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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1961
Page
5
Five hundred tickets for the first Saturday night performance of Honey in the Rock on July 11 are in the hands of members of the Woman's Club of Beckley led by Mrs H T Gibson of the Civic.
Beckley Presbyterian Church circles will meet Thursday with chairmen and hostesses at multiple addresses and times including 10 a m and 1:30 p m sessions. Clubs prepare tickets and brochures for Civil War drama opening June 27 with 1000 seats sold in reserved and general sections.
J R Simmerman returned home at 108 Franklin Ave after a week in Raleigh General Hospital. He remains confined to home. Miss Drema Richmond, 111 Boothe Ave, on a 10 day vacation in Washington DC with friends and relatives. Wesley Hedrick Jr of Denver spent Saturday with his parents, whose son is ill. Earl Yates and daughter will attend a music recital by Richard Yates at West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon. Mrs Albert Acord returns from Jacksonville to Lester with family visiting.
Xi Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority plans a water safety program at the 7:30 meeting in the Appalachian Assembly Room. Miss Dofeen Eachus, program chairman, announces Mrs H Harvey will teach the first lesson with cohostesses Mrs Glynn Cook and Miss Ira Wiseman.
Embroidered quilt features 50 state birds in alternating blocks with hot-iron transfer motifs and color chart. To order send 25 cents to Anne Cabot, The Raleigh Register, 1150 Ave. of Americas, New York 36, N Y. Add 10 cents for first class mailing per pattern. Include name address with zone and pattern number.
Guests at the Captain James Allen Chapter DAR May luncheon at Black Knight Country Club include Mrs Truman Sayre and others. Mrs Floyd M Sayre announced the 16th annual Southern District Meeting will be held here with registration at 9 a.m. and meeting at 10 a.m. at the Beckley Elks Club. Luncheon at 1 p.m. and tea at Mrs John McKenzie's Woodlawn Avenue home.
Advertisements in publications by the Knights of Columbus have generated more than 369,000 reader inquiries in the last year, including 50,000 applications for Catholic instruction by mail.
Two Beckley women were elected to West Virginia Association of Legal Secretaries offices at Charleston convention. Twyla Harcuff was re elected first vice president and Ethel Williams installed as second vice president. New officers include Phyllis Wallace president Charlotte Bedwell recording secretary Josephine Winter treasurer Betty Pope national director. Memorial service noted for deceased employers Hutchinson and Trail.
A night manager at a Pay Less gas station in Buffalo received a robbery from a bandit who escaped with $10. The incident occurred on the city’s east side as police investigate the theft.
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