Raleigh General Hospital Nurses Alumni Dinner Meeting
The Raleigh General Hospital Nurses Alumni Association held its annual dinner at White Oak Country Club Oak Hill. Officers were installed by Mrs James with pink and white carnations and Florence Nightingale Pledge. A $10 donation was approved to sponsor a diabetic child at Camo Galahad. plans for a July family picnic at James Farm Prosperity were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Oak Country Club
Oak Hill
Raleigh General Hospital Nurses Alumni Association
C. P. White
Sidney Fox
Henry Conway
Arnold
RG Nurses Alumni Association
McPherson
Pherson
Clifforn
Water James
James
Florence Nightingale
Edward Gallagher
Jay Philpott
William Harris
Dupuy Lilly
David Lickliter
Paul Vaughan
William Brown
Melvin Tolle
Vaughan
Camo Galahad
James Farm
Prosperity
R. G Broaddus
L. M. Halloran
Margaret Vegh
Margaret Clapperton
Roy Graybeal
John Fotos
Everett Riner
Walter James
Billy Brown
Joe Farris
Ted Wood
Harold Bradford
Fred Farris
Harry Moore
C. W. White
Arnold Mc
Wilee's Beauty Salon Ad Promises Complete Wave Set
An old ad shows Wilee’s Beauty Salon offering a cold wave with oil cream and shaping at 36.50. Evening appointments available, with parking in the rear.
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Wilee's
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Mr and Mrs Sam Thies and son Sammy return to 114 Lilly St after Mother's Day weekend with son Tom Thies a WVU sophomore guest of the Dolphin Show during Greater West Virginia Weekend. Also visiting is Miss Brenda Jackson of Azure St and Mrs G W Logsdon of Pittsburg Pa.
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Sam Thies
Sammy
Lilly St
Tom Thies
West Virginia University
Greater West Virginia
Brenda Jackson
Azure St
G. W. Logsdon
Pittsburg
Births and church meeting notes from Beckley area
Mary Evelyn Richmond and Michael Scott Williams and Danny Joe Richmond and Delbert Gale Harper are born in Raleigh General Hospital with weights 8 pounds 112 ounces 8 pounds 1 ounce 7 pounds 2 ounces and 6 pounds 2 ounces respectively. The Beckley Presbyterian Supper Circle meets Tuesday at 6 pm on Floor C with Mrs James Bible chairing and various helpers decorating tables.
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Mary Evelyn
John Eugene Richmond
Beaver
Raleigh General Hospital
Michael Scott
Earl Herman
Williams
Prosperity
Robert Richmond
Glen Daniel
Danny Joe
Delbert Gale
Rev Elwyn Harper
Beckley
Beckley Presbyterian Church
James Bible
James W. Witherspoon
Roy Brash
Nash Campbell
J. A. Clemens
Nancy Cresap
Lois. Edmundson
Frederick Friar
Elizabeth Garnette
Albert Kinney
Margaret McLean
Madge Richardson
Mabel Sampson
Elizabeth Staples
W. D. Wren
Sgt Griffith Returns From Germany On 30 Day Leave
The article notes Sgt Griffith and his wife Mrs Kreszenz Pessi Griffith touring Florida during his 30 day leave from Fort Belvoir Virginia. He is brother of Glen Morgan and Clarence Griffith of Shady Spring and attended Woodrow Wilson High Beckley College and Concord College. He served in Germany in World War II and was in the National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Pack
Glen Morgan
Clarence Griffith
Shady Spring
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College
Concord College
Athens
Germany
Griffith
Kreszenz Pessi
Nicholas Pessi
Munich
States
Sgt. Griffith
Jacksonville
Gainesville
Fla
Ft. Belvoir
Commencement Concert Friday by Flying Eagle Band WWHS
The Flying Eagle Band of Woodrow Wilson High School performs Friday at 8 pm in the school auditorium. Director Glenn Sallack says it is the final concert for 32 seniors, with classics like Ariane Overture and Faust Prelude, plus lighter numbers and combined junior high pieces totaling 147 performers.
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Flying Eagle Band
Woodrow Wilson High School
Glenn Sallack
Glenn Miller
Voodoo
Diana
Elgar
Grundeman
Harold Spina
Knighton
Leroy Anderson
Harold Walters
Richard Buck
Benefit party yields proceeds for cancer fund in Beckley
Royal Neighbors of America Camp of Beckley sponsored a Thursday night benefit at LOOF Hall on Main St. Prizes were awarded in bridge and canasta with winners including Miss Ida Pitotli and Mrs Lucy Ramieh for bridge and Mrs T L Humphries and Miss Augusta Bridwell for canasta. Other prizes went to Mrs W P Gardner and Mrs Humphries.
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Royal Neighbors of America
Camp of
Sunday Guests Visit Area Families
Sunday visitors gathered at homes across the region including Mrs. L. W. Okes in Flat Top with Luther Okes family and Lillie Cole relatives in Flat Top and Shady Spring. Beckley hosted Richard Rose and Hume Rose, while Lugar Meadows remained in Raleigh General Hospital.
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L. W. Okes
Luther Okes
Paula
Suzette
Leon
Ghent
Lillie Cole
L. N. Cole
Linda
Larry
Shady Spring
Beckley
Richard Rose
Hume Rose
Lugar Meadows
Raleigh General Hospital
Hallie Shrewsbury Jr
Hallie Shrewsbury
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Sa Oote
Woman's Society of Christian Service
C. J. Gill
Whittaker
Gregory Payne Gill
Ginny Ross Pugh
Lisa Rae Smith
Richard H. Smith
Stanley
Women's Department of
Eagles
Woodlawn Ave
Beverly Music Club
Frank M. West
Westwood Dr
Raleigh County Association For Mental Health
Elks Club
Ioof Hall
Main St
Glass House
Beckley Hotel
G. W. Hippert
AAUW
Cohen
Neville
A. F. Bryson
American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Building
Floyd Sayre
Bill Fourney
C. Edwin’ Watkins
Ira Holli
Fred H. Logsdon
Fairview Ave
Myrtle Daniel
Crab
Ichard
Beckley Hospital
Pansy Meeks
Crab Orchard
Shel
Fred Roschi
Park Ave
Ralph Koiner
M. P. Honts
Linda Sue
Geb. Honts
Eagle Rock
Ruth Searle
Franklin Ave
White Sulphur Springs
Marvin Searle
Harry Whitesell
Carolyn, Russell Sr
Showalter
Iron Gate
Richard Williams
Dayton
Ohio
Mary E. Penn
Maplewood Lane
Frank Serge
D.C. Arnold
Oma Whitely
Roger
Wilcoe
Annie Smith
McDowell
Billie Owens
Davy
Charleston
William T. Blakely
Sam Thomson
A. Thompson
B. B. Richmond
Burl M. Compton
Hunter W. Miller
Princeton
Carl L. Cavendish
Alderson
T. R. Wilson
Grand
Order of the Eastern Star
West Virginia
Richmond
Virgina
John Marshall
Wilson
Golda Roark
Nitro
Grand Jurisdiction
Mary Washington College
University of Virginia
Fredericksburg
Fine Arts Center
Grace Ann Monroe
H. J. Monroe
U. S. Army
James D. Griffith
Rita Ann
Sannelora
10Th Special Forces, Airborne
Bad Tolez
New York
G. D. Griffith
Flying Eagles
Faust
Gounod
Johann Strauss
Glen Miller
Henry Gass
Montgomery Ward
Neville Street
Beckley Music & Electric
Princest
Snow Thornton Florist
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