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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1951
Page
8
Circle 10 of The Methodist Temple will meet in August at the J. A. Snyder home. Mrs. J. A. Sydnor hosts, with Miss Mary Jane DiNe as leader. Miss Louise Acker led a devotional on Children Are People. Pollyanna gifts were exchanged by the ten members present.
The seventh annual Picnic of Group Seven of the Young Women's Missionary Auxiliary of the First Baptist Church is set for August at Little Beaver Park. The planning occurred at a Tuesday gathering at Mrs. C. F. Rallite’s Locust Drive home with co-hostess Mrs. E. N. Swarthout. A missionary letter from Rev and Mrs Earl Robinson was read.
Mrs Holt Kester was guest speaker at the Highland Garden Club Tuesday with the topic Flower Shows. The group met at Mrs John Hedricks home with co host Latane Ware. Club members supply flowers for Beckley VA Hospital chapel this month.
The column lists residents of Beckley and nearby towns on weekends away, church assignments, and family visits. It notes pastors moving to Bristol, Virginia, and various trips to Miami, Washington, D. C., Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Roanoke, and Niagara Falls. Several service members return from Korea and other duty stations, with updates on relatives and friends visiting or traveling in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, and North Carolina.
Mrs N C Knapp will head a committee to present a slate of officers for the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Crab Orchard. Also named were Mrs Arch Allen and Mrs Mark Wolfe. Officers to be elected at the August meeting at the Baptist Church. Mrs Franklin Robertson led devotional duties and program items included a reader and readings from Romans. Pins were ordered for attendees with notes to contact Mr Howard Blevins by Sunday.
The Mabscott home of Mr. and Mrs. George Hyatt hosted the Rob ert Lee Quisenberry Reunion on Sunday. Attendees included H R Riggle and son Richard of Jackson Ohio C M Jermings and daughter Elizabeth Or vale Quisenberry and son Stepher of Kingsport Tennessee and many others from across Virginia and Ohio.
The Glenn Avenue home of Mr and Mrs Al O Brien hosted a cocktail and canasta party Saturday. Following the entertainment guests, including Mr and Mrs John Raykovich Mr and Mrs Robert McGraw and Mrs Angela DeNegri of White Sulphur Springs, were treated to a spaghetti dinner.
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