Beckley clubs publish Monday meeting notices
Coming events list for Beckley newspapers invites women organizations to submit notices by 10 a.m. for same day use. Monday items include Beckley Newcomers Club 7:30 p.m. at Beckley Hotel Ballroom Gamma Gamma Beta Sigma Phi Board at 201 Vance Dr. staff envelopes for Easter Seal Drive 7:30 p.m. and more.
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Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Beckley Hotel
Gamma Gamma
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Mary Dee Elkins
Vance Dr
Jack Clemens
Johnstown Rd
Valentine Queen of Beta Sigma Phi Crowned in Beckley Ball
The 1961 Valentine Queen is Mrs. Henry J. Lilly, of the Sigma Chapter, who received the crown from last year’s winner Mrs. R. E. Bryant. Lilly, widow of Henry J. Lilly killed in a 1960 mining accident, lives in MacArthur with four children. She has served two years in the Sigma Chapter and is active in PTAs and church work. The event also highlighted BSP Sweethearts from several chapters and included judges, a dance by Jan Campbell and orchestra, and Valentine decorations.
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Valentine
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Henry J. Lilly
Sigma Chapter
R. E. Bryant
Gamma Gamma
Lilly
Marie Casino
Beckley Hotel
BSP
MacArthur
Ronald Earl
Barbara Carol
Stephen Michael
Peggy Lynn
Helen Calvert
Vince Calvert
Sigma
Hollywood
Parent-Teacher Association
First Christian Church
Community club and society meeting notices
Thursday events include Gulf Woman's Club regular Past Matrons Club meeting in Sophia Methodist Church Eastern Star Bethlehem Chapter at 7 30 p m and Zeta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa at 2 p m at Mrs Agnes Brunk 107 Vine St with 7 30 p m. Royal Neighbors of America Camp 10658 Valentine party in Eagle's Hall Woodlawn Ave and Degree of Honor Lodge 56 social meeting IOOF Hall North Oakwood Ave at 7 30 p m. Shady Spring Home Demonstration Club at Mrs Jim Fisher 7 30 p m. Annual mid winter session of Winding Gulf Association at Glen White 10 a m.
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Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Mabscott
Gulf Woman's Club
Sophia Methodist Eastern Star
Bethlehem Chapter
Masonic Temple
Howe Street
Zeta Chapter
Alpha Delta Kappa
Agnes Brunk
Vine St
Royal Neighbors of America
Eagle's Hall
Woodlawn Ave
Ioof Hall
North
Oakwood Avenue
Shady Spring
Jim Fisher
Winding Gulf Association
Glen White
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Brief notices detail hospital stays for S D Calhoun and wife Mrs Calhoun in Beckley Hospital with improved condition reports. Mr and Mrs Owen W Cox plan a two week Florida vacation including Daytona Beach Speed Week and Key West. Sophie Benfield is homebound with mumps. A 4 H Club sledding party featured talks on yeast breads automotive and sandwich wrapping with several youths attending. A wedding ceremony at Bradley featured a bride a Clear Fork Beckley graduate and a groom attending E C Glass Electronics Tech School. A reception honored Rev Robert Mathews new minister of education at First Christian Church with son Scott Edward and couple living in Lawnwood Terrace Apartments Woodlawn Avenue.
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Owen W. Cox
Mankin Ave
Florida
Daytona Beach
Key West
First Christian Church
Robert Mathews
Scott Edward
Parklersburg
Lawnwood Terrace
Woodlawn Avenue
Circle 4 of Crab Orchard Baptist Church Donates $5
Circle No 4 of Crab Orchard Baptist Church donated $5 to the March of Dimes drive. At a home meeting hosted by Mrs Veda Blevis 35 sick calls were reported. The program included Genesis scripture reading and opening prayer by Mrs Clyde Crowley. A reading My Get Up and Go Has Got Up And Went was presented. Plans were set for a general circle meeting in April with attendees including Mrs Homer Persinger Mrs John Rice Mrs Ray Vance Mrs Joe Withrow Mrs Virginia Radford and Mrs John Bailey.
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Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Veda Blevins
Clyde Crowley
Homer Persinger
John Rice
Ray Vance
Joe Withrow
Virginia Radford
John Bailey
Mrs Agnes Sweeney Recovers After Heart Attack
A former Beckleyan Mrs Agnes Sweeney of Punxatawney Pennsylvania is recuperating at her home following a heart attack. Miss Alice Ann Ewing daughter of Dessie Ewing Beckley and William Lawlor Jr. son of Richard William Lawlor of Madison Heights Virginia were united in marriage.
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Alice Ann Ewing
Dessie Ewing
Beckley
William Lawlor Jr
Richard William Lawlor
Madison Heights
Mar
Manness by Mitter ruinous tale of a wife
A terse fragment indicates a wife who tries to help her husband ends up ruining his story. The line suggests underlying tension between cooperation and unintended harm within domestic life.
Indian tiger skin for sale listed in Sunday Times
A Sunday Times personal column ad offers an unused Indian tiger skin for sale. The unusual listing raises questions about wildlife trade and provenance amid growing conservation concerns. The note provides no seller details or price.
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London
UPI
Sunday Times
Companionable A Simple Skirt and Bolero Pattern
The advertisement promotes pattern No. 8118 PATT O-RAMA with a simple full skirted sleeveless top paired with a double breasted bolero for charm. Sizes 10 to 20, busts 31 to 40, sample details for size 12 are given. Order by mail with 35 cents, add 10 cents for first class, send to Sue Burnett Raleigh Register, 1150 Ave of Americas, New York. Include name, address, style No, and size. add 35 cents for Spring and Summer 61 Basic Fashion.
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Sue Burnett
Raleigh Register
Ave. of Americas
New York
N. Y
Greenhouse kitchen with year round herb garden
A summer themed greenhouse kitchen offers freshness and greenery all year. Colorful waterproof tile planters hold rose geraniums parsley chives mint and other herbs, letting the homemaker enjoy gardening through winter as well.
Spring Jewelry With No-Collar Suits And Bright Color
Dear Gaile answers readers on styling for spring suits with no collars and bold buttons. Nettie Rosenstein advises near neck three or four strand necklaces and matched earrings in coral green blue or emerald. Rose Marie Reid endorses one-piece swimsuits for women over 40. Nicki Giglio urges using bright colors to break away from navy outfits.
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Gaile
Florida
R.B.J
Rose Marie Reid
California
Chicago
New York
Nicki Giglio
William Devitt
Navy
Comforting Winter Coffee Table Advice
In cold days a sturdy easily cleaned coffee table suits quiet reading and conversation. A tiled surface resists heat burns and beverage stains, making it an ideal aid to relaxation in a warm room.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Black Diamond
National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association
Appalachian Assembly Room
Beckley Art Group
H. L. Bragg
Calloway Heights
Wesley Beckett
Highland Garden Club
Universal Building
Order of Eastern Star
Melvola
Heroines of
Jericho
G. St
Ee Christian Temperance
Golden Gate Road
Gene Turner
Pike St
Mount Tabor
Parent
American Legion Auxiliary Unit No
Memorial Building
Stratton Parent-Teacher Association
Pine Wood Garden Club
Coca-Cola
Fernwood Garden Club
Wade Bardin
Northwestern Ave
Ebenezer
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Cornelius Canday
Church Street
Dry Hill
Prosperity Country Life Program
Citizens Improvement Committee
Coca-Cola Social Room
Beta Rho
Crab Orchard
Xi Alpha Gamma
Elks Club
Ann Ballengee
Kanawha St
Jack Clemsens
Johnstown Road
Sprague Consolidated School
ESP
Violet Vandall
Beta Lambda
E. L. Allenbaugh Jr
James F. Vaughn
Sandra Keaton
Omar Dowdy
Xi Alpha Delta
Sandy Costello
Beta Kappa
A. J. Sparacino
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
G. C. Porter
West
Ginia House of Delegates
Paul Haner
New River Supply Co
Harry Stewart
Universal Cit
Mullens
Jan Campbell
Bud Kurtz
Kurtz
J. E. McKenzie
Continental Congress
DAR
Washington, D.C
J. Edwin Dickerson
J. A
W. Arnold
Henry Phipps
A. A. Edwards
R. R. Smiley
Bibb
A. S. Johnston Jr
Arnold
S. M. Bledsoe
Betty Beckley Campbell
Charles H. Sain
James Allen
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company OF
West Virginia
S. D. Calhoun
Beckley Hospital
William Benfield
Sophia
Hintes Hustlers
Manness
Mitter
Gaile Dug
Geile Duges
Bell-Ans
Bellans
Orangeburg
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