Bridge Olympiad Game Draws Danville Players
Danville bridge players join clubs nationwide for a computer-dealt Olympiad Fund Game on Wednesday January 26 at King of the Sea Restaurant Memorial Drive. Proceeds support the Amsterdam Holland Olympiad event in May. Local officials and volunteers organize, with prizes, master point awards, and complimentary beverages for participants.
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Danville
Olympiad Fund
At & P
King of the Sea
Memorial Drive
J. W. Bollen
Amsterdam
Holland
David
Stoner
Irvin Payne
J. W. Jennings Jr
Danville Club
3. C. Manly
Irving Heiner
John Marsella
William Martin
Tacoma council supper after membership drive results
Team losers in a Tacoma Council No. 3 Degree of Pocahontas membership drive were entertained at a supper Wednesday evening at Mrs. Martha Terry’s Washington Street home. Attendees included Mesdames Henderson Smoot Henderson Wells Evans Gunnell and others plus several men.
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Tacoma
Benefit Party Set At VFW Post Home
A benefit party will be sponsored by Hugh T. Williams Post No 8977 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliary on Friday night at 8 at the post home 829 North Main Street. Tickets will be sold at the door. The event funds national bridge play support with winners earning master points. Open to all bridge players and those needing partners may call Mrs J W Bolton SW2 6278. Reservations not required.
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Hugh T. Williams
Veterans of Foreign Wars
North Main St
Tunity
J. W. Bolton
A M C Sub Debs Mark Anniversary
The A M C Sub Debs observe their first anniversary with events starting Friday Jan 21. Miss Francine Stanley hosts a slumber party at 218 North Woolberry Ave. The series ends with a jam anniversary dinner Wednesday at 6 30 at the Charcoal House where tribute is paid to outgoing officers and new officers are installed.
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Francine Stanley
North Woolberry Ave
Char ‘Coal House
Bridal Honor Paid To Shirley Bedsaul
Prenuptial shower honors Miss Shirley Bedsaul ahead of her January 29 marriage to Ralph Wayne Dix. Hosts Mrs. Helene Black and Mrs. Sheila Parnell hosted January 18 at Mrs. Dianne Kidd’s home with bridal games and a fortune teller act by Madame Kathleen. Guests included Mrs. Willard Gibson, Jack Estlow, Richard Camp, James Catlett, Charlie Newman, James Strader, Willie Burnett, Andrew Bohannon, Joyce Estlow, and Terry Henderson.
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Shirley Bedsaul
Ralph Wayne Dix
Helene Black
Sheila Parnell
Dianne Kidd
Kathleen
Mesdames Willard Gibson
Jack Estlow
Richard Camp
James Catlett
Charlie Newman
James Strader
Willie Burnett
Andrew Bohannon
Joyce Estlow
Terry Henderson
Dear Abby Confused Tales and Troubled Parents
A reader questions a husband who excuses advances from women and Abby suggests a real gentleman declines. A partner concerns a underage pregnancy and adoption. another asks why a formal dance turned into sitting in a car. Abby advises legal guidance and warns about birds and bees education. A student letter hints at a teen pregnancy and family dynamics.
Sales Tax Debate At Local Club Meeting
Wyatt discusses 2 percent sales tax options with the B&PW Lunch Club at the Downtowner Restaurant. He notes local revenue limits for a statewide tax and cites merchant resistance and legislative uncertainty amid questions from members.
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Wyatt
Luncheon Planned by Danville Women’s Golf Group
The Women's Golf Association of the Danville Golf Club schedules a luncheon and business meeting at the club on Tuesday January 25 at 1 p.m. Members must notify the club by Saturday. A board meeting at 12:30 p.m. precedes the regular session, set as the planning meeting for the year with a large turnout urged.
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Women’s Golf Association of the
Danville Golf Club
Town and Country Garden Club Chooses Officers Re Names
The Town and Country Garden Club held a Wednesday meeting at Mrs. T Mastin Collie home on Westover Drive. Mrs Ted Richardson was re elected president with Mrs Leslie Bell as Garden Collect leader. Officers and committees reported on recent activities and plans including a trophy purchase, flower arranging books, and Seeds For Peace and J F Kennedy Memorial Center donations.
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Town and Country Garden Club
T. Mastin Collie
Westover Drive
Ted Richardson
Leslie Bell
Charles Saeger
Seeds For Peace
J. F. Kennedy Memorial Center
Collie
Consors
White Lilly Council Meets Tonight for Pocahontas Session
The White Lily Council No. 20 Pocahontas holds its regular meeting Friday at 8 pm in the lodge room on West Main. Officers listed are President Mrs. Leslie Bell, Vice President Mrs. W. Cahill, Recording Secretary Mrs. Jack Booker, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Luther C. Brown, and Treasurer. The president announced Flower Show School Course IV, sponsored by the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, to be held February 13 at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond with instructors from VPI Blacksburg and Mountain Lake NC, plus design taught in Ohio. Members urged planting at least one tree this year. Arrangements titled Journey Into Space and Woodland Trails were displayed and evaluated.
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Lily Council No
Degree of Pocahontas
West Main St
Leslie Bell
W. $. Cahill
Jack Booker
Luther C. Brown
Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs
Jefferson Hotel
Richmond
Weseley P. Judkins
Department of
Mountain Lake
N.C
John W. Knight Jr
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Richardson
Garden Club
Conservation talk and Junior Club plans at Mason home
Miss Nancy Ingram spoke to the Dorothea Spottswood Henry Society of the Children of the American Revolution on conserving Virginia’s natural resources. The meeting, hosted by Miss Clare McMann on Linden Drive, featured comments on soil erosion and land care, tying to broader themes of ecology and history. The program followed the club’s annual business and a planned cookbook reprint and bake sale.
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Miss Ingram
Meet On Conservation
Nancy Ingram
Schoolfield Elementary
Dorothea Spottswood
Conservation Education Urged Amid Water and Wildlife Loss
Miss Ingram warns that water shortages and pollution threaten the nation. She stresses conserved resources and calls federal and state action. Citizens can aid by educating themselves, planting trees, shrubs or flowers, conserving water, supporting town beautification projects, and teaching children to protect tomorrow.
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Miss Ingram
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