Local Talent Shines In Opening Springtime Frolics
Opening night of the postwar Springtime Frolics showcases Bluefield’s Henry Fortune with songs from Oh What a Beautiful Morning to The Surrey With the Fringe on Top. Paul Vennari I and a 32 member male chorus provide laughs in The Minstrel Hour while baby Carriages and Tomperattire draw audience reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Henry Fortune
Fortune
Paul Vennari I
Honline
Beckleyans
Crewe Maples
C. F.beavers
Gene Hall
Sam Cohn
al Geldstein
C. R. Harnsbarger
A. Ross
Paul Vennarl
Greve Maples
Joe Dutton, Jr
Robert Long
Wedding Bells Set for Bridal Shower Honors Bullengee Twins
Mrs. W. R. David hosts a dessert bridge at her Woodlawn Avenue home honoring brides elect Misses Tommy and Jeanette Bullengee. Pink and white decor featuring bell motifs, five bridge tables, gifts, and refreshments premiere the wedding theme. Guests include Mrs. Ernest Ollo and many Beckley residents as Alfred Godbey celebrates sixty years with his wife. Robert Goldsmith Jr. leaves for Camp Virginia at Ocean Path, Va., to serve as counselor for two months with parents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. David
Tommy
Jeanette Bullengee
Ernest Ollo
Mariel West
William Mary
Alfred M. David, Jr
Harry Mayse
Godbey
Center Street
John Gorsita
Virginia
Weston Minter
W. J. Jack
Mary Virginia Foster
Joan Moran
Lucy Sue
Varge Hampton
Oscar Home
Sellars
J. G. Foster
Itive
Oley Godbey
Dewey J. Godbey
Ira Vandel
Prosperity
Rebecca Lilly
Ella Dearing
Robert Goldsmith, Jr
Ocean Path
R. S. Goldsmith
Woodlawn Avenue
Fred Morton
T. R. Ragland
Edna Meens
Huntington
Robert Craighill
Lynchburg
Nancy Bowers
Camp Mont Shenandoah
Millborrow Springs
Bowers
Daugh
Jolly Jills entertain with swimming party at Waterdale
Ballengee Sisters project featured as Brides-elect Tommy and Jeanette Ballengee were hosted by Lucy Bowers and Nancy Bowers with a brunch at Woodlawn Avenue. Guests brought recipe contributions for the sisters future home making. Brunch decor included bowls of roses. Several attendees listed by name. Vernon M Barnard returns home after six weeks in Beckley Hospital following a cardiac event and plans a period in Cherry Grove South Carolina. He is general manager of local cash companies in Raleigh and Wyoming counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Jills
Jolly Jills Club
Waterdale Swimming Pool
Max Carpenter
Kathleen Ross Hoffman
Mary Elizabeth Reeser
Ath Ross Hoffman
Caral Sue Mauck
Ellen Wheley
Sally McCreery
Patty Carpenter
Peggy Wright
Ann Lou Ford
Fatty Shumate
Belly Shumate
Janet Thurman
Eddie Woryell
John Peery
Louis Webb
David Dunkley
Eddie Long
Doug Bowers, Jr
James Warren
Pat Peery
Kenneth Williams
Hobbie Walker
Jack Front
Tommy
Jeanette Ballengee
Lucy Sue
Nancy Bowers
Woodlawn Avenue
Ballenigee
Bowers
Ann Sallengee
Ernest Otto
Robert Hamilton
Kingston
Varge Hampton
Polly
Jo McCulloch
Phoebe Bledsoe
Frank Hale
Mary “Ann Putman
William David, Jr
Mariel West
Edgar Kienier
Virginia
Weston Minter
Vernon M. Barnard
Wyco
Beckley Hospital
Cherry Grove
S.C
Barnard
Raleigh
Wyoming
Wickham Shower Fetes Mrs Arnold Via at Dawsons
Wickham home of Mrs W E Dawson hosts a stork shower for Mrs Arnold Via on Thursday night. Hosts are Mrs W E Dawson and Mrs Anna Carper with pink and blue décor and rose accents. Guests include Mrs Dana Cole Mrs John Brammer Mrs Walter Via Mrs Elmer Via and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickham
W. E Dawson
Arnold
W. E. Dawson
Anna Carper
Dana Cole
John Brammer
Wars
Lacey Lutz
Margaret Pauloplus
James Shitfieti
Wallace Johnson
William Gravley
K. E. Cook
J. W. Persinger
Mae. Higginbotham
Hubert Morris
Families Spend Sunday at Glen Daniel Summer Home
Mr Everett Armstrong and wife with children Almeda and Ross join Mrs Mae Burns and children Patty and Bobo at the summer home of Mrs L E Richmond in Glen Daniel for a Sunday visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Armstrong
Almeda and
Ross
Mae Burns
Patty
Bobo
L. E. Richmond
Glen Daniel
Cream Oil Permanent guarantees you can manage it yourself
Advertises permanent hair treatment for $500 claiming guaranteed results. Claims you can brush and comb without frizz or kink and promises easy self management. Lists operators Janice Omenski Juanita Porter Frances Mazon Meredith Goins Lee Dilson and Rex Lilly.
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Main St
Embea's
Janice Omenski
Juanita Porter
Frances Mazon
Meredith Goins
Lee Dilson
Rex Lilly
Night of Frolics at Memorial Building Auditorium
The Minstrel Hour and Frolics stage routines showed polish with Interlocutor Sid Daugherty a high spot. The 8:15 p.m. show at Memorial Building Auditorium features local talent. American Legion Post 32 praised for giving locals a chance. The Moose Women meet at 7:30 p.m. on McCreery Street and preview secret pals via The Springtime Frolics.
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MOOSE
The
McCreery Street
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Local residents travel and visit relatives and attend events in cities from Tallahassee to Pittsburgh. The column lists Mrs. Lillian Harlow Kingsley returning home after a three week Florida trip and notes visits by Mrs. C. M. Meadows and family, plus others like Dr. Joseph H. Winner, Mrs. Viola Hoffman, and Miss Nancy Bowers headed to Camp Shenandoah for seven weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Harlow Kingsley
Hemlock Street
Hame
Tallahassee
Fla
T. M. O'Rourke
Miami
Joseph H. Winner
Illinois College For Paral
Chicago
Charleston
Viola Hoffman
Bowers Harry
Ars
Etta King
K. D. Bowers
Woodlawn Avenue
Connor
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Hallzapoppin
Olsen and Johnson
Iast
Ken Humphries
Sam Lewis
Keith Gorrell
Alfred Godbeys
Ballengee Sisters
Marguerite
Vanity Bean
Cavalier
Helene Curtis
Prince
Wormson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E
Pinkman
Coats & Suits
Mademoiselle Shoppe
Mersanine Fleer
Raleigh County Bank
Sildg
Del-Mar
Oasis
Legion
C. LS
Legionnaires
Tommy Winner
al Goldstrein
Sarge
Mary V. Conway Millinery
Neville St. — Beckley, W. Va
Wardoleum
Chambray
Priscilla
Shantung
Rayon Poplin
Immer
Ali
Boy’s Department
O Maries of
Backley” Neville St. — Beckley
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