Beckley clubs and church groups schedule for week
Local Woman's Department lists events from Rebekah Bible Class to Silver Star Rebekah Lodge, with meetings at The Methodist Temple, Beckley Winn Hotel, and various schools. Activities include dinners, fashion shows, dances, bridge nights, and public notices. Transportation inquiries directed to CL 3-3812 and other contacts.
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Tos Ice
Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Rebekah Bible Class
The
Methodist Temple
Bride Honored at Shower Luncheon in Charleston
Mrs. B. B. Chambers hosted a shower luncheon at 2004 Harper Rd for her niece Mrs. Don Lee of Charleston, former Miss Peggy Jill Stover. Guests included family from Beckley Princeton and Charleston. prizes were awarded and corsages given. A final note compares the Garand rifle to the Springfield rifle as an infantry weapon.
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Don Lee
B. B. Chambers
Harper Rd
Charleston
Lee
Pegey Jill Stover
Beall. Stover
Beckley
Kanawha County School System
Morris Harvey College
Larence .M. Smith
Princeton
L. D. Miser F
T. R. Chamber
L. D. Miser
H. J. Shunk
Don Stover
Buell Stover
Ong
Area Couple Weds In Church Ceremony
Miss Alice Meadows and Robert E. Mills exchanged wedding vows at 7 30 p m on October 20 in Shady Spring Baptist Church. The couple, both members of Shady Spring Missionary Baptist Church, will live with the groom’s parents until after November first.
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Area
Shady Spring Baptist Church
Alice Meadows
Robert E. Mills
Columbus Meadows
Jumping
Branch
Betty Anvil
Wheeling
Lacy Mills
White
Oak
Earl P. Cochran
Shady ‘Spring
Mary Ellen Mills
Martha Mills
Sherrie del Mea
Keith Lilly
Lonnie Mills
James Trail
Beaver
Marriage Permit Applications Read in Raleigh County Clerk Office
Applications for marriage licenses listed with names and ages from Raleigh County Court Clerk records. Couples include Fekete Pyles, Farley Moses Adkins, Greer Pegram Manuel Pate, Richards Long and others with hometowns like Crab Orchard Princewick East Beckley Glen Morgan Glen White. Community events listed include Memorial Baptist Church sanctuary 7 30 p m and Halloween activities at Greenbrier Dairy Social Room and The Methodist Temple with Bud Blu calling.
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Raleigh County Court
Steve Joseph Fekete
Steve
Julia Fekete
Cleveland
Ohio
Opal Agnes Pyles
Canney
James Pyle
Bihel Blankenship
Crab Orchard
Ini Albert ‘Farley
Sam
Carolyn Farley
Sophia
Maude Mae Moses
Woodman
Etta 'Stokley
Stanaford
Theodore Garretson
Henry Beecher
Magsie Garrretson
Princewick
Anna Mare Adkins
Harold Everette
Mary Virginie Adkins
Kenneth Lee Greer
Amy Greer
Clyde Greer
Fireco
Brenda Kay
Pegram
Curtis
Rachel
Jonben
John L. Manuel
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Local notices cover hospital treatments and travel. Harry Duncan heals from a broken arm after a swing incident in Oceana while visitors and relatives share gatherings. Mrs Fender receives hospital care and Bobby DeBerry prepares for Army duty at Fort Meade Maryland.
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Harry James Duncan
Harry Duncan
Mankin Ave
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Julian St. Clair
Oceana
Bobby Deberry
West Wickham
Ft. Meade
U. S. Army
DeBerry
Ruby DeBerry
Annie DeBerry
Plumley Street
Robert Clayhorn
S. Kanawha St
Maryland
Welcome Coffee for Beckley Newcomers Social Hour
Mrs. Carl Hogan hosted a Wednesday morning coffee at her Westwood Drive home to greet Beckley newcomers and their children. Guests included Mrs. Paul Pritchard and her son Mike, Mr s Wallace Brannon and son Alan, and several other residents and families from local addresses and businesses.
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Carl Hogan
Westwood Drive
Beckley
Paul Pritchard
Mike
Prince St
Wallace Brannon
Alan
Briarcliff Club Hosts Benefit Bridge and Canasta
The Briarcliff Garden Club sponsors a benefit bridge and canasta party at 8 pm in the Coca‑Cola Social Room to aid Raleigh County homebound children. Mrs. Alan Susman chairs the event, with about 50 children expected to attend, and tickets are available from Mrs. David Meek or at the door. The club also supports Cranberry School and teaches children about nature.
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Briarcliff Garden Club
Coca-Cola
Raleigh
Briarclife Garden Club
Alan Susman
Briar
Cliff's
Cranberry School
Briarcliff
David Meek
Beaver Methodist Church WSCS Plans Saturday Smorgasbord
Beaver Methodist Church hosts a smorgasbord Saturday from 4 30 p m to 8 p m as the Woman's Society of Christian Service reviews study classes and prepares for the Week of Prayer. Members collect school supplies for Jesse Lee Home in Seward Alaska and discuss the Community Club Award campaign to fund the society treasury.
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St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Garland Buchanan
Lee St
Beaver Methodist Church
WSCS
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
John Hedrick
Com
Methodist Temple
New Times
J. Lowell Lilly
Robert Akers
W. L. Green
Robert Freeman
Jesse Lee
Seward
Alaska
Advice on wives and garbage in a $150 suit debate
Ruth Millett mocks advice urging wives to pamper husbands by avoiding trash duties and wearing their best suits. The column riffs on three scenarios and questions the premise, promoting practical, no-nonsense solutions. It notes Millett's booklet Tips on Teen-Agers available for mail order.
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Ruth Millett
Raleigh Register
P. O
Dept. A
Radio City
New York
N. Y
Manners Guide Warns Guests Against improper seating
A etiquette note advises guests not to sit on chair arms or tip back in chairs to avoid damage and maintain decorum.
Ohio gave South music in Civil War era
Ohio figures shaped Confederate songs from the Civil War era. Daniel Decatur Emmett of Mount Vernon wrote Dixie, the rebel battle hymn that inspired troops, while Rev. H D L Webster of Zanesville composed Lorena, a mournful ballad that a general blamed for Southern desertions.
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Ohio
SOUTH
Columbus, Ohio
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Mount Vernon
H. D. L. Webster
Zanesville
Lorena
Family Sticks Together Brabham Family in Ehrhardt
Ehrhardt South Carolina AP reports the Brabham family stays united through illness and recovery. Mrs H M Brabham was ill at home while Marion Fran kCeS and Adelaide were hospital patients. Katherine suffered a fall and Blanche recovered from an ear infection. Son Walker was recently discharged from a hospital.
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Ehrharddt
S. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Central Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association
Association of Mabscott Elementary School
Hill Home
William Ormandy
King’s Daughters
Golden Age Club
Woman's Club of
Woman's Clubhouse
Park Avenue
Josie Eetery
S. Sore
Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Howe Street
Beckley Art Group
E. L. Jones
Crescent Road
Beckley Business and Professional Women’s Club
Beckley Winn Hotel
Raleigh County
Appalachian Assembly Room
Adaline Wiley
J. B. Eliott
Mothers of Crab Orchard
New School
Charm Ette
Raleigh County Heart Association
Practical Nurses Association of West Virginia Inc
Woman’s Club of
Park ‘Ave
Eagles
Woodlawn Ave
Beta Sigma
Beckley’ Veterans’. Administration Hospital
Eliza Hunter
Mrs. Prymes Dumas
Gregory St
Woman’s Improvement League
Robert Parks
Mill St
General Mission Society
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Beckley Presbyterian Carey White Cross
Beckley Presbyterian
Raleigh County Medical Assistants
Frank Halstead
Granville Ave
Gamma Gamma
Beta Sigma Phi
Alfred
Beckley- Winn Hotel
Silver Star Rebekah Lodge No
North Oakwood
General Missionary Society of
B. C. Chambers
Jl.d. Miser
Memorial Baptist Church
Jeans
Greenbrier Dairy
Bud Blu
Dacron & Cotton
Rahall
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Roy Millican
Blackwater Falls
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Floyd E. Fender of
Raleigh General Hospital
Roscoe Weikle
Hill St
Richard Davis
Rodney Weikle
Concord College
Athens
Weikle
Howard Weikle
Detroit
Mich
Frank Alley
Frankie
Rickie
Vickie
Keith Weikle
Denise
Kim
Tammy
Scott
Atlanta
Arless Huffman
Lester
Sherwood Music Club
Mickey Paul Bowles
Glenn R. Gilkerson
Pamela
Hyattsville
Gilkerson
Edward Phipps
Harper’ Road
Mack Basham
S. B.basham
L. A. Taylor
Homer Maynard
James Kessinger
Ray Allen
Glen Robinson
John Hancock
C. P. Compton
Lyle Kepple
Tommy Compton
Joetta Allen
Briarcliff Club
Canasta
Virgil Cook
W. A. Collier
Callie Nickell
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
NEW Fall Petti and Aileen Sportswear
Geo Beckley
Manners 4Yster
Dusters
Mu-Ma
Ladie
G&. M. Powers
Main Street
Penney
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