Golden Wedding Anniversary Observed by W. E. Southerns
W E Southerns of 204 Hartley Ave celebrated their Golden Anniversary with a Sunday open house and family dinner attended by five generations. About 100 guests visited from Beckley Cleveland Crab Orchard Jewel Valley Tazewell Winston Salem Epperly and Winding Gulf, with extensive Southern relatives listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Southern
W. E
Hartley Ave
Howard Southern
Thurman Southern
Jerry
Gary
Beckley
Norman Southern
Crab Orchard
Martha Southern
Jewel Valley, Va
Joe Southern
Bill Thompson
Vernon Maloney
Winding Gulf
Charles Southern
Jewel Valley
Opal Canney
Jacky
Herbie
Carol and
Patty Southern
Epperly
Spring Summer Fashion World Pattern Catalog Excerpt
Pattern No 2125 shows a crisp shirtwaist dress with collar and matching short sleeve jacket in sizes 12 through 40. Send 35 cents for the pattern plus 5 cents extra for first class mail to Pattern Bureau Beckley Raleigh Register Box 42 Old Chelsea Station New York 11 NY. Price 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Raleigh Register
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Beckley Presbyter ian Church Circles Meet Thursday
Beckley Presbyterian Church circles schedule Thursday meetings. Circle 1 at 1 30 in Mrs Holt Kester's home, Circle 2 at 2 in Mrs Fred Richmond's home, Circle 3 at 1 30 in Mrs C C Lewis's Danils home, Circle 4 at 2 in Mrs L A Gates home with cohost, Circle 5 at 1 30 in Mrs Charles W Sanger's home, Circle 6 at 1 30 in Mrs C T Ross Jr's home, Circle 7 at 1 30 in Mrs L M Halloran's home, Circle 8 at 1 30 in Mrs James Hewitt's Mac Arthur home, Circle 9 at 8 in Mrs Leon Neal's Hancock Addition home, Circle 10 at 8 in Mrs Alan Witzel's Russell St home, Circle 11 at 8 in Mrs L D Skinner's Mason St home with cohost, Circle 12 at 8 in Mrs Alfred Hughes's Mahoney home, Circle 13 led by Mrs E H Cox with time to be notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Beckley Presbyterian Church
Holt Kester
Harper Rd
Fred Richmond
C. A. Smith
Raleigh Heights
C. C. Lewis
Daniels
Arnold Lucas
O. W. Brown
L. A. Gates
College Ave
O. H. Meador
Charles W. Sanger
Clyde St
Linda Sarrett
C. T. Ross Jr
Ross
Mercer St
W. B .Lilly
L. M. Halloran
Woodlawn Ave
Jack Nelson
A. P. Stevenson
James Hewitt
MacArthur
J. W. Ferris
Leon Neal
Hancock
R. E. Olson
W. R. Monk
Alan Witzel
Russell St
L. D. Skinner
Mason St
John Gorman
Ernest C. Dean Jr
Alfred Hughes
James J. Mahoney
Mankin Ave
E. H. Cox
Connie Lee Yates Bride Elect Fetes At Bridal Shower
A bridal shower for Connie Lee Yates was held June 3 in Friendship Hall Methodist Temple. Guests included Karen Sue Keister from Biloxi visiting Nay. The couple, Connie and Gary Hitchock, plan a June 11 wedding at First Methodist Church with Dr. Carden A. Hillman officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Lee Yates
Friendship Hall
Methodist Temple
Frances Hyde
Patricia Long
Dolores Gobble
Roy E. Smith
Roland Hinckley
Gary Hitchock
First Methodist Church
Carden A. Hillman
Ralph Hedrick
Sissonsville
Karen Sue Keister
Bilox
Miss
Orchard Ave
Toney Marino Jr
T G. Allen
James Warden
Norma Rotenberry
Margaret James
Ella Richards
Mary Tierno
Peggy Jersomine
Betty Radford
Dee Allis
Karl Westfall
Robert L. Daniels
Janet Thurman
Lee Estep
Teresa Filipek
Nell Greene
Elsie Green
Ross Stover
Margaret Fitzpatrick
Tom Griffith
Jean Wiseman
D. B. Stover
Betty Cottrell
Margaret Sharp
Doris Lambert
Noel T. Griffith
Victor G. Ashley
Elmer Yates
Sonia Silverberg
Curtiss
Topping Ideas for Fruit Dessert with Sour Cream
If commercially prepared sour cream is available in your neighborhood you will find it makes a delicious topping for a quick fruit dessert. Serve it over sliced bananas and oranges and pass a nutmeg grinder so family and guests can waft their own spice.
Women meeting notices and events in Beckley news
Coming events from the Beckley Newspapers invite women’s organizations to submit notices or calendars by 10 am. Sunday calendar items must reach the office by Monday. Circle No. 5 of First Methodist Church meets at 7 30 p m and Raleigh County Navy Mothers hold their annual dinner at 6 30 p.m in the private dining room of The Glass House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Department
Beckley
First Methodist Church
Raleigh County
Glass House
Local Garden Clubs and Events This Afternoon and Evening
Beckley Garden Club meets at Mrs. M. F. Barksdale home 211 Fairview Ave at 1 30 p.m. Women of the Moose host at Moose Club Ballroom 7 30 p.m. Ladies Bridge Association of Black Knight Country Club gathers 12 30 p.m. Ladies Day at Black Knight includes golf and luncheon. Highland Garden Club convenes 1 30 p.m. at Mrs. Lee Burleson’s Raleigh Hgts. Bethlehem Chapter Order of Eastern Star No. 71 holds officer elections and initiation at 8 p.m. in Masonic Temple Howe St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Garden Club
Ladies Bridge Association of
Black Knight Country Club
Highland Garden Club
Lee Burleson
Raleigh Hgts
Bethlehem
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Howe St
MacFarland Named New Women's Editor at Beckley Papers
Mrs E J MacFarland is appointed director of Beckley Newspapers Corp Women's Department succeeding Mrs Robert L Amick who resigned. She has served since June 1953 as reporter and photographer. New staffer Bernice Rice a former Layland Elementary School teacher joined two weeks ago. Alice Gregory, photographer and reporter since October 1953, is the department member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J
Lina) MacFarland
Women’s Department
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Robert L. Amick
MacFarland
Women's Department
Bernice Rice
Layland
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Mrs Mack Johnson spent the weekend at Altoona Pennsylvania with her husband who is stationed with the Marines. Various friends and relatives from Sophia Charlottesville and Pulaski attended gatherings and funerals. Sgt J C Paul Daniel Crawford of Piney View died in a Korean prison camp in June 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Johnson
Altoona Pa
Luther Gollehon
Sophia
J. L. Gollehon Jr
Pulaski, Va
Wade Lovell
Stuart Deck
Tazewell
Charlottesville Va
Mickey Kandrick
Kandrick
Charlottesville Hospital
Charles Reeves
J. C. Paul Daniel Crawford
Piney View
Sgt
Crawford
Korea
Carson Gillenwater
Ironton
Ohio
Gary Mather
Connie
Newport News
Ernest Angle
Gale Waddell
Bobbie Basham
Paul Angle
Lakewood
Frank Robinson
Boone N. C
Robinson
Appalachian College
Baptist Vacation Bible School Opens In Lower Auditorium Today
The Vacation Bible School opened at the First Baptist Church with classes from 9 a.m. to noon. John W. Totten serves as principal. Mrs. L. J. Nutter is secretary. Departments include Nursery, Kindergarten, Primary, Junior, and Intermediate with listed superintendents and teachers. Forty percent of American families own at least one musical instrument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Vacation Bible School
First Baptist Church
John W. Totten
L. J. Nutter
James Wauhop
Lawrence Forbes
G. L. Anderson
James Patton
Harry Arnott
Jack Perdue
Fred Hatcher
Joyce Hall
Carl Burns
A. H. Turn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Southern
Kenneth Southern
Debra Ann
C. H. Blankenship
Coty Harmon
Harold Blankenship
Tazewell, Va
Clyde Browder
Minnie Browder
Winston Salem N. C
Ira Clark
Winston Salem
N. C
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Va Oriental Son Deee
Frank
Sprague, W. Va
Women of the Moose
Moose Club Ballroom
E. J. MacFarland
Brownie Troop No. 38
Rachetta Kisheney
Patricia Janney
Sandra Shriver
Janie Howery
W. N. Sprague
Susan Lazenby
W. H. Bardin
Pamela Harless
Jeanie Tutwiler
Ann Kushner
Helen Cridin
Woman's Bible Class
The
Presbyterian Church
Women’s Dept
Patricia Carnohan
Marshall College
J.E. Carnohan
Frank Lovell
Detroit, Mich
Buford Mann
Ralph Wiseman
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Santa Claus
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Clark Stores
Neville St
Halsteads
Montgomery Ward
Universal
S. Fayette St
Basil Thomas
D. T. Keetley Jr
Deen Thurmond
Lester Ramsey
William Turner
Carl Price
Lawrence Thorne
Sandra Webb
Ellen Wheley
Mary Ann Davis
June Baker
Mary Lou Law
Charles Earhart Jr
Henry Walker
Thomas Martin
Ernest ,Honts
Nathan Lilly
United States
Richmond
Padies
Richmond’s
Richmond Cleaners—Laundry
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