Grafton social notes highlight outings and meetings
Coral Parrish Montgomery reports on city society events, dances, club meetings, and family visits. Highlights include Outing Club camping with a weiner roast, Twilight Club at Ina Losh McFarland's home, Junior Order joint session with Clarksburg, Rosemont String Tickers entertainment, a Wiener Roast at Grafton Park, and a postal picnic at Riverside Beach with plans for August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew's
M. E. Epworth League
Rivereach
Weiner
Grafton
Afsax Yellows
Florence Cunningham
Dorothy and
Catherine White
Mary Tansill
Exavah Canfield
Oma Mae Casteel
Virginia
Hollen
Mildred Graham
Dorothy Brown
Mildred Hefner
Verrena Tri
Twilight Club
Ina Losh McFarland
Webster
Twight Club
White Oaks
Grattona Firmont
Clarksburg
Shroyer
Club Dei
Methodist Protestant
Téch
Mountaineer Council
American Mechanics
Gratton
R. W.hill. McVicker
C. C. Smith
Vicker
George Kinsey
B. B. Satterfield
S. L. Reed
S. S. Losh
C.C. Moats
A. D
Rosemont Council
Rosemont
Wehn Hall
J. B. Marteny
J. B. Setler
M. E. Godwin
Birth of a Girl to Blueville Couple Shuttlesworth
Mr and Mrs Clyde Shuttlesworth of Blueville announce the birth of a daughter born July 23 weighing seven pounds The newborn has been named Enola Gertrude and joins the family as a new arrival in the community
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Shuttlesworth
Blueville
Enola Gertrude
Hospital Notes on Tonsil Operations and Discharges
Ray Treket a 12 year old of Independence underwent a tonsil operation this morning. Edna Stevens was discharged this morning after a tonsil operation yesterday. Silvia Reynolds Philipps was discharged today after a tonsil operation yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Treket
Independence
Edna Stevens
Silvia Reynolds
Philipps
Calles to wed 24 year old Senorita Leonor Liorente
Mexico City August 1 General Plutarco Elias Calles 52 will marry Leonor Liorente 24 at his Santa Barbara ranch near Mexico City. The ceremony will begin a Tehuacan Puebla honeymoon with witnesses Thomas A Robinson and Ernestina Calles. Calles previously lost his first wife Natalia Chacon in 1927.
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Mexico City
Plutarco Elias Calles
Mexico
Senorita Leonor Liorente
General Elles
Santa Barbara
Puebla Road
Tehuacan
Puebla
Calles
Thomas A. Robinson
Ernestina Calles
Natalia Chacon
al Tos Angeles Hospital
Senorita Liorente
Mary Celebrates Half Century St Gotthard Tunnel
Mary marks the fiftieth anniversary of the St Gotthard tunnel noted as nine and a fifth miles long while a department estimate mentions nine cents for a grocer's boy to stop at a back door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
St. Gotthard
Department of
Dolores Del Rio Plans August 6 Wedding to Cedric Gibbons
Dolores Del Rio, noted Screen star, announces engagement to Cedric Gibbons, Hollywood art director. The couple, in Hollywood, Cal, set the wedding for August 6, following her prior unhappy marriage and public vow not to remarry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores del Rio
Hollywood
Cal
Dolores Delio
Cedric Gibbons
Reverend Moyers Sunday Preaching Appointments
Rev W R Moyer pastor of Grafton Methodist Episcopal Church circuit lists Sunday sermons at Pruntytown 11:00 morning and 2:30 afternoon at Haymond, 7:45 evening at Webster. Last quarterly conference at Webster church Saturday 7:45. officials urged to attend and reports requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Moyer
Grafton
Burning Logs Call Out City Fire Fighters
The Grafton Fire Department and several hundred people answered a false alarm in Fetterman around 11 last night. A pile of logs on the Kunst property led boys to think a barn fire, so the alarm was raised and the truck diverted to the J Lee Evans property until correct location could be confirmed. The blaze was controlled to prevent spread. In Kirkwey, Orkney Islands, August 1, German aviators Wolfram Hirth and Oscar Weller began a staged flight from Berlin to Iceland en route to the United States, departing Croydon after July 24 via Calais and peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Fire Department
Fetterman
G. H. A. Kunst
Kunst
J. Lee Evans
Kirkwey
Orkney Islands
Wolfram Hirth
Oscar Weller
Iceland
Germany
United States
Berlin
Croydon
England
Calais
Peer Nae Eas
Bright Leaf Tobacco Market Manipulation Investigation Ordered
Washington reports Attorney General Mitchell ordered immediate inquiry into charges by Senator George and Representative Edwards accusing speculators of manipulating the bright leaf tobacco market in the state. Agents were sent to Georgia to probe, with the Federal Trade Commission also weighing an inquiry. The Farm Board was asked for aid, but James C. Stone noted no action due to lack of organized cooperatives in Georgia.
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Washington
Mitchell
Tollay
George
Edwards
Gerela
Georgia
Federal Trade Commission
Farm Board
James C. Stone
Curtail Crude On Production In Pennsylvania Area
A production curtailment program is in effect across Pennsylvania and adjacent fields including Washington Greene Allegheny and Beaver counties. Output is cut by 30 percent during the period with Bradford and Allegheny fields reduced by 50 percent. The Pennsylvania grade oil conservation board meets to review results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Washington, Greene, Allegheny
Beaver County
West Virginia
Ohio
New York
Bradford
Alleghany
Neghany
Pennsylvania Grade Oil Conservation Board
Ancient Greeks necked and used face rouge says professor
Dr. David M. Robinson of Johns Hopkins reports on findings from Olynphus Greece describing necking vanity, use of face rouge baths and tubs, and laughing at comic strips. He notes two story houses with baths and urn showers and slaves serving masters during showers.
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Chicago
David M. Robinson
John Hopkins University
Robinson
Johns. Hopkins
University of Chicago
Greece
B. C
Mrs. Boice Recovering From Wreck Injuries
Mrs Curtis Boice is severely injured in a wreck caused by her husband driving an automobile down Wolf Mountain. She slowly recovers at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Clark Hamilton of Newbury. She suffered severe cuts with an infected wound on her left arm. The Boices reside in Pruntytown. There is a note about more than 200 miniature golf courses in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Boice
Wolf Mountain
Clark Hamilton
Newbury
Mrs. Boice
Pruntytown
Divers recover two bodies from sunken tanker
Plymouth Massachusetts August 1 divers recovered two bodies of crew members from the oil tanker Pinthis after it was rammed and sunk off Scituate by the steamship Fairfax. Readings indicate the collision occurred late yesterday and divers located the victims in the wreckage.
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Plymouth
Mass
Pinthis
Scituate
Baby Show Signals Local Babies On Screen At Opera House
In Grafton many local residents from Baltimore to Wheeling are noted in this society and business notes. A baby show at the Opera House is announced for Monday August 4 with local families and visitors from Parkersburg and Reading mentioned among attendees. Increased accidents are linked to faster construction per the American Institute of Architects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Pembroke
Fackin Street
Baltiano
Baltimora
W. L. Bond
Baltimore
Bryant, Jr
St. George
Gaftoh
T. Tomlinsin
A. Te Ieabiin
Pittsburgh
Jacob Newcome
Melvin Weaver
Mt. Joy
Mary Hershey
Marietta
Grafton
Fred High
Chicago
University Extension Department
A.P. Light
Point Pleasant
Elizebeth Goodwin
Richmond
J. H. Mesk
Wheeling
D. Dunham
Fairmont
J. F. Gutretez
W. R. Nesbit
Louisville
F. J. Dent
Harlen Bunnell
Wiliam M. Kennedy
Relief Department
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Frond
John Edwards, Jr
Baltimore and
Camp Knox
Emmett King
Paul
Betty Jean
Reading
George Lilly
Knotts] Avenue
Ruth Hamilton
Newburg
Curtis Boice
Pruntytown
Boice
George Pugh
Oateal Park View
Liverpool
Ruth Whorton
Wierton
Whorton
Bessie Russell
Park View
Dorothy Dolan
Washington Street
Lancaster
State license fees total 155862.50 in July
County Clerk records show more than a thousand dollars in state license fees collected in July totaling 155,862.50. Items listed include soft drink sellers cigars and tobacco vending machines restaurants stands agents and dealers real estate and other license types. Hiram Moore of Kal County Michigan credited with an early combine inventor claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bennettydarine
Tobadcco
Tikes Arms
Young Adventurer Pursues New Orleans Arts Pursuit
Lee Christmas Jr. son of a famed adventurer travels from New Orleans to pursue a distinguished artistic career. The feature highlights his move and the family legacy shaping his choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Christmas, Jr
Gem Lee
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Grafton Sentinel Society
Oakland
Lloyd M. Lofaw
Walnut Street
M. H. Hopkins
California
A. S. Love
Pearl Street
San Francisco
Fagle Lodge
Grafton Park
Betty Lee Bord
Maxine Zalinger
Mabel Hannon
Florence Stover
Dorothy Sisler
Ruth Dean
Alberta Hoskins
Betty Kyle
Caroline Rendle
Eleanor Hoskins
Mary Elizabeth Hoffman
Gladys Dickerson
Parkersburg
Laura Francis Hannon
Robert Davidson
Richard Dean
Donald Flynn
Logan
Charles Marshall
Jack Jones
Norman Mahaffey
Bill Hamilton
Frank Shoemaker
Jimmy Smith
Forest Crane
Bill Ware
Junior Miles
Riverside
Cheat River
R. P
Senorita Leonor Llorente
Mrs. Calles
Antion
Brige-Clair
Plage
C. V. Miller
Grayton
W. VA
Reliable Footwear
Phe Raitnan
Ards
Icense
the Love Drug Co
H. L. Potts
Iceland Point
Bright Leaf
Associated Press
Gytha Stourton
Fiorvanti Del’Agnese
Copeland
Haymond Piano Company
Blenavon Hotel
Case
Dr. Robinson
Osgood Smart
Coats
Osgood
Americ$2 Institute of Architects
Hiram Moore
Kal County
Mich
Ant
Inet
Young Adventures
Dove Cash & Carry and
West Main Street
Heinze
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