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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1962
Page
5
The seating between WSCS president Miss Nelle Bryson and the Rev Richard Carpenter, assistant pastor, highlighted a ceremony. Decorations were organized by Mrs Fred W Roschi, WSCS Fellowship Chairman.
Women's organizations column invites notices of regular or special meetings. Beckley Newspapers requests notices by 10 p.m. to publish the same day, with Sunday items due by 10 a.m. Saturday. Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge No. 206 sets a 7:30 p.m. regular meeting with a time change noted for members.
Circle Bible Moderators of Beck ley Presbyterian Church meet at 7 30 pm at 305 Edge wood Drive. Bethlehem Chapter 71 of the Order of Eastern Star holds regular meeting and initiation practice at the Masonic Temple Howe Street at 8 pm. Beckley Chapter Women of the Moose hosts Mooseheart Chapter Night at the Moose Lodge Ballroom at 7 30 pm. Stanaford Woman's Christian Temperance Union gathers at Missionary Baptist Church of Stanaford at 6 30 pm.
The Captain James Allen Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at 7 30 p m at Mrs John E McKenzie home 602 Woodlawn Ave All members invited to attend for the evening gathering and program.
Beckley Junior High School Parent Teacher Association schedules a 7:30 p.m. business meeting followed by an open house. Parents, teachers, and staff are invited to review programs, upcoming events, and school activities.
Sigma Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and Golden Age Club of Beckley stage a community evening at Appalachian Assembly Room with a covered dish dinner. Social gathering begins 6 30 p m at the clubhouse on Park Avenue and continues at 7 30 p m.
Circle No. 11 of First Baptist Church led by Mrs. H. E. Melton Jr meets at 7 30 p m at 2010 St with Mrs Harvey Martin residence noted Circle No. 3 of First Methodist Church hosted by Mrs. Roy L. Herndon at 107 Jefferson St with Mrs. W. R. Branson as leader at 7 30 p m
Columbine Garden Club at Pax Road 1 30 p m hosts Mrs D E Wipperman. Maxwell Hill Home Demonstration Club holds smocked pillow making workshop at the Community Building 6 30 p m led by Mrs Dewey Turner and Mrs Laura Wingler. Beckley Sisterhood of Beth El Temple meets at Mrs A David Abrams home at 8 p m.
Royal Neighbors of America holds a regular meeting at Eagles Home on Woodlawn Ave at 7 30 p m. Beckley Sisterhood of Temple Beth El hosts Silver Anniversary Tea at Mrs David Abrams home 111 Springdale Ave 2 4 p m. Beta Rho Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Sorority pledges party and regular meeting at Coca Cola Social Room 7 30 p m. Thrifty Homemakers sewing carnival and workshop at Mrs Willie Mackens home West Moreland Street 1 p m.
Gamma Gamma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi holds regular meeting at Coca-Cola Social Room at 7 30 p m Executive board of Women of the Church meets Beckley Presbyterian Church at 1 30 p m Circle No 1 of First Methodist Church meets at home of Mrs E L Ellison 109 Beckley Ave 2 30 p m Mrs John W Eye leads Episcopal Churchwomen of St Stephen s Church at noon Court of Calantha meets at Calanthian Home on South Fayette Street 6 p m Circle No 2 of First Methodist Church meets at home of Mrs Gertrude Roush 100 Montgomery Court 2
Mary Brooks Piken notes a decade shift toward home sewing among young women and brides seeking stylish, affordable garments. The piece highlights fall fabrics from Victor and Norell, plus Cashin tweeds and easy pattern-led dressmaking, urging careful cutting, fitting, pressing, and finishing for a polished look.
A collage of reader tips from Dear Polly pages. Garden tools stay rust free when dipped in sand. tin foil box cord rolls prevent tangling. cardboard cord sleeves label purposes. Fabric hacks, plastic chair coverings, fabric paste, and vinegar on silk stockings are also shared. Polly awards a dollar for each accepted idea. originality and practicality are checked.
At 8 p.m. Mrs B B Chambers leads Church Women of St Luke Lutheran Church at the home of Mrs George Randall 1735 Harper Road. Prosperity Home Demonstration Club meets at 7 30 p.m. at the home of Mrs James Woolwine.
Mrs. Robert Lee leads the Lutheran Churchwomen of St. Luke Lutheran Church in a Thursday 8 p.m. Bible Study at Mrs. Road's home. The program begins a year long lesson series.
Shady Spring, RNS Mr and Mrs Harold Deeds and Cleo of Newport News Virginia visit Wor thy Harris this week. Ronnie Midkiff and family from Salem Virginia spend weekend with his parents Agile Midkiff of Cool Ridge. Billy G Lilly and children from Ashland Kentucky were weekend guests of their parents and relatives.
Nashua with lifetime earnings of 1 100 365 stands as the top money winning horse in racing history. Beckley Memorial Hospital records multiple births including Beverly Denise Sept 11 at 5 41 p m and Sharon Lavette Sept 11 at 11 15 a m to local families in Beckley area.
Brief local notices invite readers to call the paper with items for the living history column. The call line provides a contact number and extension for submissions or tips about people known to the community.
Mrs Larry M Smith and infant daughter Treaka Murray of Indianapolis are visiting her mother Mrs R F E Murray at 204 Allen Ave. Mrs W A Mary Gold Browning of 107 Wilson St. was to undergo surgery today at Raleigh General Hospital. Cecil Cook of Cherry Creek had surgery Monday at University Hospital Morgantown. Miss Ann Whitlock daughter of Dr and Mrs John Whitlock of 105 Dixon Lane sailed from New York City for a two month Europe tour. A Woodrow Wilson High School graduate she completed pre med at West Virginia University and earned a physical therapy degree from the Medical College of Virginia Richmond. Employed at Beckley Memorial Hospital as a physical therapist she is accompanied by Miss Ann Hightower of Webb Miss also a physical therapist.
A recent bride, Mrs Earl Gene Tully of Charleston formerly Sandra Jane Foster, was honored Friday with a household shower in Fellowship Hall at The Methodist Temple. Fifty guests attended. hostesses were Mrs Clinton Warden, Mrs A B Carney, Mrs Maude Geiger and Mrs Jack Klaus. Mrs Tully is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Foster of 118 Wildwood Ave and granddaughter of Mrs J G Foster of 505 S Kanawha n St.
Herbert Waters, Assistant Professor of Art at Alderson Broaddus College Philippi, will show paintings in the Mountain State Forest Festival Art Exhibit. Sponsored by the Elkins Branch of the American Association of University Women, the exhibit spotlights West Virginia artists. Waters has studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and Harvard, with works in Library of Congress and major galleries. He has won awards for wood engravings, prints, and watercolors, and his pieces reside in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Boston and New York Public Libraries, and other institutions. He is active in the National Academy of Design and the Boston Printmakers Society.
A guide to arranging picture windows using a floor display of large green plants. Group plants by height leaf shape and color rather than lining them in a straight row for balanced visual impact.
A report identifies giant kelp as the fastest growing plant on earth. The seaweed grows rapidly in coastal waters, reaching impressive lengths in short periods, highlighting its remarkable biology and ecological role in marine ecosystems.
Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge No. 206 will hold an old fashioned quilting bee at IOOF Hall on Wednesday. Members are asked to bring white cloth strips to make bandages for the cancer unit. A rummage sale is set for Oct. 9 on South Fayette Street. Presiding was Mrs. Rena Hughes.
A fragment lists Mrs Earl Farley and children Velmer Frankie Ricky and Redrey of Beckley along with Mr and Mrs Steve Lakey and Dewey Farley and Teye Richmond of Camp Creek and Dunns and Mr and Mrs Howe Akers and Woodrow Martin of Dunns and Dayton Richmond of Blue feld.
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