Retired Teacher Creates a Doll Kingdom at Home
Lenore Myers of Parkersburg with 500 dolls from antique china to bisque fills her house with a doll kingdom. Judy the pink bisque doll helped save a life, while famous faces like Nancy Hanks Lincoln and Countess Dagmar stand under glass. Myers, retired after 43 years teaching English and French, continues to write poetry, collect, sew doll clothes, and pursue hobbies with her Parkersburg Antique Doll Collectors Club membership.
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Nell Kooniz Barnett
Lenore Myers
St. Parkersburg
Miss Myers
Appalachian
Myers
Martha
Cynthia
Mitzi
Johnny Boy
Judy
Mother
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Dagmar
Adelina Patti
Jenny Lind
America
Parkersburg High School
South Sea Island
Parkersburg
Antique Doll Collectors Club
Ume
Sorority Plans Shared At Christmas Party
Secret Sisters of Clendenin Gamma Delta Chapter Beta Sigma Phi revealed plans during a Christmas Party at the Charleston Athletic Club. Members donated gifts to Pinecrest Beckley and prepared a Christmas food basket for a Clendenin family. A January 8 meeting will feature Mrs. James E. White on Sculpture and Painting at Mrs. William Stearts home. Plans include a Valentine party for Mrs. William Reed with husbands as guests.
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Clendenin Gamma Delta
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Charleston Athletic Club
Pinecrest
Beckley
Clendenin
Salvation Army
James E. White
William Stearts
William Reed
Valentine Queen
W. Dave Melvin
Flora
Ill
Holiday Tea by Daughters of 1812 at Daniel Boone Hotel
Miss C Alethia Calvert presided over a Christmas tea for members at the Daniel Boone Hotel. Miss Virginia Kuhn and Mrs C R Montgomery served at the tea table during the Holiday Social hosted by Lord Calvert Chapter National Society United States Daughters of 1812.
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C. Alethia Calvert
Lord Calvert
National Society
United States Daughters of 1812
Daniel Boone Hotel
Virginia F. Kuhn
C. R. Montgomery
Homemaker Club Celebrates Christmas Party in Oakhurst
Mrs. Oscar Price chaired the annual Christmas gathering at the Angel Terrace home of Mrs. Paul Schoolcraft. The event featured carols, a gift exchange, games, a door prize won by Mrs. Clyde Jenkins, and a musical program by Mrs. William McKee and the Sweet Adelines.
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Oscar Price
Oakhurst Home
Angel Terrace
Paul Schoolcraft
Clyde Jenkins
William McKee
Alethea P. Stanley
Sweet Adelines
A. E. Harmon
Louise Vickers
John C. Fauber
Calvert
Huntington Veterans’ Hospital
Adkins Rite Set Today at First Presbyterian Church
Open church will be observed at 8 30 p m today for the wedding of Miss Carolyn Sue Adkins to Pvt William Franklin Casto in the First Presbyterian Church of St Albans The Rev Vernon McGhee will officiate The bride elect is the daughter of Mrs Walter Adkins and her fiancé the son of Mr and Mrs William F Casto both of St Albans The wedding will be held as planned with families and local residents noted in attendance
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Carolyn Sue Adkins
William Franklin Caste
First Presbyterian
Dec. 30 Tea Slated By Local Alpha Delta Pi Alumnae
The Charleston Alumnae Association of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority will host its annual Christmas tea from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday December 30 at Humphrey's. Alumnae will greet actives pledges and mothers. Balloting for an Alumnae Certificate of Merit will occur with presentation at Founders Day luncheon in May. Tea chairmen are Mrs. Russell Simpson Mrs. John B. Martin and Mrs. C. L. Shilliday.
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Charleston
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Daughters of 1812
Homemaker Club
Yale Party
Crary
Fateh
Ge.nn
Adkins Rite
William Melvin Cox
Hurricane
Ethel Demede Cunningham
Mell St
Donnie Carol Kessi
Pinna Fay Silman
MacCorkle Ave
Spring Hill
Amy Tribett
Optician
Capitol City
Chas. Etic
Stari
Polans
Lee Street
Kaiser
Stokely
Kelloggs
Croutetts
Foglers
Florida
Broughton
Capor
Pessaon
Ray
Ada Market
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