Stoco Junior High Minstrel Set for Thursday Night
Stoco Junior High will present its annual minstrel show Burnt Corkers Jamboree Thursday at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium Interlocuter Clifford Warden leads four end men including Charles Taylor as Tar Robert Barker as Keel Arlen Barker as Hatchway and James Clere as Rudder Soloists include Mary Cole Wanda Lilly Erma Lee Bolen Dorothy Ryan Gale and Dale Walker Barbara Miller Drema Hodges Helen Lilly Loretta Vines Sharon Lowe and others A blackface number T Bone Steak and a dance chorus accompany the acts with a between acts skit What Color is Whitewash by Gerry Wallace and Lawrence Via.
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Stoco Junior High School
Lego
Clifford Warden
Charles Taylor
Tar
Robert Barker
Keel
Arlen Barker
Hatchway
James Clere
Rudder
Mary Cole
Make Love To
Wanda Lilly
Erma Lee Bolen
Mississippi
Dorothy Ryan
Sandy Walker
Kitten
Gale
Dale
Patty Fink
Athlene Farley
Ramona Farrer
Mary Garten
Gerry Wallace
Lawrence Via
Shelvey Adams
Odene Birchfield
Freda Bolen
Margaret Burton
Jeanette Cole
Sue Cox
Shirley Farrer
Virginia Franklin
Anna Grubbs
Ronny Holdren
Betty Holton
Drema Lewis
Dharma Reedy
Norma Windon
Loretta Vines
Shirley Walker
Gaye Moore
Benny Smith
Barbara Mechalek
Sharon Lowe
Dix Manning
Ginny Amato
Raymond Lamb
Katherine Abbott
Mrs G D Post to Open Spring CWF Meet Today
Mrs G D Post of Clarksburg state president of the West Virginia Christian Women's Fellowship will preside at the spring meeting of the State Board as the three day session opens at 4 p m today in First Christian Church The theme is Sharing Is Fellowship The guest speaker will be Mrs Russell Putnam of Cleveland Ohio president of the International Christian Women's Fellowship After registration a church dinner will be held at 6 p m A fellowship hour will follow and Mrs O Worth May Beckley Council president will attend Today’s session closes with a devotional Two Petals From the Wild Rose Tree by Mrs N V Blankenship
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G. D. Post
Clarksburg
West Virginia Christian Women’s Fellowship
First Christian Church
Russell Putnam
Cleveland
Ohio
International Christian Women’s Fellowship
O. Worth May
Beckley Council of Church Women
N. V. Blankenship
New Light Mayonnaise by Mrs Filbert
Mrs Filbert introduces LIGHT Mayonnaise promising no heaviness. The product uses foamy egg yolks and delicate whites, very light salad oil, gentle vinegar, soft-sp flavored spices, and real lemon juice for sparkle. Taste test urged today.
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Mrs. Filbert
Community events calendar notices and club meeting reminders
All organizations are invited to submit meeting reminders for the community calendar. Officers should phone 3321 for mail notices to be included in the club calendar. Notices received by 10 a.m. appear the same day. Saturday and Sunday calendars require 10 a.m. submissions. Registered Nurses Club Beckley VA Hospital 7:30 p.m. Slab Fork Women of the Church Community Church 7:30 p.m.
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E Woman's Department
Registered Nurses Club
Beckley VA Hospital
Slab Fork Women of the Church
Community Church
Community church groups meet at various venues tonight
Wesley Fellowship class of Methodist Temple meets 7 30 p m at Mrs Virgil Elkins home 201 Vance Dr Royal Neighbors of America Lodge gathers at Sons of Italy Hall Prince St 7 30 p m St Anne s Guild meets at St Stephen s Episcopal Church at the church 8 p m General circle of Calvary Baptist Church Mabscott meets 7 30 p m in the church
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Wesley Fellowship
Methodist Temple
Virgil Elkins
Vance Dr
Royal Neighbors of America
Sons of Italy
Prince St
St. Anne's
General Circle of Calvary Baptist Church
Mabscott
Friday Meetings: Beckley Women Board, Calvary Baptist Class
Beckley Business and Professional Women hold a board meeting at 7 30 p m in the Bair Building. Calvary Baptist Church Young Adult Class at Mobscott meets at 309 Quarry Street, 7 30 p m in the home of Mr and Mrs Claude McCormick. Rural Acres Garden Club gathers at 7 30 p m in the Appalachian Building.
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Beckley Business and Professional Women
Bair Building
Calvary Baptist Church
Mobscott
Claude McCormick
Quarry St
Rural Acres Garden Club
Appalachian
Dried fruit size grades set price by size
Size determines grade for dried fruit. largest sizes command the highest price per pound.
Mrs. Cunningham Named Chairman of Junior Dept
Mrs. Roy A. Cunningham was elected chairman of the Junior Department of the Woman's Club of Beckley at the annual meeting. Co chairmen and secretaries were chosen, reports were given on library purchases, bookmobiles, stamps for veterans, and a cancer fundraiser. Delegates were named for the West Virginia Federation convention in Charleston May 14 15. A variety show entertained, and a May Attic Attrocities clothing exchange was planned for the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy A. Cunningham
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Park Ave
A. David Abrams
Douglas Bryant
Gene Hall
Julian Williams
Wilford Woodell
Charles Ross Jr
W. R. David Jr
George Warren Hodel
Harold Riffe Jr
Family Council
Phil A. McDaniel Jr
Raleigh County
Russell Parsons
Pinecrest Committee
Sammy Ferris
Stamps For
Ruth Laren
George Psimas
Cancer Committee
John H. Davis
Raleigh
Hodel
West Virginia Federation of Woman's Clubs
Charleston
George Lusk
Betty Wilkes
Robert Bullock
Sally Laren
Vernon Whetzel
Joan Wilkes
Joseph Luchini
Norman Knapp
Dana Kyle Amick
Duke Williams
Jean St. Clair
Pat Donahue
Nancy Hamilton Lewis
Dora Jean Sweeney
Basin Street
Judy Coram
Patrica Allen
Flicka Daniel
Ellen Elaine Gates
Gloria Rahall
Rita Pietrantozzi
Chuck Lucas
Elnora Lafon
Beckley Woman's Club
T. R. Wilson Jr
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Local notes list residents and relatives visiting or returning home from travels and military service. Many entries name individuals from Beckley and nearby towns visiting family, with several Easter and spring travel mentions and a few, brief health updates.
Charity Ball for Cancer Fund At Black Knight Club
A Raleigh County Cancer Society charity ball to benefit the 1954 Cancer Drive is set for Friday night at the Black Knight Country Club. Jan Campbell and his orchestra with Don Boyd and Sid Doherty provide music from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. A floor show by Beckley area volunteers will entertain, with Mrs. Paul Edward Ash as chairman and many committee members selling tickets. Tickets available at local firms or at the door.
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Raleigh
James Windle Jr
Basil Minter
L. V. Maxey
Frank West
John Hedrick
George Psimas
O. A. Phillips
C A. Smith
Malcom Shumate
Elmer Davis
Conrad Stowers
M. M. Ralston
Fred Hurt
John Ward
William Mitchell
Jack Burger
Robert McLean
H. Patterson
Richard Davis
Paul Loflin
Earl Hall
Theresa Edwards
Black Knight Country Club
R. G. Broaddus
A. VU. Tieche
F. L. Banks
M. C. Banks
J. W. Banks
A. G. Bowles
Mra
W. C. Covey
Doff D Daniel
Doff D. Daniel Jr
Ross T. Daniel
Dudley C. Ashton
Richard Starr
Clark Kessel
G. Hedrick Jr
John A. Hedrick
Ll. M. Halloran
H. H. Harvey
BR Lilly
Harry Cooper
B. FE. Silverman
Fe, Bibb Sr
C. D. Munson
J. W. VanMeter
Joe L. Smith Sr
French Lucas
G. C. Hedrick Sr
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Stoco Junior High
Cohen's Drug Store
Neville St. Beckley, W. Va
Nasr
Cohen
Cosmetic Department
Neville ST
Woman’s Dept
A. K. Minter
Beaver Ave
St. Petersburg
Fla
A.K. Minter Jr
Roger Morris
California
Quantico, Va
Basil S. Brangham
Huntington
Inlaw
James G. Windle Jr
A. Boucher Boyd
Jeanie
Florida
Navy
Whiting Field
W. A. Sheck
C. E. Beavers
Jerry
Redwing Apts
Janice Herndon
Jefferson St
Bluefield
Miss Herndon
R. H. Watkins
Beavers
Thomas Marshall
Berwind
J. M. Collins
Stephen
J. F. Maddy
Beaver
Maddy
Paul Shirey
Staunton
Ronald Reed
Charles Fink
Shady Spring
Virginia
Neva Eye
John Eye
Edgewood
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati
Regina Webb
Bluefield Sanitarium
Maurice Cox
Klaus St. Beckley
Shields A. Brubeck
Trieste
James P. Canterberry
Miller St
Beckley Hospital
George Alderson
Pat
Louise
S. C
P. D. Alderson
Pike St
R. S. Tamplin
Sewell
J. Adam Amick
Cliff Top
Angeline Mascitelli
New York City
Angelo
Comerci
Orchard Ave
G. D. Covey
Vale St
Goldsmith
Woodlawn Ave
Robert S. Goldsmith Jr
Rob
Roanoke
G. C. Hite
Fairmont
Ster Boca
Lotto
Carstairs
Mellow
Carstairs Bros. Distilling Co., Inc
New York
W. Y
Cancer Fund
Enrico Vecellio
Erma Grogan
A. R. Braun
Paul Fieglery
James Bland
Harry May
Waldo Lafon
Gene Moorehouse
W. H. Holliday
Dana K. Amick
Eber Roush
D. C. McGraw
R. D. Watts
Matt Powers
Cappellari
John Howard McCulloch
Albert Wheley
FP. Hiner
Monard Griffith
Graham Breck
A. B. Carney
James Hereford
T. L. Maynor
C. Avis
Clyde Minster
Colin McLuckey
Hal Scott
James Leeber
Cc. F. Kufahal
Robert Brown
Harry Moran
Colle Minter
A. Sloan
R. A. Shackleford
R. A. Hornbrook
Charles Carson
Ray de Paulo
G. C. Porter
James Estep
Henry Conway
James Patton
Bernard Carter
Edgard Mohier
Don Colema
Ike Prince
Wm. Mitchell
Paul Pauley
P. H. Mee Cl
S. M. Bledsoe
Ross Daniels, Jr
Ray B. Sigmund
Henrietta Kinzer
Eva Teter
J. M. Laing
Thomas Martin
Francis and
Fred Farris
Wallace Finch
John Caleloway
G. G. Gallaher
Kyle Jarrell
J. H. O'Dell
C. M. Peck
G. M. Powers
D. K. Warren
Malcolm Shuemate
L J. Brown
Ben Lewis
Ralph Trent
T. CC
Moorefield
R. J. Godin
Felix Neri
Ned Ragland
L. L. Sederer
Harold Smith
Anthony Sparacina
W. A. Thorn«hil
A. R. Koch
Optometrist
Beckley Water
St. Heber St
Wooddell
Elgin
Totus
Darlington
Garfield
Puputy
Fed
Wooddell’s
Jewelry
Main Street
Court House
Ei Peto Il
Model Fisa
Monarch Electric Range Factory
Neville Maytag
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