Carr earns Cumberland College bachelor of arts degree
Miss Carolyn Marie Carr of Bluefield has graduated from Cumberland College Williamsburg Kentucky with a bachelor of arts in Bible and language. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Carr Jr. and will work this summer at Cumberland College and next fall in Lindville Virginia for a Rockingham County School Bible program. She has been active in church work and is a Memorial Baptist Church member.
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Carolyn Marie Carr
Cumberland College
Williamsburg
Dewey Carr Jr
Edgemont Road
Bluefield
Beaver High School
Bluefield College
First Baptist Vacation Bible School
Rockingham County
Lindville
Miss Carr
Judy Worrell
Norfolk
Memorial Baptist Church
Elkhorn Wesleyan Guild Holds Service and Installations
The Elkhorn Wesleyan Service Guild met at Creed Hall with Opal Semance presiding. Louise McNeil led devotionals, with scripture from Isaiah 44 and songs including Faith of Our Fathers and God of Our Fathers. An article from Billy Graham’s What the Bible Says to Me was discussed and the meeting ended with prayer. Newly installed officers were Opal Semaco president, Louise McNeil vice president, Faye Nemchick secretary, and Joan Semanco treasurer, followed by a guild hymn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn
Elkhorn Wesleyan Service Guild
Creed Hall
Opal Semance
Louise McNeil
Earth
Billy Graham
Linda Faye Nemchick
William Deshong
Elkhorn and Northfork Methodist Church
Deshong
McNeil
Carl Robinson
Robinson
Opal Semaco
Faye Nemchick
Joan Semanco
WSCS
Women's Society of Christian Methodist Church
T. W. Pennington
Powhatan
Dalton Coleman
Y. H. Kennedy
Hugar Phillips
Mesdames
Anna Sheets
Pennington
Chloe Tolliver
Virginia Mosko
Sheets
Domenick Anderson
Upland
Millard Maynard
Cleveland
Ohio
Joe Campello
Detroit
Mich
Glen Farrouk
Sacramento
Calif
Clarence Tolliver
Cecil Smith
Norfolk
Matoaka June Church Events Schedule
Matoaka Vacation Bible School at Matoaka Baptist Church runs Monday June 23 through July 2 in the evening. The Matoaka Garden Club meets June 26 at 7 30 p m in Laura Wheeler Hall Ashworth Memorial Methodist Church with rose type roll call and vase for arrangements. Mount Grove Baptist Church Women’s Auxiliary meets June 26 at 11 a.m with Mrs F E Parker in charge.
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Matoaka
Matoaka Baptist Church
Births of Sir Walter Scott Ninth of Twelve Siblings
Sir Walter Scott born August 15 1771, the ninth child in a family of twelve. The notable author grew up among a large Scottish clan and would later become a famed novelist and poet.
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Sir Walter Scott
Missionary Program Presented by Virginia Avenue church women
The June meeting of the Virginia Avenue Methodist Church Women’s Society featured Mrs. Ronald Richardson as program leader and Sally Warden Gill Circle chair. The program explored What Is a Missionary and Who Is a Missionary using India caste system miniatures created by the Sunday School group, with hymns and a letter from E Louise Campbell of India UI. Members voted to send a youth to the Emory and Henry Youth Assembly in August.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
Virginia Avenue Methodist Church
James Crews
Virginia Avenue Methodist Church Women’s Society
Ronald Richardson
Sally Warden Gill
A. W. Crews
India
E. Louise Campbell
Richardson
Paul Whitenack
Emory and Henry
Going To Alaska With Bailey Family Visit
Miss Blancne West and Mrs. Aubrey Bailey plan an extended trip to Alaska. The Baileys from Fort Myers Fla visit with their son's family James Bailey. They were former residents of Rock. Mrs Lake Bailey Jr is a patient at Duke University Hospital Durham NC. Miss Betsy Ronald of Cincinnati Ohio has been visiting the J D Gonn ers.
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Alaska
Blancne West
Aubrey Bailey
Baileys
Fort Myers
Fla
James Bailey
Rock
Lake Bailey Jr
Duke University Hospital
Durham
N. C
Betsy Ronald
Cincinnati
Ohio
J. D. Gonners
Roses Illuminate June Club Program at Bluefield Garden Club
Bluefield Garden Club members gathered at the Y Center for a June program on roses. Mrs. P. D. Woods and Mrs. H. Dillon Smith Jr. spoke, and Mrs. Paul Cole Jr. demonstrated How to Eat Roses while serving rose themed refreshments. Hostesses Mrs. William Alexander and Mrs. Jim H. Shott arranged rose colored decor and Sweetheart roses. President J Brookins Taylor led the 22 attendees, noting no meetings in July or August and a September gathering with Mrs. Carl Thomas Jr.
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Bluefield Garden Club
Y Center On Roses
P. D. Woods
H. Dillon Smith Jr
Paul Cole Jr
J. Brookins Taylor
Carl Thomas Jr
Cheetah Likely Fastest Four-Looted Animal
The cheetah is believed to be the fastest land animal, able to reach speeds around 75 miles per hour. Experts cite its slender body, long legs, and powerful acceleration as key factors in its extraordinary speed.
Baby Rodney Ball Jr. celebrates first birthday
A June 11 party honored Rodney Darrel Ball Jr. for his first birthday. He is the son of Rodney Darrell Ball and Dianna Lee Kress, with grandparents Howard Kress Millie McGhee and the late Robert Harry Ball. Great grandparents include Ilene Kress and others. Fifteen guests attended with cake, ice cream, chips, a drink, and suckers.
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Rodney Darrel Ball Jr
Rodney Darrell Ball
Dianna _ Lee Kress
He Is
Howard Kress
Millie McGhee
Robert Harry Ball
Ilene Kress
G. S. Kress
John Robert Ball
Birth of Son for Mr and Mrs Monty Ray Martin
Mr and Mrs Monty Ray Martin of Route 2 Bluefield welcomed a son named Michael Craig born Tuesday June 17 at Bluefield Sanitarium weighing 7 pounds.
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Monty Ray Martin
Route 2
Bluefield
Michael Craig
Bluefield Sanitarium
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C. E. Hale
Tazewell
Wesleyan Service Guild
Jessie Tabor
Presi
Greever Roach
Ralph Canterbury
Elmo Fleshman
Acie Bryant
Cumberland
The
United States
Francis Wolle
Pana
Richlands
Beauty Academy
Cumberland Rd
W. Va
Elkhorn Wsg
Aubry Gholson
Richmond, Va
Earl Miles Charleston
Mike Krase
Thorpe
Emil Smith
Byefield
M. T. Jones
Kimball
Patsy Bias
Edna Harris
Norfolk, Va
Pete Semanco
Arthur Wimmer
Veterans Hospital, Beckley
Curtis Coleman
Henry, Va
Junior Jones
Parkersburg
Glen Moshier
Seersucker
Butterick
McCall
Simplicity
Vogue
Federal ST. Bluefield
William Alexander
Jim H. Shott
Iday Party
Sawyeux
Bluefield, West Virginia
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