Callaway to Wed Miss Morrison in Huntington Church
Dr John S Callaway will marry Miss Mary E Morrison Saturday night at Central Christian Church Huntington The Rev Joseph A Garshaw will perform the ceremony A reception follows at the Hotel Pritchard Miss Morrison is a Huntington High School graduate and Thackster Motor Company employee Dr Callaway a Beckley dentist and former Army major attended VPI and Maryland Dental School He recently finished a post graduate course at Ohio State University and is active in Psi Omega and New River Dental Society Also notes a Sunday School picnic at Resaco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Christian Church
Huntington
Mary E Morrison
Creed Morrison
Morrison
John S. Calloway
C. L. Calloway
Dr. Calloway
Wood-lawn Avenue
Joseph A. Garshaw
Miss Morrison
F. A. Wolfe
R.D. Dawson
John E. Stone
John Laren
Beckley
R. D. Dawson
Pritchard
Huntington” High ‘School
Torch
Psi -Omega Dental Fraternity
New River Dental Society
Fort; Thomas, Ky
Chile
General Hospital
Cleveland
69Th Station Hospital
38Th General Hospital
Middle East
Army Dental Corps
Mary . Morrison
Mr. Morrison
John S. Callaway
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
A column of social news lists weekly visits and travels of Beckley area residents. Eugene Thoenen will host relatives in Sistersville, while Miss Marylina Atkinson travels from Washington to Johns town Road. Others visit Columbus, Zanesville, Myrtle Beach, and Florida. Several Beckley residents are ill or recovering, and multiple families host guests from across West Virginia and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Thoenen
Wickham Avenue
Sistersville
Marylina
Atkinson
Johnstown Road
Washington, Pa
J. L. Naylor
H. J. Holliday
Callaway Heights
J. R. Cheesebrew
Prosperity
Columbus
Zanesville
Ohio
Hamilton Logan
H. B. Atkinson
Beckley
Ponce
Wood
Flat Top
Mire Wrant Barrett
Becky Lemon to Compete for Miss South at North South Game
Beckley’s Becky Lemon daughter of Mr and Mrs J N Lemon 115 Ewart Avenue will represent Beckley as Miss Raleigh Register and compete against rivals from leading newspapers for Miss South tonight at the fourteenth annual North South football game. She leaves for Charleston at 8 wearing a simple cotton dress and travels with her brother Jimmy. She will report to the Daniel Boone Hotel on arrival and may join others for a matinee and capitol tour. A reception and tea for Miss North and Miss South and judges occurs at 5 p.m. at the Daniel Boone Club room. The winner will be crowned at halftime. Becky wears a black suit with pink plaid for the event and later dons a marquisette blue gown for the annual dance. Former Miss Raleigh Register winners include Miss Ann Duval Miss Elizabeth White and Miss June Hamilton who was Miss South in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Beckley
Becky” Lemon
J. N. Lemon
Ewart Avenue
Beckley
Miss Raleigh Register
Charleston
Jimmy
Daniel Boone Hotel
Capitol
Daniel Boone
Becky
Miss Raleigh
Ann Duval
Elizabeth White
June Hamilton
June
South
Golf Chairmen Meet In Final At Black Knight Club
The final round of the women golfers championship at Black Knight Country Club features Mrs. Walter Duncan and Mrs. Wayne Reynolds, both chairmen, after Duncan won seven down six to go and Reynolds won one up in semifinal matches. If Duncan wins, it would be her second title of the season following herspring triumph. J P Nowlin won the handicap tournament and Duncan placed third. Next week Black Knight hosts Bluefield Country Club for a luncheon and 18 holes of golf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Knight Country Club
Walter Duncan
Wayne Reynolds
Duncan
H P. Meadows
Reynolds Downing
B. C. Burnside
J. P. Nowlin
Black Knight
Bluefield Country Club
Births in Beckley and Fairmont celebrate two new arrivals
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hutchinson of Fairmont welcomed Patti Lee a seven pound eleven ounce girl born August 12 at Beckley Hospital mother Eloise Cook. Beckley couple Mr. and Mrs. Gail H Alderson welcomed a son born at 704 am Thursday at Raleigh General Hospital. Mrs Alderson is the former Margaret Foster of 307 Second Avenue and the couple reside with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes ‘McEwan
Beckley
J. R. Brooks
East Gulf
Myrtle Beach
Patricia Hotel
Mary Goldsmith
R.S. Goldsmith
Linden
Alabama
J. P. Bonner
Don Wolfe
Florida
J. G. Foster
Robert Boyd
R. M. French
Craig Healing Springs
L. P. Jackson
Glen Morgan
Raleigh General Hospital
Bobbie Jones
Dewey Jones
Sophia
Helen Haynal
Plant City
Fla
John Hutman
Limit Street
G. Maxwell McKnight
Frank Hutchinson
Fairmont
Patti Lee
Beckley Hospital
Eloise Cook
Harper Road
Gail H. Alderson
Alderson
Margaret Foster
Raymond Foster
Second Avenue
Akers Huffman Rites Told
Mrs Mable Huffman Sophia and Wilbur Akers Whitney were married July 29 at the groom’s home by Rev Russell Cragg in a single ring ceremony. The bride wore a light blue crepe dress with navy accessories and a white rose corsage. Attendants were the bride’s sister Mrs Perry Haga and Sophia the bride’s daughter Miss Frankie Huffman and the groom’s sister Miss Annabelle Akers of Whitney. After a short wedding trip they will live in Whitney where the groom is employed by the Sterling Coal company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Huffman
Sophia
Wilbur Akers
Whitney
Russell Cragg
Perry Haga
Frankie Huffman
Annabelle’ Akers
The
Sterling Coal Company
June Genevieve Kessinger
C. T. Kessinger
Beckley
Hayworth A. Jones
W. D. Jones
Pemberton
Johnson Meador
MacArthur
Wilda Kessinger
C. T. Kessinger, Jr
James B. Kessinger
East
Prince Street
Kessinger
Parkersburg High School
Detroit
Mich
G. C. Murphy Company
Virginia Beach
Miller Apartments
Mabscott
Rev Meador Leads Beckley Nuptials for Kes singer
Miss June Genevieve Kes singer and Hayworth A. Jones wed Thursday night with Rev. Johnson Meador presiding. The ceremony at 6 45 pm followed by a reception at 231 East Prince Street. The couple plans to reside in Mabscott after a Virginia Beach honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Meador
Beckleyan's Daughter to Wed Virginia Institute Professor
Beckley announces the engagement of Miss Ethel Maxine Burks of Amherst Virginia to James Allen Rives Jr of Blacksburg Virginia. Rives is the son of the late Mr and Mrs James Allen Rives of Norfolk. Miss Burks holds a BS from Farmville State Teachers College. Rives, a Virginia Tech alumnus, earned a BS in civil engineering and an MS in sanitary engineering and served with the Seabees in WWII. He is a VT professor of sanitary engineering. The wedding is planned for early fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Rucker. Beckley
Ethel Maxine Burks
Amherst, Va
James Allen Rives, Jr
Blacksburg
Rives
James Allen Rives
Norfolk
Burks
Sweet Brier College
Farmville
Seabees
Alaska
France
Okinawa
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Java Island Tops Richest Dense in Netherlands Indies
Java is described as the richest and most densely populated island of the Netherlands Indies, highlighting its economic prominence and crowded settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
the Netherland Indies
Local couple wed in Belleville Assembly of God ceremony
Former Beckley girl Sheila Maxine Phipps and Donald John Eilers, both of Belleville, exchanged nuptial vows on August 10 at 2 PM with Rev. T. M. Kimberlin officiating. A reception followed at the groom’s parents’ home. the couple plans to reside in Belleville after a honeymoon in Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald John Eilers
Belleville
Shelia Maxine’ Phipps
Belva L. Phipps
Beckley
Sterling Lee
Clark Street
Assembly of God
T. M. Kimberlin
Arlen Phipps
Loretta Phipps
Misses Ruth
Dorothy Eilers
St.Louis
Belleville ‘Township
Polly Jo McCulloch Hosts For Beckley Prospective Bride
Polly Jo McCulloch hosts a luncheon at her Woodlawn Avenue home for Miss Jean Morton prospective bride of Jack Morton. Mixed summer flowers decorate. a gift will be presented. Guests include Miss Ferne Broaddus Miss Rosemary Hash Miss Mary Lu Graham Miss Mary Stuart Malone Miss Sara Riley Hunt Miss Mary Hornbrook and several listed relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Jo McCulloch
Woodlawn Avenue
Jean Morton
Jack Morton
Miss Morton
Ferne Broaddus
Rosemary Hash
Mary Lu Graham
Mary
Stuart Malone
Sara
Riley Hunt
Mary’ Hornbrook
Phoebe Bledsoe
Jack West
Austin. Caperton
Gaston Caperton
Louis. Deas
John Hornbrook,Jr
Isabelle Morton
Holt Reunion Set For Sunday August 17
The annual Holt reunion will be held Sunday August 17 at Harper Heights. Principal speaker will be Rev. G. C. Roark pastor of the Methodist Church at Eccles. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holt
Harper Heights
G. C. Roark
Eccles
Mount Tabor Church Plans Homecoming Day
Mount Tabor Baptist Church invites members and friends to a homecoming picnic on Sunday August 17 at the church. All members and guests are encouraged to attend for a day of fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
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John’ S. Callaway
Huntington Gul
John Larew
M. E
Resaco
Caran
Charles -Of-The-Ritz
Renick
Lewisburg
Paris Stover
Crawford Wilson
Beverly Street
Chris Sampson
Betty Marie
St. Joseph
Kenneth Travis
Kenny
Dicky
Bridgeville
Richard Wilson
Fayette City
William Wilson
Anderson
Ind
J.W. Walters
Hillcrest Drive
Uniontown
A. H. Wilson
Mariellen
Charles Pettry
Colcord
Marietta
Marguerite
Embee’s
Remington Schick
Electric Irons
Westinghouse Steam-O-Matic
Oliver
Frozen Food Service
Powerline
Becky Lemon
Del-Mar
Oasia
Neville St
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
June Kessinger
Hayworth Jones
Beckleyan
Virginia Institute
Mary’s Beauty Shop
Pringe
Mary Robinson
Opt
Marguerite’s
Husband Honeymoon
Mt. Tabor
Raymond’s
Big
Beauty
Embee
Olal
Raymond’s Beauty
Ts Thrifty
Beauty IN Bloom
Elizabeth Arden
E. M. Payne CO
Beckley, W. Va
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