joe Crozier and children Jenny Lee and Patby vacation in Florida this week. Margaret Ward from Lakeland arrived to visit relatives including Mrs Hallie Ward. Mrs C E Pendleton and Mrs Rans Dangerfield took Miss Katie Dangerfield to Roanoke and on to Washington DC to visit CPO 3e and family.
Chatham Hill notes weekend visits by Jackie Staley and son from Fort Lauderdale to W. H. Neels. Allen Campbell and children visited J. A. Campbell and sons in Winston-Salem. Carla DeBord visited her aunt in Martinsville. Gail Neel stayed with grandparents in Bland. Stephenson sisters work as counselors in a Presbyterian camp near Knoxville and Peggy Stephenson vacationed at Virginia Beach. Mrs Neel and others take an extension course at Marion High School. Several locals visited Edith Ma loved. Harold Bradley and Donald Gillespie moved Bradley’s furniture to a new home in Seven Mile Ford after a trip to Detroit.
Circle No. 2 of the Pineville Presbyterian Church met in the home of Mrs. Joe Williams in Pineville Ivy Park. Mrs. William Valentine chaired the session urged members to bring used clothing for White Cross and World Missions. Mrs. Earl Walls led the program for the June 23 church meeting. Mrs. W. W. Bolt gave the Bible study on Christ the Unifying Center from Hebrews.
Dr. and Mrs. George F. Dasher of Bluefield College depart Wednesday by plane for Dallas. They will visit daughters Mrs. J. B. Cocker and Mrs. R. N. Swift and families, stay two weeks, return to Bluefield, then drive to a summer residence in Michigan.
Mrs. Leslie Thorn returned to Charleston after two years abroad with husband Thorn in Giesson and tours in Austria Switzerland Holland Belgium France and Ireland. Thorn expected to arrive around June 25. Multiple local visits and weekend gatherings with family and friends noted from Mullens to Belfry and Princeton with extended kin from North Tazewell and Beaver.
Pounding Mill notes several regional visits with families from Bluefield Roanoke Atlanta Miami Anthony and Cedar Bluff. Melvin and family stayed with WR Lowe. Vivian Brown and Rebecca Steele visited Kent Brown. Howard Elliott Brown will spend summer with Mrs Thomas. Quesen burn family to visit G A Riley relatives in Richland. Gillespies and Clay Gillespie visited the McGees.
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