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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1961
Page
5
Beta Sigma Phi sorority members decorate for a Christmas dance to be held 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at Beckley-Winn Hotel Ballroom. Paul Wills and his Charleston band will play. About 25 tables will feature pine cones and holiday decor with a Christmas tree on the band stand. 300 guests expected.
Christmas recipes present two festive cakes, Festive Fudge Stacked Cake and Sweet Chocolate Nut Torte. Included are ingredients, mixing steps, bake times, and decorating notes featuring pistachios and brandy or cognac flavoring.
Mrs. David Farris showcased a one piece sleeveless red velveteen maternity dress with a white and silver toque pearl bib white satin gloves and purse at a Black Knight Country Club luncheon style show. The garment converts to a jumper with blouse or sweater, then to a mumu after childbirth, with dyeable white accessories and versatile styling. It is described as practical inexpensive and chic and is available locally.
Des Moines one morning after driving from Knoxville Lowell Eberly found his car door opened and a muddy cat had ridden the 40 miles on the back springs. The cat emerged unharmed, creature survived a long unexpected journey.
A tiny parasitic insect called the sac lives on certain plum trees in Burma India and Siam and is identified as the source of all shellac.
Miss Cochran visits Barboursville parents while employed at Barboursville Hospital and other holiday homecomings unfold. Duke James arrives from Annapolis to spend break with Crab Orchard family, with relatives at West Virginia University and Berea College also visiting. WVU students Clarence Smith Jr Eugene Harvey Jr Ellen Gates return home, and infant Leo Wicks of Sophia is hospitalized for pneumonia.
Barbara Manning, a Morris Harvey College student, visits Crab Orchard with her parents Mr and Mrs Howard Manning. Johnny Quintier, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Quintier and a Marshall University student in Huntington, also visits Crab Orchard with his parents. Mrs A P Swab will arrive from Columbus Ohio to spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs Robert McKinney at 214 Maplewood Lane.
Miss Lorena Wallace of 113 Hargrove Street is a patient at Raleigh General Hospital. She was admitted on Wednesday and is undergoing treatment.
Mr and Mrs Pat Decriscito and daughter Betty Sue Feazell have returned to their Brooklyn New York home after a visit. The brief note records a family trip and homeward move with no additional details.
PVT Donald Basham at Ft Jackson S C visits his parents in Sophia. SGT and Mrs Ronald Duncan and children visit Ft Campbell Ky for holidays with her and his parents. Barry Bales visits from Massey Technical Institute in Jacksonville Fla. Patricia Ann Horvath arrives from Children's Hospital Columbus Ohio to Crab Orchard for holidays. Mrs Delmer Darnell of Sophia returns home after two weeks in Raleigh General Hospital for surgery.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred X Williams of Sophia is her sister Mrs. K A Schafer of Lake land Fla. She plans to return home after the holidays. Mrs L T Sarah Putman of 601 S Kanawha St was discharged from Beckley Hospital Tuesday after several days of treatment.
Mrs Louis Dickerson of Maryland at 107 Rice Street is listed in good condition at Beckley Memorial where she is receiving treatment. Local hospital bulletin notes her stable status amid ongoing care.
The Sally Peck Guild hosted the Fidelis Class Christmas party at the First Baptist Church. The playlet Coney Island Christmas featured performers Janie Howery, Patty Swarthout, Wanda Biggs, Nancy Bower, and Carol Thurman with Lelia Ashworth at the piano. Nancy Bower delivered For gotten, Neglected and Destroyed and Katy Jo Vargo presented Christ Climb Down. The event included carols, a Scripture devotional, a brief business meeting, and thanks from missionary Bixler Davis. About 50 attended with plans for charity baskets and Pinecrest gifts.
Gulf Woman's Club outlines charity efforts including free baskets for needy families at the Sophia Fire Department Christmas party, clothing donations to the Salvation Army, card collection for Marmet's Children's Hospital, and a spring drive for the American Cancer Society. Members back Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce support and a coal town museum in Stotesbury, with a demo on holiday foods by Mary Nell Godbey of Amere Gas.
Maple Fork Freewill Baptist Church will present The Faithful Pioneer at 7 p.m. Sunday. Director is Mrs. Maxine Shelton with Bob Bailey assisting. Rev. Roy Tyree offers opening prayer. Cast includes Margaret Winegar, Connie Bucklin, Judy Mills, Penny Persinger, Johnny Facello, Bill Davis, Ernest Barley, Connie Mills, Sequita Persinger, and Violet Frye. The program features Christmas carols and poems.
Women’s clubs are invited to announce regular or special meetings through the Beckley Newspapers Woman's Department Notices received by 10 a.m. are used the same day. Friday activity lists include the Just A Mere Club meeting at 214 Saunders Ave at 7 30 p.m. hostess Mrs Audrey Dickerson.
The Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club will meet at Greenbrier Dairy Social Room at 8 p.m. to dance and socialize. All members and guests are welcome to join for an evening of square dancing.
Judea Shrine No 13 White Shrine of Jerusalem holds a regular meeting and initiation at the Masonic Temple on Howe Street at 8 p.m. All members urged to attend.
For the first time in 21 years the Ladies Aid Society of Coal City Community Church and Dogwood Garden Club jointly hosted a dinner for their husbands. Attendees included Lonnie Cole and J B Powell couples. Gifts were given to Mrs. Booth and to Rev A R Sayre. The two groups will serve refreshments for watch night services Sunday. Holiday decor featured holly and poinsettia plants.
The Beta Kappa Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi delivered a Christmas basket to a needy family. The announcement came at the combined Christmas party and regular meeting at Mrs. Lawrence Winston's home. President Mrs. Isabell Vass read the City Council minutes, and Mrs. Willie Adams presented a program on how vocabulary reflects the inner you. Mrs. Vass and Mrs. Sandy Costello helped decorate the Christmas tree at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital on December 17.
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