Primrose Briarcliff Flower Show Set at St Stephen's
Preparations for the Primrose Briarcliff Flower Show at St Stephen's Episcopal Church include Briarcliff Garden Club co chairs Mrs John Gates and Mrs Kyle M Jarrell presenting a coffee mill arrangement with yellow mums ivy and a Hogarth curve. The event runs 2 to 9 pm with entries due by 10 am and a silver offering collected at the door.
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St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Briarcliff Garden Club
John Gates
Kyle M. Jarrell
Ivy
Hogarth
Jarrell
Appalachian
W. A. Buckhanan
Presi
Worry Clinic Advice on Breathing for Swim Speed
Dr George W Crane offers tips to improve wind for swimmer Jerry L aged 19 aiming for a college letter. He cites Houdinis breath-holding, rapid deep breathing for oxygen buildup, and a stomach air belching technique to extend underwater time and possibly save life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry L
Adent
Dr. Crane
Houdini’s
Houdini
Pleasant Hills Personal News Roundup
Pleasant Hills society notes list visiting relatives and guests from San Antonio Hinton Helen Walton Stanaford Newport Tenn and Kentucky. Members mentioned include Leonard and Rodney Armstrong W B Rob inson Lou Curtis John Cox A W Cox and families James Cox and Scott Teaford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hills
Rns
Leonard Armstrong
Rodney Armstrong
San Antonio
Texas
W. B. Robinson
Howard Wood
Hinton
Luther Robinson
Elsie Myles
Helen
Lou Curtis
Skelton
Pinecrest Sanatorium
Greenbrier
John Cox
A. W. Cox
Jimmy
Johnny
Cora Ann
Peasant Hills
James Cox
Scott Teaford
Newport
Tenn
Lewis E. Gunnee
Violet Shanklin
Kenton Shanklin
Walton
Helen Wayward
David Lang
Charleston
Elsie Thomas
James
Margaret Scott
Elizabeth Scott
Stanaford
Westwood Garden Club tour highlights meeting at Coca Cola room
The Westwood Garden Club held its Thursday meeting with a tour of Mrs. John E. McKenzie’s 602 Woodlawn Ave. gardens featuring tuberous begonias and diverse blooms. A workshop by Mrs. Holt Kester followed, offering arrangement fundamentals and critique ahead of upcoming Briarcliff Primrose show and Raleigh County Garden Council Christmas Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. McKenzie
Woodlawn Ave
Westwood Garden Club
Coca-Cola
McKenzie
Holt Kester
Maurice Robertson
Raleigh County Garden Council
Robertson
Roger Sharp
John R. Mankin
Chester Webb
David Anderson Jr
Herbert Ash
Mary Carpenter
Herbert McGraw
H. H. Pulliam
Chester Roberts
Mabscott Mabscott Mabscott area hosts visiting Walton family
Mabscott residents greet guests as Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Walton host relatives from Rockwood Michigan and Baltimore Maryland. Bill Walton and son Billy Jr. visit with Ernest Walton family. Dallas Walton visits in Alexandria Virginia. James Hernandez and children stay with friends in Detroit and Wyandotte with Mrs. Bessie Plata accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabscott
RNS
Wiley Walton
Bill Walton
Billy Jr
Rockwood
Mich
Ernest Walton
Baltimore
Booklet order notice with pricing and mail details
Advertisement fragment describes sending for a booklet with a long stamped envelope and 20 cents to cover typing and printing costs, directing readers to mail for the item. It outlines enclosing a 4 cent stamp and the required payment. No dates or names are provided in the fragment.
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Local column lists social visits and travels of residents from Blacksburg Beckley and nearby towns. Families visit relatives in Chillhowie Marion and Greentown. guests attend gatherings at Miller and Gates homes. Canadian and U S visitors spend days in Beckley and Flat Top area. trips include Smoky Mountains Rock City Myrtle Beach and theatre outings in Asheville Boone and Atkins with several named individuals and locations.
Fairdale Personal Notes From Cleveland to Beckley
Mrs Nora Darlington and children Cathy and Tiny with Mrs Opal Darlington of Cleveland visited Mr and Mrs Arthur Herron on Monday. Betty McKinney and California visitors returned home after visiting grandparents and relatives. W H Fanning remains hospitalized after surgery at Beckley Memorial. John R Cook visited Mullens and Oceana. Sunday dinner guests included Ernest Richardson and family. Chester Knapp and son from Cleveland visited Louie and family. Ben Browning and children Skipper David and Judy Lynn from Philadelphia visit Charles Browning and family. Ruby Shumate of Beckley visited her parents Ernest and Mrs Mankin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Cook
Mullens
Oceana
Walter Anderson
Ernest Richardson
Chester Knapp
Cleveland
Ohio
Louie Gall
Ben Browning
Skipper
David
Judy Lynn
Philadelphia
Charles Browning
Ruby Shumate
Beckley
Ernest Mankin
Beckley clubs schedule meetings for week
Woman's Department of Beckley Newspapers invites notices of regular or special club meetings by 10 am. Sunday calendar items arrive by 10 am Saturday. Events include Beckley Christian Temperance Union dinner at Mrs. A L Rohrer 1557 Harner Rd 6 pm Beckley Art Group at Mrs H L Bragg Calloway Heights 7 30 pm Friendly Art Club at Mrs Mamie Johnson 206 Brooks St 7 30 pm Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge 206 IOOF Hall Mabscott installation 8 pm Coal City Chapter 136 Eastern Star instruction 8 pm Bethlehem Chapter 71 Eastern Star Masonic Temple Howe St 8 pm.
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Mall
Woman's Department of
Eckley
The
Beckley Women's Christian Temperance U Nion
A. L
Beckley Art Group
H. L.bragg
Calloway’ Heights
Friendly Art Club
Mamie Johnson
Brooks St
Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Mabscott
Bethlehem
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Howe St
Community club notices and meetings list
A roundup of local gatherings includes the Crab Orchard WCTU covered-dish luncheon and meeting at Mrs. Ruth McCormick's home, Black Knight Bridge Assoc at BK Country Club, Mount Tabor Farm Women's Club picnic, Royal Neighbors picnic at Mrs. M. L. Humphrey's home, Daniels Mission Circle regular meeting at Mrs. Blanche Wilburn's home, Degree of Honor Lodge at IOOF Hall, Hilltop Mission Circle at Mrs. Ray Meadows Jr. home, and the Beckley Woman's Club executive board meeting at Park Ave clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Crab Orchard
Ruth McCormick
Daniels Missionary Baptist Church
Blanche Wilburn
Daniels
Hilltop
Ray Meadows Jr
Cartier Addition
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Park Ave
Spanishburg couple observes golden wedding anniversary
Spanishburg residents Mr. and Mrs. Edward Maxey celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Aug. 11. They have eight children, 11 grandchildren, and one great granddaughter. The couple, long tied to Spanishburg, shared memories of 30 years there before moving nearby to a large farm. The event included many relatives and friends, with a gift of a telephone line for a year.
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Spanishburg
Ans
Edward Maxey
Maxey
Rich Creek Baptist Church
Sandra Sue Conway
Fort Worth
Tex
Tyann Maxey
Marjie Maxey
Charlie Steel
Princeton
A .A. Nelson
Ronnie
Dusty
Ranii
Rocky
Anzell
Shady Spring
J. L. Romans
Bluefield
Patricia Boyd
London
Opal Sneed
Phyllis
Betty
Camp Ceek
Diane Blankenship
Anna Lou Wilkinson
Dewey Maxey
Roberta
Leroy
Alvin
Lowe
Grace Maxwell
Laura Elizabeth Maxey
Clyde Maxey
Aric Maxey
John Maxey
Penn Maxey
Jim Bob Lilly
Magmie Lusk
Donald Farley
James H. Shorter
Carolyn
L. A. Dorsey
Bonnie
Randy
Virginia Steep
Mack Wimmer
Ed Neal
Blanche Cox
Orville Lilly
Mary E. Lilly
J. L. Goad
Maynard Honaker
J. D. Maxey
Norfolk
Rhodell Personal Newsylene Weekends Visitors Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Bill Alley spent the weekend visiting their parents in Northfork. Niece Brenda Shumate joined them for a two week visit. Visitors in the Sanders home included Stuart Bossler Arlington VA Airman and his wife Bobby Rhodes and daughter Tammie Goldsboro NC, plus Barbara Sanders from Pennsylvania State College PA. H L Partin Mount Hope spent Sunday with Roy Crum and family. Last week visitors to the Warren siblings were Maggie Grills Rising Sun IN and Nancy Taylor with son Dicky Dillsboro IN. Clifton Lilly hosted his brother in law and sister in law Dave E Boyd Grundy VA. Hospital corpsman and family from Louisville KY and Norfolk VA returned home after visiting stepfather B W Lilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Testerman
Carol Sue
Kathy
Blacksburg
Fred Testerman
Moe Alpin
Chillhowie
Marion
Lawrence Martin
Lillybrook
S. L. Estep
Timothy
Mark
Shelly Ann
Greentown
Ohio
W. H. Miller
Murray St
Miller Home
Ward Cornett
Skipper
Marta Jo
Christy
Marcia
Billy
C. J. Kleiman
W. F. Henricks Jr
John E. Miller
Howard Miller
Robert F Miller
J. Clarence Wooten
Cross St
Edward W. Bailey
Huntsville
Ala
C. V. Slate
Margaret Warden
Aberdeen
Smokey Mountains
Rock City
Tenn
Slate
Robert Chambers
Malcolm Shumate
William W. Clark
Andy Porter
W. B. Lilly
L. E. Shrewsbury
Rose Parsons
Canada
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Beckley
David Griffith
Paris Bowman
Hughie Boggs
Combs St
Evelyn Morgan
Bonita Langlois
Kathy Lynn
Sandra Lee Fulton
Michelle
Windsor
Ontario
Hazel Fannin
Cattlersburg
Homer Young
Ashland
Samuel Esposito
Theodore Boggs
Youngstown
James Boggs
Ronald
Pennsylvania State College
H. L. Partin
Mount Hope
Roy Crum
Inlaw
Chester Warren
Maggie Grills
Rising Sun
Ind
Nancy Taylor
Dicky
Dillsboro
Clifton Lilly
Dave E. Boyd
Electrician 3C
Franklin D. Parker
Norfolk, Va
B. W. Lilly
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Beta Kappa
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Anna_ Seijo
Coca Cola
Seijo
St. Petersburgh
Fla
Oth
Isabell Vass
Doris Cole
Wayne Turner
Sandy Costello
C. T. Burdiss
Howard Lambert
B. G. Cadle
George W. Crane
Worry Clinic
Pleasant Hills Personals
Office Service
West Virginia
Leta Ee
Westwood Club
Mabscott Personals
John L. Fulton
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Gatineau
Britannia
Queen Elizabeth
Myrtle Beach
S C
Daniel Plumley
Becksley
Tracy Riffe
Sue Ellen
Orval Riffe
Gregory Allen
Raleigh
N. C
C. B. Trenor
Staunton
A. Robert Koch
Flat Top Lake
Koch
Larry DeVenny
Ralph W. Koiner
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Ashville
N.C
Fairdale
Coal City
School of Instruction
Black Knight Bridge Association
BK Country Club
Mount Tabor
Royal Neighbors of America
M. L. Humphrey
Hargrove St
Main St
Willie Clyde
J. David Maxey
Peterstown
Opal Snead
Camp Creek
Betty Carrico
Mary Alice Quesenbury
David and
Hannah ‘Bryant Quesenbury
Floyd County
Virginia Day
Lovington
Ira Quesenbury
Blackwood
N. J
Will Quesenbury
Ruth Hawkins
Huntington
Cleve Quesenbury
Columbus
Fred Quesenbury
Jonesboro
Lee Quesenbury
McKinzie
K. B. Wheeler
Las Cruces
M. Maxey
John W
Nancy Jane Meadows Maxey
Anne
Clyde
Boyd Cook
Athens
Mrs
Rhodell
Markdown
Southern Cross Mattress
Freezer
Universal
Neville
West Bend
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