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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1960

Page

3

Theme Given For WSCS Meet Set Today At Methodist Temple

Emmanuel God With Us will be the theme for the Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting at The Methodist Temple. The 7:30 p.m. program in Friendship Hall features Mrs. J B F Yoak Jr Mrs Noel Christian Mrs Floyd Fender and Mrs C C Williams with piano accompaniment and the Beckley Junior School Girls Choir performing Christmas carols. Circle No 7 chaired by Mrs Tetlov e will oversee decorations with Mrs Fred Roschi and Mrs Lonnie Price. Mrs Stover and Mrs Roy Smith will serve refreshments.

Emmanuel God Woman’s Society of Christian Service Methodist Temple Friendship Hall J. B. F. Yoak Jr Noel Christian Floyd Fender C. C. Williams Beckley Junior R. H. Legg Circle No. 7 Tetlove Guy Fred Roschi Lonnie Price Stover Roy Smith Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Temple

Music Club Divisions Meet For Yale Parties

The Sherwood Muds Club held junior and senior Christmas gatherings. Juniors at 8 p.m. featured nativity readings and carols led by Brenda White, with performances by Hinzman and Stowers families. Seniors met at 2 p.m. for piano solos and a talk on Christmas traditions abroad. Community notices and holiday craft tips followed, emphasizing simple, personal wrapping ideas and festive decorations.

Yale Sherwood Muds Club Paul Hinzman Earl Fotos Kora Earl Fotos Janie Cole Patricia Tolle Pamela Lilly Catherine Barbara Zimmerman David Hinzman Mary Lewis Reservoir Road Sharon Coffman Ann Roush Santa Claus Rudolph Charlene Hughes

Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know

Ellen Hall daughter of Mr and Mrs William P Hall Jr confined to home with measles. PFC Alvin R Fox returns from Toul France to visit parents Mr and Mrs Gilbert Fox and will be discharged after three years in the Army. J D Shamblin on 15 day furlough from Ft Benning to visit his parents. Mary Kathryn Baker of Summers Street visiting after holidays. Leslie Wayne Haga arrives home to visit parents. Katherine Ross and Allan Ross return for holidays from UNC Chapel Hill and Hampden-Sydney College. 245 N Kanawha St.

Mary Ferguson Mabscott Wanna Faye Ferguson James Earl Ratcliff Frank Ratcliff Glen View Miss Ferguson O. C. Ferguson Carl D. Ferguson Washington Missionary College Takoma Park Ellen Hall William P. Hall Jr Witherspoon St Alvin R. Fox Toul France S. Army Gilbert Fox McAlpin Armed Forces Fox Mark Twain High School John Shamblin J. D. Shamblin U. S. Army Ft. Benning Mary Kathryn Baker R. F. Baker Summers Street West Virginia University Katherine Ross University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Allan Hampden - Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, Va A. A. Ross N. Kanawha St

Xi Beta Chapter Christmas Basket Plan

The Xi Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will assemble a Christmas basket for a needy family during their December 22 party at Mrs James Mallamas home 138 Sunrise Ave. The group discussed plans at a Tuesday meeting in the Appalachian Assembly Room with Mrs George Cales president.

Beta Sigma Phi Sorority James Mallamas Sunrise Ave Appalachian Assembly Room George Cales Ila Wiseman Ways and Means Doreen Echus Appalachian Room Boyd Edwards William Monk W. H. Holliday S. H. Jenkins William C. Bennett Archie Riner Leonard Hewlett Beckley Emerson Diana Hontgas Glynn Cook Wiseman

Furlough for PFC Johnny Young Before Korea Service

PFC Johnny Earl Young of Fort Belvoir Virginia visits parents Rev Cleve land Young and Mrs. Young of Sophia on furlough. He departs January 3 for San Francisco and then to Korea for a 13 month spell. A 1959 Sophia High School graduate, he played on the football team and is joined by brothers Jimmy and Linwell Young, sailors on the USS Shangri La in Jacksonville Florida.

Johnny Earl Young U. S. Army Fort Belvoir Cleveland Young Sophia San Francisco Calif Korea Johnny Sophia High School Young Jimmy Linwell U. S. Navy Shangrila Jacksonville Fla

Amicks to Welcome New Arrival at Christmas

Arriving Christmas morning will be Mr and Mrs Robert L Amick Jr of Huntington who will spend the holiday with his parents Mr and Mrs R L Amick on Reservoir Road.

Robert L. Amick Jr Huntington R. L. Amick Reservoir Road

Garden club meeting with gifts and plans for birds program

Blue spruce runners and red candles decorated the room for a garden club meeting. Hostesses Mrs. Walter M. Duncan and Mrs. W. E. Wilkinson welcomed guest Mrs. Glenn E. Runyan, with Mrs. G. T. Puckett seated. Invocation by president Mrs. J. S. Larrick preceded luncheon gift exchanges. A television program is planned by Mrs. John W. Whitlock and Mrs. W. H. McGinnis Jr. on Dec 28, and Mrs. Whitlock Kinney was named to chair the third committee. Judson Walker, Concord College student, and other members attended to discuss regional garden club bird projects.

Walter M. Duncan W. E. Wilkinson Glenn E. Runyan G. T. Puckett J. S. Larrick

WVU youths return home for holidays from various towns

Sophia reports students from West Virginia University Morgantown return home for holidays. Names include Jerry Bays Slab Fork Ralph Staton J A Staton Richard Blackburn Jack McVey from Midway and Brenda Davis Parkersburg Darlene Chamberlain Mountain State College students. Marshall College attendees include Dorothy Neal Slab Fork Shelby Wayne McVey Alice Brown Scarlett McKinney and others.

Sophia West Virginia University Morgantown Jerry Neil Bays Kenneth James Bays Slab Fork Ralph Staton J. A. Staton Richard Blackburn Nick Blackburn Jack McVey Earl McVey Midway Parkersburg Brenda Davis Daugh Jesse Davis Ohio Valley College Darlene Chamberlain James Chamberlain Mountain State Commercial College Marshall College Huntington Dorothy Neal L. J. Neal Shelby Wayne McVey H. H. McVey Alice Brown Saul Brown Scarlett McKinney George Mc

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