Household Shower Honors Miss Hensley Bride Elect
Miss Donna Hensley bride elect of Pfc. James Shumate was feted at a household shower August 7 in the Sophia First Baptist Church social room hosted by Mrs. David Falkner Mrs. Mae Cole and Mrs. Arthur Utt. Flower arrangements by Mrs. MRE Cole and entertainment by Mrs. Besse Cole. Refreshments served buffet style. Guests listed include Mrs. Leona Hensley Mrs. J E Shumate and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Hensley
Pfc
James Shumate
David Falkner
Mae Cole
Arthur Utt
Sophia First Baptist Church
Joseph Hensley
Mre Cole
Besse Cole
Leona Hensley
J. E. Shumate
Bertha Ruble
F. M. Lilly
Dewey Wilson
Florence Weddle
Jake DeWeese
Judy DeWeese
Lonnie Cole
Eddie Blevins
Susan Handy
Chester Bias
Emmett Lawrence
Frank Bower
Elsie Thompson
John Demyan
Neva Sue Demyan
Betty Demyan
Virginia Gay Fix
Dorothy Tankersley
Helen Shumate
J. B. Powell
H. L. Hayes
George Cole
Lacy Cole
Lloyd Smith
Peggy Smith
Marquis Brooks
Ava Utt
Linda Utt
Alice Ormandy
Winifred Peak
Roberta Peak
Bruce Peak
Sandra Testement
Sherry Kibblinger
Ben Ritter
G. Campbell
Mary Cozart
Gene Caudill
J. H. Jackson
Ben Lowry
Earl Farley
Addie Nelson
Stanley Johnson
Harvey Rakes
Beckley Area Women Officials Announce Meetings
Women’s groups in Beckley publish a calendar of events with church socials, lodge gatherings, charitable society meetings, picnics and socials. Notices alert members to submit entries by 10 a.m. for same day use and outline numerous dates and venues across local organizations.
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Women’s Department of
Beckley
Recent Bride Feted At Shower
A household shower honored Mrs. Danny W. George at her parents home in Glen Daniel. Hostesses were Mrs. Ruth Durham and Miss Ivora Worley. Guests included many named relatives and friends. A pink and white color scheme featured a pink umbrella display as gifts were presented and refreshments served after games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny W. George
Claudia Worley
Claude Worley
Glen Daniel
Ruth Durham
Ivora Worley
Harlin Covey
Tom Wall
Loyd ‘Smiley
Paul King
Gilmer Athy
Victor Giammerino
Elmer Hawley
Frank Humphrey
Herman Daniel
Charlie King
Ernest Mankin
R C. Henderson
Alice Durham
Four Steps To Prettier Feet For Summer Wear
Daily care starts with bathing feet and scrubbing soles heels and toes. Rub soles with a pumice stone then dry and apply hand lotion then nightly cream and massage each toe until tingling. Weekly pedicure includes filing nails straight with slight shaping and careful cuticle work followed by neutral polish.
Community club meetings and garden workshop schedule
A schedule lists multiple meetings at churches and clubs. Westwood Garden Club hosts a flower workshop at Coca-Cola Social Room at 7 30 p.m. Prosperous Hills Garden Club holds an annual flower arrangement workshop for the fair. Dry Hill Prosperity Center hosts an open show entry session 3 30 to 7 30 p.m. Mission Circle No 5 Crab Orchard Baptist meets at Mrs Jim Fitzpatrick in Mac Arthur 7 30 p.m. Circle No 2 Woman's Mission Society gathers at Crab Orchard Baptist Church for auction and program at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westwood Garden Club
Coca-Cola
Prosperous Hills
Mission
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Jim Fitzpatrick
MacArthur
Woman's Mission Society of Crab
Two Dryer Control Types Manual and Automatic
The article notes two clothes dryer control types manual and automatic. Manual controls let homemakers choose drying time and temperature. Automatic controls shut off the dryer when clothes are dry or reach the desired dryness level.
Hearty Pennsylvania Dutch Rivvel Soup Description
The Pennsylvanian Dutch make hearty soups with noodles pretzels or butter balls. Rivvel means lump and appears like rice in soup. Rivvels are flour salt and beaten egg formed into small lumps dropped into hot broth.
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Brief local items under a familiar people column invite readers to share news. The note asks friends to call with information, providing phone contact extension 52. It reflects community society notes and informal announcements common to the page.
Local residents return from visits and travel
Mrs Patrick Coughlin and grandson Michael McGowan of Chicago Ill will leave Wednesday after a three week stay with Mr and Mrs Bernard Flederbach of 205 West Virginia Street. Mrs Marie V Coutlee returns to 102 Bishop Street after six weeks in New York Washington DC and Virginia. She visited relatives in Syracuse Arlington and Frontenac. Mr and Mrs L C Mollohan return to 100 Mollohan Drive after visiting Howard Mollohan family in Silver Springs Maryland. The Howard Mollohans visited her parents in Mabscott. Richard Preston of Columbus Ohio has returned home after visiting his mother Fannie Preston and family at Plumley Avenue. he will soon be inducted into the Armed Services. Other visitors include Mrs Mary Etta Turner and Jason and Mrs Grace Cheatham. The Rev Robert Newsome of East Park is a patient at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Gunter family in Crab Orchard hosted Virgil Gunter Jr and Wayne Gunter of Portsmouth Virginia. weekend guests included R M Easley Cynthia of Roanoke and Archie Reed Eddie of Huntington. D inner guests Sunday included W R Sigmund family. Wayne Gunter remained for extended visit. Edna Bolton of 401 Russell Street, recently broke ankle, returns to proofreading duties at the Register. Mrs W J Smith returns home to 404 McGinnis Street after travel since June 19 to New Orleans Hawaii Los Angeles Tijuana and Disneyland. Mrs Smith and Miss Smith and Mrs Kane also visited in Mexico and Los Angeles. Mrs Smith then returned to New Orleans for a week with her daughters. Weekend guests at 115 Miller Street were Mrs Charles Geahart and her sons Jerry.
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Marie V. Coutlee
Bishop St
New York
Washington, D.C
Virginia
W. Coutlee
Syracuse
N.Y
Lawrence Kettell
Arlington, Va
Alfred Kettell
Frontenac
Richard Preston
Columbus
Ohio
Fannie Preston
Plumley Ave
Armed Services
Mary Etta Turner
Jason
Grace Cheatham
W. V. Gunter
Crab Orchard
Virgil Gunter Jr
Wayne Gunter
Portsmouth
Gunter
R. M. Easley
Cynthia
Roanoke
Archie Reed
Eddie
Huntington
Gunters
W. R. Sigmund
Bill
Becky
Sigmund St
Sigmund Home
W. J. Smith
McGinnis St
New Orleans
Cora Lee Smith
Ann Strobel
Miss Smith
Hawaii
Honolulu
Maui
Kaunai
Los Angeles
Calif
Larry Kane
Disneyland
Smith
Mrs. Kane
Tijuana
Mexico
Annual Homecoming Weekend for Smith Family in Stamford
The Smith family held a two day reunion at the home of Ray V. Moye in Stamford with a wiener roast and picnic. Attendees included many Smiths and related family members from Ansted Ronceverte Cool Ridge Stamford and Fitzpatrick along with friends and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Ray V. Moye
Stamford
Orville Smith
Hinton
Herbert Smith
Frances Smith
Ansted
Michael Hastings
Ft. Knox
Wilson Skaggs
Jerry Skaggs
Ronceverte
E. W. Cadle
Velma Cadle
Goldie Pack
Sylvia Pack
Blue Jay
Ernest Cadle
Cindy Pack
Drema
Linda
Carla
Michael Cadle
Fitzpatrick
William O. Smith
William
Jackie
Larry Smith
Cool Ridge
Mike Mills
Milton Smith
Carol
Donna
Keith
Ray
Calvin
J. R. Hammond
Joe Peters
Janie
Patty
Ronald Meador
Butch
Penny
Josh West
Howard
Ruth Ann
Everett Bennett
Everett
Eric Bennett
Beaver
Delta Pike
Table Rock
Sidney Moye
Danny
Stanley
Stanaford
Ellen Richmond
Visitor from Baghdad Tours West Virginia Highlights
Miss Koharig Der Bogosian of Baghdad, a West Virginia State College student, stayed with Crab Orchard hosts the Janneys and Rifes. She toured Beckley Exhibition Mine and Grandview State Park, enjoyed an outdoor drama, and compared Iraqi mountains to West Virginia's pines and climate noting hot Iraqi summers and winter rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koharig der Bogosian
Baghdad
Iraq
West Virginia State College Institute
William Janney
Butch
Crab Orchard
Beckley Exhibition Mine
Grandview State Park
West Virginia
Frances Huffman Weds James Robert Bennett
Frances Huffman and James Robert Bennett were married Saturday evening at six o'clock in the home of the bride’s parents. The Rev. Ralph Poole officiated before family and close friends. The bride, a Woodrow Wilson High School senior, wore a white silk linen sheath with a lace jacket. the groom, son of Norman Bennett, attended Trap Hill High School and works in Sophia. They will reside with her parents temporarily.
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Frances Huffman
James Robert Bennett
E. M. Huffman
Mount Tabor
Norman “Buster’ Bennett
Eccles
Ralph Poole
Glen White Missionary Baptist Church
Woodrow Wilson High School
Trap Hill High School
Sophia
Programmable oven systems and warm serving mode
The report describes simple programmable oven systems with a timer and a thermostat that starts cooking automatically and lowers the temperature at the end to keep meals warm. It also lists social notices of people visiting from Roanoke and Columbus, and a Thursday gathering at a Lincoln Street home with relatives from Flint, South Charleston, and Miami.
Mission Circle Holds Meeting at Hollywood Church
The August meeting of the Ladies Mission Circle of Hollywood Missionary Baptist Church met at Mrs. Ralph Blake’s Pleasant Hills home. Devotional by Mrs. Eli Yon on the 85th Psalm. A rummage sale was proposed for early October with collections urged for the parsonage basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walls
Virginia Ramsey
Robert Slate
Elmer Akers
Grover Hollins
Gary Cooper
Jimmy Trail
Alva Gunther
Hollins
Post Office Motto Draws From Herodotus
The motto of the U S Post Office Department is said to be derived from the Greek historian Herodotus, signaling a link between ancient wisdom and modern postal service values.
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U. S. Post Office Department
Herodotus
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Beckley Presbyterian Church
C. C. Lewis
Golden Gate
Rebekah Lodge
Mabscott
Ioof Hall
Melvola
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
S. Fayette St
American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial
Beta Sigma Phi
Women’s Missionary Society of the Fundamental Baptist Church
Prosperity
Astor T. G. Mitchell
Cranrry
American Cancer Society
Glass House
Bethlehem
Flat Top Lake
T. R. Wilson
Quota Club
Bluefield
Daniels
Albert M. Tieche
Dry Hill Rd
Louise Davis
Pleasant Okes
New River Park
Highland Garden Club
G. L. Anderson
Flat Top
Brief Cliff Garden Club
E. R. Harris
Lovell St
E. J. Berger
Eliza Hunter Hall
Sally Terry
Massey St
Circle of the Women of the
Barbara Black
G. D. Black
Coal City
Robert R. Staton
Robert L. Staton
Miss Black
Stoco High School
Bob Brown Science Circus
Sophia High School
Winding Gulf Coal Co
Riffe Branch
Lessie Durham
Patty Sue Covey
Nancy Wall
Nancy Worley
Pearl Humphrey
Susan Dye
Sandra Hawley
Janet King
Iris Mankin
Don Dye
Durham
N. C
Bill Newman
Coral Gables
Fla
John Bivens
Miami
Willie George
Oak Hill
Sally George
Vicky Bolen
Kilsythe
Everett Shumate
Fred Hawley
Quincey Clay
Otis Lilly
Norman Stephens
Ernest. Burleson
Mary Bunyan
Andrew Farley
Hester Manning
C. J. Worley
Nancy Clay
Anita
Shelia Lilly
Rosemary Stephens
Nancy Shumate
Alice
Helen Farley
Nancy Hutchinson
Marina Giammerino
Women's Improvement League
Cora Harris
Meadows St
Mamie Tatum
RA Beckley
OAK Hill Fashions
Patrick Coughlin
Michael McGowan
Chicago
Bernard Flederbach
West Virginia St
L. C. Mollohan
Mollohan Dr
Howard Mollohan
Julie
Sue
Silver Springs
Howard Mollohans
E. C. Fleshman
Robert Newsome
East Park
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Edna Bolton
Russell St
The
Register
W. H. Walker
Miller St
Charles Geaheart
Jerry
Smith Family
Main ST
Mrs
Chester
Harry Cummings
Roanoke, Va
Berneda Campbell
Ewart Ave
Beverly Jean Thompson
Ballengee
Karen Meadows
Lincoln Street
R. F. Wilson
John Wilson
Betty Jo Koscak
Flint
Mich
Beckleyan
George
David Brown
David Lee
South Charleston
Mary Popovich
David Wilson
G. M. Powers
Mission Circle
Traficon
KENCO
Mary Carter
St. Kanowha St
Aes
Women’s Better Sportswear
Culotte
Penney’s
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