Be detailed Panhellenic officers and college entrants
Club of Beckley features five WWHS graduates headed to colleges including West Virginia University Morgan Town Concord College Athens Trinity University San Antonio and Marshall University Huntington. New Panhellenic officers sit for photo as others attend coffee service at a Wednesday courtesy event for women entering colleges this fall joined by trustees and coordinators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Lucinda Wirtz
Cathy Luchini
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Judy Stevenson
Mount Hope High School
Concord College
Athens
Elizabeth Ann Richmond
WWHS
Trinity University
San Antonio
Tex
Renetta Ann Farris
Marshall University
Huntington
Ningham
National Panhellenic Congress
Beckley Area
Park Avenue
The
Woman’s
Women's Department of
Azalea Garden Club Hosts Handicraft Program
Azalea Garden Club members heard a program on handicrafts led by Mrs. Hugh F. Hutchinson. She outlined tools, materials, and the craft’s value in education and therapy, with demonstrations of finished pieces and a display of local works from Raleigh County and nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azalea Garden Club
Prosperous Hills Garden Club
Azalea Club
H. C. Avis
Druid Ave
H. E. Phipps
Harry L. McCreery
J. A. Hunt
John E. McKenzie
M. M. Ralston
Raleigh County Garden Council
R. G. Richards
South Valley Drive
Hugh F. Hutchinson
Ducer
Department of Commerce
West Virginia
Hutchinson
Raleigh County
Willis Ricky McGahee Born In Thompson Georgia
Mr and Mrs W D Mc Gahee of Thompson Georgia announce the birth of their first child a son at 11 am August six. Willis Ricky weighed eight pounds four ounces. Mrs McGahee formerly Miss Joyce Gunnoe daughter of Mrs Mayme Gunnoe of MacArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. McGahee
Thompson
Willis Ricky
Destruction of Pharos Lighthouse by 14th Century Earthquake
The Pharos lighthouse, famed as one of antiquity's wonders, was built under Ptolemy II around 300 B.C. and later toppled by an earthquake in the 1300s A.D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pharos
Ptolemy II
Weekend Visitors And Travel In Fairdale Area
Fairdale news lists residents visiting relatives across several states. Dale Coldiron returns to Peoria after visiting Aussie Coldiron and relatives in Glen Daniel and Mabscott. Booths visit W. H. Booths in Fairdale while others vacation in Smokies and Bryson City. A number of family trips to Dayton, Chicago, and Hackensack are noted along with local hospital stays and a Viet Nam assignment for Vernon Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Booth
W. O. Willard C. Walker
Cherry Point
N. C
C. W. Walker
Jack Sheppard
Gary
Charles Walker
Smokey Mountains
Tennessee
Bryson City
Tenn
Maggie Valley
Dayton, Ohio
Jack
Gary Sheppard
Charles Sheppard
C. W. Walker Jr
Charles
James Cole
Fairfax
Orpha Cole
Bobby
Lewis Hubbard
Mansfield
Ohio
Lillie Hubbard
Junior
Vernon Bailey
Ft. Eustis
Sandra
W. W. Bailey
Omer Bailey
Viet Nam
Jack Carter
Hackensack, N. J
W. H. Carter
Douglas Barber
Delores Kessler to Wed Robert Bennett in Aug Ceremony
The forthcoming marriage of Miss Delores Jane Kessler to Robert Gregory Bennett was announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Kessler of Quinnimont. The ceremony is planned for Sunday August 15 at 3 PM in the Kesslers home with Rev Gene Hall officiating. The bride-elect attended Layland schools while the groom is employed in Chicago at the hospital. A Belt area family reunion Sunday at the Mankin home included numerous relatives from Beckley Concord and Glen Daniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delores Jane Kessler
Robert Gregory Bennett
Charlie Bennett
Marfrance
Lawrence Kessler
Quinnimont
Gene Hall
Piney View
Layland
Crichton High School
Chicago
Ernest Mankin
Belt
Arnold Broyles
Kathryn
Concord
Tenn
Talmadge Jarrell
Richard
Beckley
Robert Darbey
Beverly
Mark
Ruth Durham
Ernest
Lessie
Ruth Alice
Glen Daniel
Dickie Broyles
Ricky
Randy
Broyles
Mankins
Charles Snuffer
Bob
Hot Springs
Ark
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
TheRev John Gray Hutchinson of Detroit visits his mother Mrs J Q Hutchinson and sister Miss Blanche Hutchinson at 308 N Kanawha St Raleigh General Hospital where Mrs Hutchinson is admitted with visitors restricted. Relatives from Charleston Chariton and Greece connected to extended family emerge as guests and departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gray Hutchinson
Detroit
Mich
J. Q. Hutchinson
N. Kanawha St
Raleigh General Hospital
Blanche Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Wayne State University
Randolph - Macon Woman’s College
Lynchburg
Citadel
Charleston
Webster Springs woman visits relatives in Beaver and nearby
Mrs. Robert C. Thomas Jr. and her daughter Kathy Lynn with cousin Sue Lowe visited Mrs. Thomas' mother-in-law Mrs. William Cooper Jr. of Beaver. The group also called on aunts Mrs. Hubert Cochran in Daniels and Mrs. Evelyn Atkinson on Johnstown Road before Mrs. Thomas returned to Webster Springs today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Thomas Jr
Kathy Lynn
Sue Lowe
Webster Springs
Thomas
William Cooper Jr
Beaver
Hubert Cochran
Daniels
Evelyn Atkinson
Johnstown Road
Illness Report Noted In Plainfield and Colleagues Visit
Mrs Dorthy Lawson Toller of Plainfield N J is reported seriously ill in a local hospital. She previously resided in North Beckley and is a sister of Mrs Laura Hairston. Mr and Mrs Ronald Reed of Columbia S C visit their parents and plan teaching roles for their family in Columbia and Shady Spring. Carl Shrewsbury and Bruce Reed return home from Levittown Pa after visiting Mulrens and MacArthur relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorthy Lawson Toller
Plainfield
N. J
North Beckley
Laura Hairston
Ringleben St
Ronald F Reed
Columbia, S. C
C. E. Stanley
Mount Tabor
Carl Reed
Shady Spring
Ronald Reed
Dreher High School
Columbia
Stoco Junior High School
Columbia High School
Dora Lee Stanley
Carl Shrewsbury
Bruce
Levittown, Pa
W. H. Brown
Mac. Arthur
Mullens
Danley Family Returns From Three Week Vacation
Mrs. B. A. Danley Jr. and her daughters Cheryl and Karen Sue of Levittown Pennsylvania have returned home after a three week vacation with Mrs. Danley’s parents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brown of MacArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Danley Jr
Cheryl
Karen Sue
Levittown
W. H. Brown
MacArthur
Mrs Geneva Stover Remains in Critical Condition
Mrs Geneva Stover of Mac Arthur remains in critical condition at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Stover
MacArthur
Mrs Merle Mize and grandson visit Beckley August
Mrs Merle Mize and her grandson Mark of Hollywood Florida are spending August with her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs V M Holliday of Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Mize
Mark
Hollywood, Fla
V. M. Holliday
Beckley
Birth of Jeffrey Lynn Richards in Sophia
Mr and Mrs Edgar Richards of Sophia announce the birth of a son Jeffrey Lynn at 7 30 p.m. August 3. He weighed six pounds three ounces. Mrs Richards is the former Evelyn Morris of McAlpin. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Roosevelt Morris of Sophia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Richards
Sophia
Jeffrey Lynn
Mrs Vera McCulloch Visits Father in Valley Drive
Mrs Vera McCulloch wife of Dr David McCulloch spent the past week with her father J B Thomas on South Valley Drive and returned this morning to her Tallahassee Florida home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera McCulloch
David McCulloch
J. B. Thomas
South Valley Drive
McCulloch
Tallahassee
Fla
Also Mentioned on This Page
Panhellenic Association
I. B. Anderson
Larry Hodge
John B. Long
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Robert Gardner
Ross P. Daniel
Eva Kay Kessinger
James Walker
Roy Cun
Cathy Wirtz
Sally Hiesan
Fayetteville
WVU
Sullins College
Bristol
Barbara’ Tincher
University of Nebraska
Coln
Polly German
Randolph - Macon Woman's College
Gayle Connelly
Pam Dew
Donita Neff
Midway
Concord Col
Lege
Karen Shumate
Crab Orchard
Friendship Social Club
Elizabeth Cunningham
South Fayette Street
Willing Workers Club of
New Hope Baptist Church
Social Savings Club
Evelyn Parker
Sylvia St
First Baptist Church of Sophia
George Bragg
Evan S. Brown
Calico and Jeans
New River Park Recreation Room
Tony Gonzalez
James H. Davis
Huffman
Old Eccles Road
Mecca
Masonic Hall
G Street
Rupert Jefferson Court
New River Park
Flowering Hills Garden Club
Wayne Prince
Locust Dr
Coal City
Order of Eastern Star
Lodge Hall
Alpharatte Club
Beatrice Powell
Smoot St
Gladys Kemp
Degree of Honor Lodge
Steve Ulaki
Dixon Lane
Pinewood Garden Club
Homer Stickney
Jefferson Street
Beckley Hotel
Joe L. Smith
E. B. Bibb
Duff D. Daniel
E. B. Hawkins
John Earl Lilly
H. P. Meadows
Ned H. Ragland
W. A. Thornhill
J. W. Watkins
D. C. Ashton
Dorothy Perkins
Fairdale
Mabel Barber
Ill
Mabel
Arlie Barber
Ben Crockett
Woodward, N. J
C. V. Browning
Bolt
Ronald Holstrom
H. C. Lambert
Lamberts
Lorraine Lambert
South Charleston
Jerry Lambert
Julia Bearfield
Saxon
Beckley Hospital
Velma Farrow
Mountain State Hearing
Ald Center
Main St
W. Va
QU Pastry Shop, Inc
Neville St
Acme
Atkinson’s
Krogers & Patton
Donald Farley
Oak Grove
Bill Jones
Chicago, Il
Clarence Basham
Bibb Avenue
Raines Robbins
Newark
Marines
James E. Jones
Jacksonville
Gilbert Jones
Albert Dunford
Rhodell
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Trula Webb
Welch
Junior Smith
Kimball
L. C. Rakes Jr
Johnny
Oberlin, Ohio
Louie Rakes
Dempsey Rakes
Lynn
Cleveland
Jack Keffer
Charmaine and
Chrystina
Nellie Bryce
G. M. Powers
Budget Shop
N. Fayette Street
W. Main ST
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