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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1957
Page
8
Local clubs post a week of gatherings with Jayceettes, Beckley Recruiters Wives, Nurses Club and Civinette among others. Events include social rooms, church meetings, covered dish dinners, and a dessert bridge and canasta event at the Park Avenue clubhouse.
A long list of newborns announced by numerous families at Beckley Memorial Hospital includes Cathy Sue Green born January 3 at 4:02 am, 7 pounds 15 ounces, and Cathy Majors. other births cover names such as Larry Dean Martin, Avson Steven Wayne, and Carl Ray Dodd with weights and times. The notices provide multiple pixelated weights, dates January 3 to January 10, and mention parents from Garrison, Lester, Shady Spring, Glen Rogers, and Long Branch among others. The Raleigh General Hospital also records several births including Marsha Lynn and Kenneth Ray with weights from 2 pounds to 7 pounds 14 ounces.
A local column reports on family visits and births from Beckley area residents. Mentions Mr. and Mrs. Truman Sayre and Becky Sue, Ferguson and Sayre relatives in Clarksburg, attendance at the presidential inauguration in Washington D C, and hospital births and patient statuses at Beckley Hospital with several named families and addresses. Also notes a Sunday meeting for the Reberea Bible Class at the Methodist Temple.
Pattern No 1502 offers dresses for ages 3 to 8 with yardage: size 4 uses 1 ia yards of 32 inch fabric and 1 8 yard contrast. Pattern No 1503 comes in sizes 9 to 16 with 458 yards of 3a inch fabric and 14 yard contrast. Send 35 cents to Iris Lane Raleigh Register Box 438 Midtown Station New York NY.
The Philathea Class of First Baptist met at Mrs. E B Ryan’s home on Fourth Street with 16 members and four visitors. Mrs H E Phipps led devotion from Matthew 6, read a prayer sketch by J R Rice, and members sang two hymns. A brief business session was conducted by Mrs T E Bazzarre. financial reports noted $445.22 given this year.
Gamma Gamma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi appointed hostesses for three months at a Monday meeting in the Coca Cola Social room. Mrs. Ronnie Hughes was selected to represent the chapter as Valentine Girl at the Sweetheart Ball. Others in attendance included Miss Peggy Canterbury and Miss Marie Cascio among several members and rushees.
The Rev G Worth May spoke at the Beckley Woman's Club Junior Department meeting on Family Counseling. He cited studies showing high divorce rates and noted 25 percent of patients in local doctors' practice suffer from issues tied to lack of counseling. He urged civic groups to sponsor larger scale counseling services and detailed school testing efforts in Raleigh County.
The piece explains a thrifty colon as dehydrating its contents causing blockage and lack of urge. It prescribes two steps: re moisten the dry stool and add bulk to stretch stimulate the colon to restore normal urges. It promotes COLonato and COLONAID as laxatives with moisturizing and bulk expanding effects.
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