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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1962
Page
3
A reception at the Executive Mansion featured cast members including James Ayers who plays Dave Morgan, his wife Paulita Dillon Ayers, and Mrs Barron seen on the terrace with Ayers. The event showcased the drama’s cast in a formal mansion setting.
A series of births announced from Beckley Memorial Hospital includes Jonal Jenean Ross born July 10 at 1 48 p m weighing 6 11 12, Donna Lee Lilly born July 11 at 9 53 p m weighing 5 12, Clarence Samuel Jr born July 12 at 11 28 a m weighing 6 14, Michael Edward Linder born July 13 at 3 10 a m weighing 6 10, Randall Patrick Burdiss born July 14 at 6 30 p m weighing 7 10, Molly Sue Lance born July 14 at 9 32 p m weighing 7 2, Ronald Allen Sorrell born July 16 at 8 29 a m weighing 7 15 12, Cynthia Ann Biggs born July 16 at 6 40 p m weighing 5 3 12, Charles Eugene Bolen born July 16 at 3 22 p m weighing 6 8.
To judge proper heat for barbecuing hold your hand above the coals at the cooking height. If you can keep it there for three seconds the fire is ready. A too hot fire will sear the outside and leave the inside raw.
Miss Virginia Karen Foster and William Merrill Moedebeck III wed in a private July 14 ceremony at Sacred Heart Church Princeton. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Foster Jr., wore a peau de soie gown and carried a daisied Bible. The groom is son of Mrs. Mildred Moedebeck and the late William M. Moedebeck of Waterbury. Both couples are Concord College seniors planning a future together.
Mrs. Carrie Bowers of MacArthur returns from a trip with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bowers of Abney. They visited Sgt. and Mrs. William Bowers at McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey and Sgt. Thomas Bowers at Ft. Dix New Jersey. The tour covered upper Manhattan and Broadway in New York City and Philadelphia Pennsylvania. They also visited sons-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller and grandson Johnny Bowers of Woodbridge Virginia and brother Clarence Hart and wife of Woodbridge.
Tuesday notice lists Judea Shrine and several women’s groups meeting in local venues including Masonic Temple Howe Street and Crab Orchard Baptist Church. Also notes sewing, dinners, and a Curtain Callers tryout at Playhouse, plus a nursing association dessert gathering at Beckley Winn Hotel.
Shady Spring notes report Mr. and Mrs. John B. Peters of Morgantown returning from a week with his parents Cool Ridge and Beaver families while Peters resumes studies at West Virginia University in Las Vegas. Also listed are extended visits by the Wood and Bonham families, convalescences in Elton and Shady Spring, and a Pittsburgh party returning with Taylor children from Nimrod camp.
Mrs Lenora Guthrie state president of the Practical Nurses Association is expected to attend the dessert meeting at 730 p m on Thursday for West Virginia District No 3 The Beckley Winn Hotel hosts the session inviting all licensed practical nurses in the district including the advisory council members and guests from Blue Jay Morgantown and Charlotte Miss Meridel Lowe to accompany Mrs Donald A Lowe in singing selections
A collage of hospital stays visits and travel notes details O D Griffith in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after Friday observation. Relatives and friends visit Beckley and Cincinnati residents, with trips to Ontario and Niagara Falls, plus a note on Marines aboard ships in the Spanish American War.
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