Surprise Party for Eva Jane Martsteller in Knottsville
Mrs Grant Williams entertained a group of friends and neighbors at a surprise party on the Knottsville road for Miss Eva Jane Martsteller. Guests enjoyed lawn games and ice cream cake late in the evening. Also noted is the Shafferman Reunion at the old homestead with a basket dinner and program.
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Grant Williams
Knottsville Road
Eva Jane Martsteller
Shafferman
Fesmalinston
Social calendar lists club meetings and a family reunion
The Lindy Club meets Monday at 8 PM at Mrs James Sturm's home on High street. Tuesday features a benefit bridge party by the American Legion Auxiliary at the K of C Hall and a B and O Veterans Ladies Auxiliary gathering at the M D of A Hall with memorial services. Missionary Society hosts Tuesday at 8 PM. Friday the Woman's Christian Temperance Union meets at West Main Street M E Church at 7 30. The Shaffer family holds Labor Day reunion September 3 at Birdscreek Preston county. Mrs W B Woodyard is secretary.
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Lindy Club
James Sturm
High Street
American Legion Auxiliary
K. of C. Hall
M. D. of A. Hall
Sherman Reed
Harold Waller
John Waller
Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
West Main Street
M. E
Shaffer
Birdscreek
Preston County
Labor Day
W. B. Woodyard
Black crepe dress from shirtwaist family shows fall smartness
A black crepe dress, part of the shirtwaist family, demonstrates fall style through a narrow white crepe ruching along the edges and at the simulated buttonholes. Associated Press Photo.
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Associated Press
State rally of Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle at Parkersburg
A state rally will be held at the Chancellor hotel in Parkersburg on Wednesday August 15 with afternoon and evening sessions. The meeting will feature new national president Mrs Dora Alexaander Talley and national secretary Mrs Mamie E Long, plus Mrs Katie Ferguson and Mrs Etta Davidson. White Rose Grove No 2 Woodman Circle will send delegates including Mrs Edna B Maloney state junior supervisor and others.
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Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
Chancellor Hotel
Parkersburg
Dora Alexaander Talley
Mary E. LaRocca
Mamie E. Long
White Rose Grove No
Woodman Circle
Edna B. Maloney
Grace Loudin
Maggie Parkhill
Daisy Dotson
West Main Street M E church program and reunions
West Main Street M E church met at the home of Mrs. Lawrence Kinter with Mrs. Kinter and Mrs. Ed McDaniel as hostesses. Devotions led by Mrs. Grace Frye. Plans completed for the play The loath Across The Hill to be presented Friday night August 17. Motor trip news from Mr. and Mrs. John Raymond Carnes and sons detailing a 6997 mile tour and visits to Preston Taylor and Monongalia counties. Isner Reunion set for August 19 at Grafton park with officers and committees named. Marriage announced for George Reynolds and Caroline Fenley kept secret since June 20 with ceremony in Oakland Md.
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West Main Street
M. E. Church
Lawrence Kinter
Kinter
Ed. McDaniel
Grace Frye
Gladys
Avanelle McDani
Dessie Losh
Virginia Gank
John Raymond Carnes
Jack
Donald
Los Angeles
California
Preston
Taylor
Monongalia
W. Merle Watkins
J. Guy Allender
J. A. Pu
Nathan Cole
Loui Hoff
Orval Isner
Grace Ringler
Mary Isner
Bessie Poling
George Reynolds
Galloway
Atlanta
Darwin Fenley
Oakland
Winifield S. Patterson
Caroline Fenley
Peter Reynolds
The
Reppert Coal Company
Rosemont
Personal notices from Buckhannon and Kingwood social circle
Billy Wolfe returns from a two week visit with Prof. Ralph C. Brown of Buckhannon. R F Pell of Wheeling calls in city today. Miss Jane Elizabeth Wolfe visits Buckhannon cousins Ellen Lou and Mary Brown and Paul W Rogers and Sue Rogers for weekend. Virginia Holt sails to New York for ten days with Loraine Westfall at Columbia University. Mr and Mrs George G Jolliffe depart for New York to choose fall fashions for Jolliffe store, cinema trends highlighted. Automobile hearings to endure far greater wear than present bearings.
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Billy Wolfe
Ralph C. Brown
Buckhannon
R. F. Pell
Wheeling
Jane Elizabeth Wolfe
Ellen Lou and
Mary Brown
Paul W. Rogers
Knottsville Road
Sue Rogers
Kingwood
Virginia Holt
Thayer Street
New York City
Loraine Westfall
Columbia University
George G. Jolliffe
Jollife
Helms Taken Home From Hospital After Wreck
J C Helms city patrolman suffered serious head injuries in an automobile crash early Sunday near the Black and White filling station on U S route 50. He was found semiconscious in his wrecked car about 5 30 a m and later moved to City hospital. yesterday evening he returned to his Dewey avenue home. He had been on duty returning from the city reservoir on North Grafton Hill when the accident happened. He recalls nothing after passing the filling station until waking in the hospital.
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J.C. Helms
Dewey Avenue
Helms
Grafton Hill
Big Railways Plan Test of Pension Law
In Washington a suit by about 150 railroads seeks to block the railroad retirement board from enforcing the pension law enacted last session. The case, filed in the District of Columbia supreme court, asks for an injunction against collecting assessments and for a ruling that the law is unconstitutional under the commerce clause. The action, led by R V Fletcher and the Association of Railway Executives, targets 2 percent railroad and 4 percent payroll levies.
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Washington
Railroad Retirement Board
Congress
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Committee of General Counsel of Railroads
R. V. Fletcher
Association of Railway Executives
Two Juveniles Paroled in Candy Theft Case
May or Charles O. King presided in police court this morning over two juvenile defendants charged with stealing a 5 pound box of candy from a Sterling Candy Company truck on Latrobe street a day or two earlier. Both youths were paroled by the mayor.
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Charles O. King
Sterling Candy Company
Latrobe Street
Fragmentary wartime report details unnamed suspect and events
Fragmented OCR text mentions Austrian troops storming a Nazi stronghold and references to an unnamed man employed by a mother figure, theft allegations, and a trooper pursuit. The garbled wording includes phrases about salary, arrest checks, and items like clothing and speed, with unclear names or dates.
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Jefferys Y
Knight
Kenney
Chase
Overhail
Fetterman
Boys Reprimanded After Candy Theft Incident
The lads admitted taking candy and saving what remained but were later robbed of it. They had prior run ins with the mayor on similar charges and were severely admonished. The mayor ordered daily appearances at 9 o'clock for 30 days, with Chief Wallace Henderson supervising in his absence.
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Wallace Henderson
Pickford fights $250000 damage suit in New York
Chicago reports Mary Pickford calls a New York damage suit against her purely fictional and vows to fight to the bitter end. Edward Hemmer, her former manager, claims he preserved her reputation 1915 to 1920 as guardian and adviser and seeks recompense. Pickford says she will not be intimidated or settle for any sum.
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Chicago
New York
Mary Pickford
Edward Hemmer
Mary
Miss Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Owen Moore
Child Badly Injured After Fall From Roof
Ruth Denner six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Purl Denner was seriously injured at the Brownton home when she fell about ten feet from a roof being repaired by her father. She followed him onto the roof to stop a leak, lost balance, and was knocked unconscious. She remained in serious condition with no broken bones.
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Ruth Denner
Purl Denner
Brownton Weetenday
Denner
Monongah Man Fined on Reckless Driving Count
John Kenney, 33, of Monongah, was fined $25 and costs when ar-
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John Kenney
Monongah
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Coral Parrish Montgomery
Kermit Dillon
Lillian Dillon
Dorothy Dillon
Hayward Dillon
Howard Poling
Mamie Shahan
Lora Poling
Annie Poling
Thelma Smith
Bruce
Billy Sevier
Irene
Lucille Haller
Alfred Cline
D. Phillips
Red Stutler
Hartford Haller
Henry Cline
Ruth Mathews
Hubert Roy
Fairmont
Cora Murphy
Earl Wilams
Fred Williams
Douglas Powell
Earl Morgan
Robert
Marceline Adis
Frank Cline
Warden Williams
Ed. Dillon
C. C. Moore
George Sevier
Bertha Williams
Eva Jane Martetiller
John Shafferman
Will Shafferman
This City
D. E. Fawcett
Ladies Auxiliary
Baltimore and Ohio Veterans
Woodman Hall
Sewing Club
Wickwire
J. B. Robinson
Country Club
Maggie Brown
George Kiser
A. N. Allender
Naomi
Lysia Churn
Boyd Sitler
Rosemary
J. D. Kuinn
M. F. Abel
Phoebe Rbinsn
RED Cross
Greedfield’s Shoe Store
J. D. Robinson
Ladies Aid Society
the Ladies Aid Society of
Katie Ferguson
St. Louis, Mo
Etta Davidson
Texas
Dora Aleander Talley
Mrs. Marsalis
Roosevelt Field
New Day
Frances Harrell Marsalis
York
Centerville
Mary Jane Shop
ST. John Street
Max Bernotat
Beauty Culture
Clarksburg Trust Bldg
Clarksburg
W. Va
BIG Railways
D. of C. Supreme Court
Bernarr Macfadden
Bernarr Macfadden Foundation
the Physical Culture Hotel, Inc
Dansville, New York
Toctober
Ustrian
Nazi Strongy
Carinth
Layamuni
Dollfuss
Rod
Willard
Love Drug Company
Fed Cab
Grafton Prrk
Henry Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh
George 8
T Hospital
Paul Bl
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