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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1948

Page

3

Eastern Star Picnic and Society Gatherings Noted

Eastern Star Past Patrons and Masters gathered for a cold annual picnic at the home of Mrs. Par K Lear with a lawn dinner and social hour. Several notable members attended including Mrs. Mildred, Mrs. Emma Morgan, Mrs. Virginia Emgeler, Mrs. Carrie Cole, and J. F. Stafford, among others. Separately, local Women’s Christian Temperance Union members met at First Baptist Church for their regular monthly meeting led by Mrs. Lelia Peters with devotions and talks on liquor laws and bi-county convention plans.

Naomi Order of the Jistern Star Par K. Lear Mildred Emma Morgan Ada B. Sagar Virginia Emgeler Carrie Cole Ence Wilkingon Susan Nnoe Lear K. Loar Hen Ni Tarter J. F. Stafford Beech Virgil Rohigh Nancy Rohrbough Critic O. Rohrbough Henry Menter Yy Mantz W. G. Ross Q. Elie Ringler Ray A. Mondeve Vrs Mildred Debendorfer Madge Merrill L. J Monar Peratchy Women's Christian Temperance Union First Baptist Church Fred Robinson John York St. Paul's Method D. E. Fawcett L. W. Kinter C.F. Ata Tayer Benediction

City Budget Passes With 9.5 19 38 Cent Rates

The budget keeps the levy at former rates with 9.5 cents on Class I property and 19 cents on Class II and 38 cents on Class IV. A $10,000 gift from the Taylor County Board of Trade aids the council amid tight finances. No major new expenditures are planned except a cruiser replacement and a fire truck funded by contributions to the Grafton Volunteer Fire Department, which nears $5,000. All department allotments avoid extensive expansion or new projects.

Taylor County Board of Trade Strelty Roa Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Aleady

Community Event Schedule Highlights August Gatherings

A series of August events spans churches clubs and family reunions. listings include Blueville Methodist Bible class at 7:30 pm, Lindy club, World War II Mothers club, VFW auxiliary meetings, and numerous church and community gatherings across Berwyn towns with speakers, venues, and dates through Aug 22.

White Rose Grove Plans Regular Meet and Faye Littman Event

White Rose Grove No 2 of the Supreme Forest Woodmen of the World holds its regular monthly meeting at the K P Friendship Lodge hall with Mrs Mildred Cole as captain guiding the session. The grove will attend the Faye K Littman Lodge convention in Philippi where Grafton will join the program. Grafton grove is now fourth in national publicity and first in the state for the first half of the year with members including Irma Stutler Foley Foley Pappalardo Riggleman Tingler Upton Peters and others. The next meeting is set for Monday September 13 with a large turnout noted among members.

White Rose Grove No. 2 Supreme Forest K. of P. Friendship Lodge Mildred Cole Cole White Rose Grove Philippi Grafton Grafton Grove Irma Jean Stutler Edith Jo Foley Power Mary Pappalardo Jean Riggleman Wisdom Nancy Kemple Ellen Tingler Claribel Upton Virginia Peters Maxine Harvey Miriam Nester Grace Marie Bartlett Leoma Zambro Betty Gean McWilliams

Briefly Told Briefly Told Returns From Training Camp

A collage of local notices notes Dorsey Eugene Cole returning home from six weeks at Langley Field Virginia. Other items list pastor A F Shomo attending Massanetta Springs Bible Conference August 9 22 and touring Tennessee Ohio and West Virginia. The column records visits surgeries births and trips including George Zinn and Stanley Home Products events.

Dorsey Eugene Cole Grafton-Philippi Pike Reserve Officers Training Camp Langley Field Virginia A. F. Shomo Harrisonburg Massanetta Springs Tennessee Ohio West Virginia

Visiting Here and Arrivals Highlight Local Notes

Hartmans mother and relatives visit Knottsville and Purntytown while Sgt Harold Gillespie arrives at Camp Kilmer after 20 months in Trieste. Hospital notes list discharges and admissions at Grafton City hospital. A Capitol hearing feature covers a former Communist in Washington, with Collins denying knowledge of a man named Carl. subcommittee plans finalize in New York. An air report notes cloudless skies above 40,000 feet and a six ton electromagnet able to lift 13 cars.

Trieste Harold Gillespie M. H. Gill City Camp Kilmer N. J Italy Washington Chambers Collins Carl Robert E. Stripling New York

Investigators Question Chambers on Collins Ties

Whittaker Chambers, Time magazine senior editor, testified last week that Collins was connected to a network. The remarks emerged during continued Senate inquiries into alleged Communist influence and related pressures.

United States Whittaker Chambers Time Magazine Collins

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