Beckley Men Win Championship At Annual Bridge Tournament
Beckley Dupli cate Bridge Club members Sam Hochman and William Klein won the open pairs championship at the State Bridge Tournament held Oct 5 7 at the Kanawha Hotel in Charleston under the American Contract Bridge League. It marked the fourth state title in seven years for Beckley players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Hochman
William Klein
Beckley Duplicate Bridge Club
Kanawha Hotel
Charleston
Beckley
Beckley Woman to Lead State WCTU Meeting
Beckley resident Mrs. A. L. Rohrer, president of the West Virginia Tolenberg Ensemble, will conduct the annual state convention of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in the St AL School Auditorium. Session features include a speech on The Power of Purpose. Other events include a Beckley Sisterhood gathering at Beth El Temple and a Raleigh General Nurse’s Alumni meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Rohrer
Beckley
West Virginia Tolenberg Ensemble
Woman's Christan Temperance Unity
Beckley Community Concertlion
Woodrow Wilson High
WCTU
St. AL
Glenn G. Hays
Evans
Beckley Sisterhood
Stateces Dent
Beth el Temple
Azalea Garden Club Meets On Lawn Care Topics
Members of the Azalea Garden Club at Crab Orchard hosted by Mrs. Emory Gunter discussed fall lawn care and the effect of feeding neglect. Waits Paul Hutchinson led a program on horticulture, stressing crab grass elimination and perennial lawn grasses. Mrs. E. B. Bibb Jr spoke on conservation in schools and adult education, with a conservation handbook to be distributed to teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hutchinson
Azalea Garden Club
D. C. Ashton
Woodlawn Ave
Hutchinson
Fine Arts Department of
Wom
Thisan's Club of
Beckley
BE. E. Bibb Jr
West Virginia
Marriage Permit Applications From Raleigh County clerks
Marriage license applications listed for Raleigh County reveal multiple couples with stated ages and parental names. Notable pairs include Donald Lee Pruitt and Junaita Ann Harrah from Piney View, James Lester Lutes and Helen Jean Bragg from Beaver, and Willard Bryant with Joyce Coalson of Meade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Lee Pruitt
Carl
Florence Pruitt
Junaita Ann Harrah
Ted
Hester Harrah
Piney View
James Lester Lutes
Lester
Chloris Lutes
Beckley
Helen Jean Bragg
Azel
Allie Bragg
Beaver
Willard Bryant
Bessie Bryant
Killarney
Joyce Coalson
Charles Axd
Blanche Coalson
Meade
Birt Dale
Balen
George
Lucinda Balen
Shirley Ann Bell
Jessie
Ola Bell
Lillybrook
James Robert Cassity
James
Daisey Cassity
Pemberton
Nancy Ricketts
Fieyd
Mildred Ricketts
Coal City
Amos James Perkins
Leonard
Norine Perkins
Cleveland
Delores Geraldine Hayslett
Roscoe and
Elsie Hayslett
Clyde Eugene Mason
Walter J
Lula Belle Mason
EB Gulf
Margaret June Mercer
Homer G
Mildred Mercer
Mead
Community notices for women's groups published in Beckley paper
The column invites women's organizations to submit regular or special meeting announcements by telephone or mail. Notices received by 10 a.m. are used the same day. Sunday calendar items must reach the office before 9 a.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Department
Beckley
Beckley Garden Club Program Presented by Mrs Emerson Smith
Mrs Emerson Smith led a Beckley Garden Club program at the Cappellari home on Vine Street. Awards were given for floral designs, with Mrs G Hedrick Jr blue ribbon, Mrs J S Larrick red, Mrs ALF Barksdale yellow, and Mrs Dewey Isley white. The gathering included a dessert, notes from the Appalachian Regional Director, and farewells for Mrs E M des Rochers who will move to Pikeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Smith
Beckley Garden Club
Palmer Farley
Albert Wheley
G., C. Hedrick Jr
J. S. Larrick
Alf Barksdale
Dewey Isley
Conservation Department Ofice
H. 8. Edwards
the Statesmith
Walter M. Duncan
Isley
Ross Irle
Larrick
Des Rachers
Koch
Hedrick
Farley
Theresa Amato Edwards
Paul Copeland
Amick
J. D
E. M. Des Rochers
Pikeville, Ky
Robert L. Amick
Glen White Church group entertains veterans patients
The Ladies Aid Society of the Glen White Church presented a musical program for Veterans Administration Hospital patients on Thursday night. Duets by Mr and Mrs Everett Bailey with pianist Jack Wray followed by Miss Mary Tedder on solo piano. Refreshments were served by E B Wray S C Shelton E W Wood Charles Gruenberg Lonzo Bland Jr Delno Pedigo Cara Taylor and Barbara Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen White
Veterans Adminstration Hospital
Ladies Aid Society
Glen White Church
Everett Bailey
Jack Wray
Mary Tedder
B. Wray
S. C. Shelton
E. W. Wood
Charles Gruenberg
Lonzo Bland Jr
Delno Pedigo
Cara Taylor
Barbara Davis
Totenburg Ensemble To Appear At High School Tonight
The Beckley Community concert association presents Totenberg and nine member ensemble at Woodrow Wilson High School Auditorium at 8 15 PM. The program features Capriccio and Saint Saëns works with violinist Nor ma Davidson Myra Kestenbaum Ruth Anderson Thaddeus Brys and others under Totenberg. An intermission follows with pieces by Mozart Ravel and Tchaikovsky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Incert Association
Rowman Totenberg
Saint-Saens
Woodrow Wilson High
Totenberg
Orpheus
Nor- Gluck
Haydn
Ma Davidson
Andreas Maka
Ris
Myra Kestenbaum
Ruth Anderson
Thaddeus Brys
Ruth G
Mr.Anderson
Anthony Ojeda
Mozart
Raymond Hanson
Raymond Wood
Ravel
Tchaikovsky
CCA
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know in Narrows
Local notes list numerous residents and visitors from Beaver, Miami, and nearby towns visiting relatives or returning home after trips. Entries mention health updates, trips to St Albans for a Women’s Christian Temperance Union convention, and social visits across West Virginia and Ohio. One person, Dr. R W Riffe of North Fork, is hospitalized in Bluefield after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Christian Temperance Union
St. Albans
H. L. Hendrickson
W. W. Honaker
Beckley
J. F. Maddy
Beaver
First Baptist Church of
R. W. Riffe
Northfork
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bluefield
Arlena Miller
Queen St
Physical Therapists Speak at AAUW Meet
Two physical therapists from Miners Memorial Hospital spoke at the AAUW meeting on rehabilitation and therapy. Mrs Beaty hosted at Grand View Road. Miss Svehlak and Miss Siragusa outlined patient rehabilitation roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAUW
American Association of University Women
J. R. Beaty
Grandview Road
Julian Williams
Millie Svehlak
Mary Siragusa
Miners Memorial Hospital
Sibbley Weatherford
Beaty
L. T. Darrance
Mary Scott
Lara Clay
H. L. Watkins
Nwo
Gladyce Garst
Veteran‘s Hospital
Birthday Dinner Fetes Mrs Gentry in Rhodell
A surprise birthday dinner was hosted Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Murphy home in Rhodell for Mrs. W. F. Gentry on her 58th birthday. Attendees included the Murphy family, Vernon Canterbury and family, U. S. Widick family, Rebecca, Susan, and two Petty Officer William G. Rice and son Michael, on 18 day Navy furlough from Lakehurst NJ, who will return when leave ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gentry Rhodell
RNS
Clyde Murphy
Rhodell
W. F. Gentry
Larry
Linda
Janet Murphy
Vernon Canterbury
Randy
Rhoda
U. S. Widick
Rebecca
Susan
William G. Rice
Michael
Rice
U.S. Navy
Lake Hurst
N. J
Eliminate Strain Cuts Waste Curbside Inconvenience
An incinerator eliminates the strain of carrying heavy cans to the curb and may prevent serious injury for middle aged or older people. Homemakers report fewer cold spells in winter as they no longer run out in freezing weather to bring in empty garbage cans.
McKinney Wedding Anniversary Marked by Family
William Blackburn and Nancy Elizabeth McKinney celebrated their 66th anniversary at Basin with 75 to 80 kin present. Married Sept 17, 1890, at Basin, the couple raised 12 children and kept a life of steady farming, weather lore, and public faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pansye Whittaker Rhodell
RNS
William Blackburn
Nancy
Elizabeth McKinney
Uncle Blackburn
Bells
S. M. McKinney
Basin
Raleigh
Allen ‘Mc
Blackburn
Betts
Ada Wood
Beckley
Hellie Rinehart
Mullens
Bertha McKinney
Edward
Witey
Spanishburg
Ralph Basin
Archie
Devotional Circle Meetings Highlight Methodist Women
Circle No 9 of the Women's Society of Christian Service hosted Mrs Floyd Rothlisberger leading devotions at Harper Road Tuesday. Seven members presented the seven quadrennial goals for 1956 57 with fruits named love faithfulness joy patience gentleness and peace placed in a symbolic bowl. Circle 12 at Granville Ave held a business session and planned Week of Prayer Oct 25 30 while noting Upper Room deliveries to ill members and a visit to Pinecrest. The Gamma Gamma Beta Sigma Phi vows and a Halloween dance were also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. McKinney
Catherin McKinney
He McKinney
George Alfred Graham
Alhrost
Ellis McKinney
Semena
McKinneys
McKinney
Betts
Eli
Jake Blackburn
Ike
Alint Betts
Edward Iskdi
Harper Road
Women's Society of Christian
Methodist Temple
Floyd Rothlisberger
John Baker
Birch
Baker
Rothlisberger
Robert Smith
EL H. Christian
F. W. Treat
John Sydnor
Charles Hall
Charles Jackson
Guy Potts
J. W. Woods
R. E. Prealey
B. F. Henderson
Sherman C. Trail
Gamma Gamma
Beta Sigma Phi
Glass House
Coca Cola
Hunting
Women's Society of Christian Service
L. P. Grogan
Granville Ave
Fred Roschi
Yeader
Pinecrest
Eugene Huffman
Grogan
Visitation
East Gulf Personal News Recap
Mr and Mrs C F Roland returned home after a visit in Ashburys Virginia for the funeral of W F Necessary. Bluefield visitors included C W Taylor and daughter Mrs C W Matthress of Bluefield. L C Taylor is a patient at Beckley Hospital. Bill Martin from Akron Ohio spent the weekend with L C Taylor’s family. Mrs W R Stevens is back out after two weeks illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Gulf
Rns
C. F. Roland
Asburrys
Inlaw
W. F. Necessary
C.W. Taylor
C. W. Matthress
Bluefield
C. O F. Roland
L. C. Taylor
Beckley Hospital
Bill Martin
Akron
Ohio
W. R. Stevens
Also Mentioned on This Page
Etude Music Club
Earl Yates
Lilly
Toney Brigug Na
Carl Boslick
Paul Minzman
Bernard Carter
Ted Waronicki
Mankin Ave
Marsha O'Dell
Edna Pallersgon
Finzman
Roberts
Memorial
Ardich Short
Calvin Gunner
Bostick
West Virginia Bridge Association
Charles Dodd
Parkersburg
Hochman
Lorraine Blackwood
Nacr Francis de Sales Church
Meet Than Matz
Esso Fink
Beck
George Brown
Mount Hope
Civinette Club
Beckley Hotel
Beckley Art Group
Sesson
Raleigh General Nurse’s
Aluma Association
Richmond
Crab Orchard
Baptist Church
Emory Gunter
Royal Neighbors of America
Camp of Beckley
Sons of Traly
Raleigh County
Alan Phillips
Winter
Phil- Ee
Sarah
Isj
Pattern Department
Chelsea Station
New York 1
N. Y
Richard Cole
Slone
Totenburg
Hone
Albert Gregory
Mary Elfen
J. M. Collins
Peace Albert Gregory
Tol
Oliver Snutert
St. Fer
George Maddy
Mary Bell
Lindside
Mack . Maples
Reservoir Rd
James L. Maples
Janie
Parkwood Dr
E. E. Carter
Eccles
Hawthorne Burgrass
Melissa
Stone, Ky
Dayton
Burgrass
Carter
E. N. Swarthout
Clara
Patty
Wyoming Ave
Ireta Swarthout
Williamstown
Lloyd Kokensparger
Zanesville
Swarthwe
E. L. Carter
Miami
Fla
J. Steadman
H. Bridge
Wickham Ave
Fred Comm
Ann
Washington, D. C
Paul Bridge
Roanoke
Comm
Frank Hodge
Washington
Charles Bridge
United Mine Workers
Cincinnati
Raleigh Register
W. W. Va
Siuden
William B. McKinney
Mrs. Rothlisberger
Gloria Vila
Sylvia Tudor
Mary Robertson
Lucy Spinelli
Peggy Canterbury
Betty Bales
Beverly Sawyers
Marie Cascio
Dorothy Fride Ils
Nellie Honaker
Kanowhs St
Church
South Fayette Streets
Prince Street
Pinecrest Cottage Inn
Richmond Cleaners
Galperin
Kanawha
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