Frances Higgins Hosts Bridal Luncheon in Beckley Clubhouse
Frances Higgins of Teter Apartments entertains at 1 p m for Beckley bride Mrs. Charles Keaton, the former Blanche Spangler, at the Beckley Woman’s Clubhouse on Park Avenue. The luncheon and bridge feature roses from the gardens of Mrs. E Vecellio and Mrs. KE Grogan. guest list includes dozens of local social figures and several out of town guests from Martinsville and Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Z. Higgins
Teter
Beckley Woman’s Club
Park Avenue
Beckley
Charles Keaton
Blanche Spangler
Narrows
E. Vecellio
KE. G. Grogan
Hum
Gubeg
Foster Avenue
Sistersville
W. B. Miller
Spencer
Frank McFoy
McFoy
Beckley Avenue
S. A. Helcher
Glen White
Beckley Hospital
Johnnie
Charles Hodel
North Kanawha Street
Virginia Press Association
Roanoke
L. H. i Hartung
R.schwank
Crawford Street
Potomac River Naval Command
Washington, D. C
Naval Air Station
Coco Solo
Canal Zone
BE. G. Grogan
South Kanawha Street
Francis Higgins
Woodlawn Avenue
Martinsville
A. K. Canterbury
Virginia
Anne
Chilson Avenue
Clyde Jeffry
Linden
Ala
New York City
W. T. Lilly
Lilly Street
Cecil W. Lilly
Reba
St. Albans
Waller M. Duncan
Watts
Prince Street
Detroit
Youth Dance Planned at Beckley Women’s Club House
Attendance rose two weeks ago allowing another youth dance tonight at 8 at the Beckley Women’s Club house on Park Avenue. Mrs. Ross P. Daniel says dancing will run from 8 to midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Woman’s Club
Park Avenue
Ross P. Daniel
Daniel
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Mrs. A. D. Cook returns from Richmond after brother in law L H Roden died of a heart attack. Roden worked in the executive department of the C and O Railroad. Numerous townsfolk host and visit relatives in Virginia and elsewhere during summer travel and holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Cook
Clyde Street
Richmond
L. H. Roden
C. and O. Railroad. Co
L. Walker
Marcella
Limit Street
Fort Meyers
Fla
Edward Zemerick
Norma Jean
Stamford
Teens celebrate Harkleroad birthday dance at Black Knight
A Beckley social event honored Esther and Lawrence Harkleroad with a formal birthday dance at the Black Knight Country Club. About 165 guests from Beckley and nearby towns attended as Miss Sue Handley of Huntington joined the festivities. The party also marked Esther’s upcoming 17th birthday and Lawrence’s 19th, with music by a local trio and chaperones from the Harkleroad family and guests from multiple communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. Harkleroads
Hillpark Drive
Sue Hundley
Huntington
Beckley
Mary Harkleroad
Harkleroad
Esther Harkleroad
Lawrence Harkleroad
Mary Hornbrook
Granville Avenue
Pat Graney
Mount Hope
F. S. Harkleroad
Black Knight Country Club
Winnie Love
Charleston
Claude Hill, Jr
Oak Hill
Mary
Esther
Sue Handley
Frank Cain
Bill Earhart
Dickie Stout
Knight Country Club
Lawrence
Byron Baker
Raymond Lamb
Ben Wilmouth
Bill McCormick
Fidelis Class Hears Miss Helen Dunn Talk On India
The Fidelis Class of the First Baptist Church met Thursday night to hear Miss Helen Dunn speak about India and present a chalk drawing. Miss Martha Ellen Snider sang with her sister Mrs. Joseph Emery at the piano, with Mrs. Snider leading the opening song. Birthday gifts for July were given to Mrs. C. D. Hall Mrs. Harry Jones and Mrs. W. L. Carter during the social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Helen Dunn
Fidelis
First Baptist Church
Martha Ellen Snider
Joseph Emery
Farl Snider
Tommy Houchins birthday party honors an 8th year
A lawn party hosted by Mrs Henry Houchins at 205 Summers Street honored her son Tommy for his 8th birthday. Guests enjoyed ice cream and cake decorated with red white and blue flags. Prizes were awarded to Jimmy Harvey Lewis Howard Kittle Mark Miller and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Houchins
Summers Street
Johnny
Billy
Jerry Hutchins
Judith Wolfe
Doug Hall
Joe Snyder
Dennis Houtcins
Michael Miller
Bobby
Mary Wengert
Jean’ Smith
Shelia Gay Rogers
Kristin Johnsson
Richard Johnson
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Frances Higgins
Kyle Jones
Ernest Otto
C Ram Drewry
Eugene G. Grogan
George Keatley
H. A. Shaffer
G. QO. Mills
H. E. Melton, Jr
Lewis N. Gravely, Jr
William Snead
Harry Anderson
Daniel D. Holliday
C. L. Miller
W.J. Jackson
J. K. Brash
Clyde McDowell
Fletcher Freeman
Dennis Leary
Frank Pettit
Alma Marlin
C. 1 Marshall
Fred Corley
Edith Cottingham
Ted McDowell
C. L. Schulte
Hubert Perdue
D. W. Bryson
R. L. Reardon
Kenneth Shroyer
Palmer Farley
Lee Summers
Crewe Maples
8. Cohen
Joe Luchini
Till Willams
Ormas Mays
Carol Hutchinson
H. L. Whitesell, Jr
Gladys Davenport
Amerigo Cappellari
Rice
Clarence Bibb
Louise D. Weiss
Ney Caldwell
Jay Wood
French Lucas
Bruce Scott
Lucy Salaski
Sam Hoye
Latane Ware
Edward Gregory
Virginia Kester
Kathleen Anderson
Margaret Phipps
Rachel Meador
Grace Wilkes
Ethel Martin
Evelyn Fink
Isobel Nickell
Hattie Christian
Dave Keyser
Margaret Sullivan
June Winston
Mary Nuckols
Betty Wilkes
Mary Freeman
Raymond
Big City
Embee's
Dia
Raymond's Beauty Shoppe
Ras Lilly
Vella Lilly
Roy C. Jollett
Barry
Baltimore
Maryland
Alsal
Dema Lilly
C. D. Perkins
Cincinnati
L. V. Caudill
Barbara Robinson
Knoxville
Tenn
Niagara Falls
Canada
G. M. Kourey
Evelyn
Fairlawn Avenue
Montreal
Can
Charles Bowles
Brenda Carol
Frank Gwinn
Meadow Bridge
Guy Pennington
Raleigh
Myrtle Cooper
Summerville
Lancaster
Chesapeake Bay
Mary's Beauty Shop
Court House
Prince St
Kenneth Humphries
Isabelle Morton
Paul Nicholls
Otto Cook
Lynchburg
Harry L. McCreery
Harkleroads
George Puffenbarger
Winne Love
Hawthorne Battle
Silas Pickering
Ebersole Gaines, Jr
Fayetteville
Mary and
Mount Nope
Emily Roberts
Fairmont
Jean Moorefield
Bob Kelly
Helen Cumbow
Edwin Wilson
Harold Wilson
Roy Zeck
Claude Hill
Jean Ann Warden
Carol Wood
James Kelly
Bill Cole
Bob Shelley
Bluefield
Bill Sicoma
Dick Sicoma
Helen
John Scott
Bill Scott
Ted Anderson
Patsy Graff
P. M. Snyder, Jr
Jimmy Maynor
Thomas Curd
Welch
Betty Holroyd
Mullens
Jack Price
Bill Price
Scotty Nichols
Jane Ann Nicholls
Whipple
Caroline Bishop
Searbro
Marguerite’s
Marquerite’s
WWNR
Embee
Burtone
Howard Camp
Tate
Ink Howard Camp
Charles
Ritz Cosmetice
Shantung
Madamoiselle
County Bank
Cermanents
Del-Mar
Oaala
Neville
Neville St
Tommy Houchins
Linda Houchins
Nancy and
Harold Duckworth
Carol Harvey
Bobby Wills
Lewis Howard
Kitle
Wendell Kittle
Mark Miller
Mary Catherine Baker
Jimmy
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