May Court highlights at Shady Spring High School festival
Sixteen girls are featured as candidates for May Queen at the 18th annual May Festival at Shady Spring High School. Senior representatives include Linda Sweeney Connie Griffith Nancy Smith Joan Campbell Joyce Burress and Mary Miles with junior attendants Doris Anne Lilly Louise Richmond Mary Ellen Richmond and Irma Sweeney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring High School
Linda Sweeney
Connie Griffith
Nancy Smith
Joan Campbell
Joyce Burress
Mary Miles
Linda
Gilmer Sweeney
Ghent
Doris Anne Lilly
Louise Richmond
Mary Ellen Richmond
Irma
Sweeney
John Sweeney
Keyettes
FHA
NHS
Mary
Music Appreciation Club
Arlie Richmond
Shady Spring
Louise
Paul Richmond
Beaver
Doris Ann
Joseph H. Lilly
Table Rock
Importance Of Soil Conservation Outlined At Beckley Garden Meet
Mrs. B M Lewis spoke at Beckley Garden Club outlining soil conservation as essential to civilization. She cited Roosevelt administrations, state issues, and forest preservation with two Mercer County storage lakes near Princeton to prevent flooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Garden
B. M. Lewis
Beckley Garden Club
John Whitlock
Raleigh Heights
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Conservation Commission Corps
West Virginia
Southerwestern
Page note corrects speaker date for Finer Womanhood Week
Date corrected for guest speaker Dr Naomi Garrett of West Virginia State College Bluefield to 2 0 p m March 19 at Central Baptist Church for Alpha Zeta Chapter Zeta Phi Beta during Finer Womanhood Week March 18 15. Hayden Planetarium in New York named for Charles Hayden whose 150000 gift in 1935 funded its projector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Garrett
Department of Romance Languages
West Virginia State College
Bluefield
Central Baptist Church
Alpha Zeta
Zeta Phi Beta
New York
Hayden Planetarium
Charles Hayden
Pears Should Be Picked Green Before Ripening Downstairs
Pears should be picked while still a bit green and allowed to ripen in a cool basement area. The method preserves fruit quality by slow maturation away from heat and direct light.
Fairdale Notes Show Local Visits and Hospital Updates
Fairdale items list visiting relatives across the region. Everette Guthrie and family from Charleston visited Mrs. Etta Daniel in Saxon and Raymond Brooks in Beckley. Others reported include patients and travelers such as W. W. Bailey returning from Bluefield Sanatorium and Bob Fanning at Beckley Memorial Hospital.
Niagara Falls Carbon Arc Lights Output Fact
The article states that each of the twenty carbon arc lights at Niagara Falls emits 210 million candlepower, detailing the high illumination level provided by the display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Births Tammy Jo Johnson and Kelly Luther Smith
Tammy Jo Johnson a seven pound three ounce daughter of Mr and Mrs James Johnson Sprague born 7 25 p m Feb 8 at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Kelly Luther a weight seven pounds two and one half ounces son of Mr and Mrs Leslie Sears Jonben born 5 30 a m Feb 13 at Beckley Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammy Jo
James Johnson
Sprague
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Jimmy Dale
Luther Smith
Beckley
Leslie Sears
Jonben
Kelly Luther
Beckley area residents receive hospital updates
Mrs. O R Taylor of 217 Fairview Ave is in satisfactory condition after emergency appendectomy at Beckley Hospital. Agnes Sweeney, formerly of Beckley, now in Punxsutawney Pa, suffered a heart attack and was treated at a hospital there. Elizabeth Burns at 310 Kessinger St reports she is back home and in satisfactory condition. Mrs. J W Ringstaff, 80, of Clyde St, is hospitalized at Raleigh General after surgery on Monday and improving. Visitors include her son in law George Hurt and daughter Marita Kay from Chesapeake Ohio, nurse Mrs. Hurt staying with her mother, plus Ralph B Ringstaff and Snow Earl Hatcher families. Also noted is Mrs. William P Thomason of Chicago arriving for a 10 day visit with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Elton Booth
U. S. Air Force
Columbus
Ohio
W. H. Booth Vonn Brooks
Claude Bunch
U.S. Army
Posey Bailey
California
Callie Bogle
Clifton Forge
David Patton
Eccles
J. T. Hill
Arnold
Katy
Cleveland
Junior Clark
B.C Clark
Shirley Linkes
Linda
White Sulphur Springs
Clay Bogle
Dickie Sundin
U. S. Marine Corps
Camp LeJune
N.C
Virgil McNeil
Glen Daniel
Charles Poe
Logan
Charles Claypool
L. F. Smith
J. A. Lucas
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
James Lucas
Bill White
Alexandria
Bob McMillion
McMillion
Martha Jane
Concord College
Athens
McKinley Simpson
Gene Horton
Charleston, S. C
Horton
O. R. Taylor
Fairview Ave
Beckley Hospital
Agnes Sweeney
J. W. Ringstaff
Clyde Street
Raleigh General Hospital
Local club notices for Beckley area meetings
Coming events are listed for regular or special meetings. Notices by 10 a.m. are used the same day. Sunday and Saturday deadlines apply. Just A Mere Club meets at 214 Saunders Ave at 7 30 p m hosted by Mrs Samuel Heston. Silver Star Rebekah Lodge No 77 meets at Lodge Hall North Oakwood Ave at 7 30 p m. Maxwell Hill Home Demonstration Club meets at Tolley Drive at 7 30 p m hosted by Mrs T W Anderson. Lydia Ormandy Mission Society meets at Friendship Hall Memorial Baptist Church at 7 30 p m hosted by Mrs James Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Just-A-Mere Club
Samuel Heston
Saunders Ave
Silver Star
Rebekah Lodge No. 77
Lodge Hall
North Oakwood Avenue
Maxwell Hill
Demostration Club
T. W. Anderson
Tolley Drive
Lydia Ormandy
Community Club Meetings and Readings Schedule
Friendly Art Club holds dinner at Mrs. Willie Seay home Mill St at 2 p.m. Social Savings Club meets at Mrs. Ella Robertson home 507 Sylvia St at 7 30 p.m. Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club holds annual officers election at Greenbrier Social Room at 8 p.m. All members urged to attend. Thrifty Savers Club meets at Mrs. Pearl Fortune home 104 Spangler in Beckley. Story reading hour for primary grades at Raleigh County Library Memorial Building 10 to 11 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendly Art Club
Willie Seay
Mill St
Social Savings Club
Ella Robertson
Sylvia St
Calico and Jeans Square
Greenbrier
Thrifty Savers Club
Department of Woman's
Beckley
Raleigh County Library
Memorial Building
Sunday Sunbeam Mission Meeting at New Hope Baptist Church
The Sunbeam Mission Society of the New Hope Baptist Church will meet at the church at 5 30 p m. Mrs Carrie Townsend is listed as president in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbeam Mission Society
New Hope Baptist Church
Carrie Townsend
Also Mentioned on This Page
Keyette Club
Tri-Hi- Y
N. A. Burress
Daniels
Joan
F. H. Campbell
Connie
Tri-Hi-Y
Key
Ette
Clarence Griffith
Nancy
Charles E. Smith
Thespains
R. J. Miles
Grandview
Future Teachers of America
Kay Sorenson
Jackie Rakes
Judy Farley
Judy
Jack Farley
Jackie
J. W. Rakes
Kay
Dolly Sorenson
Mrs. Lewis
North Africa
China
India
North
Africa
Paul Warden
Price Caffee
Walter Duncan
Frank Barksdale
H. S. Edwards
Fairdale
Sat. & Sun
Beckley Hotel Cor. Main and
Kanawha St
NEW
Neville St. Beckley
Carol Meador
Arnett Meador
Cool Ridge
Brenda Wood
Cathy Anderson
Luther Anderson
Carol
Cathy
William P. Thomason
Chicago
Ill
J. H. Buchanan
N. Kanawha St
Ralph B. Ringstaff
Narrows
Snose R. Earl Hatcher
Soia
Neville St
Rphy
Florida
Tangerines
Teen’s & Womens
the Complete Variety Store
Ile
W. Main Street
Powntown
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