Methodist Groups In Bland Meet
Mrs. Bessie Foglesong hosted the North Holston Methodist Wom an's Society gathering in Bland Virginia with nine members. A program on What It Means to Belong to the WSCS was featured and plans for an ice cream supper and July 16 family picnic on the Ceres school lawn at 7 p.m. were announced. The Bethany MYF group held a cook-out and shower for newlyweds Eddie Cregar. many members and relatives attended from nearby towns and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland
Bessie Foglesong
North Holston
WSCS
Ceres
Bethany Methodist Youth Fellowship
A. E. Repass
Eddie Cregar
MYF
Dale Johnson
Patricia
Chuck
0. P. Umberger
Charlotte
N. C
Steven Rush
Tampa, Fla
Gary McPherson
Gaithersburg
Wayne Bruce
Kinfolk Visit Sparks Family Picnic In Kimball
Mr and Mrs Emil Smith of Dover Del and Mr and Mrs Cecil Smith of Norfolk Va with Earl Miles and Sheila of Charleston join sisters Mrs M T Jones and Mrs Clarence Tolliver in Kimball for a family picnic at the Smith home in Glenwood Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
May Brinkley
Edwin Eggleson
Karene
Bobby
Asheville
N. C
Charles Vencill
Louie Popp
Wayne, Mich
Vencill
O. B. Foley
Susan
Beth
David
Washington
Fred Grace
Keystone
Lance
Arnold
Lori
Beaufort
S. C
Walter Lee Jones
Carswell
Columbus
Eckman
Sallie Alligrini
Arlington, Va
Amici
Jones-Butler Nuptial Held In Greensboro North Carolina
Miss Ann Elizabeth Butler of Bethesda Maryland wed Melville Gerald Jones Jr. of Silver Spring Maryland on Sunday June 28 at 4 p.m. in West Market Street Methodist Church Greensboro North Carolina. The ceremony featured Dr. Wilson Weldon officiating and a reception in the church's reception room. The couple plans a post wedding trip to Jekyll Island Georgia before settling in Bethesda Maryland. The bride, a biochemist at the National Institutes of Health, wore a princess style gown with Alencon lace. The groom, a sales engineer with Cutler-Hammer, holds a BS from West Virginia University. The wedding included a large family attended by relatives from multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Elizabeth Butler
Bethesda
Melville Gerald Jones Jr
Silver Spring
West Market Street Methodist Church
Greensboro
N.C
Hubert Estis Butler
N. C
M. G. Jones
Princeton
Wilson Weldon
Lucas Abels
Gordon Sutton
Knoxville
Bradford Carnahan
Kenneth Fisher
Milwaukee
Wis
Clement Kelley
Falls Church
Jekyll Is
William Pitt Lumpkin
Cramford
War Residents Visit In Florida Attend Meeting
War residents travel and visit relatives across Florida including Daytona Beach Orlando and Tampa with stops to see family. Otto Sharitz attends National Kiwanis Convention in Los Angeles and plans a California tour before returning east. Local youths attend journalism and majorette events while a seventh birthday party is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Harman
Thomas
Steven
Susan
Tony Bradmont
Michael
Florida
Daytona Beach
Rudolph Johnson
Orlando
Mr. Harman
Harry Patton
Miami
Bradmont
Lewis Smith
E. V. Slocum
Tampa
Ohio University
Athens
C. H. Overbay
Bessie Barrett
Don Newman
Gwen Barrett
Helen Potter
Karen Coleman
Concord College
Jesse Bishop
J. W. Peery
Pentecostal Churches
Dublin
Margaret Jane Howard
R. M. Peery
Spencer Howard
H. O. Karns I
Ellen Bolden
Diana Deel
Mary Beresh
Karen Williams
Linda Vandyke
Pamela Powell
Sarita Czwaski
Margaret
Wanda
Mark Kiser
Erin Burnette
Charles Justice
Mike Veseledky
Troy Barrett
Preston Mathena
David Deel
Sammy Martin
Steven Clingenpeel
Brian Burnette
Richmond
H. O. Kerns II
Josephine Zando
Manassas
Pete
Local Families Share Visits and Outings Across the Region
Zando and family return to Charleston after a week with grandparents Margaret Altizer in the area. Outings include Donna Kay Johnson and Jean Barrette at Hungry Mother’s Park in Marion Virginia. Visits span Bluefield and Welch as relatives gather for vacations and family ties across several towns.
Bluefield Clubs Schedule Meetings and Golf Qualifiers
Calendar lists Bluefield Country Club women qualifiers for Vice President Handicap Tournament with matches starting July 6. College Avenue Baptist Ruth class with Mrs. Howard Candler at 129 Mt View Ave. Also pale lectures by Dr. R W Neilson on heart and chest ailments at Trinity Methodist. Grace Methodist WSCS lunch and Bible study. Westminster Women of the Church teachers meet. no July WOC meeting. Ruth Walden and Edith Vaughn lead College Avenue circles at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Country Club Women's Golf Association
College Avenue Baptist Ruth
Howard Candler
Mt. View Avenue
Bluefield Old Guards
Trinity Methodist Church
R. W. Neilson
W. J. Ellis
Grace Methodist Wscs
T. J. van Dyke
Westminster Presbyterian Women of the Church Bible Teachers
College Avenue
Ruth Walden
Edith Vaughn
Summer Visits Spread Across Keystone Community
Keyston e area residents hosted and visited relatives across Virginia Florida and North Carolina during summer weeks. Families including Hopkins Martins Schneider Evans and Daugherty hosted guests from Richmond Beckley Albuquerque Winston-Salem and Washington D C. Notable notes include Rev. Stafford Compton’s knee surgery and recovery at Clinch Valley Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Evans
Schneider
Evanses
Lois Floyd
St. Petersburg
Beckley
Fred White
Paul Fitzgerald
Amsterdam
Welch High School
E. R. Campbell
Landgraff
Johnny Sturgill
Michael
Sandy
Albuquerque
N.M
Campbell
Winston-Salem
N. C
Merrill Campbell
Richard Daugherty
Judy Davis
Robin
Washington, D. C
Robert Davis
Linda Davis
Oceana
John Martin
C. M. Hamlett
J. B. O'Brien
Alderson
Julian Budnick
Charles Budnick
New York City
N. Y
Victor Budnick
Lawrenceville School
New Jersey
K. D. Leslie
Ronald
Sonny) Leslie
Mark
Gene Danna
Pompano Beach Fla
Julia Sage
Anawalt
A. J. Preece
Jimmie Preece
Cocoa Fla
Winford Dillard
Northfork
Clara Keesee
Sandra Keesee
Orlando
Fla
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Keesee
Camp
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Stafford Compton
First Baptist Church
Keystone
Clinch Valley Clinic
Richlands
Installation of OES Conducted
Dorothy Puskar was installed as worthy matron of Kimball Chapter of Eastern Star with officers named including Lumpkins, Bowman, Payne, Ficken and Munsey. Installing officers from Narrows and Welch attended. A program honored outgoing matron Elva Belcher, gifts were exchanged, and a lilies and gold green white motif highlighted the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Cora Stiltner
Electa
Fortunato Grego
Sentinel
Nita Jones
Catherine Jervis
Narrows
Puskar
Ethel Grego
Jeanette Bivens
Welch
Virginia Reyburn
Betty Cornett
Ethel Kipsinger
Rosa Corte
Margaret Reyburn
Thelma Branch
Spangler
Elva Belcher
Myrtle Roberts
Elizabeth Cornett
Margaret Bowman
Pauline Sarver
J. S. Payne
Jarvis
Starpoints
Carolyn Eccles
Charlotte
N. C
Northfork
Jaeger
Manota Belcher
Punch
Mr and Mrs Thomas Grat Rider Jr greet newborn son Dan
Mr and Mrs Thomas Grat Rider Jr of Route 1 Bluefield Virginia are parents of a son born Sunday June 1 at Sanitarium weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Grat Rider Jr
Route 1
Bluefield
Dan
Westminster Presbyterian Choral Clinic Dines in Bluefield
The Westminster Presbyterian Church Choral Clinic staff and assistants were entertained at a dinner at the Brier Restaurant in Bluefield. Mrs. H. K. Jarrell hosted as clinic coordinator. The clinic opened Sunday and continues through Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Brier
Bluefield
H. K. Jarrell
Relatives And Friends Visit Switchback Area
Roanoke and Switchback residents host and visit family across Virginia Ohio and California. Numerous guests from Columbus Mansfield and Alexandria travel to Stay with locals such as the Kowaleskis and Gentry Sells while others visit grandparents in Winston Salem and Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabeury
Charlie Kowaliski
California
Anna Suskie
Tony Suskie
Santa Ana
Fred Corbin
San Diego
E. J. Kowaleski
Kyra
Oregon City
Ore. M
James Woods
Roanoke
Hattie Woods
Northfork
Elsvan Johnson
Switchback
Alex Buzuma
A. Buzuma
Alexandria, Va
Skeens
Carol Johnson
Michigan
Ohio
Reedie Sells
Bellflower
Calif
Harry Sullivan
Delaware
Lena Shrader
Bramwell
John Gentry Sells
Regina Saddler
Winston-Salem
N. C
Stanley Zachweila
Theresa Caney
Ethel Cox
Parkersburg
Gracie Lawless
Richard Lawless
Princeton
Notable Guests Mentioned by Mrs. Nathan Wood
Itmann notes recent visitors including Mrs. Ervin Eastridge Diane and Gloria Jean of Cleveland Ohio, Mrs. Emelia Veneri Sandra of Princeton, Mrs. George Courey and Mrs. Juanita Norris of Mullens, plus Hampton Clark and family with Wilford Delp and Ricky of Lashmeet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Wood
Ervin Eastridge
Diane and
Gloria Jean
Cleveland
Ohio
Emelia Veneri
Sandra
Princeton
George Courey
Juanita Norris
Mullens
Hampton Clark
Wilford Delp
Ricky
Lashmeet
Get-Together In St. Paul Honors Father
R Hubbard celebrated Father's Day with a picnic at his daughter's home in St. Paul. Attendees included multiple Hubbard relatives and friends from Bristol Virginia to Norton Kentucky, plus visitors from Richmond and Scottsdale. Also noted is Brother Vincent Wilmes returning from a ten day vacation and ordination anniversary observance. A birth is announced: Mary Peyton Gregory born June 21 at Bristol Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. ©. Hubbard
Jimmie Tompkins
D. Hubbard
T. P. Hubbard
Ann
Susan
Bristol
G. D. Branham
Belle Adams
Karen
Dale
Ethel Adams
H. M. Hubbard
Pound, Va
Carson Hubbard
Phillip
Norton
Ronald Garry Hubbard
Scottsdale, Ariz
Frank Woolwine
Christiansburg, Va
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Methodist
Troy Tibbs
Dreama
Sheila Peake
Morehead
Loma Tibbs
Leland Atwell
Clarence Gillespie
H. E
Chatham Hill
Bradley Gillespie
Marion
Bill Hubble
Richmond, Va
Howard Crabtree
O. P. Umberger
Paul Umberger
R. C. Hubble
Pat Bruce
Clark
Crockett, Va
Norma Rush
Dawn
Lora
Rebecca
Ray Harner
Rush
Jonesboro
Dunker
Bert Cox
Estill
Tess Houdashelf
Bill
New Hall
Pearl Cassell
Coxes
Curtis Cox
Denny
Dennia Olinger
Sherman Cox
Sherry
Hugh Cooper
Jan Repass
Staunton
Harrisonburg
John Chapman
Priscilla
Tazewell
Hugh Foglesong
Sam Robinson
Steve Miller
Pembrook, Va
Harry Foglesong
Pearisburg
Kimball
Jones-Butler
Melville Gerald Jones
Jess Conley
Cherokee Lake
Foster Sisk
Clio
Mich
James Stutse Sr
Stutse Jr
Joe Stutse
Davie Steltz
Ind
John T. Linkous
Howard Wise Linkous of
Ida Linkous
Claytor Lake
OES
W. P. Akers
Washington Street
Arrietta Byrd
Sandston
Akers
Terry
Kelly
Linda
Pamela
Kenneth Douglas Kelly
Norma Jean Akers
Sgt. Kelly
Beverly
Honolulu
Hawaii
Eglin Afb
Mary Elizabeth Duesing
Kellys
Nellie W. Kelly
Sandee
Garland Bruce
Eleanor Hall
Jarrell
James C. McKeever
N. J
Bettie West
Katherine Peck
Clint Skeens
Jenny Bowman
Sam Bowman
Homer Janney
Charles
John Lockhart
John Pickett
Lisa
Upland
Ruby Bowman
Nora Keesling
John Miller
Salem
Lakeside Park
Nathan Guess
William Foster
Donald
Maybeury
T. E. Foster
Paul Foster
Minnie Young
Sandra Crouch
Jim Helms
Homer
Charlie Janney
Roanoke, Va
Lee Lawless
Jody Crouch
Crumpler
Charlie Kowaleski
Joseph Kowaleski
Walter Kowaleski
Gail
Nick Stock
Diana Dillon
Princeton Ave
Westgate
Itmann
St. Paul
Anderpoor
Erich
Clark Stores
Raleigh ST. Bluefield
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