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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1965

Page

5

Azalea Garden Club Visits Camp Creek for Picnic and Program

Sixteen Azalea Garden Club members visited Camp Creek State Park for a picnic lunch and a conservation program led by Frank Bolash and David Bobbs. They viewed films on forest voices water use and plant life, then joined by guests Ronald Meadows and Rolf Richmond, juniors from Richmond District High School, to discuss attending Camp Caesar and an agricultural fair at their school on September 25.

Azalea Garden Club Camp Creek State Park Frank Bolash Bolash Bobbs Ronald Meadows Rolf Richmond Richmond District High School D. C. Ashton H. P. Meadows E. E. Bibb J. A. Hunt Ceasar M. C. Banks James Bibb Duff D. Daniel Paul B. Barwood Paul Hutchinson Harry McCreery John E. McKenzie H. E. Phipps Ned Ragland M. M. Ralston C. H. Smith H. C. Sessions

Women notices inviting club events and meetings column

Women's organizations are invited to use this column for announcements of regular or special meetings. Notices received by 10 a.m. are used the same day, with Sunday notices due by 10 a.m. Saturday. Amaranth Court No. 1 meets at Heroines of Jericho Home on G Street at 7 p.m.

Women's Department of Beckley Amaranth Court No. 1 Heroines of Jericho G St

Beckley clubs and societies host evening meetings and events

A crowded evening schedule includes Woman's Mission Society dinner at First Baptist Church marking member birthdays and WV Baptist Convention, Sigma Chapter Beta Sigma Phi, Alcoholics Anonymous at Mountain Air Rest Home, Beckley Woman's Club Junior Department, Girl Scout meeting at First Christian, PTA events at MacArthur Lincoln Cranberry and Stratton, Moose Lodge Women of the Moose meeting, Eastern Star initiation at Masonic Temple, Laurel BPWC at Beckley Hotel, and a Suburban Social Club gathering at 205 Murray Street.

Woman’s Mission Society of the First Baptist Church West Virginia Baptist Convention

Raleigh County Parents League Meeting at YMCA

The Raleigh County Parents League holds an organizational meeting at the YMCA at 8 p.m. Attendees will organize activities and set goals for upcoming events.

Raleigh County Parents’ League YMCA

Ladies Auxiliary Eagles meeting at Home on Woodlawn

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Fraternal Order of Eagles hosts a gathering at Aerie Home, 204 Woodlawn Ave, at 8 p.m. The event invites members to attend and participate in activities.

Ladies Auxiliary The Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie Home Woodlawn Ave

Beckley Woman's Club Senior High Group Meets

The Senior High Group of the Woman's Club of Beckley meets at the Woman's Clubhouse on Park Ave. for planned activities and community planning sessions.

Woman's Club of Beckley Park Ave

Parker siblings leave for college studies

Miss Norma Parker departed Sunday to enroll at Concord College in Athens as a senior. Her brother Johnny Parker left Tuesday for Berea College in Berea Ky as a sophomore. They are the daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Parker of Pemberton. Dan Banker has returned home to confinement for the next month after 25 days in Beckley Hospital for injuries from a Slab Fork Coal Co. mine accident.

Sophia Norma Parker Concord College Athens Johnny Berea College Berea E. D. Parker Pemberton Dan Banker Beckley Hospital Slab Fork Coal Co

Daughter Born Kathy Anne in Raleigh General Hospital

Kathy Anne is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert F. Vance of Prosperity. She was born September 12 at 10 a.m. at Raleigh General Hospital, weighing six pounds one and a half ounces.

Kathy Anne Raleigh General Hospital Elbert F. Vance Prosperity

Plaid Suits and Crocheted Hats Highlight Fall Styles

The September issue features bright and pale plaids in modern and traditional double breasted suits. Crocheted hats in colors and contrasting patterns complete the season’s look.

Sculptured Look Highlights Shading In Makeup Era

The text discusses the sculptured look in makeup, emphasizing highlights and shadows to create facial luminosity and emphasis on the face as a fashion statement.

West Virginia Inc District 3 Parish Hall Meeting

At 7 30 p m the District 3 unit meets at the Parish Hall of St Francis de Sales Catholic Church to discuss upcoming activities and community plans. Local leaders and members of West Virginia Inc will attend to review schedules and community impact.

West Virginia

Women’s Improvement League hosts meeting at Mills Street home

The Women’s Improvement League will meet at 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Ed Wilson, 218 Mills Street, with Mrs. Clyde Bradford as co-hostess.

Women’s Improvement League Ed Wilson Mills St Clyde Bradford

Fellowship Class Event At First Baptist Melton Home

Fellowship class gathering at First Baptist Church hosted by Mr and Mrs H E Melton Jr at 1200 Harper Road at 8 p m.

First Baptist Church H. E. Melton Jr Harper Road

Hi Rise Topper Over Sheath Pattern M147 by Arcanti

Social fashion item describes a sheath dress with a jacket and bow belt for versatile wear. Printed Pattern M147 available in Misses sizes 10 through 18, with fabric options listed. Instructions include pattern pricing, mailing address in New York, and optional couture collection offer.

Arcanti Raleigh Register P. O Old Chelsea Station New York N. Y Couture

Rotary exchange student speaks on New Zealand at quota meeting

Shar on Sisk, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne A Sisk, spoke at the Beckley Quota Club luncheon on September 14 about life as a schoolgirl in Hastings New Zealand. She spent 10 months there under the Rotary International Student Exchange Program and praised New Zealand hospitality. She described an all girls school with strict uniforms and rules, spoke 40 times at clubs, and noted being treated royally as the first American in Hastings. Mrs Virginia Spangler presided and announced the fall District No 1 conference plans for October 8-10 at the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston.

Rotary Sharon Sisk New Zealand E. P. Donahue Quota Club Beckley Rotary Exchange Wayne A. Sisk Neville St Sharon Hastings Rotary International Beckley Rotary Club Quotarians Capt James Allen U. S Jack Seaton Rotary Club All Girls School Island Virginia Spaneler Daniel Boone Hotel Charleston Spangler Russell Boggs Gladys Carney

Maid And Matrons Study Club Plans For Year

The Maids and Matrons Social Study Club held its first meeting at Mrs. Irvin Wrights home. President Mrs. Bernice Henry presided with co-hostesses Mrs. Henry and Mrs. Charles Jones. The group approved a two year theme Creating a Better Understanding in a Changing World and outlined public service and social events including Thanksgiving services and cheer-boxes for East Beckley Nursing and Convalesense Home patients, an Open Forum in April, National Music Week in May, a Halloween party in October, a Yuletide celebration, a 31st Anniversary Dinner in February, and a St Patrick’s social in March. Desert was served to members. The Oct 6 meeting will be at Mrs. Hodge with co-hostesses Mrs. Crawford Jr. and Mrs. Raymond Green.

Irvin Wright Bernice Henry Henry Charles Jones Marion Brown East Beckley Kenneth Brooks John Seay Martin Austin Jesse Hodge Howard Monroe William Beverly John Flippen Adam Robinson Hazel Garland Josephine Wright Rosetta Payne Hodge D. D. Crawford Jr Raymond Green

Town and Country Club Members Tour Spencer on Sept 28

Five members of the Town and Country Home Demonstration Club will tour Spencer on Sept 28, announced at the Sept 14 meeting by president Mrs. Ocle Wall. A hat workshop in Beckley was discussed, and future workshops and a leaders training session at Jacksons Mill were noted.

American Legion Auxiliary Unit Names Delegates To Conference

Delegates from Raleigh County Unit No. 32 American Legion Auxiliary were elected for the Sixth District Fall Conference at the September meeting in the Memorial Building. A September 26 dinner at Humphrey's Pine Room Charleston is planned with registration at 11 a.m. Delegates include Mrs. R. E. Presley and others. alternates named. The group noted $23,000 raised for Costa Rica retraining and reported visits to Pinecrest Sanitarium and veterans in chapel service.

American Legion Auxiliary Raleigh County Memorial Building Humphrey Pine Room Charleston R. E. Presley Mary Starr Harry Anderson Clarence R. Francis Parker Costa Rica Parker A. F. Bryson Veterans Hospital Pinecrest W. A. Dempsey Pinecrest Sanitarium R. B. Callison Minnie Lee Canterbury Bessie Carroll Ira Holliday Leah Trail Nellie Cox

Highland Garden Club Names New Officers

Highland Garden Club in the Civic Room of the Bank of Raleigh selects new officers led by president Mrs George Haldane and vice president Mrs J Anderson Jr. The meeting featured a film on design and pattern selection. Mrs Callaway volunteers to act as treasurer during Mrs Burleson recovery from an automobile accident.

Highland Garden Club Ohn Callaway Wade Bardin Bank of Raleigh J. G. Anderson Jr George Haldane Anderson Jack Mann W. H. File Jr Lee Burleson John A. Hedrick Callaway Burleson

Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know Visit Parents

2nd Lt. and Mrs. William KK. Bair are visiting his parents on Harper Road and her parents on Canterbury Drive. Lt. Bair is stationed at Brookley Air Force Base Mobile Alabama and they are on a two week leave arriving here Wednesday.

William KK. Bair James W. Bair Harper Road David Williams Canterbury Drive Lt. Bair Brookley Air Force Base Mobile Ala

Blair of Sophia patient at St Marys Hospital Rochester

William Blair of Sophia is listed as a patient in St Marys Hospital Rochester Minnesota in room 1109. He is the son of the late Reverend W J Blair.

William BD. Blair Sophia St. Mary’s Hospital Rochester Minn W. J. Blair

West Virginia at New York World's Fair Visitors Honor Child Birthday

Recent visitors to the West Virginia Pavilion at the New York World's Fair include Mr. and Mrs. R P Culp and their guests Jeff and Karen Roberts with their parents from Bethel Park. Karen celebrated her second birthday with a luncheon hosted by her grandmother at the Hollandsworth home.

West Virginia R. P. Culp Oakwood Ave Jeff Karen Roberts H. R. Roberts Bethel Park Jack Hollandsworth East C. St Karen

Miss Rebecca Frye Enrolls At Marion College

Miss Rebecca Frye a Shady Spring High School graduate joins the senior class at Marion College Marion Virginia. Daughter of Mrs Ruth Frye she will study at the two year college for women run by the Virginia Synod of the Lutheran Church of America offering liberal arts and pre professional courses.

Rebecca Frye Shady Spring High School Marion College Marion Frye Ruth Frye Blue Jay Virginia Synod of the Lutheran Church of America

Homecoming Attendees at Crow Christian Church

Among attendees at the Crow Christian Church homecoming were Mrs. Blanche Shively Snead formerly of Beaver Mrs. Madge Scott Tissue and the Rev and Mrs James Lowe and others.

Christian Church of Crow Blanche Shively Snead Beaver Madge Scott Tissue James Lowe

The Perfectionist Woman and Her Headache Pain

A discussion on women pursuing perfection and its toll on health. It notes that perfectionism leads to nervous tension headaches, especially in women, and contrasts male and female reactions to pain. Experts suggest women must adapt and accept best efforts, while a forthcoming remedy aims to ease daily tension.

Eve Adam National Research Institute

Leopard fur fashion noted in hat and coat details

A brief description highlights leopard fur trimming across accessories and garments. The emphasis is on hat dickie and coat collar featuring leopard fur, conveying a stylish wildlife print motif.

Dickie

Beckley Residents Named in List of Agreement Signers

Of Mount Hope, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Scott, Mrs. Luther Bragg, Delbert Bair, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Prince, Mr. and Mrs. Hume Vogt, Mrs. Adney C. Sut phin, Mrs. C. M. Doss and Mrs. Ina Daniel, all of Beckley.

Mount Hope Hal Scott Luther Bragg Delbert Bair Warren Dunn Wayne Prince Hume Vogt Adney C. Sutphin C. M. Doss Ina Daniel Beckley

First Child Born to Mr and Mrs James A Bair

Mr and Mrs James A Bair of 1180 Overlook Dr Fairborn Ohio announce the birth of their first child a son James Edwin on September 18 at 1 am in Green Memorial Hospital Xenia Ohio. He weighed seven pounds five and a half ounces. The father is the son of Mr and Mrs James W Blair of Harper Road. The mother is the former Dorothy Schenefiel of Randolph New York.

James A. Bair Overlook Dr Fairborn Ohio James Edwin Green Memorial Hospital Xenia James W. Blair Harper Road Dorothy Schenefiel Randolph, N.Y

Pasta basics and cooking times for different pasta shapes

A pasta definition notes dough from flour and water and shapes. It advises three quarts of water per half pound of pasta, boil on high flame, add pasta, stir occasionally, and avoid covering. Cooking times range from eight minutes for fine pasta to twenty minutes for thicker varieties.

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Sigma Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Appalachaia Mountain Air Rest Home Woman’s Club of Park Avenue Girl Scout Neighborhood Meeting First Christian Church Hollywood Parent-Teacher Association MacArthur Lincoln Parent-Teacher Association Lincoln School Women of the Moose Moose Lodge Cranberry Parent-Teachers Association Cranberry School Bethlehem Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Temple Howe St Laurel Business and Professional Woman’s Club Beckley Hotel Stratton Parent - Teacher Association Surburban Social Club Alma Woods Murray St Artlanti Woodrow Wilson High School Australia Singapore Bombay India Saudia Arabia Cairo Port Said Egypt Naples Florence Pisa Venice Italy Switzerland Germany Belgium Holland England Maid and Matrons Town and Country Club Spencer Jacksons Mill Grace Hewitt Hewitt H. R. Sawyers Frank Williams T. H. Calvert Agnes McEwan Florence Farris R. B. Webb American Legion Auxiliary Unit G. M. Powers Main St Earl Richmon Mountain ST Aid Richmond Raleigh Co Cincinnati Washington Charlotte, Columbus Winston-Salem Piedmont Airlines Singer Today
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