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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1956

Page

8

Virginia Club Talk Emphasizes Lawn Use and Color

W. P. Judkins of Blacksburg head of Virginia Tech Horticulture urges Azalea Garden Club to focus on use and beauty in landscaping. He advises a large open lawn, annual fertilization, two inches minimum mowing height, and warns against planting flowers before shrubs. Sawdust as mulch praised for weed control but not for delicate plants.

Azalea Garden Club Apa W. P. Judkins Blachian Blacksburg Virginia Polytechnic Institute Judkins

Beckley Reception Honors Donahue Durrett Couple

The Fernwood Club hosted a reception for Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Donahue and the Durrett couple after their July Pearisburg ceremony. Hostesses Yula Durrett and Mrs. Watts attended in the Beckley hotel room with pink and purple floral corsages. The bride Patricia Ann Donahue wore a pink orchid corsage.

E. P. Donahue Greenbrier Ct Tomas Durrett Watts Beckley Hoe

Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know

Miss Harriett Hall confined to her grandparent’s home with mumps. Mrs. Roy Collins returned from a three week visit with relatives in Connecticut. Elsie Worley visited home from Greenwich with her father Ira Worley and family. The Donahue home hosted Mrs. T W Friend and daughter Linda. The Holstein family from St. Albans dined with the Riffe family. The Buckland household hosted sons in law Kenneth Holcomb and Dennis Davis. S Sgt Harry Buckland and children visited Grove Ave from Montgomery Alabama. A speaker illustrated landscape gardening with slides and urged tall flowers in back.

Harriett Hall Ann Harry W. Hall Jent Granville Ave Roy Collins Herlo Wallowa Ore George Everett Mall Ira Worley Greenwich Conn Glen White Worley Connecticut Collins Billy Freeland Elsie Worley Jeffrey Dayton Ohio V. A. Freeland Ewart Ave Linda E. P. Donahue T. W. Friend Co Incense Edgar Holstein Pat Robin St. Albans D. A Riff

Area clubs outline weekly meetings in Beckley news

Beckley newsletters list events for Fernwood Garden Club, Business Girls Circle, Sophia Band Mothers Club, Beckley Art Group, American Legion Auxiliary, nurses group, Azalea Club and more. Notables include speaker Miss Emma Hepler on dried materials and a reception at the Fernwood Club with detailed decor descriptions.

Fernwood Garden Club Coca-Cola Emma Hepler Scarbro Scarbro Garden Club Hepler West Virginia

Nurses Club Sets Talk by Chad Burleson at 8 P.M.

Beckley Mental Health Center social worker Chad Burleson will discuss Center activities as guest speaker at Beckley Professional Nurses Club meeting. The 8 p.m. session at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital invites AH graduate registered nurses, per Gladyce Garst.

Beckley Area Nurses Club Chad Burleson Beckley Mental Health Center Beckley Profession Nurses Club Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital Iss Gladyce Garst

Also Mentioned on This Page

W. A. Banks Alexandria Thornhill W. P. Judkiss F. L. Banks N. Kana Williams Virginia Glenhaven Catalina Ftenay Ee McCreery St. Ph Beckley Fernwood Club Miss Hepler John Earl Lilly Clement L. Schulte Albert Holmes Womens Women's Department Wil Garden Club Business Girls Circle Beckley Presbyterian Church Sophia Band Mothers Club Sophia High School Beckley Art Group H. L. Bragg Calloway Heights American Legion Auxiliary Union No. 32 Mount Tabor Azalea D. C. Ashton H. C. Avis E.el- Bibb E. “E. Bibb Jr D. D Daniel P. B. Barwood E. B. Hawkins J. E. Huffman H. A. Hunt Morton Johnson J. E. Lilly John E. McKenzie J.P. Nowlin Ida 5S M. O'Dell H. E. Phipps M. M. Ralston R. G. Richards H. €. Sessions W. A. Thornhill T. A. Vermillion J. W Watkins St. Anne's Prosperity Farm Women's Club D. B. Stover Sr Women's Missionary Society of First Baptist Church Mission Circle Hilltop Baptist Church St. Stephen's Rural Acres Garden Club Hummingbird Junior Garden Club Glade ‘Creek L. L. Soherer Ohh Hal ' den Club Ralcig Noi County Garden Council Weed Abs Ned Ragland James Farris Hazel B. Wyatt E. T. Stromp Alex Breckenridge Jr Frances Ragland Barbara Lilly Kathryn Ross Barbara Ward Susie Pyes Sue Smith Phyllis Bowers Tony Lusk Gene Lusk J. Sterling Patty Lusk Barbara Cull See Tre Terrace Sbermuda Highway Patrol Broderick Crawford Cha Bluefield H & M Shoe Store Neville ST Terri Lee Tiny Terri Lee Dette Teale Terri Les Soreet Aetvally Becky White Cross Pharmacy Bair Drag & Gitt Store S. Fayette Se Singer Easy Credit Mig Singer Sewing Center S. Kanawha ST
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