Marriage Permit Applications in Raleigh County
Applications for marriage licenses filed in Raleigh County Clerk's office list James Edward Grant 20 son of John and Mae Grant and Ina Marie Blankenship 26 daughter of Clarence and Lula Keefer. John Hassell Kelly Jr 24 son of John H and Hester Kelly and Julia Jean Smith 21 daughter of Adolphus and Dovie Smith. John William McQueen 22 son of Frank and Billie McQueen from Missouri and Mary Virginia Magee daughter of Ray Magee Beckie. Robert Neal Wiseman Jr 24 son of Robert Neal Wiseman and Ramona Miller 18 daughter of John Allen Miller and Mildred Margret Miller. In the first century, the Romans had vacation resorts in the Pyrenees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward Grant
John and Mae Grant
Ina Marie Keefer Blankenship
Clarence
Lula Keefer
Dorothy
John Hassell Kelly Jr
John H. and
Hester Kelly
Stamford
Julia Jean Smith
Adolphus and
Dovie Smith
Beckley
John William McQueen
Frank
Billie McQueen
Missouri
Mary Virginia Magee
Ray Magee
Beckie
Robert Neal Wiseman Jr
Robert Neal Wiseman
Ramona Miller
John Allen Miller
Mildred Margaret Miller
Bradley
Mrs Sara Ann Dickerson Feted With 70th Birthday Party
Rhodell resident Mrs. Sara Ann Dickerson was honored Friday night at her home in Rhodell on her 70th birthday. Joe Dickerson and Mrs. Nancy Gaskill hosted guests and gifts with a large birthday cake as the centerpiece. Dickerson, born in 1886 near Montgomery, has eight living children, nineteen grandchildren, and one great grandchild, and is a long-time Catholic resident active in sewing and community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodell
RNS
Joe Dickerson
Nancy Gaskill
Sarah Ann Dickerson
Ine Hamrick
Beckley
Orville Duppee
C. B. Craghead
Walter Whittaker
Maud Young
Ray Shrewsbury
Angelo Zonta
William Stewart
Blaine Sisson
Nellie Farruggio
Cody Fletcher
E. W. Copen
Nannie Ritchie
Leon Sanders
Mary Belcher
Donna Lopez
J. A. Perkins
Armbrister
East Gulf
Nancy Duppee
W. C. Hensley
T. G. McConnell
John Thomason
Vernes
Canterbury
William Thompson
McAlpin
T. G. Wattis
Eldridge Hollaway
Sue Copen
Etta Ann Sisson
Connie Edwards
Linda Spencer
Vickie Jane Sisson
Roger Dale
Glen Dickerson
John Hamrick
Buddy
Sonny Spencer
Donald
Dickie Gaskill
Dickerson
Montgomery
Henry Ashby Dickerson
Henry Ashby Dickerson Jr
Buffalo
N. Y
John
Donald Dickerson
Merchant Marines
David Dickerson
Sarah Crites
St. Louis Mo
Jimmy Dickerson
Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Lina Jane Sisson
Mullens
Miss Marion Essary Addresses Farm Club
Miss Marion Essary Raleigh County home demonstration agent led Shady Springs Farm Women's Club on Civil Defense at their Friday meeting at Mrs. Fred Burgess home. A film School for Survival followed group discussion. Mrs. Billy Myles gave a devotional The Art of Understanding Other People.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Essary
Raleigh County
Shady Springs Farm Women's Club
Fred Burgess
Miss Essary
Hall family visits Maryland for Father’s Day picnic
Silver Spring residents Mr. and Mrs. John W Hall hosted a family gathering that included their son and daughter in law Mr. and Mrs. John B Parsons and another son and daughter in law Mr. and Mrs. John M Hall with children John M II and Brenda Carol. The Halls and others shared a picnic dinner on Father’s Day before Mrs Hall and Mr Hall stayed for a two week vacation in Silver Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Springs
John W. Hall
Miller Street
John B. Parsons
E St
John M. Hall
John M. II
Brenda Carol
J. Adam Amick
L. E. Herndon
Calvin Karnes
Clifton Forge
Susan Painter
Harper Rd
Ralph Starkey
Johnstown Rd
Park St
M. L. Bruster
Bill Bruster
Gastonia
N. C
Inlaw
O. L. Lively
Norton
Beckley
M. P. Hants
Park Ave
Freeman St
Walter M. Duncan
Raleigh General Hospital
H. T. Stovall
Beaver Ave
Levi Maxey
Hagerstown
Maxey
James
Stovall
Maryland
H. G. Huffman
Catlett St
Huffman
Ocala
Fla
W. H. Merriwether
Betty
J. R
Jacksonville
Lakeland
Daytona Beach
Mary Lilly
N. Oakwood, Ave
Beckley Hospital
William Flanagan
Frank
Mose Woods
Coalton
Don Cook
Maxine
Elkins
R. W. Gallagher
E. Prince St
G. E. Hedrick
Railroad Ave
H. E. Melton
New York
Visitation Day Noted by Beckley Presbyterian Women
The Women of the Beckley Presbyterian Church will observe Visitation Day on Thursday at 2 pm at the church. A devotional period will start the event, followed by assigning each attending woman to visit ill members or newcomers, with Mrs. W. H. Holliday as committee chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Pam
W. H. Holliday
Women's Department
Beckley
Incidents In The Lives Of- People You Know
Local social notes list multiple visits and travels among Beckley residents. Families like Lytle Raders and Brusters visit Riverside, Virginia relatives. hospital observations include M L Bruster recovering from a heart attack. others return from visits in Huntington Waynesboro Norfolk and Ocala with updates on illnesses and travel.
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Lytle Rader
Margaret Lyle
Riverside
E. L. Ellison
Beckley Ave
M. L. Bruster
Park St
Raleigh General Hospital
W. F. Somers
Burlington
N. C
M. P. Honts
Park Ave
Walter M. Duncan
Freeman St
H. C. Hodge
Huntington
Carrie Herndon Bales
Whitestick St
Births in Raleigh General Hospital Chronicle
Several families announce newborns with dates in June and July. Roger Keith Hamby John Carl Cox Patty Jane Coffman Walter Pearce Barbara Goldie David Wheeler Kathryn Jones are named with birth times and weights at Raleigh General Hospital.
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William Franklyn Hamby
Glen White
Roger Keith Hamby
Raleigh General Hospital
David Randall
Carlos Ray Cox
Blue Jay
Patty Jane
Herman Sherrill Coffman
Quinnimont
Walter Briant Pearce
Beckley
Walter Briant Je
Barbara Elaine
John Goldie Jr
Coolridge
David Lee
Garland Parris Wheeler
MacArthur
John Earl Bennett
Jumping Branch
Roger Dale
Michael Eugene
Wesley Robert Beckett
Carl William Jones
Kathryn Ann
Junior High Youths Attend Chi Rho Camp
Thirteen junior high youths from First Christian Church left Sunday for Chi Rho Camp at Howell's Mill's Camp Ona. Attendees include Helen Dilly Sam Feazell Carolyn Pierce Martha Noel Phipps Chris Sardan Jr Mary Helen Chapman Marlene Jones Clarence Pierce Jr Mergie Wilson Sue McClure Rickie Miller Martha LaFon and Betty Surbaugh with counseling staff serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Howell’s Mill
Ona
Helen Dilly
Sam Feazell
Carolyn Pierce
Martha Noel Phipps
Chris Sarandon Jr
Mary Helen Chapman
Marlene Jones
Clarence Pierce Jr
Mergie Wilson
Sue McClure
Rickie Miller
Martha LaFon
Betty Surbaugh
June Thurman Bible Students Meet at St Marys Church
The June Thurman Bible Class of St Marys Methodist Church met Thursday evening. Devotional by Mrs Wendel Thurman on Christianity is a Positive Religion. Solo by Mrs James Smith Living For Jesus. New president Mrs John Van Dyke led business on purchasing a parsonage range. Mrs H C Barnett welcomed and honored with farewell shower before moving to Columbus Ohio. Hosts named for July. attendees listed including Harry Hawley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Thurman
St. Mary’s Methodist Church
Wendel Thurman
James Smith
Jesus
John van Dyke
L. L. Reckert
H. C. Barnett
Marion Loewe
Anna Bennett
Charles Lilly
Zula Ellison
al Ellison
Luther Moses
Thurman Southern
Price Bailey
Roy Prulett
Ralph Mastillar
Daniel Lane
Paris Sutphin
Denzil Palmer
Harry Hawley
Miss Phyllis Hillman Named to Dean's List
Dean A A Schoolcraft of West Virginia Wesleyan College reports Miss Phyllis Jean Hillman named to the dean's list for the second semester of 1955 1956 academic year. She led 70 students with a 4.00 scholarship quotient while carrying at least 12 semester hours. Hillman is daughter of Rev and Mrs Carden A Hillman, and past Panhellenic and Alpha Gamma Delta leader who served as May Day Queen.
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A. A. Schoolcraft
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Phyllis Jean Hillman
Schoolcraft
Miss Hillman
Carden A. Hillman
S. Heber St
Wesleyan
Alpha Gamma Delta National Social Sorority
Panhellenic
Sociology Club
House Board
Haught Literary Society
Murmurmontis
Camp participants named in Beckley program
The Beckley camp lists Miss Sara Jane Parker Miss Anna Dean Williams and Miss Dorothy Ault director of Religious Education at First Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Sara Jane Parker
Anna Dean Williams
Dorothy Ault
First Christian Church
Coming Events For Women Groups In Beckley
Tuesday notices list Judea Shrine No 18 White Shrine of Jerusalem meeting at 4 p.m. and ceremonial at 8 p.m. Golden Age Club at Park Avenue at 7 30 p.m. Beckley Art Group sketch at Mrs HL Bragg Calloway Heights 7 30 p.m. Laurel Wreath Dinner Beckley Hotel 7 p.m. St Stephens Church executive board 8 p.m. Royal Neighbors Sons of Italy Hall 7 30 p.m. Officers dress formal. Ann Thomas Bible Class Cal lalloy Heights 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judea Shrine
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Howe St
Beckley Art Group
Beckley Business and Professional Women’s Club
Beckley Hotel
Royal Neighbors of America
Sons of Italy
Ann Thomas
Calloway Heights
William W. Woods
Miss Hazel Underwood to Attend Summer School Briefings
Miss Hazel Underwood of Beckley Presbyterian Church will travel to Montreal North Carolina for a briefing session for Area Laboratory Schools leaders. She will assist in two schools in Memphis Tennessee teaching in the Junior Department and return to Beckley on July 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Underwood
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Montreal
N. C
Memphis
Tenn
Beckley
First Baptist Women Meet Thursday Night
Members of the Women's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church gathered in the church lower auditorium. The program Treasures in the Field was led by Mrs. H. L. Hendrickson, following a devotional by Mrs. L. C. Gwinn. A house party at Alderson-Broaddus College was discussed and a committee was named to draft a new constitution. The circle donated clothing and toilet articles to a needy person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
W. A. Argenbright
C. F. Ratliffe
H. L. Hendrickson
Circle No. 38
L. C. Gwinn
Alderson- Broaddus College
Philippi
The
Circle
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National Guard
Ft. Knox
James Woolwine
Mabscott
W. J. Carman
Pyrenees
Rugged Royal
Office Service
McCreery
Sara Ann Dickerson
E.M. Payne Co
Main St- Beckley
Piedmont
PTS
Merchines
Washington, D.C
Philadelphia
New England
Piedmont GE Hirlines
the Women's Dept
Thurman Bible Students
Phyllis Hillman
Fayette St
Golden Age Club
Woman's Club
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Church Assembly Hall
First Baptist
Treadles
Singer Sewing Center
S. Kanawha
Westport
Highway Patrol
Broderick Crawford
Whis-Tv
Bluefield
Neville St
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