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Beckley Post-Herald from Beckley, West Virginia • Page 5

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IlKGKUiY POST-IMULD, BUCKLEY, AV. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 11KS8 IWfi (Daily Calendar. Club women or Ihi re invited to use thin column. Nollccn of meeting's lo come will unlll 6 p.m. appear in Mie next dny'i Isrue of Tha Ifci-alQ; Motlccn fnr Hie Monday Isiim may Iw telephoned Sunday (rom 2.0 Thi- number.

A Orchard Valley Woman's Club, social room, Crab Orchard Dap. list Church, 7:30 p.m. Awards and scholarships will be made lo honor students. Circle No. 11, Women of the c'liUL'eh, Bcejiley Prcsbylevian Church, home Mrs.

George Cales, 708 S. Kanawlia Si 8 p.m. Tile Womens Improvement League, home of Mrs. Lois Lewis, 126 Sigmon St. 3 p.m.

Mrs. Florence Page, hostess. Circle No. 5, Crab Or chard Baptist Church, home of Mrs. Emory Gimtor, 7:30 p.

True Blue liebeknh Lodge No 34, initiation and social hour, a' IOOF Hall, Sophia, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY Friendship Social Club, honu of Mrs. Hilda Tanks, 129 Can naday 8 p.m. Silver Star Rcbekah Lodge Lodge Hall, N. Kanawha St.

7:30 p.m. Queen Esther Court No. 53 Heroines of Jericho Home, 115 G. 5:30 p. m.

election new officers. SATURDAY Calico and Jeaiis Squan Dance Club, dance, New Rive: Park recreation room, p.m Harry Hise caller. ommunity Improvement Program Winners Revealed At General Federation Convention THREE MEMBERS of Beckley Art Group to serve as aides to George Nocito when he judges entries in the 22nd annual arl exhibit scheduled Friday, Saturday and Sunday, arc (from left) Mrs. Michael Gunter, first vice president of Beckley Art Group, presenting the show; Mrs. J.

W. Word second vice president, and Mrs. J. W. Wallers.

Nocito will arrive by plane this morning, and the three women will host a luncheon in his honor at the Black Knight Country Club. Awards will be announced al the banquet tonight. University Creative Art Center Chairman To Judge Local Exhibit Known nationally architectural sculptures, George this morning lo serve as judge Miss Patricia Searle: for Ihe Beeklcy Art Group's 22nd annual Exhibit scheduled Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Woman's Clubhouse on Park Avenue. Chairman of the division of art, Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, Nocilo is a native of Philadelphia, who was named to the WVCJ position in July of I96T. Nocilo earned his bachelor of science degree from Ihe New York Uuiversily School of Education in 1S52 with a major in design, and his master of fine arts degree from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in 1964.

In addition he has completed post graduate work in art history and archeology at Columbia University, and in painting and sculpture ai he Art Student League in New York City. His teaching interests include contemporary sculptural media involving use of plastics, met als, light, sound electronic ant optical devices. He also is in terested in welding, forging am wood and stone carving. He will judge exhibit entries this afternoon assisted by aides, Mrs. Michael Gunter, Mrs.

J.W. Word and Mrs. J. W. Walt- TO BE awarded a scholarship to 4-H Camp by Orchard Valley Woman's Club at tonight's session is Loretta Sfo- er, left.

Alternate is Terry Peck, with whom is shown. Both are pupils at Hollywood Elementary School at MacArthur. Airs. C. E.

(Pearl Mrs. Herbert (Edilh) Tollcy, livers L. Varn Mrs. J. W.

Hilda) Walters, Mrs. B. M. Beatrice) Weaver, Mrs. James j.

(Fi-ankie) Wheeler, Mrs. E. (Katie) Wiley, Mrs. Jay Blanche Woods, Mrs. J.

W. Word Mrs. Raymond V. (JoAnn) Eye; Miss Virginia (Glnny) McCornick, Mrs. Noel H.

(Vera Louse) Riffe, Lamaral Thorne, Mrs. Carl (Adelaide Um- and, James Wheeler, Mrs. P. O. (Jeri) Burdelta and Miss Virginia Peck.

BOSTON Ten women's won top honors Wcdncs- ay night in llje $200,000 Com- nunlty Improvement. Program the General Federation of Women's Clubs and 'Hie Sears- Foundation. Top awards in the two-year rogram went lo woman's lubs In Indianapolis, Basin, lockessiii, and Doylcs own, Pa. The cash awards mist be used for further ommunity improvement, under irogram rules. FIRST PLACE First-place awards in the program's national and urban catc totaling $12,500 in cash went to the Seventh District federation of Clubs of Indiana wlis for its Anti-Crime Crusade The crusade enlisted 50,000 women volunteers from the 6D club federation who worked to reduce the city's crime rate.

Mrs. 13. D. Pcarce, prcsidcn of the General Federation Women's Clubs, and William McCurdy, president of the Sear Foundation, announced winner of the Community Improvemen Program at a ceremony durin the GFWC's 77th annual con vention being held here. Ai Linkletter, radio and telcvisio personality, was master of cere monies.

Noting that nearly 12,00 women's elubs participated i the program, Mrs. Pcarce an McCurdy stated: "Thousand of communities across the lion are better communities ay because of club women wh Recognition Program Set Tonight By Woman's Club Tonight's session of Orchard Valley Woman's Club will be highlighted with the presentation of college scholarships to two Woodrow Wilson High School 1SM38 graduates. Also on Ihe agenda 'lo recog nize students will be two schol arships to Raleigh County 4-H Camp to outstanding 4-H mem bers at the new Crab Orcharc Elementary School and Holly wood Elementary School a MacArthur. Mrs. Duke James, chairman of Ihe OVWC Scholarship Foun A THOUGHT FOR TODAY Ha who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.

--James Presented As A PuMic Service Every Day By: BECKLEY NATIONAL BANK 500 Ntville Street Member Federal Reierve Syalem Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation dation will announce the recip- enls. Also to be honored will be outstanding citizens from Hollywood and the two Crab Orchard schools. Their mothers are invited guests. Guest speaker for the ses- on will be the Rev. Shirley Donnelly, pastor of the Crab Orchard Baptist Church.

New club President, Mrs. Dora DeHart, will preside. Serving on the hospitality committee will be Mrs. Larry Priddy, Mrs. Murl Price, Mrs.

Fred Quintier, Mrs, Marlin Scarafino, Mrs. James Sanger and Mrs. Mary Howe. Circle Meeting "Too Valuable To Waste" was the program subject presented for the Tuesday meeting of the Ladles Circle of Maple Fork Community Church by Mrs. Ber nice Davis.

The session was held in the home of Mrs. Ralph Burnett of Bradley and attended by 12 members. Mrs. Troy Davis led prayer, and Mrs. Gail Fazelio gave the financial report.

(HNS) ers. Awards to be announced at the banquet tonight in the Beckley Hotel Ballroom, will include "Best of Show," purchase, and irsl, second and third in the five media, oil, wet, dry, mixed aiid crafts. Sponsored by the Junior Detriment of the Woman's Club if Beckley, hours on Friday and Saturday will be from 11 a. m. mtil p.

and on Sunday from 1 until 6 p. m. Forty-five members of the Art Group with 132 entries will nclude work by: Mrs. Herbert (Martha) Atha, Urs. James P.

(Rosalie) Bibb, Urs. H. (Margit) Bragg, Urs. Saul (Francis) Brown, Mrs. W.

L. (Frances) Burruss Mrs. G. T. (Boots) Cokcr Mrs.

C. Joe (Wilma) Cook, Mrs. Charles (Ixniise) Earharl Mrs. Archie (Dorolhy) Elenbogen, Mrs. Spiro (Thclma) Gagricia; Mrs.

Frances Garretl, Sirs. Scorge R. (Ethel) Gunn, Mrs. Slichael (Joy) Gunter, Mrs, Buford (Loretta) Hartsog, Mrs, Grover C. (Betty) Hedrick Mrs.

Donald K. (Hallie Hoffman, Mrs. J. B. Hulchin son, Mrs.

Ross (Sally) Me Mrs. R. Robert Koch, Mrs Kenneth (Nclle) Lasenby; Mrs. James G. (Mary) Legg, J.

Robert McGinnis, Mrs. Ken neth (Macel) Mills, Mrs. Au brey (Nina) Nicely, Philip Noel, Mrs. C. D.

Parsons, Mrs Pati Payne, Dr. C. M. Peck Mrs. Lunda C.

(Jean) Sarrett Mrs. Aubrey Carter of 408 North Kanawha and Mrs H. G. Bird, South Kanawha Street, returned Monday from Hunting ton where they attendee the graduation of Dougla Steele from Huntingtcfi Eas ligh School. The son of forme Beckleyans, he also won i icholarship to Marshall Univer iity where he will begin hi itudies this fall.

Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Soulsb and daughter, Sandra Kai, hav returned to their home in Alex andria, Va. after spending th opouts, because clubwomen, ad learned that school drop-' uts account for nearly 90 per of juvenile crime and arc most likely candidates for lull crime. Some women vo- ntcers served as court watch- while others encouraged to complete their cdu.

lion. Crusading against shoplifting, ic women distributed booklets i laws affecting juveniles to lore than 10,000 stores, and orkcd for stronger anti-shop (ting laws. The women also cmandcd and got more lighting or city streets, lobbied for bct- er pay and standards for po- cc, staged neighborhood clcan- ps, demonstrated household leaning techniques and set rehabilitation committee to 'ork with persons newly re cased from correctional institu ions. They also established II irairics and sewing classes a tic women's prison, got stale fficials to revamp work train ng programs al boys' schools md established a clearinj louse through which soda agencies needing volunteer could reach teen-agers with federation ime on their hands. The Indianapolis lad won a $1,000 award in the 962-G4 Community Improvement Program.

SECOND PLACE Second prize in the Communi- Improvement Program an award of $5,000 went lo the S'prthfield, Ladies' Reading Circle for organizing Northfield Community Enterprises to carry out a number of community ens' center. THIRD PLACE Third-place award lo the liasin Woman's Jlub of Basin, Wyo, The club's chicyements included passing loud issues for sewer and water mprovements, attracting a doc- or and dentist to the communi- providing a throat culture irogram for school children, a a i a survey required for a county program for ncntally retarded children, FOURTH HLACF, The llockcssln Community lub of llockessin, won the $2,000 fduiih-placc award. The formed the Greatci lockcssin Area Dcvelopmcn Association, aided in communi planning and beautification sponsored a well-baby clinic and helped organize Hockes sin's Village School Association years ago, the club won $1,000 as a national finalist in Ihe Community Improvemen Program. FIFTH PLACE Fifth-place -went to the Village Improve mcnl Association and the Jui for Woman's Club of Doylei own, whose joint cnlr calurcd community rcjuvens ion projects. These include of historic sites an and a $2 million ansion of the hospital, whic owned and operated by th Village Improvement Associa OTHER WINNERS Five other clubs won placed first in stnlewida mpetillon earlier Ibis year.

URBAN PROGRAMS Other winners for urban pro- rams were Atlanta, whoso 25- ul Fifth District of the Geora Federation of lubs won Die second-place $1,0 award, and Richmond, Virnia's Ginler Park Junior Wom- n's Club, which received a 1,000 award for third place. At the awards ceremony, It as announced that each of tho rban awards was increased 500 to further recognize activi- ics in urban community im- rovcnicnt. INTERNATIONAL First-place award of $500 1n ntcrnational competition went the Eulogio Rodriguez Jim- or Woman's Club, of the Na- ional Fcderalion of Women'3 Jlubs, The Philippines. Other nlornalional winners were the a Women's Club in the Bahamas, awarded $200 for Ihird lace. The Community Improvement Program, inaugurated in 19S5, designed to stimulate club women to develop and eompleto community self-help projects.

Emphasis is placed on involving entire communities in these efforts. Awards granted at all levels of the Community Improvement Program total more than $80,000. Nearly $120,000 is allocated to education, including regional seminars, communications and other program expenses. each in the program's nation category: the Riverbank, Crtli: Federated Women's Club; improvemenl projects. The Indianapolis Anti-Grim Club; the Joncsboro, Worn rusadc was launched fter club leaders had spent a craft shop offering Ohio, Junior Women's Club; and lonths studying problems work of local arlists and crafts the Town and Country Junior community heaulifica Women's Club of Odessa, Wash.

alga was aimed first at schoo lion program and a senior citi Each of the nalional fiualisls veekend with his parents, Mr and Mrs. Edward Soulsby, Fair dale. David Soulsby returns vith his brother and sister-in aw to Alexandria to spend th ummer. Ail of the children of Mrs. Dora Floyd, 1100 South Kana- vha St.

were present with their mother at morning worship service Sunday, at Memorial Japtist Church. They were JQ- rcduced to the congregation by he Interim Pastor the Rev. Daniel Dorsey. They are Mrs. Frances Hooter, Mrs.

Pauline Kend, Mrs. Mabel Persinger, Russell Floyd and Mrs. Virginia Wright all of Beckley; Mrs. Margie Crowder, Ravenswood; James Floyd. Skelton; Ernest FJoyd, Florida; and Bob Floyd, Prosperity.

Dr. R. K. Rand, son- in-law of Mrs. Floyd, also attended.

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Stover, of Orlando, are spending a two-week vacation in the home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

E. H. Hylton of 113 Monroe also visiling her son-iii-law and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Lionel A.

of 302 Parkway, Raleigh Heights, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Snuffer, Surveyor. Also visiting DURING A family reunion Sunday at New River Park four generations were together for the first time in approximately 20 years. They include (from left) Mrs.

GeorgiB Murdock, and her daughter, Mrs. Deck Vance, both of Bradley, Mrs. Vance's son, Charles Lee Vance, and his son, Cliucky, both of Charleston, S. C. Out-of-state members of the family of.

Mrs. Murdock and the late Mr. Murdock included, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Barron and children, Lisa, and Brian, Vero Beach, Mr.

and Mrs. L. A. Sanders Johns Island, S. Mrs.

Drema Carter and children, Earn art, S. Lisa Miller, Riverdale, Mr. and Mrs. Chaminade Club Concludes Year With Annual Dinner Chaminade Music Club held its last meeting of the year Monday night in the form of a dinner at the Moose Club dining room with 19 members present. Tables were decorated with spring flowers and each guest was presented a corsage of daisies and a "loot bag" full of gifts from local merchants and banks.

Mrs. Lewis Gravely, retiring president, told members the pasl two years have been very successful, and thanked each for cooperation. She was presented with a gift from the club. Installation ceremonies were conducted by Mrs. E.

J. Four- ncy, a past president. Officers installed were, Mrs. Robed Thomson president; Mrs Hylton's sister, Mrs. H.

C. Wilin the Hylton home, is Mrs.icher of Charleston. GIFTS HE NEEDS He is Your Best Friend Don't Disappoint Him This Sunday IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT AS TO WHAT TO BUY IET HARRY SUGGEST A GIFT FOR HIM Gift Wrapped Free FOR YOUR FAVORITE MAN, SHOP FATHER'S DAY SPECIALS THUR. FR1. SAT.

9:30 TO 5:00 MEN'S NAME BRAND KNIT SHIRTS REG. $5. $6. $8. OFF GIFT WRAPPED FREE SHORT SLEEVE KNEE LENGTH COTTON PAJAMAS ASST.

PATTERNS REG. $6. GIFT WRAPPED FREE MEN'S KEDS NAVY GREEN WHITE LT. 6 MEN'S DRESS SHOES ONE GROUP REG. $18.

TO $38. OFF aul W. Hlnzman, vice presi ent; Mrs. O. B.

Kirby, secre ary; Miss Catherine Minton. reasurcr, and Mrs. Samuel liomson, corresponding secre ary. All committees made reports irior to the installation. The new president announced onimittees for the next club year, and the yearbooks for 1968 9 were given to each member.

Meetings were adjourned un September when a socia Mthering will be held at the Hat Top Lake home of Mr. anc tlrs. Leslie Carter. V. N.

Farthing and children, Cheyenne, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Murdock and daugh ter, Bridgeton, N. and Mr and Mrs. Virgil Farthing anc children, Charleston, S.

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