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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1959

Page

5

Catholic Youth Group Plans Dance At St Francis Church

The Catholic Youth Organization of St. Francis de Sales meets to set a spring dance for April 29 in the church recreation room. John Lagos presides as Connie Sparacino heads the food committee. plans include new records and selling The Sunday Visitor publications for April. Other assignments cover Mass time groups and a Legion of Decency bulletin board.

St. Francis de ‘Sales Catholic Church John Lagos Connie Sparacino Paulette Sparacino Marion Massinople Ralph McDaniels John Novak Lawrence Filapek Bettina DePaulo Becky DePaulo Bill McCulley Sam Cohn Cathy Hess David Giampalo Emanuel Gaziano Mass Legion of Decency Val Fazio Charlotte Klaus Jean Giampalo Joseph Mascioli Catholic Youth Organization St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church

Sophia Social Items Update on local residents and visitors

Mrs Bertha Ruble left Monday to visit the home of Mr and Mrs John Brooks and Mr and to Walter Brooks in Chillicothe Ohio. Sammy Nichols stationed with the U S Navy in Maryland spent the weekend visiting friends and relatives in Sophia. Mac Kelly serving with the U S Army Airborne at Ft Jackson SC spent the weekend in Sophia with his wife and parents Mr and Mrs C C Kelly.

Sophia Bertha Ruble John Brooks Walter Brooks Chillicothe Ohio Sammy Nichols U. S. Navy Maryland Mac Kelly U. S. Army Airborne Ft. Jackson S. C C. C. Kelly

Vesper Service Planned at Dry Hill Building

A vesper service will be held at the Dry Hill Prosperity Community Building at 7:30 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. Hubert Gray in charge.

Dry Hill Hubert Gray

Community notices invite women groups to send events

Woman organization events listed for Beckley area include regular and special meetings at churches schools and centers with times from 12 45 p m to 8 p m Friday. Groups named include Supper Circle Presbyterian Church American Legion Auxiliary Dry Hill Prosperity youth group Lillybrook PTA Sophia Band Mothers Club Fernwood Garden Club Zeta Alpha Delta Kappa Beta Rho Beta Sigma Phi St Francis Guild Mission Circle Beckley Women of Beckley Presbyterian and Beckley Area Professional Nurses Club among others.

Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know

Local notes report Mrs. James Burnette of McAlpin returning from Beckley Hospital after observation and treatment. Mrs. Harold Crickmer of Lillybrook is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after major surgery. Connie Calfee, 16, of 1507 Harper Rd, named to All-State Orchestra representing Woodrow Wilson High School, with active roles in bands and clubs. Families from Johnstown Rd and Woodlawn Ave back home after winter in Zephyr Hill Fla, with trips tied to West Virginia conference activities and a Cleveland visit among relatives.

James Burnette McAlpin Beckley Hospital Harold Crickmer Lillybrook Connie Calfee Price Calfee Jr Harper Rd Woodrow Wilson High School Paramount First Baptist Church of Beckley Gery C. F. Jackson Johnstown Rd Zepher Hill Fla Carlyle Bolen Woodlawn Ave Rex Johnson S. Kanawha Sr D. Crawford Lynn Mercer St Wheeling West Virginia Woman's Society of Christian Service D. D. Montoya Parkersburg Faith Society Lloyd C. Wicke Pittsburgh Paul Richmond Beaver Richard Richmond Akron Ohio Norah Bennett Donald Meador George Walters Ray Bennett Cleveland

Beckley Woman's Club to Meet Friday at 2 PM

The American Home Department of Woman's Club of Beckley will convene Friday at 2 p.m. in the Park Avenue clubhouse, revised from an 8 p.m. start. Mrs. K. Douglas Bowers and Mrs. R. G. Broaddus will present.

American Home Department of Woman's Club of Beckley Park Ave K. Douglas Bowers R. G. Broaddus

Theatre organ buyer in Martinsville finds fit issues

In Martinsville Virginia Frank B Netherland 22 buys a large organ shipped from Raleigh Register region but the instrument would not fit in his home theatre. He keeps dropping by a local theatre to play the organ and uses space at a North Carolina radio station for practice.

Raleigh Register Beckley W. Va Organ-Grinda Land Martinsville Frank B. Netherland North Carolina

West Virginia Garden Club Flower Show School Opens

At Beckley Hotel this morning 9 o clock the Flower Show School Course No 1 begins with Mrs M M Ralston Beckley Mrs Ernest Jensen Charleston and Mrs Archibald Walker from Spartanburg S C conducting the first class Flower Show Practice after 8 am registration Mrs Walker will judge The Daffodil Show in Dayton Ohio Wednesday Emily Stuebing from Pittsburgh will arrive Wednesday to teach Principles Types in Flower Arranging The spring snow is noted by Mrs Walker a former Bluefield Huntington resident who has conducted schools in Charleston and Parkersburg West Virginia.

Beckley Elks Club West Virginia Garden Club M. M. Ralston Ernest Jensen Charleston Archibald Walker Spartanburg S.C Holt Kester Emily Stuebing Pittsburgh Walker Dayton Ohio Bluefield Huntington Parkersburg Colin McLuckey Jensen Ralston The Azalea Garden Club South Carolina

Bookmobile Schedule Highlights Local Meetings

The bookmobile visits Crab Orchard Baptist Church Wednesday from 11 30 a m to 1 30 p m for the Women s Baptist Missionary Society and the Park Ave Clubhouse Friday from 1 30 to 3 30 p m for the American Home Department of the Woman s Club of Beckley, compiling local community events.

Crab Orchard Baptist Church Women’s Baptist Missionary Society Park Ave American Home Department of Woman's Club of Beckley

Birth Announced for Danny Ray Kuhn in Beckley

Beaver residents Mr and Mrs Charles Lee Kuhn announce the birth of their son Danny Ray at Beckley Memorial Hospital on April 9 at 7:08 p.m. The baby weighs eight pounds six and a half ounces.

Beaver Charles Lee Kuhn Danny Ray Beckley Memorial Hospital

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Vesper Vogue VY Price Charm and Glamour Pullman Ang Sale Women's Department of Seckley the Presbyterian Church American Legion Auxiliary Unit No Memorial Building Dry Hill-Prosperity Lillybrook Parent-Teacher Association Mother’s Club Fernwood Garden Club Coca Cola Robert Thacker James Bland Poinsetta F. C. Christian Whitestick St Melvola Order of Eastern Star Heriones of Jericho G. St Zeta Chapter Alpha Delta Kappa D. D. Williams Crescent Rd Beta Rho Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Larry Ciccarelli McLean Addn Eliza Hunter Victoria Pickens Massie St St. Francis Guild of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church George Warren Hodel Bishop St Daniels Missionary Baptist Church Joy Fritz Daniels Beckley Presbyterian Church Beckley Area Pinecrest Sanitarium Beckley Temple Pythian Sisters Women’s Dept Mobilgas DODGE Montclair Buick Invicta Duncan-Catron Motor Co., Inc Prince Street Beckley, W. Va Phillips Motor Company, Inc Main Street Jamaica Save Penney's Wavey Chenille Penney Shop Penney’s NLYON
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