Lucky Fifteen Club Campout At Christian Church
Society notes recount a week long camping trip by the Lucky Fifteen Club at Campt Dawson with swimming and a roaster. Attendees included Mrs Maude Bush Evelyn Wagoner Edith Wagoner Thelma Smith Goldie Haddix Gwendolyn Tsner Mary Kite Dorothy Huge and many others from Grafton and Barracksville. A later event describes a moonlight picnic by the Faithful Followers class at Smiths Grove park near Pipeton with social hours, music, jokes, a hearty supper and plan for future outings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucky Fifteen Club
Iristian Church
Campt Dawson
Miss McCue
Mary Jeane McCue
Pruntytown Road
Klaude Spaur
Marguerite Kiger
Edna Goodwin
Sallie Bunner
Murray Bartlett
Earl Gilbert
Dorwan
Eugene Robinson
Bud Gibson
Harry Sharps
Charles and
Lorene Ann
Helen
Junior Moore
Barracksville
Minnie Hall
Newbury
Pleasant
Smith's Grove Park
Pipi
Earle Robinson
Edna Cole
Funeral for Roberta Meserve Held at Bellview Church
Fairmont August 7 funeral services for Mrs. Roberta Meserve, who died Friday, will be conducted at 2 pm at Highland Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Bellview. The Rev Job Jones and Rev T G Meredith will lead, with church choir providing music. Mrs Meserve was aunt to Mrs Margaret Mageuran of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Roberta Meserve
Highland Avenue
Bellview
Job Jones
T. G. Meredith
Meserve
Margaret Mageuran
City
My Beauty Hint Screen Actress Skin Care Tip
A beauty hint suggests using half a raw egg white applied smoothly to the face. Let it dry completely, then rinse with cold water. It is claimed to remove facial impurities and leave the skin soft and smooth.
Prominent visitors and locals dine in city
Gene Arnold of Elkins visits with Democratic circles while Rev Leland Powell and Mrs Powell travel through en route to Washington Richmond and North Carolina. Wade Tucker of Bridgeport and Wade Rice of Boothsville are in the city on business. Major and Mrs Whaley of Washington DC and their camp at Laughery’s place visit friends and picnic at Grafton Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Arnold
Elkins
Leland Jerome Powell
Cincinnati
Washington
Richmond
North Carolina
Wade Rice
Boothsville
R. E. Dunham
Louis W. Whaley
Washington, D. C
U. S
Major Whaley
John H. Holt
Laughery’s
Cheat River
Grafton Park
Clara
Anna Korte
Joseph Korte
James Carr
John Ball
Thornton
Statton
Ball
Sentinel
Lawrence J. Miller
Mary Anna
Grace
Lila Miller
Mattie Jace
Parkersburg
William Mageuran
Fairmont
Harmony Grove School Homecoming Marks 50th Anniversary
A homecoming at Harmony Grove school near McGee on Route 250 celebrates the 50th anniversary. The event on September 13 at the church will host living former teachers, with Prof. Andrew J. Dadisman and Carl Currey delivering speeches on past and future horizons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Grove
McGee
Andrew J. Dadisman
University
Carl Currey
the Sentinel
Currey
Dadisman
Scranage and Williamson Families Named in Regional Notice
The document lists individuals including Harvey B. Scranage and Laura Scranage Phillips connected to Taylor county and Marion county. Reuben Williamson hails from Ohio with two sisters Ella and Sarah in Pena pene and New Jersey. Marion A. Williamson of Pitmonk is also referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les 1
Harvey B. Scranage
Taylor County
Laura Scranage Phillips
Marion County
Reuben Williamson
Ohio
Ella
Sarah
Penapene
New Jersey
Marion A. Williamson
Pitnonk
WV sets highway coal digging signs to curb roadside theft
Charleston reports West Virginia highway coal signs now forbid roadside coal removal along road rights of way. Signs cite a new state policy to prevent landslides from excavations, with unknown culprits among locals and tourists taking small amounts for souvenirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Commission
Hem
Kidnap Threat Sends Troops To Girl's Camp In New Hampshire
National Guardsmen and military police scoured Camp Bueno on Lake Kezar as Philadelphia police traced a letter threatening Betty Downes, a 15 year old visitor and daughter of James R. Downes reportedly tied to the Pennsylvania Railroad. A large operation kept the camp under tight guard with Lieutenant Calvin C. Seavey and Adjutant General Charles W. Howard coordinating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sutton
N. H
National
Lorimer
Manchester
Camp Bueno
Miss Downes
Philadelphia
Calvin C. Seavey
172Nd Field Artillery
James R. Downes
Pennsylvania Railroad
Crash on Lincoln highway near Chester injures travelers
In a collision on the Lincoln highway near Chester a car driven by O P Mc Master injured passengers including Grace Connell Nina Hisson and Daniel Holscomb all residents of Newell. Smith suffered a fractured skull and Dr George Kirsch of Pittsburgh along with his parents were severely hurt. Others in the Mc Master car were also injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Highway
Chester
Smith
O. P. Mc Master
George Kirch
Pittsburgh
Kirsch
McMaster
Grace Connell
Nina Hisson
Daniel Holscomb
Newell
Debendarfer Family Moves To Elm Grove
Trooper H. K. Debendarfer recently moved his family to Elm Grove Ohio county city for their future home after seven years with the local state police contingent. He arrived Thursday to begin packing and preparing to settle in new surroundings. Grafton residents regret losing the fine family and wish them success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Debendarfer
Elm Grove
Ohio
Debendarfer
Grafton
Funeral rites for Mrs Barbara Schweizer held at St Pauls Lutheran
Funeral services were held today at 2 30 from the late home for Mrs Barbara Blatter Schweizer 84 who died Saturday night at Emil Kinslers Blueville after years of arteriosclerosis The Rev E F K Roof pastor of St Pauls Lutheran Church officiated and interment was in Bluemont cemetery Bartlett Funeral Company in charge She was born in Switzerland December 23 1784 and came to the United States with her parents She had two husbands William Kinsler and Jacob Schweizer both deceased Surviving children include Mrs Fred Kurt William Kinsler Mrs Lizetta Caprio and Emil Kinsler along with many grandchildren great grandchildren and others involved in the accident near Wheeling
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Blatter Schweizer
Emil Kinsler
Blueville
E. F. K. Roof
St. Pau’s Lutheran Church
Bluemont
Bartlett Funeral Company
Fred Kurt
Felton
William Kinsler
Bridgeport
Conn
Lizetta Caprio
Pickens
Wheeling
Michael Smith
Newell
MOTOR PICNIC DINNER MENU CARD
Mrs Alexander George presents a motor picnic dinner menu featuring tomato juice sliced tongue and ham potato salad buttered buns olives pickles peaches ice cream chocolate cookies and coffee. Instructions describe packing in jars and coolers for eight serving, with a potato salad recipe and a chocolate cookies recipe including ingredients and mixing steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MOTOR
Bake and frost sugar cookie dough method
The instructions describe melting, then heating one minute before whisking in eggs and soda. Pour over remaining sugar mixture and add remaining ingredients. Chill, drop portions onto greased sheets, bake ten minutes in a moderate oven, then cool and frost.
A and P Boys Off For Century Of Progress
Eddie O Connor and Paul Ridenour, sons of local residents, travel by special train to Pittsburgh and then to Chicago with ninety eight peers for a week at the Century of Progress. The trip, funded by A and P stores through a sales coupon contest, includes doctors, a nurse, and Boy Scout officers. The boys receive spending money and will tour the World’s Fair without cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie O'Connor
Patrick J. O'Connor
Knotts Avenue
Paul Ridenour
William Ridenour
Boyd Street
Pittsburgh
Century of Progress
Chicago
Young O'Connor
Ridenour
A. P
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Coral Parrish Montgomery
Hazel Cole
Phillips
Helena McVicker
Edna
Merrel McVicker
Finna Cole
Millie Robinson
James
Betty
Ralph McDaniel
Howard Haddix
Lawrence Probst
Norma Jeannine Probst
Hilda
Loretta Mae Robinson
Kathryn Crawford
Agra
India
Mumtaz Mahal
Shah Jahan
Delhi
Charles G. Corbin
Turner Withers
W. P. Withers
Henry Riley
Booths Creek
Alexander Scranage
Michael Coffman
Jonathan Currey
Scranage
John Allen Gawthrep
Emma Whittacker
Truman Elliott
Barbour County
Jno
M. Harr
C. Nixon
E. M. Scranage
H. B. Scranage
Nuzum
Indianapolis
W. J. Curry
J Howard Cather
Flemington
N. W. Nebrough
Camille Hugill
West Grafton
Bernard L. Butcher
Lewis Kitzmiller
North Grafton
Kitzmiller
Rosa Maxwell Pickens
Pennsylvania
Lula Maxwell Lake
Charles Maxwell
O. W
John A
Char
Ben H. Franz
W. Main St
Ubyy
Girl
Barbara Schweizer
Mrs
Alexander George
Union Brokerage
ANU
Morgantown Avenue
W. VA
Pee Atte
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