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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1957
Page
5
The caption lists attendees including John Magann. Mrs Magann. Mrs John Scott. Mrs Louis Cohen. Mrs Horace Bolen. Mr Bolen. and Miss Eleanor Jennings attending the event.
Brushfork Atlas 4 H Club met at the riba with leader Mrs C S 5. A good grooming contest and a wiener roast preceded the business meeting. Junior winners were Brenda and Carol Marshal for girls and Ranny Mullins and Jimmy Jackson for boys. Senior winners were Richardson and Margie Smith for first place honors.
The Christian Women's Fellowship of the First Christian Church held installation rites in the church sanctuary with Mrs. Charles Nichols presiding. Officers named include Mrs. Nichols as president and Mrs. Edwin Royal as second vice president, followed by a reception in Bethany Hall with Punch and cookies served.
Two former Bluefield residents with Bluefield roots take roles in Kermit Hunter’s historical drama Chucky Jack. Mrs Susan Burnett Horton will be assistant organist and Charles Horton musical director while Miss Emma Sue Phelps acts as Mrs Ben governor of the Southwest Territory. Mary Ellen Crow earns medical tech degree at Medical College of Virginia.
The Bluefield Chapter of the UDC meets at Happy Valley Farms with reports from the Travelers District in Princeton. Executive board 1 30 p.m. Bluefield Civic League 8 p.m. at Appalachian Power Building. Evening Primrose Garden Club 7 30 p.m. Elm Street with Effie Carter co host. DAR John Chian Chapter 2 p.m. Augusta Street. Star Lodge 7 p.m. Masonic Temple with installation after 6 30.
The Bluewell Lions Auxiliary met at Club La Salute with Mrs. Albert Mariotti presiding. New member Willetta Jones welcomed. A family picnic was planned at Wolf Creek and a July meeting was skipped for a pot luck supper at Mrs. E Jennings. August hostesses named Mrs. Dale Henderson and Mrs. Robert Shoda.
Bluefield Chapter Women of the Moose held a regular session at the Moose home. It was the last meeting before installation of new officers. A special meeting is planned for June 27 at 8 pm with candidates and an installation ceremony to follow.
The Rock OES chapter elected officers for the coming year led by worthy matron Kathleen Cole and worthy patron Cecil Vance. New officers include associate matron Lorraine Pinkard associate patron Albert Thompson secretary Myrtle Robbins treasurer Rosalie Hedrick and associate conductress Ellen Blankenship.
Mr and Mrs Clifton Berry and their children of Shenandoah Avenue left this week for a visit to relatives in Alburg Vermont.
The WMU of East End Baptist Church met with about twenty five attendees. Mrs. J. G. Foley presented a devotional titled Fountain of Youth. Mrs. Page Snider led the business session and plans were made for a July 2 picnic.
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