Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Mrs. Hubert Shaffer of Morgantown visits Raleigh County and attends a luncheon with the State Medical Auxiliary News Bulletin. Weekend guests include Floyd Whetsel and Joseph Sutyak families. A Beckley Hospital patient is R. Francis Parker after major surgery. Miss Billie Jo Pachuta, a Beckley Hospital nurse, will wed Dr John Franko Jr. in St Francis de Sales Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Shaffer
Morgantown
Beckley
M. M. Ralston
Hillpark
Beckley Hospital
R. Francis Parker
Greenbrier
Briggs-Johnston-Withrow Inc
P.M. Anderson
Raleigh
Mark Lary
Curtis Walker
Karen of
David
Ind
Hubert Poore
Beaver
Lary
Walker
L. V. Poore
Waynestown
Billie Jo Pachuta
Richmond Recreation Room
Pachuta
John Franko Jr
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
John J. Pachuta
John Franko
Youngstown
Ohio
Thomas Reinhardt
Chesapeake
Donald Wise
Glen Avenue
Joseph Peplowski
Jane Pachuta
Dinner At Mansion Climax West Virginia GOP Women Meet
The West Virginia Federation of Republican Women's Clubs wraps up its Fall Board Meeting with a 6 p.m. buffet at the governor's mansion in Charleston hosted by Governor Underwood and Mrs. Cecil H. Underwood. The 11 a.m. business session at the Daniel Boone Hotel features two concurrent groups. A noon Dutch lunch precedes a 2 p.m. session, with a 5 p.m. reception for attendees hosted by Mrs. Perle Harman. A sterling silver bowl will honor the club with the largest membership gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor's Mansion
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Heinzer
Perle T. Harman
Bluefield
Daniel Boone
Lillys welcome first son John Wesley II at Fairview
In Avon Ohio Mr and Mrs John W Lilly announce the birth of their first son John Wesley II at Fairview Hospital on August 27 weighing eight pounds one ounce The mother is Donna Morgan daughter of Carl and Mrs Morgan of Daniels The parents previously have a daughter Sabrina and reside in Ghent with Mr and Mrs A T Lilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghent
Rns
John W. Lilly
Avon
Ohio
John Wesley II
Fairview Hospital
Donna Morgan
Carl Morgan
Daniels
A. T. Lilly
Sabrina
Mrs. Charles Angell Honored At Shower
A stork shower honored Mrs. Charles Angell at Friendship Baptist Church Sophia with hostesses including Mrs. Haga Eanes McKinney and others. Prizes went to Nancy Haga Bonnie Jones Woodrow Jones Haga Maxine Stone and Wanda Massey. Pink decorations featured a pink elephant cake and artificial flowers. The guest list included numerous women and Dennis Haga. The note adds that Marshal Tito’s real name is Josip Broz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Baptist Church of Sophia
Charles Angell
Barney Haga
W. G. Eanes
Thomas McKinney
Merle Pitzenberger
Roger Montgomery
Carlyle Moye
Troy Martin
Nancy Haga
Bonnie Jones
Woodrow Jones
Haga
Maxine Stone
Rakes Hill Wedding Performed In West Union Church
Beaver area residents learned of the wedding of Miss Mary Emma Hill of Greenwood to John Clark Rakes II. The ceremony was Sept. 11 at the First Methodist Church of West Union with a mum and gladioli decor and a nine-branched candelabrum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Beaver
Mary Emma Hill
Greenwood
John Clark Rakes II
John Clark Rakes
First Methodist
George Winters Hill
Freda James Hill
Lehman A. Channell
Charles Michels
Nancy Canterbury
Gypsie Rakes
Ann Raese
Davis
Miss Raese
Miss Rakes
Community notices for Beckley women's groups
Women organizers invited to use this column for meetings and calendars. Notices to 10 a.m. daily. Saturday deadline 10 a.m. for Sunday. Beta Sigma Phi Sigma Chapter 7:30 p.m. Appalachian Assembly Room. Women of the Moose Beckley regular meeting 7:30 p.m. Eastern Star covered dish 6:15 p.m. with school of instruction by Mrs. Addie Gooch at the Masonic Temple. Junior Department of Woman's Club Beckley 8 p.m. Rebekah Bible Class Wesley Fellowship postponed to Sept 27 with officers installation 7:30 p.m. Rhododendron Garden Club 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Everette Keyser’s home. Mount View Elementary PTA 7 p.m. at Rock Creek. president Robert Davis. Young Woman's Club Central Baptist Church home of Mrs. Naoma Turner 7 p.m. School of Missions First Methodist Church 7:30 p.m. Girl Scout Troop 10 First Baptist Church 4 p.m. Beckley BPW membership meeting 7 p.m. 119 1/2 S. Heber St. Beckley WCTU postponed to Friday 2 p.m. First Baptist Church. Past Noble Grand Club home of Mrs. Ada Johnson 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Bethlehem
Order of Eastern Star
Addie Gooch
Hinton
Masonic Temple
Howe St
Rebekah
Wesley Fellowship
Community club and society meetings announced
Charm Etts Sub Deb Club hosts Miss Barbara Zimmerman at 311 Edgewood Dr at 7 p.m. Royal Neighbors of America Camp 1065 meet at Eagles Hall Woodlawn Ave at 7 30 p.m. Crab Orchard WCTU meets at Crab Orchard Baptist Church with a dues luncheon at 1 30 p.m. Past Matrons of Order of Eastern Star convene at 211 Beaver Ave at 2 p.m. Eliza Hunter Home Department Class meets at 407 Hunter St at 5 p.m. Home Harvest Tea by Christian Woman's Fellowship at 606 N Kanawha St from 2 to 5 30 p.m. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Zimmerman
Edgewood Dr
Royal Neighbors of America
Eagles Hall
Woodlawn Ave
Woman’s Christian Temperance ‘Union of
Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Order of Eastern Star
M. M. French
Beaver Ave
Home Harvest
Christian Woman's Fellowship of First Christian Church
Wanda Quesenberry
N. Kanawha St
Local Club Meeting Notices
Women groups announce gatherings: Women's Improvement League at 2 p m at 427 is Fayette Street hosted by Mrs R O Carey. Bellmont Homemakers Club at 7 p m at Gregory Street hosted by Mrs Josephine Poindexter. West Virginia Garden Club fall board at Beckley Hotel with executive meetings at 9 45 a m and 10 45 a m and luncheon at 1 30 p m. No 1 Club of St Johns Baptist Church Raleigh at 6 30 p m hosted by Mrs Sadie Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Improvement League
R. O. Carey
Fayette St
Bellmont Homemakers Club
Josephine Poindexter
Gregory Street
West Virginia
St. John’s Baptist Church
Raleigh
Sadie Henderson
Local clubs and meetings Planned This Weekend
Friday Degree of Honor Lodge No 56 executive board meets at Mrs John Greene 106 Rail road Ave at 7 30 p m. Rural Acres Garden Club hosts at Mrs A R Cook Stamford Road 7 30 p m. Saturday Social Savings Club at Mrs Ella Robertson Sylvia Street 7 30 p m. Columbia population 12 million coffee export lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge No
John Greene
Railroad Ave
Rural Acres Garden Club
A. R. Cook
Stamford Road
Social Savings Club
Ella Robertson
Sylvia Street
Columbia
Recent Bride Honored At Shower
Mrs. John Mack Phillips formerly Miss Wilma Sue Parsons was honored at a bridal shower Tuesday in Richmond Recreation Room. Daughter of Mrs. Mary Rose Parsons and H. E. Parsons of Spokane Washington, she and Ralph Phillips of Logan plan a June 30 Pearisburg Virginia wedding. Both are 1960s Woodrow Wilson High School graduates and Beckley College attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John “Mack” Phillips
Wilma Sue Parsons
Mary Rose Parsons
Hill St
H. E. Parsons
Spokane Wash
Beatrice Phillips
Glen Ave
Ralph Phillips
Logan
Pearisburg
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College
Richmond Recreation Room
Frank Ubeda Jr
Imogene’ Shumate
W. R Shumate
J. C. Broome
Opal Roles
Becky Broome
Henrieta Broome
Margie Broome
Mary Dee Elkins, Clarke
Frances Perdue
Local WSCS to Observe 20th Birthday Dinner Program
The Women's Society of Christian Service of The Methodist Temple marks its 20th year with a 6 p m dinner in Friendship Hall. Ker mit Locke will present a Holy Land film and commentary after the birthday party. Guests include past WSCS presidents. Birth cake table decorates each of 14 groups with blue and white color scheme and special music by a soloist and choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service of the
Methodist Temple
Friendship Hall
Kermit Locke
Holy Land
Harry Mayse
W. R. David
Harry Cooke
WSCS
Ralph Amick
Floyd Roth
Raleigh Humane Officer Faces Tough Call on Stray Cattle
Raleigh Humane Officer E. H. Whaley investigated a stray trio of Hereford cattle found at large in Raleigh. One female and two males, all white faced, could not locate an owner. Unable to secure them for transport, the officer noted the animals headed south as the search continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh, N. C
Raleigh
E. H. Whaley
Lable
State Educator To Address Juniors At Open Meet
Dr Roger P Elser of Charleston will speak at the Beckley Woman’s Club Junior Department meeting tonight at 8 at the Park Ave clubhouse A Cranberry School program for exceptional children directed by Elser will be featured Miss Mary Anne Davis conducts the session with Mrs Robert Lee Daniels arranging the program The group will display for the first time a citation from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and the Sears Roebuck Foundation for Community Achievement 1958 60 work, received by Mrs Arnold C Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Park Ave
Roger P. Elser
Charleston
State Department of Education
Elser
H. L. Clark
Cranberry School
George E. Davis
Mary Anne Davis
Robert Lee Daniels
Miss Davis
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
GFWC
SR Foundation
Arnold C. Burke
WCB Blood Type File Program Under Way
The Blood Type File project by the Women's Club of Beckley progresses with neighborhood cooperation. President Mrs Robert Thomson Jr said the Civil Defense backed effort will store blood types for access by phone at all hours, aiding in disasters and ordinary times. Contact Mrs D D Holliday to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WCB
Woman’s Club of
Beckley
Robert Thomson Jr
Civil Defense
D. D. Holliday
Community Service Committee
West Virginia Women's Clubs announce moratorium on new members
Mrs. Thomson states the club will not accept new membership applications this year due to a full quota and a long waiting list. A rummage sale is planned for October by the projects committee, led by Mrs. Carlyle S. Bolen, with members urged to contact her. A coffee event for executive board and department hostesses is set at Mrs. R. E. Newman’s home on Sept. 28. West Virginia Federation brochures are being distributed by Mrs. Fred K. Hays and committee. extra copies available by calling CL 3g929.
Daniels Boy Feted on 16th Birthday
Mr and Mrs Roy McNiel of Daniels honored their son Wilton with a party for his 16th birthday Saturday evening. Games and prizes went to Carol Smith Kay Sorensen and Frankie Rakes. Guests included Carol McNiel Linda Martin Herman Harvey Ilena Bragg Jackie Rakes Brenda Wood Norma St Clair Marie Forbes Judy Bolen Ronnie Shrewsbury Eddie Cochran Linda Bolen Kay Sorensen Rita Ward Rodney Smith and Billy Shrewsbury. Co hosts were Mrs Bill Jenkins and Mrs Don Bolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy McNiel
Daniels
Wilton
Carol Smith
Kay Sorensen
Frankie Rakes
Carol McNiel
Linda Martin
Herman Harvey
Ilena Bragg
Jackie Rakes
Brenda Wood
Norma St. Clair
Marie Forbes
Judy Bolen
Ronnie Shrewsbury
Eddie Cochran
Linda Bolen
Rita Ward
Rodney Smith
Billy Shrewsbury
Bill Jenkins
Don Bolen
Classified confusion in Findlay ad sparks pear pun
In Findlay Ohio an AP classified ad reads pears bring containers blow torch caulking gun causing confusion over intended items or repairs. The odd wording leaves readers unsure if pears or repairs were meant, highlighting a humorous OCR mishap in a local ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Ohio
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Raleigh County
Jackson’s Mill
Nancy
Farm Women’s Council
Chilhowie, Va
Floyd Whetsel
Sophia
J. D. Whetsel
Randy
Sandra
C. W. Martin
Joseph Sutyak
Tams
Joe Sutyak
Detroit, Mich
Mike Sutyak
Michael and
Elizabeth
Emmett Hurt
Melba Hurt
Calloway Heights
Dallas McKinney
Edward
Cincinnati
Methodist Youth Fellowship
McAlpin Community Church
June Davis
Mary
Carol
Teresa Geneseo
Charlene
Loretta
Beverly
Fondie Hawkins
Beverly Eposto
Janet
Wilda
Alice
Linda
Kay Ayers
Janie Smith
Bobbie Meadows
Connie
Vickie Henderson
Dreama Grubb
Paula Riddle
Sandy
Sally Riddle
Libby Worthington
Sue Meadows
Kaythryn Haydon
Bonnie Adkins
Foncie Campbell
Vernon Riddle
Paul Riddle
Mildred Meadows
Gene Proffit
Little Beaver Lake
Mansion
GOP Women’s Board
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz
Elmer Hogsett
Robert Waddell
Howard Jones
West Virginia University
Rakes
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Columbus
Paducah
Sherman Hill
Lon C. Hammock
Knoxville
Tenn
Max Adams
St. Mary's
Richard Hull
Parkersburg
Woodstock
Beta Sigma Phi
Appalachian
Women of the Moose
Moose Lodge
Rhododendron Garden Club
Everette Keyser
Dexter Ave
Mount View
Parent
Rock Creek
Robert Davis
Young Woman's Club
Central Baptist Church
Naoma Turner
Diggins Ave
School of Missions
First Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Beckley Business and Professional Women’s Club
S. Heber St
Beckley Woman's’ Christian Temperance Union
Noble Grand Club
Ada Johnson
Pike St
Eliza Hunter
Dora Me‘Cormick
Hunter St
Martha Davis
Judy Broome
Jenny Snuffer
Charlotte Conner
Suzy McClure
Algeria Lowe
Betty Phillips
Bonnie Lamb
Edith Phillips
Carrie Pettry
Bethel Phillips
Norman Greene
W. H. Walker
Regina Gillooly
Libby Williams
James L. Wood
Moos Williams
Orange Snuffer
Sally Collier
John M, Phillips
Kermit A. Locke
Kay’s Drug
Neville St. Beckley
W. Va
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Beckley - Oak Hill
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