Youngest brings witty Barry comedy to Beckley stage
Beckley Players open the winter season with The Youngest a Philip Barry three act farce in Memorial Building auditorium Tuesday at 8 15. The cast includes Richard Winslow Betty Watts Nancy Blake and Kate the maid with a plot of industrial family absurdity and a debutante’s schemes ending in a unique climax. Photographs of cast and director are on display at White Cross Pharmacy. Tickets from any Beckley Players member or White Cross.
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Beckley Players
Philip Barry
Memorial Building
Garnet Hundley
White Cross Pharmacy
Winslow
Rich
Oliver Winslow
Genetieman
Emerson Pownall
Mark Winslow
Nannie Gadd
Johnny Bridge
Richard Winslow
Betty Walls
Nancy Blake
Deb
Katie
Maxine Kitts
The
White Cross
P T A Meeting in Eccles Reviews School Improvements
The regular P T A gathering in Eccles West Virginia met Friday evening December 1 with many parents attending. Principal H G Farmer spoke on greater cooperation during tough times. The group discussed school access improvements including a safer walk to Trap Hill High with a handrail and road changes for the Harper children to avoid swampy spots. The lunch program was praised, noting hot lunches and full enrollment in S E A Junior Red Cross and N E A. The Christmas program is set for December 22 at 1:00 pm, followed by the holiday vacation through January 4, 1984.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Farmer
Trap Hill High School
Harper
D. R. Dunn
Cross Word Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed With Answers
A dense jumble of crossword clues and partial answers presented as a single mixed list across and down. Includes references to names places and technical terms with numerous mis-spellings and unclear fragments. The page appears to be a puzzle section with scattered hints and unrelated garbled lines.
Torch Singer at Lyric Showcases Colbert Talent
Claudette Colbert stars in Paramounts Torch Singer at the Lyric Theatre portraying Sally Trent who becomes Mimi Benton after giving up her child. The drama traces her fall into night-club fame and heartbreak as she seeks the adopted parents of her baby, hoping for reunion.
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Claudette Colbert
Torch Singer
Paramount
Lyric Theatre
Liberty Magazine
Mike
Grace Perkins
Alexander Hall
George Somnes
Ricardo’ Cortez
David Manners
Lyda Hoberts
Baby LeRoy
Ralph Rainger
G Low
Miss Colbert
Sally Trent
Mimi Benton
Sally
Colbert
Treasure Farm three act comedy at Cittsville school
Maynor West Virginia presents Treasure Farm, a three act comedy, at Cittsville school Saturday night December 23 at 7 30 featuring Willa Spangler Okey Stover Athlone Davis and Harold Evans in the lead roles. The program includes music and other features. Local obituaries and family notices detail recent services and visits among residents including DeWitte Spangler Maynor and Stover families with several travelments and hospital updates.
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Cittsville
Eliza
Ann Wattles
Willa Spangler
Ebenezer Wattles
Okey Stover
Luella Long
Athelene Davis
Professor Fuller
Harold Evans
Bob Hamilton
Willis Stover
Faith Hamilton
Gladys DeWilte
Harold Hamilton
Chester Vass
Fred Norton
James Williams
Betty Alexander
Faye Maynor
Doris de Witte
Montgomery Hospital
Edd DeWitte
Dull Spangler
Raleigh General Hospital
Raye
Charles Tolbert
Willis Branch
Doff Stover
Sam Stover
Frank Allen
Theodore Thompson
Logan Meadows
Edward Pennington
Mabhseott
Mark Spangler
Beckley
J. P
Tyree
Nora Radford
Calloway Heights
Isaiah Kidd
Union
Amos Stover
Bob Dew
Oak Hill
Lee Dew
East Gulf WV Society Meets for Missionary Group
Mrs Brooks hosts the Woman's Missionary Society at her home with an planned program by Mrs Thomas McKinan. After business, refreshments were served to members including Mrs Perry Kish Hylton Hudson and others. Bake sale bazaar set for Tuesday Dec 19 at 9 30 in the store. Next meeting at Mrs Bishs home January 11. Locals Willis Gunnoe Glennis Walker Tracy Bowden and Faith residents visit and social call.
Baptist Ladies Aid Shower in Pemberton West Virginia
Mrs. Sid Shumate received a shower Thursday afternoon with many neighbors and relatives attending. The gathering featured gifts and refreshments for guests including Virginia Brooks and Kathleen Samples. Several local residents were noted as visiting or guests of various families through the week in Pemberton and Sophia.
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the Baptist Ladies Aid
Sid Shumate
Lola Maynard
John Lawrence
Sam Alford
Thelma and
Ruby
Charley Bryant
John Carter
Walter Blankenship
Howard Shrewsberry
Garnet Archer
Dave Mazie
Carl Fink
Marie Alford
Virginia Brooks
Helen Samples
Lornie Lilly
Kathleen Samples
Margaret Alford
Delmar Meadows
Woodrow Meadows
Junior Bryant
Everett Wilson
Tommy Samples
James Cassity
Orville Dangerfield
Leslie Reed
Fred Blankenship
Lawson Hicks
Rhia Waddell
Charlie Mullaney
Ralph Snyder
Carl Greathouse
Sophia
Paris Lusk
Clifford Bennett
J. G. Kiser
Don Adkins
Lillybrook
L. W. Lane
Dr Mitchell Opens Offices In Mt Hope
Dr W L Mitchell, previously at 11¢ Faster Building, opened dental offices on the second floor of the Sweet Shop building in Mount Hope. He said he would continue to operate on a jalcul rate basis.
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W. L. Mitchell
Sweet Shop
Mount Hope
Mitchell Friday
Minstrel Monarchs at Memorial Building in Beckley
Elks stage the Minstrel Monarchs to raise funds for Christmas baskets with performances December 2 and 22 at the Memorial Building. The show features the Davenport Sisters Rosalie Burke and other Beckley talents in a two part program including The School of Fun and Daisy Days with Hot Dog Jones. Local social notes mention numerous visits, travel, and illnesses, and mourn the death of Noah Edwards.
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Elks
Memorial Building
Beckley
School of Fun
Hot Dog Jones
Davenport Sisters
Rosalie Burke
Gabriels Horn
Lillybrook Church Sees Sunday School Rise in Attendance
Lillybrook West Virginia church notes show Sunday school attendance rising to 112 last Sunday. Epworth League meets Sundays at 6 30 p.m. Rev Harvey C Porter presided at quarterly conference and preached on Practical Christianity. Local residents visit kin and friends in Beckley, Stamford, Hinton and Mead with social calls and visits.
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Church News
Epworth League
Harvey C. Porter
Lillybrook
E. H. Richie
W. O. O'Dell
Beckley
R. L. Davis
Jim Lusher
Stamford
W. J. Martin
Bowyer
Levi Almond
H. M. Wood
Julia Williams
Robert Ricker
Hinton
N. W. Williams
Burley Gross
Allen Hurly
Minnie Lee Ward
Frances Keatley
Mead
Rev
Richie
Walter Maxey
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Cold Raleigh Hardware
Neville St
Dept. A
Family Mutual Benefit Association
Heard
Phoenix
Arizona
W. L. McCray
Osteopath
Beckley Hotel
Eccles, W. Va
Main Line Co. & C
Stanaford Transit Company
Persela
Rish
Guido
Diethyl
Scott
Great Barrier Island
Os Lax
Nile Boat
Ronoun
Eluder
Vieon
Lamech
W. M. Bougess
Glenn Mooney
Coal City
Y. C. Gross
Jack Clark
Harless Hylton
B. I. Meadows
Resaco
W. K. Prince
Maynor, W. Va
East
Gulf, W. Va
Willis Gunnoe
Glennis Walker
Resoco
T. J. Wattis
Meade
Tracy Bowden
Keystone
RN. Smith
Nancy Jo
Bobby
Faith
John Brooks
Mes
Armbrister
Russell Meador
Pemberton, W. Va
Dr. Mitchell
Mt. Hope
Yric
Elks’ Group
Amma French
Allen Hurley
Earnest Gross
W. M. Ailey
Elmer Smith
Narrows
Virginia
Hollie Williams
Jim Breeding
Sullivan
W. W. Bottomley
Galax
Fred Bottomley
Johnnie McDorman
Helen
Billy
Fayetteville
Delcie Williams
Hank Maxey
Princewick
Jimmy Patterson
Scotland
Velma Moore
Helen Davis
Vera Shores
Carl Atkins
Lee Brogan
Edward
Richmond
Garbett
Gladys McClavery
Killarney
Velma Farley
Rhodell
Juanita Crawford
Beck
Eerty
Noah Edwards
Lillybrook, W. Va
TNE
Paramount Picture
Ricardo Cortez
Lyda Roberts
Baby le Roy
Lenard Moore
Marshall Ross
Ross French
Real Estate Life and Fire Insurance
A. J. Britton
Montey, Ww. mL
Spic and Span
Kester Dry Cleaner
TBO
Dad
Florida
Murphy’s Fountain
Bann
Murphy
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