Local FHA Members Active in State and National Meets
Local Future Homemakers of America members participated in state and national events. Priscilla Hines and Ruth McCoy attended the northern regional convention in Washington DC featuring a Parade of States and a formal banquet. Nellie Cook and chapter officers attended the Jackson's Mill state convention where 85 chapters were represented and 245 students plus 65 advisors attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Future Homemakers of America
Priscilla Hines
Ruth McCoy
Washington, D.C
National Future Homemakers of America
Nellie Cook
FHA
Alfreda Gull
Grafton
Joan Gawthrop
Betty Lou Ayers
Jackie Bennett
Jackson's Mill
Miss Cook
Self service and party lines shape town’s daily life
A reader notes the surge of self service in a new town cafeteria and compares it to widespread party-line telephone service. Cy Stubbs of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia explains that party lines speed service for many, urging continued usage and “sharingly” sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livch
Cy Stubbs
The
Telephone Company
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of
Wast Virginia
Fairmont Morris Park Beta Picnic By Alpha Mu Sorority
A pleasant day at Morris Park in Fairmont drew several Alpha Mu chapter families of Beta Sigma Phi. Children waded in a park pool while a noon basket lunch was served. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Herbert Spencer Jr and daughter Karen, Mr and Mrs Norman Deakins and son Stephen, and Mr and Mrs Richard Hood and daughter Sharon. Grafton chapter scrapbook won first place. The group returned home Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Park
Fairmont
Alpha Mu
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Herbert Spencer, Jr
Karen
Norman Deakins
Stephen
Richard Hood
Sharon
Vention
Grafton
Briefly Told Returns From Vacation
Miss Maude Brown of 1453 Railroad street returns home after visiting her brother Dr Rarph Brown and family of Buckhannon and her niece Miss Jane Wolfe of Clarksburg the past week. Mr and Mrs Kea Thompson of Youngstown Ohio return home Saturday after a week with Mr and Mrs Denver Thompson on Third street. Charles Keener Jr son of Mr and Mrs Charles Keener Sr on the Graf ton Clarksburg road returns home after visiting his uncle A S Reed and family for the past weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Brown
Railroad Street
Rarph Brown
Buckhannon
Jane Wolfe
Clarks~sburg
Ohio
Kea ‘Thompson
Youngtown
Mrs
Denver Thompson
Third Street
Charles Keener, Jr
Charles Keener, Sr
Grafton
Clarksburg
A. S. Reed
Guests of Parents and Visitors from Around Town
Local society notes recount guests of Mrs Edward F Chiswell and daughters Nancy and Melinda from Washington DC visiting the Morans in West Washington Street. Seaman apprentice Edward Bernard Densmore spent a seventy two hour leave with his mother before returning to the U S S Harry F Bauer in Norfolk VA after a cruise to England and Guatemala Bay. A motor trip to Baltimore featured Mr and Mrs E Allen Reed and others visiting Reed and Stevens families. Mrs Will iam Drain returned from New York City where she visited her husband pursuing a Doctor's degree at Columbia University. Mr Drain is to be principal at Hepzibah and Mrs Drain is formerly Miss Wilma Jean DeMoss. Mr Charles Warder and daughters Sandra Jean and Nancy Carol of Baltimore are two weeks in Grafton visiting his mother Mrs Hugh Warder as Warder files editor for the Associated Press Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Chiswell
Daugh
Ters
Nancy and
Melinda
Washington, D. C
William Moran
West Washington Street
Bernard Densmore
U. S. Navy
Mary Densmore
Parkview
Norfolk
Virginia
Harry F. Bauer
Midshipmen
England
Guatemala Bay
Cuba
William C. Drain
New York City
Columbia University
Drainer
Thornton
Hepzibah
Draine
Wilma Jean DeMoss
Charles Warder
Sandra Jean
Nancy Carol
Baltimore
Maryland
Grafton
Hugh Warder
Maple Avenue
Wards
Associated Press
Aew
Cook
O. L. Cook
Miss Cook
Grafton Senior High School
Broken hip hospitalized after fall in Chicago
Mrs Clarence E Grayson of 127 East Wilard sheet is confined to St Luke Hospital Michigan Avenue Chicago with a broken hip suffered in a fall during a brief visit in Chicago A operation was performed Friday and the family reports it a success Mrs Grayson and her husband were visiting Bass before returning to Texas Mrs Robert L Derby and sons Stephen and Ann of Lake Jackson Texas are visiting Mrs Derby's parents Mr and Mrs Lindsey J wenauty at 625 Western Street Also visiting are former residents Mrs Dawson Mims and children Don and Mary Elfen of Macon Georgia Hospital admissions Friday included Carolyn Haller Route 1 Thornton Lelia Carder Flemington Phyllisville and Gladys Efaw 248 West Boyd Street Those leaving Friday were Velma Jean Poling Route 1 Virginia Knight 1112 West Wilford Street Eloise Poling Route 2 and Emira Jenkins 608 on a Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Grayson
East Wilard Sheet
St. Luke Hospital
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Tinos
Wiurch
Pepuces
Texas
Robert L. Derby
Stephen
Ann
Lake Jars
Dawson Mims
Don F
Mary Elfen
Macon
Georia
R. R. Redinger
Fauny
Vewey Avenue
Hospital
Carolyn Haller
Thornton
Lelia Carder
Flemington
Phyllisville
Gladys Efaw
West Boyd Street
Velma Jean Poling
Virginia Knight
West Wilford Street
Eloise Poling
Emira Jenkins
Community club events and service group meetups listed
The notice lists a series of August gatherings: F F A and F H A roast and swimming party at 5 39 p m at the Senior High School with attendees bringing their own food. Quota club meets at Knottsville school. WSCS at West Main Street Methodist church hall at 7 30 p m. Grafton Busin- continues in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quota Club
Knottsville School
WSCS
West Main Street
Grafton Busin
Community notices from August events in Terra Alta area
A series of August church and civic gatherings are announced including girls meeting at Graf ton Hotel with Clara Jean Kines as hostess. Cumberland Veterans and Clara Fawyer Auxiliary picnic at Pines Terra Alta. Circle Three and Circle One of St. Pauls and St Johns Methodist churches meet on August 4 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. with hosts at Maple Avenue and Rock Lake. The W C T U dinner and monthly meeting August 5 at West Main Street Methodist Church hall features Miss Sarah Palmer as speaker. Circle Two WSCS meets August 5 at 830 Maple Avenue. Mountaineer Council No 44 meets August 6 in East Main Street hall. Nicola and KGuthri family reunion August 7 at Luna Park near Cheat River Bridge. August 9 WV Council of Churches and Christian Education hold annual church school convention at Thornton Methodist Church with 9:45 a.m. session and a screening of I Am With Thee in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ess
Grafton Hotel
Clara Jean
Kines
O. Veterans
Clara Fawyer
Pines
Terra Alta
Cumberland
Circle Three
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
A. V. Cuppett
Maple Avenue
Circle No
St. John’s Methodist Church
Catherine Knotts
Rock Lake
West Main Street
Sarah Palmer
Ireland
Circle Two
WSCS
St. John’s
Nicola
Kguthri
Luna Park
Cheat Neck
Cheat River Bridge
Fairdance
Bruceton
West Virginia Council of Churches and Christian Education
Thornton Methodist Church
19 Years Tent Life at Oil Well Camps Tells Family Struggles
The article recounts a family living near oil wells with 24 hour shifts, attending village church, sending children to school, and coping with a tool dresser and driller father F Cook who worked at wells until the mid 1920s before moving to mining after a fall in 1927 left him with a crushed chest and poor health until his death in January 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Pioneering Monongalia County Family Spanned Oil Boom Towns
Mrs. Cook of Daybrook Monongalia County, oldest of eight, met her husband at Dunker Creek church. They moved through Dunker Creek Pedler's Run Stringtown Wall ace and Haywood following oil boom towns. Two children, Dr O L Cook and Miss Cook, grew up with a life of travel and quilting. The couple spent years in Haywood with Mr Cook commuting by horseback. Bob Gardner, youngest U S amateur golf champion at 19 in 1909, is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Daybrook
Monongalia County
Dunker Creek
Mt. Morris
Cooks
Dr. Cook
Doll's Run
Pedler's Run
Jake’s Run
Marion County
Stringtown
Wetzel County
Wallace
Nellie
Haywood
Harrison County
U.S
Bob Gardner
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Rollie McDowell
St. Louis
McDowell
Patricia Frances
Michael Ebeling
Michael James
Aunt Penny
Fairmont Morris Park
E. Allen Reed
Gregory Allen
W. A. Francis
Pearl Street
Garnet (Tuck) Reed
Welfare Finance Corp
W. Main
Happy” Campbell
Mgr
Rudy Vallee
Kathleen Norris
Rudy
Babe Ruth
Blerring
W. William Bendix
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Grafton-Morgantown Road
Terrific Technicolor
the Swordsman
Larry Parks
Ellen Drew
Siehlers
Kroehler
LIFE
Saturday Evening Post
Kroehler Mfg. Co
Siehler Furniture Co
Duiaiuney
West, VA
Edward
Neddie) Herbert
Mickey Cohen
Los Anéalon Calif. (International
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