Miss Virginia Rowe Williams Weds Albert Clyde White
Miss Virginia Rowe Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward T Williams of Athens wed Albert Clyde White of Athens in Virginia on June 13 with Rev H B Jennings Jr. The bride wore powder blue crepe and heirloom pieces. Attendants were the couple's parents. The bride, a teacher and alumna of Concord State Teachers College, holds graduate work at Duke and George Peabody. Mr White, active in Mercer county politics, serves as county commissioner. The couple reside in Athens after a northern honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Rowe Williams
Albert Clyde White
Virgi Rowe Williams
Edward T. Williams
Athens
Ee Va
H. B. Jennings, Jr
Virginia
North Carolina
West Virginia
Concord State Teachers College
Duke University
George Peabody College
Kappe Delta Pi
Pi Gamma Mu
Gamma Phi Omicorn
Order of Eastern Star
Mercer County
Athens High School
White
Mercer County Court
Two Shower Parties Honoring Mary Jane Beem
Two social events celebrated Miss Mary Jane Beem ahead of her marriage to Henry A. Barr of Wayne Pennsylvania. Attendants hosted bridge and mixed games at inviting homes on Augusta Street and in Fairview apartments with multiple guests from Ohio and local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Beem
Henry A. Barr
Wayne
W. D. Cassidy
Augusta Street
Gerry Glockler
Tsmouth
Ohio
Patricia Stacy
Miss Beem
Carol
Miss French and Miss Bailey Attend Kappa Convention
Miss Harriet French and Miss Connie Bailey depart Tuesday night for Canada to attend the 35th bi annual Kappa Kappa Gamma convention at the Seigniory Club Montebello from June 25 to July 1. French, president of the Southwest Virginia Alumnae association, attends as delegate while Bailey serves as graduate counsellor for the University of Arkansas chapter. They plan a Saguenay River post convention cruise and expect a two week absence. Mrs. James E. Mann, province vice president, left Sunday evening for a province officers meeting before the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet French
Connie Bailey Lef
Canada
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Seigniory Club
Montebello
Miss French
Southwest Virginia Alumnae Association
Miss Bailey
University of Arkansas
Saguenay
James E. Mann
Virginia Side Nutrition Class Concludes Certificates Granted
The Standard Nutrition class by the Bluefield omen's club under the American Red Cross has completed its course. Certificates were awarded to listed participants including Mrs. Lucille Barger Mrs. Irene Raynolds Bates Mrs. Rose B. Crockett Mrs. Eva Crockett Mrs. Eleanor White Evans and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Omen
American Red Cross
Lena G. Moseley
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Lucille Barger
Irene Raynolds Bates
Rose
Crockett
Eva Crockett
Eleanor White Evans
el Th
S. de Vor
Irene Crockett Gill
Mabel Richardson Mathews
Nita G. Osborne
Carrie Osborne
Mary M. Price
Lonnie Cole Reynolds
Minnie Kesley Sharitz
Virginia D. Shufflebarger
Mae Penn Smith
Lucille H. Smith
Hattie
S. Taylor
Lucy W. Thompson
Leilia M. Tibbs
Virginia Warden
College Avenue Church Plans Music Program
The College Avenue Baptist church will feature a morning worship program next Sunday. The church choir with visiting singers will perform a twenty minute cantata style setting of the One Hundred thirtieth Psalm Out of the depths as arranged by Mietzke. Soloists include Harry Westerfield soprano James B Wildstone tenor with instrumental interludes by James Elmer Brown on organ and Mrs Lon Rish on piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Avenue Baptist Church
Mietzke
James Elmer Brown
Lon Rish
Harry Westerfield
Caretta
James B. Wosldstone
Bland Street
Club Calendar Evening Events At Vivene Studio And VFW
Thursday schedule includes a public art exhibit and speech recital at the Vivene studio on Commerce street at 7 00 p m. The Westminster Presbyterian church choir rehearses at 7 30 p m under Mrs P Barrow director. At 8 00 p m the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary meets in the bridge room at the West Virginian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivene
Commerce Street
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Barrow
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
West Virginian
Bridge Room
Odist Choir Plans Concert With Noted Contralto
The odist choir of Bluefield along with Mrs. Fred Edwards contralto of College Avenue will present a program directed by James Elmer Brown. The program will be almost entirely music and the public is cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odist
Bluefield
Fred Ecwards
College Avenue
James Elmer Brown
Bluefield Boys Enter V P I Accelerated Course
Six Bluefield youths travel to Blacksburg to join the accelerated session at Virginia Polytechnic Institute this summer. The group includes Issac Fuqua Jack Rollins Leon Yates Charlie Ballou Hunter Harris and Billy Bivens, with parental names and streets noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Issac Fuqua
Bre. I. N. Puqa
Jack Rollins
M. W. Robbins
Heatherwood Road
Leon Yates
G. O. Yates
Fredrick Street
Charlie Ballou
C. B. Yates
Rockbridge Street
Hunter Harris
Former Pocahontas Man Weds Ruby Marian Wiley
The wedding of Ruby Marian Wiley of Yancey Mills Virginia to Julian David Ellett of Joliet Illinois took place at Hillsboro Baptist Church Yancey Mills. The ceremony occurred on the couple's parents twenty fifth wedding anniversary with Rev. E Warren Robertson officiating. The couple will reside at 1509 Jones Street Joliet Illinois after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Marian Wiley
Wiliam Benjamin Wiley
Yancey Mills
Julian David Ellett
Joliet
Ernest Junius Ellett
Pocahontas
Ellett
Hillsboro Baptist Church
E. Warren Robertson
Beaverdam
Louise Ellyson Wiley
Richmond
Steptis
Anne Smith Wiley
Pride
Mary Marshall Wiley
Arthur Tazewell Ellett
Roanoke
Harleth G. Wiley
William B. Wiley, Jr
Carlisle Ellett
Greensboro
8. C
Martha Elliot
L. H. Walton
Harriet Walton
Katherine Clark
Juliet Florance
Henrietta Sadler
Mayme O'Flaherty
Dorothy Dill
John Flouroy
John Parker
J. Handle Wiley
Walter Tyler
Rosalie Oakes
Winchester
Jane Watkins
Clifton Forge
Mary Gatewood
R. C. Harlow
Rachel
Elizabeth Harlow
T. D. Ware
Dorothy Oliver
Big Island
Nancy Caulfield
Pleasant View
E. F. Dodd
Nancy Robertson
Washington, D. C
Virginia Moore Wiley
Syracuse Girl Weds Former Bluefield Man in Trinity Church
Miss Betty Jane Craner daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Craner of Syracuse married Bennett Douglas Buckles formerly of Bluefield at Trinity Episcopal Church Syracuse. The ceremony officiated by Rev Claude Hill Layfield featured peonies and palms with Organist Harry Houck. The couple plan to reside in Jackson Heights Long Island after a trip to the Adirondacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jane Craner
Arthur James Craner
Kirk Avenue
Syracuse
N. Y
Bennett Douglas Buckles
Jackson Heights
Long Island
Bluefield
Trinity Episcopal Church
Buckles
Byron D. Buckles
Claude Hill Layfield
Harry Houck
Wagner
Mendelssohn
Marchot
Craner
New York City
J. Roland Craner
James L. Crute
Norfolk
Birth of Patsy Ruth to Mr. and Mrs. James Q. Hughes
Mr and Mrs James Q Hughes announce the birth of a daughter Patsy Ruth at Bluefield sanitarium on June 20. The mother was formerly Pearl Abshire. Patsy Ruth is the granddaughter of the Rev M C Hughes and Mrs Hughes of Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Q. Hughes
Bluefield Sanitarium
Patsy Ruth
Hughes
Miss Pearl Abshire
M. C. Eg
Bluee
Service Mothers Reception Plans Are Perfected
Plans for an informal reception honoring mothers with sons in service were arranged by the American Legion auxiliary at the West Virginia hotel from 8 to 10 p.m. The committee includes Mrs. Louis Zaltman Mrs. G W Lavender and Mrs. Robert Tyson. Invitations go to Blue service mothers. The auxiliary members with WWI sons on the committee are Mesdames Bergeron Black Goodwill Johnston Lizzie Wright and Vass. Members with sons in the current war include Mesdames Milford Elswick Housman Humphreys Kirk Kammer Tyson Woolwine and Mrs. Harry Walters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginian
American Legion Auxiliary
Louis Zaltman
G. W. Lavender
Robert Tyson
George Bergeron
F. L. Black
Theobe Goodwill
J. R. Johnston
A. Lizzie Wright
P. E. Vass
Auxiliary
K. Mitford
W. T. Elswick
B. B. Housman
Winnie Humphreys
J. L. Kirk
Harry Kammer
Annie D. Woolwine
Harry Walters
Garden Club Meeting Features Rose History Talk
Mrs Karl Thomas spoke on roses at the East river Mountain garden club meeting held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs R R Stuart on College avenue. She described rose bed preparation planting pruning spraying and winter protection while Mrs Earl Thomas closed with rose table arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Thomas
East Iver Mountain Garden Club
R. R. Stuart
College Avenue
Thomas
Earl Thomas
Mrs. Rish Hostess Luncheon for Two House Guests
Mrs. Lon Rish hosted a luncheon at the Bluefield Country Club for guests Mrs. John P. Coakley and Miss Lola O'Brien of East Orange New Jersey. The event featured yellow roses and pale blue delphinium with a U shaped table and gardenia corsages for the honorees. More than twenty guests attended. The article notes the U.S. crude oil reserves total 19,024,515,000 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Rish
Bluefield Country Club
John P. Coakley
Lola O'Brien
East Orange
N. J
Rish
Home Economists Leave Today for Nutrition Workshop
Bluefield and Welch home economists from Appalachian Electric Power depart today for a weeklong Nutrition Work Shop at V P I Blacksburg. The group includes Mrs Selma Andrews Mrs Lena G Moseley Mrs Maude Mc Culloch Mrs Bertha Ballard and Miss Helen Hale and will join nine such workshops nationwide with the first held in Chicago last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma Andrews
Lena G. Moseley
Maude McCulloch
Bluefield
Bertha Ballard
Welch
Helen Hale
Princeton
Appalachian Electro Power Company
Blacks
United States
Chicago
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Pearisburg
Mr. Barr
Gerald Glockner
John Shrewsbury
Miss Shirley
Opal Anderson
W. W. Hoskins
John Gott
Charles Harsha
Shirley Fox
Anderson
Ila Shumate
Lola Ustard
Frances Leffel
Elsie
Miss Lyle
Margaret Faulkner
Ann Horne
Ola Stowers
Little Boy Blue
Bokar
A&p Food Stores
America
Roosters
French
Quebec
Virginia Side
Mt. City Lodge
Mountain City Lodge
Degree of Honor Protective Association
Pinnacle
J. W. Farmer
Calvery Baptist Church
Melvin Barnett
Moose Hall
Ella Byrd
Kley
Nora Lazenby
Mary Masco
Fairmont
Ruby Worth
Glee Club
Mildred Whitman
Pearl Sutherland
Ollie M. Smith
College Avenue Church
Room 506
Cool & Coke
Clan Mills Portrait Studio
W. VA
Coal & Coke Bidg
Bluefield Boys
V. P
Bennett Buckles
Adirondacks
the Avenue
Brige
Syracuse Central High School
Lyceum Society
Powelson Business Institute
Permatit Eee
Permutit Camp
Pier
Hampton, Va
Crute
Legion
Mrs. Thomas
Private Jones
Serge
Jones
Rumford
Victory Bookie
Sagerness
Rumford Baking Powdes Bos BS
Rhode Island
Wilees & Co
Mrs. Rish
New Jersey
U.S
Ilighea
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, W. VA
Humphrey
Mick OR
Bradmann
Wythe Ave
Bluefield Ave
Bland St
C Food
Neel’s
W. Graham Cc & C Food Market
Max Covey
Prop
Va. Ave
Princeton, W. VA
Long's Grocery
Mercer St. Princetes
Coker Grocery CO
H & S$ Food Market
Mercer St
Pocahontas VA
Cox's
Jone
Wilson
George Rector
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