Canadian Baritone Meredith To Sing At WWHS Tonight
Morley Meredith, a celebrated Canadian baritone likened to Nelson Eddy, will perform at 8:15 p m in Woodrow Wilson High School Auditorium as the Beckley Community Concert Association opens its 1960 61 season. His career spans CBC programs and Broadway, following naval service and a BA from the University of Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morley Meredith
Winnipeg
Canada
Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Association
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Community Concert Association
Parsons and Poole
Myra Kinch Dance Company
New York Pro Musica
Royal Canadian Navy
Singing Stars of Tomorrow
United States
Meredith
Town Hall
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Residents spend time with relatives as sermons and visits populate a Beckley scene. The Perry household hosts relatives from Clarksburg Beckley and nearby towns while a trip to Florida marks others travel plans. A birthday tribute honors Mrs Lucy Marshall amid neighborly congratulations. An easy rice ring recipe concludes the column.
Ruth Ann Horton to lead Sophia High marching band
Ruth Ann Horton a Sophia High senior will lead the band in homecoming activities Friday night at the school She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Horton of Slab Fork and will serve as drum majorette substituting for Melissa Carvin head majorette who is a homecoming queen contestant Horton is band president National Honor Society secretary of Tri-Hi-Y treasurer of the 4 H Clubs and member of the Science Club and past president of 4 H The band conductor is Mrs Duke Williams and the group will perform at halftime of the Sophia Marsh Fork football game
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Ann Horton
Sophia High School
Ruth Ann
Howard Horton
Slab Fork
Melissa Carvin
National Honor Society
Duke Williams
Program On Art To Be Featured At Gulf Women Meet
Mrs. K S Lazenby president of Beckley Art Group will present Different Media of Art at the Gulf Woman s Club Thursday night meeting. She will display oil pastel watercolor and charcoal works and has exhibited locally for years. The program is led by the GWC Fine Arts Department with introductions by Mrs Robert Horton. The pledge to the flag and invocation will open the 7 30 p m gathering led by Mrs L Neal of Slab Fork. Hostesses include Mrs Frank Morton chairwoman and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. S. Lazenby
The
Beckley Art Group
Gulf Woman's Club
Lazenby
Foster Avenue
Beckley
Lewisburg
Westport College
Connecticut
Concord College
Athens
GWC
Robert Horton
L. J. Neal
Slab Fork
Frank Morton
J. W. Foster
Ben Carvin
Joseph McElye
Neal
George Mc. Kinney
Woman’s Club of
Beverly Music Club
Norman Knapp
Pax Advent Christian Church Wedding in Beckley
Miss Mary Kathryn Janney daughter of Mr and Mrs J D Janney of Pax wed Charles Bracy Thompson son of O L Thompson of Sophia and Mrs Edwin Clark of New Haven in a 630 pm ceremony officiated by Rev Ben Ferguson. The gown was white organdy over taffeta with a scooped neckline and bow accented skirt. Bridesmaids included Bernadine Janney and sisters of the bride Nora Murdock and Thelma Stover. Ushers were Mullens nephews. The couple will live on Mercer Street in Beckley after both completed nursing and industrial work in Maryland and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PAX Advent Christian Church
Mary Kathryn Janney
J. D. Janney
Pax
Charles Bracy Thompson
O. L. Thompson
Sophia
Edwin Clark
New Haven
Ben Ferguson
Beckley
Bernadine Janney
Nora Murdock
Thelma Stover
Mullens
Dale Conley
Johnny Murdock
Roger Stover
Trap Hill
Kentucky
Long Airbox Co
Oak Hill
Mercer Street
Frank Mauritz
Prosperity Club Plans Name Change and Gala Hat Sale
Miss Nancy Boyd spoke on choosing clothing accessories at the Prosperity Farm Women’s Club meeting held at Mrs. Wayne Stewart’s home. A crazy hat sale added $6.50 to the fund, and Achievement Day is set for November 3 at 10 a.m. in the First Christian Church. The club will become the Prosperity Home Demonstration Club on January 1, 1961, with committees for homes health better health and ration family life 4-H citizenship West Virginia beautification and international relations. Street sign plans were shown by Mrs. Laws as the community canvasses households to fund signs urgently needed amid rapid growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Boyd
Raleigh County
Prosperity Farm Women's Club
Wayne Stewart
Janice DeGregory
Miss Boyd
Marriage Permit Applications in Raleigh County
Applications for marriage licenses filed in Raleigh County Court show Vernon Eugene Bolen 19 of Fireco and Pansy Deleon Hornsby 18 of Odd. John Edward Sanderson 24 of Chevy Chase Maryland and Marilynn Pendleton 18 of Beaver. James Meadows 22 of Price Hill and Patricia Louise Pack 19 of Bradley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Court
Vernon Eugene Bolen
Eva Blanche Sisk
William Clayton Bolen
Fireco
Pansy Deleon Hornsby
Eldridge Hornsby
Pansy Ruth Shrewsbury
John Edward Sanderson
Edward
Edith Sanderson
Chevy Chase
Marilynn Pendleton
L. M
Alice Pendleton
Beaver
James Meadows
Logan
Ora Meadows
Price Hill
Patricia Louise Pack
Frederick
Mary Pack
Bradley
Park Avenue club hosts afternoon session leaders
Mrs Ollie W Brown president, Mrs Patricia Bouton treasurer, and Mrs James Davis publicity chair man are pictured at the club house on Park Avenue where the afternoon session was held. Mrs Fred Roschi leads the Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie W. Brown
Patricia Bouton
James Davis
Park Avenue
Fred Roschi
Community notices for Beckley groups schedule meetings
Coming events announce regular or special group meetings. Gamma Gamma Chapter Beta Sigma Phi meets Coca-Cola Social Room at 7 30 p.m. PTA East Beckley School at school 6 p.m. Degree of Honor Lodge 56 Halloween party IOOF Hall Main Street 7 30 p.m. Practical Nurses Association West Virginia District 3 Bank of Raleigh ep Room 7 30 p.m. Gulf Woman's Club meets at Sophia clubhouse 7 30 p.m. For notices call CL 3 3321 or mail to Beckley Newspapers Woman's Department. Notices by 10 a.m. used same day. Sunday items due by 10 a.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Department of
Beckley
Gamma Gamma
Beta Sigma Phi
IOOF
Main Street
Practical Nurses Association of West Virginia Inc
Bank of Raleigh
Mitchem Cantabery Vows Road Bring Lunch at 10 A M
Announcement of the marriage of Mrs Bertha Cantabery and Walter G Mitchem after a ceremony at 4 p m Saturday at the Mankin Avenue home of the couple’s attendants Mr and Mrs R H Magee Mrs Magee wore a pistachio sheath dress with a matching hat. They plan a wedding tour of the southern states and then reside on Pershing Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Bertha) Cantabery
Pershing St
Walter G. G. Mitchem
Quinnimont
Alvin J. Cook
First Baptist Church
Mankin Avenue
R. H. Magee
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West Virginia
International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons
A. D. Keaton
Hinton
Norman Greig
Wheeling
Brooks
WWHS
F. E. Perry
S. Kanawha St
W. O. King
Hattie Selkirk
Clarksburg
Perry
Paul Doss
Stover
C. A. Setliff
Juanita Riffe
David
Mary Lynn
Robert Alan
Edona Mae Gilliam
New York City
Tenth St
Addie Collins
Tenth Street
Gene Wood
Della and
Brenda
Blue Jay
Shadrick Stewart
Maben
Big — Gap
Kingsport
Tenn
Ray Maxey
Ridge Ave
Florida
Maxey
Hettie Kidwell
Pike St
Lucy Marshall
Stanley Street
Elaine Grafton
Bonnie Redden
Ray Peterson
Hazel Lilly
Stellie Jarrell
Mason Shelton
Rhoda McNicol
Marshall Gwinn
Ollie Hendrickson
Anette
Carthage
Hillsville
Prosperity Club
Wayne Laws
Walter James
Stewart
Chester Webb
Welcome To
Parent-Teacher Association of
East Beckley
Gulf Woman's
Poinsettia Savings Club
Roxie Starks
Bair St
St. Ceclia
Helen Goodwin
Johnstown Rd
Ladies Aid Society of the
Beckley Regular Baptist Church
Home
Mary Tolle
Highland Dr
Maxwell Hill
Women of the Beckley Presbyterian Church
Women's Bible Classroom
Messiah
First Christian Church
Baptist Church
G. M. Powers
Shine Ladd
Lalate
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