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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1960

Page

5

Azalea Garden Club Member To Appear On TV Wednesday

Azalea Garden Club member Mrs H E Phipps will appear on the Garden Club of the Air program on WOAY Oak Hill from 1 30 to 2 p m Wednesday She will discuss dahlias and chrysanthemums with Mrs O A Phillips Jr and explain varieties and uses in the garden The program promotes the RCFC flower show Beauty is Where You Find It on Sept 17 Chrysanthemums offer color forms and easy care specifics on planting watering and fertilizing within the show context

Azalea Garden Club H. E. Phipps Garden Club of the Raleigh County Garden Council 0. A. Phillips Jr Hazel Woay-Oak Hill

Farley Family Welcome Visits From Texas Guests

A Whitby visit includes Mr. and Mrs. Max H. Harrell of El Paso Texas and their daughter Miss Marie Farley a Stoco High School graduate. They will accompany the Harrells back to Texas where she plans to seek employment.

D. O. Farley Whitby Max H. Harrell el Paso Texas Harrell Marie Farley Stoco High School

Rayburn Legg Improves After Major Surgery

Rayburn Legg of 301 Reservoir Road is improving in Beckley Hospital after undergoing major surgery Thursday.

Rayburn Legg Reservoir Rd Beckley Hospital

Mars Hill Freshman Debbie Edwards Returns Home For Summer

Miss Debbie Edwards completes her freshman year at Mars Hill College in North Carolina and returns home for the summer. Her parents Dr and Mrs H S Edwards of Pinecrest drove to Mars Hill to escort her home.

Debbie Edwards Mars Hill College Mars Hill N. C H. S. Edwards Pinecrest

Miss Charleen Carson to Work at Camp Brookside

MISS CHARLEEN Carson daughter of Mr and Mrs C H Carson Fairview Apts will leave June 21 to work at Camp Brookside the Union Carbide Metals Corp camp at Brooks. During the work in the dining room and kitchen and during the girls session will serve as canoeing instructor. She will return to Beckley Aug 20 before she begins her junior year at Concord College Athens.

Charleen § Carson C. H. Carson Fairview Apts Camp Brookside Union Carbide Metals Corp Brooks Beckley Concord College Athens

Arrival of Miss Eva Pownall in Cincinnati

Miss Eva Pownall of Cincinnati arrives to visit her brother-in-law and sister, Mr and Mrs Herbert Stansbury at 103 Ewart Ave. The visit is noted in local society circles.

Eva Pownall Cincinnati Ohio Herbert Stansbury Ewart Ave

Miss Sharon Lee Thomas Leaves for Chicago Visit

Miss Sharon Lee Thomas, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Thomas of Glen Morgan, sails Sunday to Chicago to visit her sister Mrs Shirley Smith and brothers James and Joe and other relatives. She is expected to return home July 15.

Sharon Lee Thomas Fred Thomas Glen Morgan Chicago Ill Shirley Smith James Joe

Charles Moody Returns Home After Mine Accident

Charles Moody of Stotesbury has returned home from Beckley Memorial Hospital where he was treated for injuries from a mine accident at Slab Fork, where he is employed.

Charles Moody Stotesbury Beckley Memorial Hospital Slab Fork

Pretty and easy cake decoration idea blooms

Cut soaked prunes into long petal shapes and arrange in a flower pattern. Use small colored candies with chocolate centers as flower centers over frosting for an attractive finish.

Lillys and Murphys Announce Grade Promotions at Carnival

Mr and Mrs Clifton Lilly will see their son in seventh grade this fall and Eric Murphy will join fifth grade. Crowning occurred at % p m with winners receiving gifts from the school. Karen received a red rose and the carnival proceeds will fund a community center project.

Clifton Lilly Eric Clinton Murphy Karen

Community notices from Seckley News calendar

Notices received by 10 a.m list upcoming club and church events for Tuesday Wednesday. Paula No 741 Catholic Daughters St Francis de Sales Parish Hall 8 p.m. St Stephen's Men 7:15 p.m. 4-H Club 6:30 p.m. Dry Hill Prosperity 7:30 p.m. Women of the Moose 7:30 p.m. WCT Stamford 7 p.m. Isis final meeting 6 p.m. Crab Orchard Mission Circle 1 p.m. Bethlehem OES 6 p.m. Eliza Hunter class 5 p.m. Ebenezer Service Guild 7:30 p.m.

Theotema Ealephone Woman’s Department of Seckley News Paula Catholic Daughters of America St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church

Church Circles and Groups Schedule In Crab Orchard Area

RSDAY Mission Circle No 5 of Crab Orchard Baptist Church meets at 7 30 p m at Mrs James Fitzpatrick home. Woman's Improvement League gathers at 2 p m at 110 Adkins Street hosted by Mrs A D Clark and Mrs John Moss. Women of the Church at Beckley Presbyterian hold June breakfast at 11 a m. Circle No 3 Mabscott Calvary Baptist meets 7 30 p m at Mrs George Coker Mabscott. Fidelis Class of First Baptist in Fellowship Hall at 7 30 p m.

RSDAY Crab’ Orchard Baptist Church James Fitzpatrick Woman’s Improvement League A. D. Clark Adkins St John Moss Beckley Presbyterian Church Mabscott Calvary Baptist Church George Coker Mabscott Fidelis First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall

Friday Square Dance Club Begins Lessons at City Park

The Friday Square Dance Club starts dance lessons at City Park 19-21 By Pass, at 8 p.m. The program invites new and returning dancers to learn steps in a friendly community setting.

City Park

Hodges Fitzgerald Wedding in Beckley

The Hodges Fitzgerald wedding was held May 27 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. C. E. Walker officiating. Bride Car ol Gaye Fitzgerald is the daughter of Ronald and Mary Fitzgerald of 118 Earhart Street. groom Jimmy Hodges is the son of Carl and Mrs Hodges of Bradley. The couple reside on Whitestick Road and planned a wedding trip after a double ring ceremony. The bride wore a white lace over taffeta street-length gown with a round neckline and three-quarter sleeves, a short veil, and a white ribbon hat. Attendant Kyve Ellen Fitzgerald wore a lilac seasonal frock. best man was Larry Hodges. The bride, a Woodrow Wilson High School graduate, is employed by Biggs Johnston Withrow Inc.

Whitestick Rd Jimmy Hodges Memorial Baptist Church C. E. Walker Carol Gaye Fitzgerald Ronald Fitzgerald Earhart St Carl Hodges Bradley Red Cross Woodrow Wilson High School Biggs- Johnston-Withrow Inc

Reunion marks 74th birthday and family gathering

A weekend celebration at J D with 43 years of service, a Sunday open house and buffet honored Swim on his 74th birthday. Relatives from Beckley Beckley Linton and York Pa reunited after decades, with hostess Bess Kate Snyder at a Shady Spring home. Swim, a former Swim Construction Co owner, moved to West Virginia in 1912.

J.D Swim Elm Charleston Luddie Lively Long Branch Ora Pierce Cecil Swim O. M. Wicker W. E. Swim Bruce Ritter Ramsey E. Earle Bibb Beckley Natural Bridge

Methodist Circle Opens New Season in The Temple

Circle No. 11 of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at The Methodist Temple held its first meeting of the year at Mrs. M. W. Arnold's Maplewood Lane home. Guests decorated with rhododendron and peonies, pledge cards were collected, and officers for the next two years were announced, with Rev. J. B. F. Yoak Jr. to install circle chairmen June 12.

Woman’s Society of Christian Service Methodist Temple Maplewood Lane M. W. Arnold Circle Robert L. Amick E. H. Hedrick N. S. Lilly Arnold Eee All Circle J. B. F. Yoak Jr Temple A. K. Minter Arnold Koch Lilly John R. Koch Good Cheer J. Frank Vaughan Amick Jean Porter W. G. Moran Herbert Stansbury L. W. Thorne

Pleasant Hills Social Notes Travel and Guests

Mrs Hazel Armstrong returns home after a three week visit with son in law and daughter in San Antonio Texas. Guests in Cabell Heights include Melissa Wood and Ernest Lee Dove from Washington DC. W B Robinson’s Pleasant Hills home hosts J E Suddreth and W E Suddreth from Greenfield Indiana. Jessie Arthur and children Carolyn and Michael tour Florida including Daytona Beach Jacksonville and Orlando before returning to Cabell Heights.

Pleasant Hills ANS Hazel Armstrong W. C. Thurman San Antonio Texas John Wood Cabel Heights Melissa Wood Ernest Lee Dove Washington, D. C W. B. Robinson Ing Washington J. E. Suddreth W. E. Suddreth Greenfield Ind Jessie Arthur Carolyn Michael Florida Daytona Beach Jacksonville Orlando Cabell Heights

Women of the Moose hold Academy of Friendship night

The Women of the Moose academy of Friendship chapter meets at 7 30 tonight in the Moose Lodge Ballroom with Mrs J E Fisher as chairman presenting the program Rings will be presented to members who completed their degrees in May in Waynesboro Virginia

Women of the Moose Academy of Friendship Moose Lodge J. E. Fisher Waynesboro

First Christian Church Groups Schedule Meetings

The Christian Women’s Fellowship at First Christian Church announces group meetings with leaders and locations. Meetings run on Wednesday and Thursday with covered dish suppers and classroom venues at multiple addresses including Clyde Street White Avenue Westwood Drive and Witherspoon Street.

First Christian Church Christian Women’s Fellowship of the First Christian James Lowe A. E. Murdock Joe Harvey Clyde St Ann Louise File Lillian Willis L. E. Leader Ney Caldwell Vine St Frank Pettit C. M. Doss H. E. Lilly James Thompson White Ave Carmen Feazell James Scott Don Collier Westwood

Sophia Baptist Circle Holds Special Meet

Sophia readings and prayers marked a special 2 pm Tuesday session of the Woman's Missionary Baptist Circle at First Baptist Church Sophia. Mrs Miley Ormandy presided as president and plans were set for the next gathering June 14 at 7 pm. Mae Pierce was elected secretary and the group closed with prayer and the hymn If You Knew Him.

Virginia Goins Nina Lowry W. G. Mooney Zelma Kirk Shirley Kirk Mae Pierce

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