Taylor Shafer wedding announced last night
The marriage of Dora Harrah of Glen Morgan to Wiley Raymond Taylor of Crab Orchard was performed by Reverend J A Basham at his South Kanawha Street home on Wednesday night. The couple will reside in Affinity. Mrs Harrah is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Harrah and Mr Taylor is the son of Mr and Mrs Nash Taylor. He works for Pemberton Coal and Coke in Affinity mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Shafer
Dora Harrah
Glen Morgan
Wiley Raymond Taylor
Crab Orchard
J. A. Basham
South Kanawha Street
Taylor
Will Harrah
Mr. Taylor
Nash Taylor
Pemberton Coal and Coke Company
Affinity
Syrian Ladies Elect Officers In New Year Session
The Syrian Ladies held a Friday evening meeting at Mrs. Mike Rahall home to elect officers for the new year. Cleo Corey was named president with Gus Farris as vice president, Mary Kerbawy English secretary and Andrew Cady Syrian secretary. J M McCarus chosen treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Rahall
Cleo Corey
Gus Farris
Mary Kerbawy
Andrew Cady
Mount Hope
J. M. Me
Carus
Mike Corey
S.rahall
George D. George
Asaff Rahall
A. Rahall
J. M. McCarus
Faye2 Ramey
Andrew Cody
Ponconi Plans Vocal Concert at Oak Hill Church
The Ronconi School of Music will present a vocal concert in the auditorium of the First Baptist Church of Oak Hill on Tuesday December 3. Pupils from Beckley Oak Hill and surrounding towns will perform, many well known to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronconi School of Music
First Baptist Church of
Oak Hill
Beckley
West Virginia Club Plans Beckley Christmas Dance
The West Virginia Club of Virginia Polytechnic Institute announces its Christmas dance in Beckley at the Black Knight Country Club on December 26. Harrel Underwood and his Commanders of Knoxville, Tennessee, will provide the dance program. The event remains invitation only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Virginia
Bluefield
Beckley
Black Knight Country Club
Harrel Underwood
Knoxville, Tenn
West
Home and Garden Club program covers children and landscaping
Nearly a hundred members of the American Home and Garden department of the Womans Club met at the Park Ave club house for a program on children in the home. Talks by Mrs. Daniel, Mrs. Thornhill, Mrs. Snead, and Mrs. Richmond covered infant guidance to adolescent leisure, followed by Clement Schulte on landscaping and a junior high glee club performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Home and Garden Department
Womans Club
Park Ave
K. Douglas Bowers
R. P. Daniel
W. A. Thornhill, Jr
S. Earl Snead
B. B. Richmond
Clement Schulte
Beckley
Schulte
Woodlawn Avenue
Lois Edmundson
Christian Church Groups To Meet For Missionary Society Work
The Young Womans Missionary Society of First Christian Church schedules six study groups meeting Monday at 7 30 PM. Leaders include Mrs J R Beaty Mrs Roy Elkins Miss Violet Feazelle Mrs C A Garten and Mrs A R Summers with hosts Mrs Walker O Nea l Mrs J J Lamb Mrs Brooks Adair Mrs P M Epling Mrs Harry Anderson and Mrs Ritchie Ware at designated homes across Kanawha Street Second Avenue Mason Street Wickham Avenue and North Kanawha Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Womans Missionary Society
First Christian Church
J. R. Beaty
Walker O'Neal
South Kanawha Street
Roy Elkins
J. J. Lamb
Second Avenue
K. C. Surbaugh
Violet Feazelle
Ladies Aid Society Meeting At Mabscott Methodist Church
The Mabscott Methodist Ladies Aid Society met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. W. M. Gunther’s home on Central Avenue. A devotional service led by Mrs. Gunther opened the meeting and the program had for its
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
Mabscott Methodist Church
W. M. Gunther
Central Avenue
Thanksgiving Meeting Opens With Scriptural Readings
Members present shared readings on Thanksgiving and papers. A plan for a Christmas program and December projects emerged during the business session. Mrs. Gunther served a salad course after the meeting with a long list of attendees from Pemberton and Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunther
Z. Bennett
Hattie Hurt
M. B. Light
J. W. Ingram
W. K. Thompson
Ernest Walker
C. L. Walker
Banna Eads
Fennie Walker
W. Rutherford
Mason Shanks
Anna Lee Gunther
Thelma Gunther
Vermont Hinkle
Anna Allen
Elsie Woods
L. W. Phillips
Ida Garten
Pemberton
Orphan McDowell
Beckley
Thanksgiving Tea at Hume Villa Planned
A Thanksgiving Tea at Hume Villa on Thursday afternoon from 3 to 4 30 will be hosted by Dr. W W Hume and Mrs Hume. The guest list features members of the Ladies Guild of the First Christian Church and their friends with a varied program arranged by Mrs Earl Snead and Mrs Dan Covey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hume Villa
Kanawha Street
W. W. Hume
Hume
Ladies Guild
First Christian Church
Earl Snead
Dan Covey
Local Ladies Attend District Conference
Beckley participants named among those expected to attend the American Legion Sixth District conference in Charleston today. Mrs. F. W. Roschi state president, Mrs. Garland C. Buchanan local chapter president, Mrs. Price H. Caffee, Mrs. J. W. Ward and Mrs. Jack Williams are listed among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
American Legion
Charleston
F. W. Roschi
Garland C. Buchanan
Price H. Caffee
J. W. Ward
Jack Williams
Personal notices of families visiting and traveling
Local items report visits and travels of residents and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Paris Stover and son P. P. Stover return from Charleston to Calloway Heights. Several residents attend games in Bluefield and Charleston. Students at WVU spend weekends home. others travel to Los Angeles and Charleston. Civic and military members visit Charleston. court and hospital news noted for J. P. Nowlin and J. C. Riffe.
Male Quartet Sings at Kiwanis Festival Night
The Ambassador Quartet opens the Kiwanis festival program at Woodrow Wilson High School auditorium on Tuesday at 8. The group features Lloyd King and blends four voices with bells and a varied program from Liszt to Old Man River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambassador Quartet
Kiwanis Club
Woodrow Wilson H. S
Lloyd King
J. F. King
Madame Dresser
Sadley
Bonanno
Chapel
Lisal
Sibelius
Tschaikowsky
Brabinis
London
Rubinstein
Mount Hope Armory Inspection Acknowledged As Satisfactory
Major Charles H. McNair and Company A 150 Infantry completed their regular annual property inspection at Mount Hope Armory in Mount Hope. The reviewing officer rated the inspection very satisfactory. The report is part of a roundup of local church activities and Baptist meeting attendance in Mount Hope and Kilsyth.
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Charles H. McNair
United States Army
Mount Hope Armory
Mount Hope
Woman's Council Mees
Woman’s Council
The
W. E. Tissue
Maude Roby
Ola Deal
Frances Phillips
Garrett Bennett
C. M. Brown
John Lattie
A. C. Givens
John Craver
Rufus Beverley
Quinnie Beverley
Glen Dorsey
Histgaret Marks
Magdelene Deal
Social Note of Visits and Notices in Beckley Area
Eastern Star Head Logan and Miss Lis Faulkner of Huntington were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dixon. Mack Meador and children of Beckley visited Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Dunkley. Mrs. C F Howard and Mrs. J E Howard were business visitors in Beckley Wednesday. W H Boone and Miss Ernestine Woodville were Beckley visitors Thursday. Arthur Spinks of Montgomery stayed with his parents Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Spinks on Friday. Mrs. F E Foster and daughter Gaynell dined with Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Houser in Beckley Thursday evening. W R Stamler hosted his mother Mrs. Harry Stamler of Fort Thomas as a guest. Stanley Cavendish of South Charleston visited his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Walker, on Friday. Mrs. C R Harnsbarger, Mrs. Elmer Richeson and Miss Elizabeth Propps attended the funeral of Mrs. Lillian Blake in Oak Hill Friday. Miss Ann Graff left for Charleroi Pa to visit relatives for a few days, accompanied by her brother and sister in law Mr. and Mrs. Frank Graff, who return home early next week. Mrs. Carl Tracey was called to Marlinton Friday by her father Mr. Grimes’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Stover
P. P. Stover
Calloway Heights
Frances Stover
Charleston
E. S. Pugh
Emmet
Nicky
Bluefield
Billy Foster
W. L. Foster
North Kanawha Street
West Virginia University
Morgantown
J. Hugh Miller
T. C. Prince
Los Angeles
California
Howard Prince Meadows
Ida Jane
J. D. Woodroe
Rhelda Hayes
Melba
Ann
Arnoldsburg
Cc. H. Mead
Mary Pugh
South Oakwood Ave
J. P. Nowlin
J.C. Riffe
Harper Road
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh County
J. Ray Murphy
D. D. Ashworth
Leon Crisewell
E. L. Kinkead
A. 8. Johnston
O. O. Cooper
Cooper
Lincoln
Hinton
Charles Goetz
J. O. Freeman
T. P. Mabe
Pulaski
Earle Bibb, Jr
V. P.T
Blacksburg
Earle Bibb
Oakwood
Florence Seaman
New York City
Purple Box
Clara Tivey
Glen Jean
Irma Sutphin
Madison
Martha Cunningham
J. A. Cunningham
South Heber Street
Virginia Scott Carter
Margaret Stewart
Beaver
T. H. Wickham
Wickham
Cabell Davis
C. W. Meadows
George E. Sutherland
John L. Middleton
Charles Lewis, Jr
Charles Scott Lewis
Wickham Ave
C. M. Ward
Walker Jordan
V. L. Hager
Ars. E. F. Shep
Clarence Higgins
Roanoke
A. A. McLaughlin
Hillsboro
B. F. McLaughin
W. L. Johnson
Billy
Princeton
Price H. Calfee
Price Calfee Jr
Beckley-Bluefield
J. W. Jr
W. G. Caperton
Austin Caperton
J. H. Green
Ronceverte
Virgin Brown
C.W. Hogg
J. T. Evans
Luca Thompson
Huntington
Ross Irle
S. C. Catron
C. G. Peregoy
J. R. van Meter
Kenneth Hunt
Glenn Sallack
Columbus
Ohio
H. L. Crawford
Cincinnati
Burleson
Thomas H. Wickham
Cahell Davis
C.W. Meadows
Fairview Apartments
J. F. Hager
BE. F. Sheppard
Jenkins, Ky
Charles S. Lewis, Jr
C.S. Lewis
Wickham Avenue
V.P. 1
Mrs
Oakwood Avenue
Lillian Keyser
W. L. Keyser
Mountain State Business College
Parkersburg
Harry Clark
Clark
C. M. Brown
Chester Roush
Point, Pleasant
J. E. Howard
Howard
Margaret
Marian Jasper
W. Dunkley
B. L. Norris
E. O. Snider
Maude Roby
Beckley
C. E. Clapper
Pocahontas County
Regina Thompson
Coal Valley Hospital
James Neal
Mahlon Walker
Loretta
Tamroy
Clark Elder
Kilsythe
Chloe Cavendish
Montgomery
L. J. Walker
George Sicms
William Poling
J. M. Spinks
F. E. Foster
Gaynell
L. G. Houser
W. RR. Stamler
Harry. Stamler
Fort
Thomas
Stanley Cavendish
South Charleston
C. R. Harnsbarger
Elmer Richeson
Elizabeth Propps
Lillian Blake
Oak Hill
Ann Graff
Charleroi
Frank Graff
Carl Tracey
Marlinton
Grimes
Orville Ray Hatcher Born in Sophia West Virginia
Orville Ray, a 126 pound boy, was born Thursday at the family home to Mr and Mrs Tracy Hatcher of Sophia West Virginia. Mrs W J Lovell is undergoing treatment at Raleigh General hospital and improving slowly. Mrs Levi Akers is recovering after weeks in Beckley hospital. Mrs P A Lovell is able to be out again after a tonsil operation. Mrs L L Wills of Corinne visited relatives here this week. Vergie Bowles will return to Concord College this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracy Hatcher
Orville Ray
W. J. Lovell
Raleigh General Hospital
Levi Akers
Beckley Hospital
P. A. Lovell
L. L. Wills
Corinne
Vergie Bowles
Concord College
Beckley News Briefs and Local Visits
Mrs. 5 R Roberts recovers from appendicitis operation. Mrs Ed Hartson home bound with tonsillitis. Mrs H N Lovell recovering from flu. Mrs George Belcher a business visitor in Beckley. Mr and Mrs Millard Cameron to visit relatives in Hardy Kentucky this weekend. Mrs Myrthie Ferguson visiting her parents in Athens this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Roberts
Beckley
Ed Hartson
H. N. Lovell
Stee
George Belcher
Millard Cameron
Hardy
Myrthie Furgeson
Athens
Society to Meet at Crab Orchard Church
A special business meeting of the Laslies Missionary Society at Crab Orchard Baptist Church will be held at the home of Mrs. N. C. Knapp on Wednesday November 27 at 12 30 oclock. Mrs C F Price is president and all members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laslies Missionary Society
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
N. C. Knapp
A. C. Fink
C. F. Price
WPA puts sixty men to work on two road jobs
Alderson West Virginia Nov. 16 The Associated Press reports that WPA projects have employed 60 men on two road and building jobs. Also notes that the Gilyak people of Sakhalin formerly worshipped the bear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Aldersin
W. Va
WPA
Sakhalin
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Taylor-Shafer
Ponconi
V. P
Home and Garden Department
Vera-Rose Beauty Shop
Woolworth
Bs McCallum
Brdham
Heber Street
Maxine Clark
Red Cross
Alpha Omega Club
Mount Hope High School
Young Democrat
WRS
Young Democrats
Virginia Herm Ward
Raleigh
Tenth Judicial Circuit
Mt. Hone, W. Va
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Christian Education
American Baptist Publication Society
State Convention
Beckley Baptist Church
Clarence Figgatt
Gilliam
Mae Dews
O. F. Clapper
H. Thomas
J. Mr. Clark, Mrs. W. C. Thompson, Mrs. Willis, Mrs. Ted McMillion
C. Lance Marshall
Holroyti
William T. Riffe
Neville Street
BSA
Glen Rogers Beauty Parlor
Glen Rogers
Eastern Star Head
Lottie
Irons
Order of the Eastern Star
Martinsburg
Sophia, W. Va
Remenyi
Dancing
Koch
Optometric Eye Specialist
Lilly Bldg
Collins Entertainment Festival
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Children’s Fund
Woodrow Wilson High School
Raymond’s
Reg
Raymond
Beauty Shoppe
Tae
Malin Street
Fmbee
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