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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1936

Page

3

Girl Reserves Hold Recognition Service at Woodrow Wilson High

Members of the Girl Reserves at Woodrow Wilson High School held a recognition service in the school auditorium after a buffet supper. New members welcomed by president Miss Elizabeth Ann French and sponsor Miss Madge Farmer include Janice Ward Melba Ann Hayes Lyda Harper Betty Smith Ruth Ashworth Nancy Ballengee Marie Garrett Mary Jean Sawyers Jalene Rahall Billie Boray Belva Bowman Eloise Cook. Old members listed alongside sponsors. Also notes on Mrs. T. C. Moorefield’s illness and local visits by Mr. and Mrs. Sid Danbury and Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Kahn plus return of E. M. Payne and daughter Eleanor from Florida and Howard Fritz’s Beckley visit.

Woodrow Wilson High School Elizabeth Ann French Madge Farmer Janice Ward Melba Ann Hayes Lyda Harper Betty Smith Ruth Ashworth Nancy Ballengee Marie Garrett Mary Jean Sawyers Jalene Rahall Billie Boray Belva Bowman Eloise Cook Jane Putman Virginia Sue Crawford Virginia Evans Elizabeth McMahon June Stover Mary Scott Marion Smith Blanche Hutchinson Peggy Barwood Anna Marie Starr Elizabeth Stairs Mattie Winston Agnes Givens Eleanor Brook Smith Mary Jo Smisko Frances T. C. Moorefield Watts Apartments Sid Danbury Beckley D. E. Kahn Charleston C. N. Gelber Star Organization White Sulphur Springs E. M. Payne Eleanor Clearwater Florida Howard Fritz Bluefield

Allen Taylor Nuptials Held At Charleston

Formal announcement of the marriage of Pauline Margaret Taylor of Charleston to Herbert Allen of Hinton. Ceremony held in Charleston on March 14 officiated by Reverend Campbell. Miss Taylor is J. N. Taylor’s daughter and Woodrow Wilson High School and Charleston Beauty College graduate. Mr. Allen, son of T. H. Allen, attended Concord College and Marshall College and works as a school instructor in Summers County. They reside in Hinton.

Pauline Margaret Taylor Herbert Allen Hinton Charleston Campbell Allen J. N. Taylor Beckley Woodrow Wilson High School Charleston Beauty College T. H. Allen Concord College Athens Marshall College Huntington Summers County

Junior Department To Sponsor Dance After Lions Club Show

The junior department of the Womans Club will sponsor a dance after the Lions Club style show on Friday evening. Wayland Redden and his orchestra will play popular music from ten until two. The organizing committee includes Miss Wilda Bailey Miss Lanier File and Miss Grace Wilkes.

Womans Club Lions Club Wayland Redden Wilda Bailey Lanier File Grace Wilkes

Social notes of Beckley visitors and guests

Personal mentions record C H Murray of Charleston visiting Beckley on Wednesday. Mrs W B Parks of Mullens travels to Beckley today en route to Fayetteville. Mr and Mrs Walter Elswick and Mrs A C Chandler of Hinton visit Beckley yesterday. Munsey H Lanton and party attend a Mullens bridge party in honor of Mrs Joe Isaac of Cumberland Kentucky. W R Witzel visits Roanoke Virginia yesterday. N Fuller of Charleston in Beckley for business. Mr and Mrs C A Bibb return from Fort Lauderdale Florida. Bibb had been in Charleston for business. Jorge M Eckley visits Roanoke Virginia for business.

C. H. Murray Charleston Beckley W. B. Parks Mullens Fayetteville Walter Elswick A. C. Chandler Hinton Munsey H. Lanton C. Thomas

Cardui Uses Cited By Suffering Women

Aileen tales claim Cardui helped many women after mothers who used it report relief from cramps and faintness. Mrs F C Allen of Smithdale Mississippi writes of severe cramps nausea and nervousness before taking Cardui and credits it with relief. The note urges readers to try Cardui and consult a physician if no benefit is seen.

Cardus F. C. Allen Smithdale Miss

Glen Morgan hosting prayer meeting and box supper

Glen Morgan West Virginian community notes a Thursday 730 pm prayer meeting and 630 pm choir practice with Sunday services by Rev Bill Parrott. An old fashioned box supper Friday at 730 pm funds the choir. Numerous personal mentions of visits, hospitalizations, and family news follow.

Bill Parrott

Six Candidates File For Primary Election

Democrats Verner Wingo and Am Eagle file for Clear Fork district constable with Wilson Jarrell and Buster Jarrell of Dorothy also seeking the post. Thomas H. Belcher, East Park, seeks the House of Delegates as a Democrat. Finna Karatonis of Dorothy seeks Republican nomination. Lawrence Damron of Dorothy runs as Democrat committeeman, while Maude Milam, Glen Daniel, runs as Republican committeewoman from Trap Hill.

Verner Windy) Wingo Ameagle Clear Fork Wilson_Jarrell Buster Jarrell Dorothy Thomas H. Belcher East Park Finna Karatonis Lawrence Damron Clear Maude Milam Glen Daniel Trap Hill

Broad Ripple High Hosts Home-Making Courses Lab

A modern bungalow setting at Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis serves as the atmosphere filled laboratory for home making classes guiding students through practical domestic skills and styling.

Broad Ripples High School Indianapolis

Mt Hope Lyric Winners Lead Becktley Amateur Night

Evelyn and Emily Raies led Mount Hope girls in third of four weekly amateur nights at Lyric Theatre under Beckley Lions Club. Fernia Mae Smith and Traphes Bryant placed second and third and enter next week elimination contests. Other acts included Billie Lou Aliff, Pennington and Stone, Peggy Ann Patton, Hill Top Harmonizers, and more. A mastodon bones find near Saltillo, Pennsylvania, will be drained this summer to allow removal.

Evelyn Emily Raies Lyric Theatre Beckley Lions Club Mount Hope Girls Fernia Mae Smith Beckley Traphes Bryant Lillybrook Billie Lou Aliff

Doctors Attend Meet At Beckley Hotel Last Night

Thirty three Raleigh County Medical Association members gathered at the Beckley hotel for a meeting. Roanoke surgeons Dr. Hugh Trout and Dr. W W S Butler lectured on cancer. Dr Butler used lantern slides. Dr W W Hume presided as president. A dinner preceded the lectures.

Raleigh County Medical Association Beckley Hotel Roanoke Virginia Hugh Trout W. W. S. Butler Jefferson Hospital Butler W. W. Hume

Woman Leaves Hospital For Jail In Slaying Case

Welch March 28 AP A 22 year old woman Mary Johnson walked from a hospital to jail today charged with killing her sweetheart Ernest Parsons. Prosecutor Wilson Anderson says Johnson shot Parsons March 12 and then shot herself in the breast. Parsons died two days later.

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