City Vista HD Club Installs New Officers
Pleasant Hills RNS Grace Hewitt of MacArthur was installed as president of the City Vista Home Demonstration Club at a combined meeting and Christmas party. Other officers named were H R Sawyers vice president W R Daniel secretary Russell Scott treasurer J W Ferris historian and W B Robinson reporter. Committees headed by Waugh education by Daniel homes Hatcher family life Burdette health and nutrition Cunningham citizenship. A program of games and cards directed by Waugh followed by dinner. Daniel will host January meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Waugh
W. R. Daniel
C. D. Hatcher
Paul O. Burdette
H. R. Sawyers
Ralph Blake
Robert A. Cunningham
Holiday Program At Laurel BPW Club Meeting
Mrs. R L Davis presided at the Laurel Business and Professional Women's Club dinner at the Glass House. The program featured The Hope of Christmas spoken by Davis and a country-by-country Christmas customs discussion by Miss Gladys Milam. Gifts were exchanged among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel
BPW Club
R. L. Davis
Laurel Business and Professional Women's Club
Glass House
Gladys Milam
Mildred Totten
Martha Parsons
Food Shopping Guide for Holiday Season Bounties
Washington shoppers find wide meat fish poultry and winter produce in local shops. Produce bins overflow with carrots lettuce onions squash potatoes and sweet potatoes while fresh fruits such as apples bananas grapes oranges and grapefruit stand out. Eggs top dairy buys with ribs of beef fresh and smoked hams and turkey highlighted in meat. Clams fillets lobsters oysters scallops and whiting rank among best fish buys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Modern three-piece designer wardrobe by pattern A860
Reader alert for a quaint sewing pattern notice. Printed Pattern A860 offers a three-piece outfit: a figure skimming sheath, a fitted double-breasted jacket, and a reversible cape. Available in Misses sizes 10 through 18, with yardage details and an order address at The Raleigh Register Pattern Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Blackwell
West Coast
Raleigh Register
Pattern Department
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
New York 11
N. Y
Eagles Auxiliary Holds Annual Christmas Party
Members of the Eagles Auxiliary met at the Eagles Hall on Woodlawn Avenue for their annual Christmas party. President Mrs. Bill Milan led a business session approving contributions to Mac's Toy Fund and hospital patient gifts, and arranging cigarettes for the hospital party. Gifts were exchanged and refreshments served to 16 members and guests. next meeting scheduled for January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles Auxiliary
Eagles Hall
Woodlawn Avenue
Bill Milan
Mac’s
Veterans Administration Hospital
Belmont Homemakers Club Holiday Party Announced
Women’s groups urged to submit notices to Beckley Newspapers Woman’s Department. Executive Degree of Honor Lodge meets at Mrs. Bailey Groseclose’s Johnstown Road home at 7 30 p m. Belmont Homemakers Club plans a holiday party at the home of Mrs Albert Hughes on Gregory Street at 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Degree of Honor Lodge
Bailey Groseclose
Johnstown Road
Belmont Homemakers Club
Albert Hughes
Gregory St
Social Savings Club Meeting At Mrs Olive Lilly Home
Social Savings Club hosts a meeting at 118 Smoot Street at 7 30 PM with Mrs Olive Lilly presiding. Members gather to discuss club activities and upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Savings Club
Olive Lilly
Smoot St
Court of Calantha New Year Party at Knights Hall
The annual New Year's party of the Court of Calantha is set for Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Knights of Pythias Hall on S Fayette Street. Members and guests are invited to attend the social event hosted by the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Calantha
Knights of Pythias Hall
S. Fayette St
Shady Spring Woman's Club Meets at Beaver Lions Club
The Shady Spring District Woman's Club holds its meeting at the Beaver Lions Club clubhouse at 7 30 p.m. The event invites members to gather for an evening of community affairs and club business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring District
Holiday Visitors Fill Fairdale Homes Across States
Fairdale residents host relatives from Chicago Arlington Virginia and Ohio during the holidays. Local families welcome guests from Glen Daniel Mullens Beckley and other nearby towns along with visitors from Cincinnati and Washington D C.
Mrs Henry W Marshall to join husband in Germany
Mrs Henry W Marshall leaves McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey on a Sunday for Darmstadt Germany to join her husband stationed with the U S Army. Former Anna Jean Meadows daughter of Mrs J G Meadows Beckley and late Hinton ties noted. Many Christmas guestings and family movements across Beckley Shady Spring Union Martinsville Morgantown Morgantown Ohio and other areas are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Marshall
McGuire Air Force Base
Wrightstown
N.J
Darmnstadt
Germany
U. S. Army
Marshall
Anna Jean Meadows
J. G. Meadows
Beckley
Hinton
Jenkins Family Share Holidays Across States
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Jenkins Jr. and daughter Rhonda Lynn of Rocky Mount Virginia visited both families during the holidays. They stayed with Ed Jenkins and his wife in Eccles and Ray Lilly and his wife in Harper, connecting relatives across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Jenkins Jr
Rhonda Lynn
Rocky Mount, Va
Ed Jenkins
Eccles
Ray Lilly
Harper
Miss Robin Cornett Spends Holidays With Parents
Parkersburg first grade teacher Miss Robin Cornett visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Cornett at 104 Maplewood Lane during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin Cornett
Parkersburg
R. F. Cornett
Maplewood Lane
Unique Iris Garden To Be Outstanding Centennial Exhibit
The Centennial Iris Garden at Shawnee Park in Kanawha County will host West Virginia’s largest outdoor iris exhibit next May. Sponsored by the American Iris Society and Southern West Virginia Chapter, the garden centers on a Adena mound 100 feet wide and 20 feet high, with twelve clocklike beds, multiple inner beds, benches, and over 500 tall bearded iris varieties newly introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee Park
Dunbar
Nitro
Kanawha County
West Virginia
American Iris Society
George Washington
Birth of Mark Edward Harper in Raleigh General Hospital
Mr and Mrs A H Harper of Prosperity announce the birth of son Mark Edward on December 26 at 4 30 a m in Raleigh General Hospital weighing six pounds four and 12 ounces The father is coach at Shady Spring High School and the mother teaches mathematics at Beckley Junior High School The couple has two other children Wesley Allen and Jeanette Gaye
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Richardson
Earl Richardson
Shady Spring
Beckley Hospital
A. H. Harper
Prosperity
Mark Edward
Raleigh General Hospital
Shady Spring High School
Beckley Junior High School
Wesley Allen
Jeanette Gaye
MacArthur couple welcome son Larry LaBron Clyburn
The Rev and Mrs Otis Clyburn of MacArthur announce the birth of their son Larry LaBron born December 24 at Beckley Hospital in the morning. He weighed seven pounds four ounces. The couple also has another son, Barry LaBern. The father is pastor of the Church of God at MacArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Clyburn
MacArthur
Beckley Hospital
Larry LaBron
Barry LaBern
Church of God At MacArthur
The Mountaineer Rose Named for West Virginia Sunset
The Mountaineer Rose has been test grown in the gardens of Dr. and Mrs. O M Harper at Clendenin and in Ritter Park Huntington. It was named for the colors of a West Virginia sunset with salmon pink as the base tint blending into other shades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Harper
Clendenin
Ritter Park
Huntington
West Virginia
St Francis de Sales Church Nave Floor Plan Shown
A diagram displays the nave layout of St Francis de Sales Catholic Church on South Oakwood Avenue. Men of the church will guide visitors through the Confessional, Mass, stations of the Cross, and other Catholic devotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Oakwood Avenue
Hostesses Named For Open House At St Francis de Sales
Mrs Julian Williams announces a Sunday Open House by the Family Apostles of Good Will at St Francis de Sales Catholic Church. A list of hostesses includes JoE Lilly Jr Jennie Amato Angelene Amato S H Bridge Isabel Farris Sergio Bettina Bruna Bettina Frank Barone Nancy Briguglio Effie Meadows Ruth Meadows Margaret Hewlett Dario Pitotti John Pachuta and Bernard Severino. Rev Michael J Lazy and Mrs Williams are aided by Catherine Gallagher with invitations and Frank M Vest leads coordination for Bluefield Deanery Catholic Daughters. The event runs 1 to 4 pm with a Christmas Creche on display. area churches invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Williams
Family Apostles of Good Will
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Joe G. Lilly Jr
Jennie Amato
Angelene Amato
S. H. Bridge
Isabel Farris
Sergio Bettina
Bruna Bettina
Frank Barone
Nancy Briguglio
Effie Meadows
Ruth Meadows
Margaret Hewlett
Dario Pitotti
John Pachuta
Bernard Severino
Michael J. Lazy
Williams
Catherine Gallagher
Family Apostles Committee
Frank M. Vest
Bluefield Deanery
Court Paula No
Catholic Daughters of America
Virginia
Sylvester W. Staud
Holiday visitors gather in Shady Spring and Beckley
Shady Spring and Cool Ridge families host guests from multiple states during Christmas. Visitors include Gene and Vickie Midkiff from Croydon Pennsylvania, Ranny Midkiff and children Vickie and Bruce from Salem Virginia, Tony Salango and son Carmen from Roanoke, and Carl Crawford’s family from Beckley. The Crawfords’ son-in-law and daughter, Robert Trail, recently moved from Rochester New York to Beckley. Other guests include Theo Hatcher Jr and his sons from Texas City, Harold Deeds of Newport News, Clyde Harris and Dempsey Adkins of Beckley, plus dinner guests Loris Fink and family from Texas City, and relatives of Jim Ball, Brownie Bryant, Reedie Bryant, and Gilmer Jessup of various locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring
RNS
Agile Midkiff
Cool Ridge
Gene Midkiff
Kelly Jean
Croydon
Ranny Midkiff
Vickie and
Bruce
Salem
Tony Salango
Carmen
Roanoke
Carl Crawford
Crawfords
Robert Trail
Rochester
N. Y
Beckley
Carlene Crawford
Theo Hatcher Jr
Texas City
Tex
Theo Hatcher
Maude Bryant
Harold Deeds
Newport News
Worthy Harris
Clyde Harris
Dempsey Adkins
Loris Fink
Bobby
Buddy
Danny
Jim Ball
Linda
Gauley Bridge
Brownie Bryant
Boomer
Reedie Bryant
Sue
Peggy
Daniels
Gilmer Jessup
Carolyn
Ann
Alice
Jessups
Oliver Snuffer
Crab Orchard
Earl Me.Comas
Larry
Family and friends visit during holiday season in MacArthur area
The MacArthur community reports a flurry of holiday visits and leaves. J A Lyons remains in satisfactory condition at Beckley VA Hospital after two weeks there following a six week home confinement. Airman Johnny Almond of Tinker AFB Oklahoma is on a 14 day leave with his parents in Bethel Addition. Dozens of relatives from Blacksburg Virginia Waynesboro North Carolina Wheaton Maryland Huntington Ohio Arlington Ft Bragg and Oak City gather in Beckley Coal City Pleasant Hills and surrounding towns for Christmas and New Year greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Lambert
George Barrett
David Franklin
Richmond
Leonard Lambert
Arlington
Peggy
James Cole
Fairfax
Orpha Cole
Grover Herron
Cleveland
Ohio
Omer Bailey
J. H. Byrd
Chicago
Gerald Hawley
Glenna
Lakie Manning
Los Angeles
Calif
Johnnie Wright
James Clay
Virginia
Nettie Clay
Maggie Clay
Jack Acord
Mullens
Flossie Accord
Bolt
Kennis Sellards
Ill
Surveyor
Ronnie Acord
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Harless Accord
Clifford Church
Fayetteville
N. C
Kelly Barrett
Glen Daniel
Barretts
Tommy McCutchenson
Linda McCutchenson
Hilda Lee Barrett
McCutchensons
Jerry Lilly
Rodney
Beckley
Darrell Osborne
Washington, D. C
Harless Acord
Judy Acord
Jack Carter
New Jersey
Herbert Carter
John Smith
Annette
Mansfield
Sonny Clay
Bill White
Scotty
Bob McMillion
Ernest Smith
Cathy
Jack Canterbury
Charleston
Nannie Canterbury
Hester Manning
W. Lusk
Herndon
Homer Brooks
Lynco
Alice Farley
Washington
Dd. C
K. A. Farley
Hope Walker
Jackie Canterbury
Randy
Glen White
Jenny Nuckols
Renee
MacArthur
Charles Phipps
Joey
Johnny
Don Chiacchira
Canton
J. A. Lyons
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
C. Johnny Almond
Tinker Air Force Base
Okla
John W. Almond
Bethel Addition
Levi Almond
Teddy Almond
Binky
Blacksburg
Mickey Almond
Waynesboro
Robert L. Almond
Wheaton
Joe Hale
Coal City
Elmer Akers
Badil Campbell
Otsego
Charles W. Phipps
Crab Orchard
Arnold Deck
Kevin
Mark
Pleasant Hills
Jerry Stover
Raymond Prather
Elyria
Ralph Blake
Phyllis Blake
Prather
Elison
Hollywood Addition
J. M. Laing
al Holyfield
James Belcher Jr
Ivan
Brian
Jesse McPeake
Kimball
William E. Stump
Ft. Chaffie
Ark
Swanson Stump
Carol Buckland
Talcott
Stump
Holiday guests visit East Rainelle and nearby towns
E McComas and daughters Jo anna and Anita Gayle of East Rainelle C G Wallhop of Beck ley and Mrs Martha Lilly of Sha dy Spring hosted holiday guests Mr and Mrs Gene Midkiff and daughter Kelly Jean Mr and Mrs Agile Midkiff and daughter Deanna and grandson Terry also joined the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. McComas
Joanna
Anita Gayle
East Rainelle
C. G. Wallhop
Beckley
Martha Lilly
Shady Spring
Gene Midkiff
Kelly Jean
Agile Midkiff
Deanna
Terry
Also Mentioned on This Page
City Vista Home Demonstration Club
T. A. McGuire
Reservation Avenue
D. L. Beard
Orchard Court
City Vista HD Club
Dora Sargent
Catherine Minton
Thomas J. Wheeldin
Mary Jane O'Riley
Mann Hart
Helen Comer
Gladys Cherry
R. L. Wooster
David Anderson
Grace Chesney
Jessie Harris
Margaret Helen Patterson
W. D. Mc McPherson
Harold Williams
Ames Mallamas
Edna Ferris
Evelyn Fink
Food Shopping Guide
Fairdale
G. W. Ballard Jr
Sandy
Florence
Ala
G. R. French
Fairview Ave
Johnson Leach
Ann St
Howell Turner
Mark and Howell III
Martinsville, Va
Harris Talbott
Union
James Harsh
Carvin Wilson
Dee Snuffer
Lester
Force
Trooper Harsh
Welch Detachment
State Police
Rainelle
F. S. Patton
Meadow Bridge
Opie Richmond
S. Pike St
Richard D. Richmond
Morgantown
B. L. Jones
S. Kanawha St
Ray Smith
Michael
B. H.plumley
Barbara and
Mark Allen
Charlton Heights
Sue Brown
Aia Debbie
David Wiseman
Susan
Joan
Orlando, Fla
Frank Wiseman
Dittsville
Sam Harper
Carl Stewart
Pikeville, Ky
Wayne Stewart
Social Security Administration
Pikeville
A. J. O'Neal ,Jr
David
Long Island
N.Y
A. J. O'Neal
Williams Street
O’neals
Howard Combs
Mike
Tommy
Rick
W. J. Peters Jr
Suzanne
Richlands, Va
Charles Miller
Lexington
Marsha Kay Walker
Alexandria, Va
Hubert Walker
Railroad Ave
Jimmie L. Fitzwater
Carolyn and
Paul
St. Albans
Dayton
G. E
Pete) Groseclose
Scott
Michael J. Cullen
Meadows Apartments
Kanawha Street
Paul Landis
Clarksburg
Robert Fleming
Orchard Ave
J. W. Nunn
Westwood Drive
Joe Nunn Jr
Akron
Grover C. Stump
Beaver
Basil
Reba) Summers
Daniel Stump
Marion Stump
Calloway
Elizbeth
Summers
Roger
Elizabeth
Shirley
Teresa
Firestone Town & Country
Prince
Pais Sarl
Group OF Guides
Mrs
R. H. Adkins
Donna Cook
Pat Bailey
Janice Bailey
Arnold Lusk
Ft. Bragg
Wayne Morgan
Linda Amos
Delores
Jimmy Adkins
Huston Adkins
Deanna Sidley
Paige
Leslie Joe Hale
Robin
Merry Christmas
Mary Carter Paint Store
Kanawha St
Curtain Shop
Neville ST
Beckley, W. VA
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