Clara Lobban Weds C L Post In Oak Hill Ceremony
Miss Clara Lobban daughter of Mr and Mrs Carrington Lobban of Harvey wed Charles Lee Post of Clarksburg at St Andrews Episcopal Oak Hill Friday May 7. Minnie Asman played marches, Lily of the Valley corsage. Best man Tom McHenry. Afterward dinner at Mountaineer Hotel and a wedding trip to Cincinnati Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Oak Hill
Clara Lobban
Carrington L. Lobban
Harvey
Charles Lee Post
Clarksburg
Minnie Belle Asman
James Laird
Stanley Maynard
Tom McHenry
Charleston
Lobban
Mountaineer Hotel
Mrs. Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Carrington the Lobban
Beckley Girl Weds Detroit Man in Woodward Ave Church
Miss Mary Kathryn Kidd daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E A Kidd Beckley wed Lor en Patrick Savage of Detroit Michigan The ceremony took place April 7 at Woodward Avenue Methodist Episcopal church The bride wore a beige suit with tan accessories and gardenia corsage Mrs Savage taught in Beckley and worked for W T Grant and Crowley Miller in Detroit The groom son of the late Mr and Mrs W Savage of Cleveland Ohio studied in Cleveland and joined the National White Tower business They reside at the Taft Hotel Detroit and plan to visit Beckley this week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Kidd
Lincoln Street
Beckley
Mary Kathryn Kidd
Loren Patrick Savage
Detroit
Michigan
Backhus
Woodward Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
First Baptist Church Adds 118 Members During Year
The First Baptist Church increased its membership to 1945 with 118 new members in the year ending May 1. West Virginia Baptists surpassed 1 000 000 members and the state convention raised 123 486.68 for missions, aided by a record $31,97R.69 in church receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
West Virginia
J Baptist Convention
Parkersburg
Beckley
Baptists
First Baptist Sunday School
West Virginia Baptists
Convention
This Week's Calendar of Service Men Canteen Activities
Local schedules list daily service events and Red Cross sewing and knitting sessions at Memorial building and Eunice. Groups from various churches and organizations coordinate surgical dressings and related activities through Friday with daily meetings and notable leaders named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abs. R. OK. Rubash
Prince Street
Noom
Red Cross
Memorial
Eunice
Local Doctors to Hear Sister Kenny at State Meet
Raleigh County doctors and wives plan attendance at the 76th West Virginia Medical Association meeting in the Daniel Boone hotel. Delegates include Dr. T. U. Vermillion Deb G Houser Beckley and others with wives and auxiliaries in attendance. Sister Elizabeth Kenny will demonstrate the infantile paralysis treatment and address a public meeting at the Shrine Mosque. Brigadier General Fred W Rankin M D will speak Tuesday evening along with noted medical professors from Cincinnati Michigan and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
West Virginia Medical Association
Daniel Boone Hotel
TU. Vermillion
Deb. G. Houser
Beckley
S. A. Ford
Bdwight
A. G. Bowles
Glen White
K. M. Jarrell
Henrietta Marquis
5. A. Ford
Ross P. Daniel
Raleigh County Medical Society
F. S. Harkelroad
W.C. Covey
Harkelruad
Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny
Minneapolis
Shrine Mosque
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Howard A. Swart
Charleston
Fred W. Rankin
American Medical Association
United State Army
Surgeon Generals Office
Washington, D. C
Henry Marks Goodyear
Olo Laryn
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Henry Field, Jr
University of Michigan Medical School
F. J. van Liere
West Virginia
University
W. H. Sebrell
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
Maryland
A. Wilbur Duryee
New York Postgraduate Medical School
Hos
Miss Cleo Wood to Report for Third Womans Army Training
WAAC enlistee Miss Cleo Wood of Affinity leaves tonight for Fort Oxte thorpe Georgia to begin basic training at the Third Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps training center. She attended Beckley College and worked at Lillybrook company store in Affinity for two years. Her family includes Henry Wood of Herndon and sister Mrs. D Homer Harvey of Beckley. Three brothers serve in the armed forces abroad and at sea. Delegates from Fayette County name Dr Eugene Carter Jr and others to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Marine Corps
Pacific
Mason Wood
United States Navy
Norfolk
Virginia
Jack Wood
Navy
Atlantic
Residents and visitors listed in local social notes
Mrs E H Wood and sons Eddie Howe and Billy head back from Florida. Seattle visitor Mrs Kitcheh GYhite, former Patricia Kent, stays with the Snyders in Moon Hope. Other locals host or welcome relatives from Cincinnati Pittsburgh Palm Beach Columbus Huntington and Phoenix while military families share travel and furlough updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Wood and Sons
Eddie Howe
Billy
Florida
Kitcheh Gyhite
Seattle, Washington
Phil Snyder
Moon Hope
Patricia Kent
Miss Nancy Brigaglio Initiated into Kappa Tau Phi Sorority
Nancy Brigaglio daughter of Mrs Casimo Briguglio of 106 Jefferson Street Beekley Beeckley was formally initiated into the Kappa Tau Phi scholastic sorority at Marshall College Huntington and chosen secretary of the organization. She is a Woodrow Wilson High School graduate who attended Beck ley College for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Brigaglio
Casimo Briguglio
Jefferson Street
Beeckley
Kappa Tate Phi
Marshall College
Huntington
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College
Beckley Girl Lydia Sessions Tracks a Big-Time Ballet Path
Lydia Sessions, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Sessions of Beckley, is gaining notice in Louisville Kentucky at the Courtney School of Dance. She appeared in Night Song with the Children's Repertory Ballet and in solos at Fort Knox and Memorial Auditorium. Reviewers praise her lyric gifts and potential as the first Hillbilly ballerina on the big stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Lydia Sessions
H. C.] Sessions
Callaway Street
Louisville
Kentucky
Courtney School of Dance
Little Theater of Dance Arts
Children's Repertory Ballet
Louisville Balet Company
America
Miss Sessions
Ores Sergievsky
Ballet Russe
Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Ballet ‘Healer
Aurora
Godman Field
Fort Knox
Sergievsky
Courtney
Memorial Auditorium
Louisville Times
Carl Frbele
Elizabeth Starks
Kevin Smith
The
Lilies Courtney
Lydia
H. C. Sessions
Calloway Street
Courtney Ballet Troupe
Children’s Repertory Ballet
Mabel Agee Engaged to James Marshall of Virginia
Mrs. Charles Elkin Agee of Farmville announces the engagement of Mabel Estelle Agee of Beckley to James Benjamin Marshall of Amelia Virginia. Both families list rural roots and education as anchors with plans for a summer wedding pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Estelle Agee
Virginia Man
Charles Elkin Agee
Farmville
Virginia
Beckley
James Benjamin Marshall
Amelia
Miss Agee
College High School
Farmville State
Mr. Marshall
R. A. Marshall
Amelia High School
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Charlies Elkin Agee
Stallard
Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary Forming in Beckley
Mrs Agnes Marlow of Parkersburg, department president of the Spanish American War Veterans Auxiliary, will organize a Beckley chapter. A meeting for prospective members is set for Tuesday evening May 18 at 7 30 in the Memorial Building American Legion rooms. All eligible women urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Ministerial Association
Presbyterian Church
Red Cross
Memorial Building
Women's
Raleigh County Medical Society
Methodist Temple
Singer
Raleigh
Robert E. Leg
United Daughters of the Confederacy
of Sophia
O. T. Prillaman
John C. Ward
Prince Street
The
First Christian Church
Sing
First Baptist Church
Derree of Honor Lodge
First Methodist
Heber Street
Arthur Rees
Agnes Marlow
Parkersburg
Spanish-American War Veterans Auxiliary
Beckley
American Legion
Navy Electrician's Mate Returns After Leave
Alan Wetzel, electrician's mate second class of the United States Navy, returned to his ship yesterday after a six day leave spent with his brother W. R. Wetzel of West Virginia Street and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mullins and family of Reservoir Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Wetzel
United States Navy
W. R. Wetzel
West Virginia Street
W.C. Mullins
Reservoir Road
Mother's Friend Brings Ease and Comfort to Expectant Mothers
A local helper known as Mother's Friend offers support to pregnant women, providing practical comfort measures and guidance to ease common discomforts. Community members note the service helps many expectant mothers manage pregnancy more smoothly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helns
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. L. Post
Register Social
Bessie Carroll
Group Number 14
Service Men
F. S. Harkletoad
Brotherhood of Railroad
White Pine Lodge
Raeleigh
We. W. Kite
Women's Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
Claude Britts
Beta Sigma Phi
Sam Roberts
Sopia
Raleigh General Alumnae
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley Junior Woman's Club
Park Avenue
K. D. Bowers
Funiee
Tin&p
Nosa
Eastern Star
Sinrer
Unti
RMF
Dirty Dozen
D. F. McKenzie
John Paghwti
Rea Cross
R. L. Reardon
Sister Kenny
WAAC
R. J. Burmeister
Harry Ross Barker
Marine
Parris Island
South Carolina
Aly
H. R. Barker
Maplewood Lane
Dida Pietrantozz
Rita Irene
Portsmouth, Virginia
Joe Torrico
122
Eighth Street
Gail D. Fisher
Lima
J. F. Cornwell, Jr
Collage Apartments
J. F. Cornwell
Palm Beach, Florida
Fritz C. Moore
Fritz
Columbus, Ohio
Charles E. George
East Prince Street
Bertie Farley
Sweet Springs
Zula Bodkin
Gertrude Cobb
Floyd MM. Sayre
B. H. Hopkins
Currough
Tennessee
Phoenix
Arizona
Hel
Mrs. Hopking
Fula Wray
Miss Ida
Belle McKinney
East Main Street
Huntington Seterday
Robert O Barrett
United States Army Air Force
T. R. Barrett
James Wells
Beckley Hotel
A.m
Marinet
Marie Ouspenskaya
Loretta Young
Teel School
Teel
Abby Applejack
Marie Kelly
William Hughbacher
Norval Vass
Floss
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Tau Kappa Alpha
Marshall
Masonic Lodge
Odd Fellows Lodge
Mr. Shroyer
R. T. Belcher
Vialet Maynor
W. Va
Beckley, W. VA
Mother
Embees
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