Virginia Garden Club Federation Sponsors School at VPI Blacksburg
The Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs will again sponsor a garden school at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg August 1 to 3. Mrs. N W Davis of Bedford announced the event with instructors including Mrs. Robert Kearfott of New York City Miss Anne Wertsner of the Philadelphia Horticultural Society and Prof J C Porter of Cornell University. Registration begins July 31 at 4 PM, and the school opens August 1 at 9 AM.
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N. W. Davis
Bedford
Virginia Federal Garden Clubs
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
R. H. Dyer
Roanoke
G. Smith, Jr
National Council of State Garden Clubs
Anso
Robert Kearfott
New York City
Anne Wertsner
Philadelphia Horticultural Society
J. C. Porter
Cornell University
Officers Elected By Quota Clubs At Niagara Falls
Quota International convention in Worcester Massachusetts elected officers. Mary Powell Northam was named president and Marie Higgins vice president. Edith M. Glaze became second vice president and Mary F. Hennessey third vice president. Frie da M. Stephens Beatrice E. Merrin Gail M. Martin Imogene Henry chosen as directors. Delegates from Bluc field Princeton clubs attend and expected home Sunday.
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Mons
Worcester
Mass
Mary Powell Northam
Baltimore
Marie Higgins
Youngstown
Edith M. Glaze
San Jose
Calif
Mary F. Hennessey
Waterbury
Richmond
Imogene Henry
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bluceld
Princeton
Dorothy Dix Admonishes Girls to Plan Their Lives and Careers
Dorothy Dix warns girls they drift into life with no purpose and plan. She urges them to set goals, prepare for work and marriage, and to make a definite date with life by preplanning their careers and家庭.
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Tom
Harry
Tyne
Ris
Special Music In Churches Sunday
The morning services feature choirs and soloists across churches. Mrs Joseph Tibbs Marjorie Horton and Miss Mary Cheyney perform selections with the First Presbyterian Baptist Methodist and other church choirs.
Country Club Sets July Fourth Buffet at Bluefield
Plans for the Fourth of July observance at the Bluefield Country Club include a buffet supper from 6 to 8 PM. The Bluefield Clover Club will hold its summer dance at the same venue on the evening of July 3.
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Bluefield Country Club
Bluefield Clover Club
Joanne Sybil Dudle Honored On Birthday
The second birthday party for Joanne Sybil Dudley was hosted by Mrs J Hubert Dudley at her Falls Mills home. Guests enjoyed lawn games ice cream cake and lollipops as favors. Numerous attendees included Carolynn Ander son Shirley Ann Hill Jean Dudley and many others from Abbs Valley and Bluefield areas.
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Joanne Sybil
J. Hubert Dudley
Falls Mills
Carolynn
Kathryn
Constance Anderson
Shirley Ann Hill
Jean Dudley
Charlotte Baker
Shelby Jean
Adeen
Ella
Kinney
Perdue
Charlottee Anne
Nancye Gayle
Dean Tabor
Lois
Bobby
Billie Wagner
Donnie
Dallas Bailey
Woody
Glenn Robert Bailey
Earlene Bowman
Abbs Valley
Lloyd Walker
Bluefield
Wilmuth Anderson
Elwood Bailey
Glenn Perdue
Vade Mecum Club Weiner Roast Honors King and Queen
Members and guests of the Vade Mecum club gathered Thursday evening at Miss Florence Rice Union Court for a wienie roast. A scavenger hunt awarded prizes to Miss Lucille Stump and Paul Elsey, followed by fortunes and stunts as Miss Emma Jean Hoffman and George Spanos were crowned king and queen. The next meeting will be hosted by Miss Willie Jeanne Stanley at 1208 Spokane Avenue.
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Florence Rice
Union Court
Lucille Stump
Paul Elsey
Emma Jean Hoffman
George Spanos
Willie Jeanne Stanley
Spokane Avenue
Area Women Apply For WAVE Enlistment
Miss Nellie Ruth Sykes of North Tazewell Virginia and Miss Norma Kathryn Bryant of Lillybrook have applied for enlistment in the WAVES per the local naval recruiting station. Switching tires every 2000 miles will lengthen life up to 25 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Ruth Sykes
North Tazewell
Norma Kathryn Bryant
Lillybrook
Deaconesses Speak At Grace WSCS Meeting
Mrs. Robert Tuell and Miss Vera Falls of Hemphill spoke at Grace Methodist Church about the lives of two deaconesses of the Coalfield mission. The event opened with organ music and a hymn, with devotional led by Miss Palle and prayer by Rev. G K Patty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meet of Grace Wscs
Robert Tuell
Vera Falls
Hemphill
Coalfield
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Grace Methodist Church
Ted
Methodist Church
Demos
Palle
G. K. Patty
G. 8. Helton
Arnold Johnston
Roy
First Christian C. E. Program Announced
Virginia Daviness will speak at the First Christian church Christian Endeavor meeting this Sunday at 6 30 p m Yvonne Fish in charge of the program subject Introducing My Friends to Christ All young people invited to attend these Endeavor sessions each Sunday evening
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Virginia Daviness
First Christian Church
Yvonne Fish
Christ
Births in Hanover and Bluefield Areas
Mr and Mrs J C Wilson of Hanover street welcome daughter Mary Joanna born June 18 at St Luke's hospital. Mr and Mrs A E Yost of Bluefield Va have a son born Thursday at Bluefield sanitarium. Yost works for Pocahontas Fuel Co. Mr and Mrs F B Vermillion of Willow street welcome a son born Thursday at Bluefield sanitarium. Vermillion employed by West Virginia Auto Top and Body Co.
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J. C. Wilson
Hanover Street
Mary Joanna
St. Luke's Hospital
Evelyn Shannon
A. E. Yost
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Yost
The
Pocahontas Fuel Company
F. B. Vermillion
Willow Street
Vermillion
West Virginia Auto Top and Body Company
Personal News Marylou Watkins Undergoes Operation
Little Marylou Watkins daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Watkins of Palls Mills Virginia underwent an operation yesterday at St Luke s hospital with a brief report noting her condition is improving and she is under medical care.
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Little Marylou Watkins
Roy Watkins
Palls Mills, Va
St. Luke's Hospital
High Winds Strike Mercer County City Areas Damage Files
A cyclone force storm swept through Athens and surrounding towns including Princeton causing uprooted trees, damaged buildings at Concord College, shattered and stripped trees, broken windows, toppled utility poles, and power outages. Lightning struck several transformers and farms, with wheat fields flattened.
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Athens
Princeton
Concord College
Wees
Oakvale
Camp Creek
Gardner
G M Bird
Camera mapping enables precise bombing coordinates
A new camera allows an aerial photographer to compute exact longitude and latitude of each mapping shot over a war zone. It photographs an enemy installation and marks the print so bombers can return to the same spot for targeting.
Radio Grid Highlights Early Morning to Late Night Schedule
A detailed day long radio schedule lists NBC and CBS programs from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM including NBC News Roundup NBC First Piano Quartet Hillbilly Jamboree and Grand Ole Opry plus CBS features like Grantland Rice reviews and Army Show with Variety and Dance Music segments.
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NBC
N. A. Thompson
W. Williams
Ralph and
Ruth
Bob Becker
Morell Co
Grantland Rice
Rews
Chicago
le Sakewie
Sina
Curt Massey
Schutter Candy Co
Noah Webster
Nbc—News
Stfring
Gallicchio Or
Cbs
Bonds
Blue
Pan-America
Victory F. O
Halloran Hospital
Army Hospital
Eddie Condon
Rupert Hughes
Ho- Heldt
Pea
Nbe
London
America
Casey
TV Radio Schedule Mix with News Time and Entertainment
A dense listing of 1940s style radio and TV time slots for CBS NBC and ABC networks. Entries include Danse sk Ct band Vagabonds 6 00 PM and Quincy Howe News Time 6 45 PM with The Art of Living and World News Commentary. The schedule continues through 11 00 PM with programs like The Grand Old Opry and Victory Auction.
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Obe
Danesk
Quincy Howe
Cbs
Art of Living
Nbc World News
Leon Henderson
P. Barnes
American Eagle Club
London
Nbe
Chicago
Theater Symphony
Barry Wood
Nbec
Guy Lombardo
Blu Royal
Nbc News
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U S Service Set
Arthur B. Lawson long time resident of 313 Rogers Street Bluefield has been overseas three years, seeing action in North Africa and Sicily and serving with a Fifth Army tank division. Pvt Albert F Hendricks Jr of 313 Rogers Street has been overseas fifteen months, with a year in North Africa, now in Corsica.
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U. S
Arthur B. Lawson
A. F. Hendricks
Rogers Street
Bluefield
North Africa
Sicily
Fifth Army
Albert F. Hendricks, Jr
A. PF. Hendricks
Corsica
Moroline Hair Tonic Promises Sleek Groomed Looks
Advertising notice for Moroline Hair Tonic urging use to tame unruly hair and keep it flat with added lustre. Large 25 size bottle marketed as sold everywhere.
Anne Adams Pattern 4821 for Junior Miss Sizes
Advertisement for Anne Adams patterns listing Pattern 4821 in junior miss sizes from 11 to 18 with a frock hat and bag. Includes fabric yardage and price details, requests sixteen cents for pattern and fifteen cents for the book, and provides mailing address for Bluefield Dent and Pattern 243 at 17th Street New York.
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Bluefield
17Th St
New York Y
Anne Adams
Military Families and Promotions Highlight Local Notice
Local society page notes servicemen visiting relatives at Bellevue Avenue and hometown ties. Cpl John R Goodman earns the good conduct medal after entering service in February 1943 and overseas in December 1943. Tech Sgt Albert N Smith returns from the Asiatic combat zone and heads to South Carolina. John B Kahle earns a technical sergeant rank while his twin G P Kahle visits Durham with parents C D Kahle. James T Craft Jr and his wife in Har man West Virginia are reassigned to an LST-landing ship tanks crew in the amphibious fleet.
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Cpl
John R. Goodman
Cpl. Goodman
John B. Kahle
British Isles
G. P. Kahle
Durham
N. C
C. D. Kahle
James T. Craft, Jr
Harman
W. Va
Man Enlists From Camp Training Base Virginia
The text notes a serviceman from Camp Bradford Virginia son of Mr and Mrs James T Craft Jr and nephew of Mrs M M Woodward of this city. Before service he worked as store manager for Harman Coal Company in Harman. Holeproof screens may be replaced by Veion plastic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Craft, Jr
M. M. Woodward
Harman Coal Company
Harman
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Virginia Garden Club Federation
Niagara Falls
Dorothy Dix
Bell Syndicate Inc
Prytannia Street
New Orleans
Louisiana
City Poultry Shop
Williams St
Dial
First Presbyterian Church
Bach
Jewitt
Joseph Tibbs
Marjorie Horton
Ernest Charlies
My Avenue Baptist Church
Lee Rogers
Dweleth
Hosmer
Howard Meadows
Kent Allen
A. A. Allen
Mae Ethel Kinsinger
Charles Corell
Foss L. Fellers
Calvary Baptist Church
E. O. Excell
H. H. Mauck
E. McMullin
Wareing
Kroeger
Lyon
van Delft
Grueger
Ashford
Mary Cheyney
C. G. Harris
Cc. W. Dickey
W. O. Bivens
Charles Nichols
Jesus
Rose of
Sharon
Gabriel
Bland Street Church
Betty Miller
James Wooldridge
Liddle
Claire Whitlock
Father
Roswig
Rock of Refuge
James Elmer Brown
Joanne Sybil Dudle
Weiner
Vade Mecum Club
First Christian C. E
Mercer Section
RADIO
Cqeer
W.vase
Tcefield
Virginia
Gene Autry
Mary Lee
Spider Woman
Basil Rathbone
and Nigel Bruce
Montgomery Ward
Federal St
the Sweethearts
QODS
Jane Frank Albertson
Vera Vague
WILD
Bill Elliott
Age “Galty
HAY Ouet Terriers
Roy Barcroft
Comedy . News
8. Army
JA. Eugene Stowers, Jr
United States Marine Corps
Richard Stowers
United States Navy
Mrs. Stowers
Bellevue Avenue
Charlies Campbell
Denver
Don ‘Red Barry
Vor Citt
Camp Bradford, Va
Blackheads
Andy
Lewis Stone
Mickey Rooney
Fay Holden
Sara Haden
Bonita Granville
Vive Tun
Herbert Marshall
Harry Ruskin
William Ludwig
Agnes Christine Johnston
George 8. Seitz
E” Bond
Dowre Wean
Saturda
Bob Steele
Claire Trevor, Walter
Roy Rogers
Hamilton
Atlantic
New Godford
Boston
Salem
Matte
Portland
Rockland
Detroit
Mich
Cleveland
Ohio
Cincine Sti
Norfolk
Fc Gandle
Pocahontas Fuel Company Incorporated
ONE Broadway
New York
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