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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1959
Page
3
Community notices list dates and venues for Jayceette, Woman's Club, Moose, DAR chapters, church circles, homemakers clubs, and youth groups. Events span Wednesday through Friday with times at 1 p.m. 7:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at locations including Crab Orchard Baptist Church, Beckley Hotel terrace room, and community buildings. Local officers and addresses are provided for some gatherings.
Mrs. Joseph Ressa led a mock meeting at the Primrose Garden Club on Myers Avenue with demonstrations of openings motions amendments and other steps based on Roberts Rules of Order. Members included Mrs. L. L. Caffee Mrs. G. G. Gallaher and Mrs. James K. Burke. The program urged decorum and orderly business while business topics covered Flower Show School registration Arbor Day tree planting and a winter debris cleanup.
Pretty drawstring bag pattern in simple crochet stitch laced with colorful yarns. Promises compliments and includes full directions in No. 3/5 N. Requests 25 cents plus 10 cents mailing for first class. Address Martha Madison care of The Raleigh Register Box 438 Midtown Station New York 18 NY.
Mrs. Luca Thompson returns home from a two week Florida vacation with her son and daughter in law from Cleveland. Sisters from St Francis de Sales School spend weekend with Bristol convent. James H Creger family visits Welch and Beckley. Carrie Herndon Bales visits Amick, Clifftop. Roy L Herndon returns from Punta Gorda after two weeks with brothers. Garfield area CAP meeting noted. Stuart Justis visits Beckley area. Parkersburg trip. Punk Collier returns from Germany to join wife and child at Temple Street home.
Sophia BNS reports a seventh birthday lawn party for Calvin Fekete Jr hosted by his grandparents Mr and Mrs Emmett Gearhart. The event featured pink and blue decorations, games, and prizes awarded to Danny Benfield Sammy Roberts Clifton Blevins Juddy Allen Andrea Gillespie Kim Gillespie Tommy Gillespie Deborah Fekete Michael Spicer Sharon Pegram and Danny Bowman.
Broken Arrow Ledger publisher C A Williams announced the “sweetest deal ever offered” giving a five pound sack of sugar to every new subscriber and to each renewal, as AP reports from Broken Arrow Oklahoma.
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In La Crosse Wisconsin the old North Side jail houses monkeys as winter quarters while new spaces are readied at the local zoo. Officers say the jail has not been used for about 20 years.
Cleaning guidance for tile counters notes heat tolerance up to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit and suggests placing hot cookware directly on tile. It advises using a mild detergent, wiped with a damp cloth, to remove grease and smudges.
A new Pinewood Garden Club organized in Beckley under Flowering Hills sponsorship. Formed in January, it will federate July 1, after six months of existence, with temporary officers named and a 10 AM meeting at Mrs. Akers home on Avon Street. A luncheon followed and judges H D Butterworth and Paul Phipps evaluated club arrangements.
Applications for marriage recorded in the clerk of Raleigh County Court. Otis F Carter, 27, Beckley, and Thelma E Graham, 19, Odd, Wayne L Reed, 48, Daniels, and Mary Prince, 39, Blue Jay, Lowell S Stover, 21, Clear Creek, and Shirley Webb, 17, Clear Creek, Jack D Bowden, 19, Princewick, and Edith Elizabeth Martin, 19, Whitby.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Dobbins of 302 Myers Avenue returned home after a weekend visit with their daughter Miss Jean Crawford in White Sulphur Springs.
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