Beckley women's groups schedule Monday meetings and events
Community notices list Monday gatherings across Beckley clubs and churches including Woodrow Wilson High School bands Mothers February meeting cancellation for the Flying Eagle Band. events at Coca-Cola Social Room, Booker Street, Mabscott, and local church circles with times from 1:30 to 8 p.m. including Daughters of American Revolution and Order of Eastern Star meetings.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Flying Eagle Band Mothers
Beckley Community Clubs Meet Across City Tonight
Beckley groups host meetings at various venues including Coca Cola Social Room Eagle's Club Woodlawn and Beckley Presbyterian and Crab Qechard Baptist Church. Events run from 1:30 p m to 8 p m with workshops, regular sessions, and a film shown In The Footsteps of Livingston.
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Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Royal Neighbors of America
Beckley
Eagle’s Club
Woodlawn Ave
World Missions Study of
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Women's Bible Classroom
Footsteps of
Livingston
Crab Qechard Baptist Church
Laura Pierson
Beckley Homemaker's Club
Appalachian Assembly Room
Chaminade Club Sets Meet Tonight
American Music Month From Flymouth On program to be presented at 8 p m today by the Chaminade Music Club in the home of Mrs vey St Presenters include Mrs Paul McClure Mrs John Wirtz Mrs E P Donahue and Miss Jean Porter Hostesses are Miss Gladys Davenport and Miss Edith Lindamood assisting Mrs Gravely
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Flymouth
Chaminade Music Club
Lewis Gravely
Harvey St
Paul McClure
John Wirtz
E. P. Donahue
Jean Porter
Gladys Davenport
Edith Lindamood
Gravely
Maple Fork visitors from Maryland and Michigan
Maple Fork residents hosted guests from Baltimore Maryland and Detroit Michigan this weekend and week. Ron ald, Bobby Facello and Mr and Mrs Junior Facello with Nancy Doreen visited Mrs Goldie Facello. Also Mr and Mrs Henry Facello and children from Detroit stayed this week, while Mr and Mrs Sam Sink and their Morgan town visit guests were joined by their son and daughter in law Jack Sink.
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Maple Fork
Ronald
Bobby Facello
Junior Facello
Nancy Doreen
Baltimore
Goldie Facello
Facello
Carlos Williams
Bradley
Henry Facello
Detroit
Mich
Sam Sink
Morgantown
Mrs
Jack Sink
Sophia Lodges Install Officers In Sophia
Sophia True Blue Rebekah Lodge installs Mrs James Chamberlain and Roscoe H Pegram as noble grand and co led by district officers. Odd Fellows install include H H McVey and Robert Porter. A covered dish dinner followed for about 50 guests with donations for a cold storage unit for the Odd Fellows Home in Elkins and plans to collect clothing for Needy families.
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Frank Bowers
J. T. Bowman
R. H. Pegram
Melissa Sturgill
Guardian
Robert Porter
Ophelia Utt
Ernest Angle
H. H. McVey
Russell Pegram
W. F. Tolliver
Arthur Porter
Fred Rines
Huston Reed
Madison Lowry
Noble Grand
G. P. Daniel
Odd Fellows Lodge
Glen Daniel
Delmer Davis
Canton
Odd Fellow Lodge
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Davis
Sophia Rebekah Lodge
Ada Johnson
King
Odd Fellow
Elkins
Sophia Lodge
Hume Vogt
Violet Lindsey
Gertie Fink
Anna Mooney
Alex Breckinridge
Chamberlain
Roscoe Pegram
Sturgill
Bertha Ruble
E. A. Cook
James Chamberlain
Roscoe H. Pegram
Sophia Lodge Hall
Etude Club Reviews Hymn Of Month Spirit Of God
Etude Music Club members met at Miss Joann Tyree's home to review Spirit Of God Descend Upon My Heart, noting Rev. George Croly born in Dublin and authoring Psalms and Hymns For Public Worship. Mrs. M P Ott spoke on Jean Sibelius, praising him as a leading 20th century composer. Miss Tyree performed Finlandia. Seven members and one guest attended.
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W. L. Cole
Etude Music Club
Joann Tyree
George Croly
Frederick C. Atkin
M. P. Ott
Jean Sibelius
Helsinki
Finland
Sibelus
Jean
Sibelius
Tyree
Harvey Martin
First Aid Class Set At Marsh Fork High School Friday
Havel in Covey Fairdale will begin Standard First Aid classes at Marsh Fork High School this Friday at 7. Five two hour sessions follow on February 5 12 19 26 and March. The program is co sponsored by the Marsh Fork District Woman's Club and the Whitesville Business and Professional Women's Club. Mrs Kermit Webb publicity chairman invites anyone interested to attend.
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Havel
Covey
Fairdale
Marsh Fork High School
Marsh Fork District
Woman's Club
Business and Professional Woman’s Club
Whitesville
Kermit Webb
Marsh Fork Club
Glen Daniel MYF Feted With Social
FAIRDALE RNS The Meth odist Youth Fellowship of the Glen Daniel Church was feted with a social at the home of Mr and Mrs Junior Clark Tuesday night. Games were played and refreshments served to Carol Tolliver Nancy Clay Betty Tolliver Alice Hendricks Judy Wilson Pat and Bonnie Bonds Diana Clark Michael Manning Thomas Crites Buddy and Benny Ferguson Roger Clark Jackie Honaker Douglas Wilson Randy Honaker and Douglas Honaker and Mrs Clark. Junior Clark and Mrs Leona Hawley are leaders of the group.
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Fairdale
RNS
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Glen Daniel
Junior Clark
Carol Tolliver
Nancy Clay
Betty Tolliver
Alice Hendricks
Judy Wilson
Pat
Bonnie Bonds
Diana Clark
Michael Manning
Thomas Crites
Buddy
Benny Ferguson
Roger Clark
Jackie Honaker
Douglas Wilson
Randy Honaker
Douglas Honaker
Clark
Leona Hawley
Local visits mark midweek gatherings in Fairdale
Fairdale residents Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Thomas and Sonny Thomas visited Mr. and Mrs. Harvey York at Glen Rogers Wednesday night. Miss Eva Jane Graham of Slab Fork was the overnight guest of Mr. and Mrs. Soapy Clay on Wednesday.
Compliment Club Offered From Prison Letters
A prisoner in a Pennsylvania state penitentiary writes to Dr. George W. Crane praising the Compliment Club idea. He details mentoring fellow inmates with daily compliments, notes cross-race outreach, and urges Crane to publish a diploma for finishing the program. He cites rehabilitation over punishment and requests the booklet for distribution in churches and schools.
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Charles K
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Primatene asthma formula sold without prescription
New York Special reports Primatene, the leading doctor prescribed asthma formula, is now available over the counter. The three medicines in full strength open bronchial tubes loosen mucus and reduce nervous tension, offering relief without injections. Available at drugstores for 98 cents with money back guarantee from Whitehall Pharmacal Company, 1956.
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New York, N. Y
Whitehall Pharmacal Company
Incidents In The Lives Of- People You Know
Miss Betty Neil Sheppard of the Foreign Language Department at Woodrow Wilson High School will represent Raleigh County at a modern foreign language workshop in Charleston February 3 to 6. Sheppard teaches Spanish at WVHS and is daughter of Mrs. Lillian Sheppard. Mrs. Thomas H. Wickham of 208 N Kanawha St has learned of the death of her brother, Raymond Bates, in Los Angeles. The funeral will be held Wednesday. Miss Elizabeth Bowling, secretary to Sen. Robert Byrd in Beckley, has influenza and is at home in Crab Orchard. She is expected to return to work Tuesday if improved. John Takach marked his 50th wedding anniversary January 25. Natives of Rabapatona, Hungary, Takach and his wife were married in 1910 by Rev. Paul Varga. The couple has four daughters, one son, twelve grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. They ran a grocery at Ury for 34 years.
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Betty Neil Sheppard
Woodrow Wilson High School
Raleigh County
West Virginia Department of Education
Charleston
Sheppard
WVHS
Lillian Sheppard
Klaus St
Thomas H. Wickham
N. Kanawha St
Raymond Bates
Los Angeles
Calif
Elizabeth Bowling
Robert C. Byrd
Beckley
Crab Orchard
John Takach
Rabapatona
Gyor Meye
Hungary
Paul Varga
Anna Gyere
Julia T. Smith
Julius J. Takach
Cleveland
Ohio
Margaret Takach
Ury
Joseph Karbonit
W. L. Cremeans
Huntington
Takach
Sophia Woman Feted With Stork Shower
Mrs. Pat Ruble was honored with a stork shower Tuesday night at Sophia Freewill Baptist Church Auxiliary Building. Hostesses included Bertha Ruble Glenn Paisley Golden Banes and Jack Eller. Prizes went to Fred Robinson Leroy Greer Merle Pitsenbarger and Paisley.
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Sophia
RNS
Pat Ruble
Sophia Freewill Baptist Church
Bertha Ruble
Glenn Paisley
Golden Banes
Jack Eller
Fred Robinson
Leroy Greer
Merle Pitsenbarger
Paisley
Clinton Murphy
Noel Shrewsbury
Clyde Campbell
Paul Hurley
Thomas McKinney
Italy Blevins
Ernest Angle
Douglas Johnson
Troy Martin
Carlile Moye
Wanda Massey
Cecil Hughes
Harley Eastman
Charles Angell
Charisse
Lee Crawford
Cecil Kendricks
Zelma Crawford
Shirley Blackburn
Pearl Roberts
Malisse Sturgill
Johnny Hunt
John Milano
Frank Hess
Frank Holtzapfel
Fred Walker
Harold Lilly
Dale Wickline
Illness confines James P. Bland Jr at home
Lawrence Humphrey, employed in Washington DC, spent the weekend at 309 Pike St with his wife. He visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Sam Humphrey of Landisburg and her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Garrett of Gatewood. Mrs Humphrey’s sister Miss Madeline Garrett of Edwardsburg Michigan also visited. she was formerly employed in Beckley.
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Pike St
Lawrence Humhrey
Washington, D. C
Sam Humphrey
Landisburg
J. F. Garrett
Gatewood
Humphrey
Madeline Garrett
Edwardsburg
Mich
Garett
Beckley
Admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital
C. J. Neal Humphrey of Lanark was admitted Saturday to Beckley Memorial Hospital for observation and treatment.
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Beckley Memorial Hospital
C. J. (Neal) Humphrey
Lanark
Mrs Roaner Taylor Returns Home to North Carolina
Mrs Roaner Taylor returns to her West Jefferson North Carolina home after spending two weeks with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs G V Underwood at 304 Ellison Ave.
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West Jeffersn, N. C
Roaner Taylor
G. V. Underwood
Ellison Ave
Charleston women attend all day workshop by WV Mental Health Assn
Mrs Paul Cope land Maxwell Hill and Mrs Rose Pickus of Woodlawn Ave spent Tuesday in Charleston as participants in an all day workshop of the West Virginia Mental Health Association. They attended the banquet that evening at the Daniel Boone Hotel.
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Charleston
Paul Copeland
Maxwell Hill
Rose Pickus
Woodlawn Ave
West Virginia Mental Health Association
Daniel Boone Hotel
Sophia High School Graduate Ties to Local Event
Mikel Griffith of Sophia hosted with help from family including her mother and mother-in-law Mrs Amos Hicks and her grandmother Mrs Charles Hinte. Mrs Hicks, a 1959 Sophia High School graduate, notes her husband is stationed at Fort Campbell Kentucky.
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Mikel Griffith
Sophia
Amos Hicks
Charles Hinte
Birth of Fifth Child Nancy Lou Carter in Baltimore
Mrs Barney Carter of Baltimore Maryland announces the birth of a seven pound daughter Nancy Lou She is the couple s fifth child The mother is the former Miss Rosemary Barrett daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Barrett
Origins of the Declaration Signers
Forty eight of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were born in America. Three were born in Ireland, two each in England and Scotland and one in Wales.
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America
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
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Friendly Art Club
Eva Ritchie
Booker St
Smart Set Savings Club
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Stamaford
Columbine Garden Club
Captain James Allen
Daughters of American Revolution
E. E. Bibb
S. Oakwood Ave
First Baptist Church
Navy Mothers Club
Eric Williams
Orchard Ave
Bethlehem
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Howe St
Woman's Club of
Park Ave
P.m
Morton - Reaves
Cecil Poindexter
Sigma
Beta Sigma Phi
Women of Moose
Moose
Beckley Jayceeettes Club
Coca Cola
Raleigh County Garden Council
Shady Spring District
Shady Spring Methodist Church
Women of
Lodge No
Main St
Chaminade Club
Sophia True Blue Rebekah Lodge
Sophia Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge
Fairdale Briefs
George W. Crane
The
Worry Clinic
Compliment Club
Apostle Paul
St. James
William James
Prof. James
Boy Scouts
Stoco High School
Marian Canterbury
J. H. Canterbury
Fireco
Marian
Girl’s Athletic Association
Motorola
Placi
Golden Voice
NEW River Supply CO
Oak Hill
Park Homes
Addn
James P. Bland Jr
Coats
Eugene Arthur Hicks
Sue Ann Griffith
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company OF
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