Misses Yoak to Wed in Charleston August Second
In Charleston on Saturday August 2 two Beckley girls, Margaret Ann Peggy Yoak and Jean Yoak, will marry Aldred Pruden Wallace and Gerald D Haley. Peggy Yoak is daughter of Dr. J. B. F. Yoak Jr. and Mrs Yoak of Quarrier Street Charleston. Wallace is son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney G. Wallace of Hopewell Virginia. Jean Yoak will wed Gerald Haley son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Haley of Covington Kentucky. ceremony to be led by her father after the first service with a small reception at the Yoak home. Peggy’s fiancé is a former Army Chaplain Corps major and Duke attendee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Beckley
Margaret Ann
Peggy” Yoak
Jean Yoak
Aldred Pruden Wallace
Gerald D. Haley
J. B. F. Yoak
Quarrier Street
Yoak
Methodist
West, Virginia
Conference of the
Methodist Church
Peggy Yoak
Aldred Wal
Army Chaplain Corps
Peggy
Hopewell
Fairmont
Duke University
Ond Avenue
Florence Renick
Dorothy Renick
Columbus
Carl Drewry
West Virginia Street
Carl, Jr
Huntington
E. A. Fellers
Stamford Road
California
Harold Genson
A. R. Williams
Ft. Dodge
Iowa
John Anderson
Beckley Avenue
Margaret
Richard Ramsdel
Princess Elizabeth will face rationed wedding preparations
London reports that Princess Elizabeth and her fiancé will not have a lavish wedding shopping spree. They must live with ration coupons due to Britain's wartime shortages. Furnishings, bedlinen, and housing limits will affect the royal couple as they begin married life amid shortages and plastic-adapted domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Elizabeth
Britain
South Africa
Hyde Park Corner
Clarence House
St. James's Palace
Buckingham Palace
England
Cotton Party Set For Beckley W C T U Afternoon
The Cotton Party by Beckley W C T U is scheduled for tomorrow at 2 30 pm at Mrs Clark Mc Daniels South Oakwood Avenue residence. Yard goods will be packed and shipped to Greece for clothing for poorly clad children. Mrs L C Gwinn will lead the devotionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
South
Oakwood Avenue
Clark McDaniel
Greece
L. C. Gwinn
Miss Southern West Virginia Contest Opens For Entries
Fourteen girls from southern West Virginia enter the Miss Southern West Virginia contest with July 27 entry deadline. Finalists parade at Four-H Park on Little Beaver Creek as three judges select the winner. Judges include Harry Anderson Eugene L Scott and W A Gene Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Southern
West Virginia
Little Beaver Creek
Eenomena
Margie Davis
Beckley
Cannaday Sweeney Marriage Reported At Gallapolis Ohio
Mr and Mrs L B Sweeney of Ghent announce the marriage of daughter Kathryn to Thomas L Cannaday Jr son of Mr and Mrs T L Cannaday of Sophia. The ceremony June 28 was at the John Shato home in Gallapolis. The bride wore powder blue with black accessories and gar lands. Sheldon W Mann of Sophia attended. Kathryn is a 1946 Shady Spring High School graduate. Thomas is a 1945 Sophia High School graduate. He served 18 months in the Army Air Forces, was on Iwo Jima with the 20th Air Force as fire chief, and now operates a truck at a strip mine with Lewis and Company Beckley. The couple reside with the groom’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannaday-Sweeney
Gallapolis
L. B. Sweeney
Ghent
Kathryn
Thomas L. Cannaday, Jr
T. L. Cannaday
Sophia
John
Sheldon W. Mann
Shady Spring
Sophia High School
Army
Iwo Jima
20Th Air Force
Lewis and Company, Beckley
Circle No 7 Meets at First Baptist Church
Circle No 7 of the First Baptist Church held a regular meeting last week with a program on Christian Influence led by Mrs W A Argenbright. Mrs C C Helm leads the group meeting with Mrs C M Ward on Park Avenue. Mrs D O Totten conducted the devotional comparing Mrs H T Caffee and Lydia from Acts 16 14 15 and 40, noting their faith prayer and worship. Refreshments were served to nine members after program and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Argenbright
Circle No. 7
First Baptist Church
C. C. Helm
C. M. Ward
Park ‘Avenue
D. O. Totten
H. T. Caffee
Speech Class Ends Summer Activities at Beckley College
Members of Beckley college speech class closed their summer term with a luncheon at Beckley Hotel on Friday noon. Guests included George Hartman dean Ken Shroyer business manager and Clarence Carter speech class instructor. The 22 members presented talks or recitations during the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College
Beckley Hotel
George Hartman
Ken Shroyer
Clarence Carter
Sterling silver and its long held standard
The American Gem Society explains that sterling marks the standard quality dating to the Easterling family used by King John to mint English coins in the early 13th century. Today sterling denotes 91.6 percent silver and 8.4 percent copper, ensuring durability for fine tableware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Gem Society
John
Moose meet called for Beckley Women of the Moose
A regular meeting of the Beckley Women of the Moose is scheduled for tomorrow night at 7 30 in the Moose Lodge officials announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MOOSE
Beckley Women of the Moose
Moose Lodge
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Mrs. Lesfie Fink of Ghent leaves for Chicago to visit her son Bernard R. Fink accompanied by daughter Mrs. John E. Lilly of Hinton. Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Edwards hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sherrer and family from East St. Louis and Washington, D. C. residents plan trips to New York. Judy Lee Thrall is hospitalized after an appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesfie Fink
Ghent
Chicago
Bernard R. Fink
John E. Lilly
Hinton
Julia Cobb
Beckley
Wietling
New York
Cit
Vaoamanep Atkeee Mare En
A. A. Edwards
North
Kanawha Street
Fred Sherrer
Marilyn and
Charles
East St. Louis
Lionel L. Caffee
Pine Street
Glenn Barger
Woodlawn Avenue
Washington, D. C
New York City
Judy Lee Thrall
Beaver’ Avenue
Raleigh General Hospital
E. BE. Strickland
Mariam
Jerry
Eccles
Kentwood
Amite
Hammond
Ponchateula Beach
D. E. Strickland
Edward
Johnny M. Legge
Margie Legge
East Prince Street
Chevalier
China Area
United States
Floyd Minor
Richlands
Clintwood
Jenna Lee Minor
Harlon Withrow
Ben Guy HI
T. C. Renick
Soldier Weds Austrian Girl After Bucking Army Red Tape
Sgt. William Harrah and Miss Mary Schiebel of Salzburg wed in the Army chapel at Salzburg after a year of delays and military approvals. The couple faced waiting periods and parental consent before the ceremony, with Harrah’s parents completing the required papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thomas
Harrah
Stamaford
Europe
Salzburg
Mary Schiebel
Aust
Miss Schiebel
Tra
Thomas Harrah
Bride-Elect Honored With Dinner And Bridge Party
Sue Armentrout feted bride-elect Helen McClung at a pre nuptial dinner and bridge at Armentrout home. Prizes went to Katherine Ann Light and Ruth Hudkins. Guests included Helen Thorne Parkersburg and others from West Virginia Wesleyan sorority. Helen McClung to wed Rodney B. Walker in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen McClung
Granville Avenue
Sue Armentrout
Faireview Avenue
Harper Road
Katherine Ann Light
Ruth Hudkins
Helen
Mary Thorne
Parkersburg
Blanche Howe
Charleston
Rama Jean Brothers
Virginia Reardon
Beckley
Kappa Phi Omega Sorority
West Virginia Wesleyan
Rodney B. Walker
Welch
Sue
Mississippi Girl to Wed Alfred E Beane in Beckley Church
Miss Linus M Bridges of McComb Mississippi will wed Alfred Edward Beane son of Mrs Woodson Everett Beane of Washington D C in an informal ceremony Friday at 6 PM at Beckley Presbyterian Church The bride elect has worked in sales for National Mine Service and studied at Osyka High School and Bowling Green BAR College The prospective groom works in production planning for the same firm and was educated at Woodrow Wilson High School Rutgers College New Brunswick and Newark College of Engineering Newark
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linus M. Bridges
McComb
Miss
Alfred Edward Beane
Bowling Addition
Woodson Everett Beane
Washington, D. C
Beckley Presbyterian Church
O. H. Meadors
National Mine Service Company
Osyka High School
Osyka
Bowling Green Bar College
Bowling Green
Woodrow Wilson
Rutgers College
New Brunswick
N. J
Newark College of Engineering
Newark
WN. J
Janie Gay Massing
New Bride Elect Panning Tips for Tender Vegetables
A brief kitchen tip advises the new bride elect on a quick method to pan and tenderly cook a variety of vegetables. The guidance emphasizes simplicity and speed for weeknight results.
Baptist Women To Convene This Week
Circle No 6 of the First Baptist Church meets with Rev William Spurgeon Dunn, veteran Indian missionary of 26 years, as Mrs O O Warren leads the session at South Oakwood Avenue. Visitors include Miss Janice Jones and Mrs Harry Gentry among others. program features Life In India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle No. 6
First Baptist Church
William Spurgeon Dunn
India
T. H. Fitzgerald
South Oakwood Avenue
O. 0. Warren
A. N. Harlow
Baptist Circle Raises 75 Dollars for Church Fund
Over 100 people attended Saturday's Maxwell Hill Baptist Mission Circle dinner to support the new Maxwell Hill church under construction. Mrs. S. S. Nunn reports that proceeds totaled 75.08 dollars added to the church fund from the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Hill
Birthdays Marked By Guests Of Lambs At Summer Cottage
Three birthday anniversaries were celebrated yesterday at the J. J. Lamb summer camp in Beckley. Honored were Mrs. J. J. Lamb, Vicky Lee Vaughan, and Mrs. B. E. Vaughan. Attendees included Mrs. A. H. Wilson and daughter Matillen, Libby and Martha Lamb, D. W. Lafon, Bob Goldsmith, Jim Pettry, and others from Whitesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Lamb
Beckley
J. J.lamb
Vicky Lee Vaughan
BE. W. Vaughan
Boy Feted At Party To Enter Hospital
The six year old Walter Wayne Wikle son of Mr and Mrs Roscoe D Wikle 113 Hill Street will have his tonsils removed tomorrow at Chamber s Hospital on Heber Street. His birthday party featured pink and yellow decorations and a white cake with pink candles. Attendees included Marcia Ann O Dell Patricia O Dell Frances Hutchinson Henry Pennington Glen Allen Pennington Sue Parsons Rita Parsons David Huffman Phyllis Lemon Frankie Lee O Dell and Jackie Lee Wikle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe D. Wikle
Hill Street
Walter Wayne Wikel
Chamber's
O'Dell
Frances Hutchinson
Henry Pennington
Glen Allen Pennington
Sue Parsons
Rita Parsons
David Huffman
Phyllis Lemon
Frankie Lee O'Dell
Jackie’ Lee Wikle
Baptist Women Hear Missionary Meetings Today
The Phileathea Class gathers at 7 30 p m and the Sally Peck Guild meets at Mrs French Davis 108 Church Street. On Thursday the Women s Missionary Society convenes at 2 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
Phileathea
Sally Peck Guild
French Davis
Church Street
Women’s Missionary Society
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Uty
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Frances Z . Higgins
Charles Keaton
Maplewood Lane
Mary Jim Trail
Daniels
Wanda Pritchard
Beaver
Ruth Whittaker
Lego
Barbara Dixon
Betty Sperry
MacArthur
Nancy
Duncan
Harold Miller
Jack Perdue
Nancy Bumgardner
Kathleen King
Roberta Keesee
Janice Walters
Mount Hope
Lynette Bolen
Christopher Columbus
Mr. and Mrs
COHEN
Drug CO
Circle No
Raymond
C. T. Kessinger
Glade Creek
Anne
Teddy
H. G. Farmer
David E. Har Vis
Kathryn Cooper
Harris
T. K. Laing
Ocean City
Mad
Bertha Staton
Pemberton
O. H. Berry
Laurel Creek
Donna Lee Schdmit
Akron
Ohio
Mrrs
Ella Smith
Sand Branch
George Lively
Donna Lee
Lively
Wanda Lively
Richard Schmidt
Ww. T. Harrah, Jr
Lydia Z
Pinkham
Tye
Lydia
Pinkhams
Teres Sirois
Government
Marguerite
Embee
Mississippi
Alfred E. Beane
Tan BE Ce
Janie Gay’ Massing
John Reid
Betty Jo
Doff H. Patton
Roy Patton
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Baptist Circle
Clinton P. Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture
America
Bernard Z Silverman
D.s8.c. Chiropodist Foot Specialist
Raleigh Co. Bank Bldg
New Cologne
Prince Matchabelli
Cologne
Beckley's
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N. Kanawha and
E. Main Sts
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