Nancy Wills Weds Leon R. Sturgill
Miss Nancy Patricia Wills daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Wills of Coal City wed Leon Ralph Sturgill son of Mr and Mrs Leon Sturgill of Sophia at the groom family home Friday at 5 pm The Rev Dewey A Wilson of Sophia performed the ceremony Mrs Sturgill attended Stoco High School and her husband attended Sophia High School Sturgill is employed by McAlpin Mines at Westmoreland
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Nancy Patricia Wills
Howard Wills
Coal City
Leon Ralph Sturgill
Leon Sturgill
Sophia
Dewey A. Wilson
Sturgill
Stoco High School
Sophia High School
McAlpin Mines
Westmoreland
Westwood Club year ends with garden dinner
Westwood Garden Club closed its year with an outdoor covered-dish dinner at Prosperity hosted by Mrs. Maurice Robertson. President Mrs. Worth Harper led a brief meeting on planting at Raleigh County Armory and a July rummage sale. Harper won the top points prize and distributed gifts to officers before a white elephant sale.
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Maurice Robertson
Prosperity
Westwood Garden Club
Worth Harper
Raleigh County Armory
Local Hospital Births Across BARH in Early June
Glossy birth notices list newborns at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Parents include Jessie Pack of Glen Morgan with Gregory Richard born June 3, Ayse Gul Calis of 110 Roberts St with Ayse born June 4, and many others in Rainelle Mullens Crab Orchard and surrounding areas.
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Jessie J. Pack
Glen Morgan
Gregory Richard
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Ayse Gul
Sener Calis
Roberts St
Barh
Town Resident Carl Hale Returns Home From Ohio Visit
Carl Hale of Crab Orchard returns Sunday from Cleveland Ohio where he visited his son Jack Sande daughter-in-law Virginia Haga and his son Jack Hale and family. He was accompanied home by his son Richard who had been visiting in Cleveland for several days.
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Carl Hale
Crab Orchard
Jack Sande
Jack Hale
Virginia Haga
Cleveland
Ohio
Richard
Ferry Fare Then and Now
United Press International notes the Staten Island to Manhattan ferry fare has dropped from 12.5 cents in 1829 to a nickel today. The historic change highlights long term shifts in transportation pricing and urban mobility.
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United Press International
Staten Island
Manhattan
New York City
Fashion And Beauty Ideas To Brighten Summer Months
Relax with a hot bath and cold shower to refresh and close pores. Embrace summer fashion by DIY Hot Pants and leg watches, plus cocoa butter for dry skin. Learn simple hair tweaks, celery as a zero calorie snack, and short is chic with leg jewelry. A good night’s sleep and light isometric holds ease tension and boost wellbeing.
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Land of Nod
Community clubs announce meetings and installations
Women's groups invite notices for regular and special meetings. Calendar items include Eastern Star installation at Masonic Temple Howe Street 8 p.m., Laurel Women installation 6 30 p.m. Beckley Hotel, various club meetings and speakers, A A meetings, NAACP luncheon, and square dance workshop on Prince Street.
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Bethlehem
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Howe St
Laurel Business and Professional Women’s Club
Beckley Hotel
Calico and Jeans Square
Harry McColgan
Square Dance Hall
Prince Street
Women's Page Submission Guidelines
The Women's Department seeks all social and club news from Beckley and Raleigh County, to be filed within three days of events. Wedding pictures must be used within seven days of the date, with briefs if late. Engagement photos need to reach by noon Thursday, and Sunday wedding deadlines are Friday noon. Color photos are often not used. The Register may reject stories or pictures and does not return photos unless fifty cents is paid.
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Women’s Department of
Beckley
Raleigh
U. S
Women’s Department
Register
Register Office
Home Economics Lessons Come Back To Bite
A reader recalls four months in high school home economics and mocks the seven food groups. She recalls egg-centered breakfast lore, cites a doctor’s advice against daily eggs, and argues for continental breakfasts. She ends with a light jab at her former teacher.
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Brenda McDaniel
The
Register
Lawrence E. Lamb
United States
Janice Atwood Shower Honors Bride Elect
Miss Janice Atwood bride elect of Raymond Plymale was honored at a lingerie shower hosted by her mother and three hostesses in Pleasant Hills. The couple plan to marry July 31 at First Assembly of God on North Valley Drive.
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Janice Atwood
Raymond Plymale
David Atwood
Pleasant Hills
Fred Yost
Bobby Allen
Atwood
Plymale
Naomi Plymale
Coal City
Woodrow Plymale
Assembly of God
North Valley Drive
Shower Fetes Recent Bride at Home Gathering
Guest of honor Mrs. Aubrey Hatcher attended a household shower hosted by Mrs. Bill Kessinger at 310 Kessinger St. Prizes went to Mrs. Janet Foreman and others. about 29 guests were present. Debra Hankins, mother of the bride, noted the wedding May 29 in Pearisburg Virginia. Hatcher will join her Air Force sergeant husband stationed at Camp Butner, Md., in several weeks.
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Bill Kessinger
Kessinger St
Aubrey Hatcher
Robert Corey
Janet Foreman
Hatcher
Pearisburg
Minnie Belle Hatcher
Sophia
U. S. Air Force
Camp Andrews
Birth announced for Eden couple in Wurzburg Germany
Sgt. I C Eden and Mrs. Eden formerly of Beckley welcome daughter Kimberly Ann born April 29 at 6 32 a.m. in the U S Army Hospital Wurzburg. Baby weighed four pounds 15 ounces. Mrs Eden is Brenda McNeal daughter of Mr and Mrs John C McNeal Crab Orchard.
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Northwestern Ave
Barh
Johnnie L. /Scarbro
Summerlee Ave
Oak Hill
Wendy Suzanne
Clear Creek
Delbert M. Williams
Stephanie Melissa
Melissa Dawn
Wade H. Lowery
E. Prince
Kenneth J. Pierson
S. Kanawha St
Lora Deann F
William J.' Gerrard
Rainelle
Kimberly Dawn
Jeanne Lou
Jackie R. Blankernship
Crab Orchard
Ernest F. Lawson III
MacArthur
Kelley Jo
McAlpin
Warren A. Mills
Nora JoAnn
Franklin B. Alderson
Dry Hill Road
Melinda Shawn
Melissa
Melinda
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Eisenhower Drive
Stone Coal Chapter
Raleigh County Civic League
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Valley Drive
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