Princeton couple weds in Kentucky ceremony
Lora Faye Walker of Princeton married Calvin Bailey Bracken in a June 6 double ring wedding at Mead Memorial Methodist Church in Russell Kentucky. Rev Sherwood Funk officiated. attendants were A P Caffee and wife. Bracken, a World War II veteran with a battle star from Okinawa, and Lora Faye Bracken, educated at Matoaka and Princeton high schools, hosted a June 8 reception for families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. I. Walker
Princeton
Lora Faye
Calvin Bailey Bracken
R. A. Kirk
Russell, Ky
Mead Memorial Methodist Church
Sherwood W. Funk
A. P. Caffee
Russell
Princeton High School
Bracken
Okinawa
Surratt-Hopkins Engage Lazelle Surratt To Robert Hopkins
Lazelle Surratt daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Surratt of Kimball will wed Robert O. Hopkins of Roanoke Va son of Mr. and Mrs C P Hopkins and Jefferson Electric. The wedding is set for Sunday June 29 at 2 at Houston Methodist church Kimball. Guests from Drakes Branch Reidsville Raleigh and Roanoke attend. The bride wore a palm beach suit with brown crepe blouse brown and white accessories and a brown veil with a gardenia corsage. The couple plans a ten day wedding trip to northern points. The groom is a Duke Medical College senior and was in a naval V-12 unit during the war. First underwater color photographs were made July 16 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Surratt
Kimball
Lazelle
Robert O. Hopkins
Roanoke
Hopkins
C. P. Hopkins
Jefferson Electric Company
Houston Methodist Church
L. S. Jackson
R. B. Jackson
Anne Jackson
Bruce Jackson
Elsie Loving
Drakes Branch
Eleanor Huske
Reidsville
N. C
Elizabeth Porter
Raleigh
Herbert Rothwell
Lewisburg
William Ross
Ann Woodside
St. Matthews
Edward Woodside
James H. Woodside
Marilyn Woodside
Jimmy Wood
Duke Medical College
Beta Theta Pi
Clover Club Dance Set Semi-Annual At Bluefield
The Bluefield Clover club holds its semi annual dance Thursday July 3 from 10 30 p m to 2 30 a m at Bluefield Country club with music by Royce Stoenner and his orchestra. Harry D Holmes is president and the event has long been a prominent local social occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Clover Club
Harry D. Holmes
Bluefield Country Club
Royce Stoenner
Clover Club
Britt Bias Wedding Is Announced
Miss Alice Claire Bias daughter of H. W. Bias Roanoke Va and Mrs L. W. Williams Keystone and Master Sat Geo Wilbur Britt were married June 5 at Greene Memorial Methodist church in Roanoke. The bride wore a turquoise linen suit with black accessories and an orchid corsage. They will reside at 1316 Saratoga Ave N E Washington after a trip to Baltimore. Mrs Britt formerly taught at Keystone Junior High School. Her husband serves in the U S Marine Air Corps and is stationed at Patuxent River Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Claire Bias
H. W. Bias
Roanoke
L. W. Williams Keystone
Geo Wilbur Britt
Greene Memorial Methodist Church
Berta Brit
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Sat
Britt
Saratoga Avenue
N. E
Washington
Keystone
United States Marine Air Corps
Patuxent River
Marine 8-Set John Eppling Killed by Freight Train
Montgomery, June 21. John Lewis Eppling, 34, a Pacific War veteran on convalescent furlough, was struck and killed by a New York Central freight train while sitting on the tracks. Hooper mortuary reported the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
W. Va
John Lewis Eppling
New York Central
B. C. Hooper Mortuary
Bluefield Social Calendar Aims to Surpass Predecessors
The Bluefield social calendar for the coming period is anticipated to exceed prior year events in scale and participation, signaling a record-setting season for the community’s gatherings and celebrations.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin Bailey Bracken
DIAL
Bluefield West
Leonard Hildebrand
Addie Grenell
H. G. Steele
North Street
Hildebrand
Bluefield
Louisville
James W. Gwaltney
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Gwaltney
Jamess. Crockett
Thompson
Glade Spring
Kirby-Epling
Mary Lou Epling
L. R. Epling Fof Northfork
Clarence J. Kirby, Jr
College Avenue Baptist Church
Wendell G. Davis
Elkhorn High School
Army Air Corps
Koppers Company
Roannoke
Ida Yost
Kirby
Bluefield College
Miss Jackson
Chas. Gunn, Jr
Niot
Miss Gunn
George Wilson Gunn
Messers
James W. Gunn
Ens. Carghill McCormack
Princton
Norman H. Garrett
Mount Kesco
N. Y
Albert T. Early
Welch
Isaac N. Fuqua, Jr
Ja Wn
Coonrad
Evans City
Jackson
Surratt-Hopkins
Miss Lazelle Surratt
Vincent Paoliello
Tazewell St. Bluefield, W. Va
Britt-Bias
Syslog Pou
STA
Princeton Ave
Pound
J. H. Saltzer
House of Kimball
Kimball Pianos
B& C Furniture Company Inc
J. B. Belcher
Jack Call
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bluefield, West Virginia
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