Surprise farewell party for Mrs Pettry on Mankin Avenue
Friends and neighbors gathered Friday on Mankin Avenue to honor Mrs M L Pettry who leaves today with her husband and three sons Wayne 10 Bruce 7 and David 2 to Orlando Fla where he will work as an auto parts salesman. The gathering at the Torrico home featured a daisies and iris decor on the patio a dessert course and a gift for the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mankin Avenue
M. L. Pettry
Wayne
Bruce
David
Orlando
Fla
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Dewey Premo of Mabscott entered St Marys Hospital Huntington for major kidney surgery scheduled today. Mrs Premo is in Huntington to be with him. Their son-in-law and daughter Andy Marcinko and Andrea arrived Sunday from North Tinkensands Malts to stay about two weeks. Mrs M J Walker returns home after eight weeks away and two weeks in hospital for observation and treatment. Hershel Bradshaw and children Terry and Sharon of Hugo Okla arrived to visit Pedro Torrico at 109 Mankin Ave. Bradshaw and Torrico served in the U S Marine Corps together and visit every two years, with Torrico visiting relatives in Oklahoma. Fern Robinette and Randolph plus Mrs Brook Tolley and Genny Lynn Tolley return from Myrtle Beach. James Boswell of Charleston was a guest of Harley Christian and wife at 109 Williams St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Premo
Mabscott
St. Mary’s Hospital
Huntington
Premo
Andy Marcinko
Andrea
North Tinkensands
M. J. Walker
N. Vance Drive
Pedro Torrico
Mankin Ave
Bradshaw
Torrico
U. S. Marine Corps
Torricos
Oklahoma
Bradshaws
Fern Robinette
Randolph
Brook Tolley
Barwood St
Genny Lynn Tolley
Glen Daniel
Myrtle Beach
Hortons
Charles Claypool
Buddy
Eddie Gilmer
Grants
N. M
Jess Richardson
Cleveland
Ohio
James Griffith
U. S. Air Force
Greenland
Arlie Barber
Eddy Soulsby
E. Soulsby
Vernon Bailey
Pittsburgh
W. W. Bailey
Jack
Gary Sheppard
Vanare
Claude Walker Jr
Bobby Hawley
Ed Smith
Blind for 43 Years Highlighted by Overseas Aid Program
The article explains how Americans support the Overseas Aid Program delivering food, clothing, shelter, jobs, education, and tools to millions overseas. It notes Catholic Protestant and Jewish groups collaborate across broad relief efforts and credits public service ads for awareness.
Shady Spring Visitors and Vacation Guests Listed
Shady Spring residents hosted and visited relatives during the July 4 holiday in Hopewell Virginia and nearby areas. Families from Cleveland Ohio Croydon Pennsylvania Atlanta Georgia Beckley Northfield Ohio Kingsport Tennessee and Bluff City Tennessee were mentioned along with extended visits and vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring
Billy G. Lilly
Butch and
Stevie
Bill Robinson
MacArthur
Hopewell
Lilly
Robinson
Harold Dean Hatcher
Linda Ellen
Cleveland
Ohio
West Virginia
Roy Harmon
Pat
Croydon
Earl McComas
M. F. McComas
Princeton
Mabel Willis
Mount Tabor
F. A. Cough
Worthy Harris
Carl Kranig
Carol and
Clela
Atlanta
Bill Harris
Beckley
Jim Fisher
Earl Cooper
Kathi
David
Roger
Northfield
Jack Jacobs
Judy
Mike
Kingsport
Tenn
Fisher
Mollie McKinzie
Bluff City
Local residents gather for visits and travel notes
Sophia and Marshall University attendance figures appear in a string of social notes. Families from Columbus Ohio, Huntington, Parkersburg, St. Albans, and Alexandria share visits, trips, and summer plans. Notables include Miss Brenda Davis and Mrs. Lula Sutter accompanying relatives, and Richard Wolfe earning dean’s list honors at VPI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Lowery
Columbus
Ohio
Sophia
Alice Brown
Saul Brown
Shelby Wayne McVey
H. H. McVey
Marshall University
Huntington
McVey
Dreama McVey
Nancy Bowman
Watson Bowman
Anna Summers
Sophie Lubecka
Sharon
Woodrow Jones
Steve Leda
Brenda Davis
Parkersburg
Davis
Lindsay Water Softener Co
Brenda
Merrold Pekins
St. Albans
Lillian Dean
New Orleans
Jesse Davis
Richard Wolfe
Blacksburg
Richard
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Aubrey Allen Jr
Eddie Hall
Alexanderia
Allen
Baltimore
Jerry Allen
A. W. Allen
Alexandria
Jerry
Raleigh Register
Coming Events for Local Women's Groups This Week
Notices invite women to submit meeting announcements to Beckley Newspapers Woman's Department. Deadline 10 a.m. for same day publication. Sunday notices by 18. Saturday for Saturday. Listings include New Hope Baptist Church 6 p.m. and others with room changes and host names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Community club meetings and orders set for evening
Columbine Garden Club holds a 1:30 p.m. session at Coca Cola Social Room with a workshop on Hogarth curve arrangements. Stanaford WCTU meets 7 p.m. at Stanaford Baptist Church. American Legion Auxiliary Unit 32 convenes at Memorial Building Clubroom 8 p.m. Lawton Chapter 135 Order of Eastern Star installs officers at Masonic Hall 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbine Garden Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Building
Lawton
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Community club meeting notices from local churches
Circle No 3 of the Woman's Hoey of Christian Service at the First Methodist Church hosts 7:30 p.m. at 107 Jefferson St. Past Matrons Club of Bethlehem Chapter No 71 meets at 2 p.m. at 216 Granville Ave. Thrifty Homemaker's Club gathers at 6 p.m. at Grant Street, hosted by Mrs. C. T. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiefs Club
Pythian Sisters
Margaret Nolan
S. Kanawha St
Stanley Tolbert
The
Woman’s Hoey of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Roy L. Herndon
Jefferson St
Matrons Club of
Bethlehem
E. S. Pugh
Granville Ave
Thrifty Homemaker’s Club
C. T. Wilson
Grant Street
Church and group meetings listed at local homes and halls
Church in the Home Prayer Group meets at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Stump on Fitzpatrick Road at 1 p.m. Eagles Auxiliary gathers in Eagles Hall on Woodlawn Ave at 7 30 p.m. Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Association holds a regular meeting at the Community Building at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Community Concert Association
Laura Pierson
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Church In the Home Prayer Group
Mrs
Luther Stump
Fitzpatrick Road
Eagles
Eagles Hall
Woodlawn Ave
Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Association
Puccini's La Tosca Premiered in Rome in 1900
Puccini's opera La Tosca debuted in Rome in 1900. It tells a melodious tale of the love between a singer and a painter, set against dramatic pressures and fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puccini
Rome
Fairdale Family News Tours Relatives Across States
Local residents share visits with kin from Virginia to Ohio and Michigan. Families including Acords Gunnees Cozarts Simpsons Claypools and Smiths travel to see relatives while others return home from Cleveland Arlington and Grants after illnesses and military postings.
Annie Wattis to Return Home After Month Away
Rhodell residents report Annie Wattis will return home Saturday after a month with her son-in-law and daughter in Washington. Other local families note visits from London Honaker in Beltsville, Vester Rash with Patricia and Robert, and Betty Jo Harness heading to Reno to live with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodell
Annie Wattis
Earl Trail
Washington
Ted Wyce
Michael
London Honaker
Beltsville, Md
Vester Rash
Patricia
Robert
Bobby Kelley
Gordonsville
Betty Jo Harness
Georgia Hudson
Reno
Nev
Rash
Tommie Johns
Bert Johns
Baltimore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jess Williams
W. H. Holliday
Birch Phillips
Ivy Engle
Albert
James Miller
Curry Pyles
Pettry
Jean Davis
W. W. Davis
Richmond, Va
William H. Courtney
Mary Lucinda
Carlyle S. Bolen
Richard A. Courtney
Bluefield
Courtney
Elizabeth Bolen
Hershel Bradshaw
Terry and
Hugo, Okla
James Boswell
Charleston
Harley Christian
Williams St
Violetta Nider
Yugoslavia
Naples
Geneva
Protestant
Appea Catholic Bishops
Jewish United Jewish Appeal
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Moannests By
Miter
Hineanh
Cohen
Neville Street
New Hope Baptist Church
Black Diamond
Golden Gate Rebekah
Ioof Hall
Stanaford
Ray Dew
Orchard Ave
Eg Bina
Beckley Ice
Prince St
Madrid
Spain
T. Sgt
Guy Roberts Pake
Pake
Martha Ellen Lively
A. F. Lively
Doc Lively
Parkway St
Gregory Benjamin
Seana Ellen
Sgt. Pake
Las Cruces Air Force Base
New Mexico
Fairdale
ANS
John Acord
Ray Gunnee
Bert Salyers
Virginia
Billy Cole
James Cole
Arlington
Daisy Cole
Eugene Cozart
Detroit
Mich
Billy Bailey
Bill Alderman
Glen Rogers
Danny Simpson
Lou Ann
Dayton
Quince Dickens
Julia Simpson
Horton
D. C
Sheryl Herron
G. M. Powers
Main Street
W.T. Grant Co
Neville St., Beckley
Eoe
Onetras
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!