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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1966
Page
5
Beckley Newspapers invites women's organizations to send notices for regular or special meetings. Submit by 10 a.m. to appear the same day, with Sunday notices due by Saturday 10 a.m. Melvola Chapter No. 1 Eastern Star shifts from Tuesday to Wednesday at Masons Hall.
All committee members of Life Group report to Dry Hill. Prosperity Community Center, 3 p.m. for community judging. Parents of graduating seniors at WWHS, to plan graduation dance, County Courtroom, 7 30 p.m.
The Advisory Board of Beckley Assembly No 47, Order of the Rainbow for Girls, meets at the Masonic Temple on Howe Street at 7 pm Meanwhile the Raleigh County Park Board convenes in County Courtroom at 7 30 pm for a scheduling session.
Kappa Delta Pi hosts in Mrs Malcolm Shumate home at 123 Austin Ave at 7 30 p m Circle No 9 of Beckley Presbyterian Church meets at the church at 1 30 p m Mrs W R Monk is hostess Degree of Honor Lodge 56 holds a business meeting and drill practice at IOOF Hall N Kanawha St at 7 30 p m
Planning meeting for the 1957 Woodrow Wilson High School graduates set for 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Perfecto Ducal Jr on Stanaford Road. Attendees will organize event details and future communications.
The Women’s Improvement League meets at Mrs Nellie Martin’s home 112 Deegans Ave at 2 p.m. Mission Circle No 5 of Crab Orchard Baptist Church gathers at Mrs H J Reed’s Crab Orchard home at 7 30 p.m.
Orchard Valley Woman's Club announces the installation of officers at 7 30 p m in the Crab Orchard Baptist Church social room. Members are invited to attend this formal proceedings and welcome new leaders.
Prosperous Hills Garden Club hosts Mrs. Zettie Stewart in Prosperity at 7 30 p m for an evening gathering.
Fidelis Class of First Baptist Church and Sally McGinnis Bible Class of The Methodist Temple hold 7 30 p m sessions. Mrs A B Carney and Mrs Roy Keister act as hostesses.
The Curtain Callers hold a general meeting at The Palace Playhouse at 8 p.m. Elections of officers are on the agenda. Members are invited to attend.
Silver Star Rebekah Lodge convenes at IOOF Lodge Hall on North Kanawha Street at 7:30 p.m. Proceedings expected in the local fraternal calendar context.
Raleigh County Association for Mental Health and Raleigh County Health Center present a 7:30 p.m. program with Robert Dixon of Charleston as guest speaker. The Raleigh County Republican Women's Club meets at RC Republican headquarters near Embee's on Main Street at 7:30 p.m.
East Park residents gather for a 7 30 p m meeting at the lower auditorium of Welcome Baptist Church to discuss local concerns and organize community action.
Woman's Club of Central Street Church hosts at Mrs. Joseph Thomas home 104 Dock St at 7 p.m. Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club meets at New River Park Recreation Building at 8 p.m. Ministers' Wives Auxiliary of Winding Gulf District Association meets at Mrs. W. M. Jones home in Lester at 11 a.m.
Memorial service notices from Coal City Chapter No. 136 of the Order of the Eastern Star set for 8 p m on Monday. The event honors departed members and invites all chapter affiliates to participate in the service at the lodge hall.
Mrs. William Hasebroock head of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs spoke at the Beckley Woman’s Club Spring Luncheon at Black Knight Country Club. She traced early American women’s groups, urged volunteer service, informed citizen responsibility, and emphasized education and community improvement to preserve freedom and growth.
The 33rd annual convention of the Junior Department of the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs will be held May 13 to 14 in Parkersburg. Delegates from Beckley will travel Friday. events include reports, elections, arts and crafts awards, and a closing banquet at the Coliseum with River Bend Chorus providing entertainment.
Primrose Garden Club held a spring workshop at St Stephen’s Episcopal Church undercroft with a business session led by vice president Mrs G G Gallaher. Members planned evergreen and petunia plantings for New River Park as part of the beautification project and judged arrangements earning blue and red ribbons for members including Mrs Howard Griffith Mrs Herman Houchins and Mrs G C Stollings with others in attendance.
Hand-enamelled in white with splashes of yellow or other colors, mobiles once hung in nurseries now dangle from children’s ears as costume accessories. The playful trend ties nursery decor to party wear and personal style.
Cheddar cheese that dries out for regular eating remains useful says a gas appliance manufacturers association. It can be grated for cooking, with a half pound yielding about two cups of grated cheese.
A tip explaining how to distinguish raw from cooked eggs in the fridge. If you spin an uncooked egg, it will not spin like a top, while a boiled egg spins smoothly when placed on a saucer. This helps when preparing large quantities for picnics.
A junior thought he was ill after hanging up clothes for a week and accompanied by his mother to the doctor who diagnosed no illness. The incident reflects a mistaken self-diagnosis driven by ongoing laundry fatigue and parental concern.
The District 24 Rebekah convention is in Sophia with Sophia True Blue Rebekah Lodge as host. Registration at 1 30 p m, business at 2 30 p m, banquet at 6 p m, night session 7 30 p m. District officers and West Virginia Assembly attendees listed. yearly reports to be read and plaques awarded for best lodge report. Circle members from Sophia First Baptist Church to serve banquet.
H A Reid of Crab Orchard and Mrs S C Shockley of Shady Spring report the death of their brother Baron C Reid of St Mary's Idaho. Former Princeton resident. Dr and Mrs Charles W Merritt 1518 Harper Rd with Anne and Charles visited their daughter Miss Presley Merritt student at Fairfax Hall Waynesboro Va. MA and Mrs Ray Cook Oak Grove visited their son Noel Ray Cook and family in St Albans and Mr and Mrs Larry Cook in Dunbar and their granddaughter Miss Brenda Kay Cook a patient in Lexington Ky hospital.
Mrs Godby led a reading from Leaves of Gold at the Lydia Ormandy Circle May meeting of Memorial Baptist Church held at the home of Mrs Harold Blevins 108 Pershing St with co host Mrs Allen Bonds Jr The gathering included devotionals prayers reports on Pinecrest Sanitarium and Colin Anderson Center for the mentally retarded and plans for a rummage sale on June 11 A farewell gift was given to Mrs John Smith who is moving to Johnson City Tenn Attendees included many circle members and guests.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lemons of Tempe Arizona announce the birth of a son Steven John on May 4 at 9 40 p m in Doctors Hospital Tempe The baby weighed six pounds 12 ounces The mother is Beverly Ann Hayworth They also have a daughter Sheri 2 The maternal grandmother is Mrs Ruby Hayworth 120 Austin Ave and the paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs H L Lemons of Harlan Kentucky formerly Beckley West Virginia
An open house will be held Friday at 5 p.m. at the Lewis Center by the Lester Helping Aid Sewing Club, according to Mrs. James Lewis president. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited.
Keeping meat frozen requires 0 degrees Fahrenheit or lower. Do not refreeze thawed foods as quality and safety may be compromised.
Mr and Mrs Bobby G Acord announce a son Brian Scott born May 1 at 10 25 p m in Raleigh General Hospital weight four pounds Michael Edward Lilly announces a son May 2 at 8 33 a m weight six pounds 14 14 ounces Teresa Kay Miller born May 2 at 7 47 a m weight five pounds seven and 3 4 ounces Garrett Odell Starkey born May 2 at 10 05 p m weight six pounds 3 1 2 ounces Richard Wayne Thomas born May 4 at 8 21 p m weight six pounds 8 ounces Kenneth Edward Bly born May 4 at 11 32 p m weight six pounds seven and a half ounces
Glen White reports sonny Clower returns from Aberdeen Md to his father Hubert Clower. Jerry Fink on US Army leave from the Dominican Republic visits his mother Mrs Margaret Fink. A son born Monday at Raleigh General Hospital Beckley to Mrs Fink and her husband. The Fink family, relatives and guests gather amid the first family reunion since Garn er Fink's death two years earlier. Additional notes cover Heidelberg Germany departure for Ft Jackson S C, Bill Smith patient at Beckley VA Hospital, Mrs Guy Pittman home after Beckley Hospital surgery, and Ronald Duncan 5 ill with pneumonia at Raleigh General Hospital Beckley.
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