College Couple Faces College Life Without U S Aid
Athens story follows Glen P Daniels and Betty Riffe Daniels both recent high school graduates now married and attending Concord College amid financial strain. Glen, a Trap EMI High School alumnus and three letterman, is a junior aiming to teach social studies and mathematics. Betty, also a Trap Hill graduate, pursues a two year elementary teaching certificate while managing home duties. They married August 16, 1947 and recently spent the summer away from Athens before resuming classes. Glen notes the hardship of living without U S government allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Lilly
Athens
Concord Cole
Uncle Sam
Glen P. Daniels
Johnson Apartments
Uptown
Sydney Daniel
Surveyor
Glen
Trap Emi High School
Future Farmers of America
Concord
Beckley College
Raleigh County
Auugust
Daniel
Betty Riffe
Haskell Riffe
Lester
Trap Mill High School
Trap Hill
Betgy
Glee Club
U. S
Surprise Birthday Fete Honours Mrs Deck at Camp Buckhorn
Mrs S L Deck of Sophia is celebrated by seven children and families at Camp Buckhorn on the Greenbrier River for her 65th birthday. Attendees include James B Deck, Randolph Rider, and many relatives from Sophia Pu laski and Beckley. One son could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Deck
Sophia
Camp Buckhorn
Greenbrier River
Deck
James B. Deck
Clyde Taw
Reckiey
Mary Lou
Slab Fork
Claude Rider
Roy Alan Rider
James
Eugene Hooker
Lee
Eugene, Jr
MacAlpin
John
Beckley
Carl Stover
MacArthur
George Lee Dooley
St. Albans
Methodist Circle Picnic At Little Beaver Park
Beckley Methodist Temple Circle No 9 held a picnic outing at Little Beaver Park with 49 attendees including members families and guests. Guests included Dr and Mrs Glenn W Stewart Mrs R B Armentrout and daughter Ann Mr and Mrs John Gorman and Miss Kathleen Cook enjoyed boating and swimming during the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Circle
Little Beaver Park
Circle No. 9
Beckley Methodist Temple
Glenn W. Stewart
R. B. Armentrout
Ann
John Gorman
Kathleen Cook
Pantist Women Sponsor Bake Sale at Bank Building
Missionary Circle No 2 of Memorial Baptist Church will sponsor a bake sale Saturday in the Raleigh County Bank Building lobby from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Cakes cookies candy and pies will be sold to raise funds for the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Circle No. 2
Memorial Baptist Church
Raleigh ,County Bank
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Mr and Mrs William Page and their daughter Ann plan to move into their Orchard Avenue home August 1 after two months with his parents on Quesenderry Street. Melvin Hebb and family return to Washington DC after visiting Mrs Elsie Boyd at 315 Temple Street. Dinner guests included Clarence Warren of Peterstown. Charles L Schutte arrives Beckley after flying home from Ho chester. Miss Louise Light and Johnny Light of Bluefield visit Mrs Charlie Carson in Fair view Apartments with Jack P Thacker of Kingsport Tenn guest vocalist at Beckley Presbyterian Church. Amos Epperly and Mary Epperly with Paul Epperly visit relatives in Covington Ky and Toledo Ohio then Detroit Michigan. will return after a week. Mrs W E Wassum of Harper Road enters Raleigh General Hospital for treatment. T R Wilson and North Kanawha Street hosts 35 guests as sisters W R Hays and Belle Wilson visit Parkersburg. Don Poole from Parkersburg also a guest. Mrs Wilson visited daughter in Columbus Ohio. J Q Hutchinson hosts Cosby Cooke and Bertram Rupert party from Edmond and Pat Rupert of Charleston. W A Burke hosts brother Frank L Burke and Mrs Burke with daughters Carol Ann and Janice Lee from New York City. B M Wilmouth learns son Bob, three years in air force, stationed at Lackland Field, San Antonio Texas. Dr T A Vermillion and sons Stephen and Bob return from Yorktown and Hampton Virginia. vacationing two weeks. Edward Kasik and daughter Kathie head to Chicago for illness of Mr Kasik’s mother. Miss Hazel Eaton and Worley Eaton visit Bert Aldridge in Daniels from Bristol Tennessee. Maria Moss returns home after Birmingham trip. en route visited daughter Lara E Moss in Knoxville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Page
Ann
Bowling Green
Paul Barwood
Quesenderry Street
Orchard Avenue
Melvin Hebb
Washington, D. C
Elsie Boyd
Temple Street
Boyd
Clarence Warren
Peterstown
C. W. James
Prosperity Barklay
Louise Light
Johnny Light
Bluefield
Jack P. Thacker
Kingsport
Tenn
Beckley
Charlie Carson
Fairview
Thacker
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Amos Epperly
Mary Epperly
Beaver
Paul Epperly
Mabscott
North Kanawha Street
W. R. Hays
Belle Wilson
Parkersburg
Don Poole
Wilson
Columbus, O
R. H. Frisen
J. Q. Hutchinson
B. M. Wilmouth
Northwestern Avenue
Bob
Air Forces
Lackland Field
San Antonio
Texas
T. A. Vermillion
Stephen
Ellison Avenue
Yorktown
Hampton
Beckley Girl Becomes Maryland Coach Secretary
Eva Lou Emmons II, daughter of Mr and Mrs J R Emmons, has taken the secretarial post for James M Talum head football coach and athletic director at the University of Maryland. She spent six weeks in Beckley with her parents and will soon write to prospects about practice and the upcoming season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Lou Emmons
J. R. Emmons
College Avenue
James M. Talum
University of Maryland
Beckley
Maryland
Beckiey
Ernest
Raymond’s Beauty Shop
Shrewsbury Couple Announce Daughter Barbara Ellen
Mr and Mrs Edsil Shrews bury of Mabscall announce the birth of a daughter Barbara Ellen. The family already has a child named Linda Lou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edsil Shrewsbury
Mabscall
Barbara Eilen
Linda Lou
Local Church Women Surprise Miss Richardson Shower
Miss Hila A Richardson recently moved to Sunrise Avenue and received a surprise household shower this week. The event, hosted by Miss Dorcas Ogden and Mrs R P Richardson with assistance from Mrs Lester R Steele, featured members of the Bible Class and Circle No 1 of the First Christian Church and a guest list of numerous local women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hila A. Richardson
Sunrise Avenue
Circle No. 1
First Christian Church
Dorcas Ogden
R. P. Richardson
McAlpin
Taster R. Steele
Sprague
Annicé Bailey
C. J. Calloway
Minnie Robertson
Annie Scott
Paul Smith
Lester R. Steele
Lowell Mason
Steele
J. W. Teel
Watton Tench
JL. H. Thompson
Robert Thompson
Irby Webb
T. R. Wilson
M. L. Brusler
AR. E. Murray
Katherine Murrey
J. 4. Sharp
Rhoda Thompson
Whitby 4-H Members Are Honored Guests At Picnic Supper
Fourteen Whitby 4-H Club youths gathered with elder Sue Henley for a picnic supper, games, and singing of wild songs. A short business meeting followed to plan the club’s community project and county camp starting next Monday. A council circle formed two tribes Seneca and Delaware with tribal songs and stunts. A marshmallow roast closed the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitby
4-H Club
Sue Henley
Seneca
Delaware
Deloris Bolen
Ramona Lilly
Evelyn Marfin
Luella Rinehart
Lucille Yan
Ednalee Saite
Margaret Stafford
Zelda Mae Stafford
Connie Rae Thompson
Patty Thompson
Betty Jane Warden
Dale Henley
Gene Rinehart
Jimmy Saye
Bridal Fete Precedes Beckley Wedding for Harriet Shriver
Mrs. Ashworth and daughter hosted a luncheon for Miss Harriet Shriver bride elect of Paul William Martin. The ceremony will be tomorrow at 10:30 in the Raleigh Heights garden with Rev. J. W. Witherspoon officiating. Out of town guests from Ohio and Pennsylvania attend. The bridesmaid is Hannah Goucher of Pittsburgh. Ellsworth Shriver Jr. is best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Witherspoon
Beckley Presbyterian _church
Miss Shriver
Hannah Goucher
Pittsburgh
Ohio State University
Ellsworth Harold Shriver
Joh Wesley Marlin
Beckley
Columbus, O
EH. Shriver
FE. R. Crawford
Reed. Burmeister
J. Edwin Dickerson
Eugene Larrick
Joe
Tommy Ballengee
Eva Lou Emmons
New Baptist Youth Fellowship Forms in Coal Marsh
The Coal Marsh Baptist Church youths organized the Baptist Youth Fellowship with Kelly Barrett as president and Arbenia Amick as recording secretary. Velma Cantley is vice president and Jean Phillips serves as corresponding secretary. Committees include Melania Webb social functions, Rosemar y Barrett membership, and more. next meeting at Arhenia Amick’s home with a farm-style Wiener roast planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
Coal Marsh
Frances Bogue
Rosemmary Barrett
Roger Clairs
Buddy Westmoreland
Maynard Dallon
Arhenia Amick
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U.S
Glen P. Daniel
Aikens
G. I
Concord College
Vanity Bear'y Shop
Prince St
Helene Curtis
Myra Webster Richardson
Eva Doyle
Ella Booth
Hele Holmes
P.O
Trevten
Jerey
Wcac Rave
John Gray Hutchinson
North Kanawhasitet
E. H. Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Charleston
S.C
Chicago
Kasik
Hazel Eaton
Worley Eaton
Bristol
Bert Aldridge
Daniels
Maria Moss
Second Avenue
Birmingham
Ala
Lara E. Moss
Knoxville
Eva Lou Emmons Iis
Eton
S.e
Rea
Seersucker
W. Neville St
Miss Richardson
Whitby 4-H
Mabrouerite
Embee
Phane
Tank Branch
J. W. Fritz
Fritz
R.W. Thomas
Washington, D.C
Given Foster
Rocky Mi. Va
Mee
W. A. Nichols
Columbia
South America
James Gosnell
Ricky
Ketchikan
Alaska
Lik
Nichols
Mrs. Ashworth
Harcy W. Shields
Cleveland
Russell Banks
Marysville
Lucille Robinson
Wiliam Shriver
Wiliam
Martins Ferry
Leafs
Epetin Do
Stauffer
Treatmans
Ees
Del-Mar
Margie Soggs
Juanita Porter
Fra Omanski
Rex Lilly
OASIS
Mason
Janice
Pecan Pie
Neville St
Ms. Hope Pastry Shop
John A. Holliday
Ms. Hope
Neville Street
Victor
DECCA
Josephine
Wayne King
Louis Prima
Pianisimo
Tommy Dorsey
Vaughan Monroe
Kay Kyner
Hillbilly
Charlies Monroe
Zeke
Bil Boyd
Roy
Wi Monroe
Warsaw
Glaude Thornhill
Balles Brothers
Woody Herman
Arthur Godfrey
Ethel Smit
Southland
Bob Wills
Kentucky
Kash and
Mardy
April
Bing Crosby
Guy Lombardo
Henry Wella
Jimmy and Leon Short
Jimmy Davin
Cilf Benner
Red Foley
Romance In the Dark
M Not
the Lad
Jor Gillam
Roosevelt Sykes
Sonny Boy
Flooda-Heedo
Bonny Boy Williams
Killer Oller
Memphis Minnke
Buster Bennett
San Antonio Blues
Buddy Johnson
Louis Jordan
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