Flowering Hills Flower Show to Feature All America Roses
Flower Show organizers announce All-America Selections roses Ivory Fashion and Starfire as 1959 winners to be featured at the June 3 event in Beckley. Special classes for the two new roses and a Sweepstakes Award for top blue ribbons in Horticulture highlight the Flowering Hills Garden Club show at the Elks Club Ballroom.
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Flowering Hills
H. D. Butterworth
Paul Phipps
Ing
Beckley Ejixs Club
Holt Kester
Don Wiliams
United States
Flowering Hills Garden Club
Elks Club
Community club meetings fill Beckley week schedule
A full slate of meetings and gatherings is listed for Tuesday and Wednesday across Beckley and surrounding areas. Groups include Jayceeettes, Senior High Youth, Women of the Moose, DAR, Baptist circles, garden clubs, nurse alumni, and homemakers clubs with times from 12:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at various homes, churches, and public buildings.
Circle No 2 Meeting at Ebenezer Baptist Church
Circle No 2 of the Ebenezer Baptist Church will meet in the church at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Jim Fitzpatrick
The
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Incidents In The Lives Of- People You Know
Local society notes list visiting family members, hospitalizations, and travel. Names include Mrs. S. C. Ballengee of 900 S. Kanawha St, Emory Douglas ill at home, Mrs. George H. Chappelear and children arriving from Norfolk, and various Beav er residents hosting guests. Also notes Raleigh General Hospital patients and Marines visits.
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R. C. Hamilton
Statesville
N. C
S. C. Ballengee
S. Kanawha St
Carlyle S. Bolen
Woodlawn Ave
Bluefield
W. J. Cole
Emory Douglas
Mills Ave
George H. Chappelear
Lynn
Scotty
Norfolk
Harold I. Amory
Hull St
Beaver
J. Frank Maddy
George Maddy
J. M. Collins
Faye Coulter
Sharon
Ruth Broyles
Princeton
Maude Hutchison
George Hutchison
Otis Shumate
Frank Lowe
Jack Brown
Lakeland
Fila
Mason St
Edward Withrow
Raleigh General Hospital
Maude Geiger
Lincoln St
Cass
Lilly Meeks Dotson
Ollie Meeks
Lyle Meeks
T. Jay Johnson
Steven Jay
Jay
Sarah Harriet Stover
Clear Creek
Ronald Dunbar
U. S. Marine Corps
Orson Dunbar
Sewell Dunbar
Maple Creek
Sorority Plans Exemplar Day Observance
Xi Alpha Gamma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will observe Exemplar Day on April 15. The group met at Mrs. Andrew Maddow’s home at 108 Glen Avenue where Mrs. Robert Holcomb chaired a rush for prospective members and Mrs. Maddow led entertainment. The Decorating committee will meet April 7 at Mrs. Edward Dinkler’s home.
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Xi Alpha Gamma
Beta Sigma Phi
Andrew Maddow
Glen Avenue
Robert Holcomb
Maddow
Edward Dinkler
Westwood Dr
Glen Akers
Ann Lilly
Jerry Needly
Carl Mooney
Doris Barker
Erma McDaniel
Ruth Meador
William Harsanyi
Nogales Man Praised for Aid Receives Cash Letters
An AP report from Nogales, Ariz says national magazine praised Mike de la Fuente for aiding the underprivileged in Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Mexico. After publication he got two letters asking for money.
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Nogales, Ariz
Mike de la Fuente
Nogales
Ariz
Mexico
Rural Acres Garden Club plans clubhouse at north east corner
Rural Acres Garden Club members stand at the north east corner of their lot where a clubhouse will be built. From left to right are Mrs. Frank Shortt, treasurer. Mrs. Perry Mullens with daughter Sharon. Mrs. Earl Smith, all on the finance committee. A tree planted Arbor Day about ten years ago marks the site. Mrs. W. R. Yost is president.
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Rural Acres Garden Club
Frank Shortt
Perry Mullens
Sharon
Earl Smith
W. R. Yost
Women Jurists Relate Experiences In Jury Service
Pauline Davis reports seven women serving on the Raleigh County Circuit Court Jury share trials and tribulations while balancing duties at 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. shifts. Mrs. W. C. Cadle of MacArthur calls jury service a privilege despite long hours, gaining insight into courts and law enforcement, while Mrs. Rose Atkins notes the jury box feels like a second home. The 1956 West Virginia Constitution first allowed women to serve on juries, with a 1957 August term marking the first female panel attendees. earlier pioneers include Mrs. Macie Bailey and others in Fayette County and Bluefield, plus Mrs. Dorothy Bonham as the first under the new law.
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Pauline Davis
Raleigh County
W. C. Cadle
MacArthur
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Rose Atkins
Daniels
West Virginia
Macie Bailey
Pineville
Alice Spencer
Welch
Alma Edwards
Rock View
Leona Terry
Bluefield
Fila May Wood
Buefield
Josephine Yearout
Princeton
Dorothy Bonham
Fayette County
Mary Flock
Oak Hill
Evelyn Marge Walker
Irwin nine-car couple features vintage Ford collection
IRWIN Ohio AP Jim Barnett and his wife own nine cars including seven Model A Fords built between 1929 and 1931 plus a 1925 Model T and a modern daily driver.
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Irwin, Ohio
Jim Barnett
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Women’s Department of
Beckley
Chaminade Music Club
D. W. Kinzer
Willowwood Rd
Dry Hill
Beckley Art Group
H. L. Bragg
Calloway Heights
Golden Age Club
Park Ave
Girl Scout Leaders Association
Appalachian Assembly Room
First Methodist Church
Ellen Campbell
Ewart Ave
Country Life Group
Mrs. H. D. Butterworth
Jaycee-ette Board
Woman's Club of
Women of the Moose
Moose Lodge
P.m
James Allen
C. C. Lancers
Mankin Ave
George White
First Baptist Church
Mary Carpenter
Beckley Hotel
Sigma Chapter
Columbine Garden Club
Raleigh County Navy Mothers Club
Memorial Building
Maxwell Hill
Mothers Club
Dry Hill Prosperity Community Building
Pinewood Garden Club
Beulah Whitener
Avon St
Cabell Heights
Oak Grove
Pleasant Hills
Homemaker's Club
COP
Old Eccles Rd
Beckley Homemakers Club
Liza Hunter
Sandy Stovall
Heber St
Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Group
Westwood Garden Club
Pete Karvasky
MG Westwood
Raleigh General Hospital Nurses Alumni Association
Women’s Dept
Circuit Court
Robert Lee Davis
Mary Wilson
Crab Orchard
Mac
Arthur
William Snuffer
Clara E. Payne
Millard N. Gray
Free Beckley Hotel
Beckley Area
Mr. Carter
Clifford
Dahlberg Hearing Center
Quarrier St
Charleston
W. Va
Kyle Cleaners
Kanawha St
Mr. Gotrocks
Dodge
Dodge Field
Duncan-Catron Motor Co., Inc
Prince Street
Beckley, W. Va
Main Street
Sophia, W. Va
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