Local women group notices for meetings published
Coming events column lists Regular and special meetings for women's organizations. Details include executive boards at Mrs. John Greene 106 Railroad Ave at 7 30 p m Rural Acres Garden Club Stamford Road 7 30 p m Beckley WCTU First Baptist Church 2 p m Thrift Savers Club 116 Candy St 7 30 p m Mount Tabor Homemaker Club 315 Park Ave 7 p m Just A Mere Club 214 Saunders Ave 6 p m Friendship Social Club 122 Candy St 7 p m Beckley B P W C Bank of Raleigh Civic Room 7 30 p m Club calendars to be mailed or telephoned by 10 a m.
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Woman’s Department of
Beckley
Social Savings Club and 4-H events notice
Social Savings Club at Ella Robertson home on Sylvia Street. Lad and Lassie Junior 4-H Club meets at Beckley Junior High School at 9 30 a.m. to attend Raleigh County Field Day at 4H Camp. Beginners square dance class at James Lilly Building 106 Mc Creery Street at 8 p.m with Don Lilly as caller and instructor.
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Social Savings Club
Ella Robertson
Sylvia St
Lad
Lassie
Beckley Junior High School
Raleigh County
James Lilly
McCreery St
Don Lilly
Beckley Moose Chapter Women Host Star Recorders Meeting
Beckley Chapter Women of the Moose holds a Star Recorders gathering in the Moose Lodge Ball Room at 1 30 p m with all chapters invited and formal attire encouraged.
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Beckley
Women of the Moose
Star Recorders
Moose Lodge
Beckley Legal Secretaries Association Dinner Meeting
Beckley legal secretaries association holds a dinner meeting in the Blue Room of the Elks Club at 6 30 p m. Mountain Top Garden Club meets at 505 South Kanawha Street the home of Mrs J G Foster at 2 p m.
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Beckley Legal Secretaries Association
Blue Room of Elks Club
Mountain Top Garden Club
J. G. Foster
S. Kanawha St
Local Club Meetings Schedule for October Evening Gatherings
The notice lists several community group events with times and hosts. St Francis de Sales PTA hosts a 7:30 p.m. meeting, Phymosia Garden Club meets at Mrs Wilfred Wooddell’s Locust Drive home at 1:30 p.m., Dry Hill Farm Woman's Club gathers at Mrs Lake Allen’s Dry Hill Road home at 7:30 p.m., King's Daughters hold a 2 p.m. service at St Mary's Methodist Church Locust Drive at 1:30 p.m. Golden Age Club meets at the Beckley Woman's Clubhouse on Park Ave. at 7:30 p.m., Raleigh County Retired School Employer's Association convenes at Beckley Junior High School Auditorium at 7 p.m., and Shady Spring District Woman's Club hosts October hostesses at Mrs Larkin Philpott’s Hinton Road home, 7:30 p.m.
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Dry Hill Farm
Shady Spring District
Larkin Philpott
Hinton Road
Suburban Homemaker's Club dinner at next meeting
The Suburban Homemaker's Club announced a covered-dish dinner for the Oct. 13 meeting in the community building with Mrs. Harold Blake as chairwoman. Rhododendron chosen as the club flower and each member to plant one in her yard. Miss Nancy Boyd taught "Budgeting Ready Made Clothes" and urged checking care labels. Mrs. Burton Royal gave the devotional and Mrs. W. W. West hosted, with several members and one guest attending.
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Harold Blake
Nancy Boyd
Raleigh County
Burton Royal
W. W. West
Emmett Mann
Claude Hatcher
Zane Lilly
Emmett Crum
Gussye Hanger
Virgil Meadows
L. C. He
Beckley Woman's Club plans fashion show luncheon
At a Monday luncheon in the Beckley Woman's Club clubhouse plans were laid for an Auxiliary fashion show and luncheon in the Beckley Hotel Ballroom on Oct. 17. Mrs. Fred Richmond was named chairman of arrangements, per program chairwoman Mrs. John J. Marra. Attendees included Mrs. Clark K. Sleeth Morgantown president of the Auxiliary to the West Virginia Medical Association and others from Charleston Mullens and Morgantown.
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Woman’s Club of
Beckley
Park Avenue
Beckley Hotel
Fred Richmond
John J. Marra
Gram
Clark K. Sleeth
Morgantown
West Virginia Medical Association
Pat A. Tuckwiller
Charleston
Hubert Shaffer
Byron W. Steele
Mullens
Woman’s Auxiliary
Wyoming County Medical Society
Woman’‘s
Raleigh County Medical Society
George A. Miller
F. L. Banks
Sheri J. Winter
C. A. Smith
Cirtsville Homemakers Club Renames and Reforms Schedule
The Cirtsville Homemaker's Club will be known as the Cirtsville Home Demonstration Club after a Friday meeting hosted by Mrs. Leon Miller. President Mrs. Frank Wiseman led a session that also moved monthly meetings from the third Friday to the third Tuesday, with the next gathering at Mrs. Earl Smith's on Oct. 18 at 10 30 a.m. A covered dish luncheon follows at noon. The program featured a devotional by the hostess on What Makes People Great and a lesson on Buying Ready Made Clothing by Mrs. Duff Spangler, with Miss Ruth E. Knoch of West Virginia University presenting guidance on fabric care and the Textile Labeling Act. Refreshments were served to members and guest Mrs. Robert Sweeney and Miss Nancy Boyd.
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Cirtsville Homemaker’s,Club
Cirtsville Home Demonstration Club
Leon Miller
Frank Wiseman
Earl Smith
Duff Spangler
Ruth E. Knoch
West Virginia University
Wiseman
Smith
Okey Stover
Past Grands Club Meets in Mabscott at Ada Johnson Home
Mrs Ada Johnson hosted the Past Grands Club of Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge No 206 Mabscott at 300 Pike St Tuesday evening Nellie R Rogers led the devotional. Anna Mooney presided over business with an auditing committee of Lindsay Wooten King. Halloween party planned for October at Beckley home of A N Breckenrich.
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Mabscott
RNS
Ada Johnson
Golden Gate
Rebekah Lodge No. 206
Pike St
Nellie R. Rogers
Anna Mooney
Arthur Lindsay
Clarence Wooten
Rhonda King
A. N. Breckenrich
Beckley
Clyde Crawley
A. K. Chadwell
Gene Turner
W. B. Robinson
Dewey Sparks
King
Hume Vogt
J. W. Persinger
Frank Facello
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Mrs. Elsie Bailey of 400 N Vance Dr is confined to Beckley Memorial Hospital after major surgery Wednesday. Her condition is satisfactory. Mr and Mrs J P Nally of Decatur Ill expected to arrive today to visit her mother Mrs W F Tams of Woodlawn Ave. Mrs Nally is the former Sara Tams. Mr and Mrs Roy A Bicknell of Covington Va were dinner guests Friday of relatives Mr and Mrs V C Hatcher of Pleasant Hills RNS. Moving from Vine Street to Orlando Fla were Mr and Mrs K E Boggs and daughters Patty and Carolyn. Mrs Boggs led the Lad and Laddie 4 H Club and Patty belonged to the Order of Rainbow for Girls. Loway Heights have moved to Trenton N J. Leaving today for Fort Bragg NC to join the U S Army were Emmanuel Smith of Meadow Creek Charles Surbaugh of Layland and Ronnie Lee Dary of Bluefield who have been visiting the area for 30 days on furlough accompanied by Smith's brother-in-law Johnny Fanary of Sophia. The soldiers have been stationed in Germany for 18 months.
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Elsie Bailey
N. Vance Dr
Beckley Memorial Hospital
J. P. Nally
Decatur, Ill
W. F. Tams
Woodlawn Ave
Nally
Sara Tams
Vine Street
Orlando, Fla
K. E. Boggs
Patty
Carolyn
Fort Bragg
N.C
U. S. Army
Emmanuel Smith
Meadow Creek
Charles Surbaugh
Layland
Ronnie Lee Dary
Bluefield
North Carolina
Smith
Johnny Fanary
Sophia
Germany
Roberts Under Observation At Beckley Hospital
Alvin E. Roberts of Slab Fork MA is undergoing observation and treatment at Beckley Hospital. Also noted is Mrs John Kosco Jr and daughters who resided in Cal-. further details incomplete in readable text.
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Beckley Hospital
Alvin E. Roberts
Slab Fork
John Kosco Jr
Cal
Arkansas girl seeks name change to Dixie
Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Diane Adel Meyer, 13, asked to change her middle name to Dixie. Her mother feared initials could invite ridicule and hazing from friends. Petition granted by Judge Loren Lawrence Dawson.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Diane Adel Meyer
Dixie
Laren Lawrence Dawson
Japanese Spectacular to Play Mountain State Forest Festival
A lavish Oriental production titled Japanese Spectacular comes to Elkins for the Mountain State Forest Festival October 5 to 8. The show features 50 modern dancing dolls, Geisha dancers, Ka bu ki scenes, and stars from Japan including Komazuru and Tosh Toyoda, with multiple venues listed and a cost of 100. It travels from Canada to Mexico, ending in Hollywood before returning to the Orient.
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Radio City Music Hall
Las Vegas
Moulin Rouge
Hollywood
Orient
Elkins
Mountain State Forest
Davis and Elkins College
Canada
Mexico
Jim Hetzer
Japan
Jack Benny
Komazuru
Hetzer
Tosh Toyoda
Tokyo
the Sinatra
Far East
Noburo
Old
Boyle’s Early Air Pump Invention Around 1660
Robert Boyle, an early authority on vacuum, devised the first successful air pump around 1660. This device advanced experiments on empty space and laid groundwork for modern pneumatic science.
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Robert Boyle
Baptist Church Ceremony Unites Lilly-Pritchard In Marriage
Miss Brenda Pritchard and Larry Lilly wed at 1 p.m. September 17 in the Baptist Church on Johnstown Rd with Rev. Everett R. Shafer officiating. The couple, both 1959 Stoco High School graduates, will reside in Beckley after a Virginia wedding trip. he works at Acme Super Market.
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Lilly-Pritchard
Brenda Pritchard
Larry Lilly
Johnstown Rd
Everett R. Shafer
Lewis Pritchard
Davie Pritchard
Princewick
James Lilly
Odd
James Wade Lilly
Arnold Lilly
Barbara Lilly
Virginia
Beckley
Stoco High School
Acme Super Maret
Etude Music Study Group Plans Monthly Meetings
The Etude Music Study Group held a planning session at Mrs. M. P. Ott's home 311 Highland Street. Class advisors Ott and Mrs. Paul Hinzman said monthly meetings will be on the first Wednesday, with the next session at Mrs. Hinzman’s home 200 Russell Street. Attendees included Mrs. Ralph Hartson, Mrs. Sylvia Lilly, Mrs. Harold Bradford, and Mrs. Thelma Bostick.
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Etude
M. P. Ott
Highland St
Ott
Paul Hinzman
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Greene
Railroad Ave
Rural Acres Garden Club
A. R. Cook
Stamford Road
Beckley Woman’s Christian ‘Temperance Union
First Baptist Church
Thrift Savers Club
Evelyn Royster
Canady St
Mount Tabor
Homemaker’s Club
Robert L. Davis
Park Ave
Just-A-Mere
Samuel Heston
Saunders Ave
Friendship Social Club
Eunice Coleman
Beckley Business and Professional Woman's Club
Bank of Raleigh Civic Room
St. Francis de Sales Parent- Teachers Association
Phymosia Garden Club
Wilfred Wooddell
Locust Dr
King’s Daughters
St. Mary’s Methodist Church
Golden Age Club
Woman's Club of Beckley
Beckley Junior High
Lundy E. Meadows
Chelyan
Lacy A. Meadows
J. J. Garretson
Amigo
Rhodell
J. A. Wood Coal
Cirtsville Club
Jeff Spangler
Sam Harper
Claude Williams
Harless Stover
Robert Sweeney
Restaurant & Delicatessen
Main St
Court House
British West Indies
Roy A. Bicknell
Covington
V. C. Hatcher
Pleasant Hills
Yamakawa Sisters
Hara
Josephine
Bill Hornsby
Clifford Hungate
Kitty Hornsby
Owen Hornsby
Bill Delp
Gid Black
Delores Black
Barbara Black
Coal City
Basil Garretson
Mead
W. E. Tilson
Margaret Gray
Lonnie Garretson
Virginia Smith
Woodrow Piymale
Orlie Taylor
Edd Sexton
Julius Bell
Tom Hollingshead
Paul McCoy Jr
Joyce Shrewsbury
Bill Bolen
Levi Hornsby
Oran Bolen
Clifton Boles
Kathy
Drema Hornsby
John Garretson
Diana
Vicki Taylor
Brenda
Barbara
Pamela
Patty Delp
Jill
Terry Hornsby
Hungate
T. Adkins
Parkersburg
R. C. Hungate
Crab Orchard
Mr. Hungate
Mrs. Clifford Hungate
Amugg Couture
al Eath
Orion
Bermans
Melmac
W. VA
Kredit Jewelers
Neville Street
Hotel
HiLl Bldg
Oak HiLl
Mrs
Earl
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Bigelow
Beckley Hardware
Milan
Londonderry
Heber ST
Main
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