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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1955
Page
5
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Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cheatham and their son of Frederick Street travel to Roanoke Virginia to attend the funeral of Mr. Cheatham s sister Mrs. Charlie McKinney this morning.
Social notes list residents and visitors from Pocahontas and nearby areas. Claudine Peery Nell Prentice return from Niagara Falls and New England states. Jonella Bloch visits Washington D C. Mrs Wilson Paid and Susan visit Anthony Pais in Houston. Several families take vacations to Virginia Tennessee Florida and North Carolina.
Tuesday events list at Bailey Memorial Church Cumberland Road featuring Dr. E L Ackiss of home missions board as speaker. Helen Kim Guild gathers at Mrs Ronald Hood’s home 2110 Dearborn St. Evening Primrose Garden Club meets with Mrs John Wilkinson Elm Street. Wednesday noon Quota Club meets at the West Virginian Hotel.
Bandy Personal item states Jerry Martin reported to base Wednesday after a 30 day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Harvey Martin. He came back to the states from Puerto Rico where he had been stationed for the last year. E P Frederick attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg graduation where his son Daniel associate professor of applied mechanics earned a Ph D in engineering mechanics from the University of Michigan.
Bland Street Methodist Church S Q Class opened the year with a combined dinner and meeting. New committees were announced by president Mrs. Sally Quesenberry. Mrs. Mable Burnett planned the meal with help from Mrs. Mae Ashley and Mrs. Zora Goforth.
In Marion Virginia on June 27 a bridge luncheon at Hemlock Haven honored bride elect Miss Nancy Walker. Prizes went to Mrs. Willard Lemmon for high score and Mrs. William Ford for second. other prizes to Mrs. Jack Walker and Mrs. Kent Graybeal.
A daughter Sheri Darlene was born June 23 at the Bluefield Sanitarium to Mr and Mrs Trudy Godlie Lambert Bastian. The baby weighed 7 pounds 9 1/2 ounces. A daughter Judy Gayle Johnson was born at the Bluefield Sanitarium to Mr and Mrs Billy Robert Johnson Bluefield. The baby weighed 6 pounds 7 4/2 ounces. The mother was the former Miss Shurley Rae Clark. A son Michael Eugene Lambert was born June 24 at St Luke's Hospital to Mr and Mrs Henry Clay ins 824 Melrose Street Bluefield. The baby weighed 7 pounds 2 1/4 ounces. The mother is the former Elizabeth Ernestine Hall.
Members of American Legion Auxiliary Riley West Post No 9 held a cheer party for patients at Beckley Veterans Hospital on Sunday. They served and entertained 150 patients and distributed cigarettes donated by the Legion. Fiddling Bud Kurtz and his band provided the music. The trip was made by Mr and Mrs Lowell Grubb, Mr and Mrs Ralph Thomason, Mr and Mrs Cecil Magruder, Mr and Mrs C F Davis, Mr and Mrs N C Stanley and Mrs Carl Dye. Mrs Grubb is auxiliary president.
A long list of visitors and residents spending time with friends and relatives in Maybeury Switchback Beckley and nearby towns. Notable guests include Mrs J C Wooten and children Barbara Rickey and Karen from Beckley and Hazel Slate from Havre de Grace Maryland.
Mrs S A Tabor Mrs T P Gibbs and Mrs Newman of Grenwood Park came back Sunday from a week with relatives in Detroit Michigan. J P Hicks a patient at St Luke s Hospital can receive visitors. Mrs Claude Boughner and Miss Eunice Boughner Parkway Avenue returned from Philadelphia Pa with Mrs Boughners daughter and granddaughter Mrs W A Frost and Frances Ree who will stay in Bluefield until Friday.
Mrs Lucille Crabtree was installed as senior regent of Blue Field Chapter Women of the Moose at Moose Hall with visitors from Princeton Williamson and Loyal Order of the Moose. New officers included Nancy Duncan junior regent Lillian Johnson chaplain Helen Jackson junior graduate regent Rose Mangus treasurer Ruby Carson recorder Nellie Stovall guide Cozette Melvey assistant guide Ollie Asbury sentinel Mildred Gilliam Argus and Gladys Taylor pianist. Helen Jackson conducted the opening session and noted Betty Porterfield recently earned College of Regents Degree.
A new City Woman of the Mooseheart WOTM regent was installed by guides in a nine o'clock ceremony. Mrs. Thelma Hale and Mrs. June Winesette led the installation with other officers including Mrs. Betty Porterfield and Mrs. Laura Farley. Gifts and honors followed as Mrs. Crabtree pledged a active year and Mooseheart supporters spoke on loyalty and progress.
A reader asks if an unexpected guest should stay when the host is entertaining and Emily Post counsels leaving if interrupting a bridge game or ongoing conversation. The piece also offers toast ideas for a golden anniversary and advice on who should give away the bride in a wedding, noting personal choice and family dynamics.
The Clover Club hosts an annual event at Bluefield Country Club with tropical decorations including fish nets and hula figures. R. R. Stuart Jr. and Elmer W. Tabor oversee decorations as Tommy Tucker and his orchestra provide music from 10 30 to 2 30.
J W Pruett of 1604 Princeton Avenue Bluefield was honored with a birthday dinner on Sunday June 19. The event was hosted by his wife with guests including Frank Pruett of Washington DC and Bluefield relatives and friends.
A list of newborns includes Thomas Lee Byrd born June 22 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arthur Byrd of Pocahontas weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces, Linda Marie Tiller born June 22 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Tiller of N. Tazewell weighing 9 pounds, Wade Alden Herald born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Eilis Herald of Itmann weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces, and Connie Jean Burton born to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison Burton of Narrows weighing 6 pounds 2% ounces.
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