Second Show Set Tonight Festival Draws Large Crowd
Blue Flame Festival Manager Bob Eichhorn and lecturer Miss Harriett Wolfe touted a strong turnout for the two day event at the Memorial Building. About 750 attended the first night as cooking demonstrations featured Miss Wolfe and guests with prizes and a Georges Fashions style show to conclude.
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Blue Flame
Bob Eichhorn
Harriett Wolfe
Memorial Building
Claude Gallaher
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Amere Gas Utilities Co
Georges
Lavinder’s
New River Supply Co
John W. Eye Co
Lowe Brothers Electric Co
Miss Wolfe
Eichhorn
Jeanne Motgomery
Charleston
Home Service
Amere
Mary Nell Godbey
Betty Newton
Helen Brougham
Clarence Warden
E. F. Stafford
Cecelia Tedder
C. D. Wood
Belva Gentry
Atkinson's Market
S. S. Reed
Robert Thacker
J. H. Miller
Frank Ubeda Jr
Gertrude Adams
Charlene Hazer
Wednesday evening club notices in Beckley area
Women's organizations are invited to announce regular or special meetings in this column. Notices by 10 a.m. appear the same day. Wednesday events include Artistic Homemakers East Park, Just-A-Mere Club, Blue Jay Methodist official board, Navy Mothers, Beta Rho Beta Sigma Phi, Royal Neighbors, Xi Alpha Gamma, Eliza Hunter Home Department. Meetings set at homes or venues with times from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Department of
Beckley
Church Circles Meet At Various Homes And Times
Kathy Gunter Circle of Memorial Baptist Church meets at Mrs Mae Linton 105 Miller St at 730 pm Ladies Mission Society of Calloway Heights Baptist Church meets in church social room at 730 pm Circle No 8 of First Baptist Church hosts Mrs Lottie Martin 106 Mason St with Mrs Mary Carpenter as leader at 730 pm Executive Board of Women of the Church gathers Beckley Presbyterian Church at 130 pm Poinsettia Saving Club hosts Mrs Hazel Doon 125 Washington Ave at 700 pm Circle No 2 of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church family gathers at an unspecified location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Gunter
Memorial Baptist Church
Mae Linton
Miller St
Ladies Mission Society of
First Baptist Church
Lottie Martin
Mason St
Mary Carpenter
Poinsettia Saving Club
Hazel Doon
Washington Ave
The
Woman's Society of Christian Service of
First Methodist Church
Fam
Beckley Concert Association gifts boost Christmas in April memberships
Enthusiastic Beckley Community Concert Association supporters promote the membership drive by giving Christmas in April memberships. Area residents bought several memberships as gifts and plan greeting cards to recipients. Some members donate student memberships for teens as payment for babysitting sessions. Dr. W A Laqueur notes strong local demand for a first rate concert season.
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The
Beckley Community Concert Association
Ito
Beckley
W. A. Laqueur
Rapsodia Romina to Play Seattle World Fair
Local social notes list week end hosts in Beckley and Charleston as plans are made for a tentative hold for the appearance in November of Rapsodia Romina. The 50 member Roumanian folk arts troupe may perform at the Seattle World's Fair this fall, with final decision after a members meeting. Memberships are available through 80 volunteers or at BCCA headquarters, and attendance is limited to association members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapsodia Romina
Columbia Artists’, Inc
United States
Roumania
Barbu Lautara
New WV Centennial Commissioner Hails From Buckhannon
Mrs. J. C. Huffman of Buckhannon joins the West Virginia Centennial Commission. She was named one of 1961 Women of the Year by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and has directed the Southern Council for Better Schools. Huffman is active in DAR Eastern Star and AAUW, a West Virginia University alumna and wife of Dr. J. C. Huffman with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Centennial Commission
J. C. Huffman
Buckhannon
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Southern Council For Better Schools
Daughters of the American Revolution
Eastern Star
American Association of University Women
Huffman
West
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By Lina Macfarland
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Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Basil Wilcox
Crab Orchard
Court of Calantha
Calanthian
S. Fayette St
Episcopal Churchwomen
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Gamma Gamma
Beta Sigma Phi
Bank of Raleigh
Mabscott Methodist Church
Lydia Ormandy
C. W. Crews
Hargrove St
Dorcas
Cecil McComas
S. Kanawha St
Mission Circle
Maxwell Hill
Israel
Mount Holyoke College For Women
L. W. Fridley
Thrifty Savings Club
U. S. Army Mothers Club
FIT For the Angels
East Park
Samuel A. Earle
Scott Ave
Just-A-Mere
Jerry Peck
North Beckley
Commission On Education and Evangelism
Blue Jay
Navy Mothers Club
T. B. Callahan
A. P. Stevenson
Millie Faini
Beta Rho
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Royal Neighbors of America
Eagles Hall
Woodlawn Ave
Xi Alpha Gamma
Carl Bunch
Temple St
Eliza Hunter
Annie Brown
Massie St
G. M. Powers
Main Street
LA Beckley Fashions
Oscar Nickels
Rural Acres Drive
H. G. Sterne
Wilson Street
Tom D. Nickels
Fami
Ly OF
Srenton
wWnio
Ira Allen
Bluefield
Bob Allen
Reservoir Road
Bob Allens
A. T. Baker
H. L. Whitesell
Falls Church
T. T. Prince
Russell St
C. R. Showalter
Iron Gate
Chesapeake and ‘Ohio Hospital
Clifton Forge
Montgomery Ward
Seersucker
Fashion News
Wards
Arnel
Dacron
Navy
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