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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1956

Page

3

Xi Alpha Delta Exemplar Chapter Officers Installed At Dinner

Xi Alpha Delta Exemplar Chapter officers were installed during a candlelight ceremony at the Elks Club Blue Room in Beckley. Mrs. O A Phillips Jr was installed as president with officers Pauley Treadway Malcolm Williams and others serving in key roles. Plans include hostesses programs for months ahead, a rummage sale, and secret sisters to honor members on special occasions.

Xi Alpha Delta Exemplar Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Paul FE. Pauley O. A. Phillips Jr Paul Malcolm Xi Alpha Delta Don Lilly Elks Club Beta Sigma Phi Beckley Paul Pauley Walker Treadway J. E. Williams, Jr Duke Williams Beta Rho Phillips Rowing Committee Pauley J. E. Williams Jr Paul Ash Treadway Malcolm W. C. Mitchell Mable Sampson Mitchell Sampson Mrs. Malcolm Miss Sampson Ash

Dress Pattern 4752 Misses Sizes 10 to 18

Pattern 4752 offers sheath silhouette with side collar and button trim in silk satin cotton or linen fabrics. Sizes 10 through 18, size 16 requires 358 yards of 39 inch fabric. Includes illustrated instructions. Send 35 cents plus name address and size to Pattern Bureau New York.

Beckley Raleigh Register Old Chelsea Station New York N. Y

Miss Catherine Beaver Weds John Everett Bennett

Miss Catherine Elizabeth Beaver and John Everett Bennett united in marriage on May 31 in the First Christian Church Tazewell Virginia. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Beaver of 127 Laurel Terrace and the groom is the son of Mrs Anna Bennett of East Beckley. The couple will reside in Charleston where Bennett works in the State House and studies at Morris Harvey College.

Catherine Elizabeth Beaver John Everett Bennett Tazewell John Beaver Laurel Terrace Anna Bennett East Beckley C. Lindsay First Christian Church Woodrow Wilson High School Miss Beaver Wen St. Francis Hospital Charleston Bennett State House Morris Harvey College M. Jones Hill St W. R. Okes Shreveport Gladys Meador Baldwin Apts Harold C. Meador Washington, D. C Washington, D. C. She Was Accompanied Home By Mrs. Meador and Son, John C George Tabscott Lewisburg O. A. Bryson Beaver Virginia Smith Juanita Smith Lester M. F. O'Dell Morgantown Palmer Farley Palmer, Jr West C St L. E. Miller Stansbury St Ellinor Village Ormond Beach Fla Atlanta Rock City Chattanooga H. R. Brown Beckley Mrs. Mills Brown

Women of Beckley Presbyterian Church Picnic Plans

The annual picnic of the Women of the Beckley Presbyterian Church is set for Wednesday at the Davis-Stuart Orphanage in Lewisburg. Miss Kate Johnson chairs the committee and urges every woman to attend, with cars leaving the church at 9 a.m. Mrs L L Withrow and Mrs A O B Hogue assist. Women will bring picnic lunches for the children and, in the afternoon, games and a school tour follow.

Beckley Presbyterian Church Davis-Stuart Lewisburg Kate Johnson L. L. Withrow A. O'B. Hogue

Coming Events for Women’s Organizations Amid Notices

Women groups invite meeting announcements by telephone or mail to the Beckley Newspapers Women’s Department. Notices due by 10 am for same day use. Sunday calendar by 10 am Saturday. Berkley Art Group sketch session at Mrs H L Bragg’s house 7:30 pm Calloway Heights. Women of the Moose meet 7:30 in Moose Lodge Ballroom with installation of officers. Bethlehem Chapter 71 Order of Eastern Star holds installation at Masonic Temple Howe Street. Degree of Honor Lodge executive meeting at Mrs Lois Thurmond’s home 310 Russell Street at 7:30 pm.

Bethlehem Order of Eastern Star Harry Bowers Masonic Temple Howe St Marguerite Reed W. C. Mullins John Peter G. C. Porter Rosetta Flint F. H. Halstead Women's Department Beckley Berkley Art Group H. L. Bragg Calloway Heights Degree of Honor Lodge Lois Thurmond Russell St

Community meetings and hostess homes listed for today

Registered Professional Nurses gather at 7:30 p.m. in the Greenbrier Dairy Club Room. Mount Tabor Homemakers Club meets at 1 p.m. at Mrs. J. L. Petty’s Cabell Heights home. St Cecilia Guild of St Stephens Episcopal Church hosts at 8 p.m. in Mrs. George Warren Hodel’s home at 102 Bishop Street.

Greenbrier Mount Tabor J. L. Petty Cabell Heights St. Cecilia Guild of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church George Warren Hodel Bishop St

Community church groups schedule gatherings

St Stephen's Guild of St Stephen's Episcopal Church meets at 1:30 p.m. Mrs A G Mead hosts Dry Hill Road. Beckley Presbyterian Church holds a general meeting at 2 p.m. at the church. Rhododendron Garden Club gathers at 7:30 p.m. at 806 Woodlawn Ave. Mrs French Lucas hosts. Women's Missionary Society of the First Baptist meets in the lower auditorium at 2 p.m.

St. Stephen's Beckley Presbyterian Church Rhododendron Garden Club Women's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church

Beckley clubs to meet in two venues this evening

The Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club holds a Board of Directors meeting in Room 402 of the Bair Building at 7:30 p.m. Rural Acres Garden Club convenes at the home of Mrs A R Cook on Stamaford Road at 7:30 p.m.

Beckley Business and Professional Women’s Club Bair Building Rural Acres Garden Club A. R. Cook Stamaford Rd

Council Workers Hold Joint Meeting

The Women’s Council Workers Circles No 1 and 2 of Church of the Brethren Crab Orchard met at Mrs Elmer Cox home Thursday night. Program by Mrs E W Wilson on The Women Who Can Build included readings poems stories and prayers. Business session planned a Wiener roast and supper. refreshments served by Mrs Cox. Attending were Mrs Silas Cox Mrs J A Bonham Mrs Mark Wolfe Mrs Effie Wood Mrs Amos Myers and several Misses Cox Deck and Wood.

Women’s Council Workers Circles Church of the Brethren Crab Orchard Elmer Cox E. W. Wilson Charles Phipps Mark Wolfe Paul Gallimore Cox Silas Cox J. A. Bonham Effie Wood

Keller Davis Vows in Mabscott Wedding

Miss Billie Earnestine Keller became the bride of Sgt Jimmy Leon Davis on June 12 at 6 p.m. The Rev Fred Cook of Mabscott Methodist Church officiated. The couple is from Mabscott with the bride the Keller daughter and the groom the Wilkies son. The bride wore a navy suit and white accessories with a white gardenia corsage and a white Bible. Attendant Janet Carolyn Rutherford wore a black dress with white trim.

Billie Earnestine Keller Jimmy Leon Davis Fred Cook Methodist Church Mabscott Ernest Keller Frank Wilkies Janet Carolyn Rutherford

Wedding of Lehman and Davis at Keller home

Tracey Gene Lehman served as best man at a wedding where a reception followed at Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Keller’s home. The bride's mother wore a gray linen suit, with hostesses Mrs. Wood Row Mullens, Mrs. Betty Walls, and Mrs. Junior Meadows assisting. The bride, a Woodrow Wilson High School graduate, belonged to Usher Booster and Sales clubs, while the groom trained at Parris Island, D C as a Marine drill instructor. Mrs. Davis plans to join her husband in about six weeks.

Tracey Gene Lehman Earnest Keller Woodrow Mullens Betty Walls Junior Meadows Woodrow Wilson High School Parris Island D. C

Miss Helen Farris Bride Elect Honored at Glass House Lunch

Miss Helen Farris, bride elect of Cooenes Hayes, was feted at a Glass House luncheon Saturday hosted by Misses Mary Zuckick and Evelyn Fink. The table featured a miniature bride and groom with pink rose nosegays. a corsage of pink roses was presented to the honoree.

Helen Farris Glass House Cooenes Hayes Mary Zuckick Evelyn Fink Elizabeth Williams Rande) Wooddell Joe Far

Picnic Plan by First Baptist Adult Choir

The Adult Choir of the First Baptist Church will host a picnic Thursday evening at Little Beaver Park. If rain interrupts, the gathering will move to the church.

First Baptist Church Little Beaver Park

Miss Karinina Bondurant Birthday Party Details

Miss Karinina Bondurant was celebrated on her eighth birthday with a Saturday party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Bondurant at 305 Stanley Street. Guests included Vicki Lou Ellison Karen Thornley LaBeta Hollandsworth Pamela Hollandsworth Deema Nesco Donia Coleman Vonia Coleman Coty Harthe rly Alice Lilly Barbara Daniels Ann Straub Janet St. Clair Dreema Smith Virginia Shepherd and Betty Shepherd.

Karinina Bondurant William Bondurant Stanley St Bondurant Lewis Ellison Robert Hollandsworth Britton Elkins Vicki Lou Ellison Karen Thornley LaBeta Hollandsworth Pamela Hollandsworth Deema Nesco Donia Coleman Vonia Coleman Coty Heartherly Alice Lilly Barbara Daniels Ann Straub Janet St. Clair Dreema Smith Virginia Shepherd Betty Shepherd

Legal Secretaries To Attend Meeting

Mrs. S. F. Fisher, state president of the West Virginia Legal Secretaries Assn, will attend the national convention in Fort Worth Texas July 27 29 as official delegate from the Beckley Chapter. Alternates Mrs. Leah Toney Trail and Mrs. Herman Davis will also attend. Miss Elnora Smith Fort Worth chairman of the fifth annual convention said plans include a ranch party coffee by the Hilton pool in the sky a formal banquet and other arrangements.

S. F. Fisher West Virginia Legal Secretaries Assn Beckley Legal Secretaries Hilton Hotel Fort Worth Tex Leah Toney Trail Herman Davis Elnora Smith Texas Hilton

Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know

Local column lists numerous visits and travels of Beckley residents and guests. Gloria Rice visits Miss Barbara Baker in Beckley while Mrs. M. P. Honts, Mrs. Virgie Morris and others spend summers or recover at regional homes. Families share trips to Virginia, Pittsburgh, and Florida with return dates and host relatives named.

Gloria Rice St. Petersburg Fla Barbara Baker Elbert O. Baker Westwood Drive Miss Rice T. S. Rice Beckley

Mix Good Luck Margarine With Devilled Ham Toast

A promotional line suggests mixing Good Luck Margarine with devilled ham and horseradish. Spread on toast and broil for a savory snack. The copy claims the margarine tastes fresh like a familiar expression.

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