Beckleyan Model Wins Costume in Sewing Contest
Beckley clubwoman Mrs. Robert S. Brashear won best overall costume at the General Federation Fashion Sewing Contest held February 13 at the local women’s clubhouse. Brashear, a longtime designer and sewer, made her ensemble of soft wool Mohair and nylon in cyclamen pink, wearing a sheath dress with a short jacket, matched by a tall hat, jade jewelry, brown gloves and bag.
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Robert S. Brashear
Beckley
General Federation
Woman's Club of
Vogue Patterns
Wickham Ave
Appalachian Power Co
A. L. Honaker
Harry W. Hall
Duke Williams
Honaker
Navy
Sophia Friendship Baptist welcomes new SOS Sophia member
RNS Sophia Friendship Baptist Church greets Mrs. Pearlie Egnor as a new member of the Woman's Society of Christian Service during a Thursday night meeting led by interim leader Mrs. W W Withrow in the absence of president Mrs. Don Stone.
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Aubrey Allen
John Mills
Gasco Institute to Demonstrate Modern Gas Incinerator
Harriett Wolfe, lecturer, will explain how a gas incinerator can dispose of virtually all household wastes with no smoke odor or fly ash. The ninth annual Gasco Food and Modern Living Institute opens Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Building Auditorium and runs three days. The device uses double or triple burning with a fine white ash fertilizer byproduct, timer controls, and a safety shutoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gasco Food and Modern Living Institute
Memorial Building
Amere Gas Utilities Co
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Harriett Wolfe
Coming Events for Women’s Groups in Beckley Area
Local column lists meetings for Beckley Art Group, Gulf Woman’s Club, and several others. Details include dates, times, venues such as Hill Park Drive home, Elks Club Blue Room, and Terrace Room Beckley Hotel, with executive boards and regular sessions. Also lists Phymosia Garden Club, Judea Shrine, King’s Daughters, and Mount Tabor events with addresses and start times.
Eliza Hunter Home Department Class Held at Mrs Smith's
A home department class led by Eliza Hunter met at the residence of Mrs Addie Smith located at 308 Hunter Street at 5 p m Local attendance and activities were reported as part of the community club’s ongoing programs.
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Eliza Hunter
Addie Smith
Hunter St
Mabscott church ladies circle meets at home
Thursday events include Mabscott Christian Church Ladies Circle at Mrs Abe Lilly's home Old Eccles Road 7 30 p m Dry Hill Farm Women s Club meets at Mrs Cary R Houchins 1439 Dry Hill Road 7 30 p m Woman s Mission Society Crab Orchard Baptist Church meets in church social room 7 30 p m Practical Nurses of West Virginia Inc District No 3 hold regular meeting Raleigh County Vocational School 7 30 p m
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Woman's Society of First Christian Church
Mabscott Christian Church
Abe Lilly
Old Eccles Rd
Practical Nurses of West Virginia Inc
Raleigh County Vocational School
Dry Hill Farm
Woman's Mission Society of
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Rural Acres Garden Club Meeting At Calloway Heights
Rural Acres Garden Club meets at the home of Mrs. Frank McManamay 113 Melon Street Calloway Heights and at the Social Savings Club hosted by Mrs. Beatrice McBride Worley for arranged gatherings.
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Rural Acres Garden Club
Frank McManamay
Melon St
Calloway Heights
Social Savings Club
Beatrice McBride
Worley Rd
Beginners Square Dance Classes Sponsored by Country Cousins
Country Cousins Square Dance Club sponsors beginners classes at the Dry Hill Prosperity Community Building at 7 30 p m postponed from Friday night teaching basic steps and group dancing with instruction and social square dancing to follow.
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Country Cousins Square Dance Club
Dry Hill Prosperity
Personal Notes from Beckley Area Births and Visits
Mrs Cary R Houchins returns home from Beckley Hospital after a week under care at 1439 Dry Hill Road Miss Anna Rae Peterson 105 Stanley Street remains hospitalized in Beckley after emergency appendectomy Thursday afternoon She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Peterson Richard Meadows 205 Sheridan Avenue spent weekend in Washington DC for Nancy Meadows wedding daughter of former McAlpin resident Mrs Raymond Skiles Quarry Street visited Charleston A son Daniel Harlan born to Mr and Mrs Robert Jacobs Layland at 1017 PM January 30 Raleigh General Hospital Weight 8114 ounces Teresa Colleen name of daughter born to Mr and Mrs Linus Williams Jr Artie at 430 AM January 30 Raleigh Gen
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Cary R. Houchins
Beckley Hospital
Dry Hill Rd
Anna Rae Peterson
Stanley St
Ray Peterson
Richard Meadows
Sheridan Ave
Washington, D. C
Nancy Meadows
McAlpin
Raymond Skiles
Quarry St
Charleston
Daniel Harlan
Robert Jacobs
Layland
Raleigh General Hospital
Teresa Colleen
Linus Williams Jr
Artie
Raleigh
The Art of Cake Decorating Lesson by Mrs Torlone
Mrs Lorenso Torlone demonstrates icing basics for cake decoration at the American Home Depart ment meeting of Beckley Woman's Club. She covers icing types, colorants, tools, parchment tubes, and rose technique, stressing consistent texture and practice. Major roles noted include Mrs Dillon program chair and Mrs Caperton violinist with piano accompaniment.
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Lorenzo Torlone
American Home Department
Woman's Club of
Beckley
R. L. Dillon
E. Earle Bibb
Dillon
G. H. Caperton
Wienaweki
B. K. Peter
Birth of David Eugene Aliff at Raleigh General Hospital
A son, David Eugene, was born to Mr and Mrs Norman Jessie Aliff Eccles at Raleigh General Hospital weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces at 6 14 p.m. on January 25.
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Eral Hospital
David Eugene
Norman Jessie Aliff, Eccles
Raleigh General Hospital
Xi Alpha Gamma Easter Seal Benefit Dance Planned
Xi Alpha Gamma Chapter ESP announces an Easter Seal benefit dance for March 26 at the Moose Ballroom. City Council of Beta Sigma Phi sponsors with Kings Teens providing music. Mrs. Carl Mooney, at the February meeting, also reported on the City Council call meeting.
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Moose
Beta Sigma Phi
Kings
Xi Alpha Gamma Chapter
Carl Mooney
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Dinkler
William Harsanyi
Bob Holcomb
Glen Akers
Kenneth H. Neeley
Ruth Meador
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Woman’s Club of
Beckleyan Models
Robert Thomson Jr
Leona Wright
Edward Bennett
Jenny Gaziano
Brashear
Bluefield
West Virginia
Dante Castradale
Welch Woman's Club
Ida
Ann Vecellio
Enrico Vecellio
E. G. Grogan
Leo Vecellio
Castradale
Beckley Club
Topsy O'Dell
Thomson
Wayne Reynolds
Southern District
Eugene Eager
Gasco Food Institute
Bob Eichhorn
Eichhorn
Rahall's
Rahall
Women’s Department of
Beckley Art Group
Harry L. McCreery
Hill Park Dr
Beckley Legal Secretaries Association
Blue Room of Elks Club
Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Temple
Friendship Hall of Church
Ioof Hall
Main St
Gulf Woman's Club
Sophia Methodist Church
National Secretaries Association
Beckley Hotel
Phymosia Garden Club
Paul Loflin
N. Kanawha St
King's Daughters and Sons
Baptist Memorial Church
F. St
Judea Shrine No
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Howe St
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor Elementary School
Charles Martin
Women’s Club
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Becky DePaulo
DePaulo
L. C. Gwinn
Cathy Hess
Marjorie Hill
Woodrow Wilson High School
Fred Canterbury
C. G. Wauhep
John Hedrick
Conrad Stowers
J. W. Anderson
Virgil Snead
W. B. Lilly
B. F. Whitney
E. A. Rippetoe
John Phillips
Milton P. Honts
Jack Nuckols
Charles Honaker
John R. Hornbrook
G. H. Thompson
W. C. Covey
C. D. Sebert
V.I.P
The
Baby Shop
Xi Alpha Gamma
Blida’s
Beauty
Merle Norman
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Hee Ube
GASCO
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