Willing Workers Circle meets for Crum relief drive
The Willing Workers Circle of the American Baptist Woman's Mission Society gathered at the church hall for a luncheon for seven members. The group discussed Crum West Virginia’s urgent need for food clothing and church literature and urged area churches to donate through Rev James Patton Jr Missionary Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfork
Willing Workers Circle
American Baptist Woman’s Mission Society
Dolly Wallace
John Cameron
Marie Alley
Robert Lewis
Crum
West
White Cross
James Patton Jr
Missionary Baptist Church
Wallace
Jesus Christ
Mary Gwyn
Samuel Johnson
Nashville
Tenn
Pauline Pais
Mark
Patty
Karen Bowling
Pineville
William C. Gwyns
Josephine Arangie
Janette Clancy
Beth
Cindy
Corrine
Carolyn
Greensboro
N. C
Robert Williams
Samuel Waide
Philippi
Elmer Bailey
Worth
Pam
Keystone Notes Mary Ofsa Plans 10 Day Vacation
Mary Ofsa leaves Sunday for a 10 day vacation visiting her sister’s family in Greensboro North Carolina and Long Beach North Carolina. She will also spend time with relatives in Bluefield and return to Keystone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone
Mary Ofsa
Howard Campbell
Greensboro
N. C
Long Beach
Rudy Tapia
Cindy
Cathy
Deborah
Orlando
Fla
Fletcher Hardy
Fletcher Hardy III
Princeton
Bluefield
Burkes Garden Club Names Officers at Second Supper
The Burke's Garden Community Club elected officers at a covered dish supper at the school. New officers include Ben Roberts president Jim Hoge vice president and Mrs Frank Grindstaff treasurer. Other members serve on entertainment and food committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkes Garden
Burke’s Garden
John Boling
Lubbock
Tex
George Boling
Mason A. Vaughan Jr
Beverly
Ohio
J. P. Buchanan
Steve Felty
Logan
Lawrence Felty
Frank Smith
Arthur Myers
Allen Bowman
Class Has Program at McClung First Presbyterian
Mrs. R Y Woodburn presided over the June meeting of the McClung Class at First Presbyterian Church. Verna Penn gave the devotion reading from Matthew G. Lois Nichols and Marie Burnett reported officers and correspondence. Alice Ann Kirby noted ecards and flowers for the sick and members heard of Elizabeth Warrick's fall while Sue Pauley joined as a new member. Social hour featured contests won by Joseph Hoge Jr and Gladys Callaway, with gifts and hostesses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Y. Woodburn
McClung
First Presbyterian Church
Verna Penn
Matthew G. Lois Nichols
Marie Burnett
Alice Ann Kirby
Elizabeth Warrick
Sue Pauley
Edna Schaefer
Aiken
S.C
Opal North Street
Woodburn
Hall
Miss Kirby
Jospeh Hoge, Jr
Yesteryear
Gladys Callaway
Nellie Arnold
Jean Pool
Mrs. Arnold
Clyde Hall
Juanita Dale
Mrs. Nichols
Bland WSCS Gives June Program on Adventure in Giving
Mrs. Arthur Evans Circle led Bland Street Methodist Women’s Society in a June program on giving. Speakers included Mesdames Sidney Montague Harold Brewster Claude Hatcher and J T Frazier Jr. Miss Bernard presided. Officers to be installed June 29 with no July meeting. Harvest luncheon set for September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Evans
Bland Street Methodist Women’s Society
Sidney Montague
Harold Brewster
Claude Hatcher
J. T. Frazier Jr
Sidney Bernard
Bets Tomchin Wins 72 Hole FCC Handicap Golf Title
The Bank of Tazewell County Handicap at Fincastle Country Club featured 72 holes for the 18 hole group and 36 holes for the 9 hole group. Betty Tomchin won the 72 hole event with 310 to 323 for Jo Bruce, while Georgia McGhee took the 36 hole crown with 160 and Lucy Godsey 161. Medalists were Tomchin and Godsey with throw out results noting Brownie Clarke and Lois Wells as 18 hole Class A and 9 hole Class B winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fincastle Country Club
Betty Tomchin
Jo Bruce
Georgia McGhee
Lucy Godsey
Brownie Clarke
Lois Wells
Itmann Briefs Miss Darla Niswander Visiting Huntington
Miss Darla Niswander is visiting Huntington with her sister Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kemp and her grandparents Reverend and Mrs. C. C. Hensley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darla Niswander
Huntington
Roy
Bubba) Kemp
Rev
C. C. Hensley
Rummage sale and club events listed for Bluefield and Tazewell
Calendar notes events including a 9:30 am rummage sale at Ben Light building Bluefield to 4 30 pm a 10 00 am macaroni workshop in Tazewell and 7 30 pm lodge meetings in West Virginian Hotel and Montcalm Hall with Mr and Mrs Thomason in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Woman's Club
Ben Light
Tazewell HD
Tazewell
Rebekah Lodge
West Virginian Hotel
Rock
CES
Montcalm Hall
Charles Thomason
Evanses Welcome Son Joseph Scott
Mr and Mrs James Wendall Evans of Route 3 Tazewell Virginia are parents of a son Joseph Scott born Sunday June 15 at Bluefield Sanitarium weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wendall Evans
Route 3
Tazewell
Joseph Scott
Bluefield Sanitarium
Prenuptial Shower in Mullens for Brenda Martin Bride Elect
The Mullens Pentecostal Holiness Church fellowship hall hosted a pre nuptial shower for Brenda Martin, bride elect of James Seaton of Itmann. Attendees numbered 36 and corsages were given to the honoree and both mothers by hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itmann
Hal
Pentecostal Holiness Church of
Sadie Walker
Basil Martin
N. T. Selvey
Cecil Caperton
Clint Norris
Lester Clark
Ervin Conner
Mary Andrews
Mae Stevens
Understanding knots in nautical speed
A knot is the speed of one nautical mile per hour, with one nautical mile equal to 6,080 feet. This unit measures vessel velocity in maritime practice and navigation.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Beulah Raines
Ronald Whalen
Maude Abshire
Grand Jurisdiction
West Virginia
May Pace
Helen Cozart
Rock and Bluefield
Delphia Davies
Elizabeth
Norfolk
Elizabeth Jenkins
Rocky Gap
Cedar Bluff
Baltimore
Amanda Montgomery
Hazel Aker
Louise Yost
Dorothy Cramer
Edna McCoy
Clarence Mahoney
Mary DeValut
Charlene Burgoyne Meade
Raines
Mary
Salina
Virginia
Richlands
Burgoyne
Whalen
Homer Tabor
Dick Phelps
Montgomery
Marcella Miles
Ernest Doyle Jr
Pace
Charleston
Bluefield Assembly No. 48
Order of the Rainbow
Meade
Linda Doyle
Brenda Doyle
Ethel Little
Iona Jones
Glenna Troutman
OES
Virginia Burgoyne
Barbara Martin
Roxie Boyd
Margaret Bailey
Betty Smith
Standing
Edith Seay
Adah
Betty Kincaid
Ruth
Lorene Carriker
Esther
Glenna Martin
Martha
Lucille Wood
Electa
Clude
Fay Doyle
Beatrice Foley
Jean Hall
Leon Hall
Sentinel
Charlene Meade
Worthy
Prescription
NEW Graham Pharmacy
Bluefield, Virginia
Flexnit
Bland Street
W. VA
Northfork Circle
Burkes Garden Community Club
Well
Arnold Yates
Bristol
Mack Myers
Richlands, Va
Ruth Rhody
Florida
W. H. Moss
Pamela
Nancy
Daytona Bleach
Bland Wscs
Henry David Thoreau
Man Land
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Playtex
Bradley's
Vanity Fair
Community Savings and Loan CO
Corner Raleigh
Bland Sts
FCC
Itmann Briefs
P.m
Mullens
Appalachain Home Economist
Tani
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