Thursday, May 1, 1974
Mr. and Mrs. Claude McLaughlin brought a Chinese Bible to the Pearl Buck Home in Hillsboro Sunday. It was the New Testament translated by Absalom Sydenstricker, Pearl Buck’s father, while he was a missionary in China. The Bible had been given to Dr. David D. Sydenstricker, Pastor of the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church in Hillsboro, brother of Absalom, and then to his daughter, Mrs. McLaughlin, who was Polly Sydenstricker, a niece. Miss Buck had asked her to give it to the home when it was restored.
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A most unusual sheet of paper dolls has been prepared for sale at the Pearl Buck Gift Shop, inspired by an old 1890 copy. Betty Barlow did some art work, copying two of Pearl Buck’s childhood dresses. A picture of the nine year old girl and her sister is in the middle of the sheet.
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert VanReenen, of Hillsboro, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Sandra Kay, to Larry Wayne Simmons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Simmons, of Hillsboro.
BIRTH
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Arbogast, of Bartow, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Lewis Ray Arbogast, II.
DEATHS
Harold E. Wilfong, formerly of Bartow; funeral service from the Durbin United Methodist Church.
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Mrs. Faith Wooddell Dilley, 57, of Marlinton, a daughter of the late Edgar and Geneva Sharp Wooddell. Funeral service from VanReenen Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Mountain View Cemetery.
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Mrs. Thursa Lester Sharp, 76, of Marlinton, widow of Clifford I. Sharp. Funeral service was held from Stony Creek Presbyterian Church with burial in Sharp Cemetery.
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Mrs. Ruth Robertson Rider, 61, of Washington, D. C.; born at Edray, a daughter of the late Edward and Daisy Robertson. Funeral service was held at Hot Springs, Virginia, with burial in the Warm Springs Cemetery.
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Oley W. Jackson, 82, of Marlinton, a son of the late Frank and Margaret Jackson. Funeral service from the Central Union Methodist Church with burial in the Wilfong Cemetery.
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Mrs. Alice Corrine Allen Daugherty, 34, of Richmond, Virginia, a daughter of John E. and Nancy Wallace Allen. She married James Daugherty, Jr., of Cass, who was killed in action in Viet Nam. Funeral service from the Gilfield Baptist Church in Charles City county, Virginia, interment in the church cemetery.
