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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1960

Page

5

Coming Events For Women Clubs In Beckley Area

Women's groups announce regular and special meetings with details on dates times and locations including Practical Nurses Association District No 3 annual picnic at Maxwell Hill 6 p m and various club gatherings at homes churches and parks across Beckley with chairing officers and host addresses listed for planning and attendance.

Woman's Department of Beckley Practical Nurses Association’ of West Virginia Inc J. D. Woods Maxwell Hill

Dry Hill Prosperity Fair Exhibits Open At Prosperity WV

West Virginia First Lady Mrs Cecil Underwood opened the 11th annual Dry Hill Prosperity Fair and Horse Show amid a large crowd. Governor Underwood and party attended a 5:30 reception, then box picnic supper under pines. Flower show winners included Queen of Show roses and calla lilies. blue ribbons went to multiple exhibitors for lilies dahlias gladioli and plants.

West Virginia Cecil H. Underwood Underwood Governor Underwood Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Group Dry Hill Farm Women's Club Prosperity Farm Women's Club Prosperous Hills Garden Club Walter James T. J. Woolwine Bruce Hogg B. F. Bailey Effie Stover C. Lake Allen Hampton Carte Ida Jones Ella Dearing

News From Fairdale Fairdale Events and Visits Highlight Weekend

Local society notes list visits across states with Alice Farley in Washington D C and several families from Ohio and Illinois visiting relatives in Beckley area. Rural residents and sailors exchange trips while the antique exhibit awards and blue ribbons spark community pride at the Prosperous Hill Garden Club.

Wilma Parks Frankie Whiteneck Geneva Ohio Hortense Whiteneck Margie Erma Baltimore Posey Daniel Saxon Hester Manning William Lusk Herndon

Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know

Beckley residents are noted in a list of brief social happenings. Three Beckley Methodists will visit 13 Summersville area churches. Mrs. Crawford Lynn Miss Faye Farley and Mrs. G L McClung travel for church work. Other news includes visits, returns from trips, and family gatherings across Beckley and nearby towns.

Beckley Summersville D. Crawford Lynn Mercer Street Woman’s Society of Christian Service Faye Farley G. L. McClung French Street

Beckley Garden Club names committees for fall show

Mrs. Roy J. Lucas and Mrs. G. T. Puckett hosted the Beckley Garden Club on Skyline Drive for a workshop led by Mrs. Paul Phipps of the Flowering Hills Garden Club. She critiqued arranged pieces, stressing design, color harmony, and container relationships. President Mrs. J. S. Larrick announced the entry chair and listed yearlong committees for the upcoming flower show and club activities.

Roy J. Lucas G. T. Puckett Beckley Garden Club Lucas Skyline Drive Paul Phipps Flowering Hills Garden Club Phipps J. S. Larrick W. H. McGinnis Jr Puckett Hugh '§ Edwards P H. Caffee Jr A. Robert West Virginia Paul Warden J. K. Whitlock B. M. Lewis Frank Gans W. C. Barnard

Guild Workshop At Calvary Baptist Church Sunday Mabscott

A Guild workshop will be conducted Sunday at 2 PM at Calvary Baptist Church Mabscott. About 75 attendees from Fayette Raleigh Greenbrier and Hopewell Associations expected. Mrs Robert Davies state guild counselor leads with Miss Shirley Shirey First Baptist Mrs M F Barksdale and Mrs W E Wilkinson in charge. Buffet dinner to follow.

Calvary Baptist Church Mabscott Fayette Raleigh Greenbrier Hopewell Association Robert Davies Shirley Shirey

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