Cancer Fund Campaign Aided by Charity Ball
A 1955 Cancer Fund drive will be supported by a charity ball on April 15. The report lists numerous extended-family and community members visiting Beckley for Easter, including Kovaly, Sisk, Reitz, Campbell, Hedrick, Caldwell, McCreery, Pack, Schwartz, Mullens, Butterworth, Hatcher, Kendrick, Eller, Kelly, Duval, Lane, Ballard and others. The item notes hospital updates on a Becktley patient and multiple weekend and holiday visits among families from Beckley, Sophia, Huntington and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cancer Fund
Jerry Kovaly
Kathy
Karen
Jerry Alan and
Russell
Pittsburgh
Beckley
Robert Sisk
Clyde St
Mary Lou Reitz
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Howard Reitz
Ford St
Harry Hamlin
Van
Jimmy Andrews
Huntington
W. Robert Campbell
Eddie
Bill
Moundsville
G. C. Hedrick
Park Ave
Betty Beckley Campbell
West Neville St
Robert S. Caldwell
Betsy
Grover Pitts
Sally Leigh McCreery
University of Kentucky
Louisville
Harry L. McCreery
Hillpark Drive
M. M. Ralston
Everett Keyser
W. Holt Ke
Dora Miller
Woodlawn Avenue
Clyde Campbell
Detroit
Mich
Estil Basham
Sophia
Austin Mullens
Cleveland
Ohio
Joe Mullens
Audrey
4-H Club Members Hear Guest Speakers
Beckley Hi-Steppers 4-H Club meets at Mrs. B L Dozier home on Queen Street with guests John W Totten youth director of First Baptist Church and Clarence Wooten Raleigh County 4-H agent. Totten spoke on The Development of Talents while Wooten discussed Manning a Booth at the Box Scout Exhibition. Miss Patty Pitsenberger reports a club project to recruit rooms for All-State Chorus members, obtaining 34 rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Totten
Clarence Wooten
Beckley Hi-Steppers
B. L. Dozier
Queen St
C. D. Cooke
Totten
First Baptist Church
Wooten
Raleigh County
Manning
Patty Pitsenberger
Phymosia Garden Club Fourth Luncheon Meeting Held
The Phymosia Garden Club held its fourth annual luncheon Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in Beck ley Hotel private dining room. New members were introduced and officers and committees named including hostesses, telephone, exhibits, yearbook, by laws, scholarship, horticulture, and Christmas party. The next meeting is May 31 and a flower show invitation was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phymosia Garden Club
Beckley Hotel
Albert N. Tieche
Herbert Tolley
Tieche
John C. Ashworth
W. N. Sprague
E. W. Wilburn
Harry Cooper
N. Joe Rahall
E. S. Pugh Jr
George Psimas
Ross Daniel Jr
Clyde Woods Jr
Austin Caperton Jr
Wilburn
Rahall
Tolley
Henry L. Walker
Frank West
Colie H. Minter
James Ward Jr
Wilford Wooddell
William N. Turner
Raymond DePaulo
Roy A. Cunningham
T. D. George
Jack Bazzarre
Pinecrest
W. J. Barbour Jr
James E. Thompson
David Abrams
Sprague
Paul Loflin
Ashworth
Cooper
Clude
Duff D. Daniel Jr
E. N. Pugh
Pat Searle
Cunningham
Walker
Charity Ball At Raleigh Hotel To Aid Cancer Drive
Mrs Paul E Ash chairs a dance at the Beckley Hotel April 15 to raise funds for the 1955 Cancer Drive. An 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. event features Jan Campbell orchestra with Don and Betty Boyd, floor show by Beckley artists, and tickets from a long Raleigh County committee list led by Mrs James Windle Jr and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Women's club notices from Beckley Newspaper calendar
Women's organizations are invited to announce meetings or calendars via mail or telephone to the Women’s Department. Notices by 10 am are used the same day. This week lists Royal Neighbors meeting, Primrose Garden Club workshop, Methodist Temple circle meetings, Jayceettes events, and First Methodist Church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Department
Beckley Newspars
Hillman Elected President of Alpha Omicron Delta Chapter
Phyllis Jean Hillman has been elected president of the Alpha Omicros Chapter of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority at West Virginia University College Buckhannon. She is the daughter of the Rev and Mrs C A Hillman of 213 S Heber St. A Woodrow Wilson High School graduate, she serves as treasurer of the Women's Governing Board at Wesleyan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Jean Hillman
Alpha Omicros
Alpha Gamma Delta National Sorority
West Virginia University College
Buckhannon
Carden A. Hillman
S. Heber St
Woodrow Wilson High School
Miss Hillman
Wesleyan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Women’s Dept
Billy
J. E. Butterworth
Logan
Cpl
Billy Sullivan
Camp Quantico
Norma Crawford
Elgie Crawford
Gail Bailey
Itmann
R. Earl Hatcher Jr
Langley Field
R. Earl Hatcher
Virgil Perdue
Columbus
Paul Hurley
Gary Haga
A. D. Hurley
Green Cove
Cecil Kendrick
Ft. Bainbridge, Md
Leo Kendrick
Carol Eller
Richmond
Lester Eller
Max Kelly
Ft. Campbell, Ky
C. C. Kelly
I. A. McAdoo
Clifton Price
Albert Kautz
Bill Kautz
Walter James
Janice Hicks
Myra and
Linwood
Marshall James
Gregory Poff
Princeton
J. E. Wood
Emma Beddies
Charles R. Jackson
Crawford St
A. G. Wilcox
Beaver
Delia Riffe
Harper Road
Hampton
D. C
J. D. Duval
Lewis St
Wilson D. Lane
Libby
Indianapolis
Ind
George W. Ballard
George Jr
Chapel Hill
N. G
University of North Carolina
David Bower
The
School For the Deaf
Romney
Parkersburg
Morgantown
Points
Charles Higginbotham
John H. Davis
James G
American Hospital Association
Blue Cross
Blue Cross Office
Hospital Service, Inc
Atlas Bldg
Charleston, W. Va
West Virginia
Willard Edgington
South Kanawha St. Beckley
West Va
Edgington
Raleigh, Fayette, Greenbrier
Summers Counties
4-H Club
Sportleigh
Mademoiselle
Paul E. Ash
C. A. Smith
Julian R. Lewin
Wade Bardin
J. W. Banks
E. P. Sheriff
Fred Richmond
R. G. Broaddus
Charles W. Merritt
Thomas Martin
John Calloway
Vernal Reed
Earl Hall
Marie Meadows
Nathan Pickus
Fred Hurt
Robert Godfrey
Elmer Davis
Ernest Jones
George Thompson
John Ward
William Nace
C. D. Crawford Jr
R. P. Owen
George W. Hodel
C. L. Schulte
Melva Adams
Helen Bragg
W. H. Holliday
Charles Burgess
Calvin Sanders
Ted Stover
G. W. Walker
Paris L. Richards
Royal Neighbors of America
W. E. Lunstrum
Hartley Ave
Primrose Garden Club
Appalachian Building Assembly Room
Methodist Temple
H. K. Stairs
Ellison Ave
Jaycecetts Club
Coca-Cola
A. A. Tieche
South Oakwood Ave
Lewis Street
First Methodist Church
Gertrude Roush
Clayton Ave
S. Fayette Street
New Sorority
the Kiddie Shop
Neville ST. Beckley
Boxy
sFyss
Floor
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