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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1978
Page
9
In a light hearted Erma Bombeck column the author recalls a Connecticut police radar incident where a wife was ticketed for speeding and a playful note about a genetic mutation and a lead foot follows. The piece riffs on miscommunications at a parking spot and ends with a wink at marital banter.
A daughter Stephanie Lynn born May 27 at Bluefield Community Hospital to Roger Dale Hart and Angela Kay Farmer of Coaldale weighs 6 pounds 7 ounces. A daughter LaTasha Lynn born June 15 at Princeton Community Hospital to Steve Harold Harry and Wanda Jean Thomas of Oakvale weighs 8 pounds 11 ounces. A son Shawn Loyd born May 29 at Bluefield Community Hospital to Johnny Ritchie of Canebrake and Susan Mae Loyd weighs 8 pounds 6 ounces. A son Cecil DeWitt born May 30 at Bluefield Community Hospital to Raymond Michael Trigg of Bluefield weighs 7 pounds 12 ounce. A son Bryan Edward born May 30 at Bluefield Community Hospital to Landon Carter of Princeton weighs 8 pounds 1 ounce. A daughter Sabrina Magnetta born May 31 at Bluefield Community Hospital to Milton Wayne Orton of Keystone weighs 8 pounds. Twin sons Jason Douglas and Timothy Wayne born May 31 at Bluefield Community Hospital to Carl Roark of Caretta weigh 4 pounds 3 ounces and 4 pounds 1 ounce. A son Kevin Gerald born May 31 at Bluefield Community Hospital to Thurman James Belcher and wife of Princeton weighs 7 pounds 3 ounces. A son Richard David born June 22 at Princeton Community Hospital to Charles David Rice and Sharon Burnette of Bluefield weighs 8 pounds 10 ounces. A son Robert Eric born May 26 at Bluefield Community Hospital to Ronald Dale Hall of North Tazewell, Va., weighs 8 pounds 10 ounces.
Bluefield Chapter Fraternal Order of Eagles auxiliary named committee chairmen for 1950 during a meeting led by president Rose Pendleton. Edith Hopkins heads Cancer and Ways and Means. Clara Kelly hearts. Louise Boitnett veterans hospital. June Winesette Jimmy Durante Fund and publicity. Elsie Honaker City of Hope. Doris Iddings state president's project. Ruth Harless youth guidance. Thelma Hale Golden Eagle and cards and flowers. Carolyn Fletcher scholarship for blind. Janice Iddings Chapel of Four Chaplains. Brenda Payne membership. Thelma Hale calling and June Winesette delinquent. Kathy Wyatt. Bluefield Rescue Squad chaired by Edith Hopkins. hospitality by Pendleton and Winesette. auditor Thelma Hale. mother Ruth Harless.
Montcalm United Methodist Women hosted a Tuesday pot luck dinner at the church led by president Virginia Zeoli Tam Faw who gave a devotional on Friend. Rev. Sam Zeoli offered prayer before attendees and guests shared a bountiful meal with Lillian McMillan Coleen Hedrick and Alvin Hedrick among those present. The July meeting will be in the church fellowship hall with Rosalie Hedrick and Loretta Hedrick as hostesses.
A reader asks about rubber plants losing leaves after overwatering. An expert suggests air layering to produce a handsome, young plant in a few months. A separate query seeks a navy bean for Boston baked beans, answered with the white marrow fat variety available from Burpee's or Stokes.
The Great Council of West Virginia Improved Order of Red Men and Degree of Pocahontas met in Huntington. Attendees from Bluefield included Mike Fisher past grand Shawnee, Gladys Fisher past grand Pocahontas, Beulah Smith past Pocahontas, Kate Morefield past Pocahontas, T. G. Morefield great trustee, Bobby Bowling great Mishinewa, Janice Bowling guard of forest, Tim Bowling, Doris Morefield, and Danny Patton. Congressman Nick Rahall delivered the principal address. A termite society is described as a totalitarian group led by a single matriarch, the queen.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute hosts the Family Resources Conference July 18 to 20 with sessions on Virginia Women and the Changing Law The Life You Save May Be Your Own Let the Real You Come Through Women and Sexuality Energy Choice Not Chance The Crisis of Middle Life and more For details or registration contact your local Cooperative Extension Service Office in Virginia.
Mrs. James P. Thomas, newly installed president, announces the coming year. Standing committee chairs include Legislation Mrs. Frank Holroyd, nurse recruitment Mrs. William F. Hillier Jr., Doctor's Day Mrs. John Bryan and Mrs. David Bell, social Mrs. J. P Champion and Mrs. James Powers, publicity Mrs. Pete Schwab, health careers Mrs. Maria Cardenas. CPR training is the special project, with Mrs. Edward Spencer and Mrs. P Cabrel as projects chairmen.
The rehearsal dinner for Samuel Wendel Clark and Betty Sue Hill was hosted by the bridegroom's parents Mr and Mrs Martin H Clark at Andre's Gourmet on Friday evening. A blue and white color scheme featured summer flowers silver candle holders and blue candles. White wedding bells with blue net decorated each place setting and a miniature bride and groom along with miniature bridesmaids marked the attendants' spots. Among the 22 guests were Mr and Mrs Jackson B Hill the bride's parents and members of the wedding party and their spouses.
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