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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1930
Page
2
Anders M. E., Pastor, conducts Sunday School with Mrs. Ons Jetteryé as superintendent. Public worship at 10:80 features a sermon by the pastor. Union services to be held. Rev. F. L. Postlethwaite to preach. Regular monthly meeting of the official board at 7:40, postponed from last week. All members urged to attend. public invited.
Prayer circle at 9 26 and Sabbath School at 9 80 led by Mrs Earl Wilkinson and Mrs John W Ault respectively Senior and Junior Supervisors Evening worship and Union service at Andrews M E Church A cordial welcome to all attendees.
Rev E B K Root leads morning worship at 10 30 with subject The Test of Fruitfulness The Luther League meets at 6 30 Vespers service and Wednesday prayer meeting invite all to attend Union Services at the Andrews M B Church Orchestra leads song service Four Sunday School classes and 15 attendees invited to come All worshippers welcome to join all services
Church bulletin lists 10:00 worship service and sermon by Rev French Boone at St Pauls MBE. Sunday school at 12:00 led by J Mayzilles, superintendent. 7:45 union services at Andrews MBE. 7:30 Wednesday prayer meeting and Bible study. Public welcome to all services.
At 9 30 Sunday school will be led by A D Ho vatter Superintendent. Classes welcome all. At 10 00 preaching by Rev L E Ulndowel.
Advertisement claims Morrison's reduces customer costs by buying for cash, enabling lower prices and underselling competitors. It promotes earning power loss and suggests saving the difference through cash purchases of clothing.
Ed ward Moats presides over a 7 00 Christian Endeavor session with Rev Lind wel conducting a mid week service and Rev Lindowel leading a Bible study on Spiritual Living. A Phur day program offers 3 o clock children's services for ages five to twelve. The public is invited to attend all services.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church at South L. L. Casto lists 9:30 Sunday School led by J. 8. Keener on Sept 7 380 evening services directed by the pastor with a congregational hinge feature. 6:30 Wednesday junior choir meeting under W. W. Lambert, inviting all with no other church obligations to meet.
The First United Brethren Church led by Minister L. Postlethwait offers 7:30 Church School with Guy E. Bennett as superintendent, 10:30 Worship with a sermon on Living Newspapers, and 7:45 union services at Andrews M. E. Church. All members are urged to attend and test their welcome.
The First Baptist church hosts 9:30 church school and a 10:30 sermon by Rev. John H. Gentry of Clarksburg. He extends a special invitation to young people with a feature story and music by the choir with Frances Jaco as organist.
The Methodist Protestant church lists 9:30 Sunday School with C. C. Richman as superintendent and classes for all ages. There will be no evening service at the church, but everyone is invited to attend the union service at Andrews M E Church.
Church notices list 9 30 Bible school led by Hin kins and Sterling at 10 30 morning worship with sermon 7 15 union services at Andrews M E Church under Pastor E M Oakes.
The Salvation Army presents an 8:00 PM preaching service featuring Rev. Oakey Grow of Wellaville Ohio. The Wellerville pastor will deliver a sermon titled The Quartet That Raised the Roof to the circuit community audience.
New York August 9 Howard Hughes Oklahoma oil man and film producer offered 100000 for a Montreal to New York ride aboard the British airship R 100. The dirigible commanders refused the publicity stunt. Also dated notices include death of Harry G Bilis 65? commercial manager for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co Morgantown district.
Washington reports a cross roads of the air project to honor the Spirit of Columbus at Santo Domingo with a giant beacon light. Twenty one American nations sponsor the plans for land and water airport while an international jury selects models May 15.
In Tunnelton on Aug 9 mayor F A Hartt urged water conservation and careful rubbish burning as the town faces a low supply. Pavement resurfacing began Thursday, with one block reopened at a time during about a week. Ladies Aid met at the Methodist church with a committee for this month’s work and reports presented. Jo Ann Grey celebrated her 6th birthday with a surprise party at the wall diamond, featuring cake and gifts. A dance at Frank Myers’ home near Howesville drew about sixty guests. A Young People Sunday School class met at the Methodist basement inviting guests, with refreshments and music by Ruth Miller, Marie Miller, Mildred Collins, and Bertha.
The annual Phillips and Nankin family reunions are set for Sunday August 10 at the Frank Williams park campground and Nankin grove respectively. All family members are asked to attend and bring dinners for the daylong gatherings. Funeral attendance noted as Mrs Anna Reese Mrs Mildred Collins Bertha Reese and Vesta Reese travel to Morgantown for the funeral of Robert Simmons Electrocuted in a mine. A dinner social at the home of Mr and Mrs W G Taylor drew relatives and friends from Manheim Greensburg Austen and nearby towns. A six oclock birthday party for Miss Sarah Chidester featured games music and refreshments. Additional social at the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Ruggles included guests and an outing to the Country Club with swimming and golf.
Thomas S Gates resigns as partner of J P Morgan Co and Morgan firms to become president of the University of Pennsylvania. He cites desire to devote himself to higher education while balancing the university’s fund-raising and administrative needs. He says the main aim is superior education, not financial stewardship alone.
Robert and Mrs Paris Shay and daughter Patty Lou visit friends and shop. Mr and Mrs Russell Cole and family of Pittsburgh visit Frank P. Cole’s parents. Ed Seamon of Hillman Coal Co Pittsburgh visits on business. Walter Herndon of Cumberland attends to company affairs. Rev and Mrs W D Whiters travel to visit in Ohio. Harold and Audrey Winters accompany them to Elm Grove. Mrs RO Keener and Beverly Irene depart for Portland Ind to visit W W Lacy. Mrs Cecil Mater and children Mildred and Glen visit Cumberland party guests.
Eastern time radio programs listed by station including WEAF WABC WIL WBAL WOR KDKA WGY WBZ WLW WIR WSB WHAS and WHAS with dance orchestras bands comedians variety acts and NBC program blocks plus half hour and hourly segments across major markets in New York Baltimore Newark Pittsburgh Detroit and more.
Nicholas Roosevelt, editor at the New York Times since 1923, is named vice governor of the Philippines alongside Dwight W. Davis. Roosevelt brings Far Eastern affairs knowledge, a garden hobby, and a Harvard background, with roots in Oyster Bay and ties to the Roosevelt family. He served as a military aide to Wilson and held a captain’s rank. unmarried, he resides with his mother at the Oyster Bay estate during winter.
Daily broadcast notes list shop 461.2 WSM Nashville at 1 30 with orchestral 8 40 Hunters Harmon ica 9 46 Jack and Bill barn dance 10 30 Jumpers WJZ 11 15 variety programs shows read like a radio guide segment.
Paris rounds off autumn fashion shows with lighter hems waists raised and new colors. Ankle length evening skirts gain favor while sleeves gain fancy cuts and gathered skirts appear. Grey displaces beige and black white dominate day and night wear.
Charleston West Virginia Aug 9 Fire caused twelve deaths and thirty four persons were burned or injured according to the July 1 casualty report of State Fire Marshal Stahlmann. The fatalities included nine men and three children with two of the children girls the youngest three years old.
Aug 9 Wheeling ex Bridgeport stars Arenie Mc Clatin Harold Suter and Bernie Miller will report to West Virginia Wesleyan football training camp at Buckhannon This fall Orville Edmundson Wesleyan sturdy center last year helped lure them Coach Claire Ross returns as head mentor and Staff Sergeant Willbald Nowak leads the 18th Infantry band during the wartime era background mentions his World War I service.
Hollywood reports on Bernard Brown creating a vast library of stored sound effects for films. The process used field recordings from rail stations, streams, and barnyards to capture authentic noises, saving time and cost by avoiding repeated retakes. Brown and his team aim to supply diverse sounds with a daily focus on new auditory material.
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