Bride-Elect Mary Strachan Feted at Beckley Hotel Dinner
Bride-elect Miss Mary Strachan, fiancée of Donald Earl Mitchell, was honored at a pre-nuptial dinner hosted by her employer E. M. Payne Company in the Beckley Hotel private dining room. The table featured yellow pom-poms, bronze chrysanthemums, and candles with a huckleberry foliage garland. Guests included Mrs. Albert Holmes, Mrs. W. G. Lowe, Mrs. W. R. Wills, Mrs. P. D. Alderson, Mrs. C. E. Kidd, Mrs. Charles Ashley, Miss Billie Gail Miller, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Strachan
Donald Earl Mitchell
Beckley Hotel
Beckley
E. M. Payne Company
Albert Holmes
W. G. Lowe
W. R. Wills
P. D. Alderson
C. E. Kidd
William C. Rees
Albert Holmes Strachan
Donald Earl Ail
Dolls and eye makeup trend in mid-century toys and beauty
The article surveys advances in child dolls like Noma and Wanda with electronic features, lifelike babies, and fashion matching outfits, noting the era’s push toward realistic playthings. It also covers makeup tips from Eddie Lenz for teen eye makeup, plus guidance on holiday hams and safe refrigeration of processed meats.
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American Toy Institute
Noma
Dydee
Wanda
Sophie
Guides to Teaching Etiquette to Children
A parenting guide advises that good manners come from parental example not lectures. Parents should project a happy outlook and avoid correcting children in front of guests to prevent embarrassment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aes
Successful Farming Magazine
Ham and Egg Open Faced Buns
A quick breakfast idea features large top buns filled with ham slices. Finish with creamy scrambled eggs and serve open faced or closed for a hearty morning bite.
Doan's Pills touted for kidney and bladder relief
As people age stress and overexertion can slow kidney function leading to backache low energy headaches and dizziness. Doan's Pills are advertised as a mild diuretic offering relief by helping kidney tubes flush out waste after 50 years of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Doan
Community Chest Funds Christmas Dance Plans by Sigma Chapter Beta Sigma Phi
Sigma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi plans to donate to the Community Chest and Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association. At a meeting hosted by Mrs. W. R. Fugitt, participants discussed a December 15 dance at the Beckley Elks Club ballroom and a Christmas basket for a needy family. Poetry was the meeting theme with Betty Gunter, Mrs. W. L. Bower, and Mrs. Jane Maples present. twelve members attended.
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Community Chest
Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association
Sigma Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
W. R. Fugitt
College Avenue
Beckley Elks Club
Betty Gunter
W. L. Bower
Jane Maples
Plan Sugar By Cecily Brownstone
CECILY BROWNSTONE presents a Christmas candy plan for families. The walnut fudge recipe uses brown sugar molasses water and walnuts with a butter or margarine finish. The method begins by dissolving sugars over low heat and cooking to 238 F.
Penuche Candy Recipe From Plum Gift Notes
Instructions describe coating a plum gift with a small amount of the liquid, cooling to lukewarm then adding butter and baking soda. The mixture is stirred until dull, then folded in walnuts and poured into a greased pan. When firm, cut into squares. Yields about two pounds.
Sausage Dishes For Winters First Touch
Hearty winter meals feature sausage casseroles from home economist Reba Staggs. One pan uses sausage links steamed then browned atop rice and tomatoes. A second dish bakes pork sausage patties with potatoes onions carrots and a sausage gravy then tops with biscuit dough and peas near the end.
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Reba Staggs
Home Economist
Postpone meeting of Sprague Homeroom Mothers Club
Mrs Harmon Mandeville announces the Sprague Homeroom Mothers Club meeting is postponed. Mrs Joe Loncavish will host the group on Friday December 8 at her Sprague home.
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Sprague Homeroom
Mother’s Club
Joe Loncavish
Sprague
Cooking tips for frankfurters sauerkraut and cookies
The note suggests spicing sauerkraut with chili sauce or caraway seeds or adding blown sugar during cooking. It provides a Successful Farming idea to bake cookies on upside down cake pans to brown evenly and advises greasing pans only where dough will be dropped.
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Successful Farming Magazine
Deep set eyes shaped with eyebrow and lid lines
If you have small round or deep set eyes extend the line of the upper and lower lids at the outer corners with a eyebrow pencil. Extend the outer eyebrow tip the same as the lid line and blend eye shadow outward from the center of the lid, shading heaviest on the outer area.
Lochrie predicts bold growth for frozen foods
General Foods executive Howard R. Lochrie foresees a dramatic expansion in the frozen food industry over the next three years, signaling major product development and market penetration.
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Howard R. Lochrie
General Foods
Coal Used In Cars For Rubber Tires And Tubes
It takes about 250 pounds of coal to outfit a car with rubber tires and tubes.
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Raleigh Register
W. Va
Charles Ashley
E. P. Donahue
Gladys Surbaugh
Don D. Lilly
James Follmer
E. C. Yates
Anna D. Newland
Elizabeth Underwood
Billie Gail Miller
Dora Wengert
Ada C. Bailey
Howard Lee Phillips
Harry L. Crawford, Jr
Maryrell
Register
I. Q
Eddie Lenz
Mr. Lenz
Holiday Ham
Rubberoid Timbertex
Hill - Rohrer Lumber CO
Beckley, W. Va
By Cecily Brownstone
Chiropodist
B. E. Silverman
Raleigh Co. Bank
JFG Coffee Co
Knoxville
Neville
Xmas
Shop Kay’s
Toni
Roy Rogers
Prince Albert
Wrisley
Yardley
Kaywoodie Pipes
Whitmans
Johnstons
Absorbine Jr
le Oic
Ben-Gay
Hadacol
Hudson
Coty
Richard Hudnut
Paris
Carton
Bologna
Oleo
Main St
Hamburger
Cloverblossom
Fayette ST
Budget Shop
Lillybrook Coal Company
Affinity
Big Stick
Fireco
Killarney
Lego
Lillybrook
Pemberton and Sullivan
Amigo Smokeless Coal Company
Francis
Amigo
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