Club President Discusses Ballet At Meet Of Fine Arts Department
Members of Beckley Woman’s Club Fine Arts Department plan several weeks of activity marking a ballet fundraiser with Charleston Ballet featuring Andre Van Damme on February 20 to aid classes for exceptional children. The group also discussed WV Federation of Women’s Clubs legislation and a script contest.
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Woman's Club of
Beckley
Park Ave
A. Robert Koch
Robert Thomson Jr
WCB
Charleston Ballet
Andre van Damme
Koch
M. W. Arnold
J. A. Barnell
Department
Thomson
West Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
WVFWC
Ollie Brown
Streamlined Fashions For 1960 To Be Shown In N Y Today
American fashions for 1960 emphasize light weight travel clothes, wrinkle free care, and year round versatility. New fabrics blend cotton silk wool linen with man made fibers, above the belt silhouettes feature capelet and puff sleeves, long jacket lines, slender skirts, and Chanel type boxy jackets.
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N. Y
Associated Press
NEW York
Friendship Dinner Planned by Methodist Temple WSCS
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at The Methodist Temple plans a Friendship Dinner on February 4. Circle No. 1 and the Foglesong Study Group met to discuss the event and church library book showers. Attendees included Mrs. Akers, Mrs. Amick, and several other members.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Temple
Circle No. 1
Foglesong
Glenn Akers
M. M. Ralston
Hill Park
French Lucas
Robert L. Amick
Luke
Christ
Jerusalem
C. J. McQuade
R. M. French
Herbert Stansbury
James W. Barr
E. H. Hedrick
C. C. Drewry
Ross Irie
Paul Warden
Akers
S. Earl Snead
Aia Amick
Z. Fritts
Westwood Dr
B. W. Dickinson
Henry J. Kaiser
Raymond Flath
Dickinson
Northwestern Ave
W. C. Thompson
Fritts
Ray Allen
John Ashworth
Otis Ballard
Lewis Dunn
Flath
C. Berkley
James D. Prince
Michael Sully
Thompson
New officers installed by Degree of Honor Lodge No 56
Degree of Honor Lodge No 56 held its initiation at the Lodge Hall on Main Street installing new officers led by President Mrs Edna Heath. Other officers include Marie Carter vice president Anita Dew second vice president Lucille Groseclose recording secretary Millie Scott financial secretary and Groseclose treasurer. The group closed with dessert at the Glass House with state director Mrs May DeBar in attendance.
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Main St
Edna Heath
Hazel Scott
Marie Carter
Anita Dew
Lucille Groseclose
Millie Scott
Groseclose
Pauline Eller
Veronica Atkins
Viola Moore
Interwatch
Evelyn Sampson
Outerwatch
Irene Dodd
Marie Meador
Stellie Jarrell
Irene Stover
Stella Johnson
Kathleen Green
Vella Webb
Charlotte Bragg
Grethel Miller
May DeBar
Glass House
Coming Events for Women’s Organizations
Notices invite women’s groups to announce regular or special meetings. Send notices by 10 a.m. to the Woman's Department, Beckley Newspapers, via telephone or mail. Sunday notices must reach the office by 10 a.m. Saturday. Monday features Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagle Band Mothers in the bandroom at 7:30 p.m.
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Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagle
Community group meet listings from Raleigh County area
Raleigh County 4-H Leaders Association hosts a health program at Greenbrier Social Room at 7 30 p m. Beverly Music Club meets at Mrs Edward Coreys residence on Reser voir Road at 8 p m. Beckley Art Group sketch session at Calloway Heights hosted by Mrs H L Bragg at 7 30 p m. AAUW meeting at Miss Ann Louise File s home 346 North Kanawha Street at 7 30 p m. Etude Music Club at Miss JoAnn Tyrees home 207 Elkins Street with guest meeting at 7 30 p m. Mission Circle No 2 of Crab Orchard Baptist Church at Mrs Wesley Beckett s home 7 30 p m. Fundamental Baptist Missionary Society of Prosperity at Mrs Harold Lilly s home Prosperity 7 30 p m. Xi Beta Exemplar Chapter at Miss Doreen Eactus 325 N Kanawha Street at 8 p m. Mabscott Homeroom Representatives at Mabscott Elementary School 7 30 p m. Pinewood Garden Club at Mrs George Coker White Stick Street Mabscott 1 p m. Ladies Aid of Tams Community Church at Mrs Earl Lytton s home 7 30 p m. Lincoln Elementary School PTA at the school 7 30 p m. American Legion Auxiliary Unit No 32 Memorial Building Room 6 at 7 30 p m. Beckley Garden Club at Mrs Ross Tile 115 Beaver Avenue 1 30 p m. Senior High Youth Department for Woman s Club Beckley at Clubhouse on Park Avenue 4 to 5 p m.
Beckley Notices and Military Family News
Mrs. A. D. Cooke returns home from Raleigh General Hospital after minor surgery. Kermit Wilson, on a Navy 10 day leave, is stationed aboard the USS Waccamaw in Hoboken. Grover Billups family visits Lexington Park. Beckley area residents attend Glen T. Sutphin funeral at Arlington National Cemetery with Sutphin relatives listed.
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A. D. Cooke
Clyde St
Raleigh General Hospital
J. B. Wilson
Amigo
Kermit Wilson
U. S. Navy
Hoboken
N. J
Wilsons
Grover Billups
Charlene
Marlene
Gregory
Michael
Gary
Lexington Park
John W Eye Patient at Beckley Hospital
John W Eye of 218 Edgewood Drive is listed as a patient at Beckley Hospital undergoing observation and treatment.
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John W. Eye
Edgewood
Beckley Hospital
Grace Eastridge Returns Home From Cleveland Visit
Mrs Grace Eastridge returns to Glen Morgan after visiting sons Mason and Olson Eastridge and their families in Cleveland Ohio. She also visited brother Earl Basham and his family in Marietta Ohio.
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Glen Morgan
Grace Eastridge
Cleveland
Ohio
Mason
Olson Eastridge
Earl Basham
Marietta
Epiphany Tea Draws Hosts and Dimes for Charity
Mrs F L Banks and Mrs Meyer will handle the dimes fundraiser to grow by next year. Mrs Harry Sessions and Mrs George Hodel will host next year’s tea after receiving rings. Mrs C S Lewis Jr spoke on Epiphany as Christ’s manifestation to the Gentiles and a season of feasting and joy. Mrs N J Pugh and Mrs George Sheets decorated the tea table with red felt, nylon net, appliqued bells and Christmas trees, centered by holly in a silver container and flanked by white candles.
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F. L. Banks
Meyer
Harry C. Sessions
George Warren Hodel
C. S. Lewis Jr
N. J. Pugh
George Sheets
Local birth notices from Raleigh General Hospital
Local hospital announces births including Margaret Denise Stover born December 20 at 6 40 p.m. weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces. Billy Jack Skiles Jr born December 22 at 2 12 a.m. weighing 8 pounds 5 ounces. Elizabeth Ann Walker born December 22 at 1 12 p.m. weighing 9 pounds 4 1 2 ounces. Thomas Henry Atwood born December 23 at 5 47 a.m. weighing 7 pounds 0 ounces. Donnie Wayne Howerton born December 2 at 7 15 p.m. weighing 7 pounds 8 1 2 ounces. Peggy Sue Morton born January 2 at 5 58 a.m. weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces. Marilyn Ann Lehman born January 5 at 7 55 a.m. weighing 6 pounds 7 ounces.
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Larry Dean Stover
S. Kanawha St
Margaret Denise
Raleigh General Hospital
Billy Jack Skiles
Billy Jack Jr
Elizabeth Ann
Clair William Walker
East Gulf
Thomas Henry
Oscar Atwood
Mount Hope
James Ray Howerton
Eccles
Donnie Wayne
Peggy Sue
John W. Morton
Grandview
Beckley Hospital
Harry S. Lehman
Glen White
Marilyn Ann
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Asthma Formula Offered Without Prescription
The leading asthma prescription, Primatene, is now sold without a prescription. It claims to open bronchial tubes, ease mucous, and relieve anxiety, with a money back guarantee at 98 cents.
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New York
N. Y
Whitehall Pharmacal
Montgomery family finds telephone saves miles and trips
Mrs. Marvin Hamblin a county school nurse kept a two week telephone diary. She notes the telephone saved 217 miles of travel and $26.72 in expenses by avoiding many trips. Her elderly parents live 25 miles away in Fayetteville and the phone keeps her informed they are all right. She urges others to try a two week diary to see the telephone’s value.
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Montgomery
Marvin Hamblin
Leadership Training Day activities across local churches
Wednesday schedule lists Crab Orchard Baptist Church leadership training in the church parlor at 1 3 p.m. Past Matrons Club Bethlehem Chapter 71 meets at the Masonic Temple on Howe Street at 2 p.m. United Church Women council holds Leadership Training at Central Baptist Church on E Street at 1 p.m.
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Bethlehem
Masonic Temple
Howe St
Council of United Church Women
Central Baptist Church
E St
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Fine Arts Department
Meet of Fine Arts
Carlyle S. Bolen
Raymond S. Skiles
Bolen
Eugene Huffman
Arnold
Dorothy Roe
WSCS
The
Haddad
Raleigh County
Greenbrier
Beverly Music Club
Edward Corey
Reservoir Rd
H. L. Bragg
Calloway Heights
University Women
Ann Louise File
North Kanawha St
Etude Music Club
JoAnn Tyree
Elkins St
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Wesley Beckett
Fundamental Baptist Missionary Society of Prosperity
Harold Lilly
Prosperity
Doreen Eactus
N. Kanawha St
Mabscott
Pinewood Garden Club
George Coker
Whitestick St
Tams
Earl Lytton
Lincoln Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association
American Legion Auxiliary Unit No
Beckley Garden Club
Church of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Frederick W. Meyer
A. A. Bliss
St. Margaret’s Guild
George
Mrs. Hamblin
Mary Ann
Church Parlor
New River
Woay-Tv
RCA Whirlpool
RCA
Whirlpool 12 Co
General Electric
NEW River Supply CO
Naked Street
Beckley Oak Hill
Chesapeake and Potomac
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