Coming Events Women announce meetings Beckley area
Women's organizations invite notices for regular or special meetings. Send notices by 10 am to the Beckley Newspapers Women’s Department. Sunday calendar notices must be received by office before 10 am. Wednesday events include Beckley Jaycees and Beckley Area Professional Nurses Club. Thursday listings feature St Francis Guild and Hilltop Mission Circle with locations and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's ‘Department of
Beckley
Beckley Jaycee
Ettes Club
Appalachian Social Room
Beckley Area
Gideons and Auxiliary Install New Officers in Dinner Meeting
Gideons and Auxiliary installed new officers at a joint meeting held Monday at El Chico. Charles Callaway opened with a devotional as Clyde Ferguson, state president, served as installing officer. Eleven officers and committee chairmen were named, with reports from members who attended the 1917 state convention in Clarksburg. Outdoor meeting plans were announced for the next three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon Auxiliary
Gideons
el Chico
Charles Callaway
Clyde Ferguson
The
Gideon
Roy Dickerson
Deen A. Thurman
A. C. Cline
A. L Rohrer
Thurman
Dale Buckland
James Palton
Buckland
Lillian Melton
A.C. Cline
Roy Barour
Nolan Gunter
Emory McMillion
Rohrer
Ira Whitlock
Clarksburg
Charles Whitlock
California wedding unites Beckley native and FBI agent
Patricia Ellen Mullholland daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Patrick Mullholland of Oakland wed James Joseph Mullaney in Corpus Christi Catholic Church Piedmont Calif A former Beckley resident Mrs Patricia Mullholland worked as a stewardess for American Airlines and FBI supervisor prior to marriage The groom James Scott is an FBI special agent in San Francisco The ceremony followed a Carmel to Yosemite Lake Tahoe wedding trip with a pearl adorned gown and blue white wedding theme guests included bridesmaids and groomsmen from California and Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmel
Yosemite
Lake Tahoe
Calif
Joseph Eustis Scott
Grand Lake
Oakland
James Mullaney
Patricia
Ellen
Mullholland
Scott
Andrew
Nuphall
Mickles
Betty Mass
Corpus Christi Catholic
Ann Tower
Piedmont
Eva Bergstrom
Joseph Patrick
Dunsmir Ave
Chicago
American Airlines
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Woodrow’ Wilson High School
Concord College
Athens
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
E. L. Scott
Elkins” St
Beckley
FBI
San Francisco
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Local notices list numerous residents and relatives visiting, traveling, or staying with family across states. Movements include visits to Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Chicago, with extended stays and upcoming trips noted for Beckley and nearby areas.
Honor Visitors Inspire Park Hamburger Fry
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Williams hosted a hamburger fry and wiener roast at Little Beaver Park on Tuesday evening to honor Mr. and Mrs. Angela Campbell and daughter Renee of Columbia, D C. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Williams and children Danny Karen and Weston, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Gunnoe and the honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred. Williams
Little Beaver Park
Angela Campbell
Renee
Columbia, D. C
Harold Williams
Leo Williams
Danny
Karen
Weston
Carlos Gunnoe
Churchwomen Attend Session At Philippi West Virginia
About forty area women joined the Woman's Baptist Mission Society of West Virginia for the annual House Party at Alderson Broaddus College Philippi. The six day event focused on training inspiration informing and fellowship with attendees from numerous churches including Hollywood Beck ley Old Greenbrier Tornado Oceana Summaries of listed participants indicate broad regional participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Baptist Mission Society of
West Virginia
Alderson- Broaddust College
Philippi
Howard Smith
Harold Blake
Hollywood Baptist Church
Liltfin Ratliff
Nel Wood
Winford Helton
Beckley First Baptist Church
E. R. Fletcher
Tillie Hedrick
H. B. Rowe
Old Greenbrier
Alderson
Clyde Fitzpatrick
Basil Wilcox
Earl Karnes
W. W. Vandivort
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Don D. Cook
Tom Fleemer
Tornedo Baptist Church
Oceana
Homer Harvey
Max- Well Hill Baptist Church
D. P. Hughes
Calloway Heights Baptist Church
Helen Epperly
Nimitz Baptist Church
Ethel Crook
Bluestone Baptist Church
James Price
Memorial Baptist Church
N. B. Stoner
Earl Christian
Doris Alexander
Scarbro Baptist Church
E. M. Curry
Brice Howard
Pineville
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Ray Epling
Mabel Epling
Naomi Harvey
Leona Kincaid
Page ‘Baptist Church
Page
H. F. Crozier
Joseph A. Crozier
Roy Cruikshank
Irvin Shorter
H. G. "Secon
Robert L. Kincaid
Fayetteville Baptist Church
Peggy Blackwell
Upton Michen
Byron Doom Jr
Pelton Vandercoy
Gauley Bridge
Local Bridge Players Win Open Pairs in Bluefield Tournament
Sam Hochman of 118 Mason St and William Klein of 110 West Virginia St won the open pairs event at the Black Diamond sectional bridge tournament in Bluefield held at the Matz Hotel sponsored by University Club of Bluefield and Princeton and affiliated with the American Contract Bridge League. The Beckley group also claimed the team of four title with Elsa Werthammer and Margaret Bickers. Hochman and Dr. Samuel Mitchin of Bluefield placed second in the mens pairs and third in the mixed pairs. Additional locals from Beckley and nearby towns joined the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Hochman
Mason St
William Klein
West Virginia St
Bluefield
University Cluir
Princeton
American Contract Bridge League
Matz Hotel
Beckley
Elsa Werthammer
Margaret Bickers
Huntington
Hochman
Samuel Mitchin
Wilhammer
Area
Burwell Ware
Nathan Matz
Alan Susman
James Scott Jr
George Brown
Mount Hope
Farewell Party for Van Family Move to Montgomery
Mr and Mrs James B Van of 327 Hargrove Street were honored Friday at the Conaways 6 Clyde Street home in a Young Adult Bible Class fete. The Van houses are relocating as he takes a job in the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co engineers department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Achard
Bible Ave
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Ned Bocock
Oregon
Blacksburg
Joseph Burke
F. M. Puckett
William
Betty
Kay
Lynch
Saginaw
Mich.burg
M.F. Barksdale
Fair
Jack O'Neill
Pinelview Ave
G. T.puckett
Skyline Drive
Suzanne Souder
St. Angus' Une
Fla
L. B. Souder
Scott Ave
Fred H. Souder
M3 Freeman Sr
Pittsburgh
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Williams
James B. Vanhouse
Hargrove St
Robert Conaway
Clyde _St
Church of the Nazarene
Conaway
Dennis Sayre
Ernest Cooper
James Crowder
Vanhouses
Montgomery
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Allending
Lura Belle Harrah
Alpha Harrah
Richard Dunn
Ernest Painter
Jinny Haynes
Mina Webb
G. E. Hutchinson
O. F. Haynes
Carlyle Cooper
Jane Haynes
Mirilian Hayes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Shady Spring Methodist Church
Raby Collins
Shady Spring
St. Francis’ Guild of St
Hilltop
Hilltop Baptist Church
Crab Orchard
Leroy Scalt
Airlines
Beckleyan
California
James Joseph Mullaney
Andrew J. Mickles
Patrick J. Muliholland Jr
James T. Moriarity
Claremont Hotel
Stock
Joseph Fe, Scott
H. L. Clark
Park Ave
Florida
Sandman
H. A. Porter
Ocala
C. EB. McKinney
Glendar Lou
Dallas
Tex
S. Oakwood Ave
Calvin Moore
Wilda Wood
Oak Hill
Alden Deck
Rainelle
Arthur Deck
Harper Rd
B. B. Chambers
L. B. Greene
Wakefield
Ohio
Martha Jane Adams
Austin Ave
Thelma Adams
Cleveland
C. W. James
Prosperity
Virgil Warden
Becxley
Greensbrier County
Furniture Mart
Eber Roush
Clarence Bibb
Farle E. Bibb Jr
Ricky
Miami
Jerry Armstrong
Mercer Sr
Fred Williams
Fulton Ave
Angelaampbell
Columbia
Ray Riffe
C. W. Riffe
Glen Daniel
Ted Lawrence Stover
Camp Lejeune
N. C
U. S Marines
Tt. F. Stover
Fairdale
Eddie Browning
Beckley Hospital
William White
Baltimore, Md
Harry Boggs
Glenn
Tallahassee
Ira Holliday
Ewart Ave
Carrie Holliday Smith
Boggs
SER Ae
Holliday
Pioneer
Beckley Presbyterian
A. L. Rohrer
Beckwith
Gideon and
My San Daniel
Ellen Gates
Bet
Ann van Sluyter
Mabscott
Rhododendron
Barboursville
Morris T. Nairston
Becktroit
Mich
David Petrie
Norfolk
John Gorrell
Raleigh
U. S. Navy
Pat Windle
Persian Gulf
James G. Windle Jr
David Robertson
Carolyn
Hialeah
Pla
Basil Brang
Kam
John Robertson
Dot Woodyard
Johnstown Rd
Naomi Fink
Callie
Lion
Virginia Beach
Paul
Trafton Chalfonta Hotel
Arbuckleg
Confectioners
Super
Plymouth
Allures
Americana
Neville St
Quality Shop
Coats
Were
VY Price
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