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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1959
Page
5
New York fashion preview for fall shows tailored day and evening looks with fur accents. Designers pair masculine suits with fur trims and ornate fabrics, offering a mix of slim skirts, natural waistlines, and easy movement for both men and women.
The Beckley Chamber of Commerce asked the Raleigh County Farm Women's Council to support roadside and community clean-up in the county. Mrs. Walter G. Cooper and Mrs. R. L. Davis chair the Let’s Preserve West Virginia’s Beauty committee. The council plans a county bazaar for December to fund leadership training, a county picnic, workshops on health nutrition and visual aids, and achievement day activities.
Beckley Newspapers seeks notices from women’s groups for regular or special meetings. Deadline 10 am on weekdays. Sunday notices by 10 am Saturday. Listings include American Legion Auxiliary Unit 32 executive and regular meetings, Circle No 4 at First Methodist Church dinner, Mission Circle 2 at Crab Orchard Baptist, Women of the Moose officers dinner, Strivers Club, Group No 9, Black Knight Bridge luncheon at 12 45, Xi Alpha Delta Beta Sigma Phi at 7 30, and Crab Orchard Women’s Christian Temperance Union regular meeting at 1 pm.
General Mission Society of Crab Orchard Baptist Church hosts 7:30 p.m. social. Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge No. 206 and Whitestick IOOF Lodge No. 211 install at Mabscott IOOF Hall at 8 p.m. First Baptist Church circles hold sessions with named leaders at 10 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. in various classrooms and parlors. Circle No. 3 at Baracca Classroom.
Wallace Echard and Elizabeth Duncan. John Paul Freeman and Kay Elizabeth Logston. John Lacy Lemons and Beverly Ann Hayworth. Billy McNeal and Janet Lee Nary. George Edward Ryan and Rose Marie Hurd. Jack Denny Worthington and Margaret Leslie. Each entry lists ages and parental names with hometowns Staunton Beckley Huntington Mabscott Perryville Md Coal City McAlpin Stotesbury.
Local item notices share travels and family events. Mr and Mrs H G Bird of Yale St return from Fayetteville with son in law Dennis J Davis and children Michael Lisa en route to Honolulu for Army duty. Beckley and nearby towns send updates on reunions visits and travels including Wilson family gathering at City Park Parkersburg and attendees from Watertown New York and Fayetteville.
West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs at its mid year meeting in Charleston endorsed state president Miss Mary Katharine Barnes and two other officers for appointments by the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Susana Gentile Galvez of Argentina was named International Scholarship student to attend West Virginia University. A plan for a booklet to promote West Virginia was outlined by Charles Williamson. The board urged WV senators and representatives to oppose an impounding dam on the South Branch of the Potomac.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Gillispie and children Andrea Kim and Tommy return home after a five day vacation in Cartage NC Miss Melanie Cooke accompanied them home and will return to Cartage this weekend Mrs Lillie Wood and daughter Mary Jane visit relatives in Pontiac and Utica Mich this week Mr and Mrs Charles Cook and children Sharon Rodney and Jerry visit relatives in Baltimore Md burg NC Mrs Vict or Jones Wheeling Mrs Edgar Steele Iaegar Southern Mrs Robert Van Blaircom Huntington SE Mrs A C Litman Parkersburg Western
A miscellaneous shower was given for Miss Beverly Ann Hayworth at the home of Mrs. J. W. Woods. Hayworth will wed John L. Lemons at 7 p m Saturday in First Baptist Church. Attendance included many relatives and friends with games, prizes, Italian cutwork and pastel flowers.
A vintage ad promises new pep and vim for adults over 40 by taking Ostrex Tonic tablets rich in iron and vitamin A. It claims the daily tablet provides iron equal to large amounts of oysters liver and beef, offering 69 cent trial and larger economy sizes at druggists.
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