Four Beckley Clubwomen Attend National GFWC Meet
Four Beckley women travel to Detroit for the 67th annual General Federation of Women's Clubs convention at Ford Auditorium. Miss Topsy O Dell and Miss Jean Porter lead local delegation with Mrs. Wayne Reynolds and Mrs. Robert Thomson Jr. expected to participate. WV officials and state officers also attend.
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Beckley
General Federation of ‘Women's Clubs
Detroit
Mich
Ford Auditorium
Woman's Club of
Topsy O'Dell
Wayne Reynolds
West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs
Presidents Club
Robert Thomson Jr
Jean Porter
Bersley
West Virginia
National Federation
H. G. Muntzing
Moorefield
O'Dell
Muntzing
State Federation
WVFWC
Astern
General Federation
Joseph Perkins
Texas
Marion T. Weatherford
Oregon
GFWC
R. I. ¢. Prout
Wakefield
United Prayer
A. P. Meador
Hinton
Edgar Steele
Lawger
E. D. Gibson
Taegar
James Scarbro
Montgomery
Mary Katharine Barnes
Charleston
Blindfolded Doctor Studies Blind Life in Innsbruck
Helga Dames a 22 year old philosopher doctor in Innsbruck wore a blindfold for a month to experience life without sight. She walked the streets attended an opera and visited a blind people home to learn their reading by touch and to test her body radar idea.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Helga Dames
Long distance sense studied by blind woman in Innsbruck
Helga, blinded by felt and motorcyclist tests, displayed a purported long distance sense via a body radar that detected obstacles by air movement and reflected sound waves. The experiment showed improvement over weeks, with risks to perception when ears were blocked, and noted psychological effects of blindness on trust and fear.
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Helga
Innsbruck Institute For ExpPerimental Psychology
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Miss Charlotte Ann Conner leaves 167 Coal St for a three week Baltimore vacation to visit relatives. Mrs Anna L Bennett and family visit Charleston. Chloe Basham remains hospitalized in Chattanooga. Beckley group attends Andrew Jackson Christian reunion at Sand Knob with numerous locals. Golden Wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Tate celebrated in Huntington. Meadows family visits Warsaw Ky for grandson Bernard Meadows Jr’s graduation from Gallatin County High School.
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Charlotte Ann Conner
Coal St
Baltimore
William Saunders
Anna L. Bennett
Meyers St
T. Sgt
James B. Grose
James
John
Greenville
S.C
John E. Bennett
Charleston
Chloe Basham
Campbell Clinic
Chattanooga
Chrissie , Vine Sr
J. D. Christian Jr
Teel Rd
de Christian
Oceana
Jim
Bob Christian
Hinton
D. Christian
EB. H. Christian
Walter Christian
Jim Bob Christian
Glenn
Winchell
Johnstown
C. M. Doss
West Virginia
Ralph. Blarkey
Huntington
BD. E. Tate
Janie Meadows
Marie Meadows
Park Ave
Warsaw
Bernard Meadows
Bernard Meadows Jr
Gallatin County High School
Kentucky
Rich mond Bridal Shower Honors Patsy Jane Morgan
Miss Patsy Jane Morgan daughter of Mr and Mrs Grady Morgan Pinecrest Sanitarium was honored at a bridal shower in the Rich mond Recreation Room. She will wed Alan B Shattuck of Courtland NY in a church ceremony on Sept 6 0 hosted by Mrs Ranny Woodyard and Mrs Tony Lusk with about 85 guests.
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Richmond
Patsy Jane Morgan
Grady Morgan
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Alan B. Shattuck
Courtland
N.Y
Ranny Woodyard
Tony Lusk
Coming Events For Beckley Women Groups This Week
Calendar notices list Monday events from Golden Age Club and Phi Filine Club to Daughters of American Revolution and Bethlehem Chapter No 71. Wednesday includes Just A Mere Club at Mrs Herman Tuck and Beckley duplicate Bridge, with Thursday Mission Circle No 3 at Orchard Baptist Church.
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Women's Department of Beckley
Golden Age Club
Woman's Clubhouse
Park Ave
Gore
J. E
Hern
James Allen
Wendy Point
M. A. John
Orchard Baptist Church
Church
Bethlehem
Masonic Temple
Howe St
Herman Tuck
M. Columbine Garden Club
Elks Club
Beckley Duplicate Bridge Club
Teen Town
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Judea Shrine Sets June Covered-Dish Dinner
Judea Shrine No. 13 held a business meeting in the Masonic Temple Howe Street. Mrs. C. S. Lilly chaired as worthy high priestess and committees were named for a June dinner and sunshine group. Visitors Maybelle Weaver and Thomas Marshall attended from Mount Hope. Hostesses from Glenn Rogers included Buck Daniels and Louise Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Bryant
T. B. Callahan
W. N. Fink
Annie Scott
Gladys Scott
Bessie Sorrell
John Richmond
Jenny French
R. M. French
R. Wibur Bays
Hubert Blake
Sunshine
Phill A. McDaniels
Lilly
M. W. Arnold
Supreme Shrine
Atlantic City
Mount Hope
Maybelle Weaver
Thomas Marshall
Shrine
Glenn Rogers
Buck Daniels
Louise Miller
Cochairman
D. E. Saxon
G. B
Local Students Earn Degrees At Mary Washington College
In Fredericksburg Virginia 247 candidates received degrees at Mary Washington College. Baccalaureate sermons were delivered by Rev Dr Douglas Horton Harvard Divinity School and L H D George Washington Auditorium speaker Miss George Washington L H D delivered the address. Chancellor Grellet C Simpson awarded diplomas. Notable graduates include Grace Ann Monroe Betty Carol Womack and Barbara Lancaster with majors in art medical technology and economics and business administration.
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Virginia
Redericksburg
Douglas Horton
Harvard Divinity School
Mary
Washington College
University of Virginia
George Washington Auditorium
Mary Pillsbury
Fencing Club
Medical Technology Club
Barbara Lancaster
Glenn Ferris
Gauley Bridge High School
Xi Chi Exemplar Chapter names new Beta Sigma Phi committees
Mrs. Arthur Staples announced the Xi Chi Exemplar Chapter committees for the coming year at a Monday night Beta Sigma Phi meeting. The program committee includes Mrs. Calvin Saunders as chairman with two members, the social committee lists Mrs. Jack Branham as chair with two members, and other groups include Ways and Means chaired by Mr. Hampton Thomas, Service led by Mrs. Woodrow Smith, and Publicity chaired by Mrs. Roland Natfield with a contact chair Mrs. Bill Phillips. The social group plans a summer outing and Mrs. Arlene Woodie read the Exemplar Degree to new member Mrs. June Reed. New program books Festival of Life were distributed. Learning, Friendship, and the Good Life was the evening’s program by Mrs. DeWitt Kennemar. The meeting occurred at Mrs. Jack Branham’s home. Crumbled macaroons and fruit may be added to Bavarian cream.
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Xi ‘Chi
Sophia
ANS
Arthur Staples
Xi Chi
Beta Sigma Phi
Calvin Saunders
DeWitt Kennemar
Caryl Williams
Jack Branham
Charles Burdiss
Janice Bent
Walter Cullop
Hampton Thomas
Woodrow Smith
Arlene Woodie
Jack Martin
Roland Natfield
June Reed
Bill Phillips
Clarence Cullis
DeWitt ‘Kennemar
Beckley Family to Move to Germany on Army Assignment
Mrs. William Noten and her children Reva Jane Cook and Thomas Warren Cook plan to accompany Capt. Noren to Bulzbach Germany for a three year tour. Noren, with 17 years service and a former U S Marine, will command in Germany while his family departs June seventh from Brooklyn New York aboard transport.
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Bulzbach
Germany
William ~. Noten
Reva Jane Cook
Institute
Thomas Warren Cook
Beckley
Noren
U. S. Marine Corps
U. S. Army
William E. Noren
Will Bellamy to Receive Barter Theatre Award in Abingdon
Ralph Bellamy, flanked by Barter Theatre notables, travels to Abingdon Virginia on June 8 to receive the Barter Theatre of Virginia award for best American actor in the current New York season. The honor includes an acre of lard and a ham with a platter, plus a tea reception. Bellamy earned the prize for Sunrise at Camp Obetlo at the Cort Theatre in New York.
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Abingdon
Ralph Bellamy
Barter Theatre of Virginia
New York
Bellamy
Awa
Campobetlo
Cort
Robert Porterfield
Mary Marlin
Helen Hayes
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Dorothy Stickney
David Wayne
Porterfield
Barter Theatre of
Virginia
Membership Chapter Night Set Tuesday By Local WOTM Group
Women of the Moose chapter plans a Membership Chapter night at the Tuesday 7:30 p.m. meeting in the Moose Ballroom guest speaker Paul R. Beasley loyalty of Moose membership chairman and a formal initiation of new members will take place. Mrs. Watters leads the committee and will provide refreshments during social hour.
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Women of the Moose
Moose Ballroom
WOTM
Moose
Paul R. Beasley
The
Loyal Order of Moose
B. E. Watters
Sorority Plans Outing and Rummage Sale Details
The Beta Lambda Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi set an outing for June 25 at Flat Top Lake after a Wednesday dinner in Beckley Hotel Terrace Room. Hostesses are Mrs. Robert Frilen and Mrs. Fred Tie Friar. A rummage sale is planned for Saturday at the Stanley Building on McCreery Street starting at 8:30 a.m. Mrs. Robert M. Fremir led a program on Amateur. Thirty three members attended.
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Flat Top Lake
Beta Lambda
Beta Sigma Phi
Beckley Hotel
Robert Frilen
Fredtie Friar
Stanley Building
McCreery St
Robert M. Fremir
Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery
A new healing substance called Bio-Dyne enables shrinking hemorrhoids without surgery. Preparation H in suppository or ointment form reduces pain and itching with noticeable shrinkage in many cases. Money back guarantee available at druggists.
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New York
M. Y
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Gerald E. McAndrew
Evanston
Bon Secours Hospital
Grosse Point
Deborah Ann
McAndrew
Irené Marczinko
East Beckley
General Federation of Women’s
Aea A
Jean Por * Ree
Ter
A. G. Muntzing
Gay Beach
Martha Madison
Raleigh Register
Aon Sation
Phi Filine Club
Edward Corey
Reservoir Rd
Navy Mothers Club
Glass House
Judea Shrine
Neville St
Cohen
Waltham
Mass
Emma
Allison
Sprague
van Allison
Beaver
William Allison
David Allison
Klaus
W. C. Stewart
Eva Arthur
Mahscott
Alice Kodges
Toledo
Ohio
Wool Harvey
Maxwell Hill
William Wood
Kimberly
Tom Fowler
Squire
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Women of
Brooklyn
N. Ys
Sam Hochman
Wilson SL
George Brown
Montgomery Ward
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