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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1936

Page

3

Mary Virenia Weaver Rogers wed in Fol lansbee

Notice from The Sentinel details the marriage of Miss Mary Virenia Weaver of Newburg to George McClain Rogers of Follansbee West Virginia, performed at 10 AM Saturday July 25 in the Fol lansbee Presbyterian church with Rev SC Howard Rahk officiating. Attendants included Miss Mildred Toth and Miss Geraldine Rogers. The couple will reside at 420 Gilbert Avenue Follansbee after a wedding breakfast for forty guests. Mrs Rogers is a nurse trained at Reynolds Memorial Hospital. Mr Rogers works at Follansbee Brothers steel plant.

Miss Toth Miss Rogers Pittsburgh Cleveland Rogers Gilbert Avenue Follansbee Newburg High School Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glendale W. Va Bellaire, C Follansbee Brothers Steel Follanshee

Social Calendar Highlights Community Gatherings

Aug 5 regular meeting of Supreme Forest Woodman Circle White Rose Grove No 2 at Redmen hall 8 p m. Aug 6 women’s missionary society Andrews M B church hosted by Mrs J A Sinclair 2 p m. Aug 6 Friendship Bible class First Christian church 7 p m Grafton Park transport at 6 30 p m. Sutton Bible class invited. Aug 6 C I T club at Blue Mont home of Genevieve Mildred Carpenter 7 30 p m. Aug 6 Business Girls social at M C A 7 p m hostesses Catherine Madden Jerry Morgan. Aug 6 Star Sewing club at Mrs C W Renner 9 p m. Aug 6 Laymans council Methodist Protestant church at Mr C Richman Wilkinson 8 p m. Aug 6 Mrs T W Heironimus Mrs Rhea Fisher host missionary society luncheon Grafton Park 1 p m reservations take 12 30 bus. Aug 6 Ladies Aid St Paul’s Lutheran church covered dish 6 p m city park home Mrs George Cassell. Aug 7 Ladies Aid United Brethren church Beech street 8 p m silverware shower bring knife fork spoon. Aug 9 Yates Gawthrop family reunion Davison Run Baptist church Harrison county. Aug 9 Lambert Weaver reunion old Lambert homestead Boothsville. Aug 9 Twelfth annual Brown revision Brown church grave Graf ton Fairmont road. Aug 16 Morgan family reunion Mount Zion near Fairmont. Aug 19 Davis Meredith family reunion Beechwood Grove Alma Taylor county.

Supreme Forest Woodman Circle White Rose Grove No Redmen's Hall Women’s Home Missionary Society of Andrews M. B J. A. Sinclair Friendship Bible First Christian Church Grafton Park Sutton C. I. T. Club Genevieve Mildred Carpenter Bluemont Street Catherine Madden Jerry Morgan Star Sewing Club C. W. Renner West Main Street Methodist Protestant Church C. ©. Richman Wilkinson Street T. W. Heironimus Rhea Fisher Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church Ladies' Aid St. Paul's Yates-Gawthrop Davison Run Harrison County Lambert-Weaver Lambert Homestead Boothsville Brown Grafton-Fairmont Road Morgan Mount Zion Fairmont Beechwood Grove Alma Taylor County

Hooten Zellers Tie Knot In Bridgeport Parsonage

Rosemary Zellers of Terra Alta and Robert M. Hooten of Rowlesburg wed July 8 in Bridgeport at the Methodist church parsonage. Rev W L Cheuvront officiated in front of immediate family. Bride a Terra Alta High School graduate who trained as a nurse at Fairmont Emergency hospital.

Tal Providence Hospital Washington, DC Hooton Rowlesburg High School Rowlesburg Preston County Terra Alta Fairmont

Calendar of hostesses and church events listed by months

C Bailey and Mrs Pred B Robinson head a sequence of hostesses for each month from October through August with leaders named for each. The text notes a Mite Box opening in March and lists a General Fund sinking and contractual debt levy with figures showing a large recommended reduction from last year and a comparison.

A. V. Cuppell R. O. Phillips Fred B. Robinson Ernest Mason William Batt H. H. Crooks Ernest Mc~ Daniel J. W. Pluebell C. C. Bat~ Son J. Bailey

Miss Astor Keeps Custody Fight Amid Florida Moves

Mary Astor seeks to regain guardianship of her four year old daughter Marylyn in Hollywood while pressing to invalidate her divorce from Dr Franklyn Thorpe. In Florida she plans to probe a possible wedding to Thorpe and a prior marriage to Mrs Lillian Miles.

Hollywood Mary Astor Florida Roland Rich Woolley Tampa Franklyn Thorpe Miss Astor Marylyn Thorpe Lillian Lawton Miles Gloria Miles Woolley

Fathers and Accused Bellows in Tragic Wounding Case

Snell testified the woman woke her 27 year old police officer husband believing a burglar invaded the home. Flaherty faced manslaughter charges and was held on $5,000 bail after the bullet wounded the girl in the head.

X ‘Snell Flaherty

Policeman Accidentally Kills Bride in Home Search

Boston authorities report Sergeant George Snell wounded the burglar at a residence he shared with his new bride Mrs. Matthew J. Flaherty seventeen days into marriage. The 27 year old wife died from the accidental shooting during the search.

Boston Matthew J. Flaherty George Snell

Youth Injured Diving at Grafton Park River

William 20 of Rivesville suffered a fractured neck vertebra when he dove into muddy water at Tygarts River in Grafton Park Monday night. Hospital workers report unimproved condition and slight hope for recovery remains, exact cause undetermined.

William 20 Rivesville

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