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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1962

Page

5

Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know

Local notices list Miss Sheila Ann Jackson a student nurse visiting Alderson Broaddus College with guest Dick Cibella from Bethel Park. Several families host weekend guests and travel plans include Denver and Wisconsin, with marriages, surgeries, and condolences noted among residents.

Shiela Ann Jackson Alderson-Broaddus College Philippi Charles W. Jackson Clyde St Jackson Dick Cibella Bethel Park

Clara Withrow Weds David Platt in Norfolk Virginia

Clara Alice Withrow marries David Herbert Platt at 4 p.m. Saturday July 14 at First Lutheran Church Norfolk. Rev. Luther W Strickler officiates with Forrest H Withrow and Herbert H Platt as parents of the couple. Reception follows in the church social hall. The bride, a Woodrow Wilson High School and Princess Anne High School graduate, works at W G Swartz Department Store. the groom, a Salem High School graduate, is a personnel man second class attached to Amphibious Group Four, Atlantic. They will reside at 215 Holland Dr Norfolk after a wedding trip through Virginia West Virginia and Ohio.

Clara Alice Withrow David Herbert Platt First Lutheran Norfolk Luther W. Strickler Forrest H. Withrow Jonas St. Norfolk MacArthur Herbert H. Platt Salem Ohio Shelby Gilbert Washington, D. C Frank L. Martin Lawrence A. Withrow Platt Woodrow ‘Wilson High School Princess Anne High School Lynnhaven W. G. Swartz Salem High School Amphibious Group Four Atlantic Virginia West Virginia Holland Dr

Ice Cream Festival Set by CWF of First Christian Church

Miss Mary Lou Setliff wed Thomas Paul Cook in a single ring ceremony July 12 at a private home. The couple, from Mount View and Slab Fork, plan to reside in Detroit after a reception in Fellowship Hall on July 25 from 5 30 to 9 p m. The Christian Women’s Fellowship hosts the annual festival featuring homemade cake pies ice cream and lemonade with Mrs Robert Hornbrook as chair and local members assisting.

CWF First Christian Church Mary Lou Setliff Thomas Paul Cook G. E. Huffman Hilda Baldwin Walter Setliff Mountview Esau Cook Slab Fork Shady Spring High School Ghent Freewill Baptist Church Sophia High School U. S. Air Force Sophia Freewill Baptist Church Detroit Mich Regis Tool and Die Co Wickrow Ave Norma Jean Fink Catherine Cook Bridesgroom Carmen Feazell Robert Hornbrook John W. Smith Fred Brewer Walter Griswold K. W. Smith T. T. Prince Frank Pettit

Picnic ride on Rita star attraction at Glade Creek

Children at Glade Creek picnic tour ride Rita the horse owned by Ted Kessinger of Beckley Water Co as cast members of Honey In The Rock greet the audience. Nancy Rodriguez Andrea Mor gan Siobhan Devin Waitman Willey roles and cast families shown at Cliffside Amphitheater Grand View State Park with 100 attendees. Devin directs narrates the production with 8 15 p m nightly shows.

Glade Creek Rita Ted Kessinger Beckley Water Co Nancy Joe Rodriguez Siobhan Devin Lee Devin Jim Bob Kessinger Waitman T. Willey Andrea John Delia Morgan Devin Cliff Grandview State Park James P. Bland Rodriguez Graham K. Breck

Food Shopping Guide Weekend Savings Across United States

An abundance of summer plentiful foods awaits weekend shoppers with beef cuts and lamb on top at meat counters. Dairy and vegetables feature a wide selection including beets cabbage and tomatoes while fruit counters offer avocados blueberries cantaloupes mangoes and watermelons. Also listed are popular hot weather meats and fish plentiful options such as clams halibut and fish sticks.

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Pleasant Hills Personal Notes Travel Visitors

Wil lie B. Robinson has been a patient in Beckley Memorial Hospital since Thursday for observation and treatment. James H. Robinson returned home after a week with friends and sightseeing in Ohio Washington DC Michigan and Maryland. Mrs Fred H Nichols and son Bill returned home after a week with her mother Mrs W A Chanault Lynchburg Va. Mrs George Doss and daughter Birdie Jean spent the week visiting her son-in-law and daughter in Toledo Ohio and her brother in Detroit Mich. Mr and Mrs Bernice F Baker and daughter Patsy returned after a week visiting in Washington DC.

Billy Crawford Toledo Ohio James Booth Detroit Mich Bernice F. Baker Patsy Washington, D. C

WCTU to Show Film Behind the Skyscraper Friday

Mrs. W. A. Mitchem president of Beckley Christian Women’s Temperance Union says a film titled Behind the Skyscraper will be shown at 5 p.m. Friday over a local TV station. Plans were discussed at the Regular Baptist Church meeting Tuesday. The film is in the interest of the public.

WCTU W. A. Mitchem Christian Women's Temperance Union of Beckley

Sox ship Tim Turley to minors with police escort

Chicago White Sox pitcher Tim Turley was driven home by policeman Cliff Wallace in Three Oaks Michigan after an 11 year old missed the Little League bus from a weekend at Comiskey Park. The escort followed Turley to his residence as a precaution.

Chicago UPI Chicago White Sox Tim Turley Cliff Wallace Tim Three Oaks Mich Comiskey Park

Women's club notices accepted for Beckley papers

The Woman's Department invites women's groups to submit notices for regular or special meetings. Include contact by phone at 253 3321 or mail. Notices received by 10 a.m. are used the same day, with Sunday items due by Saturday 10 a.m.

Woman's Department of Beckley

Community club and society meetings listed for week

The notice catalogs multiple local group activities across Tuesday and Friday including Navy Mothers Club at Memorial Building at 7 30 p m Eliza Hunter Home Department Class at 308 Bair St 5 p m Pine Wood Garden Club at 202 White Stick St 10 am each member to bring design Ann Thomas Bible Class Cal loway Heights Church at 7 30 p m rescheduled for Tuesday July 24 Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary Room 6 Memorial Building 8 p m June Thurman Bible Class St Marys Methodist Church lawn social Meadows Apartment 7 30 p m co hosts Mrs H C Barnett and Mrs Paris Sutphin rain plan church Ladies Aid Society Regular Baptist Church officers election 7 30 p m Poinsettia Saving Club 125 Washington Ave 7 p m Degree of Honor Lodge 56 annual picnic Little Beaver Lake 6 p m Whitestick Lodge 311 regular meeting IOOF Hall 8 p m Beckley Temple 55 Pythian Sisters social meeting Lodge Hall over Watkins Drugstore 7 30 p m Women’s Society of Christian Service Beaver Methodist Church home of Mrs Juanita Blevins business meeting cook out 6 30 p m Friday Maxwell Hill Home Demonstration Club 7 30 p m All girls 9 to 16 invited to register for bowling teams at the Elks Club 11 a m to 1 p m.

June Thurman St. Mary’s Methodist Church Meadows Apartment H. C. Barnett Paris Sutphin

Reunion Set For Epperly Family Gathering

A reunion for the Epperly family is scheduled for Sunday July 22 at the home of Mrs Donna Epperly in Cool Ridge.

Epperly Donna Epperly Cool, Ridge

MacArthur News Briefs Highlight Local Visiting Guests

Miss Phyllis Blake visits White Sulphur Springs with Rev and Mrs Harper while MacArthur residents J A Lyons family host relatives in town. Honeymooning Paul Kroger visits Beckley relatives. numerous Lyons, Hewitt, Laws, Hale, and Price families tour kin across Beckley Charleston Cleveland and Philadelphia during the week with several planning returns and departures.

J. A. Lyons Paul Kroger Chicago Ill David E. Falkner Beckley Grace Hewitt Don Hewitt Donnie Norristown Penn Manuel Estevez Bennie Lincoln Park Mich Hewitt Robert Hewitt Ripley Wilton Hewitt Harvaston Raymond Payne Charleston Ross Laws Kenneth Goodson Cleveland Ohio H. O. Hale Joe Hale Coal City Margaret Farley St. Albans MacArthur Joe Irving Jimmy Trail Beaver Nellie Price E. W. Scott and Sons Jim and Don Philadelphia Hubert McCoy Winifred Omy Minor Price Blacksburg

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