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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1957
Page
8
At a WSCS meeting in the First Methodist Church Parish Hall, playlets were featured by members Judy Hall and Anne Kessinger among others. Officers for 1957 were elected with Betty Hash president and Linda Sweeney vice president, while Ruth Bonham led song duties.
Local notices detail weekend visits and family travel across towns and states. Names include Honts Mewell Higgins Hix Huddle Langford Lang Sutphin Cooper and others among relatives and friends visiting Raleigh General Hospital Costa Rica and Florida locations.
Beckley hosts a May rally for West Virginia Degree of Honor Lodges with Mrs May DeBar Fairmont as state organizer. Dinner and installation followed by a ceremony at the 100F Hall Monday night. New officers installed include Bailey Groseclose president and Mayo Miller vice president. Forty members attended. A Baptist Youth Talent Show is set for Crab Orchard Church Thursday at 7 30 p m at the new Crab Orchard School.
Patricia June Rochelle and James Franklin Vance wed in a Sunday evening ring ceremony performed by Rev. Ernest Barley at his Bradley home. Rochelle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Rochelle of 301 Hedrick Street, and Vance, son of the late Stella Vance and James C. Vance of Quinnimont, plan to reside in Beckley where Vance works for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. Rochelle is a Shady Spring High School graduate employed at Richmond Cleaners and Laundry.
Beckley Chapter of the National Secretaries Association held its dinner meeting on Monday Jan 23 in the Beckley Hotel General Beckley Room. The program featured a written quiz on grammar and spelling and a session led by Miss Fredd Soler. President Miss Madge Richardson presided. Miss Bernice Bloch reported on candy and fruit cake projects. the date for the division meeting was set for May 10 12 in Weirton with hostesses from Weirton Chapter. Mrs Elfa Boggs was named to draft nominations for West Virginia.
A quirky guide explains turning worn towels into window washing tools. Fill a pan with hot suds, add a sponge, lather each pane, then dry with a clean towel for lint free streak free shine. The method promises fast, easy, economical results with eco friendly appeal.
Mrs George Farmer captain of the Mothers' March on Polio says workers will meet at Helen Baptist Church at 6:20 p.m. and depart for their community sections at 6:30 p.m. Residents are asked to turn on porch lights between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Dorothy Roe reports Harley J. Earl, chief GM styling officer, invites women to suggest auto accessories such as kitchenette or vanity table built into future models. He notes decades of design work, praises women designers, and recalls a New York show where 2000 newspaperwomen questioned him. He emphasizes listening to women’s insights shaping 1957 car features.
Women's organizations invited to announce regular or special meetings via CL 33321 or mail to Beckley Newspapers Women's Department. Notices must arrive by 10 am for same day use. Sunday calendar alerts require earlier submission.
Mrs. James P Bland announces county captains and workers for the Mothers March in Beckley and Raleigh County. The event, Thursday March 3, includes door to door routes 6 30 to 7 30 pm with some areas worked in the afternoon. A0000 500 workers assigned. list of captains and districts follows.
The Woman's Club of Beckley holds a general meeting at the Clubhouse on Park Avenue at 2 30 pm. The Hollywood Elementary Home Toom Mothers Club meets at Hollywood School on MacArthur at 1 30 pm.
Mr and Mrs Chanes W Zimmerman of 118 Klaus SE announce the birth of a son, Mark Douglas, on January 26 at Greenbrier Valley Hospital in Ronceverte. The baby weighed eight pounds. Mrs Zimmerman is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark Hanna of Lewisburg.
Marriage license records from the office of the Raleigh County Court clerk show Joseph Sam Cheek, 21, of East Beckley, and Patricia Marie Whitehead, 21, of Beckley, applying together. Also listed are Donald D. Meadows, 18, of Beckley, and Mary Harless, 18, of Mabscott, as applicants.
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