Members of the Grundy Woman’s Club collected 540 packs of paper for the Buchanan County Back to School Bash recently.
Though only four members were able to attend the event, which was held at Riverview Elementary-Middle School, several members contributed either paper or monetary donations, resulting in the huge contribution.
Four members of the club handed out over 400 packs of paper during the Buchanan County Back to School Bash. The club divided the remaining 96 packs of paper into 4 cases (24 in each) to be distributed by the Buchanan County Public School System throughout the county. Pictured, from left, include: Bertha Street, Ginger Robertson, Sandy Stiltner, and Betty Shields.
In April 1975, Mrs. Corria Ratliff, of Little Prater, was named Virginia Mother of the Year. A 75-year-old Southwest Virginia widow, she earned her teaching certificate at Radford College and was still substitute teaching at Vansant Elementary at the time she was distinguished with this honor. She lived at Little Prater and mothered six boys and one girl during her lifetime. A marker dedicated to Mrs. Ratliff continues to stand at the mouth of Little Prater on Route 460 in Vansant, placed by the Grundy Woman’s Club. She was elected to the Buchanan County Hall of Fame in 1986.
In April 1968, the Junior Woman’s Club of Grundy was one of 97 Virginia women’s clubs competing for honors in the General Federation of Women’s Clubs / Shell Oil Company Education Program. In its sixth year back then, the education program was known for annually presenting three awards per state to clubs that worked diligently “to further the education of young people in their communities.”
