Thanksgiving plans at Beckley country club featured
The Beckley country club hosts Thanksgiving activities with the Elks Shoe and Stocking Fund benefit ball on Thanksgiving eve. Ross Irle notes 5 PM to 1 AM dancing with Ned Guthrie Orchestra. proceeds aid the Stocking Fund after providing 400 shoes to needy children.
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Beck
Lex Elks Lodge
Elks Shoe and Stocking Fund
Ross
Rle
Elks
Elks Menbers
Ned Guthrie
Charleston
C. F. Bloch
New England Specials
Virginia Ham
Black Knight
W. Edwin Rateliffe
W. Edwin Ratelif
Country Club
Beckley
Moose Club
Eagles
Beckley Area
Jember
Hinton - Beckley
Bessie Carroll
Social events mark bridal week for Dr Eva Teter
Activities featured two pre-nuptial parties for Dr Eva Teter who will wed Lester C Hammer Sunday at First Christian Church. Hosts included Mrs George Parker, Mrs Roy Millican at Parker home on Park Ave and Miss Gazelle Bowers with a Beaver residence shower. The Beckley Woman's Club plans a silver service funded by a dessert bridge and canasta event.
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Eva Teter
First Christian Church
Lester C. Hammer
George Parker
Roy Millican
Parker Home
Park Ave
Gazelle Bowers
Beaver
Dr. Teter
Beckley Woman's Club
John Ward
Canasta
Boitnett
B. L. McManus
Dewey Meador
Duke Williams
Paul Edward Ash
M. W. Arnold
Crewe Maples
W. Robert Campbell
Local social notes mix weddings, pledges and gatherings
The article lists numerous social events and scenes from Beckley and Roanoke including Mrs. Teleik Davis hosting Thanksgiving baskets with SF OLE members, a wedding planned at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Roanoke with Miss Aene Varellan and Nick Bakatis, and Beta Theta Phi sorority pledges at Beckley College. It also mentions bridal party guests and a long guest list from Baltimore and local families.
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Holy Trinity Orthodox Church
Roanoke
Aene Varellan
Arist K. Varellan
Nick Bakatis
Beckley
Beta Theta My
Beckley College
Naomi Gillespie
Janet Miles
Selma Rahall
June Hayes
Mry Fawcett
Delores Rhodes
Doris Dowell
Joan Pollock
Barbara Gunther
Penny Pack
Janet Shumate
Juanita Baldwin
Josephine Seijo
Velma Christian
Women Golfers Benefit Dance For Club Members
A successful benefit social hosted by the new women golfers committee at the Black Knight Country Club drew over 100 members and guests. The Thanksgiving themed dance in the rumpus room featured music by Lyna Brown and plans for a free golf clinic and a Ladies Day next May to fund women’s golf activities in 1953.
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Mebers
Black Knight County Club
Wilmer Stanley
Elizabeth James
W. J. Barbour
Barbour
Will
Lyna sSrown
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Local social notes list many families visiting or hosting others for Thanksgiving and holidays. Usher L C Clark attended a Va Tech classmate’s wedding in Emporia Virginia, and numerous students and relatives from Beckley and nearby towns travel by air or car to be with relatives in Beckley Roanoke Sutton and Morgantown. Families include the Buchanans Richards Larimore Thompsons Houtzs Pachuta Davis and Gilmer with visits from Maryland Avenue Lebanon and Reserve Road residents.
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William Buchanan
Johnstown Rd
Emporia
L. C. Clark
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Ramona Richards
Fourth St
Ann Wise
Glen Jean
R. M. Kennedy
Roanoke
Memorial Airport
William Richard Larimore
University of Kentucky
W. C. Larimore
Hillcrest Drive
W. M. Thompson
Thomas Gregory
Clarksburg
John H. Davis
Parkwood Drive
West Virginia University
Mary Ann Davis
Elmer Davis
Hume Court
Julis Ann Dunn
Warren J. Dunn
Maplewood Lane
E. T. Gilmer Jr
Beckley Ave
Gilmers
C. H. Gilmer
Matoaka
Charleston
C. W. Kauff
C. B. Kirby
Richard G. Jones
Maryland Ave
James
Good Grooming Discussion At Shady Spring Farm Women
Shady Spring Farm Women's Club met Friday night at Mary Willis home. Mrs. Worthy Harris led a discussion on Your Clothes Madam and proper grooming from head to toe including makeup and foundation garments. Mrs. Bennett led devotional with singing and prayer. Officers were retained for 1953: President Harris, vice president Sweeney, secretary treasurer Worly. Future lessons include Learning to Sew and How To Avoid the Home.
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Shady Spring Farm Women’s Club 1
Mary Willis
James Bennett
Worthy Harris
Bennett
Harris
George Sweeney
Mary Worly
Baptist Ann Rose Class Holds Christmas Party Plans
The First Baptist Church Ann Rose Class held a membership contest, then a party with singing and devotional services. Forty five members attended as they planned a December 19 Christmas gathering at Mrs Harris's home with Co host Mrs Ted Meadows, and exchanged aprons at the next meeting. A sugar doughnut tip followed by a cooking pointer concludes the page.
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Baptist Ann Rose
Ann Rose
First Baptist
Jand Committee
Harris
Ted Meadows
Sadie Rice
R. L Reardon
Dicky Yates
Paul Hinzman
G. A. Massling
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American Home Department
Beckley Woman’s Club
Raleigh County Garden Council
Wiliam F. Lowry Jr
Pittsburgh
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Carol
Melody Choirs
Teleik Davis
OLE Eeer
U.S. Navy
Cae
E. H. Harvey
Phyllis Harvey
Cleo Rinis
Chioe Smith
Joyce Meadows
Barbara Davis
Kity Radford
J. A. Diehl
Polly Lester
H. K. Lester
Blanche Blevins
Ruth Deck
Hubert Richmond
Jeanette Richardson
Terry Richmond
Chester Bennett
Grace Smith
Ruth Frye
Alice Brammer
H. E. Brammer
Paris Meadows
Mary Bobbit
Jim Whitel
Inez Bell
Russel Perdue
Dorothy Amoick
James Houtz
Bluefield
H. G. Houtz
Carlyle Bolen
Woodlawn Ave
Mary Elizabeth Bolen
Morgantown
Carlyle Bolen Jr
Virginia
John Pachuta
Skelton
Charles Simpson
Larry Clark
East Prince St
Raleigh General Hospital
Robert Martin
Lancaster
Howard Reitz
Ford St
M. G. Gilmer
Lebanon
C. H. Gilbert
J. ¥. Houchins
Reservoir Rd
Waynesboro
Mattie McCartney
John W. McQueen
F. T. McQueen
Veterans’s Site
Milt
Robert Crews
C. M. Crews
South Kanawha St
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
R. Lee Davis
Carter St
Raleigh General General Hospital
Arthur Rees
Austin Ave
Somindaw
Kyle Sizemore
Longacre
Shady Spring Farm
Piedmont Airlines
Raleigh - Durham
Wilmington
WN. C
Fayetteville
Ft. Bragg
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
VOR Air Travel
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Coca-Cola
Borfup Moem A
Eolaa Ca
Raleigh
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Pineville
Coca-Cola Com
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