Bridal Shower for Ruth Carper at Spangler Home
Miss Ruth Carper was honored at a bridal shower hosted at the Reservoir Road home of Mrs. Jack Spangler with co-hostess Mrs. Alma Marlin. A white and blue crepe paper basket held gifts, and games followed refreshments as guests named include Mrs. Leonard Sims and Miss Violet Stover among many others. The couple, Ruth Carper and Charles H. Thornton, plan to wed August 13 at the First Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Carper
Reservoir Road
Jack Spangler
Alma Marlin
Carper
Charles H. Thornton
First Christian Church
Frank Carper
Ruth
Alma Martin
Out-of-Town Guests Feted At Buchanan Home Party
Mrs. E. R. Parsons and Mrs. J. H. Buchanan hosted two bridge teas at N. Kanawha Street home. Women from Farmville to Ghent attended honoring Mrs. Hallie Laing and later Mrs. E J Ferris and Mrs. D B E Warden with gifts and prize winners named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan
E. R. Parsons
J. H. Buchanan
N. Kanawha Street
Hallie Laing
Farmville
F. C. George
Laing
A. G. Meade
A. Edwards
L. T. Putman
Mead
P. H. Werren
J. W. Watkins
Ars. Burrell’ Ware
George
Parsons
Kitchen Utensils Choices For Today's Bride
The piece advises brides to select kitchen utensils by material and use needs. It cautions on lids, cool handles, and hanging, recommends reliable merchants, follows manufacturer care, and favors straight sided pots. It notes aluminum heats quickly and glass ware suits oven and stove use, while inexpensive utensils wear out.
P Q Test Expands Parent Guidance Through Quotient
Dr Mary G Ascher at Taft High School in the Bronx introduces a Parents Quotient test to gauge parental guidance impact. The quiz assigns five points per yes and deductions for no, with 86 or more suggesting strong supportive involvement in a child’s education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Taylor Marke
Mary G. Ascher
William Howard sTaft High School
Bronx
Art Group to Meet Wednesday Night At Hodel Home
Beckley Art Group members plan a gathering Wednesday evening at 409 N Kanawha St hosted by Mrs Charles Hodel. Attendees are to bring water colors and brushes. In August 2 display presenter Mrs K A Levy showcased hand painted work from Hollywood Fla studio, including plates trays salad sets and wall hangings with tropical motifs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Art Group
At & P
Charles Hodel
N. Kanawha Street
K. A. Levy
Fla
Officers To Be Elected at Meet of Panhellenic Group
Panhellenic Group to adopt a constitution and elect officers at a meeting tomorrow in the Coca Cola Building. Mrs. E S Pugh Jr will preside over the business session and the annual luncheon date will be set. All sorority members recognized by the Panhellenic Council are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhellenic Group
Coca-Cola
S. Pugh, Jr
Panhellenic Council
Nuptial Vows Exchanged Sunday In Beckley Church
Miss Jo Ann Goss and Thomas Ray Allen wed at Beckley Presbyterian Church in a 3 pm ceremony led by Rev. J. L. Lineweaver. Attendants included maid of honor Zita Gass and best man Jefe Allen. Reception followed. couple to reside on Harper Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Ann Goss-Ray Allen
Beckley = Presbyterian Church
Joe Ann Goss
J. B. Goss
Crawford Street
Thomas Ray Allen
J. W. Allen
J. L. Lineweaver
Loretta Haddad
H. A. Stoan
Jacquelyn Goss
Zita Gass
Jefe Allen
Welch
David Allen
Midway
Jack Clemons
Goss
The
Presbyterian Church
Harriet Barrett
Beckley Jaycee-ettes Plan Benefit Bridge Party and Tea
The Beckley Jaycee-ettes announce a benefit bridge party and tea to be staged over coming months. Plans include a September tea with hostesses S. S. Frazier and Carrington Lewis, and a bridge event tentatively for October. The group will assist the Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce during the Centennial pageant week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Jaycee-ettes
Beckley Hotel
Herbert D. Pitts
Raleigh County
Jayceeettes
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Joe Keatley
Arthur White
S. S. Frazier
Carrington Lewis
Unclear Auction Bid Fragments Mention Two Names
Fragmentary text lists numbers and names Lee Dillon and Jedith Goina with two price points $5.00 and $7.50, but the full item or context is absent making accurate details difficult to determine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Dillon
Jedith Goina
Family Picnic Slated For A L Rohrer Home
Circle 7 of the Methodist Temple plans a family picnic for September 7 at the Harper Road home of Mrs. A L Rohrer. The Thursday meeting at Mrs. Robert Fleming’s on S Kanawha Street drew 16 members. New members Mrs Gail Moore Mrs Kenneth Curnow and Mrs James Bovaird joined. Mrs Moore became missionary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Rohrer
Methodist Circle
Harper Road
Circle 7
Methodist Temple
A. B. Carney
Robert ‘Fleming
S. Kanawha Street
Arthur Smith
Executive Meet Set for Degree of Honor Lodge
The Degree of Honor Lodge executive board will exchange Pollyanna gifts at the Wednesday meeting at 7 30 p.m. Mrs Nattie Hoffman hosts at her N Oakwood home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pollyanna
Degreef Honor Lodge
Nattie Hoffman
N. Oakwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spangler Home
Leonard Sims
Elizabeth Clay
Marjorie Rombeau
Mary Ann Callihan
Jean Lilly
Nancy Briguglio
Marion Bell
Deloras Pendleton
Sara Frankes Epperly
Lucille Smith
Clarence Hancock
Peggy Blevins
W. G. Withrow
L. W. Lobenstein
Lowell Lilly
Jack Tankersley
Homer B. Stover
Wallace Carper
Boyd Carp
F. P. Carper
D. R Stover
Della Goodman
June Taylor
Elbert Vance
Nadine Surbaugh
Phyliss Smith
C. €. Canterbury
Violet Stover
Frances Bennett
Norma Jean Modge
Jack [Fager
Frederick Bennett
Merle Biggs
J.N. Haney
Lula Soter
Alice Ann Wilkies
Mary Fleming
Katherine Marslender
Margaret Bennett
John W. Smith
John Fisher
Johns O. Smith
Teresa Gilmore
John Schulte
David
Mariel West
Jack Burger
Mavis Mann
Phoebe Bledsoe
Sample Shop
Neville St. — Beckley
Raleigh Co. Bank Bldg
Hodel
John W. Whitlock
Affinity
Allen
Woodrow Wilson High School
Laird “Memorial Hospital of
Montgomery
Margaret Hague
Maternity Hospital
Jersey City
N.J
Mark Twain High School
National Business School
Roanoke
United States Army
Beckley Hospital
Ray Allen
iParents Association
iMeetings
Paul Marless
Henry Houchns
Activit
Associated Press
Punjab
Georges
Ghorges
Oak Hill
Eszy
Aloes
Vailes
Del-Mar
Oasis
Helene Curtis
Janice Omens
Juanita Porter
Frances
Kie
Marguerite
Helene Curtis Oli
Embsos
Jasteu
Novex Butcher Bayon
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