Italian War Bride Becomes Beckley's First Arrived Immigrant
Rosealba Dolores Sardinelli, Mrs Herman Houck, 98 pounds and five feet, arrived in Beckley with sister in law on Reservoir Road after marrying Warrant Officer Herman Houck in Naples in 1944. She left Naples June 2 aboard Vulcania, reached New York, then Beckley June 168, seeking freedom and improved English by moviegoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Houck
Reika Houck
John Houck
Naples
Maly
Italy
Beckley
Register
Houck
Reservoir Road
Fifth Army
Rosealba
Vulcania
Ueve
Roscalba
Florida
Nantes
Isle of
Capri
America
Dentist Ival H Brown Opens Beckley Offices
Dr Ival H Brown announces purchase of the late Dr W W Watts dental equipment and opens offices at 109 Heber Street Beckley West Virginia phone 3713.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ival H. Brown
W. W. Watts
Heber St
Beckley
W. Va
Miss Gearhart Weds Philip D. DeWeese
Miss Minerva I Gearhart daughter of Mrs Albert Haynes of Alpeca and the late W D Gearhart married Philip Douglas DeWeese son of Mr and Mrs D R DeWeese Wyco on May 11 at Rev Lonnie Blankenship Corrine home. DeWeese Navy veteran served two and a half years in the Pacific. They plan to live in Wyco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva I. Gearhart
Albert Haynes
Alpeca
W. D. Gearhart
Philip Douglass
DeWeese
Mgr
D. R. DeWeese
Wyco
Lonnie
Blankenship
Corrine
Hern‘don High School
Navy
Pacific
Fearrier
U. S. S. Bataan
Stotesbury Group Plans Birthday Banquet June 30
The Stotesbury Woman's Service Club met to discuss a birthday banquet on June 30 in the Club room. Vera Jamison was accepted as a new member. The club authorized purchasing new dishes and refreshments were served with gifts exchanged. Geologists estimate 1,500,000 square miles in the United States are potential oil territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stotesbury Group
Stotesbury Woman's Service Club
Vera Jamison
United States
June Wedding Unites Yacko and Quintana in Tams
Miss Margaret Mary Yacko daughter of Mr and Mrs John Yacko of Tams wed Julian Quintana son of Mr and Mrs Gumersindo Quintana of Detroit in a June 3 ceremony at Holy Cross Church Tams Rev E B Krzysiek officiated Bride wore white chiffon with finger tip veil bouquet of white rose buds Attendants were Miss Anna E Yacko and Gumersindo Quintans Jr Quintana’s sister and wife Quintana a Mark Twain High School graduate and former teller is now with Ford Motor Company in Detroit They plan to reside there post wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Yacko
Margaret Mary Yacko
John Yacko
Tams
Julian Quintana
Gumersindo Quintana
Mark Twain High School
West Hudson National Bank
Harrison, N. J
Mark Twain
United States Army
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Joseph E. Keatleys
Lorraine ‘Apartments
D. Lee Barnett
Wytheville
Little Kay Barnett
Dan Heese
Wilmington
Del
George Keatley
Beckley
Frank Spencer
Peterstown
John H. Greever
Rural Retreat
Dr John Bolen to Do Cancer Research in New York City
Dr John W Bolen will depart Sunday for New York City to pursue graduate cancer research training at Memorial Hospital. His wife will stay in Denver awaiting word on his location. A dinner at Black Knight Country Club honored him, with many Beckley Hospital colleagues in attendance and a watch presented to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bolen
New York City
John W. Bolen
Leaner
Memorial Hospital
Denver
Col
Bolen
Black Knight Country Club
Beckley Hospital
Ray Sawyers
P. M. Pierson
Phil Snyder
Bill Ware
Clyde Smith
Hulett Smith
Ed Huffman
Doug Bowers
E. P. Donahue
M. A. Johnson
A. K. Canterbury
W. G. Moran
D.C. Ashton
M. J. Pronko
E. C. Shaffer
Thomas Vermillion
J. W. Kennison
iChester Bennett
B. OQ. Houchins
Sam Thomson
Roy Millican
T. R. Willison
H. G. Sterne
Rene Scott
Edna Bolton
Tommy McIntyre
Miss Gladys McCluskey Wed To Harold Symonds
Miss Gladys McCluskey and Harold Leslie Symonds were married June 13 at a Methodist Church in Ashland Kentucky. Miss McCluskey is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J C McCluskey of Russell Street and a Woodrow Wilson High School graduate now in training at St Marys Hospital Huntington. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs E A Symonds and recently released from the Navy after 27 months serving as seaman second class aboard the USS Gainard. They plan to honeymoon then settle in Huntington where he will work, pending Thomas and Tho las an engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. McCluskey
Russell Street
Gladys McCluskey
Harold Leslie Symonds
E. A. Symonds
Thomas
Ashland
J. T. Tsan
Weekend Guest With Holloway Family Reported
Weekend guest of Mr and Mrs Ww C Holloway and Mr and Mrs Countiss formerly resided here now living in Usserville Virginia is noted in the local social column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Holloway
Countiss
Usserville
Virginia
Bridge Club Meets At Glade Creek Camp
Mrs Sam Thomson's bridge club and guests met at the Thomson camp on Glade Creek yesterday. Afternoon activities included shuffleboard bridge and swimming. Prize winners were Mrs John Beckley Campbell high, Mrs Roy Milliron second, and Mrs Sam Thomson third. Attendees listed include Mrs W C Mayse Miss Sue Laing Miss Dave Keyser Mrs Roy Keyser and others. Also noted is a remark on coffee use by Mohammedans and a 1944 figure of 412,852 producing oil wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Thomson
Bridge Club
Thomson
Glade Creek
John Beckley Campbell
Roy Milliron
Ion
Ares
W. C. Mayse
Sue Laing
Dave Keyser
Roy Keyser
Virgil S
Four New Members Added To Lodge
Four Women of the Moose join after Tuesday night initiation. Mrs. Myrtle Nace presided as senior regent. Mooseheart Chairman Mrs. Ruth Lynch presented the program and B F Bailey spoke on the Home of the Mooseheart. About 45 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iris Clemens
Nellie Ridenour
Jewel Giamnpalo
Ernestine Merrick
Moose Lodge
Myrtle Nace
Ruth Lynch
Mooseheart
B. F. Bailey
The
Moose
Rosina Box
Wennie Lions
Louise Pack
Nace
Minois
Moose Hall
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Red’ Houck
Woolworth’s
Miss Gearhart
Philip D. DeWeese
Mr. and
Mrs
Philip de Weese
Beauty Shop
Grant
Oasis
Lyle
Joseph Keatley
Keatley
Madison College
Sigma Phi Lambea
Concern College
Athens
Phi Delta Pi
Brothers, Inc
Joseph Edward Keatley
Harold Symonds
Alert
Huntington
Tho Las
Visif Holloways
Sy Register
Pineville
A. C. Countiss
Concord College
Thetne Ron
Cambria
God
Penney
Marguerites
Helene Curtis
Marguerite
R. A. Boyd & CO
First Baptist Church
Mt. Hope
Robert Edmond MccKinney
Thelma - Louise Davidson
Valley Drive
Mount Hope
Clark Store Corporation
Charles F. House
Beckley Music & Electric CO
Raymond's
Sally
Neville Street
Furnitur
Prince Street
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