Angel-Wing Begonia Wins Dry Hill Fair Queen Honor
Angel-Wing Begonia won first place and Queen of the Show for Mrs. Sam Feazell at the Dry Hill Community Fair, a the event sponsored by the Dry Hill Farm Women's Club and Community Men's Club. Winners in various divisions included Mrs. Arnold Bowyer in flower arrangements and multiple entries in dahlias cock's comb marigolds rugs and sewn items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Feazell
Dry Hill
Dry Hill Farm
Beckley
Arnold Bowyer
Ted Miller
Dick Starcher
W. M. Mitchem
Rural Acres Harvest Show Crowns Stover Queen of the Show
Mrs. Ted Stover, former Rural Acres Garden Club president, won top honors at the Rural Acres Harvest Bazaar held Saturday in Sprague. She captured the Queen of the Show and best cock’s comb arrangement, with Mrs. Clarence Kesler taking the Golden Glow in arrangements. Hundreds browsed exhibits in the Quesenberry Garage from noon to 7 p.m. judges named numerous winners across flowers, miniatures, canning, and fresh produce categories, with Stover and Kesler among the standout awardees.
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Ted Stover
Rural Acres Garden Club
Clarence Kester
Quesenberry
Sprague
E M. Payne Jr
Holt Kester l
W. R. Fugitt
Clarence Kesler
Hubert Henson
Andy Cook
Jean Henson
C. E. Kesler
H. QO. Coleman
Omer Kesler
Steve Chappo
Roscoe Weikie
Rural Acres, Garden Club
Philip Henson
Jimmy McManamay
Wild Bill and Sittin-Bull Star in Children's Circus at Fair
A community fair features Wild Bill and Chief Sittin-Bull among stars of the children's circus. Acts include Jimmy Bowyer as Chief, Joyce Snead's Guitar Girl, cowgirls, clowns Daniel Lively and Eddie Brown, and acts like Dolly the Wonderhorse and the Tatto Lady Juanita Milers. The 7:36 p.m. show opened with a grand parade led by Ronnie Taylor, directed by Mrs. D. W. Kinzer, with Clyde Buckland and Ronald Crane among performers.
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Wild Bill
Chief Sittin
Bull
Brenchie Miller
Buddy Jones
Oscar Jones
Jimmy Bowyer
Sittin-Bul
Carl Buckland
Joyce Snead
Shirley Starcher
Julia Wright
Gram
Ular
D. W. Kinzer
Pokey
Ronnie Taylor
Keith Coleman
Circus Manger
Charles Coe
West Virginia
Ronald Crane
Tommy Todd
Glen Buckland
Daniel Lively
Eddie Brown
Toney
Monkey
Frenchie Miller
Jackie Miller
Dolly
Wonderhorse
Donald Ratliff
Joe Brown
Charles Fine
Franklin Meadows
New Members Attend Church Women's Meeting at Temple
Circle 3 of the Methodist Temple hosted at Mrs. 4. U. Tieche's South Oakwood Ave home. Seventeen members plus one guest heard Mrs. Robert L. Amick discuss Acts chapters. New members Mrs. Payne Gregory and Mrs. Charles W. Merritt were introduced by Mrs. Vermillion, who urged attendance at the Temple Seminar on September 12.
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South Oakwood Ave
U. Tieche
Circle 3
Methodist Temple
W. Payne Gregory
Charles W. Merritt
Emerson Smith
Vermillion
Beckley
Temple
Beckley Newcomers Club Hosts Reception With Garden Club Displays
About 200 new Beckley residents attended a reception Saturday night by the Newcomers Club, sponsored by the Beckley Welcome Wagon. Garden Clubs from Raleigh County displayed arrangements, with Azalea Garden Club winning the gold cup for first place and Fernwood and Rhododendron Garden Clubs taking second and third. The event, held 7 to 9 p.m. at the Beckley Hotel dining room, marked the club’s first meeting at the venue, featuring music by Bryan Baker and hostesses Mrs. Reginald Meyers and others assisting at the punch and coffee stations.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Clement L. Schulte
Azalea Garden Club
E. M. Payne Jr
Reginald Meyers
Beckley Hotel
Newcomers Club
Bryan Baker
J. T. Jarrell
A_'E. [Orr
Thomas Shiels
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Roy Coe
Anna Starcher
Annie Zukowski
J. H. Foster
W. IM. Mitchem
L. E. Brown
Buren Williams
Paul ‘Meadows
Harry Wallace
Holt Kester
Margaret Phipps
Jenny Gaziano
Home Service
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Gaziano
Fair
Juanita Tyree
Noel Thurmond
Rural Acres
E. Kesler
Lawrence Hunt
Asters
H. O. Coleman
Zinnias
Earl Smith
Co. &. Kesler
Dahlias
W. E. Thomas
Janet McManamay
Dimmie MecManamay
Jerilyn Stover
Cack's Comb
Jeriyn Stover
Dahlia
Aster
H. C. Coleman
Raben Cook
Gallardia
Mary’s Garden
Rodney Weikel
E. A. Ballengee
Shirley Bragg
Animals
Kay Weikel
Buddy Harvey
Fruit Bowl
Judith Kesler
Janet Kesler
Tea Stover
Frank McManamay
H. G. ‘Coleman
H. O
Coleman
Carl Bostick
W. R. Yost
Charles Garrett
Frank McMan_amay
Roscor . Weikel
Waymond Johnsson
Ted Christian
Betty Feazell
Margaret Sampson
Nola Lively
Juanita Milers
Hilda Buckland
Virginia Williams
Sylvia Sampson
Shirley Lively
Suzanne Wiley
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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