Wilhelm couple to celebrate golden wedding in Boyd
Mr and Mrs W A Wilhelm of 900 West Boyd Street will host an open house tomorrow for their 60th wedding anniversary. The couple, long known in the community, wed August 7 1890 in Corinth with Rev John Rexroad officiating. They raised ten children and have three grandchildren and one great grandchild living in Grafton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Wilhelm
West
Boyd Street
Theouple
Wilhelm
John Rexroad
Guy Frank Wilhelm
West Main Street
Adline Isner Miller
Louise Isner McVicker
Betty Ann Isner Murray
Thomas Owen Miller, Sr
Sandra Jean Miller
Quotarians Entertained At Philippi Party
Local Quotarians and guests were entertained by Dr. Virginia Jeffries near Philippi on Monday evening. Guests enjoyed outdoor tennis and croquet, boating, and a buffet chicken dinner at 7 p.m. Mildred Debendarfer presided over a short business session. Miss Sarah Sayre presented a hostess gift to Dr. Jeffries for her hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Jeffries
Philippi
Mildred Debendarfer
Sarah Sayre
Dr. Jeffries
August gatherings and reunions listed for P H C and others
A series of local notices lists regular meetings for August including the P H C at 8 p m on August 8 and the VFW Auxiliary initiation on August 6. It also details church societies meetings at St Pauls and West Main Street Methodist and Lutheran churches, plus numerous family and district reunions planned for August through September at various venues, with times and places noted.
Grafton social gathers guests at club event
Aside from active members, Miss Jeffries hosted two honorary members Miss Blanche Guard and Mrs. Anne Heflin and several guests from Grafton and Philippi including Mrs. Bess Kirk Mrs. Elizabeth Hogg Alden Beagle Miss Elizabeth Stuck and Miss Elizabeth Wickland.
Masterpiece Needlepoint Pattern Offer From Grafton Sentinel
A description of a Raphael Madonna needlepoint transfer pattern 6771 9 1 2 by 12 1 4 inches is offered. Materials color chart and stitch illustrations accompany it. Send ten cents to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number written plainly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Potter Hosts Old Bridge Club at Riverside Drive
Mrs. W. E. Potter of Columbus Ohio hosted a salad bridge party last evening at her parents home on Riverside Drive. Prizes went to Mrs. Homer Wilson Miss Alice Margaret Holt and Mrs. Lynn Faulkner with guest Mrs. Francis Warder. Other club members and guests attended from Columbus and Washington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Potter
Columbus
Ohio
Clyde G. Turner
Riverside Drive
Homer Wilson
Alice Margaret Holt
Lynn Faulkner
Francis Warder
Virginia Hanway
Lester Lambert
Dolores B. Curry
Virgil Rohrbough
Hugh McPhail
Geneva Hilkey
Joan Bartlett
Mason Tucker
Dinner Held By Ladies Aid At Hoffman Home
The August meeting of the Ladies Aid society of the United Brethren church was a covered dish dinner at Mrs. Bernard Hoffman’s Maple avenue home. Twenty four members attended the lawn meal and a business session elected officers including President Mrs Bernard Hoffman and Vice President Mrs Clarence Dotson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.H.C
VFW
Ladies Aid Society of
West Main Street
Blanche Brand
Woman's Home Missionary Society of
St. Paul's
Margaret Watkins
Blueville
Presbyterian Church
Grow
Arnett’s Grove
Georgetown
Elias Fink
Horseshoe Run Park
Parsons
Brown Church
Grafton-Fairmont Road
Fisher
St. John’s Methodist’ Church
Walter Beall
E. Knotts Avenue
Isner
Dever's Grove
Nicola-Gutherie
Shady Grove
Preston County
Fred Nicola
William Nicola
Quota Club
Cozy Rest
Riley-Withers
Hepuibaty
Kincaid
Devers Grove
Route 119
Grafton
Ladies’ Aid Society of the United Brethren Church
Bernard Hoffman
Maple Avenue
Clarence Dotson
O. A. Jenkins
Curley Eisner
A.B. Cutright
Merrill Stillwell
Lois Luzader
A.A. Crouser
B. C. Isner
Flora Stillwell
Curley Kisner
Hugh Hefner
O. W. Hoffman
Loren Hoffman
Co ed Camping Trip Ends. Club Plans Annual Summer Event
Returning from Deep Creek Lake Maryland where they camped a week the Co-ed club members praised their trip and outlined plans to make it an annual summer feature. They engaged in sports and various camp activities led by Mrs. S M Squires. Participants included Mary Srage Shirley George Winnie Brestel Gloria Squires Mary Catherine Ewers Lucille Rowland Betty Bartlett Dolores Price Rosemary Rowland and Christine Hufford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep Creek Lake
S. M. Squires
Mary Srage
Shirley George
Winnie Brestel
Gloria Squires
Mary Catherine Ewers
Lucille Rowland
Betty Bartlett
Dolores Price
Rosemary Rowland
Christine Hufford
Birth of John Smith Donnachie at Laird Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Jack Donnachie announce the birth of a seven pound two ounce son named John Smith Donnachie at Laird Memorial hospital Montgomery This is the couple s third child and first boy Mrs Donnachie formerly Miss Gwendolyn Knight of Dewey avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Donnachie
John Smith Donnachie
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Donnachie
Gwendolyn Knight
Dewey Avenue
Rota postings and travel notes from local items
Mary Jo Curry returns home on Addison street after visiting relatives in Terra Alta. Tot Riggs of Rowlesburg visits the Curry family. Elma Ashby leaves Addison street for Flu ker La to visit her father and later goes to New Orleans and then San Diego to join her brother and sister. Ada Burndside Lorraine Phillips Blanghe Grow and Zella Barkins visit Washington DC to see Charl ie William Barkins. Mrs. William Gibson of Charleston is hospitalized after major surgery. Laurel Prey Jr bitten by a snake while swimming in the Tygart river. treated at Grafton City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jo Curry
Addison Street
Terra Alta
Leon
Elma Ashby
George Ashby
West Boyd Street
Fluker
New Orleans
West Coast
San Diego
Calif
San Francisco
Washington
Ada Burnside
Lorraine Phillips
Blanghe Grow
Zella Barkins
D.C
Char‘igs
William Barkins
Langley Field, Va
Mere Tee
Laurel
C Prey, Jr
L. C. Prey
McGraw Avenue
Tygart River
Grafton City Hospital
Red Nominee Temtinnad Tram Second Communist Bloc
In a Kanawha county case the American Legion seeks to enjoin state officials from listing Communist candidates. Wheeler, questioned by Louis Fleischer, admitted six years as a Communist and claimed he was elected by the party at a Charleston convention to run for governor. Judge Harley Kilgore warned him to stop the political speech during testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conungueu
Uae
Cape Vest
Harley Kilgore
Wheeler
Louis Fleischer
New York
Communist Party
Charleston
Kilgore
Fleischer
Kanawha
American Legion
Smocking Trim Adds Flair to Pattern 192 Dress
The Pattern 192 shirtwaist dress by Claire Tilden features smocking and optional soft gathers, with front and back panels, decorative bodice buttons, and versatile sleeve lengths. Sizes 12 through 42, fabric needs vary. order pattern 192 by sending 15 cents to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Tilden
Jersey
Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Willkie Talks Farm Leaders and Candy Stick System
Willkie met with more than 70 farm representatives from 10 midwestern states in Colorado Springs to gather practical input for his farm section. He criticizes France’s defense and production approach, likening it to a candy stick system used to quiet children, while urging decentralization of American industry for defense and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willkie
Colorado Springs
France
Henry A. Wallace
Central West Virginia Radio Schedule Snapshot
A fragmented listing of radio programs across stations NBC WEAF WJZ CBS KDKA WMMN WLW and others with varied shows from orchestras to dramas news and sports timed from 5:30 to 11:30 PM. Names include Bettencourt Douglas Dorsey Stearney Cab Calloway Van Alexander and Gene Krupa among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBC
WJZ
Jose Bettencourt
Orch
Nbu-Weaf
Yvette
Sores
CBS
Paul Sullivan
KDKA
Lowell Thomas
George Stearney
WMMN
the World Today
Nbc-Weaf
Paul Douglas
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Fred Waring
Chesterfield
Amos 'N Andy
Mr. Keen
WEAF
John B. Kennedy
Lanny Ross
Tenor
MBS
Cab Calloway
van Alexander
WLW
H. V. Kaltenborn
Nbc-Wiz
Roy Shield
WEAI
Johnny
Sam
Lud Gluskin
Horace ‘Heldt
Uncle Walter
Cecil Golly
Edwin C. Hill
Bill McCune
DKA
Bob Chester
Will Osborne
Gray Gordon
Ted Lewis
Madriguser
Herman Middleman
Gene Krupa
Ray Herbeck
Arch
Willkie Praises Wallace and Attacks Political Machines
The Willkie campaign praised Wallace as a very eminent public servant while noting disagreements ahead. Willkie blamed political machines, rebutted Flynn, and warned that Hague, Kelly Nash, and others would influence cooperation with party factions. He also praised farm group talks and the Willkie for President clubs as honorable volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willkie
Wallace
Capitol
Edward J. Flynn
Democratic
New York
James A. Farley
Flynn
Mr. Farley
Frank Hague
Hague
Kelly- Nash
Engineman Dr Amos and a freight siding order
Engineman Dr Amos and Engineman Murtaugh received Hudson 19 meet order to take a siding for a freight. Amos, hampered by pain, saw the freight locomotive approaching as they realized they had passed the siding and moved to investigate Murtaugh’s actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos
Shafer
Murtaugh
FIGHT WILL BE HEARD ON AIR
Radio schedules list four London broadcasts relayed by WHAF NBC through August 26 with the theme Spiritual Issues of the War. On-air times vary, including 12:30 p.m. daily, and upcoming WJZ NBC outdoor boxing at the New York Polo Grounds pitting Billy Conn against Bob Pastor next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Whaf-Nbc
Wjz-Nbc
Billy Conn
Bob Pastor
New York Polo Grounds
Rush Holt
Europe
WEAF
NBC
Lud Gluskin
We the People
Col
Frank Knox
Quiz
Wm. H. Vanderbilt
Francis Biddle
WJZ
America
Roy Shields
MBS
CBS
Vic and Sade
Paul Douglas
CBB
al Bernard
Minstrels
Thes
CBS Concert Orchestra
Farth
David Lloyd George
Wales
Boston
Missouri Campaigns Face Gubernatorial and Senatorial Clashes
The state’s races concentrate on Pendergast era probes and Truman’s nominating paths. Seven Republican senatorial candidates compete, with Ewing Mitchell among notable veterans. In the governor’s field, McReynolds and McDaniel clash amid a melee of party bosses and local power structures led by St Louis figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Page One
Pendergast
Truman
Ewing ¥. Mitchell
Secretary of Commerce
Roosevelt
Iit
Fon McReynolds
Outstate
Egrinace McReynolds
McReynolds
Ing McDaniel
St. Louis
Berniemann
Fred Frankenhoff
Guy Runnion
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Sola
Annabel P, Swisher
Society Reporter
Boyd St
Ousehold Arts
Mice Brooks
Jousshold Arte, Inc
Ruth Turner
Ladies Aid
Hoffman Home
Vera McDaniel
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Ernest L. McDaniel
Beech Street
Corp
Charles Groves
Pvt
Denzil Groves
U. S. Army
J. A. Groves
Washington, D. C
Army War College Medical Department
Headquarters Department
Tot Riggs
Rowjesburg
Mary Jo
Curry
William
Gib
Francis James Brennan
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
Overbrook
Rota
Court of Appeals
Rome
RED
Temtinnad Tram
Klara Strenger
Klara Rommer
West Virginia
Glenn Miller
Tommy Dorsey
Leonard Keller
Radio Tube
RCA
NT Asi
Wife Preservers — Ee
Com
Pastor Duel
C. C. Richman General Insurance
G. Bank and Trust Co
Molar
Wue Cer
Nzo Emdeley
Winchester
Chicago
Greyhound Spert
Washington Snelseman
Cincinnati
Huntington
Detroit
Greyhound Terminal
Love Drug Company
West Main St
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