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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1961

Page

5

What To Talk About At Xi Beta Meeting

Xi Beta Exemplar Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met in the Elks Club Blue Room with MISS DIANA Hontgas presiding. MISS BLADENE Pickle led the program on Conversation outlining ice breakers and ten keys to good talk while MISS Pat Vealey, with Mrs. George Cales, was named next program leader.

R. L. Wiseman Xi Beta Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Elks Club Diana Hontgas Wiseman Pat Vealey George Cales Bladene Pickle Glynn Cook E. L. Allenbaugh James Mallamas W. H. Holliday Don Lilly Boyd Edwards James Underwood Harold Eye Paul Hayner Doreen Eachus

Roach Accepts Instructor Post at Chapmanville High

Melba Jean Roach of Mount Tabor has accepted an instructor position on the Chapmanville High School board of education in Logan County. She earned a B S in business education from Concord College Athens and is a Trap Hill High School 1957 valedictorian.

Board of Education Chapmanville High School Logan County Melba Jean Roach George Thompson Jr Mount Tabor

Fairdale and area residents receive travel and visit notes

Fairdale residents share updates from trips and visits. Victor Sauls returns to Tallahassee after visiting Lakie Manning Ett Daniel and Blanche Clay, with stops in Saulsville and Summersville. Funeral attendees from Fairdale and Glen Daniel include Celete Gilmer, Lakie Manning, and Carrie Shumate for Pearl Robertson of Soulsville. Robertson, formerly of Glen Rogers, lives in San Pedro, California. Orville Lee Stover of Glen Daniel returns from Chicago. Vernon Bailey and his family, now in Pittsburgh, will relocate here during his wife’s husband’s Germany tour.

Glen Daniel Chicago Til Vernon Bailey Pittsburgh Omer Bailey Bailey Germany

Garden Club of the Air to air Wednesday on WOAY

The Garden Club of the Air sponsored by Raleigh County Garden Council will be televised Wednesday from 1 to 2 pm on WOAY Oak Hill. Clement L. Schulte, local florist, demonstrates fall and Christmas dried arrangements and church decor rules.

H. E. Phipps Azalea Garden Club B. L. Lewis C. E. Galaspie Beckley Garden Club Earl Price Flowering Hills Garden Club A. Phillips Jr Beckley Hazel

Community groups announce weekly and special meetings

Women's organizations across Beckley publish notices for regular and special gatherings. Items include Daughters of Isis Court No. 4 at 6 p.m. and Circle Bible Moderators at 7:30 p.m. plus many church circles, PTA meetings, lodge gatherings, and social events with locations and times.

Circle Bible Beckley Presbyterian Church A. J. Walker IL. Bepler Fellowship Circle of Coal City Court Paula Catholic Daughters of America Regular Meeting St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Alpha Zeta Chapter of Zeta

Home Economist to Lead SSDWC Meeting Program

Miss Jeannie Gaziano, home economist for Appalachian Electric Power Co, will present The Best of TV at the Shady Spring District Woman's Club meeting Thursday night. The session at May o'clock in Beaver Lions will discuss recipes from WOAY-TV segments and conclude with reports on the Southern District Convention. Mrs. Ray mond Eye presides as plans for the year are outlined and members attend.

Jeannie Gaziano Appalachian Electric Power Co Shady Spring District West Virginia Federation of Woman's Club Peterstown Eve Caree Lewis E. N. Creger Alan Staton Frances Melito Hazel Gallaher Paris Shrewsbury Eye Confab Cregar Wilmer Snuffer Calvin Moye L. L. Skelton Pauline Okes Kyle Okes Ruth Payne

Daughter Born To Bedzyks In Beckley Memorial

Mr and Mrs Nicholas M Bedzyk Jr announce the birth of Jacqueline Ann at 530 PM Monday in Beckley Memorial Hospital. The infant weighed seven pounds 10.5 ounces. Mother is Mary Shoda from Lashmed. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Nicholas Bedzyk of Detroit. Sgt Bedzyk serves in the U S Army in the public information division at the local Recruiting Main Station.

Nicholas M. Bedzyk Jr Mankin Ave Jacqueline Ann Beckley Memorial Hospital Mary Shoda Jack Shoda Lashmed Nicholas Bedzyk Detroit, Mich Bedzyk U. S. Army

Local social notes from Carthage and Beckley area

Mr and Mrs Otis Cook of Cheery Creek called to Carthage N C on death of George W Cook. Kenneth Allen and children Anne and Rickie of Richmond Va visited grandma Viola Fink in Shady Spring. Julia Secrest of Wickham Ave in Raleigh General Hospital for observation. Paul Smith summering in Beckley called to Orlando Fla after word son Roy Pyles had a stroke but is improving. Recent guests at Whitby home of Stant Farley include Vernon Farley Emerson Farley Brady Cox. James Spangler and wife returned from two week Florida vacation visiting son Jimmie Spangler in Orm. David P Leary and Henry Knaub of Richmond Va are guests of Miss Helen Cranz Wickham Ave.

Kenneth Allen Anne Rickie Richmond, Va Viola Fink Shady Spring Beckley Orlando Fla Roy Pyles James Spangler Carleton St Florida Jimmie Spangler David P. Leary Henry Knaub Helen P. Cranz Fairview Apts Wickham Avenue

National Federation of BPW Clubs Elevates Standards Theme

Katherine Peden of Hopkinsville Kentucky New president outlines year focus for the National Federation of Business and Professional Women She discusses executive training with major universities a Americas conference and a 100000 pledge for the Dr Minnie L Maffett Nurses from for Free Chinese Nurses project Locally Beckley B and PW Club tours a Methodist Child Care Center tonight Mrs Nathan Rose Pickus Business Woman of the Year will be interviewed on WWNR A Come as You Are Invited Party is set for Wednesday at 8 pm in the Bank of Raleigh Divice Room

Womanpower National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs Katherine Peden Hopkinsville Ameri- Americas Minnie L. Maffett Beckley B and PW Methodist Nathan Rose) Pickus WWNR Bank of Raleigh Divice Edward Sanderson

Sophia Sorority Plans October Sessions

The Xi Chi Exemplar Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will hold an October meeting at Mrs. Jack Murdock's Sophia home with Mrs. Darryl Williams in charge. The September session was at Mrs. Pauline Clemons's Sophia home. Training for pledges was led by Mrs. Tony Milano. Mrs. Clarence Culliss presented the Mexico program with slides noting Mexico City as the City of Palaces.

Jack Murdock Xi Chi Beta Sigma Phi Sophia Darryl Williams Pauline Clemons Tony Milano Clarence Culliss Mexico Mexico City

Menu by Maddox Half Grapefruit Corned Beef Hash

Spinach Timbales Split and Toasted Rolls Shamrock Chocolate Mint Pie Coffee Tea Milk.

Maddox Shamrock

Larry Ballard Departs for Ft. Jackson Army Service

Larry Ballard left Tuesday for Ft. Jackson South Carolina to serve with the United States Army. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Elgie Ballard of Sophia.

Larry Ballard Ft. Jackson S. C U. S. Army Elgie Balard Sophia

Woman 93 Attends Reunion At Fairdale

A 93 year old woman known as Aunt Cinda traveled 150 miles to attend a family reunion at the Elkins home in Beckley West Virginia. She is a former Bolt resident with relatives across the region including L J Daniel in Beckley Claude Walker in Beckley and siblings in Glen Daniel Bolt Ravencliff and Crab Orchard. Attendees included Dewey Walker and Bill Lyons among others.

Fairdale Roy T. Elkin Jr Cinda Walker Vinton Ohio Elkins Cinda Bolt L. J. Daniel Beckley Claude Walker Elizabeth Pettry Josie Smith Glen Daniel Susie Harvey Pearl Hurst Ravencliff Cathania Pettry George Daniel Crab Orchard Dewey Walker

Bridge Lecture Slated Tonight For Delta Delta Delta Benefit

The Beckley Alpha Chapter Delta Delta Delta hosts an 8 pm lecture by Mrs. Edgar L. Mohler in the Coca-Cola Social Room to raise funds for the WVU sorority house project. Ground broken July 10. house to be two stories with 32 dormitory spaces. January 1962 target date for completion. tickets from local chapter members.

Beckley Delta Delta Delta Coca- Cola Delta Delta Delta National Social Sorority Edgar L. Mohler Coca-Cola West Virginia University Morgantown Roy A. Cunningham Phi Iota Wvu Charles Cox House Corporation Thomas Bowdle Ravenswood

No such thing as a simple wardrobe hack

The text suggests wearing a bra and slip to match each sleeveless dress to hide shoulder straps. It implies straps will become invisible with proper undergarments, offering a practical styling tip.

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