Jefferson Davis life highlighted by Harry Parks at Princeton UDC
Harry Parks gave a detailed portrait of Jefferson Davis at the June Princeton Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting held at Mrs. Lawson Faulkner’s home. The talk traced Davis from birth in 1808 in what is now Kentucky through West Point, military service, political roles, and presidency of the Confederacy, ending with his postwar life at Beauvoir and his book Rise and Fall of the Confederacy.
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Harry Parks
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Princeton
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Jefferson
Kentucky
Andrew Jackson
Hermitage
Mississippi
Transylvania University
Lexington
Appalachians
Albert Sidney Johnston
Henry Clay Jr
West Point
St. Louis
Michigan Territory
Pemberton
Davis
Fort Crawford
Sarah Knox Taylor
Zachary Taylor
Taylor
Sarah
Brierfield
Joseph
Varina Anne Howell
Natchez
Congress
Births Fill May at Bluefield Community Hospital
Area hospitals report numerous births in May from Princeton to Bluefield. Newborns include Stacy Erin Clemson, Kevin Terry Jessee, Jeffery Allen Edwards, Justin Lloyd Davis, Anthony W Owens, John Thomas South, Brandi Renee Kilby, Sarah Beth Owens, Billy Ray Ayers, Leah Louise Comer, John Jared Wall, Sarah Gail Nestor, Amanda Ellen Smith, Joseph Albert Fink, Andrew Malcolm Farley, Angela Farley, Scotty Lamar Hale, Terra Lynn Gilley, and more. Parents include Clemson, Jessee, Edwards, Davis, Sheppard, Owens, South, Kilby, Farley, Hale, Gilley, Blevins, Courtney, Click, Jones, Lester, and others. hospitals include Bluefield Community Hospital and Princeton Community Hospital. Grandparents and relatives are listed for many families across Bluefield, Princeton, Bartley, Narrows, and surrounding areas.
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Jim Clemson
Princeton
Stacy Erin
Bluefield Community Hospital
Peggy Anne Long
W. T. Long
William Baynard Clemson
Terry Jessee
Rt. 5
Bluefield
Kevin Terry
Harold Avis
Airport Road
Richard Jessee
Falls Mills
William Edwards
Northfork
Jeffery Allen
Lloyd Davis
Justin Lloyd
Teresa Dianne Sheppard
Curtis
Sheppard
Sheldon Davis
W. Va
Robert W. Owens
Anthony W
Bonnie Lou Lester
Clyde W. Owens Jr
Columbus Lester
Paynesville
Charles Christian South
John Thomas
William Jacovitch
Pageton
Thomas Edward
John Wall
Lashmeet
John Jared
Princeton Community Hospital
Steve Nestor
Sarah Gail
Marsha Frey
George C. Frey
John Nestor Jr
Joseph Gilley
Terra Lynn
Joyce Roberts
Jo Anne Roberts
Wanda Gilley
Leon Stanley Allison
Gary
Nicholas
Nichole
Darrell Blevins
Avondale
Kendall Wayne
Linda Helton
Henry Helton
Raysal
Lee K. Blevins
Claude Junior Cocus Jr
Rt. 4
Claude Junior III
Cynthia Lynn Courtney
Lowanda Ree Courtney
Claude J. Cocus Sr
William
Valerie Bray
Frank Bray
Mack Jones
Rt. 2
Narrows
Stoney Ray Lester
Bartley
Michelle Marie
Jeanne Lara
Joseph Lara III
Stafford
Okey Lester
Larry Huggins
Rt. 3
Amanda Litz
Nanako Yamashita
Kiyomoto Yamashita
Kanagawa
Japan
James R. Huggins
Bristol
Mt Laurel Garden Club Holds 1981 Installation
Mt Laurel Garden Club met at the Longhorn Steak House for a noon luncheon. Officers for 1981 82 were named with Mrs Dan Akers as president and Mrs Lucille Blankenship installing. Fifteen members and one guest attended. the June 25 meeting is set for the Longhorn Steak House.
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Mountain Laurel Garden Club
Longhorn Steak House
Wayne Blankenship
Charles Woods
Lucille Blankenship
Lucille McManaway
Dan Akers
Blankenship
Broughton Johnson
Scott Lilly
Esther Haba
Ethel Murrell
Murrell
Lilly
Haba
McManaway
Helen Mahood
Mountain State Art Show at Mount Fair Seeks West Virginia artists
Mountain State Art and Craft Fair invites WV artists 18 and older to submit two dimensional works for its third annual show. A $5 entry fee covers up to two pieces judged for display. Coordinator Tim Pyles notes expanded formats including relief sculpture and textiles with a seven award total of $500. Entry details via Cedar Lakes Ripley WV 25271 or 372-6263.
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West Virginia
Mountain State
Tim Pyles
Cedar Lakes
Ripley
W. Va
Club Calendar of Meetings and Events
Tuesday events include Military Order of the Purple Heart and Auxiliary at the Memorial Building Princeton at 7 00 pm Matoaka Kiwanis Club at Matoaka United Methodist Church 7 00 pm Evening Primrose Garden Club with Mrs Reed Ewing and co hostesses Bake sale planned Midway Home Demonstration Club with Mrs Sarver 7 30 pm Bluefield Trillium Garden Club at 1313 Lebanon St and Loyalty Rebekah Lodge 94 at the Moose Home Wednesday gatherings list Montcalm Friends and Neighbors Homemakers Club 10 00 am Old Guard at Trinity United Methodist Church 10 30 am Pocahontas Woman's Club spaghetti luncheon at Clubhouse unit 1 30 pm cost 2 50 desserts extra 35
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Military Order of the Purple Heart and
Memorial Building
Princeton
Matoaka Kiwanis Club
Matoaka United Methodist Church
Primrose Garden Club
Reed Ewing
Woodland Drive
H. T. Montgomery
Midway Home Demonstration Club
Sarver
Bluefield Trillium Garden Club
al Marra
Lebanon St
Loyalty Rebekah Lodge
Moose Home
Montcalm Friends Ad Neighbors Homemakers Club
Old Guard
Trinity United Methodist Church
Pocahontas Woman's Club
Pocahontas Woman's Clubhouse
WOMEs enrollment and bowling notes at Bluefield Moose events
WOM Holds enrollment for Bluefield Chapter 565 with a Sunday ceremony at the Moose Home on Roy Avenue followed by a covered dish dinner. New members Jette Johnson Linda Jennings Cheryl Grey and Nancy Bailey. Ladies Bowling League trophies displayed and first time participants listed. Dr David Aiken of Bluefield College conducted Sunday worship at Keystone First Baptist in Dr Charles L Tyer absence. Mrs Troy Mullins recovered from flu restrictions.
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Bluefield
Women of the Moose
Moose
Roy Avenue
David Aiken
Bluefield College
Vaz
First Baptist Church
Keystone
Charles L. Tyer
Troy Mullins
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Mexico
U. S. Senate
South
Senate
Margaret Ann Scott
Treaveller
Hinton
Pipestein Park
Patricia Knowles
Betty Ogden
Mildred Caldwell
Mary Adams
Kay Sowers
Dorothy Kessinger
Kathleen Higginbotham
Ealise Haaker
Mr. Parks
Meade McNeill
Ruth Elmore
Gertrude Donovan
Margaret Weatherford
Mt. Laurel Club
Mt. State Fair
Assembly Hall
Cedar Lakes Conference Center
Stadium Drive
Benjy Edwards
Telegraph
Susan Franklin
Wendi Rolen
Blair Girimont
Mercer Mall
WOM
WCM
Judy O'Dell
Joanne Walker
Debbie Rebuck
Laura Harman
Janie Akers
Linda Green
Margaret Murphy
Helen Basconi
Sybil Rose
Phyllis McFarland
Helen Gregory
Juary Minix
Polly Tankersley
Thur
Blue Prince Plaza
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