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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1950
Page
3
Dorothy Amick recounts a long series of social notices from Beckley detailing visits, travels, hospital stays, and hometown events. Names like Warden Griffith Sheffler Freeland and Miller appear with locations Beckley Bluefield Charleston and Lexington, Kentucky as residents report family visits, illnesses, recoveries, and weekend trips spanning Ky to Va.
Nineteen members of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church attended the New River Convocation of the Episcopal Church at Oakhurst yesterday with Rt. Rev. W. C. Campbell as guest speaker and Rev. George Shirley of Georgia addressing the group in the afternoon.
Kathleen Ann Laughlin of Crookston Minnesota will wed Mark A. Sherman son of Dr. H Viola Shlickerman of Pinecrest Sanatorium. Plans call for marriage in February. Kathleen Laughlin attended Cottey College Washington University Pratt Library School. Sherman, a University of Michigan alumnus, served in Italy with the Army and now works for Citizens Mutual Insurance in Howell. He belongs to Delta Sigma Pi and NAO. Also noted is a Christian Women's Fellowship meeting themed The World Church led by Mrs Brooks Adair with Group 3 hostess Mrs Dale Covey at 7 30 p m.
The Women's Auxiliary of St Stephen's Episcopal Church will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Parish Hall.
T Sgt. and Mrs. Ralph L. Neal and son Lu will depart Wednesday for Scott Field Ill where he is stationed. He arrived Sunday and has stayed with Mrs. William J. Trail of Freeman Street. Mrs. Neal and Lu have been visiting her mother for the past month.
Twin daughters Beverly Faye and Brenda Kay were born Oct 1 at Beckley Hospital to Mr and Mrs Leslie Arthur Garten Jr of Beckley. Mr and Mrs Glendon Lilly of 114 College Avenue announce the arrival of a 7 pound 3 ounce son Oct 3 at Raleigh General Hospital named Michael Edwin. Mr and Mrs Thomas William Cook of 310 Kessinger Street announce the birth of a 7 pound 10 ounce …
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