Sigma Chapter Honors Pledges and Installs Officers
Sigma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority held a May 1 dinner in the Glass House private dining room to honor pledges. Pledge rites were conducted for Mrs. B E Calvert, Mrs. William Welch, Mrs. Chester Smith, and Mrs. Effie McVey, with others to be initiated later from Richmond and other locales. New officers installed include Jean Conley president and Jo Ann Tyree recording secretary, among others, with a speech on "Substance for the Art of Life."
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Glass House
Sigma Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
B. E. Calvert
William Welch
Chester Smith
Effie McVey
Donald Perdue
Jack Shumate
L. E.barrett
Richmond
Jean Conley
Jo- Ann Tyree
Arnold Mitchell
Velma Cantley
Norman Coffman
Helen Lilly
George Garland
Charles McMillion
W. A. Maynard
Ralph Schrader
BSP City Council
George Cales
BSP
L. E. Barrett
Nu Phi Mu
Richmond, Va
Jo Ann Tyree
Xi Alpha Gamma Plans May 23 Installation Meeting
Xi Alpha Gamma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sets a May 23 installation at Black Knight County Club with Mrs Danny Warren as new president. May 2 meeting at Mrs Leslie Cox’s home named officers and announced exemplar day May 16. A surprise shower for Mrs Bonnie Bragg preceded gifts and Mother’s Day remembrances while a hidden exemplar ritual is scheduled for three members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Warren
Xi Alpha Gamma
Beta Sigma Phi
Leslie Cox
Glen Ave
Mary Jo Holcomb
Sally Young
Carl Bunch
Martha Godby
Ira Kessinger
Bill Harsanyi
Gay Dillon
Doris Barker
Black Knight County Club
Ann Ballengee
Bunch
Cham Dunkley
Juanita Burdiss
Frances Meador
Bonnie Bragg
Cleveland
Ohio
Holcomb
Local Women's Groups Announce Meetings and Dates
Notices from Beckley Newspapers invite women's organizations to send meeting announcements by 10 a.m. for same day publication. Sunday listings must arrive by 10 a.m. Saturday. Details include Black Diamond Unit No 9 WV Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association Phil's Drive Inn 7 36 p.m. Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge 206 IOOF Hall Mabscott 8 p.m. Dorcas Circle Memorial Baptist Church 7 30 p.m. Lydia Ormandy Circle Memorial Baptist Church 112 Glen Ave 7 30 p.m. Beta Sigma Phi City Council installation Coca Cola Social Room 7 30 p.m. Servicemen's Wives Club Appalachian Assembly Room 7 30 p.m. Lad and Lassie Junior 4-H First Christian Church 7 p.m. bring project books.
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Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Beckley clubs and church groups schedule list
Tuesday events include Dee Demi Debs luncheon at the Terrace Room Beckley Winn Hotel and garden clubs at various homes and churches. Supper Circle and Divinettes meet at local venues. Wednesday features Eastern Star, Briarcliff Garden Club, Mission Circle activities, Senior High Youth dinner, and Beta Sigma Phi and Curtain Callers gatherings with times ranging from 1:30 to 8 p.m. in Beckley venues.
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Dee Demi Debs
Beckley-Winn Hotel
Golfer Scores Birdie Despite Escaped Bird On 18th
Bryce Miller carded his first bird on the 18th at Tennison Municipal, a 520 yard par five, but used his hat in place of an n. A weary blue parakeet escaped from a cage, flew over the course, and winded, yet Miller bogeyed the hole.
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Birdie Dallas
UPI
Bryce Miller
Tennison Municipal
Miller
Mother Nominated for Mrs Homemaker Contest in Beckley
Mrs John Mattalee Spriggs of Helen is nominated by daughter Mrs Joyce James of Beckley for the Mrs Homemaker of Southern West Virginia title. Nomination cites homemaking skill, cooking, grandparent duties, PTA, Little League and Boy Scouts involvement, church activity, and community service. Final judging May 12 at 4 pm. Mother’s Day honors May 13 at Raleigh County Armory.
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John ‘Mattalee
Spriggs
Helen
Homemaker
West Virginia
Beckley
Ricky
Woodrow Wilson High School
Parent-Teacher Association
Boy Scouts
Helen Baptist Church
Lyle Weagel
Barwood St
Raleigh County Armory
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
H. M
Mike” Eckler
Wesleyan Guild Donates To Center At May Meeting
The Wesleyan Service Guild of the Methodist Temple voted to donate 25 dollars from a candy sale to the Beckley Child Care Center and to send donations to schools backed by the Woman's Society of Christian Service. Guest speaker Miss Arlena Miller led devotions and the pledge service at Mrs. Harry Forren's Woodlawn Avenue home. The guild will provide refreshments for the Methodist Youth Fellowship on May 20, with Mrs. Sherwood Dunagan and Mrs. Lucille Highlander appointed to serve. Other attendees included Mrs. Bill Miles and several Misses Houchins, Barker, and Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Service Guild
Methodist Temple
Beckley
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Harry Forren
Woodlawn Avenue
Arlena Miller
Bladene Pickle
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Sherwood Dunagan
Lucille Highlander
Bill Miles
W. H. Carney
Dorcas Houchins
Elizabeth Houchins
Miller Jackson
Doris Barker
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Hal M. Scott of 400 S Kanawha St faces major surgery today at University Hospital Charlottesville. Pendleton family from Beaver return from Washington DC after the wedding of Dolores Pendleton to John Bigbee Jr. in Washington. James T Trail Jr aboard USS Mazama spent the weekend with his mother in Beaver. FE L Jones Crescent Rd and B L Jones South Kanawha St visited Mouth of Wilson Sparta and Radford. Johnny Jones attends Oak Hill Baptist Academy. Patricia Reid daughter of William C Reid of 235 Church St was honored at Founders Day ceremonies at Indiana University Bloomington for scholastic achievement.
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Hal M. Scott
S. Kanawha St
University Hospital
Charlottesville
James T. Trail, Jr
Mazama
J. T. Trail
Beaver
FE. L. Jones
Crescent Road
B. L. Jones
South Kanawha Street
Wilson
Sparta
N. C
Radford
Jones
Johnny Jones
Oak Hill Baptist Academy
Johnny
Serie Jones
Salt Lake City
Utah
Patricia Reid
William C. Reid
Church St
Indiana University
Bloomington
Miss Reid
Stratton High School 1959 and family travel notes
Mrs Whitt of Shady Spring returns home after two week visit with brother-in-law and sister in Carthage North Carolina. Her husband and daughter accompany her. Mrs Cooper of Odd discharged after surgery at Raleigh General Hospital. Daniel Glenn Snyder, 14, treated and released for foot injuries at Beckley Hospital.
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Obert Whitt
Shady Spring
Arnold Cook
Kay
Cheriee
Carthage
N. C
John Caponiti
Montaree
Melanie
Johnny
Mitzi
Earl Cooper of
Odd
Raleigh General Hospital
Daniel Glenn Snyder
William Snyder
Granville Ave
Beckley Hospital
D Hall Presents Tax Policy in West Virginia Senate Bid
D Hall argues no legislator matches his record on durable progressive legislation and education reform, citing support for teacher retirement and sick leave salary increases. He discusses the Gross Sales Tax, referencing the 1959 State Tax Study Commission and critiques of GOP-leaning lawmakers, advocating fair tax reform and industrial tax fairness.
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West Virginia
Afl-Cio
Miles Stanley
West Virginia State Tax Study Commission
D. D. Hall
State Senate
Birth of Larry Edward Miller in Raleigh General Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Dean Miller of Blue Jay welcome a son born April 13 at 11 40 p m in Raleigh General Hospital weighing 8 pounds 4 and 12 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Edward
Larry Dean Miller
Blue Jay
Raleigh General Hospital
Stops Constipation Due to Aging Colon
Aging colon muscles weaken with age causing dry stagnant waste and reduced urge. Doctors favor a new laxative principle for relief, claiming old bulks and salts cause gas and cramps. COLONAID offers three way relief targeting the lower colon for quicker results.
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New Colonaid
Colonaid
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Xi Alpha Gamma Chapter
J. C. Justice
Charles H. Sain
Rodney Webb
Harry Patterson
G. Childress
Lewis Fox
D. F. Cain
J. E. Sharp
Ross P. Daniel
L. T. Putman
Walter Duncan
D. O. Means
D. C. Hall
Dean Howen
Carl Drewry
C. Dunn
Black Knight Country
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D. E. Creager
D. C. Means
Webb
H. P. Meadows
The
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Paul Hutchinson
Emerson Smith
Robert Thacker
Roy Lucas
Ruth Searle
W. P. Griffey
L. L. Sch
Black Diamond
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IOOF
Mabscott
Dorcas
Memorial Baptist Church
Lydia Ormandy
Andrew Molina
Beta Sigma Phi City Council
Servicemen's Wives Club
Appalachian Assembly Room
Lad
Lassie
First Christian Church
Columbine Garden Club
Edward Corey
Reservoir Road
Beckley Garden Club
Druid Ave
Ray Magee
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Divinettes
Moose Club
Cathy Gunter
Order of Eastern Star
Malvola
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Jericho
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Coca- Cola
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Woman's Club of
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Crab Orchard
Riffe
Matrons Club of
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C. H. Felter
Virginia St
Beta Lambda
Gene Harvey
Bishop St
C. A. Phillips
Board of Education
O. A. Phillips Board of Education
Pol
John Spriggs
Eric
Reed
Barton Stieff - Rogers
Erig
Neville ST. Dial
Wesleyan Guild
Richmon
Stratton High School
Criminal and Juvenile Courts
Clays
Crouse
Pol. Adv
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Ance
West Virginia University
Ross Tuckwiller
Ernest K. James
Charles Love
Oo. D. Hall
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