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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1962

Page

5

Patricia Ann Harvey as Little Miss West Virginia contestant

Patricia Ann Harvey eight daughter of Dr and Mrs H E Harvey of 115 Hume Ct will perform a cancan number in the Little Miss West Virginia event tied to the Miss Universe Contest Friday. Directors Mrs E S Beard and Mrs Norma Jean Gunter say afternoon contestants meet Memorial Building at 3 pm and night contestants at 6 pm with free admission. Five girls ages 4 to 6 from Raleigh Fayette Mercer Wyoming Summers counties will be chosen. Gary Dent will be master of ceremonies. Debra Sue Harvey eleven sister competes in Cardinal Queen division for ages 11 to 14.

Raleigh Fayette Mercer Wyoming Summers Gary Dent Patricia Anne Debra Sue

Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know

Social notes recount dinners at Flat Top Lake and visits from Washington D C and Huntington. Highlights include newlyweds Bill and Martha Glorious, relatives from Mead ows Street, and a bridal shower for Norma Combs..Local visitors Nancy Lambert Jimmy Willis Ken Staton and nursing student Ovella Graham at Beckley Memorial Hospital noted.

Jess Richmond Flat Top Lake Bill Glorious Washington, D. C Peggy Stafford Lee Stafford Meadows St Richmond Washington Ray Passmore Bob Stafford Wayne Jones Margaret Adams Noah D. Adams A. J. Adams Charles Rakes John T. Adams Laynette Johnny Sedalia Adams Charles Ray Richmond Forest L. Parsons Lee Cindy Susan Huntington Beckley Memorial Hospital Nancy Lambert Princeton Jimmy L. Willis Norton, Va Kenneth N. Staton Rush, Ky Ovella Graham Hinton

Pleasant Hills Visitors and Funeral Notes

Mr and Mrs W M Horton of Crab Orchard return from a two week visit with their daughter in Westchester PA. Malcolm Styles of Martinsburg stayed overnight with Mr and Mrs Fred H Nichols. Billy Nichols visits Romney while summering with the family. Funeral attendance for Mrs Donna Mae Croye of Belle included Mr and Mrs Willie Farrow Crab Orchard. Burial was in London Cemetery.

Pleasant Hills Rns W. M. Horton Crab Orchard Allen Hill Westchester Fred H. Nichols Malcolm Styles Martinsburg Willie Farrow J. C. Canaday Lester Vonney Farrow Shady Spring Croye London Cemetery

Evening notices for women group meetings in Beckley area

The column invites women’s organizations to announce regular or special meetings. Notices due by 10 a.m. for same day use, Saturday deadlines for Sunday notices. This Thursday lists Raleigh County Medical Assistants Association 8 p.m. Beckley Temple Pythian Sisters 7 30 p.m. Women of the Church Rose Breakfast 11 a.m. Calanthian Court p.m. Catholic Daughters 8 p.m. Mission Society 7 30 p.m. Prosperity Home Demonstration Club 7 30 p.m.

Woman's Department of Sheckley Beckley Presbyterian Church

First Ladies Day Draws Large Golf Turnout

About 32 women golfers took part in the season’s first Ladies Day at Black Knight Country Club on Tuesday. Despite intermittent showers, prizes were given for blind hole events won by Mrs. Jack Bazzarre and Mrs. Carl Meadows. New golfers included several names, with hosting duties rotating to Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Sprague next week. The group plans inter-club matches at Bluefield with White Oak and Bluefield on June 19 and the Spring Tournament first round on June 14-15.

Black Knight Country Club W. N. Sprague Jr Cochairman John Cooper Jack Bazzarre Carl Meadows Cooper Sprague L. L. Scherer John F. Rist Jr Robert Simms Paul Peabody Wade H. Bardin Glen Evans Carl C. Drewry Meadows Alan Susman

Birth of Daughter Ratha Jean Durham in Beckley Memorial

Maben residents Gene and Mrs. Durham announce the birth of their daughter Ratha Jean on June 2 at 12 p.m. in Beckley Memorial Hospital. The newborn weighs six pounds ten ounces. Her mother is Ethel Martin's daughter and her father is Jesse Durham's son. Indoor plants humidify and purify air by emitting moisture and oxygen while absorbing carbon dioxide.

Maben Gene Durham Beckley Memorial Hospital Ratha Jean Ethel Martin Glen White John Martin Jesse Durham

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