Beckley Women’s Groups Publish Weekly Meeting Notices
Local column invites women’s organizations to submit regular or special meeting announcements. Listings include Bible Circle at 531 Woodlawn Ave, Poinsella Savings Club, Raleigh County Girl Scout Council at Bair Building, and various church and society meetings with dates and times. Submissions due by 4 pm weekdays. Sunday notices by 10 am Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Department of
Beckley
Bible Circle
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Ross P. Daniel
Woodlawn Ave
Raleigh County Girl Scout Council
Bair Building
Miss Melva Polk Weds Lionel Burleson in Virginia Church
Mr. and Mrs. Quincy Polk of Sophia announce the marriage of Melva Lee Polk to Lionel Keith Burleson. The ceremony occurred September 24 at the Baptist Church of Pearisburg Virginia with Rev. D N McGrady officiating. The couple reside with Burleson’s parents near Affinity and Lillybrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melva Lee Polk
L. K. Burleson
Sophia
Quincy Polk
Lionel Keith Burleson
Basil Burleson
Midway
D. N. McGrady
Baptist Church
Pearisburg
Patsy Dunn
Douglas Polk
Sophia High School
Sophia Freewill Baptist Church
SHS
Affinity
Lillybrook
Glen Daniel Personal Notices Highlight Local Weekend Visits
Glen Daniel social column lists visitors: Olan Kilbourne of Oceana, Posey Bailey and children from Myrtle Beach, Jack Sheppard of Dayton, Hilda Lee Barrett, family guests of George Barrett in Eccles, Glen Mooney from Whitby, Earl Clowers visitors Vernon Large and Rachelle, and Mrs. Russell Carter from Cape Charles visiting the Barbour family in Fairdale. Carter formerly Ella Mae Barbour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Daniel
RNS
Robert Brewster
Olan Kilbourne
Oceana
Posey Bailey
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Claude Bunch
Jack Sheppard
Dayton
Ohio
Charlie Sheppard
Claude Walker Jr
Fairdale
Arlie Barbour
Carter
Ella Mae Barbour
Walton Dixon Wedding Held At Mabscott Home
Miss Betty Jean Walton and Beauford Dixon wed in a 6 p.m. ceremony at the Mabscott residence of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Walton. The couple, attended by family, will reside in Crab Orchard. The bride, a Woodrow Wilson High School graduate, works at Beckley G C Murphy Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Walton
Mabscott
Betty Jean Walton
Beauford Dixon
John Dixon
Crab Orchard
Billie R. Waddell
Klaus St. Beckley
George Lyon
Jesse
Leroy Scott
Marie Hernandez
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley G. C. Murphy Co
Dixon
Beckley
State of
Michigan
Beckley Jaycee-Ettes Benefit Plans For Tonight
Mrs. James H. Stump chairs the Beckley Jaycee-Ettes in a dessert bridge canasta benefit at Greenbrier Dairy Social Room at 7 30 PM. About 100 members and guests are expected. Proceeds fund Mac's Toy Fund for needy families and other charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Stump
Beckley Jaycee-ettes Club
Sen. Pial
Greenbrier Dairy
Mac’s
Notable Beckley Residents Attend Fraternal Events
The notice lists Beckley area residents plus visitors traveling to Huntington for the Grand Chapter of the West Virginia Order of Eastern Star program. It records funerals and family visits, with names including T. R. Wilson, Lillian Stafford, C. M. Meadows, J. C. Parcell, J. A. Estep, and Mrs. Robert Higgins among others.
Beckley Woman Elected President of Presbyterian Synod of W Va
Beckley resident Mrs. W. E. S. McCormick was elected president of Women of the Church, Synod of West Virginia, at a Sept 24 session in Maxwelton. Local attendees included Mrs. Wisherspoon and others. McCormick has a long history in mission work and church leadership.
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Women of
Beckley
Presbyterian Synod of
W. Va
Beckley Presbyterian Church
W. E. S. McCormick
Women of the Church
Synod of West Virginia
Maxwelon
Clifton Presbyterian Church
J. W. Wisherspoon
C. J. Bepler
C. Lewis
H. C. Kinzer
C. A. Smith
R. K. Rubush
A. G. Plumfey
Bell Walker
B. L Clay
Fire Creek
Thurmond
Rush Run
Brooklyn
Caperton
Beary
Clifftop
Landisburg
Leesburg
Elizabeth Lapsley
Rey
James Lapsley
George W. McCormick
Shell Oil Co
Baltimore
James E. McCormick
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U. S. Air Force
McCormick
James W. Lapsley
Alabama
General Assembly of
Southern Presbyterian Church
Samuel B. Lapsley
Women of the Church Presbyterial
Synodical Board
J. Frank Nash
Alderson
the Presbyterian Church, Synod of West
Couple to Reside in Huntington Wed in Catlettsburg
Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Lewis Bivens plan to live at 238 Fifth Ave in Huntington. Phyllis Wingler, daughter of Everett and Mrs. Broyles, and Jimmie Bivens, son of the Deans, both Woodrow Wilson High graduates. She was Homecoming Queen and majorette. he is an engineering student at Marshall College after four years in the Air Force. They married Sept. 20 in a double-ring ceremony at Catlettsburg KY, officiated by Rev. Leslie M. Rogers.
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Fifth Ave
Huntington
Jimmie Lewis Bivens
Phyllis Broyles Wingler
Everett Broyles
Hargrove St
William Dean
Russel St
Woodrow Wilson High School
U. S. Air Force
Marshall College
Catlettsburg
Leslie M. Rogers
First Methodist Church
Thomas Olson
Marriage Permit Applications in Raleigh County Court
Applications for marriage licenses recorded in Raleigh County Court list Hubert Bailey 22 of Daniels and Juanita Farley 21 of Mount View. Walter Gilbert 33 of Beckley and Myrtle Williams 32 of Beckley. Bruce Graham 48 of Amigo and Clardie Green 48 of Amigo. Forest Hinte 27 of Sophia and Mary Lou James 19 of Midway. Bi Eugene Richmond 19 of Roanoke and Laura Ann Simpkins 19 of Beckley.
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Raleigh County Court
Hubert David Bailey
Daniels
Harry
Flora Bailey
Juanita Jewell Farley
Mount View
Clinton
Edna Farley
Walter Calvin Gilbert
Beckley
Walter
Willie Gilbert
Myrtle Mae Williams
Zine
Edna Gilbert
Bruce Graham
Amigo
William and
Mary Graham
Clardie Green
Siege
Cynthia Green
Forest Ray Hinte
Sophia
Charles
Beatrice Hunte
Mary Lou James
Midway
Tivis
Effie Chafin
Bi Eugene Richmond
Roanoke
Orville Richmond
Margaret Ballengee
Laura Ann Simpkins
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Poinsella
Eliza Hunter
Patsy Wilbur
Earl St
Beta Rho
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Medical Arts Center
S. Kanewha St
Beckley Homemakers
Luther Mann
Glenn Ave
Woman's Auxiliary
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Church, & P.m
Pam
White Cross
First Baptist Church
Earl Bibb Jr
White Oak
Christian Women's Fellowship of
First Christian Church
Rupert Jefferson
Calantha No
Knights of Pythias
S. Fayette St
CAPRI
Mrs, Beauford Dixon
Jaycee-Ettes
T. R. Wilson
Nkanawha St
T. R. Wilson Jr
West Viginia St
Charleston
Inlaw
O. A. Gillispie
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Lillian Stafford
G. R. French
Sara Meadow
Fairview Ave
Bluefield
Mrs
J. A
UTA Et
J. L. Bivens
PNM
Nash Furniture Mart
Ind
Oak Hill
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