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Local social notes highlight area visitors and guests
The item lists numerous families visiting and staying with relatives in Beckley and Crab Orchard, including nurses, students, and workers by the Bales, Freeland, Looney, Nuckols, and Riffe families. It mentions hospital connections, weddings, and trips to Waynesboro, Philippi, and Fairfax Hall, with many Texas and Ohio links, plus members of local clubs and church groups attending events.
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Barbara Bales
St. Mary’s . “Hospital School of Nursing
Huntington
E. Prince St
Woodrow Bales
Denzel
Freeland and Family
Charleston
M. F.noel
Virginia St
Art Looney
Ohio State
R. J. Legg
Reservoir Rd
Pate Proctor
Kim
Jim
Atlanta
Charles Phillips
Fayetteville
Legg
Allie Dickerson Proctor
Concord College
Athens
Lottie Reed
Harlow Reed
Larry
Roma
Mich
Christian
Lincoln St
G. C. Hite
Fairmont
George Mays
Raleigh
E.| Prince St
Howard Heaberlin
Eloise
Martha Ann
Waco
Tex
J.C. Heatherlin
Park Ave
Dessie Rebecca Kidwell
Claude Gentry
Lexington
EB. H. Christian
Pearl
Crab Orchard
St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing
Rey
C. E. Walker
Laurel Ter
Carl E. Walker
Charles
Edith Anne
Bobby
Baltimore
Hobart Walker
Linda Bea
West Palm Beach
Fla
E. J. Walker
Misemi
Cecil Adkins
Ruby
Sprague
Carlos Adkins
Washington, D C
Brandebur
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
T. David Kaulfelt
George Persinger
Dora Sarandon
Paul Pap Us
Alex Dallis
Katherine Fox
Rosemarie Fox
Marilynn Fox
Ann
Colin McLuckey
Columbine Garden Club
Primrose Garden Club
Coca Cola Social Room
Con- Peterstown
RNS
Robert M. Flem
Eva Hodges
Giarding
C. H. Rut
Joe Keatley
Ledge
W. H. Carney
Beckley
Chris Sarandon
Josephbert Morgan
D. E. Vipper- Kendall
Keatleys
A. P. Powder
Radford
G. Bowles
Rhita Side
Staff Village
McCoy
McLuckey