Birthday joy frames West Virginia centennial celebrations
Ernest Ward Rogers II marks his seventh birthday as West Virginia celebrates its 100th anniversary. A Beckley gathering features blue and gold cake at 512 N Oakwood Ave, with a Centennial parade upcoming. The Rogers family from New Bern, North Carolina, enjoys Beckley and the state, while local clubs host a Junior Department visit touring Exhibition Mine and Cliffside Amphitheatre events.
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Ernest Ward Rogers II
E. W. Rogers Jr
West Virginia
West
Residents Recall Weekend Visits And Hospital Stay
Lenard Tony Greco of 127 Cova Street was released from Beckley Hospital Tuesday after a three day stay for a broken arm from a fall at home Sunday. Weekend guests at Hunter Campbell’s Sullivan Road home included Frank Fernandez of Trenton Michigan and his son from Milford Michigan, plus other relatives. Emma Sirocco Beard of 103 Hargrove Street returned from Columbus after a 30 hour teacher’s course with Dance Caravan USA. Thomas Gross, a U.S. Army veteran, visited in Midway with his brother-in-law Marvin Spicer. other visitors included Mrs. Charlie Sylvester of Rome Georgia. H. Sterne of 116 Wilson Street returned from Huntington where she stayed with her sister. Sandra Ballard left for Arlington Virginia after a week with her parents and siblings, accompanied by her sister Elizabeth Ann Ballard. A guest at Mack Halsey’s Beaver home was Thomas O’Toole of Pittsburgh, with visits to Rainelle mill, Beckley Exhibition Mine, Grandview Park, Bluestone Dam, and remarks on scenery and the Cliffside Theater. O’Toole’s brother Edward also visited.
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Lenard
Tony Greco
Cova St
Beckley Hospital
Emma Sirocco Beard
Hargrove St
Columbus
Ohio
U.S.A
Canada
Sgt
Howard Thomas Gross
Marvin Spicer
Midway
U.S. Army
Germany
Camp Hood
Tex
Spicer
Charlie Sylvester
Rome
Sandra Ballard
Arlington
Heets Beauty Shop
Forest Ballard
Glen Morgan
Arthur Wills
Charleston
Elizabeth Ann Ballard
Mack Halsey
Beaver
Thomas O'Toole
Pittsburgh
Halsey
8Th
U.S. Air Force
England
O'Toole
Rainelle
Beckley Exhibition Mine
Grandview State Park
Bluestone Dam
Cliffside Theater
Grandview Park
Beckley women's groups invite notices of meetings
Coming events column invites women’s organizations to submit notices for regular or special meetings. Beckley Newspapers requests notices by 10 a.m. and Sunday notices by 10 a.m. Saturday. Thursday schedule lists Beckley Assembly No. 47 Rainbow for Girls at 7 p.m. IOOF Degree of Honor at 7:30 p.m. Beckley Temple No. 55 Pythian Sisters at 7:30 p.m.
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Women’s Department of
Beckley
Beckley Assembly
Order of Rainbow For Girls
Masonic Temple
Howe Street
IOOF
Valley Drive
Beckley Temple
Pythian Sisters
Win-A-Couple Bible Class Meets at St Mary's Church
The Win-A-Couple Bible Class of St Mary's Methodist Church will hold a regular meeting with a covered dish dinner at the church at 6 p.m. Community members are invited to attend and share in the fellowship and meal.
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St. Mary’s Methodist Church
Maxwell Hill Home Demonstration Club Meeting
Maxwell Hill Home Demonstration Club hosts Mrs Clyde Williams at Teel Road for a 7 30 p m session with a guest speaker and a special film shown.
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Maxwell Hill
Clyde Williams
Teel Road
Crab Orchard Baptist Class Hosts Saturday Dinner Meeting
Saturday Byrd Bible class of Crab Orchard Baptist Church will hold a dinner meeting in the social room at 6 p.m. Men of the class will serve.
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Byrd
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Phymosia Garden Club Hosts Junior Workshop
The Phymosia Garden Club meets at Mrs. W N Turner home located at 114 Hill Park Drive for a Junior Club workshop at 1 30 p m on Tuesday.
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Phymosia Garden Club
W. N. Turner
Hill Park Dr
Births and election notes from Beckley area
Multiple Beckley Memorial Hospital birth announcements record births on June 18 including Regina Faye Gambrell, Nyoka Susan Redden, Teresa Lynn Mills, Kimberly Michelle Whitaker, Dreama Alice McMillan, Sherice Lavonne Flynn, and Linda Kay Chaffin with times and weights. Also noted are election results from Rhododendron Girls State and pages naming Jodelle Deem as 1963 governor and Sue Jones as Supreme Court. additional local notes include Debbie Mae Glass born June 5 and portraits from a June 12 dinner.
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Charles Gambrell
MacArthur
Regina Faye
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Nyoka Susan
Eber Russell Redden
Sophia
Jonben
Jerald David Mills
Teresa Lynn
Lloyd Virgil Whittaker Jr
Kimberly Michelle
McMillan of
Scarbro
Dreama Alice
Junius Flynne
S. Fayette St
Sherice Lavonne
Sheckley Memorial Hospital
John Tives Chaffin Jr
Catlett St
Linda Kay
Four Generations Attend Dinner At Walker Home
Four generations gathered at Mr and Mrs C W Walker's home in Fairdale for a family dinner. The 93 year old Cinda Walker traveled from Vinton Ohio with stories of health and travel, while relatives from Raleigh County and Beckley joined the reunion. The note also mentions a birth in another family, Angela Jo Cole born June 13 in De Paul Hospital, with full parental and grandparent details.
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Fairdale
ANS
C. W. Walker
Cinda Walker
Raleigh County
Vinton
Ohio
Dewey Walker
Cinda
Sue Harvey
Bolt
Asa Hurst
Ravencliff
Elizabeth Pettry
Josie Smith
Glen Daniel
Daughter Tina Marie Miller Born in Berwyn Illinois
Mr and Mrs Tommy Miller of 3211 S Clarence Ave Berwyn announce the birth of their daughter Tina Marie on June 14 at MacReal Memorial Hospital Berwyn. The baby weighed seven pounds 15 and 12 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Willard Vandall and Mrs Alda Riddle of Glen Morgan Raleigh. paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs H H Miller of Beaver.
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Beckley Memorial Hospital
John Fillmore Glass
Dorothy
Debbie Mae
Airman
John A. Cole
Norfolk
Angela Jo
de Paul Hospital
Brenda Jenkins
W. M. Jenkins
Albert E. Cole
Josephine
Tommy Miller
S. Clarence Ave
Berwyn
Ill
Tina Marie
MacReal Memorial Hospital
Anna Marie Vandall
Willard Vandall
Raleigh
Alda Riddle
Glen Morgan
H. H. Miller
Beaver
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New Bern
N. C
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Lakeland
West Virginia University
Betty Potter
B. F. Potter
E. W. Rogers
Ernest
Woman’s Club of
Robert Kosnoski
Herbert Kiser
Home Life and Youth Committee
Cliffside Amphitheatre
E. G. Holstein
Beckley Hotel
Stange Cadet Corps
Altoona
Hunter Campbell
Sullivan Road
Frank Fernandez
Trenton
Mich
Frank Fernandez Jr
Joe, Shereyl and
Mark
Milford
Stephenson
Mrs. Hopkins Campbell
H. Sterne
Wilson St
Huntington
W. W. Greet
Edward O’toole
Jackson’s Mill
Judith Williams
Julian Williams
Laurel Ter
Jodelle Deem
Parkersburg
American Legion Auxiliary Department of
Betty Skunda
Weirton
Sue Jones
Rupert
Supreme Court
Judith
Woodrow Wilson High School
Came
American Legion Unit No. 32
New River Dental Society
Black Knight Country Club
Mary Lou Sneed
Robert C
Jo) Fleshman
Noka Farley
New River Dental Assistants Society
Paul Loflin
West Virginia State Dental
Roalie Conner
Peggy Warrick
Lena Placidi
Beverly Sizemore
Mary Lou McCallister
June Morris
Mary Buckland
Nancy Bower
Norma Davidson
Elsie Williams
Tina Snead
Daniel
C. W. Walker Jr
Charles
Walker
Charles Walker
Charles Walker Jr
G. M. Powers
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