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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1956
Page
3
Miss Helen Farvie was feted with a luncheon and shower at the Beckley Hotel in the private dining room. Hostesses were Mrs. Lawrence T. Tully and Mrs. John A. Hedrick. The guest list included many relatives and friends from Beckley and Fairmont.
Mrs J Floreine Doss of Portland Oregon, a housewife and mother, won $25 000 and the crown as the nation's champion home seamstress at New York Coliseum during a week long sewing fashion festival. Total prizes reached $45 500 plus machines and accessories.
A simple spring tomato salad uses one envelope of unflavored gelatin softened in 1 2 cups vegetable juice cocktail and stirred into one cup hot vegetable juice tail. A 12 ounce can is enough. No extra seasoning required. Pour into molds or a leaf pan and chill until set, served on lettuce leaves.
Fashion designer Adele Simpson reports that women dislike extreme fads and overcasual looks. She says women want ladylike, neat, elegant fashion with hats and gloves, and a return to longer evening gowns while silhouettes become slender yet comfortable for movement.
Simple Sewing Pattern 4609 offers a summer sheath dress with boat neckline and slim lines in misses sizes 10 to 18. Size 16 requires 3 yards of 39 inch fabric. complete illustrated instructions included. Send 35 cents to Pattern Bureau Beckley Raleigh Register Box 42 New York NY, add 5 cents for first class mail.
Local social notes list numerous visits and travels. Families from Beckley, Sophia, Daniels, Nitro, Roanoke, Huntington and elsewhere host relatives and friends while others travel to Washington DC New York Chicago and Cleveland. Hospital stays and family movements are noted along with a funeral in Mannington.
Mrs. Earle Bibb hosted a buffet reception at their S Oakwood Ave home for the Freeman Braithwaite wedding party. Miss Nancy Overton Freeman and Robert Braithwaite were wed in Beckley First Baptist Church, with Norfolk guests among the out of town attendance.
Applications for marriage licenses recorded in the clerk of Raleigh County Court list Jessie Berry 27 son of Mr and Mrs Phil Berry Amigo and Ruby Saunders 22 daughter of Mr and Mrs General Saunders Harper Franklin Joseph Medley 20 son of Mrs Margaret Hatcher and Patricia Ruth Lynch 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick Lynch Sprague
Mr and Mrs James W Burdiss Jr of Oahu Hawaii announce the birth of a daughter Dorothy Jean on Tuesday June 11. She weighed seven pounds 11 ounces. Mrs Burdiss is the former Jean Douglas of Parma Idaho. Burdiss is a Communications Technician with the US Navy stationed in Hawaii.
Linda McRoberts of 141 Wilkes Street was honored on her eighth birthday Tuesday. Refreshments were served to Keith McKinney Karen McRoberts Judy Estrada Linda Weidensall Elaine Weidensall Mary Weidensall Billy Weidensall Ruth McCormick Frances Estrada Barbara Cadle Cynthia Cadle Linda Cadle Frankie Cadle Sandy Cadle Dessie Sisk Ray Sisk Carol McKinney Shirley Weidensall Sharon Sisk Johnette Evans Reggie O’Neal Sharon Sampson Levonie Radford
Alice Jean Williams was honored at a Richmond Recreation Room shower Tuesday hosted by Billye Sue Bowyer, Mrs. Robert Bane and Mrs. Charles Perdue. Williams, daughter of Oscar and Mrs. Williams of 214 Reservoir Rd, will wed Russell Enke on Sunday, June 17. attendees included numerous friends and relatives with gifts, flowers, and prizes.
Community notice invites women organizations to announce meetings by telephone or mail to the Woman's Department. Notices by 10 am are used the same day. Sunday calendars must arrive by 10 am Saturday. Monday events include Coal City Chapter 136 Eastern Star at 8 pm and a Beckley Art Group sketch session at 7 30 pm at Mrs. H L Bragg home Calloway Heights.
Registered Professional Nurses will gather at 7 30 p m in the Greenbrier Dairy Club Room for a meeting.
Mrs. Frank Brubeck at 107 Kinzer Street hosted T Sgt and Mrs Leonard G Stevens Mrs Mabel Mace and Garry Mace of Spencer at a Wednesday luncheon. Sgt Stevens and Mrs Stevens married June 6 in an informal Chanute Air Force Base ceremony where they are stationed. Mrs Stevens is Lu cille Mace Lynch formerly Beckley employee. Mrs Stevens is daughter of Mrs Evelyn M Mace Spencer.
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