Garden Party Planned August 6 At Country Home
A Garden Party is planned for Tuesday August 6 at 8 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Ralph Bartlett route 50. The Valiant 4 H club sponsors the event with green and white decorations special lighting and costumes. Each club in the county will perform with a pageant featuring twelve scenes from January to December including Father Time Valentine Easter Maypole and more. Aides in dining include Bettye Bartlett Martha Bartlett Lucille Bunner Betty Currey Faye Cover Margaret Larew Carolyn Larew and Kathryn Mason. If it rains the party moves to August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Bartlett
Valiant 4-H
Annie
Willie
Bettye Bartlett
Martha Bartlett
Lucille Bunner
Betty Currey
Faye Cover
Margaret Larew
Carolyn Larew
Kathryn Mason
Lead Mine
Parsons
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
Clarksburg
Missionary Society
Haymond Church
Webster Baptist Church
Quota Club
Virginia Jeffreys
Herome
Philippi
Missionary
Society of St. Paul's Methodist Church
Bars
W. C. Manley
McGraw Avenue
Young Women's Missionary Society of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Virginia Watkins
Blueville
Kincaid
Devers Grove
Route 119
Grafton
White Rose Grove
Woodman Circle
Faye Littman
Elias Fink
Horseshoe Run Park
Brown
Brown Church Grove
Grafton-Fairmont Road
Nicola-Gutheries
Shady Grove
Preston County
Fred Nicola
William Nicola
Riley-Withers
Hepzibah
Miss Mary Whelan Honored At Park Cottage Party
Prenuptial party for Miss Mary Whelan at Robey cottage Grafton park featured dessert tables pink and white themes and a bridge game won by Evelyn Welch along with gifts for the bride to be Harold C. Brumage of Clarksburg to be wed at St Augustine church August 17. Attendees included Evelyn and Ruth Welch Helen Constance Lowe Nelle Tucker Helen Chadduck Catherine Madden and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Robey
Mary. Whelan
Harold C. Brumage
Clarksburg
St. Augustine
Miss Whelan
James A. Whelan
East Mainstreet
National Carbon
Robey
Grafton Park
Evelyn Welch
Whelan
Ruth Welch
Helen Constance Lowe
Nelle Tucker
Helen Chadduck
Washington, D.C
Catherine Madden
Charles Thayer
J. Paul Murphy
William Hussion
Clara Korte
John Madden
Local reunions and gatherings announced for August
Community notices list August events across Grafton and nearby areas. Picnics at Lead Mine near Parsons August 4. Church missions and Sunday school rallies, family reunions at Brown church, Boyce’s grove, and Shady Grove. Dates feature multiple reunions with programs, dinners, and elections.
Child is killed in hammering pistol play incident
In Hamlin Aug 3, Jewell Epling age three was accidentally killed while playing with her father’s pistol alongside her brother Haskell Epling Jr., age four. State Police Corporal D B Wiffong reported the fatal accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlin
Jewell Epling
Haskell, Jr
D. B. Wilfong
Warren Named Comptroller General of United States
Lindsay C. Warren of North Carolina is appointed Comptroller General by the U.S. Comptroller Chairman of the House accounts committee, a leading Democrat in the House. The announcement places Warren at a top federal auditing post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Accounts Committee
House of Representatives
Lindsay C. Warren
North Carolina
United States
Farewell party for Minnie McGuckin held in Lucretia
A Friday hamburger fry at C. F. Kirkpatrick home in Lucretia honored Minnie McGuckin as she prepares to move to Philadelphia with her husband. Attending were Carl and Harold Kirkpatrick and many Kirkpatrick relatives plus the Ludwicks Weaver and other neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie McGuckin
Philadelphia
C. F. Kirkpatrick
Lucretia
Carl Kirkpatrick
Harold Kirkpatrick
Frank Ludwick
Wallace Ludwick
Mabel Weaver
Mary Jane Kirkpatrick
Helen Jean Weaver
Betty Kirkpatrick
John Kirkpatrick
Charles Kirkpatrick
Charles Eugene Ludwick
Lowell Kirkpatrick
Neal Family Visit and Parkview Birth Announcement
Briefly told news from Richmond notes Mr. and Mrs. J B Neal and son John Preiss visiting Mrs. Neal's mother Mrs. Henry J Preiss on McGraw avenue. Announce Birth at City hospital shows Howard Walters and wife welcomed an 8 pound daughter born August 1 at 10 57 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
J. £. Neal
John Preiss
Richmond, Va
Neal
Henry J. Preiss
McGraw Avenue
Howard Walters
Parkview
City Hospital
Broom Handle Tool Keeps Yard Clear of Paper Scraps
To keep the yard clean of scraps of paper and other refuge which blow round bushes and other hard-to-get-at places, an old broom handle with a nail driven into the end is useful.
First Daughter Promised for Martha Walters in Third Child
Mrs. Walters, formerly Miss Laura Lee Reeve, welcomes her third child and first daughter. Also notes Hugh Gerkin of Washington street underwent tonsil removal at City hospital this morning. Mrs. T. J. Moran of Grand street shows improvement after a sprained ankle confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Louise Walters
Walters
Laura Lee Reeve
Hugh Gerkin
Washington Street
City Hospital
T. J. Moran
Grand Street
State to boost high school safety training program
Vacancies in six state institutions were filled as the state launched an advisory committee with W W Trent and a supervisor of vocational defense training. A three-person action staff will conduct one day courses at five white and two black colleges at no cost to the state to promote high school safety education and training across subjects such as auto mechanics and road laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Trent
Ella Eva Swartz
Berkeley County
N. Phay Taylor
Charles William Walden
David Wamsley
Randolph
West Virginia University
Stack
Romania to Hold Talks With Bulgaria on Territorial Concessions
Romania plans territorial concession talks with Bulgaria next Wednesday in Bucharest. Bulgarian claims include southern Dobruja, a 1913 prize, with Hungary seeking Transylvania and a border corridor. In Bucharest officials discuss anti Jewish laws affecting some 250000 Jews unable to prove three generation Romanian birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Transylvania
Bulgaria
Rumania
Ivan Popoff
Dobri Bosiloff
Bucharest
Dobruja
Council of Ministers
Romania
Willkie Plans August 17 Address At Elwood Ind
Willkie signals he will state his position on conscription in an August 17 acceptance address at Elwood Indiana. He adds that he will answer any questions from the president in the interim. Also present at today's conferences were Martin, Henry P. Pletcher, and Charles P. Good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willkie
Elwood
Ind
United States
Flynn
Martin
Henry P. Pletcher
National Committee
Charles P. Good
Motif Lovely On Waite Or A Color Lilacs Embroidered
Pattern 6759 offers a transfer motif of lilac embroidery for bedspreads with a decorative border. It lists four motifs and sizes 143 4 by 201 2 inches and 31 4 by 61 4 inches, plus materials and stitch illustrations. Send ten cents to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept in New York for the pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arta Dept
14Th Street
New York
Pattern 191 Back to school suit and cap ensemble
Claire Tilden’s Pattern 191 offers a two piece suit with matching beanie for junior misses sizes 11 to 17. Includes high round neckline cardigan style, long or elbow sleeves, four piece breezy skirt, and optional pockets. requires 368 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 13. Send 15 cents with size name address and pattern number to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Tilden
Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Great Aerial continue coverage of wartime politics and air power
The report cites Democratic figures Martin and Stassen commenting on Edward J. Flynn’s appointment as DNC chair and possible GOP changes involving Ernest T. Weir. The piece also analyzes Luftwaffe claims, noting Germany’s aircraft production, leadership under Goering, and England’s air defenses amid ongoing conferences and strategic assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair Weeks
Boston
John Hamilton
Martin
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Edward J.flynn
Democratic National Committee
Willkie
Boss Flynn
Bronx
Ernest T. Weir
Republican Finance Committee
France Bans: Vandalism of Jewish Shops Sparks Outcry
Reported on page one, demonstrators smashed plate glass windows of Jewish owned shops and painted down with the Jews and Freemasons in large red letters on entrances. The radio cited the incident as part of ongoing tensions and government condemnation.
Akron Freight Crash Injures Railroader
Akron, 24, a railroad employee named J Tod Wenn was injured in a freight car crash. He rode in the coach baggage area, then fell ill and was taken to Akron hospital. The article reflects on European famine and disorganization and notes hunger spreading due to broken imports and distribution. England is said to be experiencing a rain of peace leaflets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schweickhard
Germany
Britain
England
Wenn
Akron
Certonat
Hitler’s push for peace as war drains German wealth
The piece argues Hitler seeks peace to enable economic recovery not war, noting Germany’s gains in iron, steel, coal, and materials from Luxembourg Belgium and France. It warns that even vast wealth cannot help if Britain’s blockade remains in force and economic work is hindered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Britain
England
Marshial Wilhelm Goering
Hitler
Luxembourg
Belgium
France
Holland
Denmark
Norway
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U.S. Comptroller
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