Thanksgiving Dinner for Ladies Aid Society Guests
The McAlpin Community Church Ladies Aid Society hosted its first Thanksgiving dinner in the church social room. Attendees included W. W. Riddle G. P. Henderson Clarence Meadows and others who assisted with decorating the church interior. President Mrs Hughes credited public donations for the improvements and commended the McAlpin community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
McAlpin Community Church
W. W. Riddle
G. P. Hednerson
Clarence Meadows
D. P. Hall
E. R. Hughes
James 4. Burnette
Foncie Campbell
Varney Harmon
Own Henderson
Ww. Vag i
Paul Riddle
Harmon
Cledia Riddle
Meadows
Burnette
Campbell
China Taylor
Wilda Ayers
Riddle
Gilbert ‘Ox
Community notices set for Beckley area clubs and meetings
Women organizers are invited to submit notices for regular or special meetings to Beckley Newspapers. Notices by 10 a.m. appear that day. Sunday items by Saturday 10 a.m. Raleigh County National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis meets at Bank of Raleigh Civic Room 7 30 p m. VAVS at Beckley VA Hospital 7 30 p m. Rural Acres Garden Club at Mrs Orville Ballengee Calloway Heights 7 30 p m. Queen Esther Court No 53 Heroines of Jericho Home G Street 5 p m. Home Room Mothers Mount View Elementary School Rock Creek 5 7 p m. Just-A-Mere Club Mrs Carl Boyden 505 Bostick St 7 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Raleigh County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Bank of Raleigh
Rural Acres Garden Club
Orville Ballengee
Calloway Heights
Mothers of
Just-A-Mere Club
Carl Boyden
Bostick St
Social Savings Club Meets At Mrs Martin Home
Social Savings Club at Helen Martin home Gregory Street 7 30 p m. Thrift Savings Club hosted by Curtiss Pannell at 110 Thurman St 7 30 p m. Area Square Dance Association invites members to dance to Johnson calls in Phoenix workshop 2 4 30 dancing 8 11 p m at Greenbrier Social Room. MONDAY PTA Meeting At Mark Twain High School At 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Savings Club
Helen Martin
Gregory Street
Thrift Savings Club
Parent-Teacher Association of
Mark Twain High School
Beckley Area Births Report From Local Hospitals
A series of birth announcements from Beckley Memorial Hospital and Raleigh General Hospital note newborns across multiple families. Notable entries include Samuel Keith Lilly born Oct 31 at 2:55 am weighing nine pounds three ounces, Eddie Robert Parrish born Oct 31 at 7:34 pm weighing seven pounds seven and a half ounces, Alyce Jane Smith born Nov 1 weighing six pounds nine ounces, Anthony Zambos born Nov 2 weighing eight pounds three ounces, and Carl or Cory tied names and weights for several other infants through Nov 12, with parents listed by town and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Roy Lilly
Samuel Keith
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Lonnie Parrish
Lookout
Eddy Robert
Beaver
George Smith
Alyce Jane
Anthony Zambos
Nicholas Zambos
Russel St
Clydia Gay
Grady Whitlock
Harper Rd
Raymond Roger II
iMr
Raymond Baughan
Reservoir Rd
Brian Mitchell
Perry Wade
David Ernest
Michael Stover
E St
Beckley
Arlie Gunnoe
Bob
Mark Delmer
Joe Henry Maiolo
Stamford
Joe Henry Jr
John Dennis
Weldon Bowyer
Karla Ann
James Davis
Sullivan
George Taylor
Danese
Terri Elaine
Sophia
Roy Dale Martin
Kevin Dale
Robert Rice
Mabscott
Michael Ray
Raleigh General Hospital
Rainelle
Owen B. Adams
Alan Scott
Nell Ann
Jack Nelson Skelton
Dunns
Cool Ridge
Winford Hamilton Dillard
Winford Hamilton Jr
Mission Circle Fetes Member With Shower
At the November 17 meeting of the Mission Circle of Jones Memorial Baptist Church a stork shower honored Mrs. Samuel F. McClure formerly Miss Alice Worrell of East Beckley. The event at Mrs. Beulah Toney’s home included a treasury report on turkey dinner proceeds and payment for floors in Sunday school rooms and kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Memorial Baptist Church
Samuel F. McClure
Alice Worrell
East Beckley
Beulah Toney
Laren Avenue
Roy S. Coe
Isaac
Moses
Samuel
John the Baptist
Jesus
Coe
Georgiana Parker
McClure
Toney
Minnie Myers
Parker
Charles Martin
G. W. Blevins
Mary Williams
Marie Korbel
Wanda Fitzgerald
Beverly Harvey
B. L. Jones
Laura Durham
Peggy Smith
Loretta Hoge
B. B. Beverly
Howard Vealey Jr
A. C. Allen
L. D
Philip Spiceo
Cora Moore
Gene Atkinson
Lula Grounds
Elizabeth Starks
T. A. Quesenberg
B. K. Daniels
Square Dance Workshop and Dance Night Set in Greenbrier
The Area Square Dance Association hosts a workshop from 2 to 4 30 p m Saturday, with dancing 8 to 11 p m at the Greenbrier Social Room. Paul Fourney president invites all area square dance clubs to dance to Bob Johnson calls in Phoenix Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Area Square Dance Association
Greenbrier
Paul Fourney
Bob Johnson
Phoenix
Ariz
Fairdale People Visit and Travel Updates
Fairdale brief lists local residents visiting relatives in Florida New York City and Virginia plus those returning from trips and sightseeing. The item notes Mr and Mrs J E Gregg Mr and Mrs Marvin Kingrey and Debbie, Joe Lafferty, Elton Booth and families, Nancy Worley, James Slusher, Mary Sauls, Charles Poe, Pfe James Nunn and others with connections to Mullens Saxon Glen Daniel Concord College and Raleigh General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vada Bailey
Beavers
New York
Miss Bunch
Texas
Joe Lafferty
Augusta
Sherman Clay
Saxon
Elton Booth
Roswell
N.M
J. H. Booth
Randolph Booth
Harry Smith
Lebanon
Bristol
Nancy Worley
Concord College
Athens
Claude Worley
Glen Daniel
James Slusher
Kingsport
Tenn
Mary Sauls
Raleigh General Hospital
Charles Poe
Beckley Social News: Travel Plans and Family Updates
Mrs Betty Maxwell sails from New York to Madrid with her stay of about two weeks visiting her brother and sister in law M Sgt and Mrs John E Stover who are stationed abroad. Peggy Almond visits family in Annapolis while daughter Carol Jane studies at Concord College Athene. Warren and Marrietta Jones welcome a four ounce daughter born Nov 3. J H Foster celebrates 61st anniversary Nov 15 at Prosperity home. W Paul Cole of Sunbeam Bakery remains in Bluefield Sanitarium under care with improving condition and no visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Maxwell
Riley St
Madrid
Spain
John E. Stover
Beckley
U.S. Army
Maxwell
New York City
Warren Jones
Fort Lauderable
Fla
Marrietta Gilleto
Levi Almond
Fitzpatrick Road
J. H. Foster
Prosperity
W. J. Hurt
Lafayette Kidd
J. W. Foster
Slab Fork
W. Paul Cole
Sunbeam Bakery
Bluefield
Fernwood Gardeners Set Holiday Tables
Fernwood Gardeners displayed holiday table settings at their 8 p.m. meeting in the Coca-Cola Social Room. Hosts for the Thanksgiving buffet and Christmas events were named, blue ribbons awarded, and new members discussed. Refreshments followed at Mrs. Robert Thacker’s home, 1512 Harper Rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernwood Garden Club
Coca-Cola
Wade Bardin
James Farris
Lewis Fox
William L. Bower
George P. Davis Jr
Emil Cimala
Diana Powers
A. J. Sparacino
A. Fray Lilly
Gene Morehouse
C. D. Parsons
Lilly
Davis
Morehouse
Robert Thacker
Harper Rd
Popular Duo-Pianists Par sons and Poole to perform Monday night
Canadian husband and wife team Margaret Parsons and Clifford Poole, renowned duo-pianists, arrive at Woodrow Wilson High School Auditorium at 8 30 p m Monday under Beckley Community Concert Association. They tour 45 North American cities with Steinway grand pianos and perform in London Ontario with the London Ontario Symphony. They support a children‘s disease research fund at War Memorial Children’s Hospital in London Ontario and have inspired others to contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Poole
Margaret Parsons
Clifford Poole
Music Teachers College
One
Ontario
Ion
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Community Concert Association
London Ontario Symphony
Town Hall
New York
Douglas
War Memorial Children’s Hospital
London
Ont
Ernest MacMillan
Toronto Symphony
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
VAVS
Queen Esther Court
Jericho
G Street
Johnson
Mission Circle Fetes
Rebecca Ann
Gene Stewart—Crey Beaver
Fairdale
Formica
Marty
Prince St
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Ace Auto
ACE Auto Stores
Toyland
Third Ave
Beckley, W. Va
Peggy Almond
Annapolis
Fernwood Gardeners
Taylor Caldwell
McCreery St
Doubleday
Children’s Hospital
Parsons and
RCA
Whirlpool Corporation
Radio Corporation of America
NEW River Supply CO
Oae Hill
Neville St
Bakery
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