Mothers' March for March of Dimes Set in Raleigh County
Mrs. Joe Pence was named chairwoman of Raleigh County's 25th Anniversay Mothers' March for the March of Dimes with co-chair Mrs. R J Howard. The drive aims to recruit volunteers for the January 31 march and promote the life of a child theme with film showings and local group meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Joe Pence
R. Francis ‘Parker
Spence
Howard
Jane Wyatt
Raleigh
Pence
Community women calendar lists many local meetings
Raleigh County groups schedule events including Mental Health board, Home Demonstration Club, Christian Women’s Fellowship, American Legion Auxiliary, Baptist circles, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, Moose and Eagles activities, library group, and more across Friday through Wednesday with times and venues. Read notices for exact locations and hosts.
Stotesbury and area residents take trips and military moves noted
Mr and Mrs James Zeigler and family visited relatives in Chicago and Markham Illinois and Cleveland Ohio. Other visitors include J A Roberts family in Sophia with Kevin Roberts and Freda Bailey. The Lesters left for Lillybrook after discharge from Beckley Hospital for a heart attack. Ronald McKinney returns to Puerto Rico while his wife joins him later. Ronald Armes heads to Florida for Air Force station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stotesbury
Rns
James Zeigler
Peiter
William Bush
Chicago
Ill
Frank Williams
Alonzo Thomas
Catherine
Pauline Zeigler
Flora Creagh
Markham
John Witten
Cleveland
Ohio
J. A. Roberts
Sophia
J. B. Roberts
Kevin
Wyandotte
Mich
Freda Bailey
Baileysville
Everett Lester
Lillybrook
Hurley Thompson
Lesters
Garnie Carter
Tams
Lester
Beckley Hospital
P. G. Mc- Kinney
Helen
Ronald Mc- Kinney
Karen
Ronald Jr
Dennis
Puerto Rico
U.S. Air Force
Dave Hill
Ronald Armes
Florida
Air Force
Dickinsons welcome twin daughters in Cincinnati
Former Beckleyans Mr and Mrs B E Dickinson announce the birth of twin daughters on January 3 at Jewish Hospital Cincinnati. Amy Leona weighed four pounds twelve ounces and Alice Kay six pounds fourteen ounces. The mother is Janet Koch daughter of Mrs John R Koch. The Dickinsons have two other children Beth Ann and Arthur and previously lived on Northwestern Avenue.
Thursday club and group meetings around Beckley area
Listing of Thursday gatherings includes Past Matrons Club of Bethle hem Chapter No 71 at Masonic Temple Howe Street 2 pm Beckley Home Demonstration Club at Meadows Apartments 2214 S Kanawha St 12 30 pm Xi Alpha Delta Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Bowlwick Dining Room 7 30 pm Mrs Lonnie Sweeney hostess Eliza Hunter Home Department Class at Sally Terry Massie Street 5 pm Beta Lambda Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Civic Room Bank of Raleigh 7 30 pm THURSDAY Group No 1 Christian Woman tian Church 7 30 pm Miss Kath eryn Murray leader Court of Calantha Knights of Pythias Building S Fayette St 6 pm Belmont Homemakers Club workshop at Mrs Albert Hughes Gregory Street 6 pm Prosperous Hills Garden Club Dry Hill Prosperity Community Center 7 30 pm Woman's Improvement League home of Mrs John Brice 516 S Fayette St 1 pm Ladies Auxiliary Free Will Baptist Church Coal City Auxiliary Building 7 pm Practical Nurses Association West Virginia District No 3 dessert meeting Beckley Winn Hotel El Toro Room 7 30 pm Ebenezer Service Guild home of Mrs Rometta Griffith Mulber ry Street 7 30 pm.
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Practical Nurses Association of West Virginia, Inc
el Toro
Beckley-Winn Hotel
Community Notices From Beckley Hospital Patients and Visitors
Local column lists residents and relatives connected to Beckley Memorial and Beckley Hospital. Names include Ben Dowdy, James Fink, Mrs. W. R. Harler, David Weiss, Lee Devin, Margaret Ann Williams, Susan Lynn Reynolds, Susan Lynn Reynolds, Charles Elliott, Doris Jean Elliott, Mrs. Dot Pinson, Mrs. Harry N. Hambric Jr., and Otha Robertson among others. The report notes hospital admissions, observation, and family visits, with several traveling from Norfolk, Paris Island, Denmark, and destinations like Orlando and Des Moines.
Weekend guests and dinner gatherings in Charleston area
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Funk and M. L. Angel of Charleston visited Mrs. Bessie Carroll of Snuffer Apartments. Saturday night they dined with Mr. and Mrs. Okey Patteson in Mount Hope. Sunday they dined with the Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Nunn at 122 Westwood Drive, with the Rev. and Mrs. Landon Stanley of Myers Avenue and their grandson Bill Baldridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Funk
M. L. Angel
Charleston
Bessie Carroll
The
Snuffer Apartments
J. W. Nunn
Westwood Drive
Landon Stanley
Myers Avenue
Bill Baldridge
Local Families Visit Relatives Across Town
Mrs. Izetta Neal and her son Antonio of Columbus Ohio are spending two weeks with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Neal of East Park. Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper returns from Winston-Salem North Carolina after funeral services for her brother Garfield Mitchell. She is accompanied by Mrs. Annie Ruthford of Smoot Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hambric
Oakwood Ave
New York
Cpl. Hambric
Heidelberg
Germany
U. S. Army
Hambric
Kongens
Lyngby
Denmark
Steen ‘Peterson
States
Izetta Neal Person
Antonio
Columbus
Ohio
Ernest Neal
East Park
Elizabeth Cooper
Winston-Salem
N. C
Garfield Mitchell
Annie Ruthford
Smoot Street
Keiter Riffe vow exchanged in Methodist Temple ceremony
On Saturday December 29 at The Methodist Temple Mrs Juanita P Riffe of 231 E Prince St and Edward F Keiter of Toledo Ohio united in marriage at 730 pm The ceremony was performed by the bride s father Rev Frank E Perry with Rev W Reece Burns assisting The couple will reside in Toledo Ohio after a Florida wedding trip with out of town guests listed and relatives attending
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Temple
Juanita P Riffe
E. Prince Sr
Edward F. Keiter
Toledo
Ohio
Frank E. Perry
W. Reece Burns
Edward Keiter
S. Kanawha St
C. A. Setliff
Fredericksburg
Robert Keiter
Greenhill
Fayetteville High School
Concord College
Athens
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Mount Hope
Keller
University of Toledo
Toledo-Beaver Tools, Inc
B. L
Florida
Mary Lynn Riffe
Robert Alan Riffe
Romaker Rd
Midnight Snack Welsh Rarebit Quick Dinner
A midnight snack shows Welsh rarebit as a quick eve ning favorite. Heat cheddar cheese soup with 14 teaspoon mustard and 14 cup milk, then pour over crisp toast. Top with tomato slices and a garnish of crisp bacon.
First Daughter Born to Former Danville Residents Turner Family
First Daughter Lisa Mephilamy Turner was born December 31 at 3:30 p.m. in Danville Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Turner of Danville Virginia formerly of Beckley. The baby weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces and is the couple's fourth child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Turner
Danville
Beckley
Danville Memorial Hospital
Lisa Mephilamy
Virginia Brewer
Fred Brewer
Oceana
Sophia
W. J. Turner
Tams
Dear Polly Advice Column Highlights Domestic Tricks
A reader letters column shares practical home tips from breakfast routines to fabric repair and lamp shade makeovers. Suggestions include timed meals, vitamin fortified drinks for teens, safe lamp shade wrapping, and gentle facial washing tricks for children.
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Wickham Ave
Stonewall Jackson High School
University of Kentucky
Lexington
Commercial Testing and Engineering Co
Joe
Greg
Lynn
Mark
R. J. Howard
March of Dimes Drives
Woman’s Department of Sbocking
Raleigh County Association For Mental Health Board
Combined Insurance Co
Bair
Trap Hill
Dale Covey
Christian Women's Fellowship of the First Christian Church
Gilbert Feazell
American Legion Auxiliary Unit No
Memorial Building
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Belmont Homemakers Club
Cleo Boyden
Gregory Street
Raleigh County Republican Women’s Club
Main St
Ladies Aid of
Quinnimont Baptist Church
Ladies Missionary Circle
Fundamental Baptist Church of Prosperity
Thomas Mitchell
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Harold Eye
Vine St
Divinettes
Moose Lodge
Clifford Daniels
McGinnis St
Stanaford
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Missionary Baptist Church of
Academy of Friendship Club of Women of the Moose
Janie Ball
Shady Spring Band
Beta Kappa
Coca-Cola
Eagles
Woodlawn Ave
Artistic Homemakers Club
Timothy Anderson
Scott Ave
Hillcrest Home Demonstration Club
Burton Royal
Cabell Heights
Friends of the
Raleigh County Library
James W. Witherspoon
Melvola
Order of Eastern Star
Jeri
Valley
Dickinsons
G. St
Bethlehem
Masonic Temple
Howe Street
Beckley Home Demonstration Club
Xi Alpha Delta
Beta Sigma Phi
Bowlwick
Lonnie Sweeney
Eliza Hunter
Sally Terry
Massie Street
Beta Lambda
Bank of Raleigh
Court of Calantha
Knights of Pythias Building
S. Fayette i St
Belmont Homemakers’ Club
Albert Hughes
Prosperous Hills Garden Club
Dry Hill
Prosperity Community Center
Woman's Improvement League
John Brice
S. Fayette St
Ladies Auxiliary
Free Will Baptist Church of
Coal City
Ebenezer Service Guild
Rometta Griffith
Mulberry Street
Ben Dowdy
Omar Dowdy
Avon St
Valuyn Alu Lludauliitii
Fred Fink
Thornton Ave
James Fink
Marine Military Base
Parris Island
S. C
W. R. Harler
N.oakwood Ave
David Weiss
Lee Devin
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Weiss
Devin
W. E
Margaret Ann) Williams
Glenn Ave
A. B. Reynolds Jr
Susan Lynn
Orlando, Fla
Charles Reid
Maxwell Hill Road
W. M. Chandler
Sycamore Street
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Charles Elliott
U. S. Navy
Memphis
Tenn
Doris Jean Elliott
D. W. Peters
Prosperity
Nathan Elliott
Kilsyth
Dot Pinson
Dan Pinson
Harry N. Hambric Jr
Anna Louise
E. C. Cales
Hinton
Age Cales
S. Kanawha
Otha Robertson
Sylvia Sr
Robertson Cab Co
William Smithson Jr
Des Moines
Iowa
Mabel Sampson
W. L. Sampson
N. Oakwood Ave
J. W. Smithson
Atlanta,Ga
Realfoam
Beckley - Oak Hill
Brains
Polly
Polly Cramer
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Raleigh Register
Childrens
Coats
En Ue
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