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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1949

Page

9

Presbyterian Women Make Eighteen Pieces for Peace

Beckley Presbyterian Church women gathered for a general meeting and produced eighteen Pieces for Peace for World Fellowship Day. They repaired home mission clothing, served luncheons to Beckley schoolchildren, and held a tea with autumn flowers. A skit on home missions and talks complemented the program, with music and reports from case secretaries. about 40 women attended.

H.W. Miller Eric Brown Colie H. Minter Home Missions

Witherspoon Home Hosts Reckey Class Meeting

The Woman's Bible Class of Reckiey Presbyterian Church met at Dr and Mrs J W Witherspoons Beaver Avenue home. They voted 25 to the Woodrow Wilson High School lunch program to feed hungry children and planned to distribute about 100 small Gospels of St John on Thanksgiving morning to breakfast trays in Beckley Raleigh General and Pinecrest Sanitarium. Mrs J W Witherspoon teaches the class and Mrs E P Donahue is president. About 44 members attended the meeting.

Beaver Avenue J. W. Witherspoon Reckiey Presbyterian Church Woodrow Wilson High School St. John Beckley Raleigh General Pinecrest E. P. Donahue

Pledges of College Sorority Honored at Novelty Party

Pledges of Bela Theta Mu sorority at Beckley College were honored at a novelty party hosted by Miss Barbara Lawton at the Mount Hope residence. The evening featured games and Halloween decorations with attendees including Barbara Lawton and sorority sponsors Mrs. George Keatley and Mrs. Rachel Hatcher, plus numerous pledges listed by name.

Bela Theta Muso‘al Beckley College Mount Hope Barbara Lawton Lawton Beulah Butler Doris Ducal Rosie Laces Loretta Haddad Hallie Eye Mary ‘Ann Berrer Betty Jane Berree Joan Coleman Ruth Akers Peggy Garnett Joy Price Doris Ann Fartes Mary Jo Jett Joan Snuffer Myrtle "Rorrer Bernice Arnstein Benita ‘Wright Elsie Solonka Roberta Keesee Rose Lee McCarty Mary Milano Juanita Mailens Ide Mae Riner Patty Brown June Gunter Mary Ellen Kessee Joan Rose

Crocheted Squares Pattern 7018 from Raleigh Register

Quick two inch crochet squares using Jaap stitch and 14 strands of crochet cotton. Fringe possible with loop stitches. Pattern 7018 includes improved visuals with charts and photos and complete directions. Send twenty cents to The Raleigh Register for pattern 7018 and address details. Also promoting Alice Brooks Needlework Catalog offering 709 designs across crochet knitting embroidery quilts toys with a free needlework pattern.

Raleigh Register Household Arts Dept Flatbush Station Brooklyn Alice Brooks

Make Him Lay That Ladder Down

Cynthia Lowry warns about weekend handyman husbands becoming expensive risks. Three incidents show ladders slipping, a house fire from torch removal, and back injuries from moving a tree. She urges intelligent wives to restrain their spouses from risky domestic projects and stick to safer tasks.

Cynthia Lowry AP News Paul Bunyan

Double Trouble Chapter 13 at the cabin showdown

Jay Mackenzie handles a tense morning in camp while Ellen Randall and Mary Seltzer visit. Joe Seltzer and Harry discuss the ride home as jealousy stirs in Jay who plans to kill Smith to protect Ellen. The scene shifts to kitchen work and rising conflict as Ellen’s gaze hints at hidden danger.

Park Pennock Jay Cilme Peg Doe Smith Mike Randall Ellen Mary Seltzer Mary Harry Joe Ellen Randall Harry Seltzer Brad Mortien Marty

Methodist Circle 11 Dinner Honors Mrs Stevenson

German student Fraulein Ketelhodt studies at West Virginia University as part of a home economics program. She notes Americans are friendly yet Skeptical about women’s hats while enjoying U.S. hospitality.

Methodist Circle 11 Stevenson West Virginia University Fraulein Ketelhodt College of Agriculture Hohenheim Stutgart Oberhumbach Germany

Twenty Local Episcopalians Plan To Attend Marlinton Meeting

About twenty Episcopalians from Marlinton and area will attend a Marlinton church meeting. The St. Stephen's Episcopal Church representatives include Mrs. D. C. Ashton and Mrs. Paul Earwood, with Rev. O. Worth May as rector, as details were announced by local church officers.

Marlinton New River Ned Cook P. W. Barks Degrocation C. S. Lewis F. L. Banks St. Jote’s Eyuscopal Church D.C. Ashton Waren St. Stephen's Epis

MacAlpin Women Plan November Pot Luck Supper

A pot luck supper is planned by the Ladies Auxiliary of MacAlpin on Wednesday November 2 at the MacAlpin Community Church. The meeting included birthday acknowledgments for several members and featured plans tied to the Episcopal Church General Convention proceedings held in San Francisco September 26 to October 7. Members discussed future programs, with talks anticipated by May wall and Mrs L A Osher, while Bishop Roof El Strider was expected to attend the Beckley planning session.

Crete J. A. Sydaur Temple Sherman Trail F. W. ‘Trent Cortesy Westies Hedrick Stevenson Eels Rward Hall Wesley He 5 Wade Hall Cason, Jr Willian Justice Johnson Beach Frank Maddy W Mixon Vonjon Milley W. A. Maler A. J. Pugh Pcutie Episcopal Church Subulgineou San Francisco Califf May Wall L A. Osher Welch Woman’s Aus Diocese of West Virgina Roof EL Strider Wheeling Beckley W. 0. Sylnor Sesswaus Ro M Yate AC G. Mead CL OM. Higgins HD. Etheringe Yula Durreth OW. Heese James Green J.D. Batlew Aliss Frieda Soter Pegey Garnette

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