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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1959
Page
5
Coming events column lists meetings and events of Wesleyan Guild Dry Hill Prosperity Circle No 7 Mason lodge family groups and church groups including Baptist Eastern Star Moose Navy Mothers Circle Girl Scout social events and club gatherings with times and locations across Beckley and surrounding communities.
Mrs. Gib Thompson will witness son Donald commissioned at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis amid May Week traditions. Her other sons, Richard, Robert, and George, have pursued military and academic paths, while Dorcas Stover remains central to the family’s Christian upbringing and community life.
General meeting of the Christian Women's Fellowship at First Christian Church 7 30 Social Room Rupert Jefferson Court Ca Lantha Knights of Pythians Hall S Fayette Street 2 pm Circle 12 meets at The Methodist Temple 8 pm Mrs S C Ballengee 900 S Kanawha St Mission Circle 3 Crab Orchard Baptist Church in church 7 30 pm Mrs Don Williams chair man
Local society notes record visits and travels of West Virginia University students Ralph Dusie Jr and other families. Items mention hospitalizations, a major surgery for Lucy Scites in Charleston Memorial, and numerous weekend visits between relatives in Huntington Nitro Beckley and Sophia. Several graduates and travelers are noted along with job plans and relocations.
New York Special reports a tablet that rapidly drains congested sinus cavities without discomfort. The medicine works through the bloodstream to shrink swollen sinus doors and relieve pressure and nasal drip. Sold as Dristan Decongestant Tablets at 98 cents per bottle of 24 with a money back guarantee.
Holiday weekend visitors included Dr. and Mrs. V L Kelly and son Mike Bluefield Miss Violet Lusk Pineville Mr and Mrs C A Kelly Baileysville Dr and Mrs Charles Kelly and Linda Ravenswood Mr and Mrs Henry Connel Mr and Mrs Jim Christie and Jimmy Vandyke Ronce verte Miss Jean Donley and Miss Diana Hontgas Fairlawn Ave and Miss Janet Thurman Dry Hill Rd in Huntington for a tennis tournament Jeanne Thompson Jefferson Hospital Roanoke Va arrived for a three week visit with her parents Ivan and Mrs Thompson Travelers Lane Paul Stoneburner Charmee returned home after Memorial Day with A L Winston Crow Rd Mr and Mrs W E Davis and children Larry and Linda Berea Ohio guests of Uncle A F Bryson Bellevue Lane They will visit Walter McCutcheon in Summersville en route home and stop to see Pat Thomson South Charleston Peach jam recipe calls for four and a half to five pounds of peaches to yield two fruit quarts of jam.
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