Buffet Dinner Dance Staged Tuesday Night by B P W Members
A holiday buffet dinner dance was held for Beckley Business and Professional Women Club members and escorts at the Beckley Hotel. Jan Campbell played organ music for Christmas carols and dancing after dinner. plans were led by Miss Alice Walker with a committee including Miss Helen Durham and others. Notable attendees included Miss Virginia Anderson and numerous local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Business
Beckley Hotel
Jan Campbell
Alice Walker
Helen Durham
Mary Zuchick
Bill Philips
John Boley
Nannie Lee Delaney
Virginia Anderson
Herbert Ash
D. K. Amick
EF. L. Bowman
R. A. Boyd
Donald
Paul Jenkins
Ted Kessinger
Margaret Hutchins
Elizabeth Marquis
Reginald Meyers
Ruth Payne
Lenora Phillips
Madge Richardson
H. C. Washburn
Wayne Reynolds
Cleon Sarandon
Nell [Strachan
Mary Syner
W. L. Williamson
Viva Swil‘linger and Son
Edward Swillinger
Juanita’ Wipperman
Lillian Webb
Ruth Winchell
Bob Wolfe
Everal Winchell
Fred Pidch
James Mallamas J
Bessie Carroll
Births Brighten Beckley and Raleigh General Hospitals
A series of birth announcements from Beckley and Raleigh General Hospital lists newborns and parents. Names include Harold Oscar Daniel and Dallas Wood in Beckley, plus many others such as Russell Douglas, Paul Scott Hindsley, Mary Jane Fleming, and Charles Franklin Arthur Jr. at Raleigh General. Several families from Glen Daniel, Slab Fork, Cranberry, and Shady Spring share joyous arrivals with weights ranging from 4 pounds 14 ounces to 8 pounds. The brief notices also mention Christmas and holiday visits among relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Oscar Daniel
Glen Daniel
Beckley Hospital
Dallas Wood
Thomas Richard Christopher
Cranberry
Acd Nes
Guy Fredrick
Thornton, Jr
Park Avenue
Robert Wayne
Raleigh General Hospital
Daniel
Edward Murray
Vance Drive
Russell Douglas
John Peck Hindsley
Beckley
Paul Scott
Glenn ©. Fleming,dy
Stanaford
Mary Jane
George Franklin Arthur, Jr
Shady Spring
Charles Franklin
Sidney M. Fox
McGinnis Street
Andrew Edwards
Paulette Gay
Glennis Hawley
Mabscott
Hawley
Princewick Couple Wed In December Ceremony
Miss Joavnell Bailey daughter of Mr and Mrs John Bailey of Princewick married Roy L J Hunt of Princewick in a December 21 ceremony at 6 pm at the parental home. Christmas themed decorations, songs by Miss Jane Plummer, and a reception followed. The bride wore a blue tinted dress with red rosebud corsage. groom’s brother Edward Hunt was best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joavnell Bailey
John Bailey
Meida Bailey
Jane Plummer
Fairmont
Edward “Hunt
Wiley Residence
Melda Bailey
Edward Hunt
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Beckley residents and guests are listed in a social notices roundup naming Mr and Mrs William Bruster and daughter Louise returning home from Gastonia and Charlotte North Carolina. Other items note a Rural Development Council tour by Charles Shackelford and wife ending at the Orange Bowl on January 2. Included are holiday guests and out of town attendees for weddings and funerals, with several families and towns named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW Hall
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Main Street
Kappa Alpha
William Bruster
Louise
McGinnis Street
Beckley
Gastonia
Charlotte
N.C
Charles T. Shackelford
Rural Development Council
Miami
Fla
Jr. Woman's Club Charity Ball At Black Knight Club
Beckley Junior Woman's Club sponsors the annual charity ball tonight at Black Knight Country Club. A large crowd is expected with proceeds benefiting the group’s supported charities. Music by Billy Lang and his orchestra. Mrs J W Walters chairs arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Knight Country Club
Beckley Junior Woman's Club
Billy Lang
J. W. Walters
Fete at Black Knight Club Brings Members Together
Holiday season gathering at Black Knight Country Club organized in 1938 brought members and their dates to a dinner and cocktail party after which guests were entertained. Attendees included Miss Sarah Jane Powers Mrs James Fleshman Miss Jean Sweet Mrs Gerald Fleshman and numerous local men and their spouses such as Leon Neal Harold Craw W Muir James Lamb Marcelle Wooddell T C Weeks Jr Edwin Higgins and Jack Bird among others. The event marked a lapse of three years since the last reunion and showcased several movies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
J. W. Muir
Sarah Jane
Powers
James Fleshman
I Nanna
Kroup
Atlending
James
Gerald Fleshman
Also Mentioned on This Page
B.P.W
New River
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Emanons
Glenna Lucas
Thomas Carter
Princeton
M. J. Moore
Hamilton
Grafton
Jennie Lee Johnson
Hinton
Max Henderson
Scarbro
Betty Conley
Charleston
Myree Henderson
Tom Browning
Bob
James Stafford
Peavisburg
Barbara Shumaker
Morgantown
William Hale
Gainesville
Frances L. Mancos
W.H. Thomas
Mmr
S. J. Lilly
Nora Ellen
Glen While
Princewick
Albert Plummer
Bill Hill
Bailey
Steco High School
Raleigh _General Heapital
Hurst
Mullens and
Welch
Winding - Gull Collieries
Jean Flummer
Jerry Buskirk
Ralph Hunt
Raysal
Bill Morgan
Davie
Peggy
Betty Hill
Billy Miller
Phyllis
Donna Hunt
Moodie Hih, Jr
John McKinney
John Plummer
Mrs
Key L. Hunt
Patty
Anna Varick
Latcille Feamster
Alderson
Viola Shlickerman
Katherine Feamster
South
Kanawha Street
Edgar L. Mohler
Raleigh Heights
Jane Anne Long
Henry P. Thomipson
Tazewell
Gordon Stuart
Gordon
Mary Davis
Robert
Patricia
Brooklyn
Lucien Davis
North Kanawha Street
T. S. Rice
Westwood Drive
C. D. Begley
Bristol
Helena
Pepe
Prince St . Pho
Del-Mar Beauty Shop
Ossis
Merene Curtis
Penney's
U. S. Naval Medical Badetha
Grove Laboratories
Grove
Ntamine Iee
Teins
Enout
Meviste
Becker
W. Va
Black
Knight
Stags Club
Edwin Higgins
Jean Sweet
Mia
I. C. Weeks, Jr
T. C. Weeks, Jr
Murphy’s
Odd Leta of
Sue
Newne
Fransel As
Beye
Reg
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