Community club notices and events calendar
Local groups announce a Monday slate of activities at 7:30 p.m. including sketch and pastel sessions at Mrs H L Bragg's home in Calloway Heights U S Army Mothers Post No 7 meets at Memorial Building Z Beta of Beta Sigma Phi gathers at Mrs Glen Cook's Stamford home at 8 p.m. Wet Music Club meets at A G Kinzer 119 Wilson St at 8 p.m. AAUW hosts meetings at Miss Eva Keyser and Miss Ethel Keyser 124 Beckley Ave 7:30 p.m. Women’s Auxiliary to the N F P O C holds an 117 Booth Ave gathering 7:30 p.m. Etude Music Club at Mrs William Cole Maxwell Hill 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Bragg
Calloway Heights
American Association of University Women
Eva Keyser
Ethel Keyser
Beckley Ave
Woman’s Auxiliary
National Federation of Post Office Clerks
Robert Biggs
Booth Ave
Etude Music Club
William Cole
Maxwell Hill
Community club and church group meetings listed for Beckley area
A list of Tuesday through Saturday meetings for Mission Circles, garden clubs, homemakers and youth groups. Notable hosts include Mrs Dannie Plumley, Mrs Eugene Meadows, and Mrs L Friedley with venues at residences, schools, and churches in Beckley and Mabscott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Dannie Plumley
Reservoir Rd
Beckley
Ghent Elementary Cheerleaders Win District Gold Medal
Ghent Elementary School cheerleaders proudly display the trophy from the Shady Spring District Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. In the front row kneeling are Phyllis Lilly and Denise Eye, with Suzette Okes and Dianne Applegate standing, daughters of local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghent
Phyllis Lilly
Freddie Lilly
Denise Eye
Raymond Eye
Suzette Okes
Luth Farley
Jack Farley
Dianne Applegate
Roy Sweeney
Ross Landing’s Early Name for Chattanooga
In 1816 the city now known as Chattanooga, Tennessee, was first named Ross’ Landing. John Ross was among the town’s initial settlers, helping establish the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga, Tenn
Ross’ Landing
John Ross
Local social notes from Fairdale and surrounding towns
Fairdale and nearby communities share visits and hospital news. Wayne Eubank and family visited F J Ferris in Princeton while Faye Bunch undergoes observation in Raleigh General Hospital. Jim Allen returns home improving from Beckley Hospital. Nancy Worley spent the weekend with her parents in Glen Daniel. Mrs. Jessie Acord Bob returns from Beckley Memorial Hospital. Claude Walker and family visited relatives in Ohio and Nitro. Mrs. McKinley Simpson and Mrs. Arthur Herron visited Charleston daughter Mary Elizabeth Wilson. Glen Acord of Ravencliff visited his daughter James Cole. Weekend guests E O Thompson hosted Ross and Kathleen Hunt of Bassett Virginia and visited Miss Jean Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Worley
Glen Daniel
Jessie Acord
Bob
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Claude Walker
Cinda Walker
Dewey Walker
Vinton
Ohio
Olaf Walker
Nitro
McKinley Simpson
Arthur Herron
Mattie Wilson
Mary Elizabeth
Charleston
Glen Acord
Ravencliff
James Cole
E. 0. Thompson
Ross Hunt
Kathleen Hunt
Bassett
Jean Montgomery
Personal Notes On Behalf Of Beckley Hospital Visit
Leon B Page Sr and E Prince note Jane Morgan residing in Courtland New York after visiting for three weeks she will join her husband in West Palm Beach Florida where they will reside Sunday guests in Mabscott were Mr and Mrs R G Sparks G L Sparks and children from Union who visited their brother Dewey Sparks a patient in Beckley Hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon B. Page
E. Prince Sr
Beckley Hospital
Jane Morgan
Courtland
N. Y
West Palm Beach
Fla
Mabscott
R. G. Sparks
Ae G. L.rks
Chil Iilburn
Clay Chapel Sunday School Session Led By George Clay
Cameron RNS The Clay Chapel Sunday School will meet April 17 at 10 a.m. under George Clay. Ev eryone is invited. Weekend visitors include Alfred Scott and family from Hico and Scottie Lucas from Virginia visiting their parents. The Women s Society of Christian Service met at Levi Sauls home and made a quilt for Lakie Clay Beckley assisted by Merle Cyrus with several local ladies attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Adkins
South Bend
Ind
Tracy Cook
Dean
Huntington
Homer Maynor
Sandlick
Ira Cook
Stover
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Cameron Free Will Baptist Church
Levi Sauls
Lakie Clay
Beckley
Morris Harvey College Dinner Honors Extension Students
Morris Harvey College sponsors a dinner to honor extension students and Beckley Oak Hill area alumni. The event on April 18 at the Methodist Temple features a 6:30 p.m. dinner and a brief program with a talk by President Leonard Riggleman. about 200 guests are expected per James A. Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Harvey College
Beckley - Oak Hill
Methodist Temple
Leonard Riggleman
James
Also Mentioned on This Page
Womens
Hamas
Department of Beckley
U. S. Army
Beta Sigma Phi
Glen Cook
Stamford
Wet Music Club
A. G. Kinzer
Wilson St
P.m
Pine Wood Garden Club
Hae O. Burdette
Glen Ave
A.m
Bellmont Homemaker’s Club
Josephine Poindexter
Gregory St
Woman's Missionary Society of First Baptist Church
Eugene H. Meadows
Bishop St
Maxwell Hill Homemakers Club
Stoco Band Mothers Club
Stoco Junior High School
Lego
Eastern Star
Yyly G. St
The
Woman's Club of
Park Ave
Maxwell Hill Rd
Novelette Club
Evelyn Spratley
S. Fayette St
Alderson Burke
Philantha
First Baptist Church
Regular Meeting
C. D. Buckland
Grove Ave
Bethlehem
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Howe
Xi Alpha Delta
Olaf Olif
Mankin Ave
Briarcliff Garden Club
Bank of Raleigh
Fellowship Hall
Cabell Heights
Oak Grove
Pleasant Hills
Women’s Improvement League
Lessie Burdine
Cora Harris
Social Savings Club
Betty Hairston
Maplewood
Fetesakne Elementary
Joyce Joyce "Miler
West T
Helen Wirtz
Beaver Elementary School
Wylene Shepherd
Wilie Shera Okes
Howard Okes
Jackie Rakes
Kay Sorenson
Dolly Sorenson
Kay
Shady Spring
Wylene
Lyn
Jackie
Carolyn
Shelia
Crescent
Donna Monroe
Dana Monroe
Johnette
Robert K. Thacker
Clyde E. Law
D. D. Williams
Crescent School
Shady Spring Elementary School
Cindy Clark
Barbara Underwood
Mary Cooper
Shirley Keith
New York State
Fairdale
Cameron
Henry Ford
Michigan
Jimmy’s
G. M. Powers
Main Street
W. Rowley
J. B. F. Yoak Jr
William Henry Harrison
United States
British Isles
New York, N. Y
Whitehall Pharmacal Company
Benjamin Moores
Lrom Cline
Letardo
Min Moore
Moore
Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Scott
Universal
Neville Street
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