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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1961

Page

5

Beckley College Cheerleaders Spur School Spirit

Beckley College's booster squad features four cheerleaders Deanna Harvey Ann Janutolo Loretta Young and Darla Malagrida. Deanna their head cheerleader is active in student council booster club and church while Ann Loretta and Darla bring years of prep school activity and varsity involvement to campus life. Topsy O'Dell sponsors the squad.

Beckley College Deanna Harvey Ann Janutolo Loretta Young Carla Malagrida Deanna Homer Harvey Table Rock Woodrow Wilson High School Flying Eagle Dan McCarty Fort Pierce Fla Minneapolis Minn Beckley First Baptist Church Ann Dan Janutolo Edgewood Dr WWHS Flying Eagle Band Trinity University San Antonio Tex Beckley Presbyterian Church Young Sophia Lorretta Sophia High School Future Homemaker’s of America Onward 4H Tri-Hi-Y National Honor Society Future Teachers of Ameri Loretta Booster and Young Democrats Club Sophia First Baptist Church Carl Malagrida Akron Ohio Crab Orchard Girls Athletic Association Darla Crab Orchard Baptist Church Topsy O'Dell

Friday notices for local women groups in Beckley

Incoming event column lists Friday meetings for Lydia Ormandy Circle Memorial Baptist Church at 7 30 p m Mrs Adam Kosnoski home 123 Roosevelt St Electra Chapter No 50 Order of Eastern Star Past Matrons Club Electra at 218 S Fayette St 7 30 p m and Queen Esther Court No 53 Heroes of Jericho G St 5 30 p m. Public notices require 10 a m submission to Woman's Department.

Lydia Ormandy Memorial Baptist Church Adam Kosnoski Roosevelt St Electra Order of Eastern Star Ervin Wright S. Fayette St Queen Esther Jericho G. St Martha Madison Raleigh Register Midtown Station New York N. Y

Saturday club events at Beckley area venues

Social Savings Club meets at Mrs. Evelyn Parker's 513 Sylvia Street at 7 30 p m. Thrift Savers Club meets at Mrs. Evelyn Royster's 116 Cana day Street at 7 p m. A story reading hour for primary grades sponsored by the Junior Department of Woman's Club of Beckley meets at Raleigh County Library at 10 a m. Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club holds a regular meeting in the Greenbrier Social Room at 8 p m. Area clubs invited.

Social Savings Club Evelyn Parker Sylvia St Thrift Savers Club Evelyn Royster Canaday St Junior Department of Woman's Club of Beckley Raleigh County Library Calico and Jeans Greenbrier

Community club and society meeting schedule

Sunday Young Woman's Club meets at 3 p.m. at 131 Hager St hosted by Mrs Beulah Boyden. Deb Juniors meet Monday at 7 p.m. at Woman's Clubhouse on Park Ave. Sunbeam Mission Society gathers at 6 p.m. at New Hope Baptist Church. Music Club meeting canceled. Missionary Union executive board 3 p.m. at Mrs Patsy Hudson Rice Street. Mount Tabor Homeroom Mothers at Elementary School 2 p.m. Beckley Junior High Parent-Teacher Association at school 7:30 p.m.

Young Woman's Club Central Baptist Church Beulah Boyden Hager St Park Ave Sunbeam Mission Society of the New Hope Baptist Church Missionary Union of Beckley Patsy Hudson Rice Street Beckley Junior High School Parent

Pine Wood Garden Club Meeting and DAR Chapter Workshop

The Pine Wood Garden Club holds its regular meeting and workshop in Coca Cola Social Room at 10 a.m. Captain James Allen Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meets at the home of Mrs. A. D. Cooke, 1312 Clyde Street, at 2:30 p.m.

Pine Wood Garden Club Coca-Cola James Allen Daughters of the American Revolution A. D. Cooke Clyde St

Wednesday Past Matrons Club Meeting at Masonic Temple

The Past Matrons Club meets Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Masonic Temple on Howe Street. Members gather for their regular session and related activities in the afternoon.

Matrons Club Masonica Temple Howe Street

Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know

News items list attendees for L E Miller funeral in Morgantown include granddaughter Sheila Gay Rogers WVU student and grandson with wife Louis Kittle II also WVU students. Other visits list Roger Webb in Richmond and Anthony Garges family in Skelton, Calvin Gunter family in Jacksonville. Hospitalizations noted: M M Foster Raleigh General Hospital. 16 month old Dennis Jr Coal City headed to Alaska with Air Force husband.

Morgantown L. E. Miller Sheila Gay Rogers West Virginia University Louis Kittle HI WVU Dennis Jr Coal City Fairbanks Alaska Airman 3. C. Thompson U. S. Air Force Thompson Kathryn Ricketts Mildred Ricketts Floyd Ricketts Homer Thompson Odd

Fellowship Dinner Planned by Methodist Temple Guild

The Wes leyan Service Guild of The Methodist Temple will hold a fellowship dinner on February 2 at the church. Committee members include Mrs. W. H. Carney Mrs. Miller Jackson Mrs. Sarah Thompson and Mrs. Charles R. McCorkle.

Wesleyan Service Guild The Methodist Temple W. H. Carney Miller Jackson Sarah Thompson Charles R. McCorkle Topsy O'Dell Bladene Pickle Miss Pickle Methodist Dorcas Houchins Elizabeth Houchins Woman's Society of Christian Service Lilah Rutledge Carney Jackson Ronald Highlander Doris Barker Dana Conner

Sophia area families share holiday visits and events

Mr and Mrs Lowell Johnson and daughter of Washington DC returned home after spending the weekend with the McVey and Johnson families in Sophia. Other visitors included Laura McVey a student at Emory and Henry College and William and James Pennington families from Midway Cheltenham and Washington DC. Kenneth Acord of Martinsville visited Shelby Wayne McVey and a Beckley basketball game between Sophia Blue Hawks and Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagles. Lula Sutter is visiting Huntington, C C Ryals remains in Beckley Hospital after major surgery and Edd Crouch is under observation and treatment there.

Sophia Lowell Johnson Washington, D. C Alex McVey James Johnson McVey Laura McVey Emory and Henry College Emory, Va William Rarick Crab Orchard James Pennington Midway Donald Pennington Cheltenham Kenneth Acord Martinsville Henry B. Acord Slab Fork Shelby Wayne McVey Marshall College Beckley Sophia Blue Hawks Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagles Sophia High School Lula Sutter G. E. Sutter Huntington C. C. Ryals Beckley Hospital Edd Crouch

Henry Tabor Jr. learns mother hospitalized in Springdale

Minnie Duckworth of Crab Orchard reports that Henry Tabor Jr. of 119 Oakley Rd. has word his mother Mrs. Henry Tabor is a patient in a Springdale hospital in rk.

Henry Tabor Jr Oakley Rd Henry Tabor Springdale,rk

Driving test chaos ends with unexpected crash

Minnette Ernst, arriving for a driving test at a state license office, backed up by mistake. Guided from the curb, heeding advice, she accelerated backward through a busy street, breaking a fence and electric lights, then crashing through a pony corral and stopping against a church, delaying the test.

ST. Louis Minnette Ernst Miss Ernst

Mrs JFK Tops Best Dressed List By Gay Pauley

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, 31, wife of the president elect, tops the 1960 best dressed list in a landslide vote by about 2,000 fashion editors and society leaders. The list includes Vicomtesse Jacqueline de Ribes Audrey Hepburn Diana Winston Donna Marella Agnelli Loel Guiness Patrick Guiness Princess Alexandra of Kent John Barry Ryan III David Bruce Stavros Niarchos and Queen Sirikit of Thailand with Kennedy marking her first appearance on the annual ranking.

New York Couture Group Givenchy Norman K. Winston Rosita Halfpenny Oklahoma Paris Winstons Donna Marella Agnelli Giovanni Agnelli Turin Italy Loel Guiness Palm Beach Stavros Niarchos New York Dior Queen Sirikit Thailand

Births at Raleigh General Hospital reported in local list

Several families announce newborns at Raleigh General Hospital with birth weights and times from late December to early January. Names include Melinda Annette Williams, Karen Patricia Potter II, Linda Louise Martin, Anita Catherine Meador, Melinda Lea Proffitt, Phillip Alan Clyburn Jr, James Arthur Cook, Jimmy Ray Arthur, Tammy Lynn Harmon, Linda Jo Darlington, Randy Wayne Underwood, Bridget Hovan ski, twin boys Ronnie Lee and Lonnie Weese, and Peggy Sue Mabes.

Clarence Noel Williams Artie Melinda Annette Raleigh General Hospital Mount Hope William Garland Potter II Karen Patricia Linda Louise John Martin Glen White Anita Catherine Luther Lacy Meador Pipestein Melinda Lea John Daniel Proffitt Midway Prince Alan Clyburn Jr Beckley Phillip Alan James Arthur Murphy Cook Eccles Stamford Walter Ray Arthur Jimmy Ray Leonard Alvis Harmon Odd Randy Wayne Fred Albert Underwood Coal City Augustine Hovanski Bridget Ronnie Lee Lonnie Weese Beckley Hospital James Golden Riley

Billy Chafin Feted With Birthday Party

SOPHIA BNS To mark his fifth birthday Billy Chaffin was honored with a party at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Howard Chaffin of MacArthur Red streamers and balloons decorated the home Games were played and prizes awarded Brenda Logan and Billy Chaffin among the guests Adults attending included Mrs James Delp Mr and Mrs Ed Rutherford Mrs Jean Chaffin and others

Sophia BNS Billy Chaffin Howard Chaffin MacArthur Brenda Logan Vanessa Chaffin Trena Delp Katie Sue Chaffin Jimmy Davis Jr Rodger Reed Mark Logan Richie Scarbro Jean Canaday Susan Canaday Pat Bailey Shirlene Bailey Cookie Meadows Karen Wallen James Delp Ed Rutherford Jean Chaffin Shirley Bailey Ed Logan Jimmy Davis

Birth Announced for Son of Dr. and Mrs. Moore in Roanoke

Dr and Mrs Michael J Moore of Roanoke Virginia announce the birth of a son on January 4 at 3 pm at Roanoke Memorial Hospital The baby weighed seven pounds six ounces and has not yet been named The mother is the former Miss Mary Lou Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs J Milton Miller Woodlawn Avenue The father is the son of Mrs F J Moore and the late Dr Moore.

Peggy Sue Beckley Hospital Bobby Joe Mabes Daniels Michael J. Moore Roanoke Jan Roanoke Memorial Hospital Mary Lou Miller J. Milton Miller Woodlawn Avenue F. J. Moore Dr. Moore

Cushion Insertion Tip For Tight Upholstery Fit

Dust a latex foam cushion with talcum powder before stuffing it into the upholstery cover. The powder reduces friction and lets the cushion slide in smoothly even when the cover is snug.

Wrapping Ceramics in Latex Foam for Fragile Mail

Guidance for mailing fragile china advises wrapping the item in latex foam sheeting before packing to absorb more shock than other materials.

10 Day Money Back Guarantee Offer Summary

A promotional notice lists a 10 day money back guarantee on items priced from 50 to 350 dollars. Includes standard accessories, one year warranty and a five year service plan. Details on eligibility or exclusions are not provided in the readable text.

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Woman’s Department of Mount Tabor Roger Webb Richmond, Va Anthony Garges Skelton Calvin Gunter Donald Gunter Jacksonville J. G. Gunter Cool Ridge J. A. Jemy Sne M. M. Foster Hunter St Ivan Harvey Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital Finley Gill Vna Blaine Deck Cleveland Ennis Deck Mrs. Deck Charleston James Gentry Swansboro N.C Arthur Lindsay Mabscott W. R. Daniel Pleasant Hills Jack Lively Sherry Lynn South Charleston Clinton Lively A. B. Reynolds Susan Lynn Orlando, Fla Charles Reid Maxwell Hill Mrs. Dennis Thompson Suumoay TOLOR el Bom Guild of the Methodist Temple Guild Minnie Duckworth Nеville St Jacqueline Kennedy Gay Pauley UPI Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Beckley Hotel Hyde Prince St Billy Chafin Beckley's White Cross Pharmacy Bob Cau Bach Speel Joons Lander Regal W. Main ST
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