Judge Dent Will Crown Queen At Aug 29 Pageant
Taylor County Playground association prepares a large pageant on Friday August 29 to end the playground season. Miss Cecelia Debendarfer will be crowned queen by Judge Herbert W. Dent with Wayne Daugherty as king. Coronation opens at 8 pm with past queen Natalie Pembroke presenting the key, then a two hundred youth production Search for Happiness followed by the Queen’s ball at the Elks club with George Morgan’s Orchestra.
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Judge Dent Society
Taylor County Playground Association
Cecelia Debendarfer
Wayne Daugherty
Grafton
Herbert W. Dent
Don Mims
Donnie Malone
Sonny Dryfield
Virginia Ann Painter
Nancy Smith
Adele Jolliffe
Catherine Ann Gainer
Mary Warder
Norma Jean Dean
Ellen Gainer
Mary Lou Dean
Annabelle Barton
Mary Sucarro
Rosemont
Mary O'Dell
Christine Carpenter
Ann Newham
Betty Newham
Mary Virginia Dent
Patty McDargh
Betty Jean Bailey
Betty Lee Bailey
Wilma Jean
Joseph Mono
Robert Cassell
Richard Sterling
Natalie Pembroke
Elks Club
George Morgan
Woman's Missionary Council Ice Cream Social Winners
The First Brethren church Women’s Missionary Council hosted an ice cream social on Bluemont Street at the Bruce Weese residence lawn. A large crowd enjoyed games and contests with several prizes awarded to winners including adults and children.
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Woman's Missionary Council of the First Brethren Church
Bruce Weese
Bluemont Street
August reunions listed for Brown Kerns Nicola and more
A sequence of local reunion notices for August includes Poling at White Oak Grove on Route 92 with a picnic and program. Kerns at Brown's Chapel. Brown at Brown Church Grove on Grafton-Fairmont road with basket dinner. BailEy town church homecoming with basket dinner led by Mrs. Maud Morgan. Fisher class at St John’s Methodist Church meeting Aug 12. Jr O U A M meeting Aug 12 in Wehn Hall. Nicola-Guthrie reunion at Grafton Park with relatives invited. Ford reunion at Oak Grove nine miles from Grafton. Withers Riley reunion at Hepzibah Church. attending names listed from multiple households.
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White Oak Grove
Route 92
Kerns
Brown’s Chapel
Nora Vince
Brown Church Grove
Grafton-Fairmont Road
Baileytown Church
Flemington
Wehn Hall
Nicola-Guthrie
Grafton Park
William Nicola
Moatsville
J. Stanley Nicola
Ford
Oak Grove
Grafton
Morgantown Road
Withers-Riley
Hepzibah
Ruth M. Withers
August Meeting Of WCTU Held Friday Evening
The August meeting of the Wo man’s Christian Temperance Union was at Andrews Methodist church. Mrs W C Barnes led devotionals. A nominating committee was named for next officers. Rev Ben F Donley spoke on My Town and Gambling, explaining how small games of chance foster larger evils in business and society.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
The
Andrews Methodist Church
W. C. Barnes
L. W. Kinter
Ira Hugill
Barnes
Ben F. Donley
Andrews Church
Quilt Pattern Offer From Grafton Sentinel Arts Dept
A patchwork quilt pattern titled A Quit You'll Point To With Pride promises yardage charts illustrations and a block chart. Send ten cents and writing details to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept. 250 W. 14th Street New York for the pattern.
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Sean
Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
Public sermon on integrity and recreation duties
A clergyman warned that gambling of thought and action weakens nations and urged public education on its dangers. J Bernard Dryfield spoke on My Town and Recreation, outlining playground work in Grafton and four points to safeguard homes churches schools and leisure time to form better citizens.
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J. Bernard Dryfield
Grafton
Report on Girls State at Club Dinner in Jacksons Mill
Betty Tufvander, sponsored by Business Girls club, reported on the Girls State program at Jackson's Mill Camp August meeting at Cozy Rest. Miss Helen Shaw presided over the brief business session after dinner at the Inn. Hostesses were Peggy Warder and Mary Jo Rauscher with attendees including Adah Poling, Mary Catherine Walter, Beatrice Tucker, Helen Shaw, and many others. Miss Turvander and Iva Louise Sayres attended as guests.
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Betty Tufvander
Business Girls Club
Jackson's Mill
Cozy Rest
Helen Shaw
Peggy Warder
Mary Jo Rauscher
Adah Poling
Mary Catherine Walter
Beatrice Tucker
Hugh McPhail
M. C. McCorkle
Josephine Man
Mission Council Parley At Pastor Dick Home
Mission Council of the First Brethren church met at Rev Paul Dicks home on St John Street Thursday evening. The Wo mans Missionary council heard reports from Janetta Martin and Dessie Rogers and planned for a September meeting at Mrs Nicola s home.
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Paul Dick
St. John Street
Woman’s Missionary Council
The
First Brethren Church
Genevieve Vandergrift
God
Kentucky
Vandergrift
Janetta Martin
Dessie Rogers
Ethel Nicola
Helen Comp
Glenora Weese
Alberta
Helen Camp
Norma K. Vandergrift
Rev
Nicola
Mrs Murphy Hosts Bridge Club at Grafton Park Cottage
Mrs J Paul Murphy hosted her bridge group at her summer cottage in Grafton Park. An attractive dessert greeted guests, then card games dominated the evening. Prizes went to Mrs Richard Robey Mrs Lawrence Swisher and Mrs John Madden who was a guest. Fellow attendees included Mrs Frank Kunst Mrs William Lawson Mrs William Fisher and Miss Alice Margaret Holt with Mrs Ward Blaney visiting.
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J. Paul Murphy
Grafton Park
Richard Robey
Lawrence R. Swisher
John J . Madden
Robey
Swisher
Frank Kunst
William C
Rummage Sale Planned by WSCS Circle No. 3
At St. John's Methodist Church a WSCS Circle No. 3 meeting planned a rummage sale for the near future. Eleven members attended at Mrs. Russell DeMonsoh Longstreet home with Mrs. Leon Proudfoot presiding. Hostess assisted by Mrs. W. J. Reddick provided refreshments.
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Women's Society of Christian Service
St. John’s Methodist Church
Russell DeMons
Local Briefs Tell of Visits Trips and Birth
Short notices record Yor Parkersburg and Miss Pauline Moats visiting Mrs Cora Shuttlesworth and other local trips. Ce celia and Virginia Debendarfer plan a Buckhannon river camping week. Mrs W R Butcher moved from hospital to home. The Whites announce Saundra Gail White born at City hospital. Audra McCartney leaves for a two week trip to Washington Baltimore and Newport News. Hospital notes cover tonsil operations and injuries. Harry Joe Cook and Forrest DeMoss complete a 56 mile bicycle trip to Belington and back, ahead to Wheeling for a deaf picnic and softball tournament.
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Parkersburg
Pauline Moats
W. K. Moats
Luke Kinney
Cora Shuttlesworth
Joseph White
West Main Street
City Hospital
Saundra Gail White
Lillian Smith
Audra McCartney
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Harry Joe Cook
Forrest DeMoss
Belington
Richard Cathell
Wheeling
Soviet Air Fleet Rebounds as Germans Suffer Losses
Russians report air and ground action along the front with German panzer columns under pressure. Soviet raids on Luftwaffe airfields behind lines claim success as Berlin bombing raids are exchanged. German losses include 14 submarines and over 60 ships and boats, while Russian losses number 14 planes.
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Berlin
Moscow
Red Fleet
German advances drive new encirclement claims in Ukraine
Berlin dispatches report entrapment near Roslavl and Korosten 80 miles northwest of Kiev as German forces push toward Dnepropetrovsk. High command cites 141,000 prisoners on two fronts and 103,000 more in the Uman battle, claiming destruction of two Soviet armies and part of a third.
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Roslavl
Korosten
Kiev
Pinsk
Ukraine
Uman
Black Sea
Odessa
Odessa Annd
Semeon Budyonny
Dnieper
Dnepropetrovsk
Rostavi
Moscow
Dmtepér
House Debate on Military Draft Extension Remains Split
Weekend lobbying by President Roosevelt's aides aimed to sway undecided members on an 18 month extension for draftees. Republican opponents pressed hard against any compromise, while administration strategists reported some vote changes amid tough debate as weekend recess offered limited chances to secure a margin.
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D.ky
Aotile Military Committee
Jand Republican
Roosevelt
Leutemants
Lstless
Moscow Front Report Hints Offensive Amid Raids
Moscow telegrams note continued fighting in Korosten area and along the Karelan isthmus north of Leningrad while Berlin drives toward Moscow and toward Odessa intensify. British observers doubt high German claims. Russia reports Berlin bombing by Soviet planes. Raids to Berlin recur as Moscow lists Kotosten 80 miles northwest of Kiev and other battle centers.
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Korosten
Karelan
Leningrad
Smolensk
Bel Tserkov
Ukraine
Berlin
Moscow
Black Sea
Odessa
London
Germany
Red
Warsaw
Vienna
Kotosten
Kiev
Battle Center
Iran
Persia
Caucasian
Lake Ladoga
Volga River Edat
Astraken
Turkey
Middle East
Siberia
Japan
United States
France
Spain
Portugal
Near East
India
Indo-China
Burmei
Malaya
Great Britain
Sdvices
United Kingdom
Adventure of Captain Thorndike film profile and wartime notes
Geoffrey Household novel adaptation stars Walter Pidgeon and Joan Bennett, with Pidgeon praised for the role of Captain Thorndike in a high tempo adventure film. The piece also notes wartime draft reclassification debates and German strategic plans in the Persian theater, including troop passage and potential campaigns in Europe and Asia.
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Geoffrey Household
Alan Thorndike
Walter Pidgeon
Joan Bennett
Pidgeon
Captain Thorndike
Opera House Presents Too Many Blondes Universal Comedy Romance
Rudy Vallee headlines Too Many Blondes at the Opera House on Sunday marking a screen achievement for the star. Vallee plays a young radio singer whose wife clashes with a string of blondes leading to a wild Hollywood trip and a Mexican resort. Supporting cast includes Lon Chaney Jr Eddie Quillan Jerome Cowan Iris Adrian Jeanne Kelly Dorothy Lee. Director Thornton Freeland, famed for Whoopee Flying Down to Rio Three Live Ghosts, returns from abroad to helm this picture. Musical interludes feature new tunes by Milton Rosen and Everett Carter and Vallee performs his hit The Man on the Plying Trapeze O Keefe.
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Opera House
Rudy Vallee
Vallee
Hollywood
Miss Parrith
Lon Chaney Jr
Eddie Quillan
Jerome Cowan
Iris Adrian
Jeanne Kelly
Dorothy Lee
Thornton Freeland
Rio
Freeland
England
Milton Rosen
Everett Carter
Man
O'Keefe
Strand Theatre Debuts Love Crazy With Powell and Loy
William Powell and Myrna Loy star in Love Crazy at the Strand with Gail Patrick inciting jealousy. Powell feigns insanity to avoid divorce. alienists misinterpret his ruse as real madness. Hijinks escalate through elevator capers and disguises before resolution. Directed by Jack Conway, following Libeled Lady and Boom Town.
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William Powell
Myrna Loy
Cories
Strand Theatre
Myrna
Gail Patrick
Powell
Miss Loy
Jack Conway
Man Hunt thrills at Dixie theater sensationally
Dixie theater opens Sunday with 20th Century Fox thriller Man Hunt starring Walter Pidgeon and Joann Bennett. The film follows Pidgeon as a man hunted from the Bavarian Alps to the North Sea, across England, and through the British countryside in a tense dramatic chase. Based on the novel Rogues.
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North Sea
England
London
Walter Pidgeon
20Th Century-Fox
Dixie Theater
Pidgeon
Joah Bennett
Rogu
Union WANTS Continues From Page One
Navy threatens action as the strike centers on a union shop. The company, defying the mediation board, risks closed yards indefinitely while the union seeks full collective bargaining rights protected by government action.
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National Defense
Navy
National Defense Mediation Board
Flynn
Nazis Repulse by Night Chasers and Artillery
Nazi forces repulsed by night chasers and naval artillery in a contested engagement. The article notes no clear reports of a Nazi landing along harbor facilities and references bombings of airports in southeastern England, with casualties and damage to air fields and defenses.
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Wid Sera
Iteacetcitet Iso
Englahd
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Paul Rogers
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Glenoka Weese
WCTU
Alice Brooks
Davarren
Mission Council
Brethren Church Society
Mrs. Murphy
WSCS
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Clyde Wiland
Page Moats
Frank Bennett
Knottsville Road
Cecelia
Virginia Debendarfer
H. K. Debendarfer
Maple Avenue
Buckhannon River
W. R. Butcher
Thornton
Davis Memorial Hospital
Elkins
P. E. Bunner
F. G. Smith
Nancy
Sonny
Petersburg
Rogers McAvoy
Nelson McAvoy
Lorraine McAvoy
Julius Kennedy
Simpson
Billy Jenkins
Wallace
Wilson Hugh Wright
Agéa
Whiss Bennett
Joan
Tehugh
Lewis B. Hershey
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Maine
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