State Clubs Take Honors At National Convention
West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs and its members won more national awards than any other state at the General Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Philadelphia. WV earned top honors in education conservation and arts categories and noted 18 awards plus 11 by juniors, with 75 WV attendees among 2,200 total.
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West Virginia
Leonard Adkins
Woman's Club of
Huntington
Keep
America
Education Department
West
Misses Jacket Pattern Ad From Marion Martin
An old Bluefield Daily Telegraph notice advertises Pattern 948 for Misses sizes 8 to 18 with a jacket style. It instructs readers to send 75 cents plus 35 cents postage, to Marion Martin Pattern Dept in New York for the printed pattern and related sewing catalogs and coupons.
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Tor & Smart Total
Marion Martin
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
West
New York
Salvation Army Auxiliary Holds Camp Joy Meeting
Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary held their June meeting at Camp Joy with reports on improvements a new floor covering and curtains and plans for roof repairs. Lt John Jordan announced the second week of the 12 week session with 96 campers and a high staff to camper ratio while noting the program's spiritual emphasis and the option to sponsor a needy child for 30.
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Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary
Camp Joy
C. P. Gillespie
W. CC. _ Jackson
Citadel
John Jordan
St. Jordan
Salvation Army
Daughter Sandy Lynn Born to Mr and Mrs Kulick
A daughter named Sandy Lynn was born June 19 at Bluefield Sanitarium to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ray Kulick of Bluefield. The baby weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces. The mother formerly Betty Louise Sarver.
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Sandy Lynn
Bluefield Sanitarium
Donald Ray Kulick
Bluefield
Betty Louise Sarver
Dear Polly tips for frugal everyday fixes and storage
Readers share practical kitchen hacks and thrift ideas. Freeze leftover meatloaf baked in foil muffin pans to save time and bags, label containers with contents and freshness dates, and use newspaper layers for booster seats. Moleskin mending for worn boot linings, pantyhose under nurse outfits, rug shampoo in a bottle, and repurposed margarine wrappings for greasing. Polly’s Pointers writer invites readers to submit notes.
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Polly
Elizabeth Dear
Nancy Dear
Yolanda
Babys
Margaret
Lydia Polly
UDC Chapter Elects Officers After Picnic
Bluefield Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy elected officers for the coming term at a carry-in picnic at Mrs. W. W. Ross home on Union Street. September installations planned. A rummage sale is announced for Monday through Saturday in the former Weinberg location from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Twenty four members attended.
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Bluefield
United Daughters of the Confederacy
W. W. Ross
Union St
Ross
L. D. Mattox
Stanley Martin
Carl Ashley Sr
D. E. Pafford
Malcolm Otey
Jeanne Foster
Weinberg
Meat bargains and history of canning outlined
West Virginia shoppers are told meat bargains continue this week with prices for beef pork luncheon meats and wieners favorable. Egg prices rise slightly but remain lower than a month ago. The article lists specific weekly specials and produce prices and then traces the history of canning from Appert through Pasteur to its role in American expansion and wartime provisioning.
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West Virginia
Stephanie Teague
Nicholas Appert
Napoleon
Appert
Mrs Osgood Speaks On Indian Mission At Matoaka
United Methodist Women of Matoaka Methodist Church heard Mrs. Sandra Osgood describe two years with Navaho Indians at Navaho Methodist Mission School in Farmington New Mexico. She and Rev Ted Osgood are the church’s new ministerial family. a rummage sale was planned for late July and the group will meet again in September.
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United Methodist Women of
Matoaka
Farmington
N. M
Ted Osgood
Osgood
Mission School
Matoaka United Methodist Church
G. C. Robertson
Shrewsberry
Nellie Midkiff
Club Calendar Highlights and Community Events
Friday at 8 p.m. Rock Chapter 130 CES will hold installation. Saturday at 9 a.m. Bluefield Junior Woman's Club yard sale at Loretta Currence 1101 Augusta St. 5 p.m. Bluefield Country Club picnic. Sunday 4 p.m. United Methodist Women of Trinity Methodist Church host reception for new minister Rev. Dr. Lawrence Sherwood and his family in Asbury Hall. Textile mills in Georgia produce cotton rayon silk and woolen materials.
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Bluefield Junior Woman's Club
Loretta Currence
Augusta St
Bluefield Country Club
United Methodist Women of
Trinity Methodist Church
Asbury Hall
Lawrence Sherwood
Bicentennial U S History Highlights 1776
A series begins detailing a pivotal year with 1776 events. John Nixon reads the Declaration July 8 as Liberty Bell tolled, while New Jersey enacts women’s suffrage. Poivre and Lafayette are noted for spice trade shifts inspiring a Pepper Poivre dinner featuring Steak Poivre.
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U. S
United States
John Nixon
New Jersey
Dutch East India Company
Pierre Poivre
Mauritius
France
General Lafayette
M. Pierre Poivre
Births in Bluefield and Princeton mark new arrivals
A daughter named Gloria Katherine was born June 19 in Bluefield at Larry Randall Snell, North Tazewell, Virginia. The baby weighed 6 pounds 6 ounces. The mother is the former Jody Ellen Kirtner. A daughter named Melody Elaine was born to Ronald Wayne Dunivant in Princeton. The baby weighed 6 pounds 82 ounces. The mother is the former Dianna June Mathena.
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Gloria Katherine
Bluefield Sanitarium
Larry Randall Snell
North Tazewell
Jody Ellen Kirtner
Melody Elaine
Ronald Wayne Dunivant
Princeton
Dianna June Mathena
Linen Shower Honors Miss Compton Bride Elect
Miss Kathy Compton bride elect of Michael Munsey received a linen shower hosted by bridesmaids Jerri Edwards Kathy Tabor Marsha Pochick and Martha Kersey at Edwards home. Twenty guests attended a rainbow pink yellow mint green theme with corsage prizes and homemade petit fours by Mrs. Alva Tabor.
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Kathy Compton
Michael Munsey
Jerri Edwards
Kathy Tabor
Marsha Pochick
Martha Kersey
Miss Edwards
Cathy Seyler
Compton
Janet Lawson
Alva Tabor
Joyce Seyler
Susan Class
Nelsons Anniversary Sale Opens With Deep Discounts
Nelsons Ladies Shop in Princeton launches its 45th Anniversary Sale with 25 to 50 percent off summer items including shoes sandals dresses and sportswear from regular stock. The Paper Doll Shoppe offers new summer items with Christmas stockings and toys. Interior decorating shops Roland's Interior Decorating Shop and McQuail's Inc showcase fabrics lamps china crystal silver and wedding goods. The Sweetheart Boutique in Princeton promotes wedding dresses and pageant gowns. Citizens Real Estate Service notes brisk housing market while Bluefield Gift Shop highlights Franciscans Dinnerware Starter Sets. Something Fine Boutique presents new 65/35 poly cotton trousers and related EJE outfits with matching blouses.
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Nelsons
Princeton
Nelson
Joan Walsh Anglund
Roland
Schumacher
Finland
China
France
Williamsburg
Stieff
Emily
Something Fine
Va. Ave
Bild
Roger
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