Beckley DAR Members to Attend Continental Congress May 19 23
Beckley chapter members plan travel to the Continental Congress in Washington from May 19 to 23 with several local attendees named. Pilgrimage to Valley Forge precedes the session which opens Monday at 8 30 a m and features a five day program including dances receptions and an entertainment at the White House with Mrs Harry Truman as hostess.
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Beckley Dar
Continental Congress
National Society of the i Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington, D.C
James Allen
Beckley
DAR
National Capitol
Thomas Wickham
J. W. Givens
R. J. Bur Imeister
F. S. Harkleroad
C. C. Sanders
Ross Daniel
Borderland
Fayette County
Washington
Valley Forge
Congress
Mayflower
White Houses
Harry ‘Truman
H. J. Smith
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Harkleroad
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Society
Washington, D. C
F. 8. Harkleroad
L. A. Landers
Register
Ninth Grade Play Leads With Dead of the Night at Beckley High
Beckley Junior High School ninth grade presents Dead of the Night in the school auditorium Tuesday April 29 at 8 p m with matinee for students Wednesday. Cast includes Anne Howard Rayalane Bailey Josephine Coponiti Murrell Ralston Glen Gilkeson Ilene Porter Robert O'Dell Thomas Knight Judy Graham Jim Follmer Bob Manning and Shirley Christian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Howard
Jim Follner
Beckley Junior High School
Samuel French
New York
Rayalane Bailey
Josephine Coponiti
Murrell Ralston
Glen Gilkeson
Ilene Porter
Robert O'Dell
Thomas Knight
Judy Graham
Jim Follmer
Bob Manning
Shirley Christian
Dainties Charleston Woman To Address Group
Mrs. R. N. Parke from Charleston will discuss Party Dainties in an illustrated talk at Beckley Womans Club tomorrow at 2 30 pm. H F Moore a Charleston vocalist and newcomer to Beckley will also perform at the Park Avenue clubhouse. Mrs. E J Fourney will preside at her intended last meeting, but by law changes she remains chairman for another year. Hostesses include L M Halloran and a list of club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Parke
Charleston
Beckley Woman’s Club
H. F. Moore
Beckley
Park Avenue
E. J. Fourney
L. M. Halloran
W. C. Griffith
A. C. Harvey
J. O. Freeman
W. R. Fugitt
A. R Braum
J. C. Heaberlin
W. R. Henkle
W. P. Hiner
John R. Hornbrook
B. Harwood i James
Vehicle Registrations in 1946 Compared to 1941
In the United States 1946 motor vehicle registrations totaled about 32,511,000, versus 34,983,345 in 1941, reflecting postwar changes in automotive activity and registration trends.
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United States
Christian Church Groups Plan Dinners At Meeting
At a First Christian Church Group No 3 meeting this week Miss Janice Gadd and Mrs Thomas Young hosted. Devotionals led by Mrs W B Ware, mission study on India by Miss Gadd. May Fellowship Tea May 22 announced and group to help serve April 29 at a teachers confab. Eleven members and one guest Mrs Frank Watkins attended. Group No 1 met with Dorcas Ogden leading. refreshments by Hila Richardson and D P Gadd.
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Group No. 3
First Christian Church
Janice Gadd
Thomas Young
W. B. Ware
India
Gadd
Ralph Starkey
Lirs
Frank Watkins
Ruth Pauley
Charleston
G. C. Hurt
Dorcas Ogden
Hila Richardson
D. P. Gadd
B. P. Carper
Maggie Fink
M. L. Bruster
Robert Thomson Sr
J.C. Farley
Howard Phipps
W. A. Curtis
C. L. Zalloway
J. W. Teel
L. H. Thompson
J. T. Hollandsworth
Dora Thomas
W. Lafon
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Local notices recap brief movements and visits. R. D. Watts Sr and family travel to Chicago to visit relatives, with Mrs. Watts Jr returning to Evanston after two weeks with her mother Marie Wala Fea. Various families report visits, trips, and a hospital stay noting parking meter woes and a wrist injury from a broken jar.
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R. D. Watts, Sr
William Watts
Chicago
R. D. Watts, Jr
Evanston
Marie Wala Fe Raat
C.F. Dunkley
Beckley
A. M. Miller
Alderson
C. A. Bigelow
Washington, D. C
F. S. Light
Stanley Street
Raleigh General Hospital
Elvin Light
Raleigh General
Charles Weatherton
Miami
Fla
Betty Wyatt
Redondo Beach
Calif
Church Street
Henry Lowe
Rodney Dale
Curtis Miller
Beaver
Rowland Aspinall
Rhododendron Garden Club Te lephone Bridge Event
Rhododendron Garden Club hosts a telephone bridge tonight with at least 25 tables. Miss Rachel Meador chairs the event, play begins at 8 and scores are due by 10:30. Prizes include a leather table cover, jewelry, a flower arrangement, a gift certificate for a man, and a $5 dry cleaning credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhododendron Garden Club
Rachel Meador
Meador
French Lucas
C. Li Sehulle
Births in Dunns and Bremerton families share joy
Mr and Mrs Clarence Lilly of Dunns welcome a seven pound son Luther Randolph born April 30 at home. Mrs Lilly is daughter of Luther Hatcher of Dunns. Also announced is the birth of a daughter last week to Boat swain Second Class and Mrs Hershell E Meadows of Bremerton Washington. The Meadows child’s paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Earl Meadows of East Beckley.
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Clarence Lilly
Dunns
Luther Randolph
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