Birthday honors mark 90th for church WSCS member
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Clay, oldest WSCS member and parish charter, celebrated on her 90th birthday during a 20th anniversary dinner at First Methodist Church Parish Hall. Daughters and sons attended, with Mrs. Jay Woods presiding, noting her Raleigh County roots and long marriage to A B Clay, who died recently at 90. She remains active in church work and makes organs and Christmas aprons for family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Elizabeth Clay
First Methodist Church
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Walter Grant
Huntington
Jay Woods
WSCS
R. D. Clay
Charleston
R. C. Jarrell
South Charleston
Wayne Gates
Kanawha St
W. C. Acord
A. B. Clay
Omar Stover
Becl ey Womens Group notices and club calendar
Announcements from Beckley Newspapers Woman's Department inviting women's organizations to submit meeting notices. Includes list of Tuesday events across local clubs and churches with times, locations, and hosts, plus Saturday Social Savings Club gathering.
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Woman's Department of
Beckley
Social Savings Club
Evelyn Parker
Sylvia Si
Clubwomen Plan Attending Southern District Confab in Bluefield
BeclEy and area clubwomen will attend the 40th annual Southern District West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs convention at Trinity Methodist Church Bluefield. Host club is Bluefield Woman's Club with Mrs Wayne Reynolds presiding. Delegates include members from Beckley Shady Spring Gulf Marsh Fork and Beckley projects include reservations via telephone by Wednesday. Registration runs 9 to 9 45 a m with coffee hour and Presidents Meeting. session opens at 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian
West Virginia
Garden Club, Inc
First Methodist Church
Wayne Reynolds
Beckley
Bluefield
Confab
Beckley Club
Shady Spring
Woman's Club
Gulf Woman’s Club
Marsh Fork
GULF
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
A collage of community updates notes R. R. Botkin recovering at home after surgery in Bluefield Sani formum. Reena Harvell travels to Blackstone Virginia for an aunt’s illness. Racine Thompson improving after a heart attack at Beckley Hospital. Rex Moore family relocates to Gallatin Tennessee. Mildred Pownell returns home after Beckley Memorial Hospital surgery. A large Sunday gathering at Mrs Ada Johnson’s includes extended families from South Charleston Hurricane Piney View and White Sulphur Springs with a Grandview State Park picnic. Mrs Lynn returns from Tennessee with newborn granddaughter Zanda Jane Lynn born Sept 4. son Alan in Tennessee Tech. Charles Hamilton and Ann Ballengee host visitors from Statesville and Beckley. Charles Drewry and family attend Greenbrier meeting. Charles Farmer’s son enro lls at Purdue. parents reside in Hazel Green Wisconsin. Charles Honaker Jr. family mourn mother’s death in South Connellsville. A 2 week Florida vacation planned for A O Smith. Wallace Carter relocates Bolt to Newark Delaware for teaching post. Sue Rodes improves after major surgery. Alvin Dean Phillips and Jeanette DiCiuccio announce first child Joseph Andrew born Sept 22 in Columbus Ohio. Grandparents include Ella Laws of Beckley.
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Ada Johnson
Pike St
Clinton Buckalew
Wayne
Pam
Ed McKee
Judy
South Charleston
R. W. Cavender
Charleston
John Hayes
Robert Powers
Hurricane
L. H. Hunter
Piney View
Thelma Gwinn
White Sulphur Springs
Barbara Johnson
David
Beckley
Alvin Dean Phillips
Columbus
Ohio
Joseph Andrew
St. Anne’s Hospital
Jeanette DiCiuccio
Andy di Ciuccio
Calloway Heights
A. D. Phillips
Ella Laws
S. Oakwood Ave
Lillys welcome first daughter Cindy Margaret
Mr and Mrs Clyde Eugene Lilly of Flat Top announce the birth of their first child a daughter Cindy Margaret at Lutheran Hospital Cleveland on September 10 at 1107 PM. She weighed six pounds eleven ounces. The mother is Zella Margaret Clark daughter of Erskine Clark and the Lillys are residents of Flat Top.
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Clyde Eugene Lilly
Cleveland
Ohio
Luthern Hospital
Cindy Margaret
Zella Margaret Clark
Erskine Clark
Clyde Lilly
Flat Top
Census Bureau notes urban population loss to suburbs
The Census Bureau reports that many major U S cities are losing population to nearby suburbs highlighting urban decline and suburban growth trends across multiple metropolitan areas.
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Census Bureau
U. S
Bowers Bowyer Exchange Vows In Sophia Church Ceremony
Miss Maitha Ann Bowyer and Pvt Thomas E Bowers exchanged wedding vows at Freewill Baptist Church Sophia in a 5 30 p m service. Rev French D Williams officiated before family and friends. The bride wore satin with a Juliet cap veil and carried red rosebuds. Attendants included sister Miss Carolyn Nadine Bowyer as maid of honor and James Bowers as best man. A reception followed. couple to a southern wedding trip before he reports to Fort Knox Kentucky. The couple and families are tied to Helen Coal City and Richmond Virginia.
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Freewill Baptist Church of Sophia
Maitha Ann Bowyer
Thomas E. Bowers
French D. Williams
Sam Houck
Helen
Raymond Bowers
Coal City
Donna Williams
Carolyn Nadine Bowyer
Louis Soltes
Tams
Gaston Hargis
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Raleigh County
Mrs. Clay
Elmer Wilson
Don Thompson
Grady Dean
Presi
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Parent - Teachers Association
Dry Hill Farm
Golden Age Club
Woman's’ Club of
Park Ave
Beckley Junior High
Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club
Beckley Hotel
Rebekah Bible Class
The
Methodist Temple
Fellowship Hall
New River Country Life Group
Maxwell Hill
Judea Shrine No
Shady Spring District
Larkin
Mabscott Christian Church
Ann Miller
Janus
Bank of Raleigh Social Room
Church of Beckley Presbyterian Church
Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge No. 206
Mabscott
Joof Hall
Poinsettia Savings Club
Roxie Starks
Betty St
Mary Martin
Winding Gulf Deacons Organization
White
Antonio Ave
Zina French
Everett Underwood
SSDC
Lewis
L. C. Weamer
T. A. Parolari
Grace Tabor
Capri
R. R. Botkin
N. Oakwood Ave
Bluefield Saniformum
Reena Anae
J. A. Harvell
Woodlawn Ave
Blackstone, Va
L. S. Rowlett
Racine Thompson
Oak Grove
Beckley Hospital
Rex Moore
Larry
Eddie
Tommy
Stotesbury
Gallatin, Tenn
Mark Twain School
Mildred Pownell
Ewart Avenue
Beckley Memorial Hospital
D. Crawford Lynn
Mercer St
McMinnville
Tenn
David C. Lynn Jr
Zanda Jane
Lynns
Alan
Lynn
Tennessee
John
Tennessee Polytechnic School
Cookeville
R. C. Hamilton
Statesville
N. C
S. C. Ballengee
Ann Ballengee
S. Kanawha St
J. E. Otto
Lewis St
Carl C. Drewry
State Hospital Association
Greenbrier
Charles C. Farmer
A. A. Farmer
Bolt
Purdue University
la Fayette, Ind
Hazel Green
Wis
Goetz Klein
Charles Honaker Jr
Benny
South Connellsville, Pa
Charles Honaker
Vine Street
Florida
Mrs. A. 0. Smith
South Kanawha Street
Newark
Del
Wallace Carter
Sue Rodes
D. G. Rodes
Orchard Ave
Bowers-Bowyer
Sophia Church
Stoco High School
Richmond
U. S. Army
Fort Knox
Army
Washington, D. C
Baby Shop
Main St
Opp
Frankfort
Kentucky
Ancient Age Distilling Company
Bourbon Institute
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Siwats
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Penney
Orion
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