Miss Peters Hosts Tuesday Night Bridge Club
Miss Dolores Peters hosted the Tuesday night bridge club at the park cottage of Mr and Mrs William Murray. Two tables played with a salad course served after. Prizes went to Miss Janie Cline and Mrs Charles Thayer for high scores and Miss Betty Jean Beverage won the visitors prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Peters
Park Cottage
William Murray
Janie Cline
Charles Thayer
Betty Jean Beverage
Hugh McPhail
Lynn Faulkner
Nell Peters
4. W. Marwood
Betty Jew Beverage
Morgantown
House Guest Complimented At Park Cottage Party
Miss Virginia Robinson of Parkersburg was complimented as a house guest by Mr and Mrs Norman Core who hosted last Saturday at their park cottage. Dancing and games filled the evening on the porch with a late weiner roast and a buffet luncheon for guests including Mr and Mrs John Evans Mr and Mrs Carl Lynch Mr and Mrs Richard Robey Dr and Mrs Robert Gerkin Mr and Mrs Frank Kunst Mr and Mrs Delmar Heck Mr and Mrs Abe Tackett Mrs John Bradford and the honor Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Robinson
Parkersburg
Norman Core
Park Cottage
John Evans
Carl Lynch
Richard Robey
Robert Gerkin
Frank Kunst
Delmar Heck
Abe Tackett
John Bradford
Party Planned To Honor Guest at Summer Home
Mrs. Lucy Batson hosts house guests at her summer home in Pruntytown for her niece Miss Mary Dudley of Orlando Florida and Miss Mollie Newton of Parkersburg. Today Mrs. A W Burdett entertains in honor of Miss Dudley with a family party at her West Main street home before Dudley returns to Parkersburg for the summer with relatives. Dudley has many friends and relatives in Grafton from prior visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Batson
Pruntytown
Mary Dudley
Orlando
Florida
Mollie Newton
Parkersburg
A. W. Burdett
Miss Dudley
West Main Street
Grafton
White Rose Grove picnic set at Boice's grove
August 20 brief item notes the White Rose Grove No 2 Woodman Circle will hold its annual picnic at Boice's grove on the Morgantown road. Members and their families invited. Also updates on visits and travel including Mrs Jesse B Wolfe and daughter Jane, Betty Williams of Grafton, Mrs Henry Newman Brownsville Pa returning from camp in West Virginia and others visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Rose Grove
Woodman Circle
Boice’s Grove
Morgantown Road
Jessie B. Wolfe
Jane
Betty Williams
Grafton
Henry Newman
Brownsville
Wolfe
Ralph C. Brown
Middle Fork River
Community group notices outline August gatherings
A sequence of August events from Blueville churches and local clubs lists picnics dinners reunions and meetings. Entries include Oct entries for the Lindy club St Johns St Pauls and M E and Legion auxiliaries with locations such as Fawcett's orchard Third street Knotts avenue and Blueville. The notes invite members and friends with specifics on times and basket dinners.
Willkie blast fears and camp notes in Wayne county
The item reports Willkie blasting fears about the Grafton City hospital and mentions Second Lieutenant Ernest McDaniel returning from two weeks at Edgewood Arsenal Maryland before heading to Washington DC. It notes visitors from Baltimore and includes a Wayne County infantile paralysis report with seven cases and no epidemic fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest McDaniel
Chemical Welfare Reserves
E. L. McDaniel
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Washington, D. C
Wayne
Wayne County
A. G. Wilkinson
Willkie Faces Hatch Bill Fallout At New York Stop
The Republican nominee condemned political ruthlessness after a Justice Department ruling blocks sale of Democratic campaign books by party groups. Flynn argued ads were placed before the Hatch bill and no books would be sold. Willkie planned a luncheon with Alf Landon and met Herbert Hoover after a breakfast with Mary Pickford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Flynn
Edward J. Flynn
Democratic
Jackson
Justice Department
Hatch
New York
Flynn
Alf M. Landon
Willkie
Herbert Hoover
Mary Pickford
College Student-Pilot Unhurt In Plane Crash Near Airport
Ralph Hutcheson a 21 year old Marietta Ohio college student in the Civil Aeronautics Authority pilot training program escaped with minor bruises when his airplane stalled and plunged into the Ohio River near the municipal airport. He was thrown through the cockpit roof and found wading at Neal's Island beach as onlookers and Mrs C L McElroy the airport chief pilot wife described the stall caused by failure to advance the spark. The plane was badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Ralph Hutcheson
Marietta, O
Ohio River
Hutcheson
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Neal's Island
C. L. McElroy
Storm Death Toll Rises as Beaufort Suffered Heavy Damage
Continued storm report notes at least 200 homes destroyed in the county with widespread damage. Beaufort city and Parris Island marine base severely hit, power and communications out, water waist deep in business streets, docks smashed, harbor nearly all boats sunk. Several fatalities reported among nearby islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaufort
Parris Island
Defense Work Continued on His Trip to New England
The article describes a presidential visit stopping at Portsmouth and Kittery navy facilities, inspecting submarines and torpedo plants, with a Potomac voyage past Quonset Point and New London. Fourteen submarines were shown at New London, from the newest to older World War I era craft, as Electric Boat at Groton prepared the yard for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porthmouth
N. H
Navy
Kittery
Portsmouth
Navy Watertown
Mass
Army Arsenal
Naval War College and Training Station
Newport
R.1
Quonset Point
R. 1
Potomac
New London
Electric Boat Company
Groton _pro
Submarine Production Plans Doubling Fleet Pace
A boat company executive outlined four more subs in reconditioning, four new submarines on shipways, and the Thresher, sister ship of the Tautag, due for navy handover in weeks. The plan aims to double submarine output, adding one vessel per month to the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thresher
Tautag
Navy
Boat Company
Lilly Choice Continues as Judges to Appoint Officers
The article notes 1,694 votes in the judicial convention with counties boosting representation via half votes. Judge Frank Nesbitt of Wheeling to be temporary chairman after a keynote, with Gov. Raymond Baldwin of Connecticut delivering the principal address tomorrow night. Kay announces 20 assistant sergeants at arms and four ministers will assist, including Father Burke, Rabbi Blumenthal, Father Hoffman, and Reverend Green. Assistant sergeants at arms come from 14 districts. several doctors join as assistants at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilly
Kay
Frank Nesbitt
Wheeling
Nesbitt
Baldwin
Raymond Baldwin
Connecticut
Hallanan
Dawson
Sweeney
George J. Burke
Bluefield
Ralph H. Blumenthal
Huntington
Joseph C. Hoffman
Charleston
Herbert A. Green
John Hermick
Weirton
W. Foss Curtis
Moundsvill
Pete Ross
Parkersburg
Clyde McDermott
Ambrosia
J. Herbert Shroeder
Lewis Shore
Williamson
Stanford S. McClure
Hamlin
Krank R. Levy
W. H. Haynes
Fayetteville
Harley C. Kesling
Elkins
Hall Maxwell
West Union
Miles L. Cobun
Morgantown
James A. Rusmissel
Buckhannon
Herts Pownall
Moorefield
R. M. Hamlin
D. F. Davis
Arch Davis
Keystone
Nazi Raiders Claim Air Mastery Over Channel
Nazi dictated reports claim three days of concentrated aerial raids give Germany control over the English Channel. they boast 213 British planes destroyed while 56 German planes failed to return, as London press counters with 186 German losses and 65 own. Weather conditions may limit the scale of further attacks on England’s south coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
English Channel
London
Britain
England
Joyful Crochet Covers Baby Essentials in Pastel tones
Crochet pattern 6745 offers block by block single crochet for a baby cover. Uses pastel wool with white and pink blue alternations. Includes charts and stitch instructions and list of materials. Send ten cents to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept. 259 W. 14th St New York to obtain the pattern with name address and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N.Y
German raid analysis cites Portsmouth as key southern naval base
German forecasts describe Portsmouth as the chief southern base for the British fleet with large warship facilities. Reports claim docks burned and waterfront fires as raids hit Margate, Manston, Canterbury, Lympne, and Hawkinge. Allied ports Portsmouth and Portland said to suffer damage as invasion prospects rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Diest Aus Deutschland
Margate
Thames Estuary
Manston
Canterbury
Lympe
Hawkinge
Dover
Germany
England
London
Taft Proposes Substitution Plan For Youth Army Training
Taft outlines a conscription substitute featuring two army training corps to educate and train youths without disrupting schooling or employment. He revises National Guard rules to allow discharge upon request for guardsmen with dependents and notes changes to unfair labor practices for reinstatement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urgen Tt
National Guard
Taft
Army Training Corps
Pattern 164 O Side Seams In Princess Slip
Elegant sewing notice describes Pattern 164 for a no side seam princess slip by Claire Tilden. Details include center panels on straight grain, curved seam tops for fit, optional shadow-proof panels, built-up shoulder straps, and a wide neckline. Sizes 14 through 42 with fabric and lace yardage listed. Send 15 cents to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Tilden
Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
New York
Draft plan sparks clash over military training corps
The proposal envisions voluntary enlistment of men aged 18 to 34 into a one year training corps with a cap of 1.5 million, then only high school or college graduates under 25 could join the reserves. Senator Norris warns conscription risks dictatorship while Senator Bone accuses parties of promising wealth conscription during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris
United States
Bone
D.wash
British ground forces hit at Lake Rudolf border area
Piccolo and Stefani report Italian planes bombed British troops and fortifications north west of Lake Rudolf near the Ethiopia Kenya border. German and Italian planes are said to be wearing down the British air force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Ian
Piccolo
Lake Rudolf
Ethiopia
Kenya
Stefani
Italian Bombers Hit Malta As RAF Faces Pilot Shortage
Waves of heavy Italian bombers struck Malta for hours as English air factories push output while the Royal Air Force suffers a shortage of trained pilots. Scouting planes had earlier surveyed the island base and photographed key targets, with flames seen erupting from an arsenal during the night attack.
German bombing raids claim targets across channel and harbor
The article reports Luftwaffe raids with DNB claims of hit East Church airport hangars and ground fires. It notes fires in stores at Wallsend and widespread battles over Portsmouth Alderney and other Channel points. German losses claimed light while British defenses contested targets before dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DNB
East Church
Portsmouth
Aldershot
English Channel
Walsend
Newcastle
Booth Shields
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Miss Peters
Wm. Murray
Weiner
Edgar Tucker
Edgar, Jr
Virginia Ann
Washington, Pa
Asheville
Fred Nicola, Jr
Bluemont
N. C
Dawson’s Camp
Cheat River
J. C. Holt
Dewey Avenue
Harry Wilt
Webster
Blueville Methodist Church
Fawcett
Lindy Club
Birdie Thompson
Third Street
St. John’s Methodist Church
Walter Beall
E. Knotts Avenue
Temperance Council
Mary Ellen Sinclair
High Street
Young Women’s Missionary Society of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Virginia Watkins
Blueville
Ladies Aid
M. E
Nora Wither
Ruth Withers
Auxiliary of the American Legion
Moose Home
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Myrtle Bebout
C. F. Hancock
Beech Street
First Baptist Church
St. Paul's M. E. Church
Leota Hartsook
Maple Avenue
Laurel Fork Church Grove
Adrian
W. Va
Austin
Irondale Furnace
Old Fortney Mill
Kincaid
Devers Grove
Route 119
Woodford
Mt. Olive Church Grove
Philippi
Joe M. Woodford
Grafton City Hospital
Baltimore
John Tregellas
Washington Street
Jesse Wolfe
John Booth
John Leland Tregellas
Willkie Blast Fears
Yester
Tousehold
Alice Brooks
Ford Dealers
Sour Uie
Puta
Flam
Ford
Shriver Motor Company
Pike Street
Grafton, W. VA
Sentinel
Iran
Walnut Street
Dept. C. Sta. A
Columbus
House
J. H. Murphy Co
USA
Bath
Luther Street
Parrish, Cy, Inc
Hardie
Witain Street
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