Barbey La Doll House brings apple carved dolls to life
Eve Breck notes Mrs. Hartley and husband Thomas turned dried apples into frontier dolls with wire bodies beads and lace outfits. The Hartleys display at Abby’s Gifts Beckley Hotel and Interstate Hosts in Elkhart Indiana with plans to show at Mountain State Folk Festival Beckley July 12 14 and at area fairs. They sell to local shops and gift stores and hope tourism outlets support the venture named Barbey La Doll House.
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Thomas Mee
Com Ave
Hart
Hartley
Abby
Beckley
Prosperity Home Demonstration Club
Universal Cit Credit Corp
Barbey-La
Thomas Hartley
Glenn Avenue
Real Estate Deeds Filed In County Court Records
Real estate transfers list multiple deeds filed in the county court clerk records. Transactions include H Lilly Land Co to Louis B Pychon for property in Epperly Winding Gulf Slab Fork $590 and Louise and Mary Pychon to Dorothy Smith for Epperly Winding Gulf Slab Fork $400. Other transfers cover Town District Beckley Shady Spring Richmond and related parcels with sums ranging from $1000 to $7500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Lilly Land Co
Louis
Mary B. Pychon
Epperly-Winding Gulf
Slab Fork
Louise
Mary Pychon
Dorothy Smith
Eugene H
Norma D. Cooper
Mack A
Margaret P.thompson
Ruth L
Clarene Ray Dillon
Albert L
Virgie A. Hedgecock
Beckley
J. Henderson
Violet Maxine Ewing
Arlie
Magazine
Ivan and
Eva Sisk
Piney McBride
Shady Spring
Harry and
Ethel Bragg
Seber Bragg Jr
Lovella Bragg Terreo
Richmond
Alice L. Styen
Glen E. Smith
J. C
Ora Matney
George A
Katherine E. Bostic
Leonard Perkins
Norine Perkins
Avignon as Papal Seat in the 14th Century
Avignon served as the Papal seat in the early 1300s with all Popes then French.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avignon
France
Students buy savings bonds at Sophia Elementary School
Front row features Terry Meadows 1st grade son of Jack and Mrs. Meadows Sharon Lee Pegram 2nd daughter of Russell and Mrs. Pegram Karen Clemons 1st daughter of Pauline Clemons Lisa Whetsel 4th daughter of Bill Whetsel Back row lists Donald Miller 7th son of Fred Miller Benny Jones 6th son of Woodrow Jones Johnny Lee Attilli 2nd son of John Attilli Becky Grose 6th daughter of Norman Grose Tawnna Whetsel 6th daughter of Bill Whetsel Nannette Cirer 5th daughter of John Cirer Donna Botman 4th daughter of George Botman Carmen Lilly 8th daughter of Clifton Lilly Nina Ruth Lowry 7th daughter of Madison Lowry Ileen Browning 7th daughter of James Browning Pete Milano 6th son of Tony Milano
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Sophia Elementary School
Terry Meadows
Jack Meadows
Sharon Lee Pegram
Russell Pegram
Karen Clemons
Pauline Clemons
Lisa Whetsel
Bill Whetsel
Donald Miller
Fred Miller
Benny
Pete Milano
Tony Mi
Lano
Carmen Lilly
Clifton Lilly
Nina Ruth Lowry
Madison Lowry
Ileen Browning
James Browning
Fred X. Williams
Civic Department of the Gulf Women’s Club
Hampton Thomas
PTA
Woodrow Smith
Benny Jones
Tawnna Whetsel
Nannette Chrer
Mary Francis Cirer
Karen Lilly
Johnny Antilli
Becky Grose
Donna Bota
Donalder
Sophia Elementary Pupils Invest in Savings Bonds
Soph ia Elementary School pupils contributed to a savings bond program organized by the Gulf Woman's Club and the school PTA. A total of 1113.50 was purchased as part of a project started last October and wrapped up this week with several students holding multiple bonds and others buying $25 stamps at the post office for the effort.
Citizens League Ideals Outlined By President
Alan Stone, president of the Raleigh County Citizens League for Political Action, outlined the league’s purposes at a Women’s Activities Division meeting of the Beckley Area Labor Council AFL-CIO. WAD named Elizabeth Bowling chairman and Pauline Bonham co-chairman. the service project committee pledged to seek aid for hospitalization and medicine for those in dire need.
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Raleigh County Citizens League For
Alan Stone
Beckley Area Labor Council
Afl-Cio
WAD
Elizabeth Bowling
Pauline Bonham
I Service Project Committee
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Eve Breck
Westwood Holliday of
West Virginia Optometric Association
Blackwater Falls
State Park Lodge
Roger Kuhlman
Michigan Optometric Association
Grand Lodge
Mich
Women’s Auxiliary
Department of Public Safety
Casualty Co
Reading
Beckley Hardware and Supply Co
Frigidaire
General Motors Corp
E. E. Bibb
Charleston
Dayton
Ohio
Harold Merritt
J. F. Schmitt
Beckley Hardware
S. Heber St
Harold Reed
MacArthur
Mary Dean
Ruth Fortner
The
E. M. Payne Co
Atlanta
Aliff
Pax
Harrold Davis
Willis Branch
Homer Aliff
David
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Eccles
Davis
Mildred Humphrey
Anne Kidd
Donald
Toledo
Pax High School
RNS
Soil Conservation Service
Board of
U.S. ‘Civil Service
Department of Agriculture
N. Sixth St
Milwaukee
Wis
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
West Virginia
Harry Scott
Whitestick Road
Washington D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Scott
United States Air Force
California
Japan
Pittsburgh
Spring Hill
Oak Hill
Collins High School
Ralph E. Scott
Rodman
Civil Service
Beckley Wrecking Co
North Valley Drive
Wrecking Company
Beckley Glass Co
R. L. Foley
Elouise Crook
J. WV. Evans Jr
Don F. Lilly
Wilkes Insurance Agency, Inc
S. Fayette St
West Virginia Civil Service System
Department of Natural Resources
Civil Service System
California Ave
Jack Frost
Shady Nook Milk
OLEO
Bologna 4
City Park
Linda Faye Bailey
Paul Bailey
Oceana
Cleveland Academy of Cosmetology
Cleviland
Oceana High School
Pfc
Frankie M. Martin
Alexandria, Va
ANS
Dad
Citizens League
She Ie
J. W. Walters
Mgr
Neville S
NORGE
Monarch
Kelvinator
Weven Ser Up
Neville Maytag & Furniture CO
Neville Si
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