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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1959

Page

5

Tams Resident Feted With Shower Dinner and Moves

Sophia RNS reports a surprise birthday dinner and house warming shower in Tams for Mrs. Teresa Prunesti who moved from Big Stick after 47 years. It marked her 52nd birthday and first honor shower. Attendees included many residents. prizes awarded to several listed. Also notes concern over adulterated vanilla extract and advice to demand pure vanilla from grocers.

Sophia RNS Teresa Prunesti Tams Big Stick Prunesti

Autobiography Began by Theater Guild Founder Theresa Peters

Theresa Peters, founder of Theater Guild four decades ago, has begun work on her autobiography. The project marks a new phase in her lifelong involvement with American theater and nonprofit arts groups.

New York Theresa Peters Theater Guild

Ex Glen White Girl Engaged To Wed In Washington DC

Sue Ella Dickenson daughter of Walter and Thelma Dickenson of Glen White will wed Herman V Sigworth Jr son of Emma Sigworth in a Christ Lutheran Church ceremony in Washington DC at 8 pm Friday. A reception at 815 Tewkesbury Place NW follows. After a wedding trip they will reside at 116 Fort Drive NE. The bride is a 1955 Collingwood High School graduate employed as a budget analyst for the US Information Agency and a White House secretary in an emergency capacity. The fiancé is UMd Arts and Sciences graduate and assistant art director for American Illustrated Magazine, also a first lieutenant in the US Marine Corps Air Reserves.

Christ Lutheran Church Washington, D. C Sue Ella Dickenson Walter Thelma Dudley Dickenson Glen White Herman van Clare Sigworth Jr Emma G. Sigworth Herman V. Sigworth Tewkesbury Place Northwest Fort Dr Northeast Washington Collingwood High School New Jersey U.S. Information Agency White House College of Arts and Sciences University of Maryland American Illustrated U. S. Information Agency U. S. Marine Corps Air Reserves

Local residents host gatherings and note family illness

Mr and Mrs C W Puckett of Sanford North Carolina visited relatives in Beckley including the Barksdale and Puckett families and joined an observance of H O Baley's 83rd birthday. Several relatives and guests travel, with hospital stays noted for G C Weeks and J N Lemmon's family, and a Beckley Hospital patient stay for Paul Gonzalez and Mrs J J Shrewsbury.

C. W. Puckett Sanford N.C Fairview Ave M. F. Barksdale G. T. Puckett Skyline Dr Harry Bales Whitestick St J. N. Campbell Lookout Uriah Vermillion Athens T. A. Vermillion Druid Ave Concord College Ronald Johnson Amy Wren Huntington J, N. Lemon Ewart Ave Paul Gonzalez Anthony Paul Gonzalez Curtis Ave Beckley Hospital J. J. Shrewsbury Myers Ave

Stork shower honors Mrs Charles Wilburn in Houston home

Mrs Charles Wilburn seated amid celebration at her mother Mrs Charles Heath home. Guests included Mrs Charles Bennett hostess Mrs Alfred Blowquisk and visiting Mrs Charles Wilburn from Los Angeles. Prizes awarded to several attendees as games entertained the gathering.

Charles Wilburn Charles Heath Charles Bennett Alfred Blowquisk Los Angeles Calif Robert Ward Eugene Worley Lark Davis Bobby West Charles Tincher Frank Adkinds Jr Payne Keffer Blanche Wilburn Lewis Berry Tony Cheek John M. Stover Everette Shrewsbury

Bible Class Meets for Japan Program at Church

Mrs Marvin Craft presented a program on Japan at the Thursday night June Thurman Bible Class gathering at St Marys Methodist Church Brenda Kay of Ada Ohio was a guest of her parents Mr and Mrs Carney Her husband studying at Ohio Northern University will join for the summer in Beckley Margaret presented a Japanese dance and Mrs Craft shared impressions from three years in Tokyo Mrs Owen Moore led the session and announced a covered dish dinner to be held in June Mrs Daniel Lane and Mrs Al Ellison hosted the event.

Marvin Craft Japan June Thurman St.Mary's Methodist Church Brenda Kay Ada Ohio Carney Ohio Northern University Beckley Margaret

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