Football Party at Woodrow Wilson High School Honors Team
Senior class hosts the annual 1935 football party in the Woodrow Wilson High School gym. The event features a program with a football game, music, dances, and the Grand March led by Miss Elizabeth Ann French and team captain Patrick Leary, followed by a cooling panel and extensive guest list including Principal Peregoy and various faculty members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
Elizabeth Ann French
Patrick Leary
C. G. Peregoy
Peregoy
J. R. Beatty
Recent Brides Given Bridge Luncheon
Mrs J O Freeman hosted a bridge luncheon at her Oakwood avenue home assisted by her sister Miss Violet Cook. The event honored three recent brides Mrs Frederick A Hurt Mrs Clarence W Meadows and Mrs David Carlisle Wade Jr The setting featured Christmas greens and cut flowers to suit the congenial group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Freeman
Violet Cook
Oakwood Avenue
Frederick A. Hurt
Clarence W. Meadows
David Carlisle Wade, Jr
Luncheon and Bridge Get Together Honors Winners
After a dainty luncheon at one, the afternoon hours were devoted to bridge. Prizes were awarded for high scores, with Mrs Howard Prince Meadows noted for the top score and Mrs K Douglas presented with guest gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Prince Meadows
K. Douglas
Bridge
Kings Daughters To Meet Tuesday
The Beckley chapter of the Kings Daughters will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 in the home of Mrs. L. D. Fink at Mabscott. The gathering includes a Christmas music program arranged by Miss Inez Caffee. Hostesses listed include Mrs. A. Ray Fink and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
The
King’s Daughters
L. D. Fink
Mabscatt
Inez Caffee
Fink
A. Ray Fink
Luther Fink
C. H. Fink
7. S. Foster
H. G. Huffman
Mrs Walker Honored At Miller Home Birthday Surprise
Mrs G D Miller hosted a surprise birthday party on New Raleigh Road to honor Mrs W H Walker. Guests enjoyed informal diversions and admired gifts, followed by light refreshments for the invited women and several friends and family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Walker
Miller
G. D. Miler
New
Raleigh Road
W. H. Walker
Walker
M. F. Bowles
J. A. Miller
Fred Plumley
J.C. Worrell
Wia, Carter
Irene Bonds
Katherine Brubaker
Ruby Plumley
Catherine Snead
Mary Walker
Amelia Baker
Carl Walker
G. D. Miller
Mrs Randolph Page Honored At Bridge Night
A weekend function honored Mrs Randolph Page with an evening bridge at the Womans Club house on Pack avenue hosted by Dr and Mrs M C Banks and Dr and Mrs P L Hanks. Fourteen tables played with prizes for top pairs and ladies and gents divisions. A guest gift for Mrs Page and remembrance gifts for E M Payne Jr Clarence Meadows and others were given. A salad course followed the games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Page
D.C. Wade
M. C. Banks
P. L. Hanks
Womans Club
Pack Avenue
A. H. Grigg
J. G. Polley
Kk. Douglas Bowers
Page
E. M. Payne, Jr
Clarence Meadows
Price Calfee Hosts Baptist Circle Meeting
Mrs Price Calfee hosted Circle No 6 of the First Baptist church on the Harper Road with fourteen members present including two new. Devotional services and the Exodus study continued and completed. Mrs W A Argenbright spoke on Assam and plans were made to send a sunshine boy to a shut in. The January meeting will be at Mrs J B Emmons home on Harper Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Price H. Calfee
Harper Road
W. A. Argenbright
Assam
J. 2. Emmons
Womanless Wedding Planned By Society
The Womanless Wedding is slated under sponsor group No 6 of the Young Womens Missionary Society at the First Christian church. Led by Mrs A R Sum- the event reflects a community effort to stage a humorously traditional wedding with casting by society members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Group No
Young Womens' Missionary Society of
The
First Christian Church
A. R. Sum
Local Christmas Play Cast and Roles List
The Christiath church presentation on December 12 features Mrs Summers guiding on the opening tour with assistants L E Shrewsbury Ritchie Ware and Roy Milfiron. Cast includes bride A R Summers groom Len Seamon best man Kenneth Hunt minister W H Fife uncle Randolph Norton aunt W C Mullens Mrs Knowall George Parker Miss Russia the jilted sweet heart Gorman Greene Aunt Erica Francis Gwynn baby sister William Edward Sutphin grandmother C M Ross grandfather W B Ware mother Roy Millican father Beverley Hume twins Ray Bailey Herbert Lawson soloist Miss Brazil Dr Ritchie Ware pianist Miss Spain Douglas Meakin ring bearer Ray Bunton train bearer J R Beaty flower girl San Thomson brides maids Carol Hutchison Irving Maddy ushers Lotts Brock Harry Dankley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Beaty
San Thomson
Carol Hutchison
Irving Maddy
Lotts Brock
Harry Dankley
Aftas Eleonay Payne Hosts Bridge Club Gathering
Miss Eleanor Payne charming hostess Saturday at Black Knight Country Club entertaining the bridge club and guests. Prizes awarded for high club score high guest and consolation after an afternoon of play. Refreshment course served. Attendees include Mrs. John Pollock Bonner Mrs. H A Sloan Mrs. W W Goldsmith and others from White Sulphur Springs Richmond Va and local areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Payne
Black Knight Country Club
John Pollock Bonner
H. A. Sloan
W. W. Goldsmith
Don Wolf
E. M. Payne Jr
Antoinete Sehleusener
J. H. Rice
White Sulphur Springs
B. W. Wood
L. Meredith Powers
Richmond, Va
D. c. Ashton
C. L. Hall
J. W.F. Beckner
E. P. Donahue
A. H. Grigg
Augusta Kerr
Harriett Barrett
Legion Auxiliary Meets Tuesday at Memorial Building
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday at eight o'clock in the Memorial building club room. Guests will include MuNews unit members. The program features new member initiations and music arranged by Mrs. Brooks Adair. The unit remains the state's largest auxiliary group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Building
MuNews
Brooks Adair
Gleaners To Meet Tomorrow Evening At Presbyterian Church
The Gleaner class of the Presbyterian church will hold its regular monthly business and social meeting Monday at eight o'clock in the church on South Kanawha Street. Hostesses will be Miss Laura Pierson Mrs N J Herring and Mrs C J Kinzer and a full attendance is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
South Kanawha Street
Laura Pierson
N. J. Herring
C. J. Kinzer
Social notes of East Gulf visitors and local arrivals
Mr and Mrs W G Mead of East Gulf recently left for Florida. Mr and Mrs Carey Frothingham returned from a Charleston honeymoon and will move there. Mrs M P Anderson, Mr Don Wolf and Mr John Bonner plan to Bluefield for Mrs Nannie Broyles funeral. Others visited Charleston, Bluefield, Beckley and Huntington. Mac Banks visits from Blacksburg Va. and several families host relatives for weekends and trips to Pulaski and Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Mead
East Gulf
Points
Florida
Carey Frothingham
Charleston
S. C
Point
John M. Ferguson
M. P. Anderson
Don Wolf
John Pollock Bonner
Bluefield
Nannie
Broyles
Sonner
Anderson
Beckley
Bonner
Wolf
Robert Winston
Mary Alice
C. BE. McCulloch
Oakwood Avenue
Patricia
Fayetteville
Mac Banks
V. PI
Blacksburg
F. L. Banks
Lewis Snuffer
Baltimore
Mary Cozart
Minnie Shumate
George Barrett
South Kanawha Street
Jessie Burrell
Cedar Grove
Eli Harris
Edith Bruster
Pulaski
Roy Hall
J. R. Beaty
Billie Huddleston
Roy D. Milliron
Virgil Snead
Catherine Avis
Huntington
H. Reed
Everett Schaeffer
White Sulphur Springs
W. A. James, Jr
Billy
Stanley Higgins
P.graney
Mount Hope
Paupers And Pews Draw Festival Crowd
The Kiwanis festival closes with the play Paupers And Pews set in Glenville. A young minister confronts social divides while uncovering a church fund theft and a parolee father. No villains emerge as townspeople from both sides of the tracks learn shared humanity through crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Paul Jones
Somerville
First Church
Glenville
Jones
Xenia, Youngstown and
Zanesville
Oher
Menrietta Blossom
Mr. Jones
Ruth Thomas
Fommy
Curt Thomas
Judge Baxter
Blossom
Charleston's Weekend Socials Report Visitors and Relatives
Saturday visitors to Charleston attended to business, including Miss Virginia Burleson and Mrs. Brooks Adair among others. James F. Prince of Prince visited Beckley for business. Mrs. H. V. Sloan and Mrs. Haynes Martin with Helen toured Virginia by car. Miss Nora Phillips spent the weekend in Charleston with relatives and will return with her mother Mrs. L. V. Phillips who visited there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Virginia Burleson
Brooks Adair
Mae Cooper
Alma Davenport
Clarence Smith
As You Like It at Woodrow Wilson High Friday
Beckley youths present As You Like It in two performances this Friday at Woodrow Wilson High School with Miss Garnett Hundley and Mrs. Roy Millican as sponsors. The cast includes Rosalind played by Ella Wren now Mrs Albert Sidney Johnston Orlando by Haynes Martin and Touchstone by Frank Bowers. The production, directed by Miss Garnett Trundley, omits long speeches and adds lively comedy, aiming to surpass last year’s She Stoops to Conquer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Old Beckley Institute
Ella Wren
Albert Sidney Johnston
Rosalind
Haynes Martin
Orlando
Frank Bowers
Touchstone
Mary Nan McGinnis
W. W. Goldsmith
Ccylia
John Beckley Campbell
Anna Shumate
Virgil Sneed
Lelia Scott Caldwell
Snow Snuffer
Gasper Lilly
Bard
Garnett Trundley
Goldsmith
Towst Orlando
Roy Wray
Minnie Stewart
Jacques
Weird Abrams
Amiens
Mary F. Carter
Suvgius
Henry Nerring
Covin
Burglars Enter Sikora's Store in Beckley Robbery
Two men broke a front window at John Sikora sr.'s store at Paint Street and North Oakwood Avenue in Beckley and stole bacon flour cigarettes and about $2 in pennies valued at $50. Police searched the area after discovering the early morning break in the third Beckley robbery in 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
John Sikora Sr
Paint Jstreet
North Oakwood Avenue
Rites Held for John H Wright in Athens
Funeral services for John H Wright 63 died at his brother D E B Wrights home on Kessinger Street will be held this afternoon at 2 o clock in the Methodist church of Athens conducted by Rev C Wright Burial under Foster undertakers direction will be in Vermillion Cemetery in Athens Wright formerly lived in Athens until moving two years ago to make his home with his brother He was a plasterer by trade and was single.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Wright
D. EB. Wright
Kessinger Street
Thens
C. Wright
Foster Undertakers
Athens
Wright
Birth Announcements for Hawley Misco Gravely Family
Mr and Mrs Alvy WR Hawley announce the birth of a son Thom 35th at their home on Friday December 6th Mrs Hawley formerly Miss Ida Mae Shrewsbury Mr and Mrs Mike Misco announce a son born Thursday December 5th at their home Mr and Mrs William S Gravely Mabscot announce a son Richard Arlen born December 5 Mrs Gravely formerly Doris Hatcher of Glen Morgan Kara Kul two Takes Great and Little of Asiatic Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvy WR. Hawley
Thom
Mike Misco
William S. Gravely
Mabscot
Richard Arlen
Gravely
Doris Hatcher
Glen Morgan
Asiatic
Russia
Miss Vecellio Announces Opening of The Style Shop
Beckley introduces The Style Shop a new dress shop on South Kanawha Street to open Wednesday by Miss da Ann Vecellio. She will design and tailor street and evening dresses wraps and suits for women of any size. Vecellio a WVU home economics graduate and daughter of Mr and Mrs Vecellio will be aided by sister Mrs Ermo Grogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
da Ann Vecellio
Kanawha Street
Miss Vecellio
Miss Vecelio
West Virginia University
E. Vecetlio
Veecula
Ermo Grogan
Wit-Top Woman Taken by Death
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Reynolds age 62 will be held at Hilltop Baptist Church this afternoon at 2 o clock. Burial will follow in Hilltop Cemetery authorities said she died at her home Thursday morning after a long illness in the Hilltop community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Reynolds
Hilltop
Hilltop Baptist Church
Reynolds Family Interred by Collins Undertakers at Hilltop Cemetery
Mrs. Reynolds is survived by her husband Charles Reynolds and children Gladys Bowen in New York City Laura Hicklin in Red Star Pearl Reynolds Nellie Reynolds Chester Reynolds Thomas Reynolds Janing Reynolds and Rome Reynolds all of Hilltop. Also British Open Singapore Airbase opened by The Associated Press noting a major defense project as the British Royal Air Forces field at Tengah, a 1000 yard square site formerly rubber plantations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins Undertakers
Singapore
Associated Press
Royal Air Forces
Tengah
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clyde Perry
Albert Tieche
Carlyle Harvey
Ralph Berman
Filbert Williams
Ray Gallacher
Howard Creed
John Coley
Horself Willis
Harold
Harold Hilton
Jack Keaton
Cerus Mills
Billy Galliet
Caroli Seelinger
Julian Kent
Jack Beard
Lewis Meadows
Fred Rutledge
Lonnie Cooper
Jimmie Armstrong
Billy Klaus
Cecil Sampson
Ralph Marequis
J. L. Lineweaver
B. B. Chambers
George W. Johnson
W. R. Fugitt
George Parker
K. G. Greene
Golden Meadows
J. L. Huffman
Del-Mar
Palace Theatre
Main Street
Smith’s Beauty Shop
Mr. Smith Ty
Mr. Smith
Elia Richards
Richmond
Mrs. Smith
Mafalda Liesd
Netie Gunter
Cito Smith
Raymond
Raymond’s Beauty and Cosmetic Shoppe
West Virginia
Raymond's
Mrs. Price Calfee
Vera-Rose
Beauty Shop
Woolworths
Aftas Eleonay Payne Entertains Club
Legion Auxiliary
Chester Vass
Phebe
Betty Smith
Audrey
Mary Jo Smisko
le Bean
Evelyn Stover
William
James Christian
Jacques du Bois
Noka Faye Garten
Sikora's
Rites AT
TOR
John Wright
Kanawha
Wit
Raleigh Radio
Refrigerator CO
Balr
Oxfords
Keith
Optometric Eye Specialist
Lilly Bldg
Croquignole
Zotos and
Jamal
Wilfred
Swan Cafe
Ida Ann’s Dress Shop
Ida Ann's
Ida Ann
Methodist Church
Tda A. Vecellio
Erma Grogan
Union Shop
Lasca
Woolworth
Foster Ifardwarce
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