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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1967
Page
5
Families in multiple states welcomed guests from North Carolina Virginia and Maryland visiting relatives in O'Toole Radford Pensacola Tampa Virginia Beach Bear Del Lansing Dayton and Northfork. Notable names include Henry Deel Betty Twigg Cecil Deel and St. Clair family with several children.
A backyard retreat can be quick and inexpensive to create with a sheltered patio or full garden house. Tile, especially ceramic from domestic makers, offers durability outdoors, many colors and sizes, and resists scratching burning and staining.
July is Barbecue Month as the Fourth of July holiday arrives with high grilling activity. The article outlines meat choices and techniques for a grand barbecue, including duck roasts and steaks, plus a recipe for party hamburgers and a potato dish, emphasizing flavor with monosodium glutamate and herbs.
Mrs Ward Wright led the June meeting of the Rock Methodist Church Woman's Society of Christian Service on Everlasting Life. President Mrs Daniel Parks read a card of thanks. Members discussed kitchen furnishings and a fundraising project for August. Several guests and visitors attended with prayers offered and a potluck planned for July.
Kimball resident A P Wood, long time merchant, is a patient at Memorial Hospital in Stuart Virginia. Amos Wood and Jongee Casali visited. News includes Amos and Mrs Wood returning from Hot Springs Arkansas for Patrick Henry Allied Families reunion at Fairy Stone Park with about 200 attendees.
Northfork OES Chapter No 99 installed Eva Farmer as worthy matron and Earl Farmer as worthy patron in the Northfork Masonic Lodge room. Dorothy Lawless and Roy Keesee presided. Miss Nona Gay Hunt was welcomed as a Star Point and new member. A school of instruction is planned for August 4.
Californians visit Anawalt area staying with local families and relatives. Names listed include Barry, Tagnesi, Rose, Dickerson, Anielski, McKinney, Creasey, Belcher, Kestner, Sironko, Dinkins, Mentyre, Parks, and others. Travelers come from Stanton Charlottesville Knoxville Welch Baltimore and other places.
Miss Darlene Tiller of Council Virginia has been elected editor of the Telestar at the Speechwriting and Secretarial College of Bristol Tennessee. Faye and Marie Price of Castlewood Virginia earned Executive Secretarial Diplomas at the Speedwriting and Secretarial College graduation. Roberta Blankenship of Haysi Virginia visited her mother and Patsy Rose of Clintwood Virginia spent the weekend with her parents in Bristol Tennessee.
Local notices list multiple club gatherings for Monday and Wednesday in Bluefield and vicinity. Events include Bluefield Chapter No 66 meeting and officer installation, First Presbyterian class with the Arnolds, FOE Auxiliary, Evening Primrose Garden Club with speaker Elmo Agee, Ruth Class at College Avenue Baptist, East River Mountain Garden Club coffee at Arthur Kingdon home, Bluefield Old Guards, DAR chapter, CWF executive workshop, Memorial Baptist WMU, YWCA Duplicate Bridge Club, and Fincastle Duplicate Bridge Club as part of regular community activities.
The U S standards exist for dried beans and peas and guide trade, though consumer packs rarely show labels. Grades cover color defects foreign material and mixed wrong varieties, with Handpicked options as top levels. If you find defects, complain to store and packager and request graded labeled beans.
Col Charles W Sampson visits his mother Mrs Gertrude Sampson in East River Apartments and his sister in Whitethorn Lane before departing for a year in Saigon. He is stationed at Wright Patterson AFB Dayton Ohio and his family will live in Arlington Virginia. Mrs Gillie just returned from Milwaukee Wisconsin where she attended the National Council of Garden Clubs meeting and was named national credential chairman.
Squire Personal Mr and Mrs Russell Farris of Washington DC visit sister W M Turpins and their niece Mrs Bernard Rasnake and family, spending time with relatives.
Mr and Mrs Jerry Sylvester Thorpe of 127 Depot Street Bluefield Va are parents of a son Michael Angelo born Wednesday June 21 in Bluefield Sanitarium weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces balanced by early health checks and family notes.
Mrs. John Mattox chairs Graham High School Class of 1947 reunion planning for August 12 at the West Virginian Hotel. Registration at 6 p.m. banquet at 7 p.m. Paul Nash, former class president, will MC. Ten of 53 classmates cannot attend. three deceased.
Mrs. Sam Brown of Bluefield Virginia formerly Donna Lynn Cox was the honoree at a baby party hosted by Mrs. Robert Brown and Mrs. Raymond Castle. Thirteen guests attended and nine who could not attend sent gifts. A corsage of blue daisies and pink rosebuds decorates the silver epergne with baby hue candles. Pink, blue and white colors frame the event. Games led by Mrs. J. J. Harman Jr and Mrs. Irene Amburn produced several prizes for ten more games.
The 1967 Camp Iva crowning is set for Thursday June 29 at 9 pm with closing ceremonies Friday June 30. Camper of the second week is Mary D Bennett with attendants Barbara L Moore Missy Nalh and Susan Stanton.
Mr and Mrs Joe McGinnis and Debbie and Mr and Mrs Joe Howard McGinnis spent a day in Tannersville Virginia at the Howard Hypes home Linda Hypes returned home with Debbie McGinnis All of Mr Hypes children were present for a Fathers Day celebration Mrs Stella Repass spent the winter in Washington DC and Maryland Miss Anne Lee Etter of North Augusta SC visited her parents the Sam Etter family in Burkes Garden VA
Bartley notes Mr and Mrs Earl Ellis visit her parents the M E Burkes in Jewell Ridge Virginia. Henry Hall and daughter with Mr and Mrs Burleigh Lawson were in Seaford Virginia with another daughter they attended the marriage of Miss Helen Hall on June 17.
Mrs Rosalind Dickenson Mrs Felix Dickenson and Mrs Emily D Lyttle were entertained at luncheon by Misses Frances and Louise Dickenson in Lebanon Virginia W H Bowmans attending a principal s conference in Richmond Virginia
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