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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1961

Page

3

Winners Announced For W Va Clubwomen

Beckley Woman's Club gains honors at WV Federation awards with top safety and conservation citations. Kingdon Brown to address executive board on Homey in the Rock as part of a statewide promotion of the project. The convention highlighted awards for art, literature, and public affairs, with Mary Katharine Barnes named state nominating chair.

Coming Events for Beckley Women’s Groups

Women organizations are invited to submit notices for regular or special meetings by 10 am. Call CL 3-322 or email Beckley Newspapers Woman's Department. Tuesday events include Junior Department of Woman's Club at Park Avenue clubhouse 8 pm Modernestic Homemakers at Mrs Carl Boyden Bos tick Avenue 6 30 pm Melvola Chapter No 1 Eastern Star Heroines of Jericho Home G Street 5 30 pm Sigma Chapter Beta Sigma Phi at Appalachian Assembly Room 7 30 pm Beta Lambda Chapter Beta Sigma Phi at Mrs James T Stover Edwards Street 7 30 pm Eliza Hunter Home Department Class at 307 Massey Street 5 pm Stoco Band Mothers Club at Stoco High School 7 30 pm Charmette Sub Deb Club at Miss Linda Symonds 205 Wilson Street 7 pm Women's Improvement League at Mrs Roscoe Mackins 218 Westmoreland Street 2 pm Mrs Lillian Vaughn co host. Women of the Church Beckley Presbyterian Church White Cross Sewing 10 30 am.

Woman's Department of Beckley

Circle Elects New Secretary at Memorial Baptist Church

Lydia Or mandy Circle of Memorial Baptist Church elected Mrs. George Pierce as its new secretary, succeeding Mrs. Edward Snuffer who served eight years. Snuffer’s family plans a Florida move after Friday night meeting at 109 Miller St with 23 members present.

Lydia Ormandy Memorial Baptist Church George Pierce Edward Snuffer

State's First Lady To Be Honored At WVGC Confab

West Virginia's First Lady Mrs W W Barron will be the honor guest at the 31st annual convention of the West Virginia Garden Club Inc at the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs today. She will attend the Awards Banquet at 7 30 p.m. Governor Barron will join, praising garden clubs for beautification conservation and civic achievement. Mrs Barron active in Fort Hill Garden Club Charleston. New officers to be installed by Mrs E N Merriwether and awards announced by William E Miller. Several Beckley Garden Club women attend.

Servation of Natural Resources Robert Thacker Beckley Club Duke Williams Mary Katharine Barnes WVFWC Dante Castrodale McDowell Woman's Club of Welch GFWC Vogue Magazine Roger Reed Clarksburg Sally Jo Stump Romney Wilda B. Gatrell Lost Creek Harry Lane Fairmont North Central E. S. Weineman Elkins Central George Ogilvie Pioneer Woman's Club Dunbar Capitol W. H. Dalton Jr Princeton Southern D. Lee Shrouds Weirton Northern J. Kent Fleming South Charleston Gail Lilly Fayetteville Judith Gwinn Alderson Marsha Lynn Roberts Milton Southwestern Sterling M. Hamlet Huntington West Virginia Women's Club of Parkersburg Woman's Club of Kenova Philippi Woman's Club Chester Woman's Club Buckhannon Woman's Club Hinton Junior Woman's Club Western Virginia H. McCuskey McMechen John Skinner Shepherdstown Hallmark Gary R. Snyder Janet McCollough Mannington Steven M. Waldeck South Parkersburg Hallie Ellison Rohr Woman’s Club of Charleston Nancy Underdonk Moundsville Point Pleasant Shady Springs Woman's Club Parsons Logan Beckley Erwin Goldsmith Morgantown Conservation Department Fleetwood L. Guthrie James A. French Jama Frank Vass Irma Maple Twentieth Century Study Club Follawsbee Princeton Woman's Club Sterling Bradley Charleston West Side W. W. Barron West Virginia Garden Club, Inc Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs Barron Fort Hill Chesapeake Hall E. N. Merriwether South Atlantic National Council William E. Miller Beckley Garden Clubs

Carrots Lettuce Peas Spinach Link to Near East Origins

A short note states that carrots, lettuce, peas and spinach originated in the Near and Middle East. The claim highlights ancient garden crops and their early cultivation across civilizations in that region.

Near Middle East

FASTEETH promises secure dentures in all feeds

FASTEETH an improved powder for upper or lower plates keeps false teeth from sliding or rocking. It is alkaline and does not sour or cause odor. Available at drug counters, FASTEETH aims to fix plate taste or feel and improve denture confidence.

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