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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1965

Page

5

Greenwich Quartet to Perform Tonight in Beckley

Beckley Community Concert Association presents the Greenwich Quartet at 8:15 p.m. in Woodrow Wilson High School auditorium. Highlighted soloist Guy Lumia, born in New York, trained at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Eastman School of Music, studied with De Ribaupierre and Knitzer, and joined the Santa Fe Opera Company as concert master. Lumia will perform Ysaye’s Balance for Solo Violin.

Beckley Greenwich Quartet Beckley Community Concert Association Woodrow Wilson High School Guy Lumia Lumia New York Brooklyn Academy of Music Eastman School of Music Rochester Andre de Ribaupierre Joseph Knitzer Santa Fe Opera Company Paris France Holland England Germany Kirov Ballet Leningrad Lumin Eugene Ysaye

Marathon Clubwomen Aid YMCA Membership Drive

Beckley Woman's Club president urges county residents to join the Beckley Raleigh County YMCA. Clubwomen operate at Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. on East Main Street from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday handling calls and contacting prospects, with multiple volunteers from the club and YMCA board members assisting.

YMCA Beckley-Raleigh County Fred K. Hays Woman's Club of Beckley Ira O. Holliday Roger Sharp Hays Clyde A. Smith Frilen John W. Smith Harry C. Culp Y’s Cunningham The

Beckley Women's notices list meetings for week

Women's column invites organizations to submit notices by 10 a.m. for same day use and outlines schedules: Bethlehem Chapter 171 Eastern Star initia tion at Masonic Temple Howe Street 8 p.m. Wednesday Shady Spring Garden Club at Mrs Harold Ward Beaver 7 30 p.m Friendly Few Club at Mrs Mabel Terry 108 Mool Ave 7 30 p.m Crab Orchard WCTU at Crab Orchard Baptist Church 12 30 p.m Artistic Homemakers Club at Mrs Timothy Anderson 931 Scott Ave 7 p.m St Nicholas Auxiliary at Mrs Sammy Bassett 100 Wickham Ave 7 30 p.m.

Women's Department of Beckley Shady Spring Garden Club Harold Ward Beaver Friendly Few Club Mabel Terry Mool Ave St. Nicholas Sammy Bassett Wickham Ave

St Luke Lutheran Altar Guild Meeting Times

St Luke Lutheran Church hosts altar guild meetings at 2 p m and 8 p m with details in the church schedule.

Community group nights and church meetings listed

Beckley Temple No 55 hosts social night bringing towels for each member at Lodge Hall 7 30 p m Pine Wood Garden Club meets Coca Cola Social Room 10 a m co hostesses Mrs Lewis Dunn and Mrs Charles Boitnott Beta Rho Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi holds Group Leadership Training at Methodist Temple Phil s Drive Inn 7 30 p m June Thurman Bible Class at St Mary s Methodist Church 7 30 p m Ann Thomas Bible Class meets Calloway Heights Community Church 7 30 p m St Francis de Sales PTA meets 7 30 p m Mission Circle at Daniels Missionary Baptist Church 1 30 p m Regular Rainbow for Girls Beckley Assembly No 47 at Masonic Temple Howe Street 7 p m.

Beckley Temple Pythian Sisters Lodge Hall Pine Wood Garden Club Coca Cola Social Room Lewis Dunn Charles Boitnott Beta Rho Beta Sigma Phi Phil’s Drive-Inn Ann Thomas Calloway Heights Community Church Regular Meeting Doris Farruggio Order of Rainbow For Girls Beckley Assembly Masonic Temple Howe Street

Apron Style Show and Auction at Beckley Clubhouse

Friday events list includes an Apron Style Show and Auction by the American Home Department of the Woman's Club of Beckley at Park Avenue clubhouse at 1 30. Also WV Nurses Association District 10 meets at St Stephen's Episcopal Church social room 200 Ellison Avenue at 7 30, Byrd Bible Class Crab Orchard Baptist Church social room class meeting at 7 30, and Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club conducts a regular dance at New River Park Recreation Room at 8 p m.

American Home Department of Woman’s Club of Beckley Park Avenue West Virginia Nurses Association St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Ellison Ave Byrd Crab Orchard Baptist Church Calico and Jeans New River Park Recreation Room

Mrs H J Houtz Patient After Major Feb Surgery

Mrs H J Houtz of Princeton formerly of Park Homes Addition is a patient at Wales Hospital after a major surgery in February. She is the mother of James Houtz of Princeton.

H. J. Houtz Princeton Park Homes Addition Wales Hospital James Houtz Prinesri

West Virginia Club Leaders to Speak at Pineville Meeting

Mrs. Fred Hurt, 108 West Virginia St., president of the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, and Mrs. Fred K. Hays, 224 Locust Dr., presi Beckley, will attend a Pineville Woman's Club meeting at the Cow Shed. Mrs. Hurt will be guest speaker, and husbands of Pineville members are invited as special guests.

County Ymca Woman's Club of Beckley George Warren Hodel Fred K. Hays W. E. Straughan Fred Hurt West Virginia St West Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs Locust Dr Pineville Woman's Club

Mrs Glenn Evans Improves After Major Surgery

Mrs K Glenn Evans of 201 Granville Ave underwent major surgery February 9 at Beckley Hospital and is reported improving.

K. Glenn Evans Granville Ave Beckley Hospital

Mrs Maude Bird Returns After Visit With Detroit Family

Mrs Maude Bird of 111 Bible Ave returned Sunday from spending four and twelve months with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Conley Jones and their children Wayne and Patricia in Detroit Michigan formerly of Beckley.

Maude Bird Bible Ave Conley Jones Wayne and Patricia Detroit, Mich Beckley

Visiting kin highlight Annapolis couple's weekend stop

Mrs Danny George of Annapolis Maryland visited her parents Mr and Mrs Claude Worley of Glen Daniel and also spent time with her father and mother in law Mr and Mrs Willy George of Oak Hill during the weekend.

Danny George Annapolis, Md Claude Worley Glen Daniel Willy George Oak Hill

Farleys Visit Worley Household in Hyattsville Md

Mrs Andrew Farley and daughters Mrs Alice Farley and Mrs Helen Farley visited the Worley home in Hyattsville Maryland.

Worley Andrew Farley Alice Farley Helen Farley Hyattsville, Md

Mrs Emerson Williams Admitted for Emergency Surgery

Mrs Emerson Allie Williams of Calloway Heights was admitted to Raleigh General Hospital on Sunday for emergency surgery. She is the mother of Millard Tyree of 207 Elkins Street.

Emerson Allie) Williams Calloway Heights Raleigh General Hospital Millard Tyree Elkins St

Reed Family Arrives for Illness in Ohio and West Virginia

Mr and Mrs Jack Reed Jr and children Pam Judy and Larry travel from Wester ville Ohio after Claude H Reed and grandmother Mrs Jane Reed of MacArthur fall ill. Claude Reed hospitalized in Raleigh General Hospital awaiting surgery while Mrs Reed undergoes observation and treatment at Beckley Hospital.

Jack Reed Jr Pam Judy Larry Westerville Ohio Claude H. Reed Rt. 2 Jane Reed MacArthur Reed Raleigh General Hospital Beckley Hospital

Churchwomen Hold Crazy Hat Party at St Luke Lutheran

The St. Luke Lutheran Church Women held a Crazy Hat Party Thursday at Mrs. Lewis Oswald’s Tolley Drive home. Members wore self-made hats decorated with uten sils and set aside items for the church kitchen. Mrs. Thorne led business, and Devotional was by Mrs. Fultz. Rev. Delaney will lead altar guild on Wednesday at 2 p.m.

St. Luke

Cow Buttercup Causes Pole Short Circuit Power Cut

A cow named Buttercup at Freshwater Isle of Wight scratched a back against a pole on Monday. The action triggered a flash and a power cut when overhead cables swung together and shorted, leaving Freshwater briefly without electricity.

Freshwater Isle of Wight UPI

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BCCA Warren A. Thornhill Lrl Education Department Robert E. Cunningham Mercer St Beckley-Raleigh Robert H. Frisen Community Improvement John Dellinger Norman Knapp Eugene Foster William R. Sigmund WCB Harry T. Gibson W. G. Mitchem Agnes McEwan Walter Rappold E. R. Cresap Wade Bailey D. D. Holliday William Miles E. D. Terry Bethlehem Order of Eastern Star Crab Orchard Artistic Homemakers Club Timothy Anderson Scott Ave St. Luke Lutheran Church Methodist Temple June Thurman St. Mary's Methodist Church St. Francis de Sales Mission Circle of Daniels Missionary Baptist Church Moise Main ST G. M. Powers Geni VOGUE Neville Street Village Inn
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