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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1961
Page
5
Women’s safety feature highlights fuse box dangers from electrical overload. The article explains gauge wire ratings, proper fuse size, and signs of overload such as dim lights. It cautions against replacing fuses with higher ratings and stresses steps to safely replace fuses and call a repairman if problems persist.
Women's organizations are invited to submit notices for regular or special meetings. Contacts and deadlines are provided. Notable listings include Trusty Helpers Club AME Church Viola Johnson 225 Sylvia St 6 30 p m and Royal Neighbors of America Beckley Camp 6 30 p m at Eagles Home Woodlawn Ave with a covered dish dinner.
Lavedia Ann Johnson 9 confined at home with chicken pox pupil at Lincoln Elementary School. Curley Allen family returned from Miami Beach. Mrs Banks returns from Madison after brother F. P. Smith Jr. dies. Area students pledge to Kappa Omicron at Concorde College Athens include Patricia Shepherd Sara Tindilia Rose Mary Dick Martha Collier. Highlands University enrolls Donald Basham Larry Bowman Douglas Cook. Bashams’ daughter and family visit Fayetteville North Carolina. guest Mrs L A Taylor of Princeton. Claudeis Newman participates in Golden Triads Weekend at Duke University as Kappa Alpha Theta rep. Mrs Fred R Heron returns from Beckley Memorial Hospital after observation. Mrs J W Foster returns home from Orlando after visiting family.
A list of church and fraternal group gatherings with times and locations includes Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge No. 206 IOOF Hall Mabscott at 7 30 p m and Beckley Presbyterian Church Supper Circle No 15 at church 6 15 p m chaired by Mrs Fred Hurt. Also Women of the Church meeting 1 30 p m in Women's Bible Class room and more: Degree of Honor Lodge No 56 7 30 p m IOOF Hall South Oakwood Avenue. Thrifty Homemakers 1 p m Grant Street. Shady Spring Home Demonstration Club 7 30 p m at Mrs A G Wilcox Jr home. Mission Circle Daniels Missionary Baptist Church 7 30 p m at church.
A note from the Saturday Social Savings Club at Gregory Street announces a gathering hosted by Mrs. Helen Martin. The location is listed as Gregory Street, inviting members and locals to attend.
Miss Sue Adair Henson and Jeremiah Kevin Lynch exchanged wedding vows at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church on Saturday at 11 30 am in a double ring ceremony led by Rev. Raymond Radzieta. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Henson of Sprague, wore a chiffon and net gown with a crown of rhinestones and carried pink carnations on a white prayer book. Attendants included matron of honor Mrs Frank Modley and best man Frank Modley. The couple will reside with the bride's parents as the groom serves in the U S Navy in Norfolk Virginia.
Church circles report activities from First Baptist and Helen Baptist groups. Circle No 8 at 227 Westwood Dr featured devotional Faith and Believing and a film Under the Ban iyan Tree about India, with business led by Mrs Mary Carpenter. Next meeting April 7 at Mrs J P Martins Mason St home.
Fairdale Mrs Clarice Sutherland visited her daughter Nancy at Greenbrier College in Lewisburg Sunday. Bobby Daniel, once at Beckley Memorial Hospital for surgery, has returned home and is reported improving. Douglas Barber remains a patient at Raleigh General Hospital after several days, and Mrs McKinley Simpson continues at Beckley Memorial Hospital after surgery, improving. Orville Lee Stover spent Sunday visiting in Lewisburg at Greenbrier College.
Apples are said to have originated in the region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. The claim ties to ancient cultivation areas and early fruit domestication, suggesting long historical roots for this popular fruit.
An advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell's Senna Laxative as a gentle fast-acting remedy for temporary constipation suitable for all ages. It emphasizes natural senna extract, liquid form for easy dosing, and tasty flavor while promising overnight relief.
Beckley Lions Club hosts the 29th annual Spring Style Show at Woodrow Wilson High School Auditorium at 8 tonight to benefit the Sight Conservation and Blind Committee. Publicity chairman Jay Woods says entertainment will be good and proceeds support the sight program. $1,206.55 has been spent so far with expected total near $1,800. Chairs M F Barksdale and Lawrence T Forbes lead the event with Dr. Clark Kessel as club president. local stores, firms, and volunteers contribute models from women and children in spring fashion.
Gulf Woman's Club will meet at 7:30 p m Thursday in the Sophia Methodist Church social room. Guest speaker N Joe Rahall of Beckley, a state cleanup committee member, outlines prospective conservation plans. The program is introduced by Mrs Alex Lavis as Conservation Department chairwoman. Members are asked to bring old neckties for rug making projects.
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