Sew for the $500 Look Seminar at Princeton
Clotilde Yurick co author of Sew Smart leads a one day program at the Princeton Recreation Center on June 22. Sponsored by WVU Cooperative Extension Service the session covers interfacings and making children's clothing with practical sewing tips to elevate home outfits to professional ready to wear quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret M. Meador
WVU
Home Economics
Clotilde Yurick
Princeton Recreation Center
WVU Cooperative Extension Service
Clotilde
Big Creek High reunion clocks July 3 4 at War VA
Big Creek High School hosts reunions for classes of 1944 45 46 July 3 4 in War Virginia with social events Friday Get Re acquainted at 6 30 p.m. and Saturday activities at 6 p.m. Reservations due by June 15. A meeting for reunion organizers set for today at 2 p.m. in the Big Creek cafeteria. Teachers from those years urged to contact Elizabeth Jones for reservations. Class of 1946 addresses listed, with additional names to Opal Evans. Also notes a Hobby Hut seminar registration and porch "welcome sight" commentary plus family recipes Tomato Soup Salad and Mississippi Mud Slide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Creek
Big Creek High School
War
Elizabeth Jones
Bishop
Earl Franklin Parker
Dorothy Mildred Blevins
Romey Burles
Maria V. Caprino
William Cardwell
Calvin Brady Christian
Pauline Christian
Thomas Ezekeal Christian
Jack Elmer Cyphers
Arthur Franklin Davidson
Nola Deel
Dorothy L. Dyer
Walter R. Evans
Graden Higgens
Brownies Entertain Mothers At May Day Event
Brownie Troop 2685 honored mothers and friends Sunday May 10 with a chew and chat hour. Eighteen Brownies shared songs and poetry after pledging to the flag and the Girl Scout Promise. Over 15 guests enjoyed a Mother’s Day cake and refreshments. Miss Mollie Price led, aided by Mrs. Martha Wade Leeta Rozzell and Rebecca Perry. The group had a skating party at Green Valley Center Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownie Troop
Mothers and Friends
Mollie Price
Martha Wade
Leeta Rozzell
Rebecca Perry
Green Valley Center
YWCA May Calendar Highlights and New Class News
The YWCA lists a week of activities from Monday to Saturday including fitness classes nursery care and youth programs. New classes register soon feature a Women’s Beginner Swim Class led by Kathy Shott running May 18 to June 5 at 9 a.m. A Patio Tasting Party is set for Monday May 18 at 7 p.m. with public attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Virginia Asher Bible Council
Fincastle
Central & Graham Jr. High
Slimnastics
Overeaters Anonymous
Bluefield
AARP
Ridgecrest
Graham High
Kathy Shott
Bluefield Coed Receives Medical Degree
Debra Clapp daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh Clapp Cumberland Road Bluefield received her doctor of medicine degree from Duke University School of Medicine in a ceremony last weekend She and her husband Dr Robert Whitehurst who also was presented his MD during the same graduation program will do their internship in Columbus Ohio where Dr Clapp will specialize in obstetrics and gynecology and Dr Whitethurst's speciality will be surgical pathology Clapp's parents and brother Richard attended the graduation activities including a luncheon at the home of Dr Brodie for graduates and families The president of the school hosted a reception for the medical students faculty members and families A Hippocratic Oath ceremony was held Saturday Rick Clapp received his BS engineering degree from VPI on May 8 and will leave May 17 for Little Rock Arkansas to join Reynolds Aluminum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debra Clapp
Hugh Clapp
Cumberland Road
Bluefield
Duke University School of Medicine
Robert Whitehurst
Columbus
Ohio
Clapp
Whitethurst
Richard
Brodie
Nancy Milliken
Beth Murdaugh
Rick Clapp
VPI
Little Rock
Ark
Reynolds Aluminum
Local Students Win In West Virginia Youth Poster Contest
Pam Pauley of Bluefield and Deena Cooper of Bluefield Rt 1 have been named local winners in the West Virginia Youth Conservation Art Poster contest. The two winners advance to state competition with about 150 peers, with state winners earning scholarships to Camp Caesar and the Cardinal Award. Eight state awards include six runners up with $15 camperships. The program, aided by the WV Department of Natural Resources and Sears Roebuck, serves 185000 youths in 1300 clubs. Xi Beta Theta hosts its Mother Daughter Dinner in Keystone with 14 members and 36 guests. Beaver High School Class of 1951 plans a July reunion, with a planning committee listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Pam Pauley
Bluefield
Ceres School
Conservation Club
Deena Cooper
Rt. 1
Department of Natural Resources
Holly River State Park
Camp Caesar
Xi Beta Theta
Keystone Rotary
Keystone
Catherine Deskins
Cheryl Walters
Audra Miller
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Mountaineer Homemaker
Opal Evans
Rt. 3
Tazewell
Carolyn Nell Allen
Frances Lee Altizer
Irene Hazel Andres
Frances Lee Atkinson
Edith Marie Baker
Curtis Wayne Brooks
James Howard Brown
Elva Jean Carr
William Edward Clark
Alva Louise Coffey
Jean Jacquelyn Cyphers
Nellie Maxine Dillon
Frances Virginia Dodson
Juanita June Folden
Ruby Helen Cox
Helen Jean Christian
Elizabeth Wessell Johnson
Minor Morris Roger
Helen Kukoly
Beverly Jean Lane
William Dyer Litle
Helen Louise Lockhart
Mary Newman
John Needham
Mary Ellen Misrack
Minnie Moore
Forest Ray Nester
Sylvia Jean Pack
Naomi Smith
Minnie Lea Steele
George Washington Stone
William Thurman Stone
Lois Ramey
Barbara Tipton
Donald Edwin Tunnell
Elizabeth
Betty) Wright
Cecil Fanning Young
P. O
Princeton
W. Va
Lois Gooch
Virginia
Martha Larkin
Ywca Calendar
Fairview
Lions Club
Bluefield High
Coal City
Bland St. Bluefield, W.va
Bluefield Coed
Sorority
Beaver High School
Doris Katz Kantor
Phyllis Thompson Walker
Cochairman
Peggy Martin
Emma Romano Doughton
K. A. Ammar Jr
Dallas Johnson
Judy Knox Johnson
Don Scott
Sally Reiland
Diet Center
John von Rueben
Redden
Bass
Federal St
Bluefield Mercer Mall
Beckley
Welch
University Mall
Blacksburg
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