Dinner Fetes Beckley Couple On Golden Wedding Anniversary
A Beckley couple celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary with a Tuesday dinner for 18 at the Black Knight Country Club. Hosts were their children Emmett S. Pugh Jr and Edward Nicolson Pugh plus daughter Ellen Pugh Stern. The event featured gold themed decor, a two tier cake, and attire highlighting the couple’s 1911 Bristol Tenn. nuptials. Eighteen guests attended including family and close friends. Mr. Pugh’s career spanned coal firms, banking, and city service, while Mrs. Pugh held leadership roles in Eastern Star and White Shrine groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Knight Country Club
Mrs
Emmett $. Pugh
Beckley
E. S. Pugh
Granville Avenue
Emmett S. Pugh Jr
Edward Nicholson Pugh
Fred Stern
Ellen Pugh
Great Neck
Long Island
N.Y
Jane Nicholson
Emmett S. Pugh
Bristol
Tenn
Pugh
Huntington
Charleston
Lillybrook Coal Co
Raleigh Smokeless Fuel Co
Raven Red Ash Coal Co
Lillybrook
Raleigh Smokeless
Pittston
Raven
Red Ash
Bank of Raleigh
Eastern Star
White Shrine of
Beckley women invited to send meeting notices
Women's organizations may submit regular or special meeting announcements to Beckley Newspapers. Notices by 10 a.m. are used the same day. Sunday calendar announcements must arrive by 10 a.m. Saturday. Thursday events include Charmette Sub-Deb Club and Pythian Sisters. Friday features several clubs and a hospital nurses dinner. Sunday has American Legion Auxiliary activities. Monday lists Azalea Garden Club meeting details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Department of
Beckley
Beta Lambda Group Plans VA Hospital Open House
Members of the Beta Lambda Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will attend the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital open house on Sunday and will oversee chapel service at 10 a.m. The group meets to discuss plans with hostesses Mrs James Snylder and Mrs Bias. President Mrs Dick Sepkowski says the chapter will run the Salvation Army booth on Monday November 27 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and a shooting match is planned. They will also prepare a Thanksgiving basket for a needy family. Eugene Warren showed a film “Just to Be Sure” at the meeting. Others present included numerous members and guests.
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Beta Lambda
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Dean Bias
Appalachian Assembly Room
James Snylder
Bias
Dick Sepkowski
Salvation Army
Jack Clemens
Eugene Warren
R. J. Lucas Jr
Owen W. Cox Jr
Paul J. Vennari
Sara Jane Parker
Linda Riffe
Peggy Wagner
C. F. Dunkley
James L. Stover
Robert Keffer
Beverly Jo Alley
William Turner
Quincy Waddell
Moody Waddell
Lewis Waddell
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Local notes report Mrs. D. B. Shumate of 203 Reservoir Rd in Bluefield Sanatorium under observation and treatment with admission Monday. Norfolk visitors Aston Hutchens and family visited Tolbert relatives in Oak Grove. John F. Wooten of Crab Orchard improves under care at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Mrs Jennie Greene of Locust Dr in Raleigh General Hospital in satisfactory condition after admission for treatment. Charles Allen and Sharon Hicks announce birth of their first child a son at Beckley Memorial Hospital weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces. F H Lynch of Blue Jay returns from St Marys Hospital Huntington after surgery. Mrs Harding Richmond admitted to Raleigh General Hospital for minor surgery. Cholme Omega pledge Nan cy Morton and Susan Burleson named to Chi Omega at Queens College. Mrs Walter Milam of Ury a Beckley Memorial Hospital patient. Milam children visiting include Douglas Milam Arch ie Milam and Cleve Milam. Miss Billy Evans of Cleveland Ohio visiting Dry Hill Road with son Bill Jr and husband Troy Evans family plans weekend return.
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Charles Allen
Maxwell Hill
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Sharon Hicks
James Hicks
Helen
Aubrey Allen
Sophia
Billy Evans
Bill Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Troy Evans
Dry Hill Road
Evans
Cleveland Clinic
Annual Presidents Ball Slated Saturday By Black Knight Club
The Black Knight Country Club plans the annual Presidents Ball this Saturday with a buffet from 7 to 9 30 pm and dancing by the Jan Campbell Orchestra from 9 30 pm to 12 30 am Reserved seating for invited presidents and wives spans decades from 1950 to 1961, per club manager R B Parker.
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Black Knight Club
Black Knight Country Club
Jan Campbell
R. B. Parker
R. D. Watts
S. Austin Caperton
L.L. Scherer
Fairdale visitors share weekend with local families
Fairdale residents greet relatives and friends from Virginia Ohio Maryland and Illinois over the weekend. Lawrence Bonds and family of Randy Virginia visit former Fairdale residents. Bill White family of Arlington Virginia stay with Bob McMillon and family. Many others travel visiting Cleveland Ohio Chicago Ill Delaware and Pennsylvania.
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Fairdale
RNS
Lawrence Bonds
Randy, Va
Dinner Guests Among Beckley Social Set
Mr and Mrs Virgil McNeil and son Bruce and Mr and Mrs Dickie Sundin were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Em Harrington in Beckley Sunny.
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Rece Corps
Camp Lejeune
Virgil McNeil
Bruce
Dickie Sundin
Em— Harrington
Beckley, Suny
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E. N. Pugh
E. S. Pugh Jr
Long Island, N.Y
Charmette
Margie Shumate
Northwestern Ave
Friendship Social Club
Maggie Austin
Ear] St
Beckley Temple
Pythian Sisters
Chiefs Club
John Wallace
Calloway Heights
Earl Lilly
Westwood Garden Club
John R. Mankin
Locust Dr
St. John's Baptist Church
Raleigh
Mayo Miller
Railroad Ave
First Baptist Regular Meeting
Friendship Hall of Church
Raleigh General Hospital
Etude Music Club
St. Luke Lutheran Church
Greenbrier
John L. Burger
Fine Arts Department of
Woman's Club of
Park Avenue
Sunday American Legion Auxiliary
South Fayette Street
Azalea Garden Club
Duff D. Daniel
VA Hospital
Nash Campbell
Poll-Parrot
Princeton
Bluefield
WELCH
D. B. Shumate
Reservoir Rd
Bluefield Sanitarium
Paul Tolbert
Oak Grove
Aston Hutchens
Tommy
Danny
Ernie
Norfolk
Carl Hutchens
John F. Wooten
Crab Orchard
Jennie Greene
F. H. Lynch
Blue Jay
St. Mary’s Hospital
Harding Richmond
Chi Omega
Queens College, Charlotte
N. C
Nancy Morton
Frank Morton
Slab Fork
Susan Burleson
Lee Burleson
Walter Milam
Ury
Milam
Douglas Milam
Norfolk, Va
Archie
Barberton
Cleve
Ft. Campbell, Ky
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Bill White
Scotty
Arlington
Bob McMillon
McMillon
Randy
Wilma Spangler
Donna
Roanoke
McKinley Simpson
Bolt
Arthur Herron
Glen Daniel
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Celete Gilmer
Glendon Hawley
Indiana
Ford Dalton
Greenbrier College
Edgar Nunn
James Nunn
Ft. Eustace
Nunn
Pvt
Timothy Nunn
U. S
Dorothy Perkins
OLD Spice
Elizabeth Arden
Yardly Buxton
Hallmark Cards
WalKins Drug Store
Mallmark
Murphy’s and
Lyric Theatre
Budget Shop
Fayette St
Montgomery Ward
Toyland
Giant
Ward Wishmaker
Hawthorne
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