Bowling-Lanter Vows Read At Montcalm
In a double-ring ceremony at Pine Grove Church of Christ Montcalm Miss Delores Eloise Lanter Welch and Edward Lee Bowling Morgantown exchanged vows July 1 at 2 p.m. The bride daughter of Emmett and wife of Montcalm and the groom son of Fred Bowling Flat Top. Rev. Mahaffy Welch read the vows as gladioli and greenery decorated the altar. Mrs. Joan Shoemaker Montcalm played traditional music. The bride wore a white nylon lace over satin dress with illusion veil and orange blossom crown, carried a white Bible topped with rosebuds. Her sister Joyce Lanter Montcalm was attendant in white and orchid dress. Best man Bobby Bowling. ushers Howard Lester Morgantown and Allen Lanter Montcalm. The mothers wore silk shantung navy and ice blue lace. A reception accompanied the ceremony at the bride’s home. a three-tier cake featured a miniature bride and groom. The couple left for a wedding trip in a white and blue sheath dress. The bride is a McComas High School and Bluefield School of Medical Technology graduate and a lab technician in Welch. The groom is Shady Spring High School graduate and a WVU civil engineering student employed by Carnegie Gas Mannington. They will live at Morgantown 428 Brockway Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Grove Church of Christ of Montcalm
Delores Eloise Lanter
Welch
Edward Lee Bowling
Morgantown
Emmett Lanter
Montcalm
Fred Bowling
Flat Top
Paul Mahaffy
Joan Shoemaker
Joyce Lanter
Bobby Bowling
Howard Lester
Allen Lanter
Dorothy Casey
Wilmington
Del
Shady Spring High School
West Virginia University
Carnegie Gas Co
Mannington
Brockway Ave
Stork Shower Honors for MacArthur Resident
Mrs. James Hartsog of MacArthur was honored with a stork shower Friday night at her mother in law’s home Mrs. E R Hartsog of Sophia. Hostesses were Edith Hawkins T A Graybear E R Hartsog and E O Hartsoy. Guests included many Hartsogs and friends. games led by Graybear with prizes to several attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
James Hartsog
MacArthur
E. R. Hartsog
Edith Hawkins
T. A. Graybear
E. O. Hartsoy
O. B. Sturgill
Donne Calloway
J. A. Denny
Mary Wolfe
Douglas Johnson
Glen Nelson
Linda Kay Nelson
Tammy Dawn
J. L. Hornbeck
W. B. Duncan
Ervil Bowling
Fred Williams
Basil Deck
Carl Neff
Donita Neff
Sophia Woman Feted On 77th Birthday
Mrs. Mary Udy Parrott was honored at home on her 77th birthday with a dinner Sunday. Yellow roses and a two-tier cake decorated the serving table. Attending relatives included daughters Mrs. George McKinney and Mrs. Margar et Udy, son Reginal Udy, son-in-law Mr. Gerald Udy, and grandchildren Miss Scarlett McKinney and Miss Vickie Kay Udy among others from Grants and Tams Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
RNS
Mary Udy Parrott
George McKinney
Tams Mountain
Reginal Udy
Grants, N. M
Margaret Udy
Soak Creek
Hubert Mentz
Charlestown
Mentzs
Johnny Delmonte
Charleston
Gerald Udy
Scarlett McKinney
Vickie Kay Udy
Pamela Udy
Mickey Arnold Udy
Grants
Johnny Udy
Lor
Community events in Beckley area notices
Woman's Department invites women’s groups to send meeting notices to Beckley Newspapers. Notices by 10 a.m. appear the same day. Sunday calendar by 6 p.m. Saturday. Friday events include Bethlehem Chapter Order of Eastern Star at Masonic Temple Howe St 8 p.m. Beckley Chapter Women of the Moose ritual practice 7:30 p.m. Maxwell Hill Country Life Group teen recreation 7 10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Bethlehem
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Howe St
Women of the Moose
Moose Lodge
Community and club events in Maxwell Hill notice
Saturday activities include Maxwell Hill County Life Group recreation night for adults from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Community Center. Thrifty Savers Club meets at 113 Rice St. 7 30 p.m. Sunday features Utopian Teenettes at 102 Brooks St. 2 p.m. Monday the Sunbeam Mission Society meets at the church 6 p.m. Black Diamond Unit No 9 meets at the Civic Room of the Bank of Raleigh 7 p.m. Meeting room change noted for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Hill County Life Group
Thrifty Savers Club
Bertha Wallace
Rice St
Black Diamond
West Virginia
Pleasant Hills couple honored at 50th anniversary dinner
A surprise dinner Saturday honored Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hatcher of Pleasant Hills for their golden anniversary. They married July 5, 1911 in Berry. The couple’s long life together included moves across West Virginia, work with Adams Express, American Railway Express, Singer, the State Road Commission, and a World War II dispatch role before retirement in 1956. Attendees included family from Charles, Camden on Gauley, Baltimore, Glen Morgan, Beckley, Grafton, and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Hatcher
Pleasant Hills
Berry
Thurmond
Hatcher
Adams Express Co
Mullens
American
Karen Lee
Curtis Hatcher
Baltimore
Alva Bowling
Cecil
Martha
Cosby
Mary Ann
Johnny
Glen Morgan
Carl Hatcher
Oscar Hatcher
Leslie
Alice Ann
Beckley
Claude D. Hatcher
Douglas
Rosalie
Virginia Kay
Arland Hatcher
Edward
Larry
Myrna
Timothy
Beverly
Grafton
Ohio
Anthony
Amy
Webster Cooper
Karen
Oak Grove
Cabell Heights
Eva Bowling
Dessie Stone
Cleveland
Gladys Cooper
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
A social column lists visits and hospital updates from Huntington area residents. Guests include Mrs Earl Martin and Patsy Martin of Arlington Virginia and Tom Hollandsworth of Cleveland Ohio. Mrs G Evelyn Thompson is in Raleigh General Hospital in fair condition. Additional notices cover hospital stays, travel to Jamaica New York and Virginia, and visits among local families with multiple named individuals and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Hollandsworth
N. Kanawha St
Earl Martin
Patsy Martin
Arlington
Tom Hollandsworth
Cleveland
Ohio
Fred Staats
Alexandria
Hollandsworth
Elizabeth Rogers
Fred Shriner
Wallace Kemp
Bill Shriner
Huntington
G. Evelyn Thompson
Franklin Ave
Raleigh General Hospital
Local social notes from Flat Top area
Mr and Mrs Sherman Shumate and daughters Patty and Betty of Ghent return home after a week in Baltimore and Washington D C Weekend guests at Mrs R D Cole include Kermit and Barbara Ann Cole of Frametown and C R Chappell and Carolyn of Bluefield with Nelson Cole Shady Spring Also present were Anna Wood visiting Columbus Ohio and Richard Rose with Harold McVey and Fred Maddy of Amigo Brenda and Vicki Stafford plan a two week vacation in North Carolina and Florida Mrs William Wimble and children return to Orlando after visiting Harold Wood family Junior and Elizabeth Farley of Baltimore visit Garner Lilly Sundays guests at Wade Akers Dunns include Luther Okes family from Ghent L W Okes with Joseph M Okes and Dewey Ransom of Princeton and Versie Adkins with Basil of Streeter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Shumate
Patty
Betty
Ghent
Baltimore
Washington, D.C
R. D. Cole
Kermit Cole
Barbara Ann
Frametown
C. R. Chappell
Carolyn
Bluefield
Nelson Cole
Shady Spring
Anna Wood
Harold Williams
Columbus
Ohio
Richard Rose
Harold McVey
Harold Jr
Amigo
Fred Maddy
Beckley
Brenda Stafford
Vicki Stafford
North Carolina
Florida
William Wimble
Orlando
Fla
Harold M. Wood
Junior Farley
Elizaeth Farley
Garner Lilly
Wade Akers
Dunns
Luther Okes
Paula, Suzette
Leon
L. W. Okes
Joseph M. Okes
Dewey Ransom
Princeton
Versie Adkins
Basil of
Streeter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bowling-Lanter
Mrs
Beckley Hotel Cor. Main & Kanawha CL
Maxwell Hill Country Life Group
Lelia Turner
Brooks St
Sunbeam Mission Society of
New Hope
James Mentz
Rodney Simms
Camden
Gauley
Raymond Udy
Iiving Stattone
Lee
Ted Stone
Keith
Cleveland, Ohio
Vales
Beckley Hospital
G. L. Alderson
Louise
Connie
S. C
E. M. Bartlett
Daniels
Alderson
W. E. King
Blue Jay
Mary Marshall
G. Street
John Christian Jr
Adkins St
Jamacia
N. Y
Willie Johnson
Rickie Clark
Nashville Auto Diesel College
Nashville, Tenn
Hazel Clark
Sheila Gay Rogers
W. C. Rogers
Temple St
Donna Rice
Uniontown
Linda Bell
Brownsville
Lee Patron
Bellaire
Rogers
Miss Rice
Miss Bell
Pennsylvania
Son Jr
Don W. Mooney
DREMA_ TACKETT
Claude ‘Tackett
Helen
Norfolk
Douglas Hand
Tackett
John ‘Little
Washington, D. C
Sharon
Washington
Jimmy Lytton
Earl Lytton
Tams
Jimmy
Mark Twain High School
C. A.gregory
Anna Belle Gregory
Fredericksburg
James John
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Marty
Prince ST
Main St. Beckley
Thompson Drug
Crab Orchard
Gillette
Super Blue Blades
Kodak Film
Bobby Pins
Dorothy Perkins
Shop Thompson Drug
Valley Bell
Valley Bell Milkman
Ibe
Iy Product
Elley
Bell Dairy Foods
CHEED
Niacin
Phosphorus
Iodine
Quality Pastry Shop, Inc
Neville St
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