Youth Fellowship Meets At McAlpin Church
The newly organized Youth Fellowship of McAlpin Community Church will meet each Tuesday night until school term begins and then meet biweekly. Miss June Davis, president, led reading of the 23rd Psalm, a Bible story, and a poem by herself. hymns were played by Miss Sally Riddle. a Bible quiz was conducted by Miss Geneseo and Miss Davis. A guest speaker is planned next meeting and the group will aid the Ladies Aid in opening the Youth Center. Attendees included Miss Geneseo, Mrs. Joyce Campbell, Miss Riddle, several Ayers sisters, Hawkins, Henderson, Shamblin, Worthington, and many Sturgill family members among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Fellowship
McAlpin Community Church
June Davis
Mary Ann Geneseo
Janet Ayers
Miss Davis
Sally Riddle
Geneseo
Teresa Geneseo
Wilda
Alice
Linda Ayers
Joyce Campbell
Beverly
Fonda Hawkins
Connie
Vicki Henderson
Bobby Meadows
Sandy Riddle
Gail
Jerry Shamblin
Libby Worthington
Paula Riddle
Mary Lawson
Lawrence Sturgill
L. H. Sturgill
Fauncy Campbell
Stamp collecting patients aid Veterans Hospitals
Patients in U S Veterans Administration hospitals paste in books of trading stamps from federal agencies and others to trade for recreational goods. Pygmies in Belgium Congo's Ituri Forest move so silently that neighboring Bantu tribesmen believe they can make themselves invisible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Veterans’ Administration
Belgian Congo
Ituri Forest
Sophia Homemakers Picnic Date Set at Flat Top Lake
Sophia Homemakers Club announces its annual picnic for members and families on August 7 at the Flat Top Lake home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hornbeck. President Mrs. Saul Brown disclosed plans at the July 20 meeting, along with other society notices and program details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
RNS
Sophia Homemaker's Club
Flat Top Lake
J. L. Hornbeck
Saul Brown
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Donald Brown
Beckley
Charles Hinte
Dan Banker
Daniel E. Polk
West Virginia
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Former Beckley residents Mrs. William B. Ware and daughter Ann Latane arrive in Beckley for a visit with Mrs. Burwell Ware accompanied from Richmond by Miss Joan Smith who will stay with her grandmother until Aug. 6. B B Chambers at Beckley VA Hospital after eye surgery for a cataract. Dr and Mrs Aldred P Wallace and children Greg Vaughan Peter and Ann from Morgantown are houseguests in South Kanawha Street with the Yoak family. Wallace and Mr Yoakak will return from Lake Junaluska NC where he spoke during a conference. He will be reassigned to F E Warren AFB Cheyenne Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
William B. Ware
Ann Latane
Memphis
Aldred P. Wallace
Greg, Vaughan
Peter
Ann
Morgantown
South Kanawha Street
J. B. F. Yoak Jr
Wallace
Yoak
Lake Junaluska
N.C
Dr William Kline to Visit Wests This Weekend
Dr William Kline of Washington, D C plans to spend the weekend with Dr and Mrs Frank M West at their home located at 228 Westwood Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. West
Westwood Dr
William Kline
Washington, D.C
Mrs Richard Lewis Returns From Philippi House Party
Mrs Richard Lewis returns to her Hillcrest Drive home after attending the Baptist Women's House Party in Philippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Lewis
Hillcrest Drive
Philippi
Baptist Women's House
Brash Family Weekend at Massanetta Springs Virginia
Mr and Mrs Roy Brash of North Kanawha Street spent the weekend at Massanetta Springs Harrisonburg Virginia with their daughter Betsy Brash who works there for the summer She finished her sophomore year at Madison College Harrisonburg and will begin junior year at West Virginia University Morgantown Also with them was Betsy Roberts of Edgewood Drive Mrs W A Argenbright of Third Avenue returns from Green Lake Wisconsin where she attended the Baptist Assembly for ten days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Brash
North Kanawha Street
Massanetta Springs
Harrisonburg
Betsy Brash
Madison College
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Brashes
Betsy Roberts
Edgewood Drive
Green Lake, Wis
W. A. Argenbright
Third Avenue
Baptist Assembly
Green Lake
Riffe Family Visit to Charlottesville for Check-up
Mr and Mrs Tracy Riffe and daughter Sue Ellen of Crab Orchard are spending today in Charlottesville Virginia. Sue Ellen is undergoing a check up at University Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Tracy Riffe
Sue Ellen
Crab Orchard
The
University Hospital
Stephen Ginestra II Summer Visit With Grandparents
Stephen Ginestra II of Ft. Lauderdale Florida is spending the summer with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Stephen Ginestra at their summer home on Flat Top Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Ginestra II
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla
Mrs
Stephen Ginestra
Flat Top Lake
Local social notes and visits across towns
Household visits color a weekend social roundup as families from Crab Orchard and Yawkey host relatives including Mrs. George Clark and Mr. Hub Maye. Louis Lineback returns from Oklahoma City to Hillcrest Drive. Lillys visit Lorain Cleveland East Liverpool and Chester. Airman Wayne Sparks on 30 day leave from Elmendorf AFB in Alaska with Mabscott parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Riffe
R. C. Egnor
L. L. Fink
Frances Riffe
Crab Orchard
Hub Maye
C. E. Whitten
T. J. Saul
Yawkey
Oklahoma City
Okla
Louis Lineback
Hillcrest Dr
Elder
Mrs
Lowell Lilly
Ohio
Lorain
Cleveland
Don and
Arnold Lilly
East Liverpool
Chester
Dewey Sparks
Mabscott
Wayne Sparks
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Alaska
Maggie Foster Recuperating at Home on Hunter Street
Mrs Maggie Foster is recuperating at her home at 310 Hunter Street after a hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Foster
Hunter St
Visit of Brierly Family in Orlando
In Orlando Florida the visit includes Mr and Mrs Vincent Brierly and their nephew and family Mr and Mrs James E Brierly and daughter Barbara Lee of 305 Glenn Ave residents are noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
Vincent Brierly
James E. Brierly
Barbara Lee
Glenn Ave
Hedrick Couple Returns Home From Virginia Hospital
Mr and Mrs Wesley Hedrick return to 608 South Kanawha Street after Mr Hedrick’s stay as a patient at University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Hedrick
S. Kanawha St
Charlottesville
University of Virginia Hospital
Anderson Family Returns From Florida Vacation
Mr and Mrs Basil Anderson and their daughter Beth have returned to 200 Vine Street after a two week vacation in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil Anderson
Beth
Vine St
Florida
Tibbits Family Returns From Visit to Portsmouth
Mrs. E. H. Tibbits and her daughter Deborah Jane from Portsmouth, Virginia, returned home Monday after a two week visit with her mother Mrs. H. G. Sterne at 116 Wilson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Tibbits
Deborah Jane
Portsmouth
H. G. Sterne
Wilson St
Col Worley on weekend visit at Riley Street
Col Lewis Worley of the U S Marine Corps, stationed temporarily at Norfolk Virginia, spent the weekend with his wife Ann and their three children at 203 Riley Street. He will return to Camp Lejeune North Carolina and discharge is expected in September.
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Ann
Riley St
Col
Lewis Worley
Norfolk
U. S. Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Shady Spring Girls at State FHA Meet in Jackson's Mill
Shady Spring chapter of Future Homemakers of America sends Sandra Shrewsbury president elect and Doris Ann Lilly historian elect to the state convention at Jackson's Mill through Friday. Delegates and advisers host jubilee and talent show. attire recalls the 1900s. Funds support Cedar Lakes craft house project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring
Future Homemakers of America
Jackson's Mill
Sandra Shrewsbury
Doris Ann Lilly
A. W. Bonds
Cedar Lakes
Sandra
H. G. Shrewsbury Jr
FHA
National Honor Society
Shady Spring High
Rhododendron Girls State
Joseph H. Lilly
Beaver
Doris Ann
NHS
Janice Bennett
Mrs Eisenhower Tops Great Ladies Luncheon in Chicago
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower headlines a Great Ladies luncheon at the GOP convention in Chicago. The event features historic fashions of 12 Republican First Ladies from 1860 to 1960 with replicas costumed by Mme Barbara Karinska. The gowns travel on tour to museums, with narration by Arlene Dahl and Wendell Corey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Lewine
Chicago
Mamie Eisenhower
White House
Eisenhower
William Stratton
Illinois
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C
Ing
Mme
Barbara Karinska
New York City Ballet
Arlene Dahl
Wendell Corey
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
University of Vermont
Grace Coolidge
Bridges
Cool
Richard M. Nixon
Upcoming Women’s Organization Meetings Announced
Notices from Beckley Newspapers invite women’s groups to submit regular or special meeting announcements by 10 a.m. for same day use. Calendar items mailed or phoned to the Woman’s Department appear in the Sunday schedule if received before 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Woman's Department of
Beckley
Thrifty Homemaker's Club Annual Exhibit Opens
Thrifty Homemaker's Club hosts its annual exhibit at Mrs. Lloyd Biggers home 922 S Fayette St from 5 to 8 pm with public invited Ebenezer Service Guild holds regular meeting at Mrs Helen Blaney home 104 West Moreland St 7 30 pm Eagles Auxiliary meets at Eagles Home Woodlawn Ave 7 50 pm Women of the Moose Senior Regent meeting with chairmen in Moose Dining Room 7 30 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrifty Homemaker's Club
Lloyd Biggers
S. Fayette St
Ebenezer Service Guild
Helen Blaney
West Moreland St
Eagles
Woodlawn Ave
Community club and church group meeting notices
No 1 Club of St John s Baptist Church Mrs Maggie Washington East Beckley 6 30 p m Practical Nurses Association of West Virginia Inc District No 3 Raleigh County Vocational School 7 30 p m Women s Mission Society of Crab Orchard Baptist Church social room of church 7 30 p m Pine Wood Garden Club workshop home of Mrs Earl Whitener 202 Avon St 7 p m Mrs Colin McLuckey guest speaker Women s Improvement League home of Mrs E Moss Cooke Truman Ave 2 p m Mrs Ollie Trotter Co Hostess Ladies Circle of Mabgcott Christian Church home of Mrs Marie Bowden Fairlawn Ave 7 30 p m Just A Mere Club meeting in home of Mrs Nathaniel Braxton 1303 F St 6 p m Woman s Society of Christian Service of The Methodist Temple in Friendship Hall 7 30 p m Poinsettia Savings Club at home of Mr and Mrs N T Adams 135 Sour St 7 p m Eastern Star Chapter No 11 of Mullens School of Instructions Masonic Hall of Mullens 8 p m Mrs Dorothy Wells instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Baptist Church
Maggie Washington
East Beckley
Practical Nurses Association of West Virginia Inc
Raleigh County Vocational School
Pine Wood Garden Club
Earl Whitener
Avon St
Colin McLuckey
Women's Improvement League
E. Moss Cooke
Truman Ave
Ollie Trotter
Eastern Star
Mullens
Masonic Hall of
Dorothy Wells
Social clubs meet at local homes this week
Social Savings Club gathers at the Durgans home on Hunter Street at 7 p.m. The Young Woman's Club of Central Baptist Church meets at Miss Hazel Shelton’s home on Hunter Street at 7:30 p.m. The Friendly Art Club convenes at Mrs. Katherine Seay’s home on Mill Street at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Club
Central Baptist Church
Hazel Shelton
Hunter St
Friendly Art Club
Katherine Seay
Mill St
Designer Drops Fashion Bomb In Paris Show
Paris AP NADEANE WALKER reports Yves Saint Laurent of Dior unveiled a radical new silhouette with skirts shortened to reveal kneecaps and waists dropped to the hips. The line resembled a sack or chemise with a long slack middy top, while jackets fell to hip length and melon skirts dominated. Dark day colors contrasted with bright evening lames and beading. African themed hats and bold jewelry added drama as mink and sable furs completed ensembles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Yves Saint Laurent
Dior
Saint Laurent
Moose meeting Tonight in Beckley Chapter Dining Room
Mrs Anna Lee Johnson senior regent of the Beckley Chapter of Women of the Moose will chair a 7 30 p m gathering with her chairmen to discuss plans for the coming year in the Moose dining room tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Lee Johnson
Beckley Chapter
Women of the Moose
Moose
Evening fashion includes knit sleeves and horse collar style
The description notes rib knit sleeves and a knit turtle neck rolled into a horse collar. It mentions cocktail and evening wear with sacks or floor-length tents, sometimes with mink hems trailing the floor.
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Fairdance
Dry Hill Road
Albert M. Tieche
Beckley Hospital
Oak Hill
Thomas L. Martin
Goetz Klein
Tieche
John Haddad
D. C. Ashton
John Howard McCulloch
Beckley Hotel
Jan Campbell
Paulo Rodriguez
Ivan Malinin
Harry F. Cooper
McAlpin
Nickie
Waterdale Pool
Sprague
Polk
George McKinney
Nanicy Boyd
Raleigh County
Effie Eddins
Jimmy
House OF Beauty
B. B. Chambers
Harper Ry
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Milburn Sparks
Union
F. E. Warren Afb
Cheyenne
Wyo
Robert Hatcher
Locust Drive
George Clark
Sweet Springs
FALCO
Neville ST
Mrs. Eisenhower
Women’s Mission Society
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Mabgcott Christian Church
Marie Bowden
Fairlawn Ave
Just-A-Mere
Nathaniel Braxton
F. St
Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Temple
Friendship Hall
Poinsettia Savings Club
N. T. Adams
Sour St
Social Savings Club
Andrew Durgans
Nadeane Walker
G. M. Powers
Main Street
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