State AAUW President Speaks At Beckley Branch Meeting
Miss Mary Shirey president of the West Virginia AAUW visited the Beckley Branch Monday night hosted by Miss Ann Louise File at 46 N Kanawha St. The panel discussed foreign policy from the Monroe Doctrine to present times noting isolationism and the roles of the State Department Congress lobby groups and public opinion. Attendees included many branch members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
American Association of University Women
Mary Shirey
Charleston
H. L
University
Beckley
Ethel Keyser
Clark Kessel
AAUW
Ann Louise File
N. Kanawha St
Angelino Amato
Theresa Amato Edwards
Derlando Amato
State Department
Congress
America
C. C. Pyles
George Hrash
Mary Scott
Harry Awalt
Mary Lemons
Hila Richardson
Lara Clay
Lois Edmundson
Gladys Milam
Shumate
George M. Parker
Watkins
Davenport
L. T. Durrance
Sibbley Weatherford
Paul K. Reed Jr
Sheldon Covey
Emerson Smith
Ann Snider Emery
J. C. Higgins
Julian Williams
Eva Keyser
Edith Clay
Margaret Phipps
Designers Preview Spring Hats Get Ready For Anything
New York fashion previews showcase bold space age hats and color in a 1960 collection. Luis Estevez debuts Desert Song with dramatic necklines while Dior by Yves Saint Laurent leans Avant Garde with flying saucer hats and oversized coats. Davidow offers timeless suits and coats in refined silhouettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Nor
NDW York
Museum of Modern Art
New York
Luis Estevez
Casbah
Dior
Yves St. Laurent
Davidow
Shady Spring Women Aid CARE Rural Program in Mexico
Shady Spring District Women's Club met at the Methodist Church to plan support for CARE's Rural Development Program in Mexico. A development unit costs 240.50 dollars and includes a sewing machine and farm tools. The club also aims to send old glasses and jewelry to Eyes For the Needy, Inc. Twentyone members from Shady Spring Cool Ridge and Ghent attended with various committees named and hostesses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring
RNS
CARE
Mexico
Everett Underwood
Cool Ridge
Care In
Eyes For the Needy, Inc
Gladys Wills
G. D. Ward
Mason Anderson
Bonnie Green
Larkin Philpott
Coming Events for Women Groups in Beckley Papers
Women organizations invited to announce regular or special meetings via telephone or mail to Beckley Newspapers Woman's Department. Notices by 10 a.m. appear the same day. Sunday listings must reach by 10 a.m. Saturday. Eliza Hunter Home Department hosts Rev. and Mrs. Flood Edmunds at Hunt er Street 5 p.m. Eagles Auxiliary meets at Woodlawn Avenue home 7:30 p.m. Lad and Lassie Senior 4-H Club gathers in Coca Cola Social Room 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Lad and
Lassie
Coca Cola Social Room
Community club and church group notices and events
A long list of meeting times and venues for Mission Circle No 5, Crab Orchard Baptist Church. Raleigh General Hospital Nurses Alumni. Royal Neighbors of America. Degree of Honor Lodge No 56. Women's Improvement League. Circle No 3 Mabscott Calvary Baptist Church. Xi Alpha Delta Beta Sigma Phi. Strivettes. Group No 12 First Christian Church. Beckley and Prosperity clubs. plus a Beckley Community Concert and Prosperity Women Plan Activities. Becket items include a devotional by Mrs. Wannie Brown, notes on standards of Christianity, a Poetry reading, and preparations for a winter clothing drive benefiting 14 families, with a pie supper and bookmobile activities announced.
Beckley Woman's Club Meeting Notice
Friday event held by the American Home Department of the Woman's Club of Beckley at the clubhouse on Park Avenue at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Home Department of Woman’s Club of
Beckley
Park Ave
Suburban Homemaker’s Club to fete Beckley VA patients
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know reports the Suburban Homemaker's Club plans a 7 to 9 p.m. Friday party at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital for patients. The Noon Tuesday meeting at Mrs. Ewell Curtis's Oak Grove home featured Nancy Boyd as speaker on homemakers making decisions, with Mrs. Burton Royal delivering the devotional. Attendees included many local members and a guest, Mrs. Gussie Hanger. A February 11 meeting was announced at the home of Mrs. Emmett Crum. Nearby visitors include Mitchem on 30 day leave from Norfolk, and family visits by Mrs. Fred B. Stone from Knoxville after a stay with sister Mrs. F. B. Bell. Funeral attendance for Ashby Ellis in Greenville included Mr. and Mrs. Irl H. Fink and Enoch Phipps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Ewell Curtis
Oak Grove
Nancy Boyd
Raleigh County
Burton Royal
Emmett Crum
W. R. Daniel
Claude Hatcher
Jesse Arthur
Arthur Cook
Virgil Meadows
Zane Lilly
Harold Blake
L. C. Heffiner
Emmett Mann
W. W. West
Gussie Hanger
Charles St
T. G. Honaker
Westwood Dr
Troy Mitcham
Debby Jean
Connie Dale
Norfolk
Mitchem
Beckley
U. S. Navy
Little Creek
USS
Barton
Jean Godbey
D. E. Godbey
Hinton
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Hazel Bragg Davenport
Malcolm Shumate
H. L. Watkins
Washington
Shirey
Jackson's Mill
Millinery Institute of America
Joan Crawford
Roses
Eleanor Searle Whitney
Betsy Palmer
Celeste Holm
Channel
Zina French
Thomas Overstreet
Eva Teter Hammer
Edward Sanderson
S. B. Tate
Charles Akers
Franklin Lilly
Anderson
Fred Ritch
Jessie Walker
June Thurman
Helen Keaton
Raymond Eye
Mrs. Everett Underwood
Eliza Hunter
Mrs. Flood Edmunds
Hunter St
Eagles
Woodlawn Ave
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
R. C. Egnor
Raleigh General Hospital
J. W. Watkins
Ellison Ave
Royal Neighbors of America
Sons of Italy
Stellie Jarrell
Stanley St
Women’s Improvement League
Knox Lewis
Smith St
Florence Page
Edna Payne
Calvary Baptist Church of
Mabscott
James Kirk
Whitestick St
Xi Alpha Delta
Beta Sigma Phi
Robert M. Fleming
Orchard Ave
Ames E. Carter
G. St
First Christian Church
John Yago
O. M. Jones
Orlin Okes
Beckiey Community
Wannie Brown
Prosperity Fann Women’s Club
Carl Toney
James M. Linamen
Jesus Christ
Brown
Cleve Brewer
Zetta Stewart
Janice DeGregory
General Alfred
Beckley Hotel
Chiefs Club
Pythian Sisters
St. John's Baptist Church of
Raleigh
Sadie Henderson
Mill St
Circle No
Christian Women’s Fellowship of
Howard Starr
Klaus St
Beckley Homemakers Club
W. G. Williams
Burgess St
Poinsettia Savings Club
Phyllis Dyer
South St
Westwood Garden Club
Chester Webb
Richmond
Council
Salvation Army
Stewart
D. B. Stover Jr
Ross Stover
Memorial Building
James Woolwine
Henry Arnott
Stover
Brewer
the Quality Shop
Fred B. Stone
F. B. Bell
Knoxville
Tenn
Frederick O. Helm
Jim
Kay
St. Albans
Ashby Ellis
Greenville
Irl H. Fink
Edgewood Dr
Enoch Phipps
Berkley St
Harvey
Cabinet Shop
Eisenhower Drive
Carolina
Heating & Plumbing
Sophia Plumbing Co
Sophia, West Virginia
Stamp Redemption Store
Crab Orchard Road
Aentt
Zazez
Singer Sewing Center
South Kanawha St
Jecitic
Beckley, W. Va
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