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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1961

Page

5

Azalea Garden Club Lights Tree At Pinecrest Today

Azalea Garden Club will light the large Pinecrest Christmas tree at 5 p.m. today, with a 4 p.m. musical program by Girl Scouts. The event, a yearly Pinecrest Fund fundraiser since 1952, features hospital patients and a luncheon held Tuesday at Mrs. H. C. Avis’s home under the direction of chairwoman Mrs. J. A. Hunt.

Azalea Garden Club Pinecrest Pinecrest Sanitarium Azalea Garden J. A. Hunt Azalea Club H. SC. Avis Druid Avenue iNed H. Ragland R. G.richards Henry L. Walker Appalachian West Virginia Garden Club, Inc Hunt Pat Windle JR Pinecrest Fund

Christmas meeting of Rural Acres Garden Club at home

The Rural Acres Garden Club holds its annual Christmas gathering tonight at Mrs. Oscar Nickell’s home with Mrs. William Arrington as co host. Gifts will be exchanged and judged for originality and beauty. A brief business session will follow and a program on Legends of Madonna by Mrs Ted Stover will showcase decorative arrangements featuring the Madonna.

Rural Acres Garden Club Oscar Nickell Calloway Heights William Arrington

Mrs Meador Admitted To Pine Lodge In Fair Health

Mrs. O. H. Meador of 102 Pine Street is a patient at Pine Lodge Nursing Home. She was admitted Thursday and is reported in fair condition.

0. H. Meador Pine St Pine Lodge Nursing Home

Beckley Women’s notices list Friday gatherings and events

Women’s organizations invite notices for regular or special meetings. Friday events include Columbine Garden Club at 1532 Harper Road 7:30 p.m. Rural Acres Garden Club Christmas meeting 103 Rural Acres Dr. 7:30 p.m. Girl Scouts and Azalea Garden Club Christmas tree lighting at Pinecrest Sanitarium 5 p.m. Free bus from Memorial Building 4:45 p.m. Other items: Beckley Woman’s Club All-Department Christmas event 8 p.m. Riley Elementary PTA 4:30 p.m. Stoco Band Mothers Club Christmas banquet 6 p.m. DAV Auxiliary covered dish and gift exchange in Memorial Building Room 6. Beckley BPA directors 7:30 p.m. Piney Oaks PTA Christmas banquet 7 p.m. Speaker Mrs Gustine Elliott Young Woman’s Club at Central Baptist 7 p.m. Ambassadors Class Beckley Presbyterian Church banquet 6:15 p.m.

Pinecrest Sanitarium Girl Scouts Azalea Garden Club Memorial Building

Christmas events and notices from local churches

Saturday activities include a Methodist Temple party for nursery to sixth grade from 2 to 2 30 p m and a pageant practice for primary and junior groups from 12 30 to 2 p m Sunday brings a children's division Christmas program at 4 30 to 5 30 p m Mon day hosts Mount Tabor Mounties Club party at 1 15 p m Tuesday features St Francis de Sales PTO meeting at 7 30 p m plus Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club Christmas dinner in the ballroom A series of local notices follows detailing furloughs hospital stays and family visits including PVT William M Jackson Jr visiting wife Lois and parents in Beckley Pvt Jackson is due for reassignment in Maryland and others are noted as improving or undergoing care.

William XM. Jackson Jr U. S. Army Ft. Jackson S.C Lois Beaver Ave Miller Jackson Maryland

Candlelight Luncheon Hosts Beckley Garden Club

Mrs. John W. Whitlock and Mrs. C. E. Galaspie led the Beckley Garden Club Christmas luncheon in the General Alfred Beckley room of the Beckley-Winn Hotel. Before the meal Mrs. Robert L. Amick presented Every Light A Prayer For Peace with readings from 1952 letters and a poem, as president Mrs. J. S. Larrick conducted a brief business meeting and guests included Mrs. W. C. Mays and many club members.

The Beckley Garden Club General Alfred Beckley Alfred Beckley Beckley-Winn Hotel Robert L. Amick E. M. Payne Jr West Virginia J. S.larrick W. C. Mays Emerson Smith Ross Irle Frank Gans Walter P. Griffey R. H. Magee J. W. Bair Conrad Stowers W. E Wilkinson A. Robert Koch Hugh S. Edwards Palmer Farley Dewey Isley Okey Patteson Roy Lucas M. F. Barksdale G. T. Puckett Grover C. Hedrick Jr Walter M. Duncan Price H. Caffee Albert Wheby B. M. Lewis

Local residents return from visits and travel

SHADY SPRING RNS Mrs Arthur Eye of Franklin Pendleton County returns home after two week visit with sons Jessie Eye Marlinton and Raymond Eye Shady Spring. A G Wilcox back from hunting with friends in Pocahontas County. Douglas Wilcox Camp Pickett Va visits with wife and son Douglas Kirk. Mrs Delia Riffe Harper Road joins Wilcox family visit. William Londa Lilly Flat Top returns from two week Ohio trip. Mrs Clark Alley Houston Texas returns after illness of her mother Mildred Toney 502 N Oakwood Ave.

Shady Spring Arthur Eye Franklin Pendleton County Jessie Eye Marlinton Raymond Eye A. G. Wilcox Pocahontas County Douglas Wilcox Camp Pickett Douglas Kirk Jim Cochran Beaver Wilcox Delia Riffe Harper Road William Londa Lilly Flat Top Dean Hatcher Linda Cleveland Ohio Clark Alley Houston Tex Celia B. Toney N. Oakwood Ave Mildred Toney

Patient Macie Brown undergoes surgery at Beckley Hospital

Macie l Brown is listed as in serious condition after surgery at Beckley Hospital in Beckley. Mr and Mrs Charles Poe of Logan visited her parents over the weekend, while her mother Mrs Jean Shumate returned home to Leesburg Florida after being called to Glen Daniel by the death of her father Al Lucas.

Leonard Edwards Crab Orchard Beckley Memorial Hospital Fairdale Maciel Brown Beckley Hospital Charles Poe Logan Charles Claypool L. F. Smith Jean Shumate Leesburg Fla Glen Daniel al Lucas

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Phymosia Club Mrs. Walker H. C. Avis Ned H. Ragland R. G. Broaddus R. G. Richards D. C. Ashton Paul Hutchinson Harry L. McCreery H. E. Phipps John E. McKenzie Joe L. Smith F. L.banks E. B Hawkins IR. G. Broaddus Warren Thornhill Jr A. A. Tieche J. B. Bibb John Earl Lilly Duff D. Daniel H. P. Meadows H. C Sissions Broaddus United States New York City Baring Cross Arkansas River Little Rock Frank McManamay Health-tex’ Stantogs Baby Shop Main St Opp Ciub Woman's Department of Beckley Columbine Garden Club K. K. Rand Oscar Nickels Rural Acres Dr Woman’s Club of Park Avenue Riley Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association Stoco Band Mothers Club Stoco High School Beckley Business and Professional Women’s Club Bank of Raleigh Piney Oaks Gustine Elliott Young Woman's Club Central Baptist Church Helen Dobson Smoot St Beckley Presbyterian Church Methodist Temple Social Savings Club Mrs. Elmo Parnell Hunter St Mount Tabor Mounties-H Club Mount Tabor School St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club Beck Conrad C. Bjork Burlington Iowa Harry Cooper G. L. Booth Wilson St James Booth Teddy Royal Oaks Mich George Doss MacArthur Eddie Ray Hylton Dean Hylton Pleasant Hills Raleigh General Hospital Albert Hedgecock Oak Grove L. C. Dickenson Dry Hill Road George Arlie Hughes Frank Facello W. L. Long Sarasota, Fla R.P. Yaple Johnstown Rd Cathy Lou Smith William H. Smith Russell St Charleston Lincoln Elementary by-Winn Hotel Modernestic Homemakers Club Pauline Boyden Bostick Avenue Alumium Electric Frypan Sunbeam Rose Beckley Hardware Heber St Main J. W. Whitlock C. E. Galaspie John W. Whitlock Rahall’s — Main St Asi Blend Orson Bulova Iamond Is Saken Wooddell Court House Main St. Beckley Mawtag
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