Eagles Club Holds Annual Picnic at Camp Dawson
About three hundred members attended the Eagles clubs annual affair at Camp Dawson on Sunday July 30. Activities included boy and girl races, adult races, contests, musical programs, an orchestra, and a weiner roast to conclude the entertainment. Winners across multiple age groups included Carl N Isner Robbie Malone Norma Lee Simmons Velma Shingleton Mrs Hamilton Isner W M Tom Shingleton Ineda Pool R A Stevens Alma De Latta James Chester Si D Harman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
Camp Dawson
Carl N. Isner
Robbie Malone
Norma Lee Simmons
Velma Shingleton
Hamilton Isner
W. M
Tom) Shingle
Mrs Leland Knight Bridal Shower Honors Bride
Mrs Leland Knight Mildred Hefner was honored Saturday with a bridal shower at Mrs Carrie Packman's home on Dewey Avenue. The Lois Luzader Bible class and United Brethren choir presented gifts. Guests included Misses Punky Boylen Flora Lee Losh Marian Gough Mary Losh Marjorie Rifle Marguerite Duckworth and others.
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Leland Knight
Mildred Hefner
Carrie Packman
Dewey Avenue
Lois Luzader
United Brethren Churcn
Mrs. Packman
Community church notices and upcoming events
August calendar lists church circles and society meetings at various homes and locations. Activities include WMC and Ladies Aid gatherings, a World War II Mothers club event honoring Gold Star Mothers, area reunions, Homecoming at Lawler Chapel with basket dinner, and a Quota club dinner. Also mentions Losh reunion and Webster Baptist gathering.
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Circle
C.S
John's Methodist Church
Frank Graham
Wilkinson St
Harry Shingleton
Otterbein Guild
The
United Brethren Church
Grafton Senior High School
Héc
Nellie Cook
West Main Street
W.M.C
First Brethren Church
Paul Rogers
E. Bluemont Street
Circle No
St. John’s
Women's Aid Society of the
King's Daughters
Ladies Aid and Missionary Societies of
Lutheran Church
BF. K. Roof
Motters Club
West Side Pharmacy
St. Paul's Church
Nicola, Guthrie, Turnley
Shady Grove
Lawler Chapel
G. Wadsworth
J.B. Staley
Staley
Quota Club
C. W. T. Lockard
McGraw Avenue
Woman's Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church
Camden P. Uhl
Warder Avenue
Webster Baptist Church
Webster
Barclay on Bridge Fundamentals and One South Hand
In a duplicate bridge column Barclay argues to rely on fundamentals over flashy plays. The text recounts two declarers at 4 Hearts, one succeeding by correct trumping and discarding, another attempting risky ruffing tactics and ending down two.
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East
West
South
Oerrow
Names in a Garden Party Guest List
Elisabeth McKeen and a long list of ladies including Mrs Ann Coulson Mrs Miriam Nestor Mrs Christine Sergeant Mrs Lelia Boylen Mrs Guy Bennett Mrs Hugh Hefner Rev Lois Luzader Mrs Clarice Martini Mrs Nancy Kinter Mrs Leland Knight plus the honor guest and hostess Mrs Carrie Packman attended a social gathering with many attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abeth McKeen
Ann Coulson
Miriam Nestor
Chrisine Sergeant
Lelia Boylen
Guy Bennett
Hugh Hefner
Lois Luzader
Clarice Martini
Nancy Kinter
Leland Knight
Carrie Packman
Friendship Circle Meets Last Night In Jenkins Home
The World Friendship Circle held its regular monthly meeting at 8 in Miss Shirley Jenkins’s home with Miss Barbara Redinger in charge. Readings, prayers, songs, and a nature lesson framed the program, followed by refreshments and a plan for an August study class. Participants included Misses Rosemary and Helen Lassie Outright, Betty Travis, Mary Monroe, Helen Redinger, Barbara Redinger, and others, plus Rev. Lois Luzadder and Mrs. Harold Waller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Friendship Circle
Shirley Jenkins
Barbara Redinger
Betty Jean Travis
Connie McProuty
Rosemary Cutright
Helen Louise Cutright
Jenkins
God
Virginia Rédinger
Mary Virginia Monroe
Harold Waller
H. A. Jenkins
Rosemary
Helen Lassie Outright
Betty Travis
Mary Monroe
Helen Redinger
Alta Lee Sloan
Helen Louise Stillwell
Charlotte Stillwill
Lois Luzadder
Double Occasion Is Celebrated In Luzadder Home
A party hosted by Mrs. Ross Luzadder honored three guests of honor. Robert and Mrs. Norcutt and Mrs. Jer ome Boyles received a miscellanous shower and a surprise birthday party for Mrs. Jer ome Boyles. Ellwood Boyles, serving in the South Pacific, made a rare homecoming appearance. Games and conservation provided the entertainment with refreshments served by Mrs. Luzadder and Mrs. Walter Bradley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Luzadder
Robert
Norcutt
Mary Boyles
Jerome Boyles
Boyles
Ellwood Boy
South Pacific
Luzvadder
Walter Bradley
Scrap Bag Tricks and Needlework Gifts Displayed
Scrap bag techniques promote the slogan waste not want not yielding decorative gifts from simple scraps. The notice advertises Instructions 7225 for 12 articles with pattern parts and directions, priced at Fifteen Cents, plus a larger book of 130 engravings of embroidery, to be ordered from Grafton Sentinel Arts Dept New York.
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Grafton Sentinel
Arts Dept
New York
N.Y
Wesleyan Street church WSC meeting last night
The Wesleyan Street church W S C S held its regular meeting at 8 p m with Mrs C W Wells presiding reading Psalm 46 and leading the Lord s prayer. Mrs Lelia Peters gave The American Indian reading followed by a business session and a social hour with dessert for fifteen members and guests hosted by Mrs Lulu Jackson and Mrs Ben Haskins. The White Rose Grove No 2 Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle met in the K of P hall with Grace Marie Bartlett presiding and concluded with a social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.s.cs
Wesleyan Street
C. W. Wells
Lelia Peters
Lulu Jackson
Ben , Haskins
White Rose Grove
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
K. of P. Hall
Grace Marie Bartlett
Guardian
Society Holds Picnic Last Night on Mrs Robinson Lawn
A picnic was given last night at 6 30 on the lawn of the home of Mrs W E Robinson, president.
Pattern patterns and sewing patterns advertised for women
An advertisement promotes dress patterns Pattern 9242 with an oval neckline in multiple sizes including 10 through 44 and detailed yardage. It also offers a needlework motif collection for linens and garments and a Marian Martin Summer Pattern Book, with prices and ordering details from Grafter Sentinel Pattern Dept New York.
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Patten
Alice Brookhs
Grafter Sentinel
Pattern Dept
Wes
18Th St
New York
N. J
Marian Martin
Visitors and guests fill local weekend pages
Morgantown visitors Mrs E Ralph Clear and Barbara Jean from Morgantown stayed with Mrs Alec Mathews on Maple Avenue over the weekend. Ruth Mathews joined them on return. Baltimore visit Charlotta and Joe Fawcett visited Mrs Carl Menear in Baltimore. Washington relatives Mrs Richard Gay and daughter Helen visited friends in Washington DC. Helen Thomas of Washington DC vacationing with her mother Ada Thomas of Knottsville. Ada Thomas visiting Huntington with Mrs O F Harper. Student nurse Roberta Brown, Fairmont General Hospital, home a few days with parents Bartlet and Mrs Brown. Miss Phyllis Crow of Fairmont visited Mr and Mrs John Hulley on Charles Street. Lumberport pair Virginia Lee Thomas and roommate Betty Ogden, Fairmont State Teachers College students, visited last week in Miss Thomas' home.
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Morgantown
E. Ralph Clear
Barbara Jean
Alec Mathews
Maple Avenue
Ruth Mathews
Baltimore
Charlotta
Joe Fawcett
Carl Menear
Roberta Brown
Fairmont General Hospital
Mrs
Bartlett Brown
Lumberport
Virginia Lee Thomas
Betty Ogden
Fairmont State Teachers’ College
Eighth Army shelling behind smokescreen near Pisa
An official source reports enemy activity behind a smokescreen east of Pisa was broken up by shell fire as the Eighth Army plans patrols across the lower Arno and attempts to infiltrate the Fifth Army lines continue.
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Lower
Arno
Fifth Army
Pisa
Unemployment data fragment notes labor market trends
The excerpt discusses proportions of women still employed, returning soldiers who will study rather than work, and cider and younger workers who will not seek employment, indicating ongoing shifts in the labor market.
Judson Society Holds Picnic and Monthly Meeting
About thirty three members attended a Judson Society gathering with a picnic supper served by society ladies. The evening featured a regular monthly meeting, a brief business session, and devotional exercises led by the Guild girls. Other guests included Mrs. Sarah Mahaffey, Mrs. Alice Patton, Mrs. Garnett Hensley, and Miss Rebecca Linn.
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Guild
Sarah, Mahaffey
Alice Patton
Garnett Hensley
Rebecca Linn
Silent Partner at Opera House Tonight for 3 Days
William Henry, star of Republic's mystery drama Silent Partner, brings his wife to perform in a three day engagement at the Opera House. The couple prefer their valley home where Henry enjoys woodworking and gardening and hosts friends, with barbecued meals as a hobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry
Republic
Hollywood
Henry
Law Men at Opera House stars Johnny Mack Brown
Johnny Mack Brown leads the western Law Men at the Opera House with Raymond Hatton as a humorous marshal partner and Jan Wiley as the heroine. The film adds outdoor scenery and horsemanship, backed by Kirby Grant Robert Frazer Edmund Cobb and others in supporting roles.
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Johnny Mack Brown
OPERA
Monogram Film
Raymond Hattan
Law and Order
Jan Wiley
Kirby Grant
Robert Frazer
Edmund Cobb
Art Fow
Harry F. Price
Marshall Reed
Isabel Withers
Turkey Break With Germany Ratified Amid War-Effort Chatter
The cabinet announced a break with Germany urged by Britain and backed by the United States. The assembly ratified the move saying economic aid and war equipment would be provided to meet arising difficulties. Saracoglu stressed it did not commit Turkey to war, noting action depends on others’ moves and that Britain and the U.S. support mutual assistance within their pact. Turkey, with over four million trained soldiers, would join only if Germany acts hostile.
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Turkey
National Assembly
Britain
United States
Saracoglu
Germany
Mutual Assistance al‘Hance
Marine Sgt Lee Powell Remembered For Lone Ranger Role
Marine Sergeant Lee Powell, famed for his Lone Ranger film parts, is pictured on guard duty, stepping from a foxhole during service. The caption notes his distant open-spaced heritage and military memory.
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Lee Powell
Danish Curiosity Mirrors and Shifting Alliances Reported
The article notes growing signs that Bulgaria may distance itself from Germany and align more with the Soviet Union. Turkey has severely reduced Germany trade, cutting chrome shipments months ago. It warns strategic materials like cotton, copper, fish, oilseeds, and mohair may be embargoed. Also mentions Danish women possessing curiosity mirrors enabling street views from windows.
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Kan
Buls ‘Garia
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Is Epilepsy Inherited and What Causes It Itp
A brief note asks whether epilepsy is inherited and what causes it. The fragment mentions a booklet of doctors’ opinions on the subject, offered free by writing to the Educational Division at 53% Firth Ave, New York. The text is partially garbled but centers on medical questions and free informational material.
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Ress
Firth Ave
New York
N. Y. Dent
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Eldora M. Bolyard
Eagles Club
Barclay ON Bridge
Shepard Barclay Jarry
Syndicate, Inc
Friendship Circle
Jenkins Home
Luzadder
Alice Brooks
Tonya Ronde
Los Angeles
California
Tonya
Chester
Washington
Richard Gay
Helen
Washington, D. C
Helen Thomas
Ada Thomas
Huntington
O. F. Harper
Fairmont
Phyllis Crow
John Hulley
Charles Street
Eighth Army
Judson Society
ARMY
P- Laboratories
Wright Field
Uwa
Grocers
Grafton Baking Ca
Caribbean
Arctic
Coca-Cola Company
Clarksburg
Coca-Cola Bottling
WKS. Inc
Coca-Cola
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