Fashions Forecast a Lengthy Cool-Weather Summer 1953
A wardrobers dream unfolds as designers and fabric makers back a longer summer season with lighter, cooler clothes. Cottons, silks, and new fabrics bring softer, slimmer sheath lines, two piece suits with peplon jackets, and extended silhouettes for day and night wear. Chiffons lead fabric news, with cottons dominating price dresses and dark neutrals like navy gray and beige rising as summer favorites.
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Women's Wear Daily
Women’s Wear Daily
Girl Scout Troops Plan County Wide Senior Conference
Senior Girl Scout groups in Raleigh County met at the Bair Building Beckley to elect two delegates per troop and form a local planning board for a June county wide senior gathering. Miss Anne Hitze outlined a five point plan for first year senior scouts and the agenda for April 11 meetings. Representing troops from Eccles Shady Springs East Beckley Beckley and a new Beckley troop, members discussed delegate selection and future activities.
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Raleigh County
Bair
Beckley
John Boley
Councilorgram
Virginia Broaddus
Girl Scout Office
Anne Hitze
Hitze
Notable TV and Stage Figures Highlighted in Early 20th Century Life
A collage of personalities features Peggy Wood star of Mama and Lifet ime Living profile on her New York home, Red Buttons’ fitness routine, Nat Polen juggling radio and TV roles, and Dale Evans’s Angel Unaware benefiting the National Association for Retarded Children. The item notes questions about fame, fitness, and charity, with references to CBS and publishing efforts.
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Aby
Charlie Brooks
Peggy Wood
Cbs-Tv
San Francisco
Lifetime Living
Miss Wood
New York City
New York
Peggy Wool
Manhattan
Red Buttons
CBS TV
Nat Polen
Mr. Polen
Mark Douglas
CBS
Wendy Warren
The
Dr. Lawson
Captain Video
Nat
Wendy
Dale Evana
Robin Elizabeth
Fleming Revell Publishing Company
Hindu Wives Start Suits In New Delhi Court
Hindu wives file maintenance suits against uncooperative husbands at two per day in New Delhi. A woman magistrate handles cases, including a 75-year-old plaintiff and an 85-year-old spouse dispute over money for a son-in-law. About half ruled for wives, with monthly allowances peaking at 16.80 dollars. A stray note mentions a raspberry flavored marshmallow topping for desserts.
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New Delhi
India
Lions Club Style Show Tonight At WWHS Auditorium
Beckley community eyes an 8 pm style show at Woodrow Wilson High School auditorium to aid Lions Club preservation efforts and help sight-impaired individuals. Proceeds support glasses hospitalization and eye-testing efforts already in county schools. The program features The Woodrow Wilson Orchestra, multiple fashion segments, and local talent.
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Lions Club
Elks
Better Health Outlook For Men And Women
Better health trends may narrow the life expectancy gap between men and women as degenerative diseases are controlled, leading to longer lifespans for men. Women live longer now due to lower death rates from tuberculosis and pregnancy, while obesity and riskier job hazards partly explain the gap. Over time, sharper health gains could increase widow numbers and raise chances of couples living longer together.
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Lic Health
America
Louis J. Dublin
Institute of Life Insurance
Quick Pick Me Up Pattern Offer in 1953 Alice Brooks Book
Bulletin-style notice promoting crochet patterns from the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book. Readers are invited to mail twenty five cents per pattern plus five cents for first class mailing to Raleigh Register for Pattern 7260 and related designs.
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Alice Brooks
Raleigh Register
Household Arts Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Lion's Club Style Show Tuesday Evening
Local events page lists a Lion's Club fund raiser style show Tuesday at 6 p m in the Wilson Ward auditorium benefiting the club's sight preservation program. Other notices include Womens Circle and church activities plus a Beckley Art Group meeting on Thursday April 2 at 7 30 p m and Temple Circle rescheduling to April 9 7 30 p m led by Mrs Hardy Moore. Advice to brighten rooms by painting walls light and using draperies for more natural light is given.
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Beckley Art Group
Greenbrier
Joe Baker
Incidents in the Lives of People You Know
A long list of social notes records travel to Easter visits in Norfolk and Welch, hospital admissions, extended visits, and family movements. Names include Charles Sollons Long Branch. Miss Ova Miller. Mrs. John McCann. Lucie Mae Terry. Mrs. Neil Walker Portsmouth. James C. Hartley at Lockbourne Air Base. Earl Hall. E G Grogan. Ted Stover. Joe Fazio family. Hartleys and Jones families with moves from Beckley to Welch Norfolk and Dallas.
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Charles Sollons
Long Branch
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Ova Miller
John McCann
Stansbury St
Lucie Mae Terry
Norfolk
Neil Walker
Portsmouth Va
James A. Hartley
Hartleys
James C. Hartley
Lockebourne Air Base
Columbus
Earl Hall
East Prince St
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
E. G. Grogan
South Kanawha St
Welch
Dante Castredale
Grogan
Welch Garden Club
Welch Woman's Club
Europe
China
Ted Stover
Calloway Heights
Charlottesville
University Hospital
Joe Fazio
Traveler's Lane
Frank Fazio
Welch Hospital
W. R. Fugitt
College Ave
New York City
McAlpin Hotel
C. C. Carlton
Detroit
Mich
Mankin Ave
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Greenbrier
White, Sulphur Springs
Beckley
Sanders
Robert L. McCormick
Logan
Palmer Far,ier
West C St
Brenda Bowles Honored At Party
The seventh birthday of Brenda Bowles was observed Saturday at a party given by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowles at their Stamford home. Games were played and prizes awarded. Attending were Phyllis Souder Pegey Ann Smith Butch Smith Billie James Miller Brogan Jin Stanley Jerry Wayne Ada Bowles Pegey Smith Nan Smith Janet Smith Addie Harrah Claudia Allen Garnet Cline Virginia Cline Helen Dunn Delores Bowles Charles Lanner Linda Denny Barbara Sue Scott.
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Brenda Bowles
Charles Bowles
Stamford
Phyllis Souder
Pegey Ann Smith
Butch Smith
Billie James
Miller Brogan
Jin Stanley
Jerry Wayne
Ada Bowles
Pegey Smith
Nan Smith
Janet Smith
Addie Harrah
Claudia Allen
Garnet Cline
Virginia Cline
Helen Dunn
Delores Bowles
Charles Lanner
Linda Denny
Barbara Sue Scott
Traffic Concentration on Limited Road Network
It is estimated that 60 percent of America's motor vehicle traffic is concentrated on 7 percent of the nation's road mileage. This indicates heavy load on a small portion of roads and implications for infrastructure planning.
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America
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Girl Scout Troops
Eccles
Charles Keesee
Dorothy McNamara
Margaret Cormack
Shady Springs
George Arthur
Louis Ann Bennett
Sue Taylor
East Beckley
Vivian Cox
Earl Rice
Jo-Ann Banker
Margaret Tolliver
Nancy Kautz
Trudge Windle
Beck
Ley
Toni Hanson
Judy Smith
Miss Hitze
WWHS
James M. Henderson
Beckley Lions Club
John Saunders
Dick Yates
William H. File
Earl R. Davis, Jr
Beth Anderson
Mary Charles Lewis
Nicky Joe Rahal
Johnny Evans
Shirley Ann Kendall
Lou Gravely
Judy Bazzarre
David Webb
Betty Harvey
John Peters
Hazel Scott
Lad
Lassie
Gene’ Morehouse
Susan Wilburn
Sharon Kay Richmond
Charlotte Fitzpatrick
Johnny Gates
Teri Thornton
Edward Earl Sherick
Shelia ‘Phillips
Beckley Elks Chvalier
Holand A. Hick‘ley
Georges
Sid Doherty
Don Barker
Mickey Reed
Gene Lusk
Fred Burdiss
George Grubb
Maggie Preiser
Mademoiselle Shop
Charlotte Reed
Lorrain Fleshman
Rose Marie Corey
Geneva Meadow
Tommy Tip Toe
Louise Breck
Gene Morehouse
Rahalls
Evelyn Stover
Walter Rap‘pold
Paul Ash
Delores
William Berbour, Jr
Grover Hedrick Jr
Barber Shop
Warren Richards
H. E. Warner
I Nolan Gunter
Henry Herring
Hansen Bang
J Spar
New York Dress Institute
Nettie Rosenstein
Dolman
Ry An
Superior Sterling Company
Bluefield
W. VA
Beckley Representatives
XY G. M._ AKERS
E. H. Cox
Lion's Club
W.w.els
Women of the Beckley Presbyterian Church
Circle No. 4
Methodist, ‘Temple
Hardy Moore
Omer J. Wright
McClure St
J. B. Thomas
Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital
Thomas
Dave McCullough
Tallahassee
Huntington
Edsel T. Jones
Bartlesville
Oklo
Alvin
Tex
Jones
Phillips Petroleum
John Boray
Revlon
Keto
Qwip
Quijo
Sepp
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