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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1963
Page
5
Sherwood Spencer of Charlestown, chairman of the committee, notes trees will be distributed only to groups with official authorization and advance allotment cards. Distribution is set for Monday at the Beckley Farmers Market.
Coming Events notes invite three women’s organizations to place announcements of meetings. Submissions to the Woman's Department, Beckley Newspapers, by 10 a.m. for same day use. Friday schedule includes Queen Esther Court No. 53 Heroines of Jericho at 5 30 p.m. on G Street.
Etude Music Club led by Mrs. Allen Bonds Jr. meets at 211 1-24th St. at 7 30 p m. Maxwell Hill Home Demonstration Club hosted by Mrs. Hubert Angle on Teel Road at 7 30 p m. General Mission Society of Memorial Baptist Church gathers at the church at 7 30 p m. JSF Saving Club hosted by Mrs. Margaret Murphy on Thurman St. at 7 30 p m.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Beaver Methodist Church invites all to a covered dish dinner from 5 to 7 30 p.m. at the church. Bring a dish to share and join fellowship with church members and neighbors.
Alpha Zeta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority gathers at the New Pioneer Hotel at 2 p.m. Thrifty Savers Club meets at the home of Mrs. Sally Dozier at 121 Rice St. The Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club holds a regular meeting in the Greenbrier Social Room at 8 p.m.
Beckley community events include a membership kickoff dinner by the Beclky Community Concert Association at Glass House at 6 15 p m and an Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority mother and daughter Cotillion luncheon at El Chico Restaurant at 2 30 p m.
Beckley Legal Secretaries Association holds a dinner meeting at the Elks Club at 6 30 p m Monday with its annual election of officers on the agenda.
The Mountain Top Garden Club will meet in the Appalachian Assembly Room at 2 p.m. The Crescent School Parent Teacher Association holds a meeting at 7 30 p.m. at Crescent School.
Annual Fidelis Class banquet and officer installation at First Baptist Church at 6 30 p m. Dry Hill Home Demonstration meets at Mrs L V Caudill home on Skyline Drive at 7 30 p m. PTA of North Lester Elementary at school 3 30 p m. Judea Shrine No 13 installation ceremonial at Masonic Temple on Howe Street 8 p m. Beckley Art Group meets for business at The Playhouse 7 30 p m.
The Modernistic Homemakers Club meets at 104 Smith Street at 6 p m hosted by Mrs Amos Rutledge. Members gather for an evening program and social time in a neighborhood setting.
Flora Wyce is reported in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after an emergency surgery Sunday. The report notes family visitors from Richmond Virginia and local relatives in Rhodell and nearby towns.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gaimbalvo of Kensington Maryland announce the birth of a son on March 25 in a Bethesda hospital. The baby weighs eight pounds three and a half ounces and is named James Paul. Mother Joyce Ann Stover formerly Miss Joyce Ann Stover lived with aunt Miss Ruth Payne of Blue Jay.
Dr Henry Wolf of Charleston, professor of music and humanities chair at Morris Harvey College, will headline the Beckley Community Concert Association Kickoff Dinner at 6 15 p m Sunday at the Glass ie. The event begins a week long campaign for 1963 64 memberships with reservations via Mrs Fred Richmond. Nan P Kay, Charleston Community Music Association president, will join as special guest. Dr Wolf has long ties to the Charleston String Quartet and Morris Harvey College. He is a Hampton Virginia native who studied at William and Mary Harvard and Boston University and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
The Friendship Baptist Church Women’s Society in Sophia announces its annual book study titled Today’s Children For Tomorrow’s World. The session will be Friday May 3 at 7 30 p.m. with refreshments after the study. Members from area churches will participate.
The column compiles reader questions and advice across housework and sewing. Topics cover elastic shrinking precautions, prewashing ribbons, organizing combs with oilcloth pockets, anchoring garbage cans in tires, removing shower head corrosion with vinegar, pinning diapers for better fit, stacking blankets with cardboard guides, hourglass door curtains, and threading tips for buttonholes.
Sophia SOPHIA notes Ronald Shelton underwent minor surgery at Raleigh General Hospital. The piece lists numerous visitors and family travels including Ronnie Copeland in Baltimore, the Johnsons from Washington DC, the Fords from Arlington VA, and Connie Sue Lawrence’s Birmingham, Alabama wedding. It mentions Ernest Angle hospital stay and other relatives visiting Christiansburg and Florida trips.
Readers are invited to submit homemaking ideas to Polly in care of The Raleigh Register. Winners may have their suggestions used in Polly's Pointers and receive a bright silver dollar as a prize.
Expected to arrive Saturday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Farmer of 217 Woodlawn Ave. are their son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. C B Sims of Pittsburgh Pa who are returning from a vacation trip to Sarasota Fla Mrs Clyde A Smith of 209 Dixon Lane who underwent major surgery Thursday morning in Raleigh General Hospital is reported in satisfactory condition Mrs Joe Louise Antonese of 201 McGinnis St is reported in satisfactory condition at the Raleigh General Hospital after undergoing surgery
Mrs James Pointer of Detroit Michigan visits her mother Mrs Hettie J Trent on South Kanawha Street and will return home Saturday night.
Denecia Stover, 10, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Frank Facello of MacArthur, where she lives, had an emergency appendectomy Monday at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Her mother, Mrs. Angeline Stover Lister of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, arrived Monday to be with her.
CAPT. IVAN L. McKinney of the U. S. Air Force, stationed at Selfridge Field, Michigan, is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. McKinney of Sophia. Also staying at the McKinney home are his sister-in-law and brother, Mr. and Mrs. ___, and other relatives.
Mrs Pat Bowden of Radford Virginia is visiting her daughters Mrs Viola Harmon of Harper Heights Mrs Lorraine Shumate of Besoco and Mrs Sara Jane Kazee of Odd.
Raymond Little son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Little of sophia and a student at West Virginia Institute of Technology Montgomery underwent surgery Thursday at Raleigh General Hospital.
Mrs. D. R. Rinehart of Sophia is scheduled for surgery at Beckley Hospital where she is a patient.
Mrs Jame s B Deck of Sophia spent two weeks with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Eugene Kincaid of Hampton Virginia. She was joined for the Easter weekend by her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Bob Cher and children Mary Frances and Annette of Sophia who visited in the Kincaid home and accompanied her home.
Mrs Ben Roebuck of Mabscott returned home Monday from Beckley Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for over a week.
Announcement of the marriage of Glenda Jeanette Brewer and Thomas Paul Kidwell. The ceremony occurred at 8 p.m. on April 12 at the groom’s parents’ home, officiated by Rev. John Hodge. The couple plans to reside in Falls Church Virginia after Easter with employer ties to the telephone company in Washington.
Ruth Millett discusses Teen Age Tyranny by Grace and Fred Hechinger and argues that parental pressure starts before the teen years. She urges young parents to read the book and to say no to early dating practices and beauty salons for children aged 10 or 11.
Mrs. Cecil Stanley remains a patient at Beckley Hospital for treatment and observation. A parade of relatives visited from Forest Hill Lakewood Ohio Flint Michigan and Coal City area including Donald Farley with sons Mark and Danny George L Jones Rhonda Elmer Atkinson Jackie Parker and Effie Parker. They planned to stay through the week.
An advertisement showcases a back tied frock for a young girl in sizes 1 to 5 years. It lists No 1468 with Photo Guide, fabric yardages, and pricing, plus ordering details including 50 cents and 10 cents mailing, requiring name address zone style number and size.
The guide notes most casseroles can be prepared ahead and refrigerated. If so, allow to reach room temperature before cooking or start in a cold oven. Oven-proof dishes can go directly into a hot oven, but add 15 to 30 minutes extra baking time depending on size.
A 1 pound can of whole berry cranberry sauce mixed with 1 to 2 cups brown sugar forms a glaze. Spoon over two thick slices of pre cooked ham and bake for 30 to 40 minutes until heated through and glazed.
Mrs Kelly Griffith of Glen Rogers visits ill yet improving. Ronnie Lilly and daughter Lisa of Morgantown spend Easter with her parents. Jerry Smith from WVU vacationing with Comer and Mrs Smith. Monday dinner guests: Rev Earl Cochran and family of Shady Spring. Weekend guests: Robert Hesbel and son Pat of Zanesville. James Trump family move to Sophia from Bolt. Hester Manning and Georgia Lusk visit Herndon. Maddy Stover returns from Wise Virginia. D S Bailey Jr visits the Wolfe family and the Baileys. Amos Hendricks of Ft Bragg visits Glen Rogers and Glen Daniel families. Sandra Hawley returns to Concord College. Nancy and Claudia Worley resume studies at Concord. Madelina Giammerino returns to Concord College from Surveyor.
The Rev. Clifford M. Lewis of Wheeling College will address the Catholic Daughters of America Court Paula No. 741 banquet honoring new members. The 6 p.m. event at Black Knight Country Club features Fr. Lewis, assistant to the Wheeling College president. He holds a bachelor’s from Allegheny, a master’s in journalism from Wisconsin, and has taught at Scranton and Woods College among others.
Beckley Memorial Hospital reports multiple births. Donald Roy Williams and spouse of Long Branch welcomed Gary Ray weighing seven pounds five ounces on April 13 at 6:29 a.m. James Henry Miller and spouse of MacArthur announced Mark Dewayne born April 14 at 7:11 a.m. Lawrence Lee Mills born April 15 at 4:02 p.m. weighed four pounds fifteen ounces. William Harold Wood and spouse of Prince welcomed Roger Dale born April 12 at 12:40 p.m. weighing seven pounds ten ounces. Finley Charles and spouse of Crab Orchard announced Michael Lee born April 13 at 4:17 p.m. weighing nine pounds six and twelve ounces.
The New York Mets logged 34,753 air miles during 1962, reflecting a heavy travel schedule for the fledgling franchise as it barnstormed across the majors.
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