Rainbows Honored In Assembly At Grand Assembly
Four Bluefield Assembly No. 48 Rainbow Girls received Grand offices Charlene Burgoyne Grand chaplain Brenda Helton Grand candle bearer of the Grand Cross of Colors Jennifer Honts Grand representative to Alabama and Vickie Miles Grand representative to Hawaii. Local reporter Terry Catron chaired the meeting with other Bluefield attendees and chaperones listed. The Grand Cross of Colors was awarded to members and advisory board, and DeMolay Conclave attended by Pvt John Larry Shupe of the Marine Corps in Memphis Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Assembly of Rainbow
Wheeling
Bluefield
Charlene Burgoyne
Brenda Helton
Jennifer Honts
Alabama
Vickie Miles
Hawaii
Terry Catron
Miss Catron
Grand Assembly
Carol Galbraith
Dee Dee Morrissette
John Larry Shupe
Marine Corps
Memphis
Tenn
Bluefield Assembly
Birth of Thomas Noel Cook Jr. in Bluefield
Mr and Mrs Thomas Noel Cook of Pineville welcome a son, Thomas Noel Jr., born June 6 at the Bluefield Sanitarium weighing 5 pounds 7 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Noel Cook
Pineville
Thomas Noel Jr
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bartley DVBS ends with display of work and visits
Families and friends attend the Bartley Methodist church two week DVBS display of children’s work. Gifts celebrate Rev. and Mrs. Lowell Legg departing for a new assignment at Prichard near Huntington. Ice cream and cookies served in the fellowship hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartley
Bartley Methodist Church
Lowell Legg
Prichard
Huntington
Joey Bishop Show Comes to WHIS TV Tonight in Color
The program features Joey Bishop and Abby Dalton in color. the show follows Bishop who ends his honeymoon with marriage and launches his career as a television entertainer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whis-Tv
Joey Bishop
Abby Dalton
Brunch Honoring Miss Margaret Davidson Held at Buchanan Home
Mrs. Frank Buchanan and Mrs. Roger Teller hosted a brunch at the Buchanan home on Cumberland road Tuesday for Miss Margaret Davidson. Out of town guest Mrs. Benjamin F. Parrott Jr. of Roanoke, Va., attended with about 20 guests. summer flowers and Cherub container decor enhanced the table. corsages were given to Miss Davidson and her mother Mrs. S. G. Davidson. a hostess gift was presented to the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Buchanan
Roger Teller
Buchanan
Cumberland Road
Margaret Davidson
Benjamin F. Parrott Jr
Roanoke
J. T. Hervey
Mary Bricker
Dee Dee Hill
C. S. Culbertson
Lake Bonaventure Country Club
William Fox
Pittsburgh
Ed Kilgore
Coeburn
Kyle Tieche
Dave Young
Pat Allison
Mack Cheek
Poe
Kingsport
Tenn
Robert Jessee Jr
Fred Arrington
Cleveland
Donald Sproles
Kentucky
George Cain
Jackson
Mary Salyer
Junior
William Shepherd Gordon
H. B. Whitenack
Blake
Blacksburg
VPI
Warren Burkhead
Rick
Karen
Columbus
Ohio
William H. Marmion
Charles Thayer Jr
H. L Dailey
Hugh
Frank Woolwine
T. R. Willis
Charlotte
Richmond
Danville
B&P Club Patio Party at Brown Home
Eleven members and eight guests of the YWCA Business and Professional Girls Club attended a patio party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Brown on Grand View Avenue for the June session. Guests included Jim Brown, Bud Johnson, Alfred White, Mrs. L. D. Mattox, Mrs. Dottie Slade of Norfolk, former Bluefield resident and mother of Mrs. Brown, Brent Johnson and Bill Hopkins. Cleon Heller joined as a club member. A brief business session was led by President Virginia Gibson with minutes by Mary Lee White and treasurer Betty Tolbert. A picnic supper was planned for Saturday July 13 at 6 PM at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred White in Double Gates. Games directed by Mrs. Brown. winners were Sandy Kelly and Cleon Heller. Honorary members were Mrs. L. D. Mattox, Norma Jones and Billy Hopkins. A match game crowned Betty Tolbert winner of a planter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ywca Business and Professional Girls’ Club
James W. Brown
Grand View Avenue
Jim Brown
Bud Johnson
Alfred White
L. D. Mattox
Dottie Slade
Norfolk
Bluefield
Brown
Brent Johnson
Bill Hopkins
Cleon Heller
Effie Carter
Virginia Gibson
Mary Lee White
Betty Tolbert
Sandy Kelly
Norma Jones
Keystone Vacation Bible Schools Conclude In Keystone
The Daily Vacation Bible School at Keystone Baptist and Keystone Methodist churches ends with 50 and 40 children enrolled respectively. Directors Rev. Edd Thomas and Rev. Frank McKinster oversaw two weeks of classes on Burke Mountain and local teachers assisted. Certificates were awarded and a work exhibit was displayed. The Mary Monard Circle of the Baptist Woman's Mission Society met at Mrs. Louis Snyder's home with devotions, program parts, and a moved WMS meeting date due to miner vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone
The
Methodist Church
Tom Nutter
Burke Mountain
Edd Thomas
Iram Pais
Herbert Louthan
John Martin
Joe Hudson
Charles Williams
Keystone Baptist Church
Frank MecKinster
Mary Ofsa
McKinster
Don Wolfe
Clyde Madeira
Johnny Brown
Carol Fulford
Kathy Brown
Mary Monard
Baptist Woman's Mission Society
Louis Snyder
Lace Howell
God
John Belcher
S. F. Robertson
Division of
Church Missions
Mary Forrester
Elmer Bailey
Snyder
Mullens Chapter OES To Install Officers June 27
Mullens Chapter No 100 Order of the Eastern Star elected officers to be installed June 27 at 8 p.m. with Worthy Matron Bernice Moore and Worthy Patron W F Moore among the slate. Baron H Toler elected trustee for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itmann—Mullens
Order of the Eastern Star
Bernice Moore
W. F. Moore
Myrtle Hughes
John F. Ratliff
Marie Cook
Lucky Miller
Ora Bolen
Fern Shutt
Elizabeth Dushkoff
Ellen B. Hogg
Nancy Jo Smith
Ada
Imogene McKinney
Ruth
Virginia Jones
Esther
Opal Cannada
Martha
Ida England
Electa
Marion Nolley
Hester Murphree
Stephen Hogg
Baron H. Toler
Local Births Report Two New Harding County Babies
Mr and Mrs Thomas Ballard French of Bluefield Virginia announce a son Thomas Ballard Jr born June 7 at the Bluefield Sanitarium weighing 9 pounds 4 ounces. Mr and Mrs Russell Bland Collins of Pocahontas Virginia announce a son Russell Bland Jr born June 8 at the Bluefield Sanitarium weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces. The mother is the former Miss Phyllis Carol Hedrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ballard French
Rt. 2
Box
Bluefield
Thomas Ballard Jr
Bluefield Sanitarium
Russell Bland Collins
Pocahontas
Russell Bland Jr
Phyllis Carol Hedrick
Trips and visits from St. Paul area residents
St Paul readers' circles report a flurry of trips and visits. Brides and wedding guests travel to Johnson City Tennessee and Cape Cod while local women attend Republican luncheons in Wise Virginia. Jet setters include Mrs C J Siler Cathy, Miss Rebecca Scott, and William Terrell Siler among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
C. J. Siler
Cathy
Johnson City
Tenn
E. D. West
Rebecca Scott
William Terrell Siler
Siler
Lester Scotts
Wise
Cecil Talbert
Summer Vacationers Return Home to Itmann
Itmann residents welcome visiting relatives and friends from Pineville Mullens Roanoke Augusta and other towns for summer holidays. Families host guests from Florida Georgia Ohio and Virginia as Charis Stidham and others travel between homes. Several local households report weekend visits and extended stays with relatives in Mullens Princeton and Beaverdam.
Northfork Community DVBS Ends With $34.53 Offering
The North fork Elkhorn Community DVBS closed with a program at Northfork Methodist Church directed by Rev. Robert Paxton Jr. A two week school drew 64 daily attendees and raised 34.53 for the International American Leprosy Mission to cover school expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfork
Northfork-Elkhorn
Robert Paxton Jr
Northfork Presbyterian Church
Northfork Methodist Church
Ernest Dean
George Oster
Charles Adkins
Sarah Mabry
Tommy Cordal
Bill Galyean
H. W. Fizer
William Bassett
John Wright
Louise
Elizabeth Wright
Michaelin Gwyn
Demais Graham
International American Leprosy Mission
Itmann WSCS Studies Money Use Message
Itmann The June Itmania Woman's Society meeting at the church discussed money use with new president Mrs Elgin Pruett presiding. Mrs Alex Leonard led the program What Shall We Tell Our Children about the Use of Money citing Psalms 24. Assisting were Mrs Harold Carte Mrs John Ratliff and Mrs Elgin Pruett. The gathering closed with The Lord's Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itmann
Itmania Woman's Society
Elgin Pruett
Alex Leonard
Harold Carte
John Ratliff
Recent Bride Entertained At Bluewell Shower
A green and yellow color scheme marked a household shower for Mrs. FE E Spicer at Bluewell Methodist church. Barbara Duncan decorated the umbrella centerpiece with roses and Acacia by Emma Nash. Guests included 27 with winners named. Mr. Spicer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvie Spicer of Brush Fork. The wedding occurred May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Eugene Spicer
Carolyn Menes
Bluewell Methodist Church
FE. E. Spicer
Barbara Duncan
Emma Nash
Sophia Surway
Mr. Spicer
Alvie Spicer
Brush Fork
Academy View HDC Plans Events
The June session of Academy View Home Demonstration club discussed a two day conference in Abingdon Virginia on July 13 14 and plans for a visit to Southwestern State Hospital Marion July 15 plus a trip to Lewisburg Fair in August. The president Mrs W R Havens named a nominating committee. A talk on child responsibility in the home was given by county agent Aubrey Drewery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy View Home Demonstration Club
Abingdon
Southwestern State Hospital
Marion
Lewisburg Fair
W. R. Havens
G. R. Nash
Roland Fife
S. T. Barrett
Fred Nash
Elwood Creasy
P. B. Spurgeon
Creasy
J. Russell Hearn
Bluefield Weekend and Weekday Club Notices Summary
Calendar entries detail gatherings in Bluefield area including Golden Age Club rummage sale at 105 Bluefield Ave for two weeks ending daily at 4 pm, Bluefield Country Club Centennial Seafood Buffet, First Methodist WSCS rummage sale in Bluefield Va old city hall, Evening Primrose Garden club with hosts at 1212 Augusta St, Bluefield Old Guards at Trinity Church program by C J Kirby, East River Mountain Garden club at Oakhurst with Cecil Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Age Club
Bluefield Avenue
Methodist Wscs
Old City Hall
Bluefield
Bluefield Old Guards
Trinity Church
W. M. McGlamery
C. J. Kirby
East River Mountain Garden Club
Cecil Johnston
Oakhurst
Vincent Sexton
Local births in Bluefield area announced
Mr and Mrs Arlie Dorsey Foley of Serena welcome Gary Michael born June 6 at Bluefield Sanitarium weight 6 pounds 14 ounces mother Mettie Lamb. Mr and Mrs Jennings Ray Rozzell Jr of Princeton greet Stacy Lea born May 18 at Bluefield Sanitarium weight 7 pounds 82 ounces. Lillian Stacy. Mr and Mrs David Edwin Hines Bluefield announce Sherry Layne born May 16 at Bluefield Sanitarium weight 7 pounds 1%% ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlie Dorsey Foley
Serena
Gary Michael
Bluefield Sanitarium
Mettie Lakin Lamb
Jennings Ray Rozzell Jr
Mercer St
Princeton
Stacy Lea
Lillian Stacy
David Edwin Hines
Ohio St
Bluefield
Sherry Layne
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Greenview Methodist Youth Fellowship
Camp Creek Park
Lucille Shields
Young Roger
Joyce
Pauline Smith
Stanley Shields
Don Jackson
Greenview Methodist Church
Green Valley
Doug
Danny Hagg
Carol Shields
Patsy Thadier
Judy Gilliam
Linda Akers
Donna Hypes
Rainbows
Fellowship Hall
Kenneth Lovett
D. H. McGraw
Patrick McGraw
Rebecca
Vicki
Pat
Buckeye Lake
McGraw
Science Institute
Bethany College
Charles Pruett
Dewey Pruett
Frank Murensky
Manassas
Adam Murensky
Vernie Jarves
Sharon
N. C
Jhon Divink
Narrows
Willard Newberry
Mansfield
M. Davidson
Warlick
B&p
UTT Refrigeration Co., Inc
Bi Ave
W. Va
Mike Groh
Spicer
St. Pauland
T. E. Dickenson
Nellie Kilgore
B. H. Stallard
Hubert Lawson
Percy Hancock
P. E. Fleming
Cape Cod
Mass
Roger Pate
Louisville, Ky
C. R. Pate
Claude Cooper
Claudette
Linda Cooper
Charlottesville
W. A. Cook
Frank Cook
University of Wisconsin
Ed Dorton
Kingsport, Tenn
Felix Dickenson
Bridge Club
Ae Ee Eel
C. J. Dobbins Sr
Wayne Bradbury
Margaret Ham
Miami
Fla
John Houck
Kevin
Charleston
Cecil Bradbury
Orville Goins
Mullens
Rodney Miller
Scotty
Scott Hatfield
Faye
Jules Gautier
Jerry Osborne
Martha Gautier
Beaver
Sylvia Elkins
Eccles
Connie Wyatt
Glen Daniel
Ronald Hayhurst
Ricki Lynn
West Palm Beach
Clarence Ratliff
Brenda Blizzard
Davy
Roy Stover
Clint
Peggy Osborne
Brenda
Stovers
Ike Osborne
Martha Linkous
Tazewell
Carter Linkous
Bluestone Dam
Hinton
Claude Bane
George Meade
Billy
Patty Kingdon
Patty Worley
Sandy Smith
Mike Compton
Delena Wood
Sandra Veneri
Florence
Jerri Wolfe
Forrest Gillespie
Crab Orchard
Frank Hicks
New Castle
Ane
Larry Stidham
Air Force
Cold Bay
Alaska
Porter Buck
Virgil Price
Bobwhite
Merlin Greene
Merlina
Wilson Cook
Sue Lof Jesse
Sherman Walker
Oceana
Rita Jones
Honaker
Paul Perkins
Ichmon Oe & Laundry
South St
Guild
Northfork Wesleyan Service Guild
Wallace Nisbet
Nisbet
Bassett
G. A. Goad
Elizabeth Womack
William Parnell
Clarence Sapie
Tommy Cordle
Itmann Wscs
Blue Chords
Pete
Grace Blevins
Ann Duncan
Jean Blevins
Elsie Surway
Linda Spicer
Academy View Hdc
Bluefield Country Club Centennial
Baltimore
Primrose Garden Club
Raymond French
Augusta Street
John Land Jr
Robert Conner
Wetzel Wilson
Kodak Film
Bland Street
Appalachian Power
Ana Aenntadanne Ane
Sgapense
Appalachian
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