Nine Beckley Women Attend West Virginia Garden Club School
Nine Beckley women began the Flower Show School in Charleston at the Recreation Center, with a 9:30 a.m. start. The first full course included Mrs. Colin McLuckey and Mrs. W. W. Vines of the Primerose Garden Club, plus attendees from Rhododendron Mountain Top Azalea and other clubs. Lecturers included Mrs. Maude Jacobs of Chicago and Mrs. Edward Lee Alexander of Newport News, who spoke on gardening, floral arrangement, scoring, and rose judging.
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West Virginia Garden Club
Charleston
Recreation Center
Beckley
Colin McLuckey
W. W. Vines
Primerose Garden Club
Holt Kes
Ter
Rhododendron Club
L. L. Scherer
H. L. Crawford
Mountain Top Club
Roy Cunningham
Phymosia
M. M. Ralston
W. A. Thornhill
E. M. Payne Jr
Azalea Garden Club
National Council of State Garden Clubs
Maude Jacobs
Chicago
Carrollton
Edward Lee Alexander
Newport News
Jacobs
Alexander
American Rose Society
New York
New York Federation of Garden Clubs
Zelda Stafford Chosen A Member of Orpheon Club
Zelda Mae Stafford of Whitby has been chosen a member of the Orpheon Honor Club at Mars Hill College for the semester. A first year student in the music program, she is a Stoco High School graduate meeting the club’s excellence and 30 quality credits requirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelda Mae Stafford
C. C. Stafford
Whitby
Orpheon
Mars Hill College
Miss Stafford
Stoco High School
Home Health Rules From Gas Appliance Makers
The Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association warns homeowners face many health hazards in the home and that cleanliness by the homemaker is essential to family health. Clean hands, equipment, surfaces, floors, baths, and regular personal hygiene help prevent disease, with soap and hot water from the gas water heater as two key protections.
Joan Silverman Initiated at Ohio State Sorority
Miss Joan Silverman of Beckley is initiated in Alpha Epsilon Phi at Ohio State University. She joins 86 other students pledged by 29 sorority chapters on the Columbus campus, announced by Dean of Women Christian Y. Conaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Silverman
Beckley
Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ohio
Christian Y. Conaway
Glamorous Princess Style Pattern From Grabois Designer
Zelma Golden of Grabois showcases a spring fashion collection led by Pattern M219 featuring an Empire princess line with a neckline and billowy skirt. The pattern, in silk taffeta or novelty cotton, ranges in Misses sizes 10 to 20, with size 16 needing 4 14 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send fifty cents to Raleigh Register Pattern Department in New York for purchase.
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Zelma Golden
Grabois
Raleigh Register
Pattern Department
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Local notes list many Beckley residents visiting relatives in Richmond and Roanoke, family illnesses prompting trips to Jamestown and Charlottesville, and weekend visitors to Beckley. Names include Blaine Tanner Linda Tanner II Eva Mahood James Mahood Nan Patton Duttons and many more, with travel between Beckley Roanoke Charleston Huntington and Cincinnati and troop and school ties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine Tanner
Linda and
Blaine, II
Orchard Ave
Richmond
Price Caffee Jr
Harper Road
Jamestown
Ohio
A. D. Ritenour
Bernice Shanks
Pinecrest
Roanoke
Va. S
James T. Mahood
Limestone Air Base
Limestone
Maine
Frank Ubeda Jr
Audrey Riffe
Ted Kessinger
James Lipscomb
Robert Moyer
Charles J. Bobbett
W. W. Stover
John L. Hamlin
Joe Dutton
Henry Hope
J. E. Lewis
Bill Brennan
I. O. Holliday
Clyde Bostick
Herbert Cline
Woodrow Bales
Roy Hambric
W. C. Nace
Arthur Pack
Myrtle Wyatt
D. B. Shumate
C. W. James
James Dearing
Luther Shomo
Harry Hambrick
Charles Waddell
H. Reed
Earlen Merrick
Bernard Childers
Minneston Army Base
Nan B. Patton
Beckley
Charlottesville
University Hospital of Virginia
Calvin Davis
MacArthur
James Wright
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Alice Houchins
Betty Sallack
West Virginia St
Nancy Carpenter
Westwood Drive
Huntington
Paris Hairdos and American Women Style Clash
Paris styles seem unlikely to replace American trends as French coiffures remain pattern driven and formal. The piece notes the Italian curl and boy cuts as popular baselines for variations while praising shorter curler looks for older women and warning static hairdos can be unflattering.
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Paris
Color in the kitchen as lasting decor balance
The article notes that women favor color in kitchens to brighten and cheer work days, but cautions planners to limit permanent wall and counter color. It advises using utensils and accessories for color splashes and keeping walls and work surfaces in delicate pastels or gray to avoid future color fatigue.
Beckley Community Clubs Schedule Evening Meetings
Community groups urge members to attend via reminder notices. Officers call 3321 or mail club calendars by 10 am daily for same day notices. Saturday deadlines apply for Sunday listings. Beckley Art Club holds sketch session at 7 30 p m at Coca Cola Building. Stotesbury Church Women’s group meets 7 p m. Beckley Sisterhood gathers 8 p m at Beth El Temple.
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Woman's Department
Beckley Art Club
Coca Cola
Thursday Christian Women's Fellowship meeting at church
The Christian Women's Fellowship of First Christian Church meets Thursday at 7 30 pm in the church.
Friday World Day of Prayer Services Schedule
Friday features World Day of Prayer at First Methodist Church at 2 00 pm and Beckley Presbyterian Woman's Bible Class meeting at 7 30 pm at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Beckley Presbyterian Church
State Secretary Of CWF To Talk At Local Meeting
Mrs. W. E. Tissue of Mount Hope serves as executive state secretary of Christian Women's Fellowship and will speak at the local CWF meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the First Christian Church. She will discuss her work in West Virginia and a recent United Nations trip to New York City. Mrs. Calvin Moore leads devotionals and Group 8 hosts. Mrs. J. D. Collier is the leader.
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W. E. Tissue
Mount Hope
Christian Women's Fellowship
CWF
First Christian Church
Tissue
West Virginia
New York City
United Nations
Calvin Moore
J. D. Collier
Music Club Hears Mendelssohn Program at Home
The Monday Music Club met at Mrs. R. G. Broaddus home on Woodlawn Ave to hear a Mendelssohn program. Mrs. John E. McKenzie gave The Life of Felix Mendelssohn, with vocal solos by Mrs. Breckenridge and a piano solo by Mrs. Lilly. Duets by Mrs. Amick and Mrs. Breckenridge followed, plus the hymn of the month Oh Sacred Head Now Wounded directed by Miss Inez Caffee. The meeting closed with a review of Music in the News by Mrs. Sneed and news of Henry Wolfe's Europe tour through Morris Harvey College. Hosts were Mrs. Broaddus, Miss Margaret Phipps, Mrs. H. E. Phipps, and Mrs. Oscar Williams. twenty members and one guest attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendelssohn
R. G. Broaddus
Woodlawn Ave
Alexander’ Breckenridge, II
Felix Mendelssohn
John E. McKenzie
Breckenridge
W. A. Thornhill
Wallace B. Lilly
Ralph Amick
Earl Sneed
L. D. Roe
Harlow Warren
Henry Wolfe
Morris Harvey College
Europe
Broaddus
Margaret Phipps
H. E. Phipps
Oscar Williams
R. D. Watts
New Parisian Styles Call For More Slender Figures
Paris fashion reports emphasize slimmer silhouettes with new spring styles. Dresses fit closely to the hips, with Dior offering waisted lines and blousy tops, while Balmain Balenciaga and Schiaparelli keep long hems. A rainbow of pastels, multicolor prints, and furs return with boned corselets and stiff petticoats. Coats trend mannish and slim, button fronts popular, and pleats redefined with box and knife styles.
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Paris
Dior
Balmain
Balenciaga
Schiaparelli
Jacques Fath
Improv ed truss offers 30 day trial gift in Kansas City
An advertisement touts a new rupture truss claimed to hold without belts or springs. It promises a $3.50 gift truss if you try a 30 day trial and requests readers write for a descriptive circular from Physician's Appliance Company in Kansas City Missouri.
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Physician's
Koch
Kansas City
Missouri
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Zelda Stafford
Orpheon Club
Hazel Meadows
Thomas Greer
Bobby J. Legg
Samuel
The
Woman's Dept
Jean Mankin
Marshall College
Mary Lou Law
Clyde Law
Second Ave
Frank C. Hoffman
Carol
E. C. Hern
John C. Ward
S. Oakwood Ave
R. M. Kennedy
Bobby
E. A. Long
Joseph
Richard
Gauley Bridge
Kennedy
Long
Clara Richards
Fourth St
Albert M. Tieche
Granville Ave
Virginia Radford
Fayetteville
S. M. Tiller
Lee Sr
Beckley Hospital
G. M. Tiller
Little Rock Ark
Samuel Tiller
Norfold
J. W. Morris
Tiller
Roy Epperly
Radford
Ralph Morris
Galax
Carrie Herndon Bales
Johnstown Rd
J. Adam Amick
Clifftop
Anita and
Garvin
Butch” Rubin
Garvin Rubin
Stanley St
Nelson Dempsey
John H. Sloan
H. A. Sloan
Booth Ave
Marietta College
Marietta
Edward Redden
Cleveland
LeRoy Phipps
Piney Ave
Richard E. Montgomery
Cincinnati
U.S
Dan Gunnoe
A. R. Braun
St. Francis de Sales Church
Court Paula
Catholic Daughters of America
Girl Scout Council Treasury
Womens Christian Service Club
Stotesbury Community Church
Beckley Sisterhood
Beth-El Temple
Christian Women's Fellowship of
Music Club
A. R. Koch
Optometrist
Beckley Water
S. Heber St
Neville St
Na Ea Rae
Neville St., Beckley
Howard Ave
Mullens
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