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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1964
Page
5
Charles French Toney II reflects on old times and the future as he nears his third birthday on February 12. He is the two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles French Toney of 223 Woodlawn Ave, and the grandson of Mrs. Moses Joseph of 116 Fairlawn Ave.
A sequence of social notes lists Mrs. J T Jarrell recouperating after a December fall at a Los Angeles rail station fracturing her left knee. Numerous holiday visits include Mr and Mrs Larry Alderman and Sue Ellen from Fayetteville visiting prosperty relatives, and many extended families visiting Charleston and surrounding areas.
The Raleigh Register advertises pattern No 8122 with PATTO-RAMA in multiple half sizes from 12 1 2 to 26 1 2 and bust 33 to 47. Orders cost 50 cents, with 10 cents extra for 1st class mailing, include name address zone style number and size, and pattern comes with short sleeves and 3 yards of fabric. Also promotes Basic Fashion magazine fall winter 1964 issue at 50 cents.
A family friendly dessert suggests cherry sauce over stove bread pudding. Make a sauce with sugar cornstarch and lemon rind, add water packed cherries, cook until thick, finish with red coloring, then serve warm or cold over bread pudding.
Veal stew can be party fare with mushrooms sour cream and parsley says expert Reba Staggs. The recipe uses veal shoulder browned in fat then braised with water thyme and vegetables including cauliflower and mushrooms. Serve with rice or noodles as a ring presentation for eight to ten servings. The Aleuts native to the Aleutian islands are noted in Britannica.
Elsie Armitage, 1906 Rose Parade queen, rode a flower adorned tally ho in Pasadena and watched a four-horse chariot race after the New Year’s Day procession. She later married John Prizer and raised a large family. By 1965 the festival featured 60 floats costing thousands, with Dawn Baker as queen, marking a stark contrast to early, simpler celebrations.
In this reader filled Christmas column, tips cover using bright children's socks as decorations, filling them with cookies or candies, and presenting guests with mini stockings. Also describes using cardboard cylinders to wrap odd shapes, making disguises for gifts, and preventing robins from hitting windows with planters, tape, suction cups, and window grids. Readers are invited to send in ideas and may get a silver dollar if Polly uses them.
A New Year punch menu from New York Four Seasons lists Flaming Archbishop with oranges port cognac and spices ignited for 25 to 30 servings and Strawberry Pint using strawberries white wine Grand Marnier Perrier water for 75 to 80 servings with optional champagne substitute. notes provide marinating and serving directions.
Advice encourages using perfume gifts promptly rather than saving for special occasions. It warns perfumes evaporate and scent changes with time, advocating immediate enjoyment of fragrance as a luxury.
Women's organizations invited to place notices in Beckley Newspapers calendar column. Notices due by 10 a.m. for same day use. Sunday items due by 10 a.m. Saturday. Calico and Jeans annual New Year’s Eve dance at New River Recreation room starts 9 p.m with caller Harry McColgan of Princeton.
Friday events list a Rupert Jefferson Court No 92 New Year party at Pythian Hall 1 PM. Queen Esther Court No 53 Heroines of Jericho meets at G Street 5 30 PM. Chaminade Music Club gathers at Mrs C A Thompsons home 206 Russell Street 8 PM.
Mrs. George W. Johnson of 520 Woodlawn Ave. is listed for a 2 p.m. DAR gathering of the Captain James Allen Chapter.
Mrs. Raymond DePaulo, a former Beckley resident now in Charleston, will serve as working companion to West Virginia’s first lady Mrs. Hulett C. Smith. She takes office duties at the Executive Mansion Friday. The DePaulos are active in Sacred Heart Church, with four children.
Applications for marriage licenses list couples including Harry Acosta 26 Camp Pendleton Cal and Alice Lynn Waybright 22 Beckley daughter of Naaman and Geneva Ball. Clarence Linden Brooks 21 Fairdale and Carolyn Sue Roop 18 Beckley. Gordon Berkshire Lynch II 22 Beckley and Lynda Sue Honts 21 Beckley. Fredie Dale Maynor 22 Clear Creek and Mary Elizabeth McVey 22 Dorothy.
Roy and Jaunita McVey are cited along with William Roy Sweeney Jr. of Beckley age 18 and Carol Sue Daniels 17 of Shady Spring, daughter of Ruth Daniels. Also named are Lawrence Robert Triebenbach 47 of Harbor View Ohio son of Robert and Bertha Triebenbach and Macil Owney Payne 43 of Crab Orchard daughter of Silas and Lottie Adkins.
Shady Spring and Cool Ridge residents shared holiday time with relatives in Rock Island Tennessee Bethesda Maryland and Virginia centers. Families visited included Jacobs Fisher Midkiff Burruss Moomaw Kunkle Richmond Harris Sweeney and their kin with trips to Danville Dover Cleveland Charlottesville and Newport News and reports note surgical recovery and satisfactory condition.
A gas lamp gift helps guests locate your house with a personalized name and address sign. Outdoor gas signs offered by gas appliance manufacturers association come in vertical or side-post mounting and include an orifice for natural or LP gas. Opaline glass panes suit the painted message.
A boot fancier should keep a neutral color pair at the office for comfort. Hot weather makes wearing boots impractical and carrying extra shoes becomes a nuisance.
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