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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1962

Page

5

Rhapsodia Romina to open Beckley season at Wilson High

The Roumanian Folk Ensemble and Barbu Lautara Orchestra will headline the Beckley Community Concert Association season opener at 8 15 p m Monday in Woodrow Wilson High School Auditorium. The program features Paintings From the National Galleries and a full sequence of dances and instrumental pieces highlighting Roumanian folk music and costumes.

Margaret Stansbury Rhapsodia Romina Roumanian Folk Ensemble Barbu Lautara Beckley Community Concert Association Woodrow Wilson High Schoo L Auditorium National Galleries Georges Enescu Romania Damian Luca Roumania Moldavia Sirba Transylvania Woodrow Wilson High School

Beckley Woman’s notices invite club meeting listings

Coming events notice invites women's organizations to send regular or special meeting announcements to the Beckley Newspapers Woman's Department. Entries by 10 a.m. appear the same day. Sunday notices by 10 a.m. Saturday.

Woman’s Department of Beckley

Order of Rainbow for Girls meeting in Ma sonic Temple

The Order of Rainbow for Girls convenes at the Ma sonic Temple on Howe Street at 7 p m with a planned evening program and business session.

Order of Rainbow Masonic Temple Howe Street

Queen Esther Court and clubs meet on G Street and Hopkins

Queen Esther Court No 53 Heroines of Jericho meets at home on G Street at 5 20 p m Just A Mere Club hosts Mrs Robert Rhinehart at 107 Westmoreland Street at 7 30 p m Rural Acres Garden Club gathers in Hopkins Skylanes conference room

Robert Rhinehart Westmoreland St Rural Acres Garden Club Hopkins Skylanes

Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club Special Dance

The Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club hosts a special dance at Greenbrier Dairy Social Room at 8 p.m. Bud Bleu is the caller. Social Savings Club hosts events at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pannell on Hunter Street at 7:30 p.m. Thrifty Savers Club meets at Miss Wenda Scales’s home at 117 Rice Street at 5 p.m. Freewill Baptist Youth Rally meets at Mt. Tabor Freewill Baptist Headquarters Building at 7:30 p.m. Miss Foggy Cook is the chairman. Centennial Queen Committee convenes in Raleigh County Courtroom at 8 p.m. Auxiliary to the Raleigh County Medical Society gathers at Mrs. Charles W. Merritt’s home, 1518 Harper Road, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge holds a special drill practice at 6:30 p.m. and its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m.

Calico and Jeans Square Greenbrier Dairy Social Room Social Savings Club Raymond Pannell Hunter St Freewill Baptist Youth Rally Mt. Tabor Freewill Baptist Headquarters Foggy Cook Raleigh County Medical Society Charles W. Merritt Harper Road

Primrose Club Plans Workshop At Fund Raising Dinner

The Primrose Garden Club held a fund raising dinner at St Stephen's Episcopal Church with each member providing a covered dish and six recipe copies. A business report on the garden therapy program was given, noting monthly visits to homebound children for terrariums and decorations. December will feature a Christmas workshop led by Mrs. Yula Durrett and Mrs. James McCabe with flowers for Pinecrest Sanitarium arranged by Mrs. John Ward.

Primrose Garden Club St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church John F. Rist Jr C. L. West Ber Yula Durrett James McCabe Pinecrest Sanitarium John Ward Rist Wilbur Bays McCabe L. L. Caffee Durrett G. G. Gallaher Howard Griffith W. M. McCutcheon Walter Rappold George Shriver R. R. Smiley G. C. Stallings William R. Wills William K. Lewis James W. McCabe

Candle Making Demonstration for Rosemont Club

The Rosemont Garden Club of Slab Fork held a candle making demonstration at the Slab Fork Community Church during its November meeting led by president Mrs. O F Eggleston. Members planned a Christmas arrangements sale for December 4 at 11 am at the Youth House to raise funds for the club treasury and voted to participate in the Light a Prayer For Peace program on December 2.

Rosemont Garden Club Slab Fork O. F. Eggleston Eggleston Robert Horton Charlie Martin Raleigh County Garden Council Joe McElyea Joanna McElyea L. J. Neal Horton Martin S. C. Woods Jr Phymosia Club Elmer Banker Mountain Top Club

College Women Should Exercise Leadership State AAUW President Says At Local Meet

Over 50 members and guests heard Mrs. John Gray of Wheeling, president of the West Virginia Division, American Association of University Women, address the Monday night meeting of the Beckley unit. The event featured discussions on leadership and community service for college women, highlighting the AAUW's call for women to take active roles in shaping policy and local initiatives.

Nelson Bragg Beckley Branch American Association of University Women Robert Baker Hinton AAUW John F. Gray Wheeling West Virginia John Gray American Association of Unversity Women Beck

Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know

Members of the Syrian Ladies Society celebrated their 28th anniversary with a dinner at the Moose Club and social evening at the Rahall home on Woodlawn Avenue. Attendees included Haddad Ammar Rahall and Corey families. local women joined in the event. Mrs. Anna Newland is reported in satisfactory condition after surgery at Raleigh General Hospital. Mrs. Thompson, English teacher at Shady Spring High School, is listed in fair condition at Beckley Hospital. AAUW members from Fayette County and Hinton Branch attended. remarks by Mrs Gray stressed educated women should lead in the community. Tea hosted by Mrs Bragg and Mrs Watkins featured a harvest theme. Beverly Kay Waddell of Concord College has been elected official guard by Delta Sigma Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta.

The Syrian Ladies Society Moose Club Assaff Rahall Woodlawn Ave Joseph Haddad Eunice Haddad N. A. Ammar Junior Ammar Isabel Farris Nick Rahall N. A. Thabet Victor Lowen Cleo Corey M. M. Corey Dave Rahal Anna Newland Kanawha St Raleigh General Hospital Sarah Elizabeth Thompson Freeman St Beckley Hospital Beverly Kay Waddell Concord College Athens Epsilon Chapter Delta Seta Oris Waddell Coal City Waddell Phi Psi Alpha Business Fraternity Women’s Recreation Association Stoco High School

Holt announces birth of son in Mabscott

Mr and Mrs John H Holt Mabscott announce the birth of a son Joseph McKinney on November 11 at Raleigh General Hospital. He weighed six pounds eight ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs J E McKinney Lillybrook and Mrs H A Holt. The couple has eight other children, four girls and four boys.

Mabscott Rns John H. Holt Raleigh General Hospital Joseph McKinney J. E. McKinney Lillybrook H. A. Holt

Izaak Walton League Founded by Will Dilg

The Izaak Walton League of America traces its origins to founder Will Dilg who spent his final years in Mena Arkansas. The note highlights Dilg's role and his twilight years in Mena as part of the league’s early history.

Izaak Walton League of America Will Dilg Mena, Ark

Marines Celebrate 187th Birthday Ball in Charleston

Gunnery Sgt and Mrs H M Grisser and S Sgt and Mrs R L Fitzwater of Beckley were among 50 Marines and their wives at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball held in the Savarin Room at Kanawha Airport Charleston on Saturday night marking the 187th birthday.

H. M. Grisser R. L. Fitzwater Beckley Marine Corps Savarin Kanawha Airport Charleston

Kelly Farmer in Raleigh County Stabilization group recovering after Tuesday surgery

Kelly Farmer, chairman of the Raleigh County Agriculture Stabilization Conservation Service committee, is reported in good condition at Beckley Hospital after undergoing surgery Tuesday.

Kelly Farmer Bolt Raleigh County Agriculture ‘Stabilization Conservation Service Committee Beckley Hospital

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Nicolae Baluta Ionel Budisteanu Pythian Sisters Watkins Drugstore Thrifty Homemakers Club Bernice Booker F. St Gamma Gamma Beta Sigma Phi Hopkins Skylanes Social Room Gulf Woman’s Club Sophia Ann Thomas Calloway Heights Community Church Frank McManamay Mellen St Degree of Honor Lodge Ioof Hall Valley Drive Thrifty Savers Club Wenda Scales Rice St Raleigh County Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge Eatwell Cafe Heber Primrose Club Rosemont Club Pella Rapp Fayette County Beckley Group Alice M. Vander Linde Beckley Memorial Hospital Robert Crabb Glen White Virginia Tyree Bill Tyree Alice Naschal Annie Maschal Beatrice Waldew John Bill Walthew Mark Stephen West Point Josephine Eugene Willia Dean Arnold Jumping Branch Joe Davis Ft. Gordon, Ga Mrs Claude Davis James Stafford Jr Lester Roger Chapman Walter Chapman John Barnett Chicago Dillard Milam Roy Hendrick George Parrish Tolleytown Beckley Marine Sub Station Eva Ethel Keyser Lois Edmundson Virginia Mee Cormick Ann Loua File H. L. Watkins Clark Kessel Jennie Gaziano Bragg Watkins Beckley College Concord Missy Parkersburg Montgomery Cornell Bruno Tulane Amherst Princeton Bluefield Welch
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