Death of A Cooper Leaves 11 Children Nine Living
A Cooper died 24 years ago leaving 11 children with six surviving. Survived are three sons Edward of Beaver Lloyd Earl of Odd and three daughters Mrs Brian Wood Mrs Gracie Shrewsbury and Mrs Cole of Odd. Born at Abney she was daughter of Rufus and Sarah Jane Meadows. Brother Roscoe Meadows lives at Jumping Branch and sister Mrs Luda Farley at Odd. She was aunt of the late Clarence Meadows former governor of West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Cooper
Edward of Beaver
Lloyd
Earl of
Odd
Brian Wood
Gracie Shrewsbury
Cole
Abney
Cooper
Rufus
Sarah Jane McCormick Meadows
Roscoe Meadows
Jumping Branch
Luda Farley
Clarence Meadows
West Virginia
Episcopal Churchwomen Elect Guild Appointments Announced
Mrs. K. D. Bowers will serve as vice president and Mrs. Richard Godin as treasurer of St. Stephens Episcopal Churchwomen for 1963 64. Elected at the general meeting they join Mrs. Charles Lewis Jr. and Mrs. Douglas Coutlee as officers. Guild chairmen include Mrs. Paul Barwood Mrs. George W. Hodel Mrs. George Puckett and Mrs. Alice Flick. Additional appointments covering Christ Child education social relations devotional altar supply missions and other church activities were announced by Mrs. Lewis and the executive board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. D. Bowers
Richard Godin
St. Stephen’s Episcopal
Charles Lewis Jr
Douglas Coutlee
Paul Barwood
St. Mary’s
George W. Hodel
St. Margaret’s
George Puckett
Lewis
Russell Parsons
Guild of the Christ Child
Bowers
Christian Education
W. O. Sydnor
Duval Holliday
Christian Social
Richard Starr
De‘votional
Irene Griffith
H. B. Wyatt
Altar Guild
Helen Cranz
Supply and Missions
Harold Cook
Church Periodical Club
Russell Simms
Glen Neal
United Thank Offering
Holliday
Sydnor
Housekeeping
Yula Durrett
Robert Frilen
W. F.tams
W. T. Pilkington
W. D. Elliott
Community women invited to send event notices
The column invites women’s organizations to announce regular or special meetings. Send notices or club calendars to Beckley Newspapers Woman's Department or call 253 3321. Notices received by 10 a.m. are used the same day, with Sunday calendar items due by 10 a.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Jay-Dettes at Bank of Raleigh Civic Room event
Eliza Hunter hosts Home Department Class at Mrs Addie Smiths home on Hunter Street at 5 p.m. The Jay-Dettes meet in the Civic Room of the Bank of Raleigh at 8 p.m. for a community event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay-Dettes
Bank of Raleigh
Eliza Hunter
Addie Smith
Hunter Street
Westwood Garden Club Meeting Notes at Mrs Roberts Home
Westwood Garden Club hosted by Mrs. Chester Roberts at 1019 Woodlawn Ave convened at 7 30 p m for an informal gathering and discussion of upcoming floral events and club projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westwood Garden Club
Chester Roberts
Woodlawn Ave
Circle No 5 and Local Clubs Meet This Evening
Circle No 5 of Crab Orchard Baptist Church hosts 7 30 p m at Mrs Jim Fitzpatrick s home. Woman s Improvement League meets 1 p m at Mrs Louise Golston s home 209 Grant St. Woman s Club of Central Baptist Church gathers 7 p m at Mrs Kathleen Dobson s 1735 S Fayette St Fidelis Class of First Baptist Church meets 7 30 p m Prosperous Hills Garden Club holds important business meeting at Mrs W P Griffey s home 7 30 p m Beta Lambda Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Sorority regular meeting at Coca Cola Social Room 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Jim Fitzpatrick
Woman’s Improvement League
Louise Golston
Grant St
Woman’s Club
Central Baptist Church
Kathleen Dobson
S. Fayette St
Prosperous Hills Garden Club
W. P. Griffey
Beta Lambda
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Mother's Day Dinner Scheduled Sunday By Prosperity HD Club
The Prosperity Home Demonstration Club sets a 1 p.m. Sunday Mother's Day dinner at the Dry Hill Community Center. Proceeds from a chicken barbecue support the DHP Country Life Association. An exhibit by the 4-H Club is planned for May 20 at 7:30 p.m. at Prosperity Elementary, with a local Parent-Teacher meeting also on the docket. A lawn party at Beckley Child Care Center is planned for June 5 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prosperity Home Demonstration Club
Dry Hill Prosperity Community Center
Harry Neal
Walter James
Prosperity Elementary
Thomas Comer
4-H
DHP Country Life Association
Prosperity
Dry Hill HD
Beckley Child Care Center
Club Members Learn Interior Backgrounds Lesson
Mrs. James Woolwine presented a lesson on Interior Backgrounds using material prepared by Betty Lou Ramsey. The program covered design and technical details, sources for background materials, materials options, and first aid for informed interior background selection. Refreshments were served, and 15 members attended. a get well card was sent to Tobin Miller in Martinsburg VA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Stover
Special Projects
Tobin Miller
Prosperity
Veterans Administration Hospital
Martinsburg
James Woolwine
Betty Lou Ramsey
State Extension Home Furnishings
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Short community notes invite readers to call with items of wide general interest. The column offers contact details including a telephone number and extension for submitting notices.
Local Notes From Beckley Area Hospitals And Visitors
Miss Madrena Giammerino of Cord College Athens visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Victor Giammerino of Surveyor over the weekend. Mrs. Linsky of Cranberry is reported in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after major surgery Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. Lola McCoy of Stamford return from Daytona Beach, Fla. Sherman Angle Jr. expected to have left knee surgery at Beckley Memorial Hospital Wednesday after injury at Gulf Coal Co. mine in Tams. Visiting Angle Sunday were Willard Lafferty of Mount Hope and Mrs. Fannie Angle of Pax. A three day session will be held at First Baptist Church in Morgantown. Kermit I. Wilcox of Beaver, after surgery in Raleigh General Hospital, is in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrena Giammerino
Concord College
Athens
Victor Giammerino
Surveyor
Judy Rule
Belva
John Linsky
Cranberry
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Sherman Angle Jr
Angle
Gulf Coal Co
Tams
Willard Lafferty
Mount Hope
Fannie Angle
Pax
First Baptist Church
Morgantown
Raleigh General Hospital
Kermit I. Wilcox
Beaver
Mrs Harry Wyatt Undergoes Major Surgery In Raleigh
Mrs Harry Wyatt of 306 Wyoming Ave reports in satisfactory condition after undergoing major surgery Monday at Raleigh General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wyatt
Wyoming Ave
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley Delegates Attend 18th UCW Convention
Beckley delegates Mrs. French Davis Mrs. J. E. Sharp Mrs. Pearl Burkett and Mrs. L. C. Gwinn left Beckley to attend the 18th annual state convention of United Church Women as Beckley Council representatives. The meeting was at 77 IOOF Hall on Valley Drive at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Davis
J. E. Sharp
Pearl Burkett
L. C. Gwinn
Beckley
United Church Women
Beckley Council
UCW
Beta Sigma Phi Mother Daughter Dinner at Bowl-Wick
Beta Sigma Phi sorority invites Beta Lambda Chapter members and their mothers to a Mother Daughter Dinner at Bowl-Wick at 6 30 p m. The event provides an evening of fellowship and dining for chapter members and their guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Lambda
Beta Sigma Phi
Beckley Junior High PTA to Elect Officers at 7:30 PM
Beckley Junior High School Parent Teacher Association schedules officer elections at 7 30 in the evening. Members urged to attend and participate in the leadership vote.
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Parent-Teacher Association of
Beckley Junior High School
New Hope Baptist Church Banquet at 7 P.M.
New Hope Baptist Church invites attendees to a banquet at the church at 7 p.m. An event notice highlights a community gathering with refreshments and fellowship.
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New Hope Baptist Church
Mrs Bolen’s Household Shower Hosted in Richmond
Mrs. Robert Bolen, newly married, received a household shower Thursday in the Richmond Recreation Room. The event was hosted by Mrs. Toney Fallares, Mrs. Robert Walker, Miss Karen Gilliam, Miss Sandra Miller, and Miss Joan Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bolen
Toney ‘Fallares
Robert Walker
Karen Gilliam
Sandra Miller
Joan Walker
Richmond Recreation Room
Mrs Louetta J Thomas Eyesurgery Planned at Raleigh General
Mrs Louetta J Thomas of 208 Woodlawn Ave was scheduled to undergo eye surgery today at Raleigh General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louetta J. Thomas
Woodlawn Ave
Raleigh General Hospital
Mrs Susie Smith Admitted After Asthma Attack
Mrs Susie Smith of McAlpin was admitted Saturday to Beckley Hospital after suffering an asthma attack at her home.
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Susie Smith
McAlpin
Beckley Hospital
Florida Antimosquito Association opens 34th meeting
In Jacksonville Florida the Florida Antimosquito Association opened its 34th annual meeting on Monday with the motto Keep everlastingly at it. The event gathers researchers and public health officials to discuss mosquito control strategies and research developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville, Fla
UPI
Florida Antimosquito Association
Flying Age: 6500 pupils get Mozart program
In Los Angeles teachers handed out programs to 6,500 grade school pupils after a performance of Mozart exacted by planes on stage. Dr William C Hartshorn explained the shift noting previous years saw 6,000 airplanes on stage at the start of a program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flying Age
Los Angeles
UPI
William C. Hartshorn
Clarinet Quartet Featured at Shady Spring District Club Banquet
Mrs Larkin Philpott introduced the clarinet quartet at the SSDWC spring banquet. SSHS band students Ruth Prewitt Linda Lilly Wylene Shepherd and Katie Miller performed Beautiful Dreamer and Sweet and Low. Beavers Lions Club clubhouse hosted the event as new officers were installed by Mrs Fred Hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring District
SSHS
Beaver Parent-Teacher Association
SSDWC
Beaver Lions Club
Fred Hurt
Woman’s Club of
Beckley
West Virginia
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J. H
Bud) Cole
Tracy Shrewsbury
Douglas Epling
Timothy Dwayne
Mrs. Cooper
Episcopal
Boston
Ballengee Furniture Co
Valley Dr. N
Fidelis
Prosperity HD Club
L. M. Armstrong
Lola McCoy
Stamford
Daytona Beach, Fla
Ioof Hall
Valley Drive
Silver Star
Rebekah Lodge
Beckley Hardware
Een
Heber St
Dacron
Are
Wylene
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Raymond V. Eye
Alan Staton
Philpott
G. M. Powers
the Complete Variety Store
ALL Murphy
Iorealaba
Steterteaserre Sara
Goide
Capr
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