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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1961

Page

5

Citywide honors for Hedrick and Clemens at BSP Founder's Day

Mrs Erland H Hedrick was named Citywide Honorary Member of Beta Sigma Phi at the Beckley event. Mrs Jack Clemens earned City Council Girl of the Year honors for her year as council president. Presentations were made by BSP leaders and Miss Bette Lou Evans. The gala drew about 375 people from 24 states and two foreign countries.

Erland H. Hedrick Beta Sigma Phi Jack Clemens BSP Beckley Elks Club Clemens Fredric F. Friar Bette Lou Evans Sigma Chapter Hedrick Sigma Miss Evans Sigma Group Xi Alpha Delta Raleigh County Society For Charleston Bsp James Thaxton City Council New Les le Cox Mrs. Ritter Hinton

Judea Shrine installs officers at annual ceremony

Nellie McComas was installed as worthy high priestess and Burns Roberts as watchman of shepherds at Judea Shrine No. 13 White Shrine of Jerusalem ceremony in the Masonic Temple on Howe Street. The event featured yellow rose decor, special music, an outgoing gift to Mrs. George Shriver, a past officers pin for Robert L. Amick, and a long list of elected and honorary officers and committee chairs.

Nellie McComas Burns Roberts Judea Shrine No. 13 Shepherds Masonic Temple Howe Street Fred Pennington Ralph Starkey Cochairman Sandra Shriver Jane Prince Billy Simmons Worthy Herald Charles Honaker S. Earl Snead Grady Morgan T. R. Wilson T. T. Prince Irby Webb John Rupe G. E. Hedrick W. H. Fox

Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know

Mrs. E. E. Bibb remains in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital for observation after admission Sunday. Miss Nancy Boyd, Raleigh County home demonstration agent, will attend a clothing course at Jacksons Mill with Miss Ruth E. Knoch WVU Morgantown directing. Weekend guests for Rev. and Mrs. Roy S. Coe include Hebrew Greenleaf family and Everette Cowan from Bartlett Ohio. Out of town wedding guests for Miss Nuala Fourney and Edward P. Roberts Jr. noted from Virginia, Maryland, Cincinnati, Charleston, Crumpler, Ravenswood and Lexington Louisville. Mr. Jess Richmond and Mrs. Virginia Burgess visiting Lexington and Louisville to attend the Kentucky Derby May 6. Harold Deeds of Newport News spent time with Shady Spring parents. PVT James A. Fisher Jr. treated at Walter Reed spent weekend with Shady Spring parents. brother Thomas E. Fisher to Key West for advanced electricity schooling aboard USS Valley Forge.

Nancy Boyd Raleigh County Jackson's Mill Ruth E. Knoch West Virginia University Morgantown Roy S. Coe Maxwell Hill Hebrew Greenleaf Janet Everette Cowan Bartlett Ohio Nuala Fourney E. J Bill” Fourney Blue Jay Edward P. Roberts Jr Charles Liefried Virginia Gene Fourney Lexington Park Walter B. Houchens Cincinnati Molly DeLancey John DeLancey William James A. Fisher Jr Walter Reed Hospital Washington, D. C J. A. Fisher Shady Spring Thomas E. Fisher Valley Forge Norfolk, Va Key West, Fla

Harris Family Visit Highlights Charleston Weekend

Mr and Mrs Clyde Harris of Shady Spring visited for the weekend with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Gilmer Smith in Charleston.

Clyde Harris Shady Spring Mrs Gilmer Smith Charleston

Weekend trip to Washington ends with wedding attendance

Miss Beverly McClung of Skelton and Mrs. Kathleen Hess Calloway Heights returned after a weekend in Washington D C. While there they attended the wedding of an unnamed couple.

Beverly McClung Skelton Kathleen Hess Calloway Heights Washington, D. C

Rainbow hosts and artichoke note at reception

At the Judea Shrine installation reception Mrs Iby Webb Mrs Ralph Starkey and Mrs Andrew Ellison served as hosts with Sandra Shriver and Jane Prince managing the Rainbow for Girls guest book and Mrs Fred Pennington chairing the hostess committee California stands alone as the artichoke producing state introduced before 1900 by Italian immigrants The Rev Dr Edmund A Steimle Lutheran radio speaker has been named a homiletics professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York AP

Judea Shrine Iby Webb Ralph Starkey Andrew Ellison Sandra Shriver Jane Prince Assembly of Rainbow For Girls California New York Edmund A. Steimle Union Theological Seminary

Death notice of Mrs. Maggie Snow in Virginia

Roy Y. Davis of McAlpin reports the death of his aunt Mrs. Maggie Snow of Quarry, Virginia. Mrs. Snow, 68, had a brother Will Jones in Rainelle. Funeral services for Mrs. Snow were held in Virginia on Wednesday.

Roy Y. Davis McAlpin Maggie Snow Quar‘ry

Coming Events for Women’s Groups in Beckley

Women's notices invite church and club calendars via CL 3-3321 or mail to Beckley Newspapers. Notices by 10 a.m. used same day. Sunday items reserved by 1 a.m. Saturday. Monday gatherings include Just-A-Mere Club at Mrs Braxton's 1303 F St, 6 p.m Friendly Arts Club at Mrs Ritchie 111 Booker St Deb Club at Park Ave clubhouse 7 p.m Chaminade Music Club meets at El Chico 6 15 p.m. Wednesday Beta Rho Chapter Beta Sigma Phi holds jewels ritual and officer installation at Bowl Wick 8 30 p.m.

Woman’s Department of Beckley Beta Rho Beta Sigma Phi

Tuesday Court and Club Notices for Raleigh County

Community notices list events from Catholic Daughters at St Francis de Sales Parish Hall to Girl Scout dinner at Teel Elementary School. Also includes Columbine Garden Club at 225 Fairview Ave and Bethlehem Chapter Eastern Star and Mission Circle at Crab Orchard Baptist Church with meetings in the afternoon and evening.

Paula Catholic Daughters of America St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Raleigh County Teel Elementary School

Wednesday club meetings and installations announced

Navy Mothers Club hosted by Mrs T B Callahan at 2301 S Kanawha St 7 30 p m Royal Neighbors of America meets at Camp Beckley Eagles Hall Woodlawn Ave 7 30 p m Captain James Allen DAR chapter holds annual luncheon hosted by Mrs R J Burmeister at Black Knight Country Club 1 p m Xi Alpha chapter Beta Sigma Phi installs officers at Mrs Sally Collier home 101 Temple St 7 30 p m

Navy Mothers Club T. B. Callahan S. Kanawha St Royal Neighbors of America Camp of Beckley Eagles Hall Woodlawn Ave James Allen Daughters of the American Revolution R. J. Burmeister Black Knight Country Club Beta Sigma Phi Sally Collier Temple St

Mission Circle No 3 meeting at Crab Orchard Baptist Church

The Thursday gathering of Mission Circle No 3 meets at the Crab Orchard Baptist Church hosted by Mrs Basil Wilcox at 1 p m. The card notes the location and host for the church group activity.

Crab Orchard Baptist Church Basil Wilcox

First Christian Church Family Night Dinner Event

Family Night at the First Christian Church features a covered-dish dinner and a Men’s Classroom session at 7:30 p.m. All attendees welcome to share in fellowship and discussion.

Christian Women's Fellowship of First Christian Church Christian Women's Fellowship of the First Christian Church

Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery New Healing Substance

New York report states science has found a healing substance that shrinks hemorrhoids, stops itching, and relieves pain without surgery. In trials, patients experienced gentle pain relief and actual shrinkage, marking a potential breakthrough for non surgical treatment.

New York, N. Y

Odds favor against baby with large family in Barre

The UPI report notes unlikely odds of 50 million to one as baby Charles Robert Hayward III has six grandmothers and great grandmothers alive in Barre, Vermont.

UPI Charles Robert Hayward III

Clubwomen Install Officers At Banquet Thursday

The Sha dy Spring District Woman's Club annual banquet will be held at the Beaver Lions Club at 6 30 p m Thursday. Miss Florence Croft from Nuttall High School Lookout will be guest speaker and new officers will be installed. Croft, holding A B from Concord College and M A from Peabody College, appeared in Horn In the West and teaches English at Nuttall while sponsoring the Dramatic and Thespian clubs. The Mission Circle of Daniels Community Church hosts the event. plans are led by Mrs Larkin Philpott Mrs Paris Shrewsbury Mrs Gladys Wills and Mrs Waughbilla Bucy.

BSP City Council Coca-Cola Thomas McManamay Gamma Gamma Chapter Carl W. Cook Sigma Violet Vandall Beta Lambda Ralph Schrader Isabelle Beaver Lions Club Shady Spring Croft Concord College Peabody College Appalachian State College North Carolina Nuttall School Daniels Community Church Larkin Philpott Paris Shrewsbury Gladys Wills Waughbilla Bucy

Elevator fancy on Enterprise needs no crowding

Newport News Va AP reports the nuclear powered carrier Enterprise features four elevators each over 4000 square feet on deck, aluminum built to cut weight. Each elevator weighs 105 tons and contains more than one and a quarter miles of aluminum beams spanning one to ten feet deep, sized for two city lots per surface.

Newport News Navy Enterprise

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Soronty D. W. Ritter Troses Jan Campbell Great Smokey Mountains Tenn Glen White Garden Club Alice Maschal B. F. Williams Robert B. Parker G. C. St. Clair Parker Raleigh County Garden Council Conservation Department Stanaford Women of the Moose Moose Lodge Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Glass House Baracca First Baptist Church Tennessee Vanderbilt Nashville University of Virginia Charlottesville University of Tennessee Knoxville White Shrine Jerusalem George Shriver Robert L. Amick Watchman Vass Beta Kappa Mike Linkous Gam Ma Gamma Doreen Bachus Xi Beta Jack Lela Hawley Courier Shriver Flower Girl Richard Presley Kahn Felter E. S. Pugh Canterbury and Amick R. L. Cawley Lilly Pennington Florence Webb E. G. Larrick R. B. Armentrout Davis Mullins Thomson Mr. Arnold Sunshine Webb McKenzie E. E. Bibb Oakwood Ave F Satlebeg Beckley Hospital Jess Richmond Park Ave Virginia Burgess Orchard Ave Lexington Louisville Harold Deeds Mrs. Worthy Harris Donna Toney Johnny Webb Alexandria, Va Mrs. D. C. Toney Milady N. Fayette CL Just-A-Mere Nathaniel Braxton F St Friendly Arts Club Eva Ritchie Booker St The Woman's Club of Chaminade Music Club el Chico Columbine Garden Club Bethlehem Order of Eastern Star Howe St G. M. Powers Bell-Ans Ous BELL ANS Orangeburg N. Y American Bar Association Beckley National Bank Neville ST Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Reserve System
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