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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1962
Page
3
Spring fashion breathes femininity with light fabrics and short hems. Stockings rise in view with leggy looks, new colors, and skin-friendly neutrals. Open-toe and sandal styles push stocking trends, pairing with jeweled bags and retro silhouettes.
Attractive casual pattern for shorter fuller figures. Sizes 12 to 26 with bust 33 to 47 inches. Includes waist tucking and sleeve options. Order by sending 35 cents plus 10 cents for mail, to Sue Burnett The Raleigh Register New York address. Add 35 cents for Basic Fashion book.
A crowded schedule lists Alpha Zeta Zeta Chapter meetings, Thrifty Savers Club, Social Savings Club, Girl Scout Troop No. 15 at New Hope Baptist Church East Beckley, Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club at Greenbrier Social Room, Raleigh County Medical Society auxiliary at Beckley-Winn Hotel with Dr. John Hedrick, a Sprague Freewill Baptist Singing School taught by James Stanley, and a fire safety reminder. Also notes third class mail revenue share and decorating cautions about curtains near heat sources.
Cap tain James Allen Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at Mrs. A. D. Cooke home Tuesday. Mrs. M. A. Johnson delivered the National Defense report urging greater public attention to the Communist threat. Mrs. M. W. Arnold spoke on DAR insignia. Attendees included Mrs. Braxton Anderson and others.
Miss Jacqueline Reid returns to Alderson Broaddus College Philippi after time with her parents Mr and Mrs Hudson Reid of Skelton Mrs Mayme Darnell of Sophia admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital for surgery this week John Fink of Washington DC recovering from major surgery in Washington Sanitarium Hospital in good condition Visiting relatives include parents siblings and in laws from Glen Morgan Mankin Avenue and Muncie Road plus a Navy seaman son in law James L Shaver stationed near Norfolk VA Also visiting are Rinehart relatives with Seaman Shaver and four sons employed in Springfield MA David Auld ridge Jr and Crystal Lynn David Mark and Allison Kay visiting in Summersville then returning to San Diego CA
A household hint promotes using recently available plastic shirt forms to give freshly washed and ironed shirts or blouses a professional look by folding them around the forms.
If clothes feel loose or ill fitting, try standing and sitting straight. Habitual slumping misaligns garments and can distort how they look and fit.
A brief fashion note advises determining skirt lengths by good sense and taste. It suggests if legs aren’t slender, wear skirts an inch or two below the knee to maintain modesty and proportion.
Wilmette Illinois resident Dale C. Widenhoft says he ran from his stalled truck on a grade crossing and waved at an oncoming Chicago North Western freight train. The engineer reportedly waved back and the train demolished the truck.
Airman C Johnson Wood Jr of the U S Air Force is confined to the Veterans Hospital with infectious hepatitis. He was recalled from North Africa recently due to his father's death.
C C Watson of 317 Woodlawn Avenue is reported in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital following major surgery.
Rhodell Rhode ll and Mrs W G Rice of Brunswick Ga announce the birth of their second child on December 19 at Brunswick Naval Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds eight ounces and is named Robert Lawrence. Mother is former Juanita Gentry, daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Gentry of Rhodell. Father is Elmer Rice of Amigo. older brother Michael is six.
Julia Secrest will play the grand piano at Park Avenue Clubhouse as the Fine Arts Department hosts the Beckley Woman's Club January meeting at 2 p m The program, arranged by Ray Spangler, includes a greeting card history talk by Rev Richard L Carpenter with a film Operation Success Lighten Cleaning Chore notes urge tidy supply closets and humor about a tree climbing squirrel.
A teen demonstrates a simple do it yourself project by covering ordinary cardboard hat, shoe and dress boxes with washable self adhering plastic to create a functional closet organizing set.
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