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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1969
Page
8
Local residents and visitors mark a busy period with family visits from Atlanta Richmond and Detroit. travels span Virginia Ohio Kentucky and Georgia as relatives meet attend church events concerts and vacations including Wake Front College classes and a Barter Theatre outing.
Governor Roger Powers of Virginia Lions District 24F and his wife Sheilah depart Grundy on June 25 with a 36 member Virginia delegation for the Lions International Convention in Tokyo. Powers will end his term on the convention's final day. Jim Bowdoin of Bristol will succeed him as district governor. The couple plans a two week Hong Kong and Hawaii tour after.
Nick E. Persin of Grundy and Paul Greer of Marion finished as runners up in the annual Member Guest Golf Tournament at Holston Hills Country Club in Marion. They posted a 36 hole total of 123 and received a $25 gift certificate. First place went to Allen Frith of Marion and Buddy Vance of Bristol.
Lyle Mutter was installed as president of the Grundy Lions Club at a June 13 Ladies Night Banquet at Willowbrook Country Club. New officers include Charles Ratliff as first vice president and Frank Robertson as second vice president with S. J. Musick set to complete his term at the June 26 meeting.
The Buchanan County Multiple Sclerosis Campaign raised 290 from an MS Bowling Tournament at Sandy Valley Lanes. Chairman Nick E. Persin reported a total of 2200 raised for the drive ending on Fathers Day, with further gifts expected to bring the final to about 2600. Winners were Larry Mullins and Edd Woodard in men’s division and Clint Ratliff and Patty Ratliff in mixed doubles.
President and Mrs. Nixon traveled to Towson Maryland on Saturday to attend the wedding of Pamela Agnew the daughter of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and his wife.
Elmer Church of Maxie Virginia grafts fruit trees with eight apple varieties on one tree and a cherry tree bearing red black and yellow fruit. A school bus driver and Har man Elementary custodian, he cultivates animals and plants on about an acre near his trailer home, teaching children about grafting and farm life.
Sandra Keen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Keen of Grundy, was installed as Honored Queen of Bethel 60 of the International Order of Job's Daughters at the Grundy Masonic Temple. The ceremony featured Pamela Stiltner, Virginia Weaver, Mary Belcher, and others, with six Bethel members traveling to Norfolk for Grand Session June 5.
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