Gasco Cooking School prizes awarded at closing session
The ninth annual Gasco Food and Modern Living Institute wrapped a three day run at Memorial Building Auditorium with a prize drawing sponsored by Beckley merchants and Amere Gas Utilities Co. Beckley winners include Mrs Leonard L. Retkart and Mrs P E Reynolds who will collect prizes such as RCA Whirlpool gas ranges and a Tappan gas range. Additional prizes featured textiles, lamps, hats, irons, dress fabrics, cosmetics and gift certificates awarded to local residents from area businesses. The institute will visit 48 towns this year, with Beckley the sole West Virginia stop, and the next event set for Waynesboro Virginia before moving to Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gasco Food and Modern Living Institute
Memorial Building
Beckley
Amere Gas Utilitis Co
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Leonard L. Retkart
Kanawha St
P. E. Reynolds
Junction St
Reckart
RCA
Georges Fashions
Virgil Bowling
Mabscott
G. C. Murphy Co
Margaret Rutherford
Saks Jewelers
W. C. Hill
Myers Ave
Cohen's Cosmetic
R. Thompson
Wooddell
Fred Lame
Crab Orchard
Foster Hardware
Dixie Lee King
Sprague
New River Supply Co
John Obugene
Curtain
A and P
Howard Lambert
Eva Wood
Orchard Ct
W. Ruth Greene
Della Mae Cochran
Mount Hope
L. W. Meadows
Wilkes Ave
C. H. Cox
Williams St
H. H. Harvey
Daniels
Estella van Dyke
Charles T. Hughes
Elizabeth Thomas
Stanaford
Paul Hite
MacArthur
Agnes Lozier
Sophia
West Virginia
Waynesboro
Ohio
Coming Events for Women Club Calendar in Beckley News
Women organizations are invited to announce regular or special meetings. Notices due by 10 am for same-day use. Friday events include Rural Acres Garden Club at 113 Mellon St Calloway Heights 7 30 p m and several branch meetings through the evening at listed homes and halls in Beckley area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Department of
Beckley
Rural Acres Garden Club
Frank McManamay
Mellon St
Calloway Heights
Past Matrons Night at Coal City Eastern Star Chapter 136
Coal City hosts Past Matrons Night at the Masonic Hall with members of Eastern Star Chapter 136 gathering to honor former leaders and celebrate fellowship in a community event at Coal City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Crab Orchard Baptist Mission Circles Map Meetings
Crab Orchard Baptist Mission Circle No 2 meets at Mrs Clyde Dowdy home on Virginia Street Raleigh County Girl Scout Council meets at Beckley Presbyterian Educational Building at 10 am changed from Wednesday Captain James Allen Chapter DAR meets at Mrs Peyton Graves 114 Westwood Drive at 2 pm Highland Garden Club meets at Mrs George Warren Hodel 102 Bishop Street at 1 15 pm Bethlehem Chapter No 71 OES meets at Masonic Temple Howe Street at 8 pm Thursday Mission Circle No 3 of Crab Orchard Baptist Church meets at church at 7 30 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Baptist Church
Raleigh
Thelma Scott
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Clyde Dowdy
Virginia St
Raleigh County Girl Scout Council
Beckley Presbyterian Church
James Allen
Daughters of American Revolution
Peyton Graves
Westwood Dr
Highland Garden Club
George Warren Hodel
Bishop St
Crab Orchard Baptist
Delegates To Attend Convention Will Be Elected By LSA
Beckley Legal Secretaries Association held a March meeting to elect delegates and alternates to the West Virginia Association of Legal Secretaries convention by April 30. Election set for March 23. convention May 16–17 at Parkersburg. Thirteen members attended. Julia Tench Painter welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Legal Secretaries Association
West Virginia Association of Legal Secretaries
E. L. Spencer
Parkersburg
The
Elks Club
Julia Tench Painter
S. Heber St
Anna Gilkerson
Bethel Campbell
Herbert Stansbury
Raleigh County
Twyla Harcuff
Ned H. Ragland
Nominating Committee Named at Beta Sigma Phi Meeting
Beta Kappa Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi appoints a nominating committee led by Mrs. Thomas Mc Kinney Mrs. Wayne Turner Mrs. Manuel Seijo and Mrs. Sandy Costello Plans for an Easter Seal Dance on March 2 sponsored by BSP City Council are incomplete The group also discussed rushing plans Mrs Johnson hosted the Thursday meeting conducted by president Mrs Blackburn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Kappa
Beta Sigma Phi
Thomas McKinney
Wayne Turner
Manuel Seijo
Sandy Costello
BSP City Council
Johnson
Blackburn
Caraway Seed Suggestion for Core Slaw Flavor Lift
A brief note proposes adding caraway seed to core slaw to enhance flavor. It mentions the potential for a subtle, earthy aromatic lift without overpowering the cabbage base.
Becl ey garden club members attend three nights event
Mrs. Stover and Mrs. Earl Smith of Rural Acres Garden Club attended all three nights, while the speaker discussed uses in institutional proportions and noted the gas range she won at an early Beckley school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Stover
Earl Smith
Rural Acres Garden Club
Phymosia Garden Club hears talk on gardens in China
Phymosia Garden Club members heard Mrs. O Worth May describe Chinese garden traits at the Tuesday meeting held at Mrs. Paul Loflin’s home. She recalled living in China as a child with missionary parents and noted small farms, limited lawns, extensive color use, and small trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phymosia Garden Club
China
O. Worth May
N. Kanawha St
Paul Loflin
Harry Cooper
N. Joe Rahall
May
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
W. J. Barbour Jr
R. J. DePaulo
Maxwell Hill Group Forms Committee for Party at VA Hospital
Maxwell Hill Homemaker's Club selects a committee to plan a March 11 visit to Beck ley Veterans Administration Hospital to entertain patients. Seventeen members attend. Mrs. Hubert Anglin chairs, with Mrs. Louis Oswald, Mrs. Robert Darlington, and Mrs. William E. Harvey as co chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Hill
John J. Flanagan
Hubert Turner
Family Life
Hansford Lilly
First Baptist Church
Julia Truman
Baby Kenneth Ray Bennett Born in Raleigh General Hospital
A son, Kenneth Ray, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harless Cather Bennett of Bibb Avenue at 3:25 a.m. on February 11 at Raleigh General Hospital. The baby weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces at birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marmet Hospital
Kenneth Ray
Harless Cather Bennett
Bibb Ave
Raleigh General Hospital
Sedentary Work Tied to Higher Heart Death Rates
A national magazine notes men in sedentary jobs show the highest coronary death rates. Bus drivers who sit all day have four times the rate of moving conductors, and desk bound post office staff face higher risks than walking mail carriers.
Births fill Beckley and Raleigh General Hospitals in February
The Beckley Memorial and Raleigh General Hospitals record multiple births to families across Beckley, Scarbro, Mabscott, Coal City, and surrounding areas. Names include Joyce Ann Vanable Jr, Derrick Albert Peaks, James Robert Evans Jr, Michael Ray Milam, Bryan Keith Jackson, Edward Edmond Evans, Gilbert Howard Jr, Jeffery Lee Brown, Mary Nancy McAlpine, Cathy Irene Tilley, Pamela Kay Bishop, Sherry Lynn Huffman, Georgia Lynn Avis, and others with birth times ranging from early morning to evening and weights from 4 pounds 12 ounces to 9 pounds 5 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Ann
James T. Vanable Jr
Kopperston
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Elmer A. Peaks
Winona
Derrick Albert
James Robert Jr
James R. Evans
Scarbro
Lelan Milam
MacArthur
Michael Ray
Raleigh General Hospital
Bryan Keith
George Edward Jackson
Mabscott
Edward Edmond
Mason Clyburn Evans
Eccles
Gilbert Howard Cochran
Mankin Ave
Gilbert Howard Jr
Jeffery Lee
Clarence Robert Brown
Sprague
Pamela Kay
Willie Hall Bishop
Midway
Paul Randy
Paul Moye
Crab Orchard
Raleigh General
Birthday Honors for Connie Fox in Brownie Troop
At the Brownie Troop No 72 meeting Connie Fox was honored for her February birthday. The event took place in the recreation room at Mrs Calvin Saunders home, co leader with Mrs Lemley Martin. Mrs Martin baked the birthday cake as gifts were presented by Arlene Johnson Mary Frances Cher Dana Stone Lotus McKinney Jimmy Darnell Jackie Riggs Brenda Richards Pamala Saunders Brenda Martin and the two leaders.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Melvin Tolle
Amere Gas Utilities Co
Reynolds
Orchard
Hazel Hazlewood
Freeman St
Marty
Virginia Wilson
Piecegoods
Margaret Hutchinson
Skelton
B. T. Donalson
Meyers Ave
Rahall’s
Primma Lilly
Allen Ave
Modern
Bill Ballard
Johnstown Rd
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Lania Ball
Murray St
John W. Eye Sales and Service
Joe Davies
Wyoming Ave
Peggy Grimmett
Shady Spring
Beckley Maytag Co
C. R. Washington
Mills St
Lowman Music Co., Inc
Marvin Kingery
Thompson Drug Co
Eva Pittman
Beckley Ice and Feed Co
Mildred Brown
Prosperity
Hall Furniture
S. D. Smith
Park Drug
Boyd Snyder
Sixth St
Montgomery Ward
H. B. Meadows
Beaver Ave
J. C. Penney Co
John Bowman
Silver Brand
Lillian Carter
Clark
Bobbie Lou Knapp
Burgess St
Social Savings Club
Beatrice McBride
Worley Rd
Beta Kappa Chapter
N. Witherspoon St
Silver Star Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Main St
Lee Home Department
Matthew Cooney
Washington Ave
Beta Rho
Cecelia Hurley
Ebenezer Service Guild
Violet Rice
S. Fayette St
Home Department
Ebenezer Baptist Church
O. L. Tinsley
Country Cousins Square Dance Club
Dry Hill Prosperity
Bethlehem
Masonic Temple
Howe St
LSA
Commissioners of Accounts
Mary C. Meadows
Hilley Kurtz
Spencer
Connie Fama
Arrow Liqueurs Corp
Detroit 7
Mich
Gray Lumber CO
Ted Stover
Maxwell Hill Group
Swvc S
Derethay Vakind
Thompson
Bernard Daniel Godfrey Jr
McAlpin
Donna Carol
Crystal Ann
James Larkin Lilly
William Medley
Keith Darnell Medley
Sherry Lynn
Roy D. Huffman
Tams
Georgia Lynn
George E. Avis
Rainelle
Raleigh Register
U.S.A
Seagram
D/ST
Aers Company
New York
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