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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1947
Page
8
Mrs Fred Williams was hostess for a dinner Wednesday night at her Fulton Avenue home. Guests included Mrs Howard Whitecotton Mrs George Stover Miss Georgia Stover Miss Lena Faye Stover of Tams Mrs P A Thurman Mrs W G Turner Kenneth Lee Thurman Beckley Linda Lou Wright Crab Orchard and Harold Williams Beckley.
Reports of six church circles in Beckley are announced. Circle No. 11 at First Baptist met with Mrs. Overton and guest speaker Mrs. Garner Williams reviewing Esther. devotional by Mrs. Thomson. Circle No. 9 met at Mrs. Jones home with devotional by Mrs. Dunn and missions talks. sixty dollars were added to World Mission Crusade fund. Circle No. 10 met at Grove Avenue with devotions by Mrs. Lewis and a discussion on Home Mission Work. Circle No. 7 of Methodist Temple held a picnic on Highland street with numerous attendees. Circle No. 7 at First Baptist met at Mrs. Farmer home with Alaska mission talk and refreshments. Circle No. 1 of Methodist Church Women met with candy sale planned. five members present. Circle No. 4 at First Methodist met at the Lewises with prayers, service plans for Aug. 26 and Sept. 2 meetings.
Mr. and Mrs. Norvell S Lilly Jr announce the birth of a son named Gary Douglas in Morgantown weighing five and a half pounds. The baby is the couple’s child of 135 East Main Street and attends the University. The mother is Frances Jones of Grafton.
The Glen Rogers Ladies Missionary Circle met Tuesday night in the church basement with Mrs. Valentina McNeil as hostess. Mrs. Cora Cox presided, group singing followed by prayers from Mrs. Hazel Gentry and Mrs. Ruth Thompson. Refreshments for 16 members were served by the hostess and assistants.
Frances Ann Forsyth aged four was honored at a party by her mother, Mrs. A. C. Forsyth of Lancaster Street. Guests included Danny Tinder, Robert Tinder, Charlie Irle, Linda Irle, Tony Greever, Bobby Via, Susan Burlison, Ellen Burlison, Bobby Evans, Patty Williams, Skipper Maples, Rennie Sue and Sammy Cohn, Sammy Fink, Penny Diehl, Mack Henderson, Harry Harvey, Jean Harvey, Martha Lou Maxwell, Gay Hearst Hurst, and Sara Beth Grant.
Doris Jean Connoley a student nurse at St Frances Hospital Charleston spends a two week vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs William B Connoley Johnstown Road The Connoleys recently returned from a July vacation in California Mr and Mrs Cleon Sarandon and daughter Jane 243 South Heber Street have returned from a trip to Asbury Park NJ and New York City Misses Juanita and Joyce Kohne Nunah Wisconsin are visiting Lewistown Montana and Yellowstone National Park with their brother Bud The Kohnes formerly lived on Harper Road Beckley for 20 years moved to Nunah two years ago and own the Nunah Laundry and Cleaning Company Mey Aa Ree Beadye Jackie Hayworth 120 Austin Avenue and Irene Edwards Lilly Heights have returned from a week in Point Pleasant Mrs AC Cuthriell and son Richard who have spent four months visiting her parents and Mr and Mrs C G Wauhop at Bellevue Lane and Mr and Mrs Norman S Cuthriell at Virginia Beach VA left to join her husband Chief Petty Officer AC Cuthriell at Newport RI Eight local men plan a fishing trip and vacation in Virginia They are E M Payne Jr Hulett Smith Dr Clyde Smith Joe L Smith Jr W H File Jr Dr E B Wray Dr A A Tieche and Lou Scherer A J Campbell is confined to her Heber Street home due to an injured ankle Miss Sara Budd after visiting relatives returns to West Newton PA Mrs Gene Green Glen Rogers is a Beckley Hospital patient Receiving treatment today is Mrs D E Saxon Glen Rogers E W Wilburn and bride Daisy Dean Bailey of Johnstown Road are living in a Beckley apartment after a honeymoon in Washington DC Ted McDowell who has been...
Mrs Walter S Grant of Beckley plans to move next week with her daughter Sara Beth and husband a Veterans Administration contract officer to Huntington. Local Beckley women host a string of parties this week including a bridge event at Mrs Jay Woods and a 1 pm Beckley Hotel luncheon. Mrs Grant, a lifetime Beckley resident, is active in the Chaminade Music Club Civic Department and First Methodist Church and has taught art and social science at Beckley Junior High for 19 years.
A patient at Beckley hospital has recovered enough to go home on Williams street after two weeks. Mrs. Joseph McDowell of Harlan Kentucky visits her son and daughter-in-law in town for several days. Frances Coleman of Temple Street and Vance Lewis of West Virginia Street were in Charleston on business yesterday. John Gates of College avenue returned to Virginia Tech after a week at home.
Circle No 11 of the Methodist Temple hosted a 16th wedding anniversary for the Millers at Temple Street home of Cecil L Miller. Floral decor featured white gladioli and delphinium with a white flower punch table and lighted tapers. Mrs Miller received a silver gift. Mrs Glen W Stewart led the devotional. Guests included Mrs J A Blake and many circle members. World motor vehicle registrations in 1946 reached 44 930 000.
Canning center hours at Shady Spring High School have been changed to fit workers’ schedules. Vocational director William B. Connoley announced new hours starting next week: Tuesday 10 am to 3 pm, Wednesday 1 pm to 5 pm, Thursday 10 am to 3 pm, and Friday 10 am to 3 pm.
Mr and Mrs George Parker hosted a Wednesday night dinner at their Park Avenue residence decorated with baby's breath white gladioli and sweetpeas The three course meal was followed by bridge and games Guests included D F McKenzie Virgil Snead Samuel Thomson Earl Snead Roy Millican L E Shrewsbury Robert Dillon CG Perengoy Oscar Williams J R VanMeter Harry Anderson E S Pugh C J McQuade Frank Pettit Ray Sigmund J R Beaty E Ray Bailey and Rev A H Wilson
Dr. T. C. Bales of Clifton Forge Virginia will be guest speaker for Beckley Presbyterian Church Sunday morning at 11 oclock. He will discuss Essentials of the Kingdom of God and also address the union services on Sunday.
Regular meetings of the Daniels Young People’s Bible Class are held every Monday at 7 30 p.m. at Daniels Community Church. Teachers include Mrs Nina Dodd and Owen Lilly. All youths aged 12 to 28 are eligible to attend.
Pvt Don Lamb Jr son of Mr and Mrs Don Lamb Sr of Ed wight is a heavy equipment mechanic with the 210th Engineer Construction Battalion in Osaka Japan. He enlisted January 21 1943 at Fort Thomas Ky and after basic at the Quartermaster Training Center Vancouver Barracks Washington served in the European Theatre with quartermaster and engineer units in Nuremberg and Bayreuth Germany. Lamb sailed for Japan January 4 1946 and graduated Marsh Fork High School in 1942.
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