WVU coed Norma Gundersen stars at Gamma Beta convention
A West Virginia University coed Miss Norma Gundersen of Hawaii attends the 49th international Gamma Beta Sorority convention in Edgewater Park Edgewater Gulf Hotel. She is pictured with alumnae Mrs. Virginia Burgess Pittsburgh and Mrs. Ann Dye Morgantown. Gundersen is active Alpha Pi chapter president and holds offices in Spokes and the Student National Education Association.
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West Virginia University
Student National Education Association
Crowley Family Attend Elmer Weld Funeral in Kimberly
CRAB ORCHARD visitors include Mr and Mrs Clyde Crowley who attended Elmer Weld funeral in Kimberly last week. Mrs Wendell Greene and daughter Easter of Charleston were guests recently in the Crowley home.
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Clyde Crowley
Elmer Weld
Kimberly
Wendell Greene
Easter
Charleston
Virginia Visit Ties Families Across Counties
Mrs Jim Gillispie and son Fred of Chilhowie Virginia spend a week visiting her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs William Benfield Sophia and her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Barney Haga Soak Creek They are joined by Benfields children Kathy Carol and Danny and Leslie Wayne Haga Also Miss Jackie Sue Cheeley of Richmond spends two weeks with cousin Miss Linda Sue Honts in Park Avenue at the Honts home
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Jim Gillispie
Fred
Chilhowie
William Benfield
Sophia
Barney Haga
Soak Creek
Benfield
Kathy
Carol
Danny
Leslie Wayne Haga
Virginia
Jackie Sue Cheeley
Richmond
Linda Sue Honts
Milton P. Honts
Park Avenue
Duxbury Family Returns From Week Vacation
In Richmond Virginia MA and Mrs W L Duxbury and daughter Karen have come back from a week’s vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs W V Bowers of Orange Virginia and with her sister Mrs Carl May of Lexington Virginia.
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W. L. Duxbury
Karen
Reservoir Rd
W. V. Bowers
Orange
Carl May
Lexington
Mrs Crawford Returns Home From North Carolina Visit
Mrs. D Crawford of Lynn has returned to Mercer Street after visiting relatives in Rutherfordton and Charlotte, North Carolina. She was with her daughter Mrs Davis McCue and children Greg and Kim, who stayed briefly at the Lynn home before continuing on their way.
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D. Crawford Lynn
Mercer Street
Rutherfordton
Charlotte
N. C
Davis McCue
Greg and
Kim
Lynn
Local residents embark on visits and vacations in several states
John Burke arrives from Wellston Ohio to spend the holiday weekend with his son and daughter in law in Fairview Avenue while relatives in Virginia visit family in Staunton Spottswood and Huntington. Paul O. Stanley returns from Cleveland Clinic. Kenneth Lester family heads to Pennsylvania and Florida for vacations. Thomas Wheeldin family plans a four week western tour including Colorado Springs Los Angeles Yellowstone and Grand Canyon.
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John Burke
Wellston
Ohio
J. R. Burke
Fairview Avenue
Thomas J. Wheeldin
Kenneth
Daniels St. McLean Addition
Colorado Springs
Colo
Los Angeles
Calif
Pacific Coast
West
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Canyon
BSP Representatives For Folk Festival Sets Meet Tonight
A Beta Sigma Sorority City Council committee will meet at 7 30 p m tonight in the Coca-Cola Social Room to select reps for the Mountain State Folk Festival in Beck ley July 8 9 Representing Beta Sigma Phi chapters are named members with Mrs Duke Williams as chairman New committees were announced after an ice cream social at the Xi Alpha Delta chapter home on Mankin Avenue International dues were paid for four members with perfect attendance.
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Beta Sigma Sorority
Beckley
Pat Brock
Beta Rho
Marie Caseino
Gamma
Leslie Cox
Samuel Evans
Xi Alpha Gamma
Paul Vennari
Mac Meador
Beta Lambda
Don Lilly
Xi Beta
Isabell Vass
Beta Kappa
Ralph Schrader
Sigma
Jack Clemens
Xi Alpha Delta
Duke Williams
Williams
Beta Sigma Phi
Olaf Olf
Mankin Avenue
Pat Roach
W. C. Mitchell
Alloy
Olff
Cadie
Treadway
Angie Amato
Clemens
Perry
Sweeney
John Love
Roach
Cadle
Newlyweds Make Home In Beckley
Mr and Mrs Hartley Ray Miller establish residence at 228 S Heber St Beckley after a June 18 wedding at Harper Heights Baptist Church The bride Ella Mae Snuffer wore a voile gown with lace insertions and carried a white satin Bible The groom is son of the late Lena Miller Attendants included Mrs Gene Blake and the couple hosted a reception at the bride s home with a three tier cake Guests from Cameron Rainelle Delbarton and other towns attended the ceremony and reception
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S. Heber St
Hartley Ray Miller
W. F. Tolliver
Harper Heights Baptist Church
Ella Mae Snuffer
Albert Snuffer
Harper Heights
Lena Miller
Edwight
Anna Mae Snuffer
Regina Thompson
Gene Blake
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
G. C. Murphy Co
Marsh Fork High School
First woman joins Virginia governor staff as aide
Richmond Virginia Lt Lucille Ross Kuhn at 32 becomes the first woman to serve on the governor J Lindsay Almond Jr military staff. The remaining 111 aides are men.
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Richmond
Lucclle Ross Kuhn
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Women Club Meeting Announced At Central Baptist Church
Local women’s organizations are invited to send notices to Beckley Newspapers Woman's Department for inclusion in the calendar. Notices due by 10 a.m. to publish the same day. Saturday program at Central Baptist Church by the Young Women's Club at 7 30 p.m.
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Woman's Department of
Beckley
Central Baptist Church
The
Young Women's Club
Social Savings Club and Calico Jeans Square Dance
Social Savings Club at 7:30 p.m. led by Mrs Josephine Poindexter on Gregory Street and Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club at 8 p.m. in Greenbrier Social Room invite area clubs and spectators to attend.
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Social Savings Club
Josephine Poindexter
Gregory Street
Calico and Jeans Square
Greenbrier
Community Groups Meet At Beaver And Stanaford
Stanaford Woman's Christian Temperance Union meets at Stanaford Baptist Church at 7 p.m. The Gamma Gamma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi holds a combined meeting of membership and ways and means committees at the home of Miss Sharon Pittman in Beaver at 7:30 p.m.
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Stanaford
Gamma Gamma
Beta Sigma Phi
Sharon Pittman
Beaver
Navy Mothers Club Meeting Notice at Memorial Building
Navy Mothers Club will meet at the Memorial Building at 7 30 p m with Mrs J T Jarrell Mrs B W Lipscomb and Mrs A B Carney hosting the event attendees are invited to attend this local social gathering and support group.
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Navy Mothers Club
J. T. Jarrell
B. W. Lipscomb
A. B. Carney
Beckleyans Attend Kiwanis Convention in Miami Beach
About 16 000 attendees fill Convention Hall for Kiwanis International gathering led by Albert J. Tully George Romney Paul Hoffman and Abigail Van Buren among speakers. Notables include E D Armstrong J Edwin Dickerson Lawrence Thorne families listed. event covers elections resolutions and club honors. In Arkansas County Judge Arch Campbell starts using ear characteristics to decide paternity suits noting 17 inheritable ear traits over ten years. test applies to sons not daughters.
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Beckleyans
Kiwanis International
Convention Hall
Miami Beach
Fla
E. D. Armstrong
College Ave
J. Edwin Dickerson
Woodlawn Ave
Lawrence Thorne
Margaret Louise
Hull St
Kiwanis
Albert J. Tully
Mobile
Ala
George Romney
American Motors
Paul Hoffman
United Nations Special Fund
James W. Parrish
Stetson University
Deland, Fla
Douglas W. Ambridge
Abitibi Power and Paper Co
Toronto
Abigail van Buren
Abby
Sophia Svestka
Little Rock, Ark
Arch Campbell
Campbell
Births Reported Across Hospitals in June Change
Daniels and Skelton families announce newborns at Raleigh General Hospital including John Edward Smith born June 11 at 12:10 am weighing 7 lb 13 1 2 oz and Elizabeth Jane O Neal born June 11 at 12:45 am weighing 5 lb 11 4 oz. Other births list partners, weights and times at Raleigh General Hospital including Sandra Louise McCullough Brenda Lee Wilson Stanley Alan Bragg Charles Harless Jr. and Rama Ranice. Shady Spring and Beckley Memorial Hospital births also recorded with dozens of names and weights in June.
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Daniels
Franklin Delano Smith
John Edward
Raleigh General Hospital
Elizabeth Jane
Jack Lee O'Neal
Skelton
Roy Fulton Davis
Arnett
Michael Roy
Sandra Louise
Jack Lee McCullough
Ewart Ave. Midway
Hubert Perry Wilson
Brenda Lee
Stanley Alan
Harold Paul McDaniel
Piney View
Lois Elaine
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Bernard Charles Bragg
Randolph Lee Buckland Jr
Sprague
Allen Wayne
Charles Harless Jr
William Nave Turner
Hillpark Dr
Warren Blake
William Jackson Woodrum
Tolley Dr
General Hospital
Diana Linette
John Fox
Beckley
Prince
Terry T. Carter
Harlan Theodore
Donna Lee
Arnett Lee Lilly
Ewart Ave
George Washington Prater
Nancy Louise
Jimmy Tracy Daniels
Shady Spring
David Harden Cochran
David Ann
Marriage Permit Applications From Readers
Marriage permit notices list James W Keilings 61 of Brownsville PA and Lizzie Elizabeth Victoria Williams 59 of Pennsylvania. William Aunt Looney 33 of Bluefield WV and Nancy Isabell Nickell 25 of Beckley. Edgar B Martin Jr 40 of Beckley and Nellie Louise Butterworth 32 of Sophia.
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James W. Keilings
John and
Mamie _ Keilings
Brownsville
Lizzie Elizabeth Victoria Williams
Steven
Butte Williams
Pennsylvania
William Aunt Looney
John
Fannie Looney
Bluefield
Nancy Isabell Nickell
Pat
Isabelle Nickell
Beckley
Edgar B. Martin Jr
Edgar
Sue Martin
Nellie Louise Butterworth
Miley
Jessie Ormandy
Sophia
First U.S. Agricultural Fair Held in Pittsfield 1810
The earliest American agricultural fair occurred in Pittsfield Massachusetts in 1810 marking a landmark event in rural exhibition and community farming displays.
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United States
Pittsfield
Mass
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