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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1961

Page

5

Local Women Groups Calendar for Tuesday Events

Women organizations invited to submit notices through Beckley Newspapers Woman's Department. Tuesday events include Rhododendron Garden Club at Mrs H H Perdue's home in Cabell at 7:30 p.m. PTA meetings at Lester Elementary and St Francis de Sales School Cafeteria at 3:30 p.m and 7:30 p.m. Moose Lodge and Eastern Star meetings, Rebekah Bible Class, Cub Scouting, and Church Society activities follow with locations and times listed for 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Woman’s Department of Beckley H. H. Perdue Cabell St. Francis de Sales School Parent-Teacher Association

Community group meeting notices from Beckley area homes

A compiled schedule lists numerous club and church meetings across Beckley and surrounding areas. Invitations include Eliza Hunter Home Department at Central Baptist Church, Recruiter's Wives Club at Army Recruiting Station, various sororities meeting at Coca-Cola, Appalachian and Beckley venues, church circles and women’s clubs with times from 12:30 to 7:30 p.m.

U.S. Army Prince Street

Homemakers Feted With Luncheon at Flat Top

Mrs. P J Wood hosted a luncheon at 1 p m for Mercer County Farmwomen's Council officers and Flat Top Home Demonstration Club members. Attending were C E Lohr Princeton vice president H C Crews Bluefield secretary J B White Princeton assistant secretary R N Mason Bluefield executive committee member Camille Stewart Princeton and A E Hopkins Bluefield. Flat Top club members L V Harvey Jane Foster W J Rogers G B Keaton C J Allen Harold Wood and V C Shrewsbury also attended. Afterward Harvey led a lesson titled Lets Extend West Virginia's Hospitality.

Flat Top RNL P.J. Wood Mercer County Farmwomen's Council Flat Top Home Demonstration Club C. E. Lohr Princeton H. C. Crews Bluefield J. B. White R. N. Mason Camille Stewart Mertion A. E. Hopkins Wood FWC Flat Top Clab L. V. Harvey Jane Foster W. J. Rogers G. B. Keaton C J Allen Harold Wood V. C. Shrewsbury

Garden Club of the Air features Thornhill landscaping talk

Mrs W A Thornhill Azalea Garden Club appraiser from 706 Woodlawn Ave appears on Garden Club of the Air on WOAY Oak Hill from 1 30 to 2 p m Wednesday. She will discuss landscaping and statewide beautification efforts, plus civic projects. Also noted are club members' schooling and state garden events with attendance by Raleigh County women.

W. A. Thornhill Woodlawn Ave The Azalea Garden Club Garden Club of the Air Woay - Oak Hill Azalea Club Thornhill W. W. Barron Azalea M. M. Ralston Athens Richmond South Atlantic District of Garden Clubs

Neighborhood Scold Becomes Local Landmark of Fear

A 57 year old Pennsylvania woman faced an alderman on charges of being a common scold. Neighbors recall a neighbor who disliked noise, dogs, and children and treated any ball in her yard as trespass. Children once used her house as a haunted prop for games and stories, turning fear into neighborhood lore.

Newspaper Enterprise Assn Pennsylvania

Second Annual Arts and Crafts Festival Planned for Glenwood Park

During the business session plans were made for the second annual Arts and Crafts Festival to be held at Glenwood Park on July 28. Mrs Foster led the devotional with hospitality as her theme.

Circle No Woman’s Society of Christian Service St. Mary’s Methodist Church Luther Moses Thurman Southern

Beckley Community Concert Drive Seeks 1000 Members

Beckley Community Concert Association renews and seeks 1000 members for 1961 62 season. Campaign volunteers staff headquarters at Beckley Hotel desk and answer inquiries via CL 3 7201. New members receive a bonus New York Pro Musica concert this Thursday 8 30 p m at Woodrow Wilson High School Auditorium featuring Morley Dowland sacred pieces and madrigals directed by Noah Greenberg with Betty Wilson Bethany Beardslee and a roster of soloists and instrumentalists.

Beckley Community Concert Association Beckley Hotel New York Pro Mu‘sica Noah Greenberg Betty Wilson Bethany Beardslee Robert White Charles Bressler Gordon Myers Brayton Lewis

District Clubwomen Workshop in Beaver Lions Club

A workshop for Cancer workers in the Shady Spring District will be at the Beaver Lions Club at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Directed by the Shady Spring District Woman's Club, Mrs. Howard Shrewsbury is general chairman for the drive. Other community chairmen are Mrs. J. Lowell Lilly Beaver Mrs. Fred Ritch Cool Ridge Mrs. Everett Underwood Shady Spring Mrs.

Shady Spring Beaver Lions Club Shady Spring District Woman’s Club Howard Shrewsbury J. Lowell Lilly Beaver Fred Ritch Cool Ridge Everett Underwood

Cancer Workshop Set by Clubwomen in Grandview Area

Minor Scott of Grandview and Mrs. Edgar Setliff of White Oak will host a cancer workshop with Mrs. Raymond Eye of Ghent and others. Miss Ruth Payne Blue Jay and Miss Margaret L Richmond Grandview road join. Robert Daniels of the West Virginia Chapter will distribute literature and teach clubwomen how to canvass their areas.

Minor Scott Grandview Edgar Setliff White Oak Raymond Eye Ghent Bonnie Green Crow Ruth Payne Blue Jay Margardet L. Richmond Grandview Road Robert Daniels West Virginia

More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH

An old advertisement promotes FASTEETH powder to secure upper and lower dental plates. It claims firmer fit, no gummy taste, alkaline formula, no sour odor, and that it reduces plate odor. Available at drug counters everywhere.

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Parent-Teacher Association of North Lester Elementary Women of the Moose Moose Lodge Bethlehem Order of Eastern Star Masonic Temple Howe Street Rebekah Bible Class Methodist Temple Friendship Hall Greenbrier Woman's Society of Christian Service First Methodist Church James Maples Parkwood Dr Eliza Hunter Central Baptist Church F. D. Edmonds Hunter St Beta Rho Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Kinzer Xi Alpha Gamma Appalachian Assembly Room Beckley Presbyterian Church Board of Women of the Church Synod of West Virginia, Presbyterian Church Beckley Church Crab Orchard Ann Thomas Calloway Heights Baptist Church Glen Morgan Canterbury Drive Poinsettia Savings Club Thelma Dyer Sour St Gulf Woman's Club Sophia Methodist Church Mount Tabor C. E. Stanley Harper Heights Royal Neighbors of America Eagles Hall Woodlawn Avenue Shady Spring Home A. G. Wilcox Jr Dr. Caldwell Hazel Raleigh County Garden Council Fayette County Richard Taylor Ralph Yarmouth Port Mass W. Holt Kester Harper Road Sheri J. Winter Madison Wis Winter University of Wisconsin Medical School Jeff McLaughlin George McLaughlin Raleigh General Hospital Thomas L. Wickham Kanawha Street Beckley Hospital E. W. Martin Calloway Heights C. E. Martin Pamela Vince St Miami Beach Fla Okey Berry Addie Thomas Prince Mary Wilson D. R. Wilson Eccles Bowling Green College of Commerce Bowling Green, Ky Lena Thompson S S. Gore Earl O. Snider C. C. Wetzel L. W. Thorne United Daughters of the Confederacy Harry Birt Oak Hill King’s Daughters and Sons Charleston Mary J. Starr Klaus St Emerson Little Prosperity Ruth Millett G. M. Powers Ourtheces Pro Music Fred Richmond Thomas Morley Ayres John Dowland Pavane Galliard William Mountebank Pavan Israel Egypt Ensemble Paul Ehrlich Martha Blackman Bernard Krainis Paul Maynard NEW York Pro Musica Set Cancer Workshop Penney's TION Mhjor Deodoran Tussy Cohen Neville St Jobe Fiberglas Penney
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