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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1959

Page

2

Ladies Auxiliary Meets Library Advisory Leader on Bookmobile

The Ladies Auxiliary of VFW met at Mrs. Nancy Hughes home with Mrs. Walter Cooper head of the Raleigh County Library Advisory Committee speaking about the bookmobile. Mrs. Virginia Kennedy, bound for Portland, was honored with a gift and Mrs. Harold K. Lilly was named to fill the vacancy. Attendees included Decci Williams, Mrs. Hazel Taylor, and Mrs. Mary Thompson. The next meeting is scheduled for the last Thursday in June. Tomy Lee won the Kentucky Derby, the second foreign-bred horse to do so after Omar Khayyam in 1917.

Walter Cooper Raleigh County Library Advisory Committee The Veterans of Foreign Ware Nancy Hughes Virginia Kennedy Portland Ore Harold K. Lilly Decci Williams Hazel Taylor Mary Thompson Tomy Lee Omar Khayyam

Bridal Shower Honors Fay Rothlisberger in Richmond

Miss Fay Rothlisberger, bride elect of John Fink, was honored at a bridal shower at 7 30 p m Saturday in the Richmond Recreation Center.

Fay Rothlisberger John Fink Richmond Recreation Center

Beckley clubs plan dinners meetings and social events

Beckley notices list events for women groups and social clubs including dinners at Beckley Hotel Maxwell Hill Elementary School meetings Poinsetta Savings Club and Beta Sigma Phi. The column notes notices due by 10 a.m. for same day use and lists attendees for a wedding shower with a pink and white theme and many hostesses and guests. The bride elect Miss Rothlisberger and fiancé plan to marry June 20 at The Methodist Temple in Washington D C.

Woman's Department of Beckle Floyd Rothlisberger Franklin Ave J. Pierce Fink Allen Ave Methodist Temple Washington, D. C Miss Rothlisberger Walter Reed Hospital Columbia Tech College Altures Hotel

Beckley WSCS Memorial Service Highlights Youth Aid

Beckley Women’s Christian Temperance Union held a memorial service for deceased members and addressed juvenile delinquency. Guest speaker Mrs. Robert Thomson Jr. urged youth redemption, and music followed. The afternoon program featured solos, meditation, and a discussion on sending youths to the WCTU Youth Camp at Camp Caesar in August, noting 17 attendees last year.

Beckley Women’s Christian Temperance Union J. Frank Maddy Beaver J. M. Collins Robert Thomson Jr Woman's Club Beckley C. H. Rutledge Maddy Tommorrow J. Brabban WCTU Camp Caesar

Dulles and Eisenhower Shares Deep Common Ground

Dulles and Eisenhower linked by mutual trust and family roots, sharing a steady stance on containment and a hometown sensibility. Dulles rose from law to international leadership, building a career marked by Versailles, the Carnegie Endowment, and the United Nations before guiding U.S. foreign policy with Eisenhower.

Dulles Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower Abilene Kan Watertown N. Y U. S Carnegie Endowment For In

Thompsen Thom Implied Power Forecast For Thomason

Arithmetically projected by AP figures Frank Thomas of the Cincinnati Redlegs could reach at least 45 home runs this season. The method combines home and away splits from 1958 and 1959, estimating 21 homers at Cincinnati, nine more at Pittsburgh, and 23 across the six other NL parks for a total of 45.

Tampa Fla Frank Thomas Cincinnati Redlegs Pittsburg Thomas Cincinnati Pittsburgh

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Ronnie Hughes Pierce Fink Barbara Fink Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Jamaica Ammar Bros Mt. Hope Oak Hill Mullens Beckley Business and Professional Woman's Club Beckley Hotel Maxwell Hill Poinsetta Black Knight Country Club Eliza Hunter Tom Wilbur Sylvia St Beta Lambda Beta Sigma Phi Fredric Friar Harper Rd Beckley Presbyterian Church White Cross Women's Improvement League Coca Cola Building Lottie Reed Pearl Dickens General Mission Society of Crab Orchard Baptist Church Royal Neighbors of America Sons of Italy Charles Harvey Owen Moore Pete Deck William K. Hicks J. W. Woods R. A. Cunningham Shirrell Hoskins Ray Pruett M. Thornton Edith Beaver Mamie Beaver Howard Christian Donald Hypes Steve Underwood Eleanor Rothlisberger Mary McCallister Drema McCallister Henry McCallister Carolyn McCallister Kelly Deal G. M. Pennington James Simms Thurman Southern Joyce Jackson Robert Lytton John Hughes Myrna Males J. R. Simmerman Charles Curry Elridge Bolt Mae Brammer Minnie Brammer Harry Anderson Noah Adams Ellen Campbell Robert Mandeville Charles Cooper O. C. Flint al Ellison W. W. Wheeling H. R. Sawyers Lacy Mann Willard Pennington Monttgomer S.M.L Thru Service Miami Florida Jacksonville, Fla Columbia, S. C Buffalo, N. Y Detroit, Mich Prince Street WSCS J T. Jarrell W. S. Cavendish W. A. Argenbrigh A. Thompson H. E Melton T. S. Hollandsworth Elsie Boyd the Alley Carrie Herndon Bales C. J. Johnson George Swan H. L Hendrickson O. C. Fling T. H. Fitzgerald Lula Burleson Ira Whitlock Brabban Waiter Harvey H. F. Sorrells D. C President United Nations San Francisco Princeton Washington George Washington Law School Sorbonne Paris New York Sullivan and Cromwell Thomas E. Dewey Dewey Bulova Wooddell Jewelry Main St Beckley Art House Bern Renege Couitenagenetues Hill and Hill Prudential Agent the Prudential Insurance Company OF America South-Central Home Office Jacksonville, Florida
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