Fine Arts program marks Beckley Woman's Club season end
The Fine Arts Department of the Beckley Woman's Club concluded its season with a Friday afternoon program themed The Handiwork of God In Springtime. Hinton Women's Club members performed various pieces led by director Mrs H Talley Brown. The event featured vocal solos and group numbers including April Ecstasy I Know A Lovely Garden A Spring Fancy When the Red Buds Bloom and There’s A Lark in My Heart.
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Woman‘’s Club of
Beckley
Hinton
Beckley Girls Told to Contend for Miss West Virginia
Beckley business group seeks a Beckley or Raleigh County girl to compete at the Miss West Virginia Pageant in Charleston July 11 to 14 at the Municipal Auditorium. The winner earns a $1,000 scholarship and a chance to compete in Miss America in September. The club plans to source contestants from civic clubs, schools, colleges, and residents.
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Beckley
Charleston
Raleigh County
Municipal Auditorium
Mountain State
Raleigh
Atlantic City
Beckley B & PW Club
University
Talent Height Phone Eyes Parents' Name and Address
Classified style notice listing personal details for an individual: Edith Sanderson, mail to Beckley West Virginia address. Includes education and contact data with a boxed P. O. Box 479.
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Edith Sanderson
P. O
Beckley
West Virginia
Woman's View on Music Training Divides Teachers
New York news by Gay Pauley reports a debate among music teachers over how children should learn. Proponents of a strict discipline cite tradition, while Marion Egbert urges a friendly approach. Fred Steinway stresses discipline but values enjoyment and gradual progress. The piece notes a rise in amateur musicians, from 14.5 million adults and 2.5 million children in 1947 to over 23 million adults and about 10 million school-age players today.
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Gay Pauley
UPI
New York
Percy Grainger
Junior
Jane
Carnegie Hall
Jascha Heifetz
Marion Egbert
American Music Conference
Fred Steinway
Ignace Paderewski
van Cliburn
Egbert
Steinway
Oklahoma
Okinawa
Rubinstein
Stern
Music Conference
Manners By Millett on Respectful Dating Guidance
Millett advises men to be discreet with opinions when dating a woman who is a father or has children. The column urges courteous behavior and restraint, promoting thoughtful, nonjudgmental communication in relationships.
Beckley Ladies Club Notices And Cancelled Meeting
Women organizations may announce meetings or calendar items through Beckley Newspapers Woman's Department. Notices by 10 a.m. are published same day. Saturday deadlines apply for Sunday listings. Prosperous Hills Garden Club meeting cancelled until third Monday in May. Civic Department of Woman's Club hosts a covered dish dinner at Park Avenue clubhouse at 6 p.m. Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge Mabscott meets at IOOF Lodge Hall at 8 p.m.
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Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Prosperous Hills Garden Club
Woman's Club of
Woman's Clubhouse
Park Avenue
Golden Gate
Rebekah
Mabscott
IOOF
Beckley Parent Teacher Groups and Clubs Schedule
North Lester Elementary PTA meets at the school at 3 30 p m Beckley Woman's Christian Temperance Union gathers at Memorial Baptist Church 1 30 p m note time change Sigma Chapter Beta Sigma Phi at Appalachian Assembly Room 7 30 p m Junior Department Woman's Club of Beckley meets at Park Ave clubhouse 8 p m Hollywood School PTA at the school 7 30 p m Beckley Art Group sketch session at Playhouse studio 7 30 p m Philathea Bible Class of First Baptist Church hosts a 6 p m covered dish dinner at Mrs Lena Thompson 207 4th St Maggie L Walker Temple No 38 Elks Home S Fayette St
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Beckley Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Memorial Baptist Church
Philathea
First Baptist Church
Lena Thompson
4Th St
Maggie L. Walker
Elks Home
S. Fayette St
Evening Club Events Share Beckley Schedule
Beta Rho Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi meets in Appalachian Assembly Room at 7 30 p.m. Religion Committee of the Woman's Club of Beckley presents an Easter program on WJLS at 3 45 p.m. Alpha Delta Kappa honorary teachers sorority gathers at Mrs James Scott Jr 112 Garfield Street at 7 30 p.m with Mrs Shankey Lilly as co hostess.
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Beta Rho
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Appalachian Assembly Room
Woman's Club of
Beckley
WJLS
Alpha Delta Kappa
James Scott Jr
Garfield St
Shankey Lilly
DAV Auxiliary Meeting and Circle Event Announced
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary plans meeting in Room 6 Memorial Building at 8 p.m. Tona Jones Circle invites attendees to Calloway Heights Baptist Church at Stana ford Road for a 7 30 p.m. gathering at the home of Mrs. Walker Treadway.
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Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary
Memorial Building
Tona Jones
Calloway Heights Baptist Church
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
A local column notes residents in Beckley and Huntington underlining hospital stays and personal events. Mrs. David D. Ashworth and Dallas Friend Bradley are listed as in good condition after recent hospitalizations. Mrs. O M Jones returns home after surgery. Lanny Okes celebrates a birthday with family and friends. Mrs. C L Calloway is discharged after surgery.
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David D. Ashworth
Hull St
Beckley Hospital
Dallas
Bradley
Montgomery Ward and Co
Social News: Royal Family Hosts Visitors From Virginia
Mrs Burton E Royal of Cabell Heights welcomed her nephew Roger Blake and Mr and Mrs Willis Wilson with son Billy from Arlington Virginia on Sunday. Mrs Lucy Nolan returned to Oshkosh Wisconsin after months here visiting her brothers Able Gillenwater of Lester and Sam and Marsh Gillenwater of Soak Creek.
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Burton E. Royal
Cabell Heights
Roger Blake
Willis Wilson
Billy
Arlington, Va
Lucy Nolan
Oshkosh
Wis
Able Gillenwater
Lester
Sam
Marsh Gillenwater
Soak Creek
Mrs Clarence Watkins Discharged From Raleigh General
Mrs Clarence Watkins of 106 Freeman Street was discharged from Raleigh General Hospital Sunday after recent surgery.
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C. L. Calloway
Woodlawn Avenue
Raleigh General Hospital
Clarence
Lacey) Watkins
Freeman St
Monday Music Club Elects New Officers
The Monday Music Club elected officers at its April meeting led by Mrs. Charles W Merritt as president. Other officers include Mrs. George L Piper vice president and several secretaries and chairmen with installation planned for May. The annual student program featured Diana Stewart Phyllis Rhodes Kim Cooper Susan Davis Elise Hume Bill Kent and Annetta Monroe who studied in Austria and will enter Oberlin Conservatory next year. The session was hosted by Mrs. Thomas L. Martin. An 82 year old Liskeard man apologized in court for his wife’s absence amid neglect charges related to four children and a fifth birth. A Caribbean Central America program was presented by Mrs. Betty Neal with attendees including Mrs. Pauline Clemons Mrs. June Reed Mrs. Jack Martin and Mrs. Doris Lilly.
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Charles W. Merritt
Monday Music Club
George L. Piper
Grover C. Hedrick Jr
Herbert Stansbury
A. O. Philips
W. A. Thornhill
S. Earl Snead
Inez Caffee
Isabele Morton
Federation
Mullens
Pineville
Caribbean
Central America
Betty Neal
Pauline Clemons
June Reed
Jack Martin
Doris Lilly
Xi Chi Plans Founder's Day Banquet At Glass House
The Xi Chi Exemplar Chapter of Sophia Beta Sigma Phi met in April at Mrs. Jack Murdock’s home with Mrs. John Lee Cher presiding. The group announced the annual Founder's Day banquet will be held at the Glass House on April 27 at 7 p.m. BSP chapters from the area were noted.
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Xi Chi
Sophia
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Jack Murdock
John Lee Cher
Glass House
Intelligent people and headaches in modern clinics
Doctors say high achievers and perfectionists suffer more headaches due to caring too much and overdoing. Modern clinics report relief advances including Micrainin, a new headache medicine without aspirin, using Pyradine-3 and N-acetyl-p-amino phenol for relief not found in other remedies. Carter Products notes for Nisci.
West Berliners Visit Beckley Area for Several Days
Von Bardeleben a mining engineer and his wife Christa a veterinarian from West Berlin visited Amigo Smokeless Coal Co. mines at Black Eagle and Wyco and toured local veterinary facilities. They plan to spend two months in Kentucky before returning to Charleston Pittsburgh Washington and New York City. This is their first U S visit. They stay at Beckley Winn Hotel and visited the Hays at Locust Drive.
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West
City Vista Club Member Heads To WV State Chicken Contest
Mrs. H. R. Sawyers of Pemberton, a new City Vista Home Demonstration Club member, is among 36 entries in the West Virginia State Chicken Cooking Contest at Jackson's Mill State 4H Camp. Winners receive prizes and a chance to the National Contest in Harrington, Delaware, in June. Judges include Earl Budd, Elwood Williams, and a West Virginia University representative.
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H. R. Sawyers
Pemberton
City Vista Home Demonstration Club
Raleigh County Farm Women’s Council
West Virginia
Jackson’s Mill
Annie Shobe
Hardy County Home Demonstration
Harrington
Dela
Earl Budd
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Cooperative, Inc
Broadway
Elwood Williams
Pierce Pre-Cooked Fools, Inc
Moorefield
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Freezing Whipped Cream Mounds For Later Use
If you whip more cream than needed, freeze the leftovers in the refrigerator’s freezing compartment. Place a foil lined sheet, drop mounds of cream, freeze uncovered, then transfer to a moisture proof container. Cream defrosts quickly. return to freezer promptly and use within a month.
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Bers
American Home Department
R. E. Newman
L. E. Maloney
AHD
The
Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club
Miss Beckley
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Manners
Millett
North Lester
Parent-Teacher Association
Beta Sigma Phi
Appalachian
Park Ave
Hollywood
Beckley Art Group
the Playhouse
GO Modern
Rals Star
Prinee
G. C. Murphy CO
W. Main St
Huntington
Huntington Garden Council
Holt Kester
Harper Road
M. M. Ralston
Hillpark Drive
Carleton R. Mabley
West Virginia Garden Clubs, Inc
O. M. Jones
404 Hill St
Lanny Okes
Orlan Okes
Crescent Street
Leon Hollandsworth
Doug Lipscomb
Ken
Perdue
Kim Perdue
Anita Jones
Judith Okes
Richard Hollandsworth
Richard Jones
Liskeard
England
Carter Products
City Vista Club
Perkins
Beckley Ice
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