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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1961

Page

5

Moscow exhibit items show at Inter mediate Department meeting

Mrs Don Titus displayed ITEMS PURCHASED in Moscow magazine with Mrs A David Abrams holding the paper in English and Russian. Needlework crafts and Cos sack fur hats were shown by the Huntington speaker. Titus attended the American National Exhibition in Moscow from July 24 to Sept 4 1959. Tea followed the meeting with a white embroidered cloth, jonquils, iris and forsythia centerpiece.

Moscow Don Titus A. David Abrams Moscow News Titus Huntington McCall's

Mom In Moscow Topic of Address by Huntington Woman

Mrs. Don Titus of Huntington spoke to Beckley Woman's Club on Mom in Moscow using color slides from McCall's Magazine about a Moscow Trade Fair trip. She described housing, work, schooling, police records, parks, shops, and daily life with critical notes on unemployment claims, prices, and travel conditions in the USSR.

Don Titus Huntington Woman's Club of Beckley Moscow McCall's Magazine Ussr Titus Kremlin Lenin Stalin America

Fairdale News Notes Family Visits and Health Updates

Fairdale residents share weekend visits with relatives in Beckley Charleston and Table Rock. Myrtle Pendall of Charleston visited her parents Mr and Mrs Perry Snuffer with Jess Williams and Beckley family as guests. Mrs Bessie Daniel prepares for surgery at Beckley Memorial Hospital while Perry Snuffer returns home after minor surgery there last week. Claude Walker and Vernon Plumley hosted visitors at Table Rock. Arlie Barber, working in Chicago, spent the weekend with family. Martha Jane McMillion of Concord College Athene s extended visit with her parents.

Myrtle Pendall Charleston Perry Snuffer Beckley Memorial Hospital Claude Walker Vernon Plumley Table Rock Arlie Barber Chicago Ill Martha Jane McMillion Concord College Athens Bob McMillion

King's Daughters Meet Tuesday at Methodist Temple

Beck ley Chapter of the King's Daughters will meet Tuesday at 2 p m in The Methodist Temple. The program on Leprosarium in Formosa includes donations to the international project and bandage making for Formosan leper care. Members will bring clothing for Wheel ing Nursery and may give cash for orphanage clothing. The meeting opens with Prayer of the Order and includes a hymn. Mrs Emerson Little urges participation. Bible study is on The Significance of the Resurrection led by Mrs A F Bryson. Musical arrangements by Mrs R E Presley feature Miss Theresa Kidd singing Were You There When They Crucified My Lord with piano by Miss Sue Meadows. Social hour led by Mrs French Davis with co-chairman Mrs C W Wetzel. assistants include several named members.

Formosa Beckley King’s Daughters Methodist Temple Emerson Little Wheeling America A. F R. E. Presley Theresa Kidd Lord Sue Meadows French Davis C. W. Wetzel C. H. Rutledge W. R. Connoley Presley

Airman Jay Milam Visits Parents in MacArthur

Airman Jay Milam, newly returned to MacArthur after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs George Milam, is staying briefly to rest and reconnect with family before resuming duties.

Jay Milam Mrs George Milam MacArthur

Beckley Women’s Club Meeting Notices and Dates

Community notices invite women to submit calendar items via Beckley Newspapers. Upcoming events include Marsh Fork District Woman's Club at Mount View, Gamma Gamma Beta Sigma Phi executive board at 112 Colin St, Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge at IOOF Hall, Beckley Art Group at 106 Foster Ave, and numerous club meetings and programs through Tuesday with locations and times listed.

Tnvitea Woman’s Department of Beckley Marsh Fork Mount View Gamma Gamma Beta Sigma Phi Marie Cascio Colin St

Family travels as airman heads to Japan for duty

The family announces will leave today as their son joins the U. S. Air Force for a tour in Japan. His wife and children stay behind. In Louisiana, Airman Lew Milam of Virginia and Mr. and Mrs. James Conner of New Orleans visit. they visit his parents in Stamford with brother Thomas Conner accompanying. Also noted is the passing of William Dunn at 93 near Bozoo with Christian Church funeral and burial plans. Claudeis Newman of Randolph Macon Woman's College to serve as junior class vice president for 1961-62.

Tlere Marmet Hospital Lee Burleson Civic Departement Roy Cunningham W. F. Watts Hale D. E. Neil Japan U. S. Air Force Milam Lew Milam Virginia James Conner New Orleans Dale Conner Stamford Louisiana Thomas Conner Fred R. Heron Fairlawn Ave William Dick” Dunn Bozoo Christian Church Pennington Cemetery Claudeis Newman R. E. Newman Queen St Randolph Macon Woman's College Lynchburg Glee Club Sock and Buskin

Man wins change trumped by jaywalking citation

In Charlotte Ce cil Bruton left a restaurant and saw a metermaid place a $1 ticket on his car. He protested and the metermaid canceled it but issued a $3 jaywalking citation instead.

Charlotte N. C Cecil Bruton Burton Bruton

West Virginia Governor's Daughter Wedding Shower

A wedding shower luncheon at the Elks Club honored Miss Anna Hughes Patteson daughter of former West Virginia Governor Okey L. Patteson. Guests included Rosalind Carroll and Mrs. William E. Miller with other Mount Hope attendees. The honoree will be marked later this month. A white and pink floral theme framed the event.

The Elks Club Anna Hughes Patteson West Virginia Okey L. Patteson R. W. Funk Charleston Rosalind Carroll Bessie Carroll Beckley William E. Miller Duval Shultz Fayetteville Paul Warden Carroll J. A. Blackburn Bradley Henry L. Danner Russell Patteson William Patteson Golda

Glen Daniel Bride-To-Be Betti Sue to Wed Virgil Puffenberger

Glen Daniel residents Mr and Mrs Giles Tolliver announce the engagement of their daughter Betty Sue to Virgil Denver Puffenberger son of Mr and Mrs G L Puffenberger of Franklin The bride elect a 1960 Trap Hill High School graduate member of National Honor Society and Dramatic Club works for the U S Coast Guard in Washington DC The fiancé a Shepherd State College graduate attends George Washington University and teaches at Spring Brook High School Montgomery County Maryland They plan to marry March 31 and live in Washington afterward

Giles Tolliver Glen Daniel Betty Sue Virgil Denver Puffenberger G. L. Puffenberger Franklin Trap Hill High School National Honor Society Dramatic Club U. S. Coast Guard Washington, D. C Shepherd State Teacher College George Washington University Spring Brook High School Montgomery County Washington

Monnets Four By Miter Social Arrangement

A man sits at one end of a sofa sharing the space with two women so each companion can be spoken to without turning away. The arrangement highlights seating etiquette and social nuance in shared living spaces.

Charleston house tied to first U S weather bureau to be razed

A clapboard structure dating over 200 years and claimed as the country’s first weather bureau site in Charleston, described as Home of Doctor John Lining for early American weather observations from January 1738 to February 1753, is slated for demolition with a new building possibly replacing it.

Charleston S. C Weather Bureau John Lining America

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