Mission Has Music Program and Vacation Bible School
Miss Thomas spoke on the Union Mission work in Bluefield Virginia and outlined an August 21 week camp for mission children. The Mission Auxiliary approved funds for Vacation Bible School supplies and aiding participation in the camp. Reverend Monroe Dodson noted high demand for spiritual guidance and clothing for families seeking help, urging continued prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
Miss Thomas
Bluefield
Union Mission
Mission
Monroe Dodson
Bland Street Church
Hamilton Hall
Twin Births at Bluefield Sanitarium
A daughter Teresa Rain was born June 12 at the Bluefield Sanitarium to Mr and Mrs James Cardell Perdue Jr College Drive Bluefield Virginia. A daughter Vickey Ruth was born June 10 at the Bluefield Sanitarium to Mr and Mrs Hunter Wayne Miller Rt 2 Princeton West Virginia. The baby weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresa Rain
Bluefield Sanitarium
James Cardell Perdue, Jr
College Drive
Bluefield
Vickey Ruth
Hunter Wayne Miller
Rt. 2
Princeton
W. Va
Nash and Shearer guests visit Bluefield and Salem
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Nash of Bluefield Virginia host Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Shearer of Salem Virginia this week. Mrs. S. H. Ayers improves at home after eye surgery at St. Luke's Hospital. Mrs. Sam Kelley and daughter Sandy of 208 School Street visit the Weatherman family in Ivanhoe Virginia. Other guests include Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Goforth Jr. and daughter April of Orlando.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Nash
Bluefield
J. G. Shearer
Salem
S. H. Ayers
Cumberland Road
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sam Kelley
Sandy
School Street
Eugene Weatherman
Ivanhoe
Sherman Goforth Jr
April
Orlando
Valley Woman's Club Exec Board Meets to Plan Year
The Valley Woman's Club executive board met at Mrs. A. D. Houldsworth's home to review reports. President Mrs. James Robertson heard minutes and treasurer details from Mrs. Carl Steele and ways and means plans from Mrs. Benjamin De Marie, including a June 10 golf tournament dinner. The group discussed meeting venues, fire protection equipment solicitations, road sign issues, district workshops, and federation items. An invitation was extended for members to attend Honey in the Rock at Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Valley Woman's Club
A. D. Houldsworth
James Robertson
Carl Steele
Teasurer
Benjamin de Marie
Ways and Means
Houldsworth
Edo
GFWC
Worshop
Wayne Reynolds
Town N Country
Topsy O'Dell
State Federation
Beckley
Visitors From Western States In Squire Homes
Mr and Mrs Joe Cooper and children attended the 60th anniversary reunion of the University of Virginia Hospital School of Nursing in Charlottesville Virginia last week. They were guests of Mr and Mrs T E Johnson Jr. and others visited relatives in area during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Orr
Gary
Frank Johnson
Chicago
Ill
Tom Johnson
Frazier Booth
Ella Mae
Mary Ann
Maryland
Kelly Havens
Mary Luck
Atkins
Carl Wyatt
Wayne Harris
Fort Worth
Tex
Stuart Harris
Richard Roberts
Oklahoma City
Okla
Jaeger News Notes Highlights Local Visits and Summer Guests
Abingdon residents Jaeger and Davis families host relatives from Welch Sarasota and Premier over the summer. Theresa Borsch of Manitowoc visits A Sayers family. A Sayer is a patient in Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch. Several families from Cleveland Madison and other locales spend weekends with Saeger residents. Margaret Ward arrives from Lakeland Florida to stay with her mother and kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaeger
Gurney Davis
Roger
Christopher
Abingdon
Laeger
Tiny Hall
Alau Gallie
Fla
Gary Roberts
Premier
Roy Foy
Madison
Margaret Ward
Lakeland
Saeger
S. E. Ward Sr
Baby party honors Mrs Short with wide guest list
The event honored Mrs. Short with attendees including Mrs. Lewis Whitt and Mrs. Ray Russ. Guests traveled from Tazewell Virginia Columbus Ohio Trout Dale Virginia War Virginia Cane Brake Roanoke Virginia and others. Local and visiting relatives from Castlewood Tampa Saltville Detroit Nettie and Norfolk were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Whitt
Ray Russ
Mesdames
Douglas Burnett
Sandra Burnett
Cecil Whitt
Tazewell
Clyde Wood
Columbus
Ohio
R. L. Sage
Trout Dale
Robert Billings
War
Georgia Pugh
Canebrake
Barbara Pugh
Roanoke
Lawrence Cooper
Castlewood
Ernest Shrader
George Gregory
Tampa
Fla
Arlen Altizer
Douglas Chapman
Huey Tuggie
Saltville
al Robert B. McGuire
Pope Air Force Base
N. C
Tampa, Fla
Douglas
Clingenpeel Wedding Saturday in Christ Episcopal Church
Out of town guests arrive for the 4 oclock ceremony of Miss Virginia Clingenpeel and Nelson Timothy Gardner Jr at Christ Episcopal Church on Duhring Street. Attendees include James E Gardner Camilla Gardner Katherine Gardner Rebecca Barnes Norman R Whitley Richard Matthews H P Musser W F Fitzgerald Harry Malcolm Clark Brown W W Clingenpeel L R Fawcett Jr H D Glenn and others from Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Clingenpeel
Nelson Timothy Gardner Jr
Suffolk
James E. Gardner
Camilla
Katherine Gardner
Gordon Presson
Frances Babb
Rebecca Barnes
Boykins
Norman R. Whitley
Windsor
Richard Matthews
Columbus
Ohio
H. P. Musser
Charleston
W. F. Fitzgerald
Harry Malcolm
New York
Clark Brown
Richlands
W. W. Clingenpeel
Martinsville
L. R. Fawcett Jr
Chapel Hill
N. C
H. D. Glenn
Mt. Holly
Christ Episcopal Church
Duhring Street
Russell County HDC Demonstrations Schedule
Mary Virginia Fletcher reports the Russell County Home Demonstration schedule for June 27 and 28. On June 27 at 1:30 p.m. in Grassy Creek Community Center the demonstration will be hosted by Mrs. Joe Osborne with Mary Virginia Fletcher as the demonstrator. On June 28 at 1:30 p.m. in Elk Garden Mrs. Harry Stuart hosts and Mary Stuart conducts the demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell County
Mary Virginia Fletcher
Grassy Creek
Joe Osborne
Elk Garden
Harry Stuart
Stuart
Gap Mills WSCS Meeting Notes and Local News
Gap Mills residents receive church society updates with program on Home for the Homeless. New member joins Pine Grove Methodist Church. Guests visit relatives, hospital notes, and family news mark a busy period around Gap Mills. Lake reopening draws large crowd near Gap Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gap Mills
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Pine Grove Methodist Church
Dan Diand
Ars Mein
Ts. Kendall Porterfield
Ray Bland
Frank Porterfield
WOM New Officers Elected by Bluefield Moose Chapter
Bluefield Chapter No 565 Women of the Moose elected new officers for 1961 62 led by Annette Battalino Senior Regent Thelma Tibbs Harrison becomes Senior Regent and officers Ritter Teague and Maryicher fill roles Battalino to Junior Graduate July 5 installation Nora Royal guides Polly Lyons assistant guide Mary Teague and Battalino attend National Convention in Memphis Tenn with HQ at Chiscka Plaza Hotel Details of the convention to be reported at next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Women of the Moose
Moose
Annette Battalino
Thelma Tibbs
Harrison
Rene Hetks Ritter
Mary 1
Teague
Mary Icher
Battalino
Nora Royal
Polly Lyons
Mary Teague
Memphis
Tenn
Chiscka Plaza
Births Report Two Newborn Sons in Bluefield Area
A son, Oscar Patrick Jr., was born June 4 at the Bluefield Sanitarium to Mr and Mrs Oscar Patrick Farley Sr of Athens West Virginia. The baby weighed 38 pounds 3% ounces. A son, Danny Eugene, was born June 5 at the Bluefield Sanitarium to Mr and Mrs Bower on a Route 3 City. The baby weighed 6 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Patrick, Jr
Bluefield Sanitarium
Oscar Patrick Farley
Athens
W. Va
Danny Eugene
Bower
Rt. 3
City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Southern Appalachian Girl Scout Council
Genevieve Coats
Girl Scouts
National GS
Coats
Dillon Smith Jr
Center
Tully Birdsong
Equipment Agency
A Mission
Armstrong Quaker
Warlick Furn
Reenoke
Marion
MR. Sword
Electricity
Wbfie Utility
Ae ‘Wee
Appalachian Power Company
Virginia
Squire
Mrs. Short
Becky Boothe
Bishop, Va
Son Carson
Norfolk
U. S. Navy
Mack Boothe
Sat
Tfna
WSCS
Gap Mills Personals
Russell Lockhart
Sunne
Montcovenoe
James R. Neale Jr
Melrose, Fla
Alvin Porterfield
Mage
Lewisburg
A. B. Shifler
Ervine Crosier
Dona Jean
Ruth
Uhrichsville
Newton Robinson
Gladys Crosier
Akron
Waiteville
Roscoe Rowan
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Ronceverte
Jimmy Boothe
Culpepper
Jackie Rowan
Richmond
Junior Rowan
Oak Ridge
Stanley Hellems
New Jersey
Louis DiGiovanni
E. Porterfield Sr
J. W. Rieley
Geneva White
Martinsville, Va
H. C. Porterfield
Sylvester
H. H. Harmon
Linda Walker
Patty Jean Turner
Mary Stone
Warren Brown
Harrisonburg
Montcove Lake
Bill Blessing
Huntington
S. L. Ruddell
Federal St
Bluefield, W. Va
al Kins Luggage
Down Oltee
Loa
Mens
Jamaica
Sleveless
South St
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