Community group listings for Beckley events
Women organizations publish notices for meetings in Beckley area. Listings include Mission Circle No. 2 Crab Orchard Baptist Church 7 30 p m Supper Circle Beckley Presbyterian Church 6 p m Circle No 13 First Baptist Church 7 30 p m Stoco Band Mothers Club 7 30 p m Sophia High School events 7 30 p m American Legion Auxiliary 8 p m Melvda Chapter Order of Eastern Star 5 30 p m Friendship Class First Christian Church Halloween party 7 30 p m Wednesday groups at Beckley Presbyterian Church 11 a m WCTU Crab Orchard 10 a m Catholic Youth Organization 7 p m Maids and Matrons 8 p m Xi Alpha Beta Sigma Phi 7 30 p m Mount Tabor Homemakers 1 p m Beckley Area Nurses Club 7 30 p m etc.
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First Christian Church
Friday luncheon and prayer events at local venues
The American Home Department hosts a covered-dish luncheon at the club house on Park Ave at 1 p.m. A church event, All Day of Prayer, takes place in the Laura Person Classroom.
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American Home Department
Park Ave
Women of the
Beckley Presbyterian Church
All Day of Prayer
Laura Person
Raleigh County Garden Council Meeting Notice
The Raleigh County Garden Council holds its regular meeting Saturday at 1 30 p m in the Coca Cola Social Room. Members plan agenda items and discuss club activities.
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Raleigh County Garden Council
Churches Guilds Meet Thursday at Various Homes
Guilds of St Stephen’s Episcopal Church plan Thursday gatherings at multiple homes and the church. St Anne’s hosts D C Holliday at 8 p.m., St Cecelia’s 8 p.m. with Irene Griffith co host, St Margaret’s 1 30 p.m., St Francis’ 8 p.m., St Mary’s 1 30 p.m., St Stephen’s 1 30 p.m. An American Legion Auxiliary Unit No 32 program on Education of Orphans of Veterans will feature a panel in Memorial Building Room Six at 8 p.m. Mrs Emma Beard arranged the discussion with speakers. executive board meets at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Building
Guilds
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
St. Anne’s
D. C. Holliday
Maplewood Lane
St. Cecelia
John Yago
Woodlawn Ave
Irene Griffith
St. Margaret's
W. O. Sydnor Jr
American Legion Auxiliary Unit No
Emma Beard
A. F. Bryson
Byrge-Harrah Wedding Performed In Double-Ring Church Ceremony
Miss Retha Marie Harrah and Howard Bernitte Byrge wed in a double ring ceremony at Fundamental Baptist Church Prosperity at 8 p.m. The service featured greenery arches white mums and orchids, with Rev. E H Fisher officiating. Readings were by Mrs L E Pipkin and soloists Mrs George Coley and Mrs Wilbert Stover. The couple live at 212 1/2 Hargrove St Prosperity with families from Prosperity and Shady Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fundamental Baptist Church of Prosperity
Retha Marie Harrah
Howard Bernitte Byrge
E. H. Fisher
Hal Harrah
Prosperity
Earl Burge
Shady Spring
L. E. Pipkin
Bradley
George Coley
Wilbert Stover
Vivian LeGage Byrge
Bill Jenkins
Clacy Ransome
Earl Byrge Jr
Charles Byrge
Ohio
Indiana
Woodrow Wilson High School
Girls Athletic Association
Y-Teens
Acme Loan Co
Beckley
Shady Spring High School
Maxwell and Keyser Plumbing Co
Hargrove St
Flat Top Resident B B Lilly Celebrates 7st Birthday
Flat Top resident Mrs B B Lilly marked her 7st birthday on Oct 8. A practical nurse and licensed midwife, she has a long local history with the Lilly family and Flat Top. Born in 1889 in Morehead Kentucky, she raised a large garden and enjoys gardening and flowers. She has a large family with two sons, six stepchildren, four grandchildren, and siblings living in Ohio and Ghent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Top
B. B. Lilly
Lilly
Morehead
G. A. Cassidy
Jim Cassidy
John Cassidy
Miamisburg
Ohio
Jane Zorn
Middletown
Ina Gregory
Blanchester
Forest Bell
Charleston
Arthur Brooks
Orlando
Fla
Mack Lilly
S. L. Lilly
Dupey Earl Lilly
Cool Ridge
Orah Meador
Zenith Williams
Crystal Massey
Ghent
Circle Names Officer at Midway Church of God Circle
Mrs J B Bower was elected treasurer at a Friday night meeting held in the home of Mrs Virginia Okes Daniels. Mrs Okes opened with Scripture, Miss Betty Hopkins led prayer, and a covered-dish dinner followed. Attending were Mrs Claude Sturgill, Mrs Leda Pomroy, Miss Judy Goddard, Mrs James Pennington, Mrs Helen Rawn, Mrs Cecil Sturgill, Mrs S D Wolford, Miss Sandra Okes, Miss Beulah Sturgill, Miss Sherry Okes, plus Golden Trail, Roger Okes, and Duke Okes as guests.
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Sophia
J. B. Bower
Midway Church of God
Virginia Okes
Daniels
Okes
Betty Hopkins
Claude Sturgill
Leda Pomroy
Judy Goddard
James Pennington
Morgantown Couple Welcome Daughter Shari Lee Broyles
Morgantown residents Mr and Mrs Randall Broyles announce the birth of a daughter on October 2 at St Vincent Pallitt Hospital. Weighing eight pounds three and a half ounces she is named Shari Lee. Mother Joyce Lickliter is Crab Orchard native. Broyles teaches at University High School while studying at West Virginia University.
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Sophia
Morgantown
Randal Broyles
St. Vincent Pallitt Hospital
Shari Lee
Joyce Lickliter
Joseph Lickliter
Broyles
Woodrow Wilson High School
The
University High School
West Virginia University
Walter J. Rogers
Dunns
G. W. Tolbert
Flat Top
Leo Rogers
Barboursville
Arlo Rogers
Freeman
Doris Faye Rogers
Concord College
Athens
Willa Mae Rogers
Personal Notes from Athens Area Visit and Local Reminiscences
Mrs. Bob Dwight and children from Tilden, now in Sumnerwood Texas, arrived Oct 9 to visit relatives in Athens area and plan return Oct 24. Dr. E L Lowery, with daughters, visited his son Ivan Lowery in Beckley. he formerly preached at Eccles. Numerous local residents attended events, hospital visits, and family gatherings including WVU game in Morgantown and funeral attendance at Yawkey.
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Bob Dwight
Sue
Ruth
Robbie
Tilden
Sumnerwood
Tex
Athens
E. L. Lowery
McMechan
Mary Norris
Mildred Gumm
Charleston
Ivan Lowery
Beckley
Eccles
Robert M. Fleming
Orchard Ave
Beckley Hospital
Palmer Farley
Palmer Jr
L. FE. Miller
Stansbury St
Morgantown
Millers
Church Circle Meets At Home In Mabscott
Calvary Baptist Church Circle No 3 of Mabscott met at Mrs B C Sisk home for a Thursday session. Miss Patricia Webb led a devotional and the group sang Trust and Obey. They approved donations of clothing to Mathers Mission School five dollars to Alderson Broaddus Philippi and furniture and material for a church nursery. New officers to submit were Mrs Carl Smith Mrs Paris Richards and Mrs John Caliope. Two new members Mrs George Coker and Mrs Cliff Plumener were welcomed. A get well card for hospitalized Mrs Claude McCormick was prepared.
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Circle No. 3
Calvary Baptist Church
Mabscott
B. C. Sisk
Patricia Webb
Trust and
Obey
Sisk
Mathers Mission School
Alderson-Broaddus
Philippi
Carl Smith
Paris Richards
John Caliope
George Coker
Cliff Plumener
Claude McCormick
Daughter Alisa Ann born to Mr and Mrs Fink in Clarksburg
Mr and Mrs William A Fink of 203 North Oak Street Clarksburg announce the birth of their third child a daughter Alisa Ann on October 5 at 8 55 am in a Clarksburg hospital Fink is a former Beckley Police Force member now with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of the U S Treasury Department
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William A. Fink
N. Oak St
Clarksburg
Alisa Ann
Fink
Beckley
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
U. S. Treasury Department
Progressive Homemaker's Club Re-Elects President At Meet
Mrs. William Earehart was re-elected club president with Mrs. C F Ratliff as vice president and Mrs. David Gilpin as secretary treasurer. October meeting at Locust Dr featured devotion on The Power of Positive Thinking and a Pakistan study lesson. Plans set for project sheets due Oct 15 and for a county planning meeting Oct 20. UN Workshop to open Oct 4 at First Christian Church with luncheon. County Achievement Day at the same church Nov 7 with lunch. Other attendees listed, plus two guests. Sophia notes mention local visits and illness updates on J A Staton in Beckley Hospital.
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William Earehart
Progressive Homemaker's Club
C. F. Ratliff
David Gilpin
United Nations
First Christian Church
C. H. Earehart
KE. N. Swarthout
Carl F. Burns
Harold Dew
Verne Tucker
Nancy Boyd
Raleigh County
Day In Court Observance Slated For Legal Secretaries
Beckley Legal Secretaries Association plans an October Day in Court on Wednesday. The event follows a National Association resolution designating an official day in October to observe court workings. Publicity chairman Miss Shirley Williams said the aim is to let secretaries experience court operations firsthand, noting many have not been able to observe during court sessions.
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Beckley Legal Secretaries Association
National Association of LS
Shirley Williams
Plans For UNICEF Program Under Way
Mrs. James K. Edmundson of 205 Queen Street hosted an afternoon meeting of her committee to outline publicity plans for UNICEF activities linked to Halloween. The gathering focused on promoting community involvement and fundraising strategies for the cause.
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Unicef
James K. Edmundson
Queen St
Hughart couple welcome daughter Kitty Lynn
Mr and Mrs Elcho H Hughart of Meadow Bridge welcomed a daughter named Kitty Lynn born at 4 35 am on October 6 in Beckley Memorial Hospital. Baby weighed seven pounds fourteen ounces.
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Kitty Lynn
Elcho H. Hughart
Meadow Bridge
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Women’s Division invites to meet Elizabeth Kee in Beckley
The Women’s Division of the Democratic Party of Raleigh County invites attendees to meet Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee and several Democratic candidates’ wives at the Beckley Hotel on Wednesday October 15, 1958 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Co-Chairwomen, Women’s Division.
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Democratic Party
Raleigh County
Elizabeth Kee
Congress
Beckley Hotel
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Women's Department of
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Tracy Riffe
First Baptist Church
Leon Neal
Stoco Band Mothers Club
Stoco High School
Sophia Band
Sophia High School
Melvdva
Order of Eastern Star
Heriones of Jericho
G. St
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
Crab Orchard
Union Institute
Catholic Youth Organization
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Broomstick Brigade
Charles Jones
Women's Mission Society of
All Day
Mount Tabor
Beta Sigma Phi
Carl Bunch
Temple St
Eliza Hunter
Edna Pannell
Hunter St
Ozella Hundles
Women of the Beckley Presbyterian Church
Beckley Area
Professional Nurses Club
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Daniels Missionary Baptist Church
H. J. Burnette
Howard B
Church Circle
Barbara Bates
Neville St
Anawalt
Scott Rogers
Meet
McCreery St
Bonnets Rey
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
John Slack
Joe Burdett
Thornton G. Berry
Harlan M. Calhoun
Jack A. Nuckols
Paul Vennari
O. D. Hall
Ted Stacy
John C. Ward
W. A. Burke
W. W. Withrow
Roy Herndon
Pol, Adv
Galey
Lord of Bates
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