Home Sewing Becomes Big Business for American Women
The article notes how home sewing is evolving into a significant activity for American women with automatic machines, new patterns, and opportunities for lessons in schools and shops. It highlights a Fashion Sewing Contest by local juniors and lists several participants and outfits, detailing jackets, dresses, coats, and hats with emphasis on fabric, color, and accessorizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club of
Beckley
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
Beckley Women’s groups schedule meetings and notices
Women's organizations announce regular and special meetings including Maxwell Hill Elementary School program at 7 30 p m Mothers' March captains and workers meet Beckley Moose Lodge 7 p m Beckley Legal Secretaries Elks Club 6 30 p m Deb Juniors Park Ave clubhouse 7 p m Newcomers executive board 8 p m Glen Hunt Crawford Street Art Group 7 45 p m Telephone and mail notices accepted by 10 a m for same day inclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Department of
Beckley
Moose Lodge
Deb Juniors Club
Woman's Club of
Park Ave
Beckley Newcomers Club
Glen Hunt
Crawford St
Regular Baptist Ladies Aid Meets at Pinecrest Nurses Home
The Ladies Aid of Regular Baptist Church holds its regular meeting in the living room of Pinecrest Nurses Home at 7 30 p m. The Practical Nurses Association of West Virginia District No 3 also schedules a regular meeting in Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Secretaries Association
Beckley Hotel
Ladies Aid
Regular Baptist Church
Pinecrest Nurses Home
Practical Nurses Association of West Virginia Inc
Raleigh
Crab Orchard Mission Circle Sets Calendar For Year
The Hilltop Baptist Mission Circle of Crab Orchard published its yearly calendar with monthly meetings at various members’ homes. January's program featured devotional, poetry, and a duet, while plans included church drape cleaning and purchasing a pastor’s clothing for baptistery use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilltop Baptist Mission Circle
Crab Orchard
Clarence Gills
LeRoy Scott
Lacy Pendry
Jiiden
Gus Bane
Jim Brown
Robert Lilly
Pendry
Ray Meadows
Gills
Lilly
Harold Willis
Glen Willis
Brown
Meadows
King's Daughters to Hear Talk on American Indian
Mrs. W. B. Hume will speak to the King's Daughters Tuesday at 2 p m in the First Christian Church social room. Her topic is the American Indian with dolls and relics from tribes. The program includes prayer, singing, and a devotional led by Mrs. D. O. Totten.
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King’s Daughters
W. B. Hume
First Christian Church
America
W. S. Taylor
Robert Bane
Jesus
God
Worry Clinic speaker urges star teachers over research
Dr George W Crane hosts a discussion at General Mission Society of Crab Orchard Baptist Church praising Lawrence G a 35 year old teacher at County Vocational School for energizing pupils with dramatized experiments and enthusiasm while denouncing overemphasis on published research. The piece contrasts teaching zeal with lab work and cites Mothers March for March of Dimes events and local civic gatherings.
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General Mission Society of
Lawrence G
Ler
Crane
Lawrence
County Vocational School
Meadows relocate to Sophia. principal at Helen Elementary
Sophia reports Estil Meadows, former Rhodell resident, has moved to Sophia and serves as principal at Helen Elementary School. Mrs Ernest Angle visits son-in-law Laymer Wilmer in Christiansburg, Va, and Wilmer's wife recently had surgery.
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Sophia
Estil Meadows
Rhodell
Meadows
Helen Elementary
Ernest Angle
Laymer
Wilmer
Christinasburg
Raleigh County Lesson Leaders Training Meeting
Raleigh County Farm Women's Council and Lesson Leaders Training are scheduled in the Raleigh County Courtroom at 10 a m. The Home Department Class of Ebenezer Baptist Church meets at 104 Rice Street, hosted by Mrs Melissa Cheatwood, at 10 30 a.m.
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Raleigh County
Girl Scout Council
First Christian Church
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Melissa Cheatwood
Rice St
Saturday Social Savings Club Meeting Notice
Social Savings Club at the home of Mrs Edna Love on Sylvia Street invites members to a 7 30 p m gathering.
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Social Savings Club
Edna Love
Sylvia St
Love life of the gold fish and the castanet study critique
The passage mocks dry scholarly work that neglects real people and practical needs. It questions how a psychologist can be an effective teacher while preferring obscure topics like the love life of goldfish or the cultural importance of castanets in medieval Spain over engaging with people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Topnotech
Eli Lilly
du Pont
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Spain
Primatene asthma remedy labeled prescription leading
New York special report states Primatene is now sold without prescription in tiny tablets. It claims to open bronchial tubes, loosen mucus, relieve nervous tension, and stop attacks within minutes for hours of relief. The ad offers 98 cents with a money back guarantee from Whiteball Pharmacal Company in 1956.
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New York, N. Y
Whiteball Pharmacal Company
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Funeral attendance for Ralph C Easter of Princeton draws many relatives from Crab Orchard Washington DC and other towns. Also reported is a sixth birthday surprise party for Patty Sue Flanagan at 127 1 2 Quarry St with family and friends. Concord College freshman Kay Snyder from Beckley spent the weekend visiting her parents.
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W. H. Bowling
Crab Orchard
Ralph C. Easter
Princeton
Elizabeth
Herbert Bowling Jr
Montgomery
Robert Bowling
Washington, D. C
Clarence E. Bowlden
Ray Bowling
Raymond
Sanford, Conn
Dorothy Wilson
Stella Justice
Lashmeet
Minnie Bowling
Fayetteville
Carlton Ryan
Lynchburg
Don Bowling
W. HH. Harry
Bluefield
James Flanagan
Quarry St
Patty
Sue Flanagan
David Rahall
Eddie Ford
Debby Ford
Sharon Lytton
Danny
Vickie McGrady
Larry Bergendine
Gwendor
Tia Corey
Michael
Concord College
Athens
Kay Snyder
Clyde Snyder
Beckley
Miss Snyder
Sophia High School
Marshall College Students On Semester Break Visit Local Residents
Marshall College students visiting for a semester break are accompanied by their parents, including Mike Bowman of Vine Street, Jerry Bledsoe of Hargrove Street, and Ida Mae Canterbury of Russell Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall College
Mike Bowman
Vine St
Jerry Bledsoe
Hargrove
Ida Mae Canterbury
Russell St
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National Pattern Company
Ralph A. Fritis
Westwood Dr
Dolman
Raglan
A. Boucher Boyd
Riley St
Duke Williams
Summers St
J. Kent Fleming
Dexter Ave
Shady Spring
Maxwell Hill Country Life
Maxwell Hil
Blue Room of Elks Club
Beckley Art Group
Appalachian Assembly Room
Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club
Silver Star
Rebekah Lodge
Greater Beckley Lodge
IOOF
Main St
Woman's Society of Christian Service of the
First Methodist Church
Phymosia Garden Club
William Turner
Halpark Dr
Emma Boycen
Hager St
Cranberry Parent - Teacher Association
Cranberry
Firest Christian Church
Woman’s Club ‘of
Judea Shrine
White Shrine of
New Pioneer Hotel
R. Howard
Mothers’ March
Crab Orchard Mission Circle
Robert Elmore
Okey Goodson
S. S. Reed
John Jiiden
Basil Willis
Carter Add
Campbell Slemp
D. O. Totten
George W. Crane
The
Worry Clinic
Area
Mabscott Christian Church
Fitzpatrick
Crab Orchard Women's Christian Temperance Union
Baptist Church
Women’s Society of the Methodist Temple
Friendship Hall
Royal Neighbors of America
of Beckley
Sons of Italy
Mark Homkins
Mark Hopkins
Charles Lester and Family
Hyattsville, Md
E. W. Meadows
Greenbrier Dr
Ray L. Martin
S. Kahawha St
Ilene Rahall
Linda Wilburn
Charley
Victor Flanagan
Susie Rahall
Charles Flanagan
Dick Wilburn
Jimmy Wilbur
North Kanawha St
Beckie
Tappan
Cabinet
North
Kanawha St
Prince St
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