Cora Myrtle Steward and Harold Welborn Wed in Ky
The wedding of Cora Myrtle Steward of Nathan Street to Harold Ezzell Welborn of Bowling Green Kentucky was held at 4 PM Saturday at the Baptist parsonage with Rev. Skinner officiating. They plan a Florida motor trip and will reside on Normal Boulevard, Bowling Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Myrtle Stewart
Nathan Street
Harold Ezzell Welborn
Bowling Green
Skinner
Baptist Parsonage
Florida
Normal Boulevard
Western Kentucky State Teacher’s College
Virginia Lee Muir
Raleigh
Robert Lashbrook
Owensboro, Ky
W. L. Muncie
Woodrow Wilson High School
Bowling Green Business College
Mr. Welborn
Delta Phi Rho Zeta
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
W. G. Welborn
Russellville
College Annual
Women Hold Big Jobs In World's Fair
New York report highlights women in key roles on the 1939 World's Fair project. Mary Louise Jorzick, assistant secretary, presides over contract meetings. Marion Foley, civil engineer, holds an engineer's jet at the fairgrounds. Helen Bullard designs landscapes. Sara Love, a Pittsburgh statistician, handles charts and maps. The piece asserts women work on the ground floor alongside men, countering the belief that women belong only in supportive roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kathleen Norris
Mary Louise Jorzick
The
World’s Fair Corporation
Marion Foley
Fairgrounds
Cornell University
Flushing Bay
Helen Bullard
Fair
Sara Love
Pittsburgh
Mr and Mrs Divvens Plan Southern Visit and Study
Mr and Mrs H N Divvens of Harper road left today for Fairmont to visit relatives and then to St Louis where he will study before accepting a position with a surgical supply company, likely in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Divvens
Harper Road
Fairmont
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Mrs Edwards Hosts Kindergarten Christmas Party
Mrs A A Edwards welcomed students and friends to a Christmas party at her North Kanawha Street home. Santa distributed gifts and candy stockings as the group sang, danced, and recited poems beside a holly decorated tree. Attendees included Jeanette Torlone Betty Lou Miller Barbara Lou Murphy Mary Jane Miller Tone Porter Louise Mills Murill Ralston Edgar McGuire Bobby Crouch Charles Wilson Robert Sayre George Cole Mary Ann Scott Joe Bolen Bob Daniel Bob Antram John Earl Lilly Charlotte Starr Scotty Shrewsbury Wanda Lou Philpott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Edwards
Kanawha Street
Santa Claus
Jeanette Torlone
Betty Lou Miller
Barbara Lou Murphy
Mary Jane Miller
Tone Porter
Louise Mills
Murill Ralston
Edgar McGuire
Bobby Crouch
Charles Wilson
Robert Sayre
George Cole
Mary Ann Scott
Joe Bolen
Bob Daniel
Bob Antram
John Earl Lilly
Charlotte Starr
Scotty Shrewsbury
Wanda Lou Philpott
Presbyterian Choir Party Held at Beckley Church
The Beckley Presbyterian junior choir hosted a party at the church last night with about 30 attendees. Director Mrs T S Williams led games and received a gift from the choir presented by Jimmy Sigmund. Gifts were exchanged and distributed by Miss Kale Johnson. Dr J L Lineweaver, pastor, was present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Presbyterian Church
T. S. Williams
Jimmy Sigmund
Kale Johnson
J L. Lineweaver
Mrs. L. T. Gay Hosts Annual Eccles Bridge Meet
Mrs. L. T. Gay of Eccles entertained her bridge club with a 1 o'clock luncheon at her home, a long-standing Christmas gathering in its sixth year. The room featured Christmas decorations and a lighted tree as gifts were exchanged among attendees including Mrs. Clifford Muller and six other members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Gay
Eccles
Gay
Clifford Muller
Duff Daniel
D. D. Ashworth
Francis Conway
Herbert Stansbury
Moss French
Josephine Williams
Marriage License Filings In County Clerk Office
One application for a marriage license was filed yesterday in the county clerk's office. Joseph Wyatt Pegram 21 of Jonben asked a license to marry Willa Mae Wills 16 of Fireco. Another application was filed this morning for Henry Edward Green 21 and Carolyn Duglas Pate 21 Beckley Negroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Wyatt Pegram
Jonben
Willa Mae Wills
Fireco
Henry Edward Green
Carolyn Duglas Pate
Beckley
Births in Johnstown and Raleigh General Hospital
Mr and Mrs T B Oliver of Johnstown road are parents of an eight pound daughter Nancy Carroll born Monday. Mr and Mrs Howard Barnett of Woodlawn avenue are parents of a daughter Sue Neal born Saturday at Raleigh General Hospital weighing seven pounds. Mr and Mrs John Gargas of Skelton will host their daughter Margaret from Charleston who arrived today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Kitts
Hinton
Mary Hinton
Dorothy Johnston
Union
Mabel Meadows
R. C. Parrott
South Bend
Ind
A. B. Clement
Montgomery
Pat Moore
Affinity
Marie Lewis
Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Beckley
Charles Lewis Jr
Charles Ross Jr
Jim
Bill Mabe
Sonny Ellison
Leo Vecellio
Earl Bibb Jr
Leslie Gates
Emmet Pugh
John Hill
New York City
C. T. Ross
Woodlawn Avenue
Robert Higgins
E. E. Long
Washington
Federated Music Clubs
Camilla Lightner
Katharine Ann
Charleston
William Taylor
E. W. Wood
Melbourne
Fla
Robert R. V. Twohig
Huntington
R. Y. Twohig
L. A. Gates
S. S. Kitts and Son
Shelby
Florida
George Steffey
Malcolm Smith
Croft Street
Gladys Dixon
Fairmont
Charles W. Dixon
Corrine Bogart
R. K. Bogart
Philippi
D. C. Wade Jr
Joe L. Smith Jr
Hulett
George Warren Hcl
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
New York
Charles Hodel
North Kanawha Street
W. H. Walker
Raleigh Road
T. B. Oliver
Johnstown Road
Nancy Carroll
Howard Barnett
Sue Neal
Raleigh General Hospital
John Gargas
Skelton
Margaret
Beckley Hospital Nurses Home Dance Features Eggnog Edge
Beckley hospital staff hosted a 9 to 12 o clock dance for nurses at their home with eggnog from a punch bowl presided by Miss Hazel Love and Miss Thelma Swim. Attendees included numerous couples and individuals from Beckley and surrounding towns, with doctors, physicians, and local residents listed among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital
Beckley college paper editor tops West Virginia press group
Officer Miss Mabel Lambert, editor of Beckley college's newspaper, is the sole woman officer in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Press association after being elected secretary treasurer. Her brother Harold previously held the post at Concord college and may push her toward the presidency. Harold is on the Register staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Lambert
Beckley College
West Virginia Intercollegiate Press Association
Harold
Concord College
Register
Picture Shop
Junior Woman's Club Christmas Dance Tonight
Mount Hope news briefs the Junior Woman's club hosts an annual Christmas dance this evening at the YMCA Invitations went to members and friends an orchestra will provide the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Mount Hope
YMCA
Dance Series Opens At Clubhouse Tonight
The Christmas season private dances start at the Woman's clubhouse from 10 p m to 2 a m. Hostesses are Missey Marie Lewis Frances Wade and Vary Jo Lucille and Martha Smisko. Chaperones are their parents. The clubroom will feature holly decorations and music by Jack Lowe's orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missey Marie Lewis
Frances Wade
Vary Jo
Lucille
Martha Smisko
Charles Scott Lewis
D. C. Wade
J. G. Smisko
Holly
Jack Lowe
Marie Teel and Robert Short Wed in Private Terry Ceremony
Mr and Mrs H F Teel of Terry announce the marriage of their daughter Marie to Robert Earl Short of Terry. The couple wed in June at the Presbyterian church with Dr J L Lineweaver officiating. No attendants and a secret ceremony kept from most friends. Both graduates of Oak Hill high school. He works for Dunedin Coal in Terry and they will reside there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Stephenson
Woodrow Wilson High School
Summersville
Arnett Groves
William B. Ware
Martha Teel
Red Hill
Fletcher Freeman
Asheville
N. C
H. E. Curtis
Patricia Ann and
Dickie
Charleston
W. A. Curtis
North Oakwood Avenue
H. F. Teel
Terry
Marie
Robert Earl Short
J. L. Lineweaver
Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill High School
Dunedin Coal Company
Fifty Attend Trap Hill Alumni Dance
About 50 couples attended last night’s Trap Hill high school alumni dance after the alumni game in the gymnasium. The Beckley Collegians played. Mrs. Edna Lilly of Sprague hosted Miss Florence Lilly of Clarkyourg as house guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trap Hill
Trap Hill High School
Ing
Gymenasium
Beckley Collegians
Edna Lilly
Sprague
Miss Florence Lilly
Clarkyourg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cora Myrtle Steward
Harold Welborn
del- M
Beauty
Claesle
Edwards
Presbyterian Choir
Guerlain Shalimar
L’heure Bleue
Mitsouko
Yardley Bond Street
Cordays
Coty’s
Cara Nome
Hourigant
Others
the Beckley Drug Co
Main Street
Hazel Love
Thelma
Fred Williams
J. B. Bibb
W. M. Duncan
Beirne Canterbury
D. C. Forsythe
John Yago
Ruth Glenn
W. H. Scott
A. A. Tiecie
D. C. Ashton
L. B. Hart
M. M. Ralston
B. K. Ae
John W. Bolen
R Newman
H. A. Shaffer
Aide Campbell
O. M. Wicker
Skull of
Herbert Keene
Fred Martin
Dayton Meadows
Verne Scott
Gorman Green
F. B. Allen
Bill Shanklin
Charles Lewis
Albert Tieche
Bruce Swim
Grace Martin
Dorothy Toney
Betty McWatt
Mary Shanklin
Ora Sarver
Mable Long
Margaret Marcett
Mildred Simpson
Nell Lewis
Margaret Robison
Mary Woolwine
Margaret Willis
Lucille Neal
Anna Poloskey
Dorothy Brown
Annis Myers
Helen Gray
Eggie
W. VA
Oak Hill, W. VA
Ib. Weiners
ORK
Alf
Arizona
Japan
Valeria
the Fashion
Main ST
Clubhouse
Lewis
Wade
Smisko
Marie Teel
Robert Short
Kentucky
Shirley Temple
Beckley, W. Va
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