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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1959

Page

3

Mountain Top Garden Club Marks 20th Anniversary

Beckley club of local women celebrated twenty years of horticulture and community service with a program and tea at the Flat Top Lake home of Mrs. E Vecellio and Mrs. E G Grogan. The session honored past presidents and charter members as members reviewed a 20 year history detailing dues growth, projects for Memorial Building and City Park grounds, Arbor Day plantings, school programs, Conservation Camp Caesar, and community donations.

Mountain Top Beckley Flat Top Lake E. Vecellio E. G. Grogan W. R. Fugitt Mountain Top Garden Club Azalea Garden Club H. P. Meadows Azalea Club Harry G. Williams Atlanta United States Memorial Building City Park Woodrow Wilson High School Lincoln, Sylvia Central Institute Beckley Memorial Hospital Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital Payne Memorial Raleigh County Garden Council Beckley Community Concert Association National Council Permanent Home Raleigh County Public Library Vecellio J. W. Maxwell Maxwell Williams Crawford Ashford General Hospital White Sulphur Springs Pinecrest Mountain Top Club Dorothy Biddle H. G. Williams J. A. Brackham Taylor M. Boxley H. L. Crawford George Bright Harlow Warren Grogan Fugitt Harry W. Hall Bright Zinnias

Helvey Norris wedding solemnized in single ring ceremony

SOPHIA RNS Ella Norris daughter of Mr and Mrs George Norris Midway became the bride of Charles Helvey son of Mr and Mrs H M Eastman Sophia at 6 pm July 2. The single ring ceremony was performed by Rev W F Tolliver in his home. The bride wore a blue linen street length dress with white accessories and a corsage of white carnations. Attendants were Mrs Dean Brammer and Mrs Linda Whitmore both of Midway.

Sophia Ella Norris George Norris Midway Charles Helvey H. M. Eastman W. F. Tolliver Dean Brammer Linda Whitmore Helvey Sophia High School Sophia High U.S. Air Force

Marconi Thought Wireless Only Worked Over Water

Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless communication, initially believed his radiotelegraphy would function solely across bodies of water. He later demonstrated broader capability, proving the system could transmit signals beyond maritime distances.

Guglielmo Marconi

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