Open House Fetes Beckley Couple On 57th Wedding Anniversary
A Raleigh Heights home hosted a family dinner and open house to honor Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe B. Holmes on their 57th wedding anniversary. Also honored was Mrs. Charles M. Robinson of Lewiston, Maine, sister of Mr. Holmes. Holmes, longtime Raleigh Coal and Coke Co. veteran, arrived in 1915 and is now retired.
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Phillip Bsharah
Raleigh Heights
Roscoe B. Holmes
Charles M. Robinson
Lewiston
Maine
Holmes
Raleigh Coal and Coke Co
New York City
A. W. Holmes
James E. Brown
Bsh
Mildred Miller elected president of nurses group
Mrs Mildred Miller of Bradley and director of the cancer center in Fayetteville was elected president of the Practical Nurses Association District No 3 Beck ley. She assumed duties at a Monday night meeting in the Coca Cola Building social room. The association has about 50 members employed in hospitals doctors offices and private homes. Other officers are Rita Bowling secretary Verde Wood treasurer and Mary Clay chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Miller
Bradley
Fayetteville
Practical Nurses Association
Beckley
Miller
Coca- Cola
Association of the Practical Nurses
Rita Bowling
Verde Wood
Mary Clay
Spring-Summer Fashion World Pattern Catalog Is Now Out
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Margaret Humphrey to Attend Sorority Convention
Miss Margaret S. Humphrey daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Humphrey of Lester will attend the Alpha Lima Alpha Convention at the Buena Vista Hotel in Biloxi Miss July 5 9 She is a Concord College Athens senior next year and will serve on the committee to organize a group discussion The convention agenda includes philanthropy discussions and awards for outstanding chapters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret S. Humphrey
Frank Humphrey
Lester
Alpha Lima Alpha
Buena Vista Hotel
Biloxi
Miss
Miss Humphrey
Concord College
Athens
Ethel Alpenfel
New York University
Rush
Chi Beta Phi
Cardinal Key
Woman's Athletic Association
Miss Mountain Lion
Better Pudding Coffee Flavored Easy Dessert
Simple coffee flavored pudding mixes vanilla and coffee with milk then cooks to a boil and chills. Whipped cream folded in adds richness and optional toppings include more cream chopped nuts or coconut.
Williams elected co president of So We Va Christian Camp
Miss Anna Dean Williams of Beckley has been chosen co president for 1956 of the Southern West Virginia Conference for the discip les of Christian youth. The So We Va camp meeting at Camp Summers in Hinton drew young people from West Virginia while Williams, daughter of Oscar and Mrs. Williams, lines up her senior year at Woodrow Wilson High School and participates in the Girls Athletic Association, Flying Eagle Band and church choir.
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Anna Dean Williams
Beckley
Southern West Virginia
Disciples of Christian Youth
Christian Churches
West Virginia
Camp Summers
Hinton
Williams
Oscar Williams
Reservoir Rd
Woodrow Wilson High School
Girls Athletic Association
Flying Eagle Band
First Christian Church
Mrs Blankenship Hosts Rose Workshop at Garden Club Meet
Mrs D A Blankenship led a rose workshop during a Flowering Hills Garden Club meeting at Mrs B B Chambers home on Harper Rd. She advised watering technique for evening cut flowers. President Mrs Paul Phipps led business, vote to hold a July picnic with families as guests. A Thanksgiving table committee was formed for the Fall Flower Show. New member Mrs Floyd Nickell welcomed. others in attendance listed.
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D. A. Blankenship
Flowering Hills Garden Club
B. B. Chambers
Harper Rd
Paul Phipps
Phipps
Floyd Nickell
C. M. Doss
W. R. Henkle
George Mays Jr
H. D. Butterworth
R. E. Newman
R. P. Whittaker
Carlyle Bolen
Oligomycin A Plant Antibiotic Aims at Fungal Disease
Oligomycin, newest of the plant antibiotics, may prove very effective in controlling fungus diseases of beans, clovers, and other legumes, without harming the beneficial nitrogen fixing bacteria essential to these crops.
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Claudeis Newman daughter of Dr and Mrs R E Newman Queen St will leave Wednesday for Camp Allegheny Lewisburg Eldridge son will leave for Camp Shaw Mi Del Eca Lewis burg They will both return in August Mrs Kermit Locke has returned to her home after visiting her mother Mrs C E Agee of Farmville VA Mrs Agee accompanied her home to visit in the Locke home Dr and Mrs Russell Williams and children Rusty and Mary Jo have returned to their home in Plainview Tex after visiting in the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Lewis H Williams Reservoir Rd Mr and Mrs M D Hensey and daughter Margaret of 212 Queen St have returned from Charleston after spending several days as guests of Mr and Mrs Vined Oligomycin does not injure helpful plant bacteria as it acts
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Claudeis Newman
R. E. Newman
Queen St
Camp Allegheny
Lewisburg
Eldridge
Camp Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca
Kermit Locke
Beaver Ave
C. E. Agee
Farmville
Kent M. Painter
Kanawha Terrace
Fletcher Mann
Harper Rd
Tokyo
Japan
Mavis Mann
Keio University
Fullbright
Pikeville
Huntington
Chester Sabine
Charleston
K. J. Klaus
Wilson St
Frances Adams
Robert Klaus
Trudell
Susan Ann
Southern Pines
N. C
Ann Williams
Neville Street
Beckley
E. M. Harvey
Sumermers St
W. H. Surbaugh Jr
Kingsport
Tenn
Hugh Dunbar
Johnstown Road
Eastern Star to Install New Officers Tonight
Bethlehem Chapter No. 71 of the Order of Eastern Star will hold a closed installation at the Masonic Temple on Howe Street with Mrs. A. W. Bonds installed as worthy matron and C. Beirne Canterbury as worthy patron. The ceremony includes a slate of officers led by Miss Gilda Wilson associate matron and Luther Fink associate patron, among others. The section also notes several local residents traveling or visiting, including Mrs. Fletcher Mann visiting Tokyo with daughter Dr. Mavis Mann and various movements of Beckley residents visiting from different locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Howe Street
A. W. Bonds
C. Beirne Canterbury
Gilda Wilson
Luther Fink
G. E. Hedrick
Marc Front
Agnes McElwan
Carl Bunch
Lela Hawley
Everett M. Harvey
Coming Events Women groups invite notices for meetings
Women organizations may announce regular or special meetings by telephone or mail to the Beckley News Women's Department. Notices by 10 a.m. are used the same day. Tuesday events include Coal City Ladies Aide at 200 Quarry Street Beckley 7:30 p.m. Women of the Moose at the Moose Club 7:30 p.m. Degree of Honor at Richmond social room 7:30 p.m. Bethlehem Chapter No 71 CES at Masonic Temple Howe Street 8 p.m. Duplicate Bridge Club at Coca-Cola
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Women's Department
Beckley
Coal City Ladies Aide
C. W. Meador
Quarry St
Canned Beef Stew Makes Quick Family Favorite
Easy canned beef stew recipe notes a time saving method. Empty stew into a casserole and top with buttered bread rounds. Bake at 350 degrees until the bread browns for a hearty, effortless meal.
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Open
Arah
John W. Whitlock
J. G. Sharp
M. C. Holmes
Bahamas
Albert Holmes
Brown
Lincoln
Whitlock
Earl Holmes
Marsh Fork High School
Bsharah
Sharp
MR. and
Mrs
Dorothy Gray
Bair Bldg
Beckley Raleigh Register
Old Benes Station
New York
U. N
Weathervane
Margaret Humphrey
So-We-Va
Women’s Dept
Eastern Star Chapter
Irby Webb
J. L. Alexander
Adah
June Shriver
Ruth
T. T. Prince
Esther
Marlene Perdue
Martha
Joe Salango
Electa
Roy Cawley
Sentinel
W. A. Burke
Women of the Moose, Moose Club
McCreery St
Degree of Honor Protective Association
Richmond
Ces
Howe St
Duplicate Bridge Club
Coca-Cola
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Davy Crockett
Christian
McCreery Street
Vy Price
Fi Fe OF
le Trate
FAO) Insurance Co
Home Office
W. W. Bragg
Malin St
Mack Halsey
Sandy Soto, Jr
Thompson Drug
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Office
Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Associated Tn One Farm Bureau
Utual Fire Insurance Imes
Avend Farm Bureau Life TR Relles Lot News
Columbus, Ohio
Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
Capitol Street
South Court Street
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