Atha Homecoming Planned Sunday Near Farmington
The ninth annual Atha Homecoming will be held Sunday August 10 at James Fork church two miles north of Farmington. Mrs Flo Atha Metz announces the event with plans for a 10 a m business program and 12 p m picnic dinner. Guests include family leaders from Morgantown Mannington Clarksburg Cincinnati and Buckhannon. The program honors elders and milestones while a memorial and 300th birthday celebration for Captain Athey are noted for the 1942 meeting.
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Atha
James Fork
Farmington
Mine Road
Flo Atha Metz
Pleasant Street
Morgantown
West Virginia
Opal Atha Price
Mannington
Georgia Atha Callahan
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lester Atha
Atha Association
Charles Ealson
Clarksburg
Lawrence Atha
Grafton
Captain Athey
America
Aemilius A. Atha
Fairmont
West Va
Martin G. Atha
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
St. Paul's Church
Morgan Morgan
Norwood Park
Brown Church Grove
Grafton-Fairmont Road
Judson Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
Russell Reese
Bluemont Street
Circle No
C. S
St. John's Methodist Church
Russell DeMos
Baileytown Church
Flemington
Maud Morgan
Wehnhall
Kerns
Brown’s Chapel
Nora Vince
August gatherings and reunions listed for Morgantown area
Community notices list multiple events on August 3 through August 12 including reunions at Norwood Park Clarksburg Brown church grove Grafton Fairmont road and Hepzibah church. Also meetings of women's societies missionary circles and a Junior O U A M session with times and hosts noted.
Maple Lake Aquacade Draws Big Sunday Crowd
Maple Lake will host the fifth annual aquacade this Sunday drawing an expected crowd of 12 000 to 15 000 from Clarksburg and Grafton. The event brings together residents of the two towns at the Maple Lake resort about halfway between them for entertainment and community festivities led by Miss.
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Clarksburg
Grafton
Maple Lake
Lovely Spread Knitted Square Pattern No 7061 Ad
One square knitted on two needles with a simple two strand pattern. Pattern 7061 includes instructions, illustrations, materials list, and a photograph of the square. Send ten cents to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept. 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
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Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
14Th Street
New York
Aquaganza to Highlight West Virginia Water Pageant
Mary Lou Bullard of Wheeling crowned queen as Grafton hosts West Virginia’s aquacade and hydroplane meet. Activities include model hydroplane heats at Maple Lake, diving displays, mermaid formations, and a patriotic torch of the U. S. A.. An Kiwanis skit led by J B Cruise opens the June Kiwanis International, with T D Gray to crown the queen on Maple Lake stage. Queen Ellen’s court features Edith Jane Bartlett, Jane Nelson, and Elizabeth Long as maid of honor and princesses.
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Mary Lou Bullard
Arch Hupp Bhillard
Wheeling
Ellen V
Grafton
West Virginia
Maple Lake
American Aeronautics Association
Kiwanis International
Atlanta
National Board of Directors of
Kiwanis
T. D. Gray
Charleston
Queen Ellen
Dont Wait To Protect Your Kidneys And Bladder
A short health alert warns about tired kidneys and bladder problems causing night awakenings. It cites symptoms like dark circles under eyes and back pain and promotes a kidney health product with a physician endorsement to improve sleep and overall wellbeing.
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Nilan
Tex
Fall Pageant Plans Drawn Up By Association
The seventh annual Fall Pageant of the Taylor County Playground Association will occur Friday August 29 with a coronation ceremony led by Miss Cecelia Debendarfer as queen and Miss Annabelle Barton as lady-in-waiting. The royal court includes twelve princesses from the Grafton and county playgrounds, plus two heralds, a crown-bearer and six flower girls. A princess meeting at 2 30 at the Community Center will finalize costumes and details. a dance at the Elks club with George Morgan and his orchestra closes the evening. Proceeds go to benefit the playground.
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Taylor County Playground Association
F. 8. Smith
Cecelia Debendarfer
H. K. Debendarfer
Maple Avenue
Annabelle Barton
Grafton
Elks Club
George Morgan
Fairmont
Hazel-Atlas Group Enjoys Picnic at Bridgeport Airport
Hazel-Atlas employees traveled to Haratenr county airport at Bridgeport Tuesday evening for a picnic dinner and hours of singing and outdoor amusements. They returned to the homes of Miss Eva Gawthrop and Miss Georgia Kester at Fetterman for the remainder of the evening socializing. The group included Helen Kester, Georgia Kester, Eva Gawthrop, and others.
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Hazel-Atlas
McHapad
Haratenr
Bridgeport
Fly
Eva Gawthrop
Georgia Kester
Fetterman
Helen Kester
Viola Brown
Berea Rinker
Hallie McDaniel
Rosalée Proudfoot
Catherine Devlin
Syl
Mission Society Opens Year With Business Parley
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of Nazarene Church at Parkview held its first regular meeting of the year on Tuesday evening. Newly elected officers were installed: president Mrs. Callie Moats, vice president Mrs. Mary Breedlove, secretary Anna Fawcett, treasurer Mrs. Gladine Kirby, Indian Head secretary Mrs. Carrie Isner, publicity secretary Mrs. Jeannette Jones, prayer and fasting secretary Mrs. Mary Breedlove, box work secretary Mrs. Roberta Glover, Other Sheep secretary Clarence Kirby, study secretary Mrs. Shirley Jones. Two new members joined, Miss Mildred Sheets and William Glover. A brief missionary program followed.
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Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Nazarene Church
Parkview
Callie Moats
Mary Breedlove
Anna Fawcett
Gladine Kirby
Carrie Isner
Jeannette Jones
Roberta Glover
Clarence Kirby
Shirley Jones
Mildred Sheets
William Glover
Brief Items From Grafton and Nearby Areas
Leave for Texas and visits to Houston and New Orleans noted for Eloise Gordon and Betty Gordon of Warder Avenue. Richard Gerstell visits New York and stays at the Van derbilt hotel. Mrs C F Dotson recovering slowly on Walnut Street after two weeks illness. Doyle Devers and Naomi Wilt announce birth of son Jerry Stanley Devers at City Hospital weighing 60 pounds 4 ounces. Richard Bartlett, formerly of Grafton, visits Catonsville Tuesday. Sylvia Lucas returns home from a Baltimore vacation. Ira Marquess and Eloise Duckworth return home from South trip.
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Texas
Eloise
Betty Gordon
Warder Avenue
Houston
New Orleans
Doyle Devers
Route 5
Grafton
City Hospital
Jerry Stanley Devers
Naomi Wilt
Sylvia Lucas
West Main Street
Baltimore
Amazing tonic promises new vitality for the run-down
An advertisement extols 8.8.8. Tonic as a healer for fatigue and digestive weakness. It claims to restore red blood cell vitality, boost stomach juices, and rebuild tissue, offering renewed appetite and energy with daily use.
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Rates Bey
Sonia
OBES
Ge S.s.s.suormar
Marquess Family and Guests Return Home from Washington
Speth Marquess at Louisa and Bud Marquess at Newport News spent time in Virginia Beach and toured North Carolina. Has House Guest Miss Natalie Pembroke of Mackinstreet with Miss Jo Ann Bartlett of Catonsville Md. Mrs Dana Bol yard and daughter Diana Mae and Mrs Earl Keener and son Charles Robert returned from Washington after visits with husbands employed by B and O Railroad. An appendectomy was performed on Louise Hendershot and tonsil operation on Glennes Ann Stevens. Vanich Pananenda said country ready to do business with any nation, no special treatment planned. Reports said Russian forces in Siberia may number 800,000. submarines and bombers at Vladivostok rumored. Japanese position noted amid Allied moves in China. possibility of entering war discussed.
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Dana Bolyard
Diana Mae
Earl Keener
Charles Robert
Washington, D. C
B. and O. Railroad Company
Vanich Pananenda
Commerce Department
Siberia
Siberian
Vladivostok
Navy
Foreign Office
Japan
United States
Chungking
England
Germany
Japanese Say Britain’s Plans Hidden Behind Japan Talk
The paper claims Britain uses Japan as a cover for expanding Singapore defenses at Thailand’s expense. Lieutenant General Percival in Singapore vows reinforcements will flow while Malaya faces threat. Bangkok reports indicate Japan will weigh further moves in Southeast Asia with current focus on the region.
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Japan
Thailand
Britain
Singapore
Fy Vance
A. E. Percival
Gibraltar
Malaya
Asia
Bangkok
Nai
Indian Poet Knighted by British Honors Boldly Renounced
A renowned scholar educator and social reformer and poet travelled widely in Europe and the Americas giving lectures and recitals. He was knighted in 1915 by the British government for his work but relinquished the title in 1919 in protest against the killings of Indians at Amritsar by British troops.
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Europe
Americas
Amritsar
Morgantown Seeks Federal Aid for Schools
Morgantown seeks federal funding under a congressionally authorized appropriation. The proposed aid would provide direct federal assistance to local schools, aiding facilities and programs as described in the continuation of the article.
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Morgantown
Congress
Monongalla County School Chief Seeks $100,000 WFA Grant
Flow B. Cox, superintendent of Monongllalla county schools, announced yesterday a formal application was being made for a $100,000 grant from the federal Works Administration fund to help meet operating costs in the coming term.
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Bisory
Flow B. Cox
Monopgalla_ county
Federal Works Agency Fund
Local Resident Mrs Charles Bauley Dies in Iowa
Word reached Grafton of the death of Mrs Charles Bauley a former city resident during dam construction days who passed away at her Burlington Iowa home Burial was in her former home in Canada Immediate survivors are her husband and one daughter
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Burlington
Iowa
Grafton
Charles Bauley
Canada
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Joseph Atha
Gordon Atha
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H. L. Noble
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L. L. Painter
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Walnut Street
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Catonsville, Md
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Newport News
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Mackinstreet
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