Flower show prize scene at Prosperous Hills Garden Club
At Prosperous Hills Garden Club’s flower show the blue ribbon winner, scene titled Prelude to the Hundred, features The Greenbrier arrangement with canna leaves and deep red gladioli in the Artistic Division Class No 19. Mrs Stover also won blue ribbons for dried arrangements on a chicken wire background, a philodendron planter, produce display, and smocked pillows. the club’s sponsor is Mrs Larry George with members Pam Lynch Gloria Sanderson and Carol Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prosperous Hills Garden Club
Larry George
Pam Lynch
Gloria Sarandon
Carol Johnston
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Guests of Dr. Eva Teter Hammer of Beaver are her brothers and sisters in law Dr. and Mrs Byrd Teter and family and Mr and Mrs Fred Teter all of Franklin. Visitors attended the Saturday performance of Honey In The Rock plan to tour the Exhibition Mine at New River Park and the Stotesbury Museum and will spend two days at the State Fair Lewisburg MR AND MRS Edward Brierly of 205 Riley St returned Thursday from a months visit with her son Robert M Dowdy of Ogden Utah On their return trip they visited with her grandson and family T Sgt and Mrs Rudy Burger in Topeka Kan where he is stationed at Forbes Air Force Base MRS J H Harvell of 909 Wooldlawn Ave left today for Chicago Illinois where she will spend a week visiting her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Robert Ames and children Bobby and Sally Ames sales manager for Aloe Scientific Co was recently transferred from St Louis Mo to Chicago MR AND MRS R A Jones of
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Teter Hammer
Beaver
Byrd Teter
Fred Teter
Franklin
Edward Brierly
Riley St
Robert M. Dowdy
Ogden
Utah
T. Sgt
Rudy Burger
Topeka
Kan
Forbes Air Force Base
J. H. Harvell
Woodlawn Ave
Chicago
Iil
Inlaw
Robert Ames
Bobby and
Sally. Ames
Aloe Scientific Co
St. Louis
Jeanie Mason Wins Miss Southern West Virginia Title
Jeanie Mason 21 daughter of H Wayne Mason of 207 Bellevue Lane is selected Miss Southern West Virginia after she topped 13 contestants at Little Beaver Park before about 600 spectators. Runner up Myra Kay Barr 17 of Sophia and third Patty Smith 16 of Whitby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannie Mason
H. Wayne Mason
Bellevue Lane
Miss Helen Smith Named Forest Festival Princess
Miss Helen A. Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Smith of Daniels, will serve as Forest Festival Princess in the Queen Silvia XXVII court. The Elkins event runs Oct. 3-6. A WVU speech correction major, she is active in YWCA, 4-H, church choir, and plans to be a public school speech correctionist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silvia XXVII
Mountain State Forest
Helen A. Smith
Charles Elwood Smith
Daniels
Elkins
West Virginia University
Ash Blonde
George C. Porter
Beckley
Veterans Administration Hospital
Shady Spring High School
Rhododendron Girls State
Elks
Westminster Foundation
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Speech and Hearing Clinic
Circle Mission Circle Supports Area Missionary Work
The Hollywood Missionary Baptist Church circle met at Grace Graham's home. Mrs. George Woods presented Christian Homes. Mrs. Ralph Blake led the meeting and Mrs. Eli Yon gave the devotional. The group voted to send funds to Leota Campbell in Pineville, aiding vacation Bible schools and clothing needy children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Ladies Mission
Hollywood Missionary Baptist Church
Grace Graham
Hollywood Addition
Christian Homes
George Woods
Ralph Blake
Eli Yon
Leota Campbell
Pineville
Akers
Special Interest Missionaries
Women’s groups invited to submit notices for Beckley pages
Local column invites women organizations to announce regular and special meetings by 10 a.m. Notices received by deadline appear in Sunday calendars. On Tuesday events include Moose Lodge and Eastern Star meetings, Temperance Union installation, golf day, and multiple church societies with times and venues listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Wednesday club events and church activities overview
Wednesday events include a Ladies Bridge Luncheon at Black Knight Country Club at 12 30 p m a Woman's Society meeting at Sophia Methodist Church Friendship Hall at 7 30 p m a Paint crew night at The Playhouse to paint flats for Send Me No Flowers attendees welcome at 8 p m and a First Presbyterian Church family picnic at Thomson Camp with cars departing church at 3 4 and 5 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Knight Country Club
First Presbyterian Church
Thomson Camp
Friday Executive Board Meeting of Beckley Woman's Club
The executive board of the Woman's Club of Beckley will meet at 7 30 p m Friday in the Clubhouse on Park Avenue to discuss club affairs and upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Park Avenue
Family trip recounts Tennessee and Carolinas visit
The family of 404 Hill St returned from a vacation that covered the Smoky Mountains Cherokee Indian Reservation Ghost Mountain and Gatlinburg. They toured with Anita their daughter and Mrs. C. J. Jones and visited Hubert Walker in Chester South Carolina and friends in Greenville South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
404 Hill St
Tennessee
Carolinas
Smoky Mountains
Cherokee Indian Reservation
Ghost Mountain
Gatlinburg
Hubert Walker
Chester
S. C
Greenville
Anita
C. J. Jones
Rosses Return From Vacation Across Sandusky Virginia Beach Arlington
Mr and Mrs A A Ross of 245 N Kanawha St return Saturday from a vacation trip visiting Sandusky Ohio Virginia Beach and Arlington Virginia to see his brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs G S Ross Allen their son who worked the summer in Sandusky plus Stephen Foster son of Mrs Erma Foster both Marshall University students Huntington Also visiting are Mr and Mrs John Guerrant of Winding Gulf and their son Jerry of New York City with John Guerrant Jr
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A. A. Ross
N. Kanawha St
Sandusky
Ohio
Virginia Beach
Arlington
G. S. Ross
Allen
Stephen Foster
Erma Foster
Marshall University
Huntington
John Guerrant
Winding Gulf
John Guerrant Jr
Jerry
New York City
Beckley trio vacationing at Myrtle Beach
Eddie Berginnis Bill Cook and Buster Williams all of Beckley are vacationing at Myrtle Beach. The brief item notes their seaside trip and ties to Beckley, highlighting local residents taking a holiday by the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Berginnis
Bill Cook
Buster Williams
Beckley
Myrtle Beach
Baird guests host visitors from Detroit and Mansfield
Mr and Mrs John F Baird of Prosperity welcomed their son R C Baird from Detroit Michigan and daughter Mrs June Webb and her daughter Linda from Mansfield Louisiana for a ten day vacation stay at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Baird
Prosperity
R.C. Baird
Detroit
Mich
June Webb
Linda
Mansfield
Mabscott man listed as seriously ill in Beckley Hospital
J B Kirk of Mabscott is reported seriously ill at Beckley Hospital where he has been a patient for two weeks. Mr and Mrs J Q Richmond Jr and children David and Cindy of Lewisburg have returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs T R Childers of North Vance Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Kirk
Mabscott
Beckley Hospital
Marriage of Frances Kyle and Michael Lester in Ohio Church
Announcement states Miss Frances McAllister Kyle daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Kyle Glen Daniel and Michael R Lester son of Mr and Mrs Harry F Lester Des Moines Iowa married in a July 7 double ring ceremony at St Frances de Sales Catholic Church officiated by Rev Michael J Lazy. Maid of honor Brenda Booth, best man Bob Cupp Fostoria Ohio, ushers Jack Kyle and John Lester. Out of town guests included Harry F Lester Tom Miller Dororthy Sloan. They plan to live in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances McAllister Kyle
J. B. Kyle
Glen Daniel
Michael R. Lester
Harry F. Lester
Des Moines
Iowa
Michael J. Lazy
St. Frances de Sales Catholic Church
Brenda Booth
Bob Cupp
Fostoria
Ohio
Jack Kyle
John Lester
Tom Miller
Dorothy Sloan
Boston
Mass
Columbus
United Nations topic set for churchwoman meeting
Rob ert Thomson J will speak on United Nations at the Tuesday session of the Woman's Mission Society of the First Baptist Church. The 7:30 p.m. event in Friendship Hall features Thomson, president of the Raleigh County Chapter of AAA UN, RC Red Cross chapter chair, and Mountain State Folk Festival steering head. Circle No. 10 led by Miss Marie Meadows will run the program with refreshments by Circle No. 5 led by Mrs. Ever ette O'Neal. All members urged to attend per publicity chair Mrs. Winifred Rombeau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Robert Thomson J
Woman’s Mission Society
First Baptist Church
Friendship Hall
Thomson
Raleigh County
American Association For the United Nations
American Red Cross
Mountain State
Circle No. 5
Winifred Rombeau
Golf Championship Under Way In McCulloch-Moss Handicap
Mrs Hedrick and Mrs Sprague defeated Mrs Wray Jr. and Mrs Melvin Wood in the event. Sixteen women advanced to the annual Championship Tournament with first round finished Friday. Second round today and Tuesday, finals August 28. Eight low qualifiers: Mrs Jack Bazzarre medalist, Mrs Vivian Lilly, Mrs Keith Lipscomb, Mrs Hedrick, Mrs Paul Manley, Mrs Wray, Mrs Sprague, Mrs George L Piper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bazzarre
Vivan Lilly
Keith Lipscomb
Hedrick
Paul Manley
Wray
Sprague
George L. Piper
Prosperity Missionary Society Aids Brazilian Mission
The Prosperity Baptist Church Missionary Society held its August meeting at Rev. Lester Pipkin's home. Devotions centered on motherhood with prayers, hymns, and shared scriptures. They reported sending a clothing box to Trinidad missionaries and planned a Christmas box to Brazil. A Kuala Lumpur missionary letter was read, and social hour featured gifts and games with ten members and ten guests attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Missionary Society of the Fundamental Baptist Church of Prosperity
Lester Fe, Pipkin
Bradley
Wilbert Stover
Sadie Pipkin
Lester Pipkin
Euric Lilly
Jack Davis
Trinidad
Society of the Prosperity Church
George Kircher
Cera
Brazil
Sadie Custer
Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Patty Bays
Lloyd Spencer
Cleve Brewer
Eurie Lilly
Snowden Pettry
J. W. Bailey
Prosperity
Ulakis Announce Birth Of Daughter Sandra Kay
Mr and Mrs Steve Ulaki Jr of 203 Dixon Lane announce the birth of a daughter on August 14 at 4 47 PM in Beckley Memorial Hospital. The infant weighed six pounds five ounces and is named Sandra Kay. The couple has another daughter Jayne Ladier who is 16 months old.
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Granville Avenue
Harriett Hall
Harry W. Hall
Woodrow Wilson High School
Langhorne Lewis
Vee Parsons
Sharon Gorman
Beth Ivery
Barbara Shirey
Mary Ratcliffe
Ann Akers
Carol Lane Christian
Munity
Treasury
Peoples Shoe Shop
Caro
Line Smith
Diane St. Clair
Marilyn Wooddell
Betty Avis
D. B. Stover
Dry Hill
Judith Williams
Marty Banks
Mary Carter Ford
R. A. Jones
Jeanie Mason
Miss Southern
W. Va
Oceana
Virginia Lee Mackey
Paint St
Warden Lane
Charleston
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
Mason
Helen Smith
Jackson’s Mill
Miss Smith
Circle
Arlene Tudor
Jenny Ramsey
Women of the Moose
Moose Lodge
Bethlehem
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Howe St
Beckley Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Church of God
S. Oakwood Ave
Peter Ambrosiana
W. J. Barbour Jr
Friendship Hall of Church
Beckley Art Group
the Playhouse
Women’s Mission Society of Memorial Baptist Church
Woman's Society of Christian
Service
Sophia Methodist Church
General Meeting
Maggie Blake
Carlyle Lilly
Bonnie Lusk
Phyllis Blake
Nellie Price
Ordie Shrewsbury
Grover Hollins
George Pannell
Robert Slate
Elmer Akers
Fredrick A. Godin
Richard J. Godin
Main Street
Murphy's
Beard School OF Dance
G. M. Powers
Raymond
Aenyi
Dial
S. Fayette St
John A. Hedrick
E. B. Wray Jr
Melvin Wood
W. N. Sprague Jr
Barbour
Prosperity Missionary Society
Turkey
Dervert
Budget
Youthcraft
N. Fayette St. Beckley
Beckley National
Neville St
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