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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1962
Page
5
Women's organizations may submit notices for regular or special meetings to Beckley Newspapers. Notices by 10 a.m. are used that day. Sunday notices must arrive by 10 a.m. Maxwell Hill Home Demonstration Club meets at 7 30 p.m. at the home of Mrs Clyde Williams.
All girls aged 9 to 16 may register for bowling teams at the Elks Club from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also listed events include Thrifty Savers Club at 121 Rice St. at 7 p.m, Raleigh County Garden Council in Bank of Raleigh Civic Room at 1:30 p.m, Social Saving Club at 706 F St. at 7:30 p.m, and Judea Shrine No. 13 reg... at Masonic Temple Howe St. at 8 p.m.
WVU nutrition specialist Elizabeth Ann Roberts offers tips for single cooks. Choose appropriately sized saucepans and a two cup pot for leftovers. Use a small casserole and double boiler for reheating and flavor melding to save money and improve taste. Broiling individual steaks or chops is advised for quick, inexpensive meals with vitamin B benefits.
Laurel Business and Professional Women Club announced 1962 63 committees headed by Mrs R L Davis at the first meeting in Beckley-Winn Hotel Terrace Room. Various chairmen and members listed for by laws membership world affairs emblem personal development conservation civic participation legislation financial public relations projects West Virginia centennial convention and more. Guest speakers included Mrs G C Conner and Dr Henrietta Kinzer who spoke on West Virginia tourism potential while slides highlighted state parks. A report from Marietta Bell covered the State Federation dinner in Charleston July 6. Next meeting set as a New River Park picnic with Miss Milam as chair.
Mrs. Paul Phipps president of the Woman's Club of Beckley and Mrs. Fred K. Hays first vice president will travel to Princeton July 28 to attend a workshop led by Mrs. Hansel Poling new president of the Southern District West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs. Poling will conduct the meeting at 10 a.m. in the Towns and Country Restaurant. Plans for participation in Centennial events will be discussed.
Mr and Mrs Max Bare of Charleston announce the birth of their second child a son named Jeffrey Scott born July 12 in a Charleston hospital weighing seven pounds eight ounces The couple have another son Roger Mrs Bare is former Shirley Meadows daughter of Rev and Mrs Samuel Meadows of Rhodell The note also lists relatives and visits involving several families across Roanoke Salem Gold Bend Beckley and Cleveland Ohio along with hospital visits and medical remarks about local residents from Rhodell Lego Odd and nearby towns The entry closes with a historical line about US Marines landing on Guam in 1944.
Mrs. Lakie Manning and Mrs. Celete Gilmer visited Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Erskine II in Bluefield Virginia on Friday. Other guests included Mrs. Johnny Wright of Lakewood California and locals Hershel Adkins and Melvin Adkins of Cameron. Gail Lucas returned home to Cameron after visiting a brother in Virginia. Jack Sheppard went to Vandalia Ohio after visiting C. W. Walker Jr. and family. he and his son Gary also toured London Kingston Toronto Morrisburg Dunkirk and Niagara Falls. Karl Sauer and daughter Kylene returned to Fairdale to settle after discharge from twenty years in the U S Navy at San Pedro California.
The Sophia Home Demonstration Club sets its July 29 picnic at the Hornbeck home and invites members and families to bring lunches. A Raleigh County regional meeting for home demonstration clubs is planned for Tuesday from 9 30 a m to 3 p m at First Christian Church Beckley with luncheon hostess Mrs Saul Brown. The Golden Age Club party is slated for August 7 at 7 p m on Park Avenue Beckley. Members are urged to complete yearly projects for September reports. A lesson on communism by Mrs J L Hornbeck urged preparedness of mind and faith, noting the U S Constitution and God. Refreshments were served by Mrs Milford Lacy. other attendees listed.
Sharon Lee Pegram was honored on her eighth birthday with a home party Thursday evening. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Pegram, the event used yellow and white decorations with games and prizes. Attendees included Pamela Allen from Alexandria, Kathy Pennington from Cheltenham, Alma Prunesti, Susan McVey, and many friends and relatives.
FAIRDALE RNS The home of Mr and Mrs Hershel Adkins of Cameron hosted a Friday shower honoring Mr and Mrs R E MacMillion of Glen Daniel. Games were played and refreshments served.
Mr and Mrs Michael Smiley announce the birth of their first child, a son, July 19 at University Hospital Morgantown. The baby weighed eight pounds five and 12 ounces and is not yet named. The mother Virginia Stover is the daughter of Mrs Stacy Stover of Laurel Terrace and the late Mr Stover. The father is R R Smiley of 207 Perdue Street and the baby’s father is a WVU engineering student.
Members of the Woman's Club of Beckley and the Junior Department plan a Saturday reception at the Governor's Mansion honoring Mrs. James A. Scarbro. Other items note visiting relatives in Beckley from Phoenix Detroit and Sophia, Navy man David Lee Bragg on 15 day leave, and guests of the Monroe and Kilgore households.
Mr and Mrs Everett Bennett of Beaver announce the birth of a son, Eric Wayne, July 19 at 1 25 p m in Raleigh General Hospital. He weighs nine pounds two and 12 ounces. Mother Shirley Moye, teletypesetter for Raleigh Register, is daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Moye of Stamford. The couple has another child, Eddie Joe, 4.
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