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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1948

Page

8

Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know

Mrs. J. C. Bailey is ill at home on Clyde Street and several Beckley residents return from trips or travel for work. Mrs. Olive Mitchell leaves March 1 for Charleston to join the Okey Patterson campaign headquarters. Others visit relatives, attend weddings, or plan Florida vacations.

J. C. Bailey Clyde Street Beckley Florida Joe L. Smith A. A. Tieche Afrs Doff Daniel Charley Sigmon Beckley Hospital S. M. Bledsoe North Kanawha Street Lynville Tenn Earl Bledsoe Olive Mitchell Thornton Avenue Charleston Okey Patteson Clarence Meadows Mitchell Meadows Lillian Ward Sophia Elementary Carter Street E. E. Roles Lillybrook Beesley Hospital Lillybrook Coal Company A. P. McQuade Ray Hambric Coal City Pittsburgh W. J. Walters Andrea Walters J.D. Mangus Pineville Lovell Higems Austin Caperton Slab Fork J. H. Reid Capertons Marion R. S. Goldsmith Woodlawn Avenue F. H. Gilbert New York Mary Goldsmith William Banks G. M. Buchanan Beaver Concord N. C Buchanan G. M Buchanan Ballimone

Television craze for sub-debs with wig tails hair tips

A teens scene centers on television fun from sports to fashion shows with ski lessons and beauty tips. Beth Fulton of Roanoke asks how to wear wig tails, and guidance favors simple long bobs and hair parted center with tails tucked or braided for style.

Beth Fulton Roanoke Beth

Roy Minks Honored By Wife at Supper and Fete

Mrs. Roy Minks hosts a birthday supper in Calloway Heights for her husband with Wayne Pettry present. Attendees included Roy Minks, Wayne Pettry, Ivan Stuckey couple, Dreama Minks, Robert Mandville couple, Adelia Dosier, L E Pettry and the hostess. A separate Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club meeting featured a George Washington cherry tree centerpiece and a talk by James B. Deck on social hygiene and education in schools, with plans for home study courses led by Roy E. Dickerson and local volunteers. A second Sylvia course followed with a showing of Our Job to Know and a George Washington reading by Mrs. Bessie Carroll.

Roy Minks Calloway ‘Heights Beckley George Washington Beckley Business and Professional Women Health and Safety Committee Washington George Washington Weidensall George Hartha Washington Minna Bel Kellman Roy E. Dickerson Cincinnati Social Hygiene Society Women’s Club

Woman's Society of Christian Service meets at Hopkins home

The Sophia Methodist Church group meets tonight at 7 30 with Mrs W D Hopkins hosting. Members discuss church work and upcoming events.

WSCS Woman's Society of Christian Service Sophia Methodist Church Ww. D. Hopkins

Harry McLain Feted At Surprise Party

A surprise birthday gathering at Mount Hope Route Wiecenthy honored Harry McLain. Numerous friends and relatives attended and brought gifts, with games and refreshments provided by the hostess.

Harry McLain Mount Hope Route Wiecenthy J. A. Terry Elbert Hodge Seaman Fowers Willard Lafferty Emory Huffman Jimmy Russell Bailey Russie Corbet Bailey Emory Lasmasters Russie Kincaid Abbie Bolen Mae McClung J. Huffman Howard Billings Dewey Mator Ray Lafferty John B. Williams Colain Loraine Mclain Bill Craddock C. R. McCoy George Cole Margaret Cole Robert Vance

King's Daughters Give $5 Gift to Red Cross Drive

A $5 contribution to the Red Cross was made by 39 members of the King's Daughters at a meeting yesterday afternoon in the First Methodist Church. Gifts were presented to Mrs. W. A. Burke and Mrs. G. C. Buchanan. The group conducted a business session, heard reports, sang hymns, and featured musical readings by Mary Grace Fourney.

Red Cross King’s Daughters First Methodist Church W. A. Burke G. C. Buchanan W. A. Argenbright J. Brabban Ways and Means B. D. Carper Roy L. Herndon D. ‘O. Totten A. F. Clendenin W. B. Peck Mary Grace Fourney B. J. Fourney Rosie O'Grady O. O. Harrard A. L. Rohrer K. R. Callaway Wesley Hedrick T. R. Cooper Richard Lewis Clark Mc Daniel W. H. Shanklin Herndon W. W. Honaker Elizabeth Anderson C. R. Harless Robert Astsworth J. W. Maxwell W. T. Tabor

Revives Art Of Making Hooked Rugs

Exeter New Hampshire based widow Mrs Elvin James Prescott teaches hooked rug making across New England. She holds classes in Exeter Dover Portsmouth Newton Rochester and Hampton and drives to Lynn Haverhill and Newburyport Mass and South Berwick Me. An exhibition in Haverhill showcased 250 hooked rugs.

Exeter N. H New England Elvin James Prescott Dover Portsmouth Newton Rochester Hampton Lynn Haverhill Newburyport Mass South Berwick

Fete Planned for Salem College Players

Salem college basketball players will be entertained tonight in Student Hall at Beckley College by Beta Theta Mu sorority coeds after the real game. D K Shroyer seeks total accommodations for 16 out of town students.

Salem College Beckley College Beta Theta Mu D. K. Shroyer

Births in Beckley Place Two Newdaughters

Mr and Mrs Frank Marcinko announce the birth of a daughter Nancy Kay on February 18 at Beckley Hospital. The mother is the former Nancy Funialola of Sunnidale a nurse at the hospital. Mr and Mrs William Humphries reveal the birth of a daughter Harriet on February 21 at Beckley Hospital. An ad notes new streamlined automatic gas ranges with high ovens and high broilers for tall or average height users.

Frank Marcinko South Oakwood Avenue Nancy

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