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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1936
Page
3
The Lee-Jackson celebration by the United Daughters of the Confederacy of the Robert E. Lee chapter was postponed indefinitely due to illness among members and bad weather. The event was to be held at Mrs. Charles Scott Lewis’s home on Wickham Avenue.
The Junior department of the Womans Club will hold its Janu ary meeting Tuesday evening at the club house on Park Avenue. A varied program will be presented and all members are urged to attend. Hostesses include Mrs. Jack Hollandsworth, Mrs. Larry Jarrett, Mrs. G. E. Honts, Miss Henrietta Koiner, Mrs. Oppie Hedrick, Mrs. Dewey Isley, Mrs. Lee Holliday, and Mrs. J. D. Lilly.
Bethlehem Chapter No. 71 Order of Eastern Star will hold a meeting Tuesday evening at eight o'clock in the Masonic Hall. Guests of honor will be the Past Matrons and Past Patrons of the Chapter and other guests will be members of the Oak Hill and Mount Hope chapters. A full attendance of members is urged.
Dr M C Banks Mrs Banks and their daughter Miss Mary Caperton left last evening for a visit to Philadelphia F D Van Winkle of Cincinnati was called here by the critical illness of J G Polley Carlisle Wade Jr a student at W P I Blacksburg spent the weekend here with Mrs Wade in the home of her mother Mrs W P St Clair Archie Mackey a student at Lynchburg College spent the weekend with his parents He had as his guest Pritchard McMathern of Petersburg Miss Margaret Bledsoe is confined with flu Mrs J A Cunningham returned from a visit to her daughter Miss Mary Cunningham a student at Greenbrier College Mrs T S Williams patient at Raleigh General Hospital is somewhat improved Mrs Ben Tyler and Henry Kruger of Centralia Ill are guests of their sister Mrs J G Polley called here by Mr Polleys illness H E Ames returned from an overnight visit to Bluefield accompanied by Mrs Ames and son Bobby and Mrs R V Martin who left for Vero Beach Fla to spend winter J H Meadows recently visited Martinsville by a death in the family Mr and Mrs J H Bane and sons Morgan and David of Morgantown were guests en route to Christiansburg J E McCreery ill at home on South Kanawha St improving Harold Lambert of Mount Hope is in Beckley on business Mrs J C Lilly confined to home at Flat Top by illness Joe Barrick left for Pittsburgh on business Earl O Snider of Mount Hope is a business visitor J C Davis of Mullens confined to Pinecrest Sanitarium left for Charleston Sylvia Bolen spent the weekend in Ghent with Mrs Darlow Richmond
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson of Pemberton announce the birth of an 11 pound son, Donald Richard, born January 14, 1936. Mrs. Johnson, former Miss Lucille Garten, notes a curious morning after AAA was knocked out with gins running and wagons hauling cotton.
Representative Wilcox warns that the United States interior is the most vulnerable region for enemy air strikes. He cites a rectangle from Boston to Washington to St Louis to Chicago, housing a majority of people wealth and industry and crossed by rail lines and bridges. A special army board studies base locations with costs estimated between five and fifteen million dollars per base.
Miss Kidd, a lecturer on homemaking, will speak to Beckley women tomorrow after visiting laboratories at schools and colleges. She emphasizes that good cooking is the foundation of national health and speaks with enthusiasm on new homemaking developments.
Miss Kidd moves daily lecture and demonstrations to start at 2:00 PM. Memorial auditorium doors open at 1:00 PM tomorrow, and all attendees should be seated by 2:00. The program ends at 4:00.
A popular homemaking speaker tours Beckley presenting labor saving and budget friendly kitchen wares. She addresses the average home, offers cheap meal planning ideas, and teaches basic cookery. free recipes and samples are handed out, with bigger prizes for daily attendees and longer participation.
Funeral services for Joyce Ann Whitaker fifteen month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Terry Whitaker who died at her home in Prudence Saturday morning of pneumonia will be conducted at the residence this morning at ten oclock by Reverend W W Pharr of Mt Hope Burial will be in Mt Tabor cemetery with Foster Undertakers in charge The child leaves four sisters Eva Frances Audrey Betty and one brother J B Whittaker besides the parents
Caring for baby animals is one of the most difficult jobs in any zoo. They must be fed milk from medicine droppers or nursing bottles, be bathed, and put to bed, just like children.
A versatile daytime frock features contrasting color touches, an inverted V yoke and skirt lines, and white crepe trim. Shown in a navy rayon crepe with paisley dot design, sizes 12–20, pattern H-3135 from Premiere Patterns costs 25 cents. fabric about $1 per yard.
In Suffolk Virginia a tribute was paid to Dr F Whitney Godwin recently named national vice commander of the American Legion A mile long parade led by drum and bugle corps from Portsmouth and Norfolk. About 1000 World War veterans and legion auxiliaries attended. Speakers included Frank Rennie Jr state commander Dave E Satterfield and Major Jack W Nurney A letter from General S G Waller praised Godwins war record. The departmental executive committee met before the rally and a banquet followed for Godwin and visiting post representatives.
The Federal Power Commission, in its annual report to Congress, envisions a geographically and economically integrated U.S. power system. The report argues utility holding company activity expands the reach of water power utilization and complements TVA development theory, though the Commission has no legal link to TVA.
The commission states the holding company act seeks to coordinate power facilities nationwide by dividing the country into economical regional districts. It aims to inter connect utilities within districts, using voluntary actions or compulsory action on request by a state commission or a public utility.
A reader notes Chesterfields are mild and satisfy the taste, giving what you want in a cigarette. The line implies they are not strong or harsh and still satisfy smokers' expectations.
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