Christmas and club meetings fill Beckley weeknights
Numerous local organizations schedule Christmas parties, dinners, and meetings through Thursday to Saturday. Highlights include Bee Beckley Woman's Club, Gamma Gamma Beta Sigma Phi, St. Francis de Sales PTA, and the Loyal orders meeting at various homes, clubs, and church halls with times from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. across multiple venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamma Gamma
Beta Sigma Phi
Perfecto Ducal Jr
Stamford Road
Incidents in the Lives of People You Know
Brief local items note visiting relatives from Tucson, a hospital patient in Beckley, a Christmas luncheon of the United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter, birthday honors for Mrs. Fleshman, and family celebrations including anniversaries and dinners.
Weekend Food Shopping Guide From UPI Foresees Stable Prices
A pre holiday outlook from the U S Department of Agriculture and Interior notes well stocked markets with plentiful meats fruits and vegetables. Prices likely to be steady or rise slightly as seasonal demand stays high. Highlighted buys include roasts steaks ham broiler fryers turkey and eggs in larger sizes. Fruits and vegetables such as grapes apples bananas and oranges are abundant along with endive lettuce potatoes and more. Fish sticks canned tuna and red salmon are plentiful nationally.
Birth Of Christ Told At Circle Meet
Mrs John R Brooks presented a devotion on The Birth of Christ at the Friday meeting of the Dorcas Circle of Memorial Baptist Church Following the business session refreshments were served Attending were Mrs T M Hazelgrove Mrs Ralph Withrow Mrs John Earl Gunter Mrs Clifford Blackburn Mrs Morris B Imbodin G D Griffith Mrs C W Crews Mrs Edward Snuffer Mrs John R Brooks and Mrs Estelle Beasley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Brooks
Birth of
Christ
Dorcas
Memorial Baptist Church
T. M. Hazelgrove
Ralph Withrow
John Earl Gunter
Clifford Blackburn
Morris B. Imbodin
G. D. Griffith
C. W. iCrews
Edward Snuffer
Estelle Beasley
Space Age Snatching Tokyo
Police warn women to carry handbags away from the street amid a surge of motorized purse snatchings. Also listed is a dance club event, a New River Park recreation room meeting at 8 p.m., and Alpha Zeta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority hosting an annual covered dish dinner and gift exchange at 113 Truman Ave at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard Women’s Temperance Union
Mary Myers
Tokyo
UPI
New River Park
Alpha Zeta Zeta
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
Pearl B. E
Truman Ave
Hospital Volunteers to Wear Cherry Uniforms at BARH Booth
BARH Auxiliary voted to keep temporary officers in place for the coming year and to hold monthly meetings on the first Monday in the cafeteria conference room. A January talent show is planned, with volunteers staffing the information booth from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday in cherry red uniforms. Approximately 13 members attended the meeting chaired by Mrs F Vivian Lilly. Charles Holland, administrator, and James Wheeler, BARH counselor and chief of admissions, spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Barh
F. Vivan Lilly
James Wheeler
BARH
Chares Nelson
Charles Holland
Yuletide Program by Local DAR Chapter
The Captain James Allen Chapter DAR held a December program at Mrs. Irma Huettner’s North Kanawha Street home. Mrs. John E. McKenzie spoke on Christmas plants and legends, with readings on holly, mistletoe, poinsettia, hawthorn, and other decorations connected to the birth of Jesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. McKenzie
James Allen
Daughters of the American Revolution
North Kanawha Street
Irma Huettner
Jericho
J. A. Hunt
M. W. Arnold
Robert Koch
L. T. Durrance
Earl Bibb
Egypt
Christmas program recital by local music club
Read by Mrs Peyton Graves the program featured Christmas music performed by Monday Music Club members. A VOCAL duet No Candle Was There And No Fire by Liza Lehmann was sung by Mrs Williams and Mrs McKenzie with Mrs Smith at piano, plus “Sweet Little Jesus Boy” by Robert MacGimsey with piano accompaniment. Co-hostesses were Mrs E V Bowman Mrs A A Ross and Mrs John M Ferguson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peyton Graves
Jesus Christ
Emerson Smith
Oscar Williams
McKenzie
Monday Music Club
Liza Lehmann
Williams
Smith
Aliams
Little Jesus Boy
Robert MacGimsey
Mrs. Smith
E.V. Bowman
A. A. Ross
John M. Ferguson
Kim Novak Leaves Nursing Home for California Home
Actress Kim Novak departed the nursing facility after five weeks of back injury treatment and said she planned to fly to her California home by week’s end. Her discharge marks a return to her residence as she resumes recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kim Well London
UPI
Kim Novak
California
Examining Physicians Named for Enlistment Health Checks
The record lists examining officers including Dr Lawrence Cohen of the Division of Occupational Health at the U.S. Public Health Service, Dr D O H, and Cape Lamar Thomas, MD, as physicians for the Armed Forces Entrance and Examining Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Lane
Division of Occupational Health
U.S. Public Health Service
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
BRH
Armed Forces
Lawrence Cohen
U. S. Public Health
Sep Bare
D.O.H
U.s.p.hs
Cape Lamar Thomas, MD
Births at Raleigh General Hospital Highlight Local Families
Local hospital lists multiple newborns with parents and birth details. Tina Ann Webb born Nov 30 at 2 27 p.m. weight 6 pounds 10 12 ounces. Sherri Lively born Dec 1 weight 6 8 3 4 ounces. Anne Sheppard born Dec 3 weight 6 3 12 ounces. Jerry RF born May 5 at 3 36 a.m. weight 6 ?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Lewis Webb
Skelton
Raleigh General Hospital
Tina Ann
Daniel Webster Lively
Maxwell Hill Rd
Sherri
Raleigh
Glen White
Boots
Sheppard, Hatcher
Anne
Jerry Robert
Ayland
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Black Knight Country Club
Sg Og
Dea Hristmas
Carl Bunch
Temple St
New River Arts and Crafts
Royal Neighbors of America
Woman’s Club of
Beckley
Park Ae
Alpha Delta — Sorority
Julia Casey
Ellison Ave
Willing Workers Club
Arnett
Beckley Temple
Pythian Sisters
Lodge Hall
Valley Drive
American Legion Post 70
S. Fayette St
Academy of Friendship
Women of Moose
Harry Hambric
North Oakwood Ave
Gulf Woman’s Club
Licensed Practical Nurses Association of West Virginia, Inc
Pinege Nursing and Convalescent Home
Pinewood Garden Club
Nick Brash
Fulton Ave
Prosperous Hills Garden Club
Dry Hill
Prosperity Community Center
St. Francis de Sales
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
A. E. Shrewsbury
The
Beckley Home Demonstration Club
Glass House
Women’s Improvement League
E. L. Morton
East Beckley Nursing and Convalescent Home
Antonio Ave
Stoco Band
Maxwell Hill
Ann Thomas
Calloway Heights Community Church
Glen Moran
Canterbury Dr
Modern
Woodmen Junior Club
John W. Cook Jr
Holliday Dr
Huntington State Mental
Harvey Webb
Sherman Deal
Harless Stover
Orchard Valley Woman's
W. W
Jackie” Withrow
Mrs. Howard Blevins
Tucson, Ariz
L. A. Wire
Orchard Ave
Inlaw
R. P. Whittaker
Vine St
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Thompson
W. H. Fleshman
Rainelle
Earl Callison
MacArthur
Robert E. Fleshman
Winding Gulf
Kenna Martin
Crab Orchard
Fleshman
Paul E. Craven
Tolley Drive
Fens
Food Shopping Guide
U.S Departments of Agriculture and Interior
Washington
Circle
Peanies
Ama Calan
Neville
By Rimmel
Kyle M. Jarrell
Dental
E. Main St
C&p Telephone CO
Yuletide
CAPRI
Autuma
Cuensticks
Murphy’s
Pelham
G. CC. Murphy CO
Raleigh Register
W. Va
Raleigh County Medical Society
Lamar Thomas
Marcel
G. M. Powers
Bank of Raleigh
Kenawha Sts
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