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Negro Activities in Brooklyn and East Beckley Communities
Community notes from Brooklyn and East Beckley report the formation of the Willing Workers Jr Club led by Colleen Mosby and Virginia Paige with officers Floyd Spencer and Bernice Cotentan among others. Local church events include Tabernacle Baptist Missionary Society activities and a week of prayer revival, plus reports of visitors, hospital patients, and upcoming dinners and programs.
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Brooklyn Ems A Willing Workers Jr. Club
Mesdames
Colleen Mosby
Virginia Paige
Floyd Spencer
Bernice Cotentan
Joann Smithers
Edmonio Woods
Elizabeth Paige
Josephine
Addie Kemp
Fidel Mosley
Marian Rogers
Cartiste
Odessa Lawson
Elverton
Kayatpor
Pinkie Woodson
Peart Woodson
Sam
Berthad Johnson
Suarbara
Myrtie
Morning Star Missionary Society
Mary Woodson
George Johnson
Lovan
Norman Woodson
Walter Woodson
Everett Hill
Minden
Lizzie Brown
R. F. Saunders
Cunare
East Galt
Tabernacle Baptist
Jovnely
Elen Smith
Dorothy Younger
Beckley Hospital
Betty Redd
Gerioa Lewis
Meade
Gloria Younger
Glen White
D. C. Wiley
Slotesbury
Bessie Sherman
Charlie Steptoe
James Johnson
Beckley
Alice Holland
Raleigh
Okey Holland
Stote
Patsey Hudson
Gillian Warren
Novelty War
Arvie Johnson
Harold Brown
Mabel Johnson
Sarah Cantz
G. E. Warren
James Sackett
George Allison
Mexico
Ebenezer Missionary Society
Gloria Warren
Mexico City
Youtepec
The
Missionary Society
Katie Levels
Willie Spencer
Marion Mitchell
Elsie English
Hale
Mary
Ant Jlale
East Beckley
Ebenezer Church
Welcome Baptist Church
East Park
A. Divers