Social Visits In Flat Top Area Highlight Ghent Residents
Sunday guests in Ghent included Mr. and Mrs. William Reed and children from Chattanooga Tennessee. Visitors in Ghent were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Massey and sons from Beckley. Miss Deloris Richmond, Concord College student, visited her parents in Ghent. Barbara Perdue, granddaughter of Mrs. Dan Griffith Ghent, has enrolled at Marshall College Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghent
Madison Wood
Myrtle Boyd
Shady Spring
Barbara Perdue
Dan Griffith
Marshall College
Huntington
William Reed
Butch
Phillip
Elaine
Chattanooga
Tern
Howard Massey
Harold Massey
Lee
Tommy
Beckley
Deloris Richmond
Concord College
Athens
Paris Richmond
Floyd Coulson
Sanday Hatchs
Junior Director Urges General Federation Policy on Defense and Forestry
Mrs. James A. Scarbro, West Virginia junior club director, announces General Federation policies on defense and national service. She cites a program for missiles, armed services support, forest management, and fuels a national rose as the symbol while urging state action to protect forests and promote responsible timber use and Smokey Bear campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Scarbro
Maiu
West
Federation
U. S. Congress
West Virginia
Scarbro
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Mrs. Ann French Coleman of Parkersburg visited relatives including Mrs. R. M. French in S Kanawha Sr and Dr. M. M. French Beaver Ave. Arthur Deck and Alden Deck spent the weekend with kin in Cr ab Orchard. Miss Carol Ann French and cousin Bob Bivens left for sophomore year at West Virginia University Morgantown. Mrs. W P Hall Charleston will visit her son and daughter in law at 115 Mankin Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann French Coleman
Parkersburg
Inlaw
R. M. French
S. Kanawha Sr
M. M. French
Beaver Ave
Arthur Deck
Iraiielle
Alden Deck
Crab Orchard
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Carol Ann French
R. M. French Jr
Grove Ave
Bob Bivens
Elizabeth Bivens
W. P. Hall
Charleston
William P. Hall Jr
Mankin Ave
Gulf Woman's Club Session Opens With Reports
Friday night at Sophia Methodist Church Mrs W W Withrow led the Gulf Woman's Club first meeting of the year. Division chairmen reported summer activities including a cookbook project outings for handicapped children a clothes drive a nursing course a playwriting contest and a yearbook. Three new members were welcomed with pink corsages and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Methodist Church
W. W. Withrow
Gulf Woman's Club
Fred X. Williams
Alex Lavis
John Milano
Dramatics
Incuuding
Sophia
Mark
Herbert Sutter
W. B. Crickmer Jr
George W. Williams
John Venters
E. R. Hughes
D. P. Wall
William Morris
W. L. Williamson
Iw. F. Pontius
Medical Auxiliary Funds Aid Marshall Tech Student
James EF Lowe, son of James D Lowe Jr, left for Huntington to study medical technology at Marshall College. He is the first beneficiary of a loan by the Medical Allied Careers Information Committee of the Raleigh County Medical Society Auxiliary. The fund, run by Mrs Copeland Hedrick and Mrs Peter, began to support medical allied careers beyond nursing. Lowe excelled in sports at Woodrow Wilson High School and engaged in church youth activities.
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James
EF. Lowe
James D. Lowe Jr
Clyde St
Huntington
Marshall College
Woodrow Wilson High School
Medical Allied Careers’ Information Committee
Auxiliary
Raleigh County Medical Society
Mittee
Paul R. Copeland
John A. Hedrick
B. K. Peter
Hedrick
WWHS
James F. Lowe
John
Raleigh County
A. Hedrick
James D
Beckley Artist Helps Decorate Children's Section of Hospital
Ann Monroe Beckley and Jean Miller of Harrisonburg created colorful Mother Goose like wall art for Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg Virginia. Dr John W Painter led the project to make pediatric rooms feel homey with cartoon characters and nursery rhymes. Miss Monroe, now an art teacher at Jefferson School in Alexandria, is a Woodrow Wilson High School and Mary Washington College alumna who specializes in portraiture and sculpture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Washington Hospital
Fredericksburg
Beckley
Ann Monroe Beckley
Jean Miller
Harrisonburg
John W. Painter
Mary Washington College
Miss Monroe
Miller
Droopy the Dog
Flower the Skunk
Goosie Gander
Jefferson School
Alexandria
Monroe
Mary Washington
Tal
H. J. Monroe
Woodlawn Ave
Woodrow Wilson High School
Officers Of Rebekah Bible Class Tea Fete
Outgoing officers of the Rebekah Bible Class at the Methodist Temple hosted a tea in Friendship Hall. Officers named include President Mrs. Lloyd F Hopkins and others, with a nominating slate adopted and centerpiece details noted for the spring event. Attendees and a meditation by Mrs. Robert L. Amick were mentioned along with remarks on daily life investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Bible Class
Methodist Temple
Friendship Hall
Church
Ted Stover
Hopkins
Raymond V. Skiles
Harvey Pauley
F. B. Fender
C. C. Wetzel
Skiles
Theo Harvey
Gibbs
G. L. McClung
Stover
Robert L. Amick
C. E. Walker
Jean Porter
Maude Geiger
Carlyle S. Bolen
Ariena Miller
Catherine Minton
Edith Lindamood
G. R. French
Hubert Blake
Beckley Woman’s Club Events and Social Gatherings
Community notices list upcoming meetings in Beckley including Beckley Temple No. 55 Pythian Sisters at Union Lodge Hall, Social Savings Club at Mrs. Durgens home, Dry Hill Farm Women’s Club meeting at the Earehart and Smith residence, and Silver Star Rebekah Lodge gathering at IOOF Hall. Notices for the Women's Department must be received by 8:00 am for same day use and Sunday listings by 10:00 am Saturday.
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Women's Department of
Beckley
Beckley Temple
Pythian Sisters
Union Lodge Hall
Watkins
Dry Hill
Silver Star
Rebekah Lodge No
Ioof Hall
Main
Marriage Permit Applications From Raleigh County
The notice lists multiple marriage license applications with names ages and hometowns from Dry Hill Ganado Prosperity Glen Daniel Crab Orchard Epnemiah Lillybrook Whitby Mount View and Shady Spring along with parental details and ages. Included is a Summer Refresher recipe note suggesting a vanilla cocoa drink served with vanilla ice cream.
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Norman Henry Byrd
Dry Hill
Norman
Carrie Byrd
Yvonne Cecila Pack
Roy
Ella Pack
Leon Combs
Sylvester
John
Bennie Combs
Coretta Lorraine Combs
Basil
Ada Christian
Jom Joseph Jaap
Ganado
Texas
Frank and
Alvina Jaap
Nadine Bellamy
Prosperity
Glen
Lois Bellamy
Charles Lacy
Glen Daniel
William and
Geneve Lacy
Carol Riffe
Eccles
Basilead Etta Riffe
Freddie Persinger
Crab Orchard
Homer
Rachel Persinger
Christine Young
MacArthur
Joseph
Carmen Young
Theodore Stone
Wharton
Malcolm
Eve Elyn Stone
Betty Turner
Epnemiah
Lena Turi
Arthur White
Lillybrook
Arthur
Elizabeth White
Dorothy Saye
Whitby
Robert
Freda Saye
Delano Ray Williams
Mount View
Willis
Esta Williams
Hildren
Erdine McClanahan
Shady Spring
Armet
Hildred McClanaphan
Edna Meadows Joins Dee's Beauty Salon Staff
Mrs Edna Meadows is now affiliated with the operator staff at Dee's Beauty Salon formerly Mabel's Beauty Shop located over Swan Cafe on Main Street. Phone CL 3.6160.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Meadows
Dee's Beauty Salon
Mabel's Beauty Shop
Swan Cafe
Main St
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Toll
Tawage Flats
Nobil
Neville St
Gulf Woman’ S Club
Bainlawin
Cara Nome
Rexall Hero Meter
Rexall
Hyue Watson
Wight
Pete
Carter
Zee
Joc
Tat Beckley Drug Co
Court House
Marshall Technology
First Christian Church
Christian Youth Fellowship
Miss Ann Monroe
Lloyd F. Hopkins
J. B. F. Yoak Jr
John Mahaffey
Wood
J. Frank Vaughan
H. D. Gibbs
Social Savings Club
Andrew Durgens
Hunter St
Beckley Hotel
Corner Main & Kanawha
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