Beckley Art Group exhibit draws 400 spectators
The Beckley Art Group's 15th annual show in the Elks Club ballroom drew 400 attendees. Two paintings sparked controversy over Best of Show. top public vote went to Sayonara by Ilva Farmer. Other awards went to Last Survivor, Amanda Earehart Jr., and Trees by Theodore Wilder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Art Group
The
Elks Club
A. Fray Lilly
Meyers Ave
Sayonara
R. O
Ilva
Fayetteville
Tams Tipple
Charles Earehart Jr
K. S. Lazenby
Theodore Wilder
James Wheeler
Charleston
Delta Kappa Gamma Chapter Hosts Founders Day Dinner
X chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma met at Beckley Elks Club with local members as hosts. An East program in Raleigh County Bank penthouse explored Economic Social Patterns in Asia with three speakers on natural resources, women’s status, and minority groups. Attendees included members from Fayette Wyoming Summers and Raleigh counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Kappa Gamma Society
Beckley
Elks Club
Leslie Carter
Bess Kate Snyder
Wayne Reynolds
Pioneer Women’s Committee
Willia Huddleston
Oak Hill
Raleigh County Bank
Asia
Robert A. Hatcher
Nancy Thorne
Alfred Hughes
Mona Wood
Topsy O'Dell
Boots Dilley
Fayette, Wy
Glen White Gardeners Name New Officers At Luncheon
The Glen White Garden Club held its annual luncheon at the Glass House where new officers were introduced. Incoming President Mrs. Robert Parker, Vice President Mrs. John Fleshman, and Secretary-Treasurer Mrs. Corda Riffe were announced. A film on Spring time in Holland was shown and a flowering crab tree was presented to outgoing President Mrs. Manning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen White Garden Club
Glass House
A. E. Manning
Robert Parker
John Fleshman
Corda Riffe
Holland
Manning
E. B. Wray
G. E. Sinclair
W. E. Straughan
B. F. Williams
George Gardener
E. K. Kent
Echidna Hunts Ants With Sticky Tongue
The echidna is a toothless creature that feeds on ants by capturing them with a wet sticky tongue.
National Music Week highlights on WOAY TV and school choir
In observance of National Music Week the trio of Mrs. Alex Breck enridge III Mrs. Duff D. Daniel and Mrs. B. K. Peter with Mrs. George Piper will appear Thursday at 1 30 p m over WOAY TV on Visit With Hazel instead of Tuesday They are part of the Monday Music Club Mrs Oscar Williams will present the ninth grade Choir at Beckley Junior High School at 1 30 p m Tuesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Breckenridge III
Duff D. Daniel
B. K. Peter
George Piper
Woay-Tv
Hazel
Oscar Williams
Beckley Junior High School
Visits in Beckley by Ohio woman and kin in Kentucky
Mrs. Martha Daugherty of Dayton Ohio has been visiting two weeks with her son in Beckley. This weekend she joined the Carters to Stone Kentucky to visit Rev and Mrs Hawthorne Bur graff. She will stay for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Daugherty
Dayston
Ohio
E. E. Carter
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Mrs. R. R. Botkin of Welch will undergo surgery at Stevens Clinic Hospital Tuesday morning. Mrs. Alan Handy and infant son Alan Ray left for Rochester to join her husband after visiting her mother in Sophia. Alan Ray, born March 22 at Beckley Hospital, is the Handy child. Airman 3 C Gordon Wolford, after training at Amarillo, is on a 15 day leave with his parents in Sophia before reporting to a base in El Paso. Carson Crawford, 8, treated for burns from clothing catching fire at Little Beaver Lake during a fishing trip with his uncle in Daniels. Two Beckley girls Kay Weikle and Diane Bridi were elected to Alpha Sigma Tau offices at Concord College. Weikle named vice president and Bridi treasurer. Mrs. Leola Wall and Mrs. Ernest Richards attend funeral of their uncle Charles Withrow in Michigan.
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Alan Handy
Alan Ray
Rochester
N. Y
Ray Johnson
Sophia
Beckley Hospital
Handy
Wanda Johnson
C. Gordon Wolford
U. S. Air Force
Amarillo
Tex
Carson Crawford
Galen Crawford
Blue Jay
Raleigh General Hospital
Little Beaver Lake
Jack Bryant
Daniels
Beckley
Kay Weikle
Roscoe Weikle
Hill St
Diane Bridi
Edward Bridi
Harper Rd
Alpha Sigma Tau
Concord College
Athens
Weikle
Miss Birch
Carolyn Pantili Wilson
War
Catherine Ramsey
Mullens
Chris Knuth
Elkins
Beckley Women’s groups schedule Monday meetings
Monday notices list events for Beckley area groups including Parent-Teacher Association at Beckley Junior High School 7:30 p.m. Fun With Music Club at Mrs Maxwell Ott 311 Highland St family night 6:30 p.m. West Virginia Hairdressers unit 9 in Appalachian Assembly Room 7:30 p.m. Newcomers Club at Coca-Cola Social Room 7:30 p.m. Highland Garden Club May luncheon at Black Knight Country Club 1 p.m. and more club activities across Beckley Shady Spring districts Senior High Youth Department and other community groups meet at various homes and clubrooms.
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Parent-Teacher Association of
Beckley Junior High School
Black Diamond
West Virginia
Crab Orchard Baptist Church Social Hosts Women Club
Mrs. Rosetta Flint and Mrs. Carl Bunch hosted a mission circle social at Crab Orchard Baptist Church in the church social room at 1 30 p.m. Attendees were invited to join the Mission Circle No 1 and socialize before the main gathering at Howe Street at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Ray Yates
Crab Orchard
Howe St
Rosetta Flint
Carl Bunch
Women of the Church Event at St Stephens Episcopal
Thursday evening at 8 p m Women of the Church meet at St Stephens Episcopal Church for a gathering in the parish hall with fellowship and program plans.
Pre Episcopal Churchwomen To View Slides On European Cathedrals
The Churchwomen of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church meet at 8 p m Thursday to view slides of European cathedrals by Clement Schulte a local florist Mrs Paul B Earwood will return from the Diocesan Convention in Huntington to report and install new department chairmen and the new vice president Mrs Thelma Brown Mrs Emily Meyers also will participate in the session
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Schulte
Europe
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Paul B. Earwood
Huntington
Gund
Thelma Brown
Emily Meyers
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Oming
Summers
Raleigh
Glen White Gardeners
Monday Music Club
Hill’s Hill
Bedee
Kentucky
Hill and Hill
America
Wall and Hill Distillery CO
Louisville
R. R. Botkin
N. Oakwood Ave
Stevens Clinic Hospital
Welch
Susie Handy
Leola Wall
Ernest Richards
Gatewood
Charles Withrow
Michigan
Woman’s Department of
Coca-Cola
Highland Garden Club
Black Knight Country Club
Shady Spring District
Woman's Club
Larkin Philpott
Shady Spring
White Oak Road
Women’s Club of
Park Ave
American Legion Auxiliary Unit No
Memorial Building
Fernwood Garden Club
Anthony J. Sparacino
S. Oakwood Ave
Melvola
Order of Eastern Star
Heroines of
Jericho
G. St
Club of
Bethlehem
Masonic Temple
Avey
Wm. F. Watts
R. D. Watts Insurance Agency, Inc
Bair Building
Beckley Dial
Women of the Church
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
St. Francis Guild
St. Cecelia's Guild
Portland Cement Association
West Broad Street
Columbus
Portland
Gilbert D. Morehead
Bluefield
Virginia
Morehead
C. B. Foglesong
Ruth Ellen
Dane
Appalachian Power Company
Ans
Roanoke
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