Officers Installed At Mabscott Lodge Joint Meeting
Mabscott Lodge Hall hosted installation of Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge No 306 and Whitestick IOOF Lodge No 311 officers. Mrs Paris Richards and Clyde Crawley named noble grand of their lodges. district officers Shumate and Pegram led the ritual. Eighty guests attended a covered dish dinner with pink gladioli centerpieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Gwinn
Ralph Carter
Leonard Meadow
Shumate
Albert Goodman
Roscoe Williams
Harold Landers
Russell Pegram
O. R. Taylor
Rebekah
IOOF
Pegram
Wiet Covey
Alvah Gunter
Arthur Porter
Madison Lowry
Gene Turner
Golden
Rebekah Lodge
Clyde Crowley
Noble Grand of Whitestick Ioof Lodge
Paris Richards
Noble
Grand
Golden Gate Lodge
Mabscott Lodge Hall
Rhododendron Garden Club discusses pruning methods
Rhododendron Garden Club members heard a program Notes on Pruning by Mrs. H. H. Perdue detailing pruning aims for growth and shape. She explained rejuvenation pruning for old plants and notes on berry shrubs. The session at Mrs. Eugene Eager’s home drew fourteen members and guests with a business and social wrap-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhododendron Garden Club
H. H. Perdue
Perdue
Eugene Eager
Beckley Ave
Larry Jarrett
Grace Wilkes
Gulf Woman's Club executive board reviews 1959 reports
The Gulf Woman's Club executive board met at Mrs. W. W Withrow's Sophia home to study 1959 reports submitted to state chairmen by division committees. They discussed the community achievement project contest through 1960, sewing contests chaired by Mrs. Lionel Travis, and projects Camp Galahad CARE and eye glasses collection for New Eyes for the Needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Womans Club
W. W Withrow
Sophia
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Woman's Clubs
Lionel Travis
Withrow
Harold Crickmer
Hampton Thomas
J. W. Foster
Robert Horton
A. J. Pugh
Curtis Stewart
Frank Noe
Selecting Apples by Color and Firmness In Storage
Apple growers advise choosing apples with good color for the variety, firm and unblemished, and not yielding to pressure. The flavor reflects variety maturity at picking time and proper storage methods.
Sophia Baptist Women Organize WMS Group
Sophia First Baptist Church women formed a Woman's Mission Society at a special meeting. Mrs. Miley Ormandy elected president with officers including Mrs. Arthur Akers as vice president and Mrs. Dethel Winters as secretary. The group will meet the first and third Tuesdays at 7 p.m. A bake sale at a local drug store Jan. 24 is planned to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
RNS
The
First Baptist Church
Woman's Mission Society
Miley Ormandy
Arthur Akers
Dethel Winters
Vernon Kirk
W. G. Mooney
W. C. Kirk
Beulah Dye
Dewey Wilson
Beckley Women’s Clubs Schedule Friday Through Monday
A calendar of women’s group events including Country Cousins Square Dance Club at Dry Hill 7:30 p.m. Rural Acres Garden Club meeting at Mrs. Sam Kessler’s 205 Rural Acres Dr. 7:30 p.m. Executive Board of Woman’s Club at Park Ave. 8 p.m. Twilight Garden Club at Mrs. Carvie Gwynn’s 7 p.m. Ebenezer Service Guild at Mrs. Mayme Tatum’s 7:30 p.m. Saturday Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club dance postponed to Feb 7. Monday posts Mountain Top Garden Club at 2 p.m. National Secretaries Association dinner 7 p.m. PTA Crescent Elementary at school canceled. Junior Youth Group at Park Ave. 7 p.m. Degree of Honor Lodge 7:30 p.m. Gulf Woman’s Club speaker Sophia Methodist 7:30 p.m. Beckley Legal Secretaries dinner 6:30 p.m. Woman’s Society of Christian Service First Methodist Parish Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Acres Garden Club
Sam Kessler
Rural Acres Dr
Miss Peach Attends New York Fashion Show
Miss Peach, the Raleigh Register comic heroine drawn by Mell Lazarus, attended a Waldorf Astoria silk fashion show on January 11 to find a model wearing a dress like hers. The Spring 1959 black and white silk tweed coat dress cost about 55 dollars and featured a notched collar, demi belt, and large front buttons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Peach
Raleigh Register
Silk Association
New York
Waldorf Astoria
Mell Lazarus
Eugenia Sheppard
New York Herald Tribune
Mel
Peach
Prentice - Hall, Inc
Birthday party honors Davie Lee Paice Jr
Davie Lee Paice Jr. celebrated his sixth birthday Friday afternoon at the home of his grandparents Mr and Mrs R E Paice in Lower Raleigh Heights. Guests included Mary Boley Alyce Cooper Tom Kelly Greg Lilly Tom Moss Robert Paice and Tom Lewis from On's Club of Beckley at the clubhouse on Park Ave starting at 4 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davie Lee Paice Jr
R. E. Paice
Raleigh Heights
Mary Boley
Alyce Cooper
Tom Kelly
Greg Lilly
Tom Moss
Robert Paice
Tom Lewis
Marriage Counseling Talk At Wood Lane Club Meeting
Mrs. George D. George, new club president, introduced the speaker who urged accepting professional help before it is too late. The speaker stressed pre marriage counseling with young people as vital. Hostesses Mrs Raines, Mrs Eddie Zopp, and Mrs W Warner Stanley served refreshments. husbands attended as guests in the Appalachian Assembly Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Lane
George D. George
Club
Appalachian Assembly Room
Raines
Eddie Zopp
W. Warner Stanley
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Mrs. George Warren Hodel broke her ankle in a fall and returned home from Raleigh General Hospital. Mrs. Raymond V. Martin is a Beckley Hospital patient under observation and treatment. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Littlejohn of Mabscott visited in Smithers with relatives. Beckley Hospital patients include Mrs. Earl Dalton and Mrs. Harold Tygrett, both recovering from major surgery in mid January. Births in Beckley Hospital: Mark Alan Wiseman at 5:30 p.m. Jan 11, 7 lb 9 oz. Joanne Belcher Rogers at 3:45 a.m. Jan 13, 6 lb 4 oz. Stephen Chilton at 11:59 p.m. Jan 13, 5 lb 9 oz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Warren Hodel
Bishop St
Raleigh General Hospital
Raymond V. Martin
Harper Rd
Beckley Hospital
C. M. Littlejohn
Mabscott
Smithers
E. E. Long
Earl Dalton
Lilly
Mark Alan
Paul James Wiseman
Sophia
Elden Belcher
Glen Rogers
Joanne
Stephen Chilton
James Chilton Daniel
Beaver
Local Girl Joins College Choir Tour to Four Northern Cities
Susan Ella Johnson of 206 Granville Ave joins Mary Baldwin College Staunton Virginia choir on a mid term tour. Under Prof Gordon Page the group sings Feb 1 at Brick Presbyterian New York and St Thomas Episcopal evensong. Feb 2 concert at Old Pine Street Philadelphia, then Wilmington and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Ella Johnson
M. A. Johnson
Granville Ave
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Nothern
Gordon Page
New York City
Brick Presbyterian Church
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Old Pine Street
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Baltimore
Mary Baldwin
United
West Virginia Cancer Society Meets in Huntington
Mrs James G Windle Jr Mab Scott center director of the Raleigh County Cancer Unit attended the West Virginia Cancer Society annual meeting in Hotel Frederick Huntington The Wednesday banquet featured Dr Eugene P Pendergrass of Philadelphia as guest speaker The society received a citation for establishing a central cancer registry with the State Health Department The eight unit directors met during the two day session with Beckley attendees Dr Harry Cooper Isador Wein and Edward L Canterbury among those present
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Windle Jr
Mabscott
Raleigh County Cancer Unit
West Virginia Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
Frederick
Huntington
Eugene P. Pendergrass
Philadelphia
ACS
West Virginia Society
State Health Department
Beckley
Harry Cooper
Beckley Hospital
Isador Wein
Edward L. Canterbury
Raleigh County Crusade
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Mabel Forrest
Hume Vogt
Ada Johnson
Ronda King
Arthur Lindsey
A.K. Chadwell
Frank Fedile
Gertie Fink
Dempsey Eddy
Anna Mooney
T. W. Creed
Paul Gunter
Inside Guardian
I. H. Fink
Outside Guardian
L. N. Breckenridge
E. S. Ferguson
Noble Grand
Oscar Trump
J. L. Pitzer
Gulf Woman's Club
Sophia Baptist Women
WMS
For All
Pastry Shop
Neville St
Women’s Department of
Country Cousins Square Dance Club
Dry Hill
Woman's Club of
Park Ave
Twilight Garden Club
Carvie Gwynn
Segmon St
Ebenezer Service Guild
Mayme Tatum
E. St
Calico and Jeans
Mountain Top Garden Club
Floyd M. Sayre
Woodlawn Ave
National Secretaries Association
Beckley Hotel
Parent - Teacher Association of
I Crescent
Woman’s Club of
Noof Hall
Main St
Sophia Methodist Church
Beckley Legal Secretaries Association
Blue Room of Elks Club
Woman's Society of Christian Service of the
First Methodist Church
Wom
Betty Rose Coats
Hever
On's Club of
Marty
Westinghouse Laundromat
Beckley Jayceeettes Club
Warren D. Elliott
Penn Raines
Maxwell Hill
James H. Stump
Women's
MPO. CO
Singer Sewing Center
Singer Sewing Machine CO
S. Kanawha ST
Murphy's
Ine
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