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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1950
Page
3
Beta Lamba Chapter rushees enjoyed a tacky party at the Westwood Drive home of Mrs. James Leiber Wednesday. The event opened a series of activities with costumes from long underwear to a scrub woman's dress with fur scarves.
The Woman's Auxiliary of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church will hold its annual Christmas bazaar on Dec. 1 with a luncheon and parcel post sale. Co-chairmen are Mrs. H. C. Sessions and Mrs. W. O. Sydnor Jr. A business session led by Mrs. P. B. Barwood covered the New River Convocation report by Mrs. R. M. Bean.
A Catholic Daughters bazaar is set for the first week of December. In a Coca-Cola Building social room meeting on Wednesday the group agreed to locate the bazaar in the basement of the partially completed church. Mrs. M. B. Smisko and Mrs. John Shuttleworth to arrange details. Altar committee named Mrs. Bernard Snead and Mrs. Joe Sparacino Jr. Refreshments served to 37 members by hostesses Mrs. S. H. Bridge and Mrs. E. L. Scott.
A fund is set aside to sponsor a patient at Pine Crest Sanitarium by Circles 1 and 2 of the Hollywood Church. Mrs. S. B. Smith led devotionals for the Tuesday meeting, followed by group singing. Mrs. L. C. Dickenson and Mrs. Glen Smith offered prayers. The program “Japan, the Gate is Open” was presented by Mrs. E. T. Graham. Circle 1 will meet with Mrs. L. Almond in November. Circle 2 with Mrs. Edna Mullins. Refreshments for 21 members were served by Circle 1.
Dorothy Amick reports social notes from Beckley area residents. Numerous residents and visitors are listed: Whitworths traveling to Pocahontas Virginia. Hoggs to New York City for the World Series. Ward returning from Maryland. Hutchinsons hosting relatives from New Mexico. Others visit Memphis Tennessee, Huntington, Charleston, Beckley Hospital, and Greenbrier Military School. A mix of domestic greetings and travel plans marks a busy week in local society.
Mrs. K Lynn Stevenson and her infant son David Sloan have returned to the home of her parents Mr and Mrs F W Trent at 113 Garfield Street after discharge from Raleigh General Hospital.
Eleven Beckley Junior Woman's Club members will attend the 17th annual convention of capitol and southern districts, junior department, West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs in Montgomery. Registration starts 9 a.m. with calls to order at 11, luncheon at noon, and the afternoon session at 1:30. An informal banquet at West Virginia Institute of Technology features guest speaker Marian Foster Smith of Savenburg, Pa. Attending are Mrs. John V. Schulte, Mrs. C. A. Thompson Jr., Mrs. Duke Williams, Mrs. Felix Fisher, Mrs. James Thompson, Mrs. Dana Kk. Amick, Mrs. John W. Smith, Mrs. George Haldane, Mrs. Wendell Marston, Miss Phoebe Bledsoe, and chairman Mrs. Lee Summers.
The First Christian Church Women’s Fellowship schedules its annual Home Harvest Tea for October 25, to run from 2 to 6 pm. The World Church theme and lessons from Mrs. Brooks Adair, with talks by Mrs. Samuel Thomson and Gerald Lamb, highlight Christian unity and the World Church effort. Evangelistic meetings are set for November 8–19.
The Beckley Sisterhood of Beth El Temple will support Pinecrest Library at the sanitarium with funds for new books and magazines. New president Mrs A Ellen Bogen was honored at a tea after the meeting attended by 62 members and two guests Mrs H M Meade and Mrs H M Houchins. John Dunn of Princeton directed music for services, and Rev L N D Wells of Texas officiated.
The Captain James Allen Chapter of the Daughters of American Revolution plans an October 22 dedication ceremony at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. The state DAR will donate an organ for the chapel. A fall meeting at Mrs. S. M. Bledsoe's home formed the planning committee and set the year’s budget. Delegates to the state DAR conference in Bluefield on Oct. 1921 were named with alternates listed. The chapter will host the national defense luncheon at the Bluefield Country Club on Oct. 20.
Mrs. Mike Major hosted the Cherry Creek Methodist Church Missionary Circle Friday. Mrs. Hershel Rakes led devotionals and Mrs. Earlyn Phillips read The Silver Thread. Presiding officer Mrs. Park Street led the business session planning a plastic party for October at Mrs. Earl McComas's home.
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