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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1958
Page
3
Summerettes by BALL BAND offer bright colors in washable fabrics for easy living. The ad touts scrubbable materials and sparkling wear with a whisk and suds. Narrow and medium widths are available. PIXIE PEAK features a covered-up look with contrasting stripes.
Mrs. O Worth May spoke on topography and vegetation of China during a Monday session of the Fountain Top Garden Club hosted by Mrs. E L Ellison at 109 Beckley Ave. The guest speaker was pictured seated among club members.
Community notices list events for the Raleigh County Republican Women’s Club dinner at First Methodist Church with guest speaker Mrs. Frederick P. Meeker. Also listed are Judea Shrine White Shrine of Jerusalem at Mason Temple, Beckley Duplicate Bridge Club, Social Savings Club, Thrifty Homemakers, and a postponed Sophia True Blue Rebekah Lodge Memorial Day meeting. Lemon juice tip included for dressings.
Three Women of the Moose members received friendship rings at a Tuesday meeting in the Moose Ballroom. Mrs. Paris Bow man Mrs. Doris Ray and Mrs. Harry Hambric escorted by co workers were presented the awards on request of friendship chairman Mrs. Jimmie Tucker. Senior regent balloting was held with one candidate accepted into the WOTM to be initiated June 3. Mrs. W. D. Nace reported on the cancer dance benefiting the lodge. Officers for the coming year were nominated with balloting to occur at the June meeting.
The notice lists numerous social visits and homecomings in Beckley with relatives visiting from Gastonia Charlotte Norton Morgantown Cedar Rapids and more. Family members travel for Memorial Day weekend commencements and holidays while others return home after visits including Edits wives and brothers-in-law across several states.
Miss Margaret Tolliver was honored with a bridal shower Monday night at the Gaynell Leigh Dance Studio on Main Street. Hostesses were Mrs. Manuel Seijo Mrs. Manuel Vila and Mrs. C. E. Alen Jr. A white lace parasol with satin streamers decorated the gift table and the honoree received an orchid corsage. About 36 guests attended.
When the tomato aspic begins to thicken you can press in table spoonfuls of cottage cheese. The note describes folding in cottage cheese to adjust texture as the gel sets.
Mrs. Noel Griffith of 11 Campbell St transforms a hillside trash pile into The Daisy Trail with rock paths, pink daisies, forget me nots and irises. Neighbors from Coal Hill North Oakwood and Jackson visit for coffee and tidbits as she shares garden work and home decorations plus church leadership roles. Her husband works for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. They have two sons Noel Thomas and James Edward. European eel becomes a popular skinned fish served in aspic at smorgasbord tables.
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