Beckley Women Form West Virginia Press Association Chapter
Beckley officials launched West Virginia's sole working press women group at Beckley Hotel with Mrs. Harrett Allen named founder and first state president. Peggy Kessinger elected state secretary, and officers from Charleston and Bluefield joined alongside honorary member Elizabeth Kee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Beckley Hotel
West Va
West Virginia
Harrett Allen
Beckley Newspapers
Peggy Kessinger
The
Raleigh Register
West Virginia Press Women's Association
Allen
National Federation of Press Women, Inc
Audrey Riffe
League of Women Voters
Elizabeth Kee
Jerry Braden
Charleston Gazette
Janet Sue Riley
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Traeger Industrial News
Mabel Ailey
Beckley League of Women Voters
Beckley Area
West Virginia Woman’s Press Association
Mt. Hope Lions Club
Ruth Clark
Beckley Area Press
Double Golden Anniversary Celebrated in Ansted and Lester
A Nov 22 celebration honored Mr. and Mrs. Joe McKinney of Ansted and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Birchfield of Lester for 60 years of marriage. Guests visited the McKinney home as relatives arrived with gifts. The couples wed on Nov 27, 1900 in the home of Rev. Allen McKinney, Flat Top, who is the fathers of Mrs. Birchfield and McKinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe McKinney
Ansted
Stephen Birchfield
Lester
McKinney
Allen McKinney
Birchfield
Community event notices for Beckley area clubs and groups
Coming events list for Monday through Thursday includes Circle No 4 of First Methodist at 213 S Heber St. Crab Orchard Garden Club. Sophia Band Mothers club. Beckley Garden Club at 215 Fairview Ave. Beta Sigma Phi luncheon at El Chico. Raleigh General Nurses Alumni Christmas program. Judea Shrine and White Shrine at Masonic Temple. Circle 10 of First Baptist at 107 Ellison Ave. Business Women of Beckley Presbyterian at 6 15 p m. Rhododendron Garden Club at 109 Maplewood Lane. Fidelis Class First Baptist at 7 30 at church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Carden A. Hillman
S. Heber St
First Baptist Church
W. H. Harris
Ellison Ave
Phymosia Club Delivers Plants to Pinecrest
Phymosia Garden Club members visited Pinecrest Sanitarium on Friday with 147 Philodendron plants in clay and glazed pots decorated for Christmas. Chairwoman Mrs Roy Cunningham and co chairs Mrs Robert Parker and Mrs Wilmer Stanley lead the second trip in this garden therapy program across West Virginia, planning 600 plants for Pinecrest patients.
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Phymosia Garden Club
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Roy Cunningham
Robert Parker
Wilmer Stanley
Phymosia
W. Va
Pinecrest
Parker
CWF Schedule Group Meetings at First Christian Church
The Christian Women Fellowship groups announce weekly meetings. Group 6 led by Mrs Clinton Warden hosts a pot-luck supper Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. Group 3 meets Thursday at 2 p.m. at Mrs Jack Nichols home Raleigh Heights led by Mrs Starkey. Group 2 led by Miss Mary Scott meets Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in church. Group 7 led by Mrs I D Devasher meets Thursday at 8 p.m. at 348 N Kanawha St. Group 8 meets Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at 203 Fairview Ave hosted by Mrs Carl Fleener and led by Mrs J D Collier. Friendship Class Christmas party Friday at 7 30 p.m. in the Men's class room with co-hostesses Mrs Carmen Feazell and Miss Gloria Wipperman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Women's Fellowship
The
First Christian Church
Clinton Warden
Jack Nichols
Raleigh Heights
Starkey
Mary Scott
I. D. Devasher
Harry Anderson
N. Kanawha St
Carl Fleener
Fairview Ave
J. D Collier
Carmen Feazell
Gloria Wipperman
Newlyweds Hibbs Return From Wedding Trip
Mr and Mrs Oren E Hibbs of Daniels have returned from a wedding trip to Baltimore and Philadelphia visiting friends and relatives after their Nov 20 marriage. They spent Thanksgiving with the groom s sister in Philadelphia and plan to live in Daniels while Hibbs attends Beckley College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren E. Hibbs
Daniels
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Muriel Williams
Hibbs
O. D. Hibbs
Thelma Grace Cook
Beckley College
Holiday Hi-Jinks for the Whole Family at Memorial Auditorium
Beckley sponsors present Holiday Hi-Jinks an amateur show with semi finals Thursday and Friday at 8 p m and finals Tuesday Dec 15 at 8 p m in Memorial Auditorium. Admission 60 cents with proceeds to Teen Town a new Beckley youth center. Top three finalists win 100 75 and 50 dollars. Audience voting via ticket stubs. eight semifinalists chosen by audience each round. Talented teen entrants perform varied acts with costumes and decorations. Tickets available at doors or pre sale through Teen Town entrants.
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Memorial Auditorium
Beckley
Beckley Newspapers
Teen Town
Emma Beard
Social notes from Greenbrier and nearby towns
Mt. Tabor hosts Major Chester Ballengee en route to overseas service from Savannah. Clayton residents Miss Thurman and Miss Boehmer return to Greenbrier College in Lewisburg after holidays. Roy Harris and family return to Fayetteville Tenn from Woodlawn Ave. Guests at 203 Quarry St include Mrs Maude Moore and Lt Harry L Moore with infant Terry. Mrs James Weir returns to Stamford after visit with son William Weir in Griffin N C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Thompson
Mt. Tabor
Major Chester Ballengee
Savannah
Homer Ballengee
Clayton
Janet Thurman
Myrt Boehmer
Dorothy Hogue
Greenbrier College
Lewisburgh
Roy Harris
Fayetteville
Tenn
T. M. Harris
Woodlawn Ave
J. E. Williams, Jr
Quarry St
Maude Moore
Jaeger
Harry L. Moore
Terry
James Weir
Stamford
William Weir
Griffin, N. C
Teen-Town Money Drop at Harry's Shop on Neville Street
Contestants must turn in money each morning between 9 a.m. and noon at Harry's Men's Shop on Neville Street. Those without tickets are urged to help their families by securing a supply and preparing a private seating area to improve their chances of winning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville St
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Beckleyans
W. Va. Press Women’s Assn
National Federation Board
National Association
Morgantown
RCA
Victor Television
W. Neville ST
Louise Gallagher
Louise Barnes Gallagher
Miss Gallagher
Pattern Department
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
New York 11
N. Y
Stanback
Lee Dillon
Carmen Farley
Ruth Short
Lenice Horton
Del-Mar
Crab Orchard Garden Club
Fritz Dunlap
Beckley Garden Club
Beta Sigma Phi
el Chico
Raleigh General Nurses
Nurses Home
Judea Shrine
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Howe St
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Rhododendron Garden Club
Crewe Maples
Maplewood Lane
Fidelis
CWF
C. D. Mount
Dolores Marino
Memorial Audifortum
Arbuckle
VapoRub
Vicki VapoRub
Vicks
Musterole
Chesapeake & Potomac
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