Polly's Pointers: Reader Answers on Household Hacks
Newspaper Enterprise Assn column presents practical tips from readers. Topics include drying pleated skirts with nylon stockings, carrying emergency coins in a key case, sewing a necklace of scissors and pins for grandmothers, ironing bedspreads with flounces by using the bed as a board, adding mole skin plaster under girdles, shampoo to remove shirt collar grease, and caution about milk carton flares in windy conditions.
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Polly
Connie
E.S
J.S
Marriage Permit Applications for Raleigh County couples
Marriage license applications list multiple couples with ages and parental details. Dewey Akers 48 of Ghent and Lena Ann Kelley 25 of Rhodell. Larry Bartrum 18 of Rock Creek and Lora Brown 17 of Sundial. Emory Hornsby 22 of Josephine and Mildred Bells 18 of Besaca. Merrill Kingery 25 of Oak Hill and Patricia Combs 29 of Ashland. Mason Lilly 18 of MacArthur and Lelis Bryant 16 of Beckley. Raymond Sanders 19 of Glen Fork and Edna Belcher 16 of Bob.
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Raleigh County Court
Dewey Akers
Ghent
Elbert
Lillie Akers
Lena Ann Kelley
Rhodell
James
Pansy Kelly
Larry Paul Bartrum
Rock Creek
Clarence
Idena Bartrum
Lora Jane Brown
Sundial
Charley
Orphie Brown
Emory Chapman Hornsby
Josephine
Owen
Clara Hornsby
Mildred Ann Bells
Besaca
Charlie
Wilma Bells
Merrill Eugene Kingery
Oak Hill
Gerald
Bessie Kinery
Patricia Ann Combs
Ashland
Harland
Rosella Blevins
Mason Richard Lilly
MacArthur
Roger
Edith Lilly
Lelis Faye Bryant
Beckley
Michael Bryant
Icie Hammock
Raymond Sanders
Glen Fork
Lawrence
Nola Sanders
Edna Kay Belcher
Bob
Carl
Agnes Belcher
Rosemont Gardeners Schedule Workshop
Members of the Rosemont Garden Club of Slab Fork will hold a workshop on April 18 at the president Mrs Orlie Eggleston home to make artificial fruit. The session will feature a proposed slate of new officers for the next two years presented by the executive board. Mrs Robert Parker of Glen White Garden Club was guest speaker at the March meeting discussing conservation and the Wildflower Pilgrimage at Blackwater Falls and a University of Tennessee wildflowers book.
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Rosemont Garden Club
Slab Fork
Orlie Eggleston
Robert Parker
Glen White Garden Club
Blackwater Falls
University of Tennessee
Birth of Archie Elmer Mills in Naval Hospital Portsmouth
Airman Elmer K. Mills and Mrs. Mills of Virginia Beach announce the birth of a son at 1:25 a.m. March 31 in Naval Hospital Portsmouth. Archie Elmer weighed six pounds 13 ounces. The couple also has a 15 month old daughter Kelly. Mother is Margaret Cole, daughter of Jess Cole of Josephine. Paternal grandmother Virginia Mills of Josephine visits. paternal great grandparents Luther and Mrs Mooney of Josephine.
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Josephine
Ans
Elmer K. Mills
Virginia Beach
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Archie Elmer
Kelly
Margaret Cole
Jess Cole
Virginia Mills
Luther Mooney
Americans Spend Over 21 Billion on Health Care Annually
Americans are spending well over 21 billion dollars each year for medical care drugs and health appliances.
Varn Family Visitors Attend Summer Falls Meeting
Rivers L Varn Jr and relatives from Beckley and Highland Drive visited Charleston Summersville and Columbia S C touring Middleton Garden and other sites They stayed with D Crawford Lynn and attended the Spring Meeting of the Beckley District of the Methodist Church with several district leaders and church members present
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Rivers L. Varn Jr
Virginia St
Rivers Varn
Beaufort
S. C
Paul Peabody
E. J. Berger
Highland Drive
Maxwell Hill
W. C. Cook
Charleston
Middleton Garden
Summersville
Columbia
D. Crawford Lynn
Mercer St
Lynn
Beckley
Methodist Temple
Reece Burns
Fred K. Hays
Walter P. Griffey
George A. Miller
George Bright
R. P. Whittaker
G. L. McClung
Lara Harris
F. E. Winner
George E. Davis
First Methodist Church
Glenn Stewart
A. E. Wills
John W. Eye
W. W. Honaker
Fred A. Ritch
Shady Spring
Church and club notices for Beckley area women
Women's groups are invited to send regular or special meeting notices. Deadline is 10 a.m. for same day use. Sunday listings due by 10 a.m. Saturday. Queen Esther Court No. 53 meets at 5 30 p.m. with program at 7 p.m. Electa Chapter No. 50 EO S at 7 p.m. at 233 Mool St. Thrifty Savers Club at 7 p.m. at 204 Spangler St. Pastors Aid Society of St John's Baptist Church at the church 6 p.m.
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Woman’s Department of
Beckley
G. St
Electa
Order of Eastern Star
Pinky Smith
Pastors Aid Society of
St. John’s Baptist Church
Raleigh
Community Club Meetings and Socials Tonight
Saturday events include Willing Workers Club at New Hope Baptist Church at 5 p.m. Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club meets at Greenbrier Social Room at 8 p.m. Social Savings Club gathers at 513 Sylvia Street at 7 30 p.m. Junior Thrifty Savers Club meets at 115 Canaday Street at 4 p.m.
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Willing Workers Club
New Hope Baptist Church
Calico and Jeans Square
Greenbrier
Shady Spring Garden Club Workshop and Study Period
Shady Spring Garden Club holds a workshop and study period at Beaver Lions Club at 7:30 p.m. Beckley Branch of the American Association of University Women hosts its annual dinner meeting in the Elks Club dining room at 6:30 p.m. Azalea Garden Club meets at the home of Mrs. Joe L. Smith, 608 Woodlawn Ave., at 1:30 p.m. Smart Set Savings Club gathers at the home of Mrs. L. D. Hargrove, 304 Barber Ave., at 7 p.m. Stoco Band Mothers events at Stoco High School at 7 p.m.
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Shady Spring Garden Club
Beaver Lions Club
Beckley
American Association of University Women
Elks Club
Azalea Garden Club
Joe L. Smith
Woodlawn Ave
Smart Set Savings Club
Shady Spring Band Boosters Club Meeting Notice
Tuesday events list at Shady Spring High School 7 30 p m Belmont Homemakers Club hosts Mrs Jack Cowans 507 Hunter Street 6 30 p m JS F Savings Club hosts Mrs Letitia Harmon Massey Street includes multiple community group meetings at private homes and school venues.
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Shady Spring Band
Shady Spring High School
Belmont Homemakers Club
Jack Cowans
Hunter St
JS F Savings Club
Letitia Harmon
Massey St
Miss Bla dene Pickle Event At Larew Avenue Home
Xi Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi hosts a gathering at 304 Larew Ave at 8 p.m. for a local sorority event featuring Miss Bla dene Pickle as the guest.
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Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Bladene Pickle
Larew Ave
Former Beckleyan Recovering From Hip Surgery in Virginia Hospital
A former Beckley resident Mrs. FE. E. Tucker of Harrisonburg Virginia is reported resting comfortably at Rockingham Memorial Hospital after undergoing surgery Monday for a broken hip suffered in a fall at her home Saturday. She resides with her daughter Mrs. Rio T. McConnell in Harrisonburg.
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FE. E. Tucker
Harrisonburg
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Mrs Wayne Prince Visits Friends in Summersville
Mrs Wayne Prince of 222 Lo Cust Dr visited friends in Summersville on Tuesday, meeting neighbors and sharing greetings.
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Wayne Prince
Locust
Summersville
Meadows Family Hosts Military Kin at Burgess Street Home
Recent visitors to the home of Mr and Mrs Don Meadows 303 1 2 Burgess Street were his brother and sister in law S Sgt and Mrs James K Meadows and their children Curtis and Rene from Montgomery Alabama, reflecting a family gathering.
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Don Meadows
Burgess St
S. Sgt
James K. Meadows
Curtis and
Rene
Montgomery
Ala
Harris Rushed Home After Back Injury At Fall
Worthy Harris returned to his Shady Spring home Wednesday after several days as a patient at Raleigh General Hospital where doctors treated a back injury from a fall suffered Saturday at his residence.
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Worthy Harris
Shady Spring
Raleigh General Hospital
Mrs Massey Returns Home After 10 Day Hospital Stay
Mrs R L Massey returns to her home at 329 Myers Ave after a 10 day hospital stay at Beckley Memorial Hospital where she underwent surgery.
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R. L. Massey
Myers Ave
Beckley Memorial Hospital
First Child Born to Eng land Air Force Family
Airman J C and Mrs Larry Martin of the U S Air Force at England base welcome their first child a daughter born March 10 in the base hospital. Traci Lynn weighs six pounds 14 ounces. Mother Hope Bennett of Charlotte N C is the former wife of Carl H Martin of Rhode ll.
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Rhodell
J C
Larry Martin
U.S. Air Force
England
Traci Lynn
Hope Bennett
Charlotte
N.C
Carl H. Martin
Rhoell
Former Congo Missionary To Speak At Baptist Rally
Dr. Ben W. Armstrong retired American Baptist missionary and Congo secretary will headline the Raleigh Baptist Woman's Mission Society Spring Rally at Beaver First Baptist Church Tuesday at 10 a.m. A native of Iowa, he earned a BA from Des Moines University and studied at UC Berkeley. he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1954.
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Congo
Baptist Women’s Rally
Ben W. Armstrong
Raleigh Baptist Woman's Mission Society
Beaver First Baptist Church
Iowa
Armstrong
Des Moines University
University of California
Berkeley Baptist Divinity School
Berkeley
Califor
Sona Bata
United States
DR. Armstrong
Leopoldville
Ecole de Pasteurs Et D'Isstituteurs
Kimpese
Metropolitan Baptist Church
Washington, D. C
Minnesota
Norman L. Armstrong
Wyoming Baptist Church
Wyoming
Ohio
West Virginia garden clubs to hold three day meet
Mrs N Joe Rahall of Phymosia Club and Mrs A Robert Kech of Beckley Garden Club headline a three day garden club meet with several hundred women from across the state expected to attend. Mrs Paul Loflin chairs the event and urges reservations with convention treasurer Mrs James T Farris of 703 S Kanawha St.
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N. Joe Rahall
Phymosia Club
A. Robert Kech
Beckley Garden Club
Gray Gallaher
Primrose Club
B. M. Lewis
Beckley Club
Paul Loflin
Garden Club
James T. Farris
S. Kanawha St
Births at Beckley Memorial Hospital in Be ckley area
Mrs Darrell Lester Jarrell Whitesville welcomes Ruth Ann born 7 30 p m March 25 weight 7 7 12. Timothy Allen son of Freddie Joe Jurkovich Stotesbury born at Beckley Memorial Hospital weight 8 10. Teresa Dawn daughter of Horace Jackson Cunard born 12 35 a m March 26 weight 4 9. Jeanne Elaine Powers born 10 55 p m March 26 Glen Fork residents Mr and Mrs Joseph Elwood Powers weight 10 1. Feloris Kathleen daughter of Billy Joe Allison Sprague born 4 39 p m March 27 weight 6 6.
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Darrell Lester Jarrell
Whitesville
Ruth Ann
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Timothy Allen
Freddie Joe Jurkovich
Stotesbury
Teresa Dawn
Horace Jackson
Cunard
Glen Fork
Joseph Elwood Powers
Jeanne Elaine
Feloris Kathleen
Billy Joe Allison
Sprague
Summer Patio Fashion Sparks Between Skirts and Bell Bottoms
Long hostess skirts compete with bell bottom trousers in bold prints for eye catching patio entertaining this summer.
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W. M. McCutcheon
Primrose Garden Club
McCutcheon
Queen Street
Ter
G. C. Stallings
John F. Rist Jr
Lionel Caffee
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
E.R
Furniture
T.V. — Appliances
Prince ST
Rosemont Gardeners Schedule Workshop
B. J. Cunningham
Huntington
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
West Virginia
The
Methodist Church
B. H. Wilson
Kenova
Thrifty Savers Club
Social Savings Club
Evelyn Parker
Sylvia St
Junior Thrifty Savers Club
Michael Royster
Canaday St
Stoco
Stoco High School
Freezer
Valley
American Baptist Mission
West Virginia Garden Club, Inc
Beckley Hotel
E. S. Pugh Jr
Neville ST
W. VA
Dacron
E. M. Payne CO
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