Births at Raleigh General Hospital reported this week
Mr and Mrs Dale Scaggs Shady Spring welcomed a son born Tuesday at 7 55 am at Raleigh General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Harold Sizemore Crab Orchard reported a son born Wednesday at 4 58 pm at Raleigh General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Roy Evans Maynor announced a daughter born Wednesday at 5 10 pm at Raleigh General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Gene Ashworth Bailey Avenue announced a daughter born Friday at 8 45 am at Raleigh General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Scaggs
Shady Spring
Raleigh General Hospital
Harold Sizemore
Crab Orchard
Roy Evans
Maynor
Gene Ashworth
Bailey Avenue
Beckley Presbyterian Club Plans Tuesday Covered Dish Dinner
Members of the Tuesday Club at Beckley Presbyterian Church will meet at the church on Tuesday evening at 6 15 for a covered dish meal. Mr and Mrs Leslie C Gates and Ar and Mrs Sam St Clair will supervise the program. Members are asked to bring their favorite dish. E D Armstrong Jr of College Avenue was home this weekend from Durham North Carolina where he studies at Duke University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Leslie C. Gates
Sam St. Clair
E. D. Armstrong, Jr
College Avenue
Durham
N. C
Duke University
Julia Secrest Named New Organist at St Stephen's Beckley
Mrs Julia Secrest of 413 North Kanawha Street becomes organist at St Stephen's Episcopal Church Beckley replacing Mrs Thomas Elswick who moved to Roanoke months ago Secrest previously served ten years at Mount Hope Methodist and was organist in Princeton She is a longtime accompanist for vocalists and ensembles and a former music teacher she recalls starting music at age seven and notes Beckley as a musical town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope Methodist Church
Princeton
Princeton Civic Orchestra
Paderewski
Secrest
Beckley
Lions Club
Knabe
Chatam Hall
Virginia
Everest
Savs
Harry Carper
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Methodist Temple
Peckley
W. H. Helmbrecht
Union
N. J
C. E.daniels
Charleston
Mary Richards Feted At Sunday Birthday Party
Mary Richards celebrated her ninth birthday with a party hosted by Mi and Mrs P L Richards of Mabscotty. Guests included Sue Hedrick Kitty Kirk and Danny McConnell among many others. Prizes went to David Neal Kitty Kirk Sue Hedrick and Danny McConnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Richards
P. L. Richards
Mabscotty
Mary
David Neal
Kitty Kirk
Sue Hedrick
Danny McConnell
John Earl Manning
Janice Woods
Johnny Sumners
Joyce Gunter
Kidd Honored At Slab Fork Birthday Party
Kidd was surprised at his Slab Fork home Friday night January 930. The event hosted by his wife featured games and singing with a refreshment course for family and friends including Joe McEleyn Jo Anna Harvey Martin Dewey Farley Coleman Worley Tom Cook Moses Pitzer Carl Worley Bill Meshlin Rose Marie Kidd Dorothy Mae Kidd Don Farley Betty Lou Stover Sue Cook Bernice Kincaid and O Q Kidd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kidd
Slab Fork
Joe McEleyn
Jo Anna
Jana
Harvey Martin
Peggy
Phyllis
Shirley
Dewey Farley
H. Q. Coleman
J. W. Worley
Birthday Honoree Betty Lou Stover Feted at Lester Party
Betty Lou Stover daughter of Mrs O O Kidd of Slab Fork was honored last week at a birthday party hosted by Mr and Mrs A M McMullion in Lester. Guests included J W Worley Carl Worley Donald O'Dell D Stover Tom Cook Sue Cook C C Kidd Bill McMullion and Betty and Freddie Stover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Lou Stover
O. O. Kidd
Slab Fork
A. M. McMullion
Lester
J. W. Worley
Carl Worley
Donald O'Dell
D. Stover
Tom Cook
Sue Cook
C. C. Kidd
Bill McMullion
Betty and
Freddie
Baptist Auxiliary Hosts Hobo Party At Regular Meet
The Young Women's Auxiliary of the First Baptist Church held a meeting with a hobo party. Ann Griffith led devotions after an opening hymn. New member Mrs. W J Armstrong joined and Pollyanna gifts were exchanged. Refreshments served to Nora Howard and others, with six guests present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women's Auxiliary
The
First Baptist Church
Ann Griffith
W. J. Armstrong
Navy Mothers and Beckley Art Group Postpone Tuesday Meetings
The Raleigh County Navy Mothers Club cancels Tuesday night gathering in the Memorial Building due to church conflicts. no meeting this month with a party planned next month. Beckley Art Group also postpones because of weather, rescheduling for next Tuesday per Mrs. B P Knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Shhlickerman's Son Seeks Arts Degree at Oberlin
Mark A. Sherman will receive a Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College in Oberlin Ohio at the mid winter commencement on February 4. The college will award 47 BA degrees 5 BM 3 BME and 3 BD. The commencement speaker is Dr. Paul B Sears and music by Professor Arthur Poister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark A. Sherman
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
Paul B. Sears
Arthur Poister
Sherman
H. Violam Schlickerman
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley
Economics
Past Matrons Club Meeting At Gates Home
The Bethlehem Chapter No. 71 Past Matrons Club holds its February session this afternoon at L A Gates home on College Avenue. Hostesses are Mrs. I A Gates and Mrs. D F McKenzie. Mrs Ann Williams presents the devotional program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Order of Eastern Star
I. A. Gates
D. F. McKenzie
College Avenue
Ann Williams
Moose Women to Meet Tomorrow
A Beckley Moose Women gathering is called for Tuesday night at 7 30 in the Moose lodge on McCreery Street. Mrs J W McDowell Pax is visiting relatives in Mount Hope. Mr and Mrs A S Perdue Johnstown road and Mr and Mrs J H Perdue Daniels visited relatives yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose
Beckley Women of the Moose
Moose Lodge
McCreery Street
A.S. Perdue
Johnstown Road
J. H. Perdue
Daniels
Mount Hope
Easiest sewing shown in ABC special pattern No 8284
Sue Burnett previews an ABC special with a darting frock for many sizes featuring princess lines a pretty neckline and yoked back. The guide includes a sew chart and notes pattern No 8284 for sizes 2 to 6 years requesting 13 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 3. Send 25 cents coins name address size and pattern number to Sue Burnett Raleigh Register 1150 Ave Americas New York. Also mentions Spring Summer Fashion and a note on leather bags used to carry water in various countries noting leather breathes and water stays fresh and cool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Burnett
ABC
Raleigh Register
Americas
New York
N. Y
Sumner
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
A Becketty area column lists local residents and relatives traveling visiting and ill. Names include Clement L Schulte family heading to Washington and New York. Robert Goldsmith at Washington and Lee University visiting with parents. Mrs Goldsmith and daughter Mary to Charleston. Emile Hodel and others vacationing in Suffolk and New York. Several Beckley residents attend dental and college events. Continuous updates cover travel illness and family gatherings across towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement L. Schulte
Kenney
Springdale Avenue
Washington
D.C
New York City
Robert Goldsmith
Washington and Lee University
Robert 5. Goldsmith
Woodlawn Avenue
Charles Hodel
Emile Hodel
B. F. Stout
Fred Rosch
Beckley
Local students and residents with recent absences and returns
David Warden of Callaway street underwent an appendectomy at a local hospital on Saturday and studies at Concord college. Jimmy Ward of South Oakwood avenue returned to West Virginia university in Morgantown after a week at home. Tommy Keyser, son of Mrs Roy Keyser, from Woodlawn avenue, was home this weekend from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Harry McCreery Jr son of Mr and Mrs H L McCreery from Hill Park drive returns today to Morgantown for studies at West Virginia university. Miss Myra Sue Roush and Eber Deem Roush of Woodlawn avenue visited Cranberry yesterday for funeral services for James Marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geovanna Mastroini
City Avenue
Hinton
Cambridge
Mass
Charlie
Massachusetts Institute of Theological Electric Engineers
Bostory
Massachusetts
Helen Ney
Charleston
C. C. Mulheren
Anne Street
David Heath
I Edna Adkins
Temple Street
Raymond Lamb
Concord College
Athens
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
C. R. Lamb
Johnstown Road
Carolyn Wauhop
Quinnimont
Raleigh General Hospital
Jackie Klaus
Beckley
G. A. Mohler
South Oakwood Avenue
Tucson
Ariz
Curtis
Bob
G. A. Fr
Callaway Street
Miami, Fla
James T. Lynch
Erland Apartments
Virgil C. Brown
Kitty
Baltimore
Joseph Jorio
Joseph . Jorio
Joyce Buttry
Burning‘ Springs
Priscilla Maynor
Clearco
Dottie Richmond
Floyd Holliday
Rupert
J. E. McDaniel
Mansfield
Clark McDaniel
Clara Fitzpatrick
J. M. Mannix
North Kanawha Street
Ed Tully
Detroit
Mich
John Diehl
Huntington
Blue Jay
Pat McQuade
Katherine Smisko
St. Francis Hospital
Mike Smisko
Center Street
Bob Ames
East Main Street
Donald
Jack Mitchell
E Street
Laren Norris
College Avenue
Barbara Dunkley
Springdale Avenue
Joe Hungate
Edgewood
Frank Watkins, Jr
Russell Street
David Warden
Jimmy Ward
South Oakwood
Avenue
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Tommy Keyser
Roy Keyser
Woodlawn Avenue
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Harry McCreery
H. L. McCreery
Hill Park Drive
Myra Sue Roush
Eber Deem Roush
Cranberry
James Marks
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. A. Burke
Carl Woods
Mabscott
Carolyn Pierce
Janice Curtis
Joann Chambers
Beckley Boys
Korea
U. S. Army
Bill Caldwell
Carl Wipperman
Delmar Lewis Craft
Main St
Embee’s
Rerinald Meyers
Mer
W. Neville Sr
Del-Mar
Oasis
Neville St
Raymond's
Big City
Eerue At
Marguerite
Embee
Frank
Julia Secrest
Episcopal Church
Elswick
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Susie Redden
Julia Fleshman
David
Eldridge Neal
Jimmy Hickman
Doris Jean
Lois Ann Schoolcraft
Lo Lee
Robbie Melton
Karen
Barbara Smith
Arlen
Dale Slider
Mary Lilly
Carol Fleming
Zora Lilly
Susie Chadwell
Janie Richards
Roxie Bowers
Vanetha Chadwell
Vanda Bowers
Baptist Auxiliary
Nora Howard
Micky Lilly
Virginia Wauhop
Lillian Ratliffe
Veila Hutchinson
Mrs. Armstrong
Beulah Slickler
Ardeth Pachula
Opal Richmond
Geneva Dobbins
Stella Callopie
Beulah Whitener
Virginia Skaggs
Ruth Callopie
Johnsie Wheeler
Leona Burns
Thelma Bales
Naoma Lilly
Mrs. Garner Williams
Navy
L. A. Gates
Gilbert Thompson
Third Avenue
Beckley Hospital
Carolyn Stone
Norman Lee Durham
Ann Con‘nor
Kanawha Valleye Dental Association
Daniel Boone Hotel
B. E. Silverman
Raleigh County Bank
Kirsch
Eee
Roe
Gilmer Insurance Agency
Western Union
Vanity Beauty Shop
Myra Webster Richardson
Eva Doyle
Prince St
Kroger's
Wile
Kautt
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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