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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1946
Page
9
The newly organized Officers Club of Bethlehem Chapter No 71 Order of the Eastern Star will meet Monday night at 7 30 at the home of Mrs B M French Sr on South Kanawha Street All officers urged to attend by the teachers.
Hiram Wood hosted a party at his Sophia home to honor Polly Wood on her 81st birthday. Attendees included numerous Wood family members from Sophia Maben and surrounding towns as well as friends from Ft Belvoir and East Beckley. The event featured extended family, neighbors, and local residents in a celebratory gathering.
Circle Four of the First Baptist Church Abs Ro H Neal teacher met at Mrs Orange Snuffer's home last night. Mrs L C Gwinn led devotionals and the White Cross program was presented by Mrs E C Wilkinson. Mrs A O Warren reported on her Pinecrest Sanitarium visit. Fifteen members were served refreshments by the hostess.
Mr and Mrs Mason Meadows Corinne welcome daughter Sandra Kay born September 5 at Beesley Hospital The mother formerly Lene West Linda Sue arrived September 5 at Beckley Hospital for Mr and Mrs Robert L Cooper Saxon The mother formerly Ann Sheillar An eight pound 15 ounce son born September 3 at Beckley Hospital to Mr and Mrs James Mose Blackburn 100 Thornton Avenue The mother formerly Lyla Higginbotham Cecill Meade and Marjorie Tris Cole announce arrival of son Jackie McRae weighing five pounds 1? ounces September 2 at Beckley Hospital Henry L Davis and Finna Williamson announce daughter Henrietta born September 3 at Beckley Hospital James Snuffer Beckley parents announce daughter Anna Mae born September 2 at Beckley Hospital Sheila Devon named daughter of Jack Richmond Beaver Ruth O Hara Oak Hill mother Ruth is former Josephine Harris Stephanie Carol born August 31 daughter of Stephen Grandetti Detroit Mich mother Ruth O Hara is daughter of W C O Hara Oak Hill
Seventeen women attend multiple Circle gatherings at the First Baptist Church yesterday. Circle 10 hosted by Mrs J O Freeman on Oakwood Avenue drew fifteen, with program coordinators Mrs R L Stewart Mrs Bessie Woodrum and Mrs Perry Amick. Circle Two met at the church with ten members. White Cross and race relations topics recurred in multiple sessions. Group Three Young Woman's Missionary Auxiliary planned coal and weed donations for a needy family.
Mrs A C Massie and Lillian Tibbitt hosted a stork shower for Mrs Ethel Jordan daughter of Mrs Massie. Mixed garden flowers decorated as guests list includes Patty Bays Gary Bays Cordell Way Ruth Lynch and others. Roy E Massie returns home from vacation in Philadelphia New York City and Bennington Vermont.
Della Gamma sorority will hold a luncheon tomorrow at the Black Knight Country Club with alumnae and active members as hosts. Miss Mavis Mann and others will attend. several alumnae unable to attend include Miss Gene Mann and Mrs Patricia Moore Roberts among others. Out of town guests from Charleston, Parkersburg, Bluefield, Summersville, and nearby areas will also be present.
Mrs Bessie Carroll was named Chairman of the Christmas card sales for Circle 12 at First Baptist Church during a meeting led by Mrs J E Sharp on Lee Street. Devotions were given by Mrs L G Houser and Mrs W L Carter will host the group on October 3 with Mrs Annie Long assisting. Palm oil is used in the production of steel plate.
Community notes detail visits and travels of Beckley residents and relatives. S.A. Caperton and family host guests from Slab Fork while others, including Caperton Jr and Mary Gaston Caperton, plan weekend stays in Charleston and Morgantown for WVU enrollment. Several locals recover from injuries and return from vacations, with relatives traveling to Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
Ann Duval and Joan Daniel served as hostesses at an incheon bridge event held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Delf Danch on Granville Avenue. Six tables of bridge yielded prizes for Verdun Doyle, Virginia Reardon and Patty Sanders.
Heulaly Mae Pott daughter of Mrs Hattie Smith of Price Hill and Charles S Ward son of Mrs Ora Ward plan to wed in Price Hill near the first of October. They expect to honeymoon in Tennessee and move to Huntington next week where Mr Bing will enroll in Marshall College. Bing formerly Edna Mae Wood has served as secretary to William R Fugitt secretary of the chamber of commerce. Claireveurt has returned to Baltimore after visiting her parents on Sunrise Avenue for two weeks.
Mrs Ada Walker Mabscott announces the marriage of her daughter Mary Lee to Winston A Gadbey of Mabscott. The couple wed August 5 in Martinsville Virginia in a single ring ceremony by Rev John T Banks. They plan to live in Martinsville where he works in steam and both attended Woodrow Wilson High School. He served five years in the Army in the European Theater.
Mrs. James D. Lowe announces the Friendship Class of the First Christian Church will hold a 7:30 p m business and social hour at the church with a soup meeting planned for members and attendees.
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