Community notices and wedding of Rosella Shriver
April activities list including Juniors of the Supreme Forest Woodmen at 2 p.m. in K P hall and April 3 4 meetings of Grafton Woman's club units. Mrs Marguerite Marshal announces the Rosella Shriver wedding to Pet Robert F Shriver in Baltimore with details of attire and attendants. Also club sessions at K of P hall Elk's home Masonic Temple and other local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
K. of P
Hall
Grafton Woman's Club
John Newman
Beech Street
Marguerite Marshal
West
Wilford Street
Rosella
Robert F. Shriver
Samuel S. Shriver
Robert D. Clare
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Baltimore
Bernice Shriver
Eugene Shriver
Caf
P. Deat
Wilm
Mam Beall
Balimore
White Rose Grove
Circle
Grafton K
P. Hall
U. S
White Rose Grove Army
Supreme Forest
Lee Bennett
K of P and Son
Aberdeen Proving Meeting Grounds
Maryland
Shriver
Elk’s
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Ceramic Club
Helen Gerkin
Maxine Cockrell
Forrest DeMoss Marries In Akron
Announcement of the marriage of Dolores Melcher of Akron Ohio and Forrest DeMoss of Thornton. The ceremony was conducted by Rev A J Gesing at Annunciation church Akron at 2 pm last Saturday March 25. The bride wore sky blue with mating accessories. maid of honor was Lillian Melcher and best man Gerald Reed. The bride, a Central high school graduate class of 1942, works at Goodyear Aircraft. the groom, a Romney school for deaf graduate, also works at Goodyear. They will reside at 881 Delia Avenue Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Melcher
Anthony Melcher
Akron
Ohio
Forrest DeMoss
James DeMoss
Thornton
A. J. Gesing
Annunciation Church
Lillian Melcher
Gerald Reed
DeMoss
Central High School
Goodyear Aircraft Company
Romney School For Deaf
Goodyear Company
Delia Avenue
Brazil discoveries dated to Pedro Cabral in 1500
A concise note asserts that Brazil was found on May 3 1500 by the Portuguese admiral Pedro Alvares Cabral and references war bonds with a garbled phrase backing the attack.
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Brazil
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Wits War Bonds
Miss Anna Giles Hosts Friends Evening at Her Hemp
Miss Anna Giles entertained a group of young friends with music games and social talk. The highlight was candy making, featuring guests including Loneiis Dougherty Betty Grimm Jean Bott Genevieve Preston Ellen Wiseman Martha Rector Barbara Reed Doris Dunham Janice Tucker and others. The note recalls the first oil well in the United States sunk in 1859 on Oil Creek Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Giles
Loneiis, Dougherty
Betty Grimm
Jean Bott
Genevieve Preston
Ellen Jane Wiseman
Martha Rector
Barbara Reed
Doris Dunham
Janice Tucker
Robert Tucker
Lave Everly
Joe Powell
Davie Butcher
Fairmont
Leland Yost
James Parr
Robert Wyckoff
Jack McQuain
Donald Marks
Burl Losh
Harold Wilson
Waste Paper Drive Proposed for Lodge Meeting
A brief notice urges members to bring a bundle of waste paper to the upcoming Lodge meeting for easier collection. The initiative aims to promote recycling and community service among attendees and their families.
American Fat Salvage Pin-Up Promotes War-Era Recycling
Helen Patrick, wife of Lt. Joseph Patrick, is featured as American Fat Salvage pin-up girl. She lists do and don’t tips urging households to save used cooking fat and drippings for the war effort, keep a fat salvage can by the stove, and turn in fat to meat dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Patrick
Joseph Patrick
Ncn
Visiting Here-Mrs Phillip of Gerkin and Miss Ford
Mrs Phillip of Gerkin Pittsburgh is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Harry Poling of Detroit. Miss Martha Ford arrived from Detroit to spend the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs C Luther Ford in Detroit. Ralph Campbell of Rate 4 was admitted to City hospital for medical treatment. Lewis Bunner of Route 3 was admitted to City hospital for treatment of a fractured leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip of
Gerkin
Pittsburgh
Mr Harry Poling
Linco Street
Detroit, Mich
Martha Ford
Detroit
Michigan
C. Luther Ford
Maple Avenue
Ralph Campbell
Rate 4
City Hospital
Lee — Lewis Bunner
Route 3
Alaska Purchase Price Per Acre Seen As Tiny
A historical note states the United States paid Russia about two cents per acre for Alaska, highlighting the bargain nature of the purchase and its enduring legacy in American expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
Alaska
Birthday Party At Hamilton Home In Blueville
Mrs Virgil Hamilton hosted a birthday party for her daughter Katherine at their Blueville home. The evening featured socializing and games followed by a dessert course with many guests including Blake Bucklew Irene Knight Margaret Knight and numerous others from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Hamilton
Blueville
Katherine
Blake Bucklew
Margaret Knight
Irene Knight
Delbert Boyles
M. W. Sturm
Edward Woodyard
George Coole
Sam Heinze
Kearneysville
Bobby Cole
Sonny Hamilton
Sonny Boyles
Jackie Headley
Clare Eugene Knight
Frank Hoban
Robert Rogers
Don Harman
Leonard Brown
Tommy Stevens
Hayward Wittman
June Tingler
June Hamilton
Nancy Shahan
Neta Gne Shahan
Louise Heinze
Rosaline Boyles
Bobby Lou Hamilton
Pauline Hamilton
Virginia Harman
Nellie Breedlove
Vera Jacobs
Ruby Jean Weaver
Betty Griffith
Nancy Chrislip
Phillip Rogers
Dorothy ,Brown
Marilyn Carruthers
Dolores Norris
Reap the Wild Wind Opens at the Dixie Theatre
Cecil B. DeMille's Technicolor sea epic Reap the Wild Wind opens Sunday at the Dixie Theatre. The Paramount production, DeMille's sixth venture and marking thirty crowder years of success, is already one of Hollywood's most discussed pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil B. DeMille
Paramount
Happy Land at Strand Promises Stirring Screen Triumph
20th Century Fox presents a heart warming adaptation of MacKinlay Kantor's Happy Land at the Strand Theatre. The film promises a stirring experience drawing on The Amazon valley as a vast source of vegetable oils and highlights a vibrant cinematic tribute to adventure and enduring sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
20Th Century Fox
MacKinlay Kantor
Happy Land
Strand Theatre
Amazon Valley
Mackinlay Kantor Novel Showcases American Heroic Hearts
MacKinlay Kantor's best selling work centers on ordinary man and woman who regain themselves after loss. Don Ameche Frances Dee Harry Carey and Ann Rutherford star in a tale praised as a gallant, enduring American story full of laughter tears and courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacKinlay Kantor
Don Ameche
Frances Dee
Harry Carrey
Ann Rutherford
America
Opera House Brings Joe E Brown in Casanova in Burlesque
Hollywood star Joe E Brown known for his roguish humor comes to the Opera House Sunday with Casanova in Burlesque. Born to a large family he ran away at nine to join the Five Marvelous Ashtons touring circuses and vaudeville circuits. He claims forty years as a trouper and a lifelong showman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe E. Brown
Mathias
Ann Evans Brown
Joe
Marvelous Ashtons
Bell Prevost
Baseball and vaudeville star on Coney Island debut
He made his debut at Coney Island with the trio and remained associated with them until 1926. Between engagements he played professional baseball with the St. Paul team and the New York Yankees.
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Coney Island
St. Paul
New York Yankees
War Today: Soviet moves and possible roles against Japan
The commentary questions whether the Soviet Union will join Allies against Japan after Germany, noting Russia's sacrifices, its non aggression pact with Japan, and the hope for air bases for strikes on Japan while urging patience about future actions.
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Russia
Japan
Hito
Germany
Ame
Japanese demand equality of consulates sparks Sakhalin dispute
The article notes a dispute over consulate numbers between Japan and Russia. Japanese officials insisted on equal consulates in each country, while Russians argued the Japanese did not need more in northern Sakhalin as mineral rights were curtailed. Consequently, Japan closed the Russian consulate in Karafuto, the southern Sakhalin territory, amid tensions over fishing and territorial rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sachalin
Karafuto
Sakhalin
Russia Japan peace and Siberia troop withdrawal history
The text notes that concessions were taken from Russia following the 1905 peace with Japan and after Japan pulled troops from Siberia in 1922. It adds that Russia has never been fully satisfied, with negotiations continuing intermittently since.
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Russia
Japan
Siberia
Claimants and heirs called to estate of Michael C Squires
Legal notice to creditors and beneficiaries of the Michael C Squires estate, demanding claims be filed with voucher by September 22, 1944, at J Guy Allender Commissioner of Accounts office in Grafton West Virginia. Beneficiaries must be present to protect their interests. Notice dated March 15, 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael C. Squires
West Main Street
Grafton
Taylor County
West Virginia
J. Guy Allender
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rosella Marshall
Pitt
R. F. Shriver
Bride
St Paul's Methodist Church
Thayer Street
Wom’ Republican Club
K of Phall St
Near Thornton
Meep ON
Oil Creek
Moose
Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
N. Y
Marian Martin
Grocers
Grafton Baking Co
Alice Brooks
Fettern
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arta’ Dept
Wigth Street
Hamilton
Dixie
Lions
T'S
Opera House
Grafton Transportation CO
Fet Terman
Rerrorman
Tneville
SUN
Wnevilte
Fetterman Ly. Ly
Knewi & 0
Tao
DAL Ween
Canada
Istillers
SBT
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Seine
Hurseries
The
Sentinel
West Wilford Street
Gulf Service
Brooks Hart
Macey E
Crystal Restaurant
Jimmy
Florida
St. Petersburg
G. B. Potterfield
Union Building
Charleston
W. Va
Sunbeam Electric
James Wolfe
Walnut St
Mattie
London
Trenton 7
N. J
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