Local Musicians Entertain At Woman's Club Luncheon
The American Home Department of the Woman's Club of Beckley hosted its annual covered dish luncheon at the Clubhouse on Park Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. E. Lauren Bigger presented a varied program of piano numbers, with Mrs. Bigger singing selections. Remarks and program notes were given by Miss Inez Caffee. club officers discussed a West Virginia Federation project to fund a 1960 booklet, plus educational and eye care initiatives. About 77 members attended as hostesses, and preparations for future events and contests were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lauren Bigger
American Home Department
Woman’s Club of
Beckley
Park Avenue
First Baptist Church
Bigger
Fred K. Hays
General Club
West Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
West Virginia
Robert Thomson Jr
WCB
Raleigh County Board of Education
Special Legion Auxiliary Meeting for Delegates
A special meeting of American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 70 convenes at 6 30 pm Friday at the American Legion Home on S Fayette St to elect delegates to the Sixth District Confab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 70
American Legion
S. Fayette St
Visitor visits Brown family then travels to Richmond
John Barnham of Mount Hope recently visited Mr and Mrs Charlie Brown and is now staying with his son Leo Barnham in Richmond Virginia. The report notes extensive WWII rubble in Poland with new structures built atop bombed sites and entrances raised about ten feet above the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Charlie Brown
John Barnham
Mount Hope
Leo Barnham
Richmond
Warsaw
Poland
Xi Beta BSP Hears Australia Talk At Meeting
Xi Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority heard a talk on Australia in the Coca-Cola Social Room with Mrs Wilma Bennett as hostess. Mrs W H Holliday, introduced by program chairman Miss Doreen Eachus, described Australia as a continent and island nation, noting Cook era discovery, Great Barrier Reef, marsupials, Aborigines, six states, two territories, a federal system with a governor general, compulsory voting, and wool exports followed by meat, dairy, and wheat. A Q A period followed. Miss Bladene Pickle and Mrs Sherwood Dunagan will attend the BSP convention in Bluefield. next meeting Oct 27 will be a costume party at the Coca-Cola building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta, Sigma Phi Sorority
Australia
Wilma Bennett
W. H. Holliday
Doreen Eachus
Antarctica
New Holland
James Cook
Botany Bay
England
New South Wales
Federal Territory
Canberra
Northern Territory
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
U. S. Sureme Court
U. S
Spain
Holliday
Mickey Lilly
Bladene Pickle
Sherwood Dunagan
BSP
Bluefield
Coca-Cola
E. L. Allenbaugh
Harold Eye
James Maples
George Cales
Ila Wiseman
W. R. Monk
Edward Maxwell
Glynn Cook
Diana Hontgas
Richard Wiseman
Jerry Dale
Arnold Carney
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Hobart Basham of Sarasota formerly Alderson visits brothers I M Basham and W M Basham and nephews Carl and Estil Basham in Sophia. John Young of Wooster Ohio weekends with parents in Sophia. Frank Bolash of 308 Whitestick St confined at home after auto crash. condition satisfactory. Mrs Isaac Eller of Sophia to undergo surgery at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Floyd Whetsel and grandchildren Sue and Randy Whetsel visit Chillhowie Va relatives. Emmanuel Whetsel of Big Stone Gap Va to visit Johnson City Tenn. J D Whetsel and Charles Martin visit Sophia relatives. Forest Fisher and family return from Huntington. William Seuss and Kathy visit from Annapolis Md to Calloway Heights. Miss Shirley Sutphin, Washington DC employee, visits her parents in Sophia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart Basham
Sarasota
Fla
Alderson
I. M. Basham
W. M. Basham
Carl
Estil Basham
Sophia
John Young
Wooster
Ohio
Cleveland Young
Frank Bolash
Whitestick St
Isaac Eller
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Floyd Whetsel
Sue
Randy Whetsel
McAlpin
J. D. Whetsel
Charles Martin
Chillhowie
Emmanuel Whetsel
Big Stone Gap
Whetsels
Johnson City
Tenn
Martin
Mike Sutyak
Forest Fisher
N. Kanawha St
Huntington
William Seuss
Kathy
Annapolis
Marsh Fork Club Sets Meeting Tonight At Rock Creek Church
The Marsh Fork District Women's Club meets today at Rock Creek Methodist Church with Publicity Chairwoman Mrs. Kermit Webb announcing a $200 bookmobile pledge and a November 7 dinner at Marsh Fork High School to benefit the club treasurer and bookmobile service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh Fork Club
Rock Creek Church
Marsh Fork
Rock Creek Methodist Church
Kermit Webb
Marsh Fork High School
Treasury
Crab Orchard Boy Honored On Birthday
Eldon Aretis Woodie was honored on his third birthday with a party hosted by his mother at his grandparents’ Crab Orchard home. Attendees included Roger Smallwood Regina Smallwood Linda Bowman Debra Farley Danny Farley Gloria Smallwood Mary Smallwood Virgil Allen Woodie Mrs Cecil Smallwood Mrs Wallace Smallwood Mrs Jack Bowman Mrs Thomas Farley Virgil Woodie and Jane Woodie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Aretis Woodie
Eldon L. Woodie
V. C. Woodie
Crab Orchard
Roger Smallwood
Regina Smallwood
Linda Bowman
Debra Farley
Danny Farley
Gloria Smallwood
Mary Smallwood
Virgil Allen Woodie
Cecil Smallwood
Wallace Smallwood
Jack Bowman
Thomas Farley
Virgil Woodie
Jane Woodie
Church Class Meets at Freewill Baptist Church
The Gali lean Girls Sunday School Class met Thursday night at the home of Mr and Mrs Harvey Stewart with Mrs Stewart presiding in the absence of president Betty Mullins. The group opened with Hebrews 12 6 14 and planned a winter project to raise funds for church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairdale
Galilean Girls
Freewill Baptist Church
Harvey Stewart
Stewart
Betty Mullins
Gaye Bailey
Brenda Bailey
Patty Covey
Loudema Covey
Sandra Lemon
Cirtsville Homemakers Elect Mrs Frank Wiseman President
Mrs. Frank Wiseman was elected president of the Cirtsville Homemakers Club for 1959 60 with Mrs. Leon Miller as vice president and Mrs. Duff Spangler as secretary treasurer. The meeting featured a devotional by Mrs Harless Stover on Building Christian Character and a lesson by Mrs Jeff Spangler on Youth Today Useful Citizens Tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cirtsville Homemakers
Frank Wiseman
Cirtsville Homemaker's Club
Claude Williams
Leon Miller
Duff Spangler
Harless Stover
Births in Beckley Hospital Named Barbara Beatrice and Ross Herron
Barbara Beatrice is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby DeBerry of 1505 S Kanawha St Beckley born at 4 45 a m Oct 9 weighing 7 pounds 9 12 ounces at Beckley Hospital. Coal City residents Mr and Mrs Curtis O Dell Herron announce the birth of their son Ross at 4 3 p m Oct 9 weighing eight pounds one ounce at Beckley Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Beatrice
Bobby DeBerry
S. Kanawha St
Beckley Hospital
Coal City
Curtis O'Dell Herron
Ross
Luther Bible German Translation Published in 1534
The article notes that Martin Luther’s German translation of the Bible was published in the year 1534, marking a pivotal moment in religious and linguistic history. This milestone connected scripture with the German-speaking public and influenced later Protestant movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Luther
Lena Vandale Shower Honors and Farewell to Arizona
Mrs. Lena Vandale of Coal City was feted with a farewell shower hosted by the Ladies Willing Worker Band of Coal City Church of God. She and her husband depart Sunday for Arizona to establish their new home. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Kate Coalson Mrs. Addie Bradley and Mrs. Martha O Neal. The event lists numerous guests and participants. The note also mentions the first oil well in West Virginia drilled on Hughes River in 1658.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Vandale
Coal City
Ladies Willing Worker
Macie Underwood
Stella Kroak
Effie Allen
Ethel Spencer
Zula Duncan
Helen McGrady
Fannie McGrady
Hazel Saunders
Allie Bowers
Donna Hargis
Velma Jones
Caroline Murphy
Ida Buchannan
Elsie Buchannan
Helen Byers
Willard Hargis
W. G. Byers
Geneva Coulson
Brenda Jones
Brenda Delp
Barbara Delp
Cookie Buskirk
Pamela Delp
Lou Stepro
West Virginia
Hughes River
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The
Woman's Club
T. R. Wilson
J. J. Lamb
Cochairmen
W. R. Henkle
R. E. Hicks
W. A. Burke
R. M. French
French Davis
Frank Smith
J. B. F. Yoak Jr
Enrico Vecellio
H. K. Stairs
Garland Buchanan
Robert Winston
John W. Ferris
C. S. Lewis Jr
Hugh Burdette
John Hancock
B. F. Henderson
Grace Hewitt
G. P. Starr
Charles Songer
New York
N. Y
Spestal
Woman's Department of Geekies
Friendly Art Club
Katherine Seay
Mills St
Golden Gate Rebekah
Mabscott
IOOF
Civic Department of Woman’s An’s Club of
Park Ave
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Parochial School
Women of Moose
Bethlehem
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Howe St
Methodist Temple
D. C. Lynn
Mercer St
Woman's Club of
Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Group
Columbine Garden Club
Sigma Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Pinewood Garden Club
Peter Thornley
Lincoln St
Alpha Delta Kappa Chapter
Eric Williams
Orchard Ave
Beta Rho
Intermediate Department of Woman's Club of
New River Dental Auxiliary
Beckley Hotel
Practical Nurses Association, West Virginia Inc
Raleign County Vocational School
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Mark Twain High School
Linda Henderson
G. P. Henderson
Geraldine Akers
Emerson Akers
Stotesbury
Lynda Wood
Majorette
J. W. Wood
Helen
Barbara Bower
J. B. Bower
Tams
Janice Hill
D. Hill
Earl Smith
Jeff Spangler
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
City Ave
Universal
Neville ST
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