Annual VFWC Confab In April Set In Richmond
The Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs plans its annual convention for April 19 to 21 at the Hotel Jefferson in Richmond. Delegates from over 400 clubs will elect new state officers for a two year term. Mrs. Alvah E. Riggins of Tabbe will open sessions with Lee District as host. Local organizers include Mrs. Robert A. Treakile Jr. and co chairs Mrs. William C. Decker and Mrs. Julian Stancell. Mayor Merrill M. Crowe will welcome delegates at the opening session.
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Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
Jefferson
Richmond
Tabbe
WFWC
Lee District
Robert A. Treakile Jr
White Stone
William C. Decker
Julian Stancell
Joe Kluck
W. Wayne Lauterbach
Merrill M. Crowe
Alice Kyle
BPW Board Meet Planned Thursday
The Danville BPW club schedules a Thursday meeting in Mrs. Calvin Berry's home at 226 Rocklawn Ave with full attendance urged. Committees on nominating, resolutions, revisions, plus a governor’s luncheon, junior banquet, senior fashion show, and a later program with Congressman Dave E. Satterfield III as speaker follow. Voting next day precedes a traffic safety program and officer elections. A luncheon theme is Youth, Our Most Precious Resource, and new officers will be installed by Mrs. Earle A. Browne III amid a banquet and reception.
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Danville Business and Professional Women’s Club
Calvin Berry
Rocklawn Ave
Dave E. Satterfield III
Earle A. Browne III
General Federation
VFWC
Virginia
Chapter Calls Meet For Pledge Training
Xi Iota Exemplar Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority calls a Tuesday 7 30 PM meeting at Mrs Pryor R Millner IV home Dublin Court A pledge training session will follow with an 8 15 PM workshop on the chapters Faster project
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Xi Iota
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Mrs Nuckols Feted At Bridal Shower
Mrs. Nuckols, a recent bride, was honored at a miscellaneous bridal shower hosted by Mrs. Bernard Cook and Mrs. Edward Wright at the Cook home on Luna Lake Road. Guests played games with prizes awarded and enjoyed refreshments after opening gifts.
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Bobby Nuckols
Bernard Cook
Edward Wright
Cook
Luna Lake Road
Spring Flower Show Planned In Clover
The Staunton River Garden Club of Halifax County presents its seventh annual “Spring Is In The Air” show at the American Legion Hall in Clover. It runs Saturday April 2 from 3 to 9 pm and Sunday April 3 from 2 to 6 pm, with refreshments available.
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Staunton River Garden Club
Halifax County
American Legion Hall
Clover
Dear Abby Advice Column Letters From Readers
A trio of letters to Dear Abby cover social rudeness at a luncheon, an unhappy aunt defending a draft marriage, and a long friendship strained by an artistic painting with a clothesline. Abby weighs in on tact, judgment, and courtesy, offering practical guidance and a nudge toward dialogue.
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Abby
Goren On Bridge Sequence Shows Bidding and Play Flaws
Bridge column analyzes a hand from a Chicago Tribune set, detailing West’s shade opening and a complex auction. South wins game after East’s risky alternations and later misdefense. East could have defeated the contract with a club shift.
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West North East South
Dhie
Queen of West
East
South
West
North
I West
Declarer
Dummy
Collie Gilbert Pair To Wed On Thursday
Miss Joyce Marie Gilbert of Williamson Road will marry Marvin Thomas Collie of Ringgold on Thursday March 31 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The ceremony will be at 2 o clock in the afternoon and the church will be open for friends and relatives. No formal invitations have been issued.
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Joyce Marie Gilbert
Lawrence E. Gilbert
Williamson ‘Road
Marvin Thomas Collie
Marvin E. Collie
Ringgold
Heart Catholic
Students Return Home and Visit Relatives
Miss Kerry Campbell returns to Radford College after vacation between quarters with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard Campbell on Forest Lawn Drive. Mrs. Hallie Boone of Alpine Drive visits her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Overacre in Bel Air Maryland.
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Kerry Campbell
Radford College
Radford
Richard Campbell
Forest Lawn Drive
Hallie Boone
Alpine Drive
Glenn Overacre
Bel Air, Md
Golden Age Club Meeting Postponed to April 8
The Golden Age Club meeting set for Friday April 1 is postponed to Friday April 8 at 3 p.m. at Main Street Methodist Church. Junior Wednesday Club hostesses will welcome attendees while Robert James Jones presents slides from his trips to the Soviet Union.
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Main St. Methodist Church
Robert James Jones
Soviet Union
Miss Betsy Tipton Elected Wardell Hall Athletic Officer
Miss Betsy Tipton daughter of Mr and Mrs B F Tipton of 483 Hawthorne Drive Danville was elected vice president for the Wardell Hall Athletic Association. She is a member of the freshman class of Wardell Hall junior college division.
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Red Springs
N. C
Betsy Tipton
B. F. Tipton
Hawthorne Drive
Danville
Wardell Hall Athletic Association
Tipton
Wardell Hall
Easter Visitors Invited To View Gardens At Duke
Durham, N C Easter visitors are invited to view the Sarah B Duke Gardens which will feature new plants and flowers for the first time. Highlights include Double English daisies beds of Celestial Queen pansies Siberian wallflower and multi colored tulips. Rare erect junipers from Asia Minor and a Japanese andramonda on display. A 5000 blue violas walkway leads to a reflecting pool and tranquil rock garden along the south garden.
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Durham
N. C
Sarah B. Duke
Duke University Gardens
British Isles
Richard Fillmore
The
Nations Arboretum
Washington
Fillmore
DAR Holds March Meeting at Katherine Woody Home
Thomas Carter Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held its March meeting at Mrs. Katherine Woody’s Westover Drive home. The session featured a memorial for Mrs. Katie Stone Crider, a brief National Defense talk, and the chapter’s Silver Star rating from the Roanoke State Conference. DAR Good Citizen pins were awarded to students, with a planned April meeting at Chatmoss hosted by Mrs. Stewart Douglas.
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Thomas Carter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Katherine Woody
Westover Drive
Edmund Hubbard
Helen Fitzgerald
Laila Carter
Sallie Hines
Overton Harper
Katie Stone Crider
S. W. Power
Chatmoss
Stewart Douglas
E. J. Andrews
Nancy Landrum
S. H. Landrum
Blairs
Jo Anne Green
Joseph L. Green
Hurt
DAR Good Citizen
Washington
National Society
Woody
Roy L. Payne
Local residents attend textile institute meeting in Miami
Mr and Mrs William J Erwin and other couples returned from Miami to attend the American Textile Manufacturers Institute meeting at Hotel Fontainebleau. Mrs Mildred Barbour and Mrs Louise Bernard also returned from a three week visit to relatives in Florida with stops in Tampa and St Petersburg.
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Roy M. Stephens
Frank ‘Talbott Jr
B. F. Tipton
Aubrey Goodsor
John W. Vanderwerff
Miami, Fla
American Textile Manufacturers Institute
Hotel Fontainebleau
Mildred Barbour
Norwood Park
Louise Bernard
Chestnut St
W. B. Stadler
Tampa
Fla
Virginia Parker
St. Petersburg
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Dear Abby
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Binghampton
Dear Binghampton
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Los Angeles
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Chicago Tribune
Pius
Learee
Ballou Park
N. Union AT the Bridge
North Market Street
Collie-Gilbert
Patterson Drug CO
Maorins Temple Medical Arts Ldg
Yi Itown Piste
Golden Age Club
DAR
March
Mrs
Marion
Maggie Hill
Danville Beauty Academy
Patton St
Colonial
S&h
Colonial Stores
D. March
Maxwell
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