Bridal Shower Honors Miss Dorothy Ramey Before Aug 19 Wedding
Miss Dorothy Ramey was honored at a bridal shower hosted at Mrs S M Ramey home on Neville Street. Attendees included many relatives and friends such as Mrs Mose Ramey Mrs Romez Ramey and hostess S M Ramey. Prizes went to Mrs A Rahall and Mrs N A Thabit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiven Sun
Dorothy Ramey
Mose Ramey
S. M. Ramey
Neville St
Ramey
Orlando Schaf
Charleston
Romez Ramey
A. Rahall
N. A. Thabit
Gus Fortis
Fayez Ramey
Abe Rahall
John McCarus
Youth Fellowship Attends Camp Beckwith Test
Jeanne Ransom Rodney O'Dell and Annie Banco of First Methodist Church junior group head to Camp Beckwith for senior youth Methodist camp tests. Rev. Carden A Hillman accompanies them from the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Ransom
Rodney O'Dell
Annie Banco
Methodist Youth Fellowship
First Methodist Church
Beckwith
Carden A. Hillman
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
West Virginia relatives visited Fayette County as Mrs. Carrie Herndon Bales hosted Mr and Mrs Roscoe Laurence and guests. The Decks of Crab Orchard and Mr and Mrs Mur Price of Garfield also returned Sunday from a Virginia Beach vacation. E Guy Graves Jr and family visited relatives in West Jefferson North Carolina and Roanoke Virginia en route home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Laurence
Gostien
Ind
Carrie Herndon Bales
White Stick St
West Virginia
Fayette County
Virginia Beach
Alden Deck
Crab Orchard
Mur) Price
Garfield Sr
E. Guy Graves Jr
Eddie
Bobby
Huntington
Guy Graves
Granville Ave
West Jefferson
N. C
Roanoke
Marie Carter
North Oakwood aAve
Robert Andrews
William Carter
Jacksonville
Fla
Patty Gamble
Lizella
Alice Riffe
Grenbrier
New England
Mt. Vernon
Daugh
Russell Enke
Winchester
Curtis
Hammer
Washington
D. C
Columbine Garden Club
H. F. Groves
Petersburg
West Point
Women of the Moose
E. M. Caperton
Mooseheart
Moose Lodge
Beckley Hospital
Caperton
Mount Hope
William J. McDonnell
Frank
Jimlmie
Ft. Holabird
F. E. Roberts
Beaver Ave
Trudge Windie
Mabscott
BaiSil S$. Brangham
Coming Events and Notices From Beckley Women Groups
A Raleigh Register community column invites women to submit meeting notices and club calendars to the Women’s Department of the Beckley newspapers. Listings cover club meetings in Beckley and surrounding towns with dates, times, and locations, plus updates on members’ travels and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Department
Beckley
Pi Beta Phi Alumni Club Holds Glass House Meeting
Southern West Virginia Pi Beta Phi Alumni Club met Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Glass House. President Mrs. Harry Patterson III led the business as remodeling of the Pi Beta Phi Chapter House at West Virginia University in Morgantown was discussed. The club will send samples from the settlement school at Gatelandsburg Tennessee and hold sales in Beckley on Oct 24 and Princeton on Oct 17 to finance the remodeling. Next meeting is set for Oct 6 at 1 p.m. at the Glass House. Attendees included Mrs. Fiel Sayre and others from Oak Hill, Bluefield, Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern West, Virginia
Pi Beta Phi
Glass House
Harry Patterson
Walter Burton
Princeton
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Gatelandsburg
Tenn
Beckley
Fiel Sayre
G. Berk Lynch
Truman Sayre
Joe Anderson
Oak Hil
P. K. Pierpont
Bluefield
Peggy Brown
Ann Hobson
Crab Orchard WCTU Elects New Officers at Business Meeting
Crab Orchard Women’s Christian Temperance Union met at Mrs. Vedia Blevins’s home. Devotional by Mrs. L G McGraw on Mary and Martha. Re-elected officers include President Mrs Blevins and Vice President Mrs Amos Myers. Members also voted to entertain VA hospital patients August 20 and hosted a birthday handkerchief shower for Mrs Blevins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Crab Orchard
Vedia Blevins
L. G. McGraw
Mary
Martha
Cecil Meadows
Meadows
Sherman Dean
Blevins
Amos Myers
McGraw
Virgil Rife
Tams Mountain man celebrates 67th birthday with dinner
W P Murphy of Tams Mountain marked his 67th birthday with a Saturday lawn dinner. A retired coal miner, he began work at 17 with Atlas Coal Co near Anther, later held roles at Beckley area mines, Brodyn mine, and Hel en No 9 mine. Attendees from Rhodesell Helen and relatives joined the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Mead Coal Co
Concho
Brodyn Mine
Scotia Coal and Coke Co
T Helen
Nelen No
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
Helen
Bernard Cline
Lyle
Charles
David
Nancy
Clyde Murphy
Larry
Janet
Rhodell
Paullite
Tim and
Dewayne
Irby Hutchens
David Gentry
W. P. Murphy
Minnesota Gothic and I Am Julie book notes
A literary guide reviews Minnesota Gothic by Walter O’Meara and I Am Julie by Mark Harris. O’Meara’s tale follows Peter and Dorcas Dubois and a Power and wealth driven family with a generation of love and fate. Harris’s I Am Julie centers on orphan Julie who steals a brooch and triggers small town gossip and moral questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Peter Dubois
Jesse Jamison
Dorcas Dubois
Peter
Tina
O'Meara
Julie
Mark K. Harris
Crowell
Orphan Jule
Marriage Permit Applications in Raleigh County
Record shows applications for marriage licenses filed in Raleigh County. Names listed include William W. Cumiford, 33, and Delilah Mae Veid, 28, Beckley, with parents Luther Walter Cumiford and Steha Cumiford, and William Martin and Sophia Martin. Also Kenneth Ray Hornsby, 21, Beckley area, and Yvonne Marie Bowden, 18, Princewick, with parents William and Dathional Hornsby and Ira and Rebecca Bowden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William, W. Cumiford
Luther Walter
SteHa C. Cumiford
Delilah Mae Veid
William Martin
Soptia Martin
Beckley
Kenneth Ray Hornsby
William
Dathional Hornsby
Josephine
Yvonne Marié Bowden
Ira
Rebecca Bowden
Princewick
Teachers and Leaders Attend Laboratory School In Lewisburg
The Presbyterian Synod of West Virginia hosts a four day laboratory school at Old Stone Church Lewisburg for Children's Department leaders and teachers. Miss Hazel Underwood joins the faculty and local church representatives include Mrs F E Daniel Mrs W H Holliday Mrs W E McCormick and Miss Trudge Windle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laboratory School
Presbyterian Synod of West Virginia
Old Stone Church
Lewisburg
Hazel Underwood
F. E.daniel
W. H Holliday
W. E. McCormick
Trudge Windle
Mrs Stafford Honored At Shower For Bride Ruth Richmond
Mrs H C Stafford a recent bride was honored with a miscellaneous shower at Phyllis Campbell’s home 388 Ewart Ave Co-hostesses were Miss Betty Bales Mrs Grayson Meadows and Aliss Norma Jean Dick The guest list includes many local women and Miss Ruth L Richmond the honoree received a corsage and miniature china tea cup favors were given along with assorted summer flowers seen throughout the home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Stafford
Phyllis Campbell
Betty Bales
H. C. Stafford
Phyllis Cambell
Ewart Ave
Betty
Rhodell Methodist Women Hold Meeting At Meadows Home
Rhodell Rhode Island area women of the Rhodell Methodist Church met at Mrs. James L. Meadows home for a luncheon and program led by president Mrs. Whittaker. Attendees included Mrs. Dupee Conner Craghead Widick and others. discussions covered a church painting project and interior finishing with a special meeting planned for Aug 6 and a September 6 gathering at Mrs. Orville Dupee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodell
RNS
James L. Meadows
Women's Society O Christian Service
Rhodell Methodist Church
Orville’ Duppee
O. C. Conner
C. B. Craghead
Walter Whittaker
Roy Crum
Angelo Zonta
Lawrence Bell
A. 8. Widick
Mona
Craghead
Dupee
Whittaker
Meadows
Mona Craghead
Widick
Orville Dupee
Mrs. Neil Sweeney Is Feted At Maxwell Hill Shower
Mrs. Neil Sweeney a recent bride honored at a Friday shower at Maxwell Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Hosts included Miss Marcene Shaver and several other local women. Prizes went to Pat Duncan Dewey Turner Norman Gundersen Reba Walker Nadine Walls. Mrs. Sweeney is formerly Miss Mary Ann Shultz of Maxwell Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Sweeney
Maxwell Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Marcene Shaver
J. L. Allen
W. 5. Harvey
E. G. Sweeney
R. J. Broughman
Pat Duncan
Dewey Turner
Norman Gundersen
Reba Walker
Nadine Walls
Sweeney
Mary Ann Shultz
Maxwell Hill
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Pitt
Sadick Ramey
Sam Rahall
Sally Ramey
Bunny Ramey
Mike Rahall
Mary Lowen
Victor Lowen
George Haddad
5. S. Ramey
Najeep Rahall
Albert Corey
Pete Corey
Mike Michel
Tom Thabet
Cleo Corey
Dav Rahal
Joe Haddad
Katherine Kambouris
Selma Rahal
Raymond Hawaray
Louis Skaff
Betty June Skaff
Nick Kanebouris
George Kourey
Nick Rahall
Women’s
Raleigh County
Navy Mothers Lab
Memorial Building
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Briarcliff Garden Club
Coca Cola Building
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Eris Lane
Raleigh Register
Midtown Station
New York
Royal Neighbors of America
Sons of Staly "Hall
WCTU
Tams Mt
Literary Guidepost
W. G. Rogers
Minnesota
Walter O'Meara
Holt
Becters
Piecegoods Shop
Main Street
Grayson Meadows
Norma Jean Dick
Mrs. Stafford
Ellen Smith
Betty Via
Marion Wiliams
Net. Ne Vance
Peggy Coleman
Robert Taylor
Ann Richmond
Phyllis Adkins
Evelyn Matherly
Betsy Dorsey
Helen Milam
Margaret Lively
Berneda Campbell
Imma McDaniel
Rulah McDaniel
Joe Winner
Bernice ‘Smith
Dorothy Miller
A. L. Miler
Ellen Campbell
Jo Ann Snuffer
Pauline Gunnoe
Margaret Hanks
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Columbus
Phos Tex
Extre Sayer
Greyhound Terminal
Fayette St
Yhound
Quencher
Singer Sewing Center
S. Kanawha St
W. Va
Hove
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