Married in Lahore to Denver Air Force instructor
Mr and Mrs Graham K Breck Jr wed in Lahore West Pakistan then left for a U S trip visiting Kaukauna Appleton and Green Bay before reaching Denver Colo where Breck will teach at Lowry Air Force Base This marks Mrs Breck first glimpse of the United States and the couple will drive about 1700 miles to Denver The piece notes Breck’s father and cites the history of the Pledge of Allegiance first published in 1892
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lahore
West Pakistan
Graham K. Breck Jr
Kaukauna
Appleton
Green Bay
Wis
Denver
Colo
Breck
Lowry Air Force Base
Karin Schneider
Alfred W. Schneider
Karlsruhe
Dortmund
Germany
United States
Pakistan
Graham K. Breck
Northwestern Avenue
Community Women Meet for Thursday Notices and Club Calendars
Women’s organizations are invited to submit regular or special meeting notices to Beckley Newspapers. Deadline 10 a.m. for same day use. Sunday items due by 10 a.m. Saturday. Thursday events include Ebenezer Service Guild at Mrs Ruth Green’s home 7 30 p m Missionary Circle No 1 of Welcome Baptist Church at Mrs Henry Price’s home 6 p m Curtain Callers tryouts for Send Me No Flowers 7 30 p m Crab Orchard Baptist church kitchen shower and meeting 7 30 p m Practical Nurses Association District No 3 Beckley-Winn Hotel 7 30 p m Poinsettia Savings Club Mrs Eileen Duren 7 p m Whitestick Lodge 311 8 p m Women’s Missionary Society First Church of God bring a friend meeting 7 30 p m Mrs Fred Lilly 104 Wilkes Ave 7 30 p m Friendship Social Club Mrs Eunice Coleman 122 Canaday St 7 30 p m No 1 Club St John’s Baptist Raleigh Rural Acres Garden Club Mrs Frank McManaway 113 Melon St Callaway Heights 7 30 p m Saturday Thrifty Savers Club Mrs Pearl Fortune 204 Spangler St 7 p m Beckley Chapter Women of the Moose College of Regents Night Moose Lodge Ballroom 7 30 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Department of
Beckley
Women’s Missionary Society of the First Church of God
Fred Lilly
Wilkes Ave
Rebekah Section Hears Program on Friendship
Mrs Flory led the Rebekah section meeting on friendship at the Church of the Brethren group home. She spoke on David and Jonathan and Christ's friendship from John 3 16, with Mrs McCormick reading a friendship poem and guest Mrs Permelia offering prayer. Next meeting set for Aug 17 at Mrs Flory's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship and Friends
Carl Flory
Rebekah
Women’s Fellowship of
Church of the Brethers
Brab Orchard
Ruth McCormick
David
Jonathan
Christ
Win A Couple Class Plans Parsonage Waterproofing Project
The Win A Couple Bible Class of St Marys Methodist met at the Richmonds home for a covered dish supper and a business meeting. They voted to waterproof the parsonage at South Kanawha Street, will supply materials and do the work, and set 7 am and 11 30 pm for individual prayers. The next meeting with Rev B L Moss and Mrs Moss is Aug 17 at 8 pm in the church recreation room. About 25 attended the picnic meeting. Also noted: USS Delaware Marines under Capt Stephen Decatur participated in the 1798 French ship capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Methodist Church
Ray Richmond
John Stinson
South Kanawha Street
B. L. Moss
Home Demonstration Council Hosts Fifth Regional Meeting
The fifth annual regional Home Demonstration Council gathering was held here on Tuesday. State leader Miss Gertrude Humphreys of Morgantown spoke on Continued Learning, introduced by regional chair Mrs. P. J. Wood. Assisting Raleigh County with arrangements was Miss Nancy Boyd, HD agent for Raleigh County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Demonstration Council
Gertrude Humphreys
Morgantown
Center
Miss Humphreys
P. J. Wood
Mercer County HD Council
Raleigh County HD Council
Nancy Boyd
Raleigh County
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Beckley residents and visitors are noted in a column of social and hospital updates. Charles Ashley and Beth Ashley from Phoenix visit Mrs. Albert Holmes. Joseph Fagan of Pittsburgh visits nephew Norman Fagan and Reginald Meyers’ camp on the Greenbrier River. Mrs. Homer McClung is listed in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital. Mary Lou Reitz and brother David Reitz visit from UNC Chapel Hill and Marshall University respectively. Brad Bradley visits Cody Heatherly. William Klein wins two bridge trophies at Kanawha Valley Bridge Tournament in Charleston. Klein elected vice president of Southern West Virginia Bridge Association. Major surgery noted for Violet Powers at Raleigh General Hospital. Obituary attendance noted for Tate S. Price with many relatives listed from Gretna, Lenoir, Akron, and Huntington. Visiting Beckley relatives include Cecil Sweeney and family in St Petersburg, Fla., and others from Stanaford, Shady Spring, Crab Orchard, and Beckley. Christine and Billy McKinney of Baltimore visit W M Taylor. Drema Hill improving after Raleigh General Hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Klein
West Virginia St
Charleston
Florida
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Beckleyans
Alan L.susman
Edgar L. Mohler
Mike Williams
Shirley Klein
Honored On Birthday Glen White Pedigo
Linford Lee Pedigo was honored on his fifth birthday with a party at home hosted by his mother Mrs. James Pedigo. The afternoon featured games and refreshments served by Mrs. Pedigo with help from Shirley and Beverly Grimmett. Attendees included Philip, Jerry, Dianne, Nancy and Charles Martin, Perry, Gary and Jackie Covey, Lessie, Peggy Ellen, Gary and Johnny Cox, Terry and Donald Pruitt, Norma Jean Covey, Peggy Cox, Jeanette Pedigo, and the honoree’s grandparents Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Pruitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen White
RNS
Linfford Lee Pedigo
James Pedigo
Pedigo
Shirley
Beverly Grimmet
Philip
Jerry
Dianne
Nancy
Charles Martin
Perry
Gary
Jackie Covey
Lessie
Peggy Ellen
Johnny Cox
Terry
Donald Pruitt
Norma Jean Covey
Peggy Cox
Jeanette Pedigo
R. G. Pruitt
Wesleyan Guild Names New Committee Chairmen At Meet
Wesleyan Service Guild holds meeting at 304 Laren Ave where Miss Bladene Pickle names chairmen for spiritual life missionary education Christian social relations supply work membership publicity literature and publications and finance. Nominating committee includes Miss Pickle Mrs Jack McGuigan and Mrs J W Miles. The group votes a $10 contribution to send two delegates to the United Nations trip July 23 for The Methodist Temple. Jeanie England and Randy Hoye named. They are invited to an Aug 7 event by the Oak Hill Guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Service Guild
Bladene Pickle
Laren Ave
Dorcas Houchins
Harry Forren
Elizabeth Houchins
Doris Barker
W. H. Carney
Miller Jackson
M. H. Hedrick
R. W. Highlander
Miss Pickle
Jack Mc
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Main St
Opp
Beckley Winn Hotel
Ebenezer Service Guild
Ruth Green
Church St
Missionary Circle
Welcome Baptist Church
Henry Price
Broadway St
Playhouse
General Mission Circle
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Practical Nurses Association of West Virginia, Inc
Beckley-Winn Hotel
Poinsettia Savings Club
Eileen Duren
Whitestick Lodge
Ioof Hall
Mabscott
Friendship Social Club
Eunice Coleman
Canaday St
St. John’s Baptist Church
Raleigh
Lillian Carter
Ee Rural Acres Garden Club
Frank McManaway
Melon St
Callaway Heights
Thrifty Savers Club
Women of the Moose
College of Regents
Moose Lodge
Rebekah Section
United State
Delaware
Stephen Decatur
France
Fairview Apartments
Joseph Fagan
Pittsburgh
Norman Fagan
Virginia St
Reginald Meyers
Greenbrier River
Homer McClung
Johnstown Road
Raleigh General Hospital
Nuremberg
McClung
Mary Lou Reitz
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Howard Reitz
Ford St
0. C. Flint
McClure Street
David Reitz
Marshall University
Huntington
Brad Bradley
Bay Side, Va
Cody Heatherly
Mrs
G. E. Heatherly
Hargrove St
Southern West Virginia Bridge Association
Klein
James Hughes
Cody
Frank Heatherly
Laura
Montgomery
Brad
Ward Bradley
Violet Powers
Milliron Avenue
Tate S. Price
Clyde Price
Gretna
Ray K. Price
Douglas Price
James G. Price
Timmy
Akron
Horace Beach
Lucy Powell
Mary Powell
Lenoir
N.C
B. H. Mott
Cecil Sweeney
Jerry and
Grady
St. Petersburg
Fla
Gustava Mitchem
Crescent Road
Grace Meadows
Shady Spring
Don Windon
Stanaford
Betty Windon
M. E. Holley
B. C. McKinney
Christine
Billy
Baltimore
W. M. Taylor
South Valley Drive
Laurie McKinney
Rhodell
Bob Sanger
Bob Wooten
Crab Orchard
Haven Borrer
Louie Rakes
MacArthur
Wylie Taylor
Drema Hill
Fred Hill
H&m Shoe Store
H&m Shoe
Princeton
Bluefield
Welch
Watc UE
Cameo
Sahai
Jonathan Logan
R&k Originals
Joan Miller
Carol Craig Petti
RA Beckley
Oak Hill
Wesleyan Guild
Penneys
Jamaicas
Jamaica
Scotton
Penney's
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