Local Tea Honors Mrs Jackson Visiting In Pruntytown
Mrs Virginia Mason hosted a gathering at her Pruntytown home in honor of Mrs Martha Flesher Jackson of St Louis Missouri visiting her parents Mr and Mrs H E Flesher. Guests enjoyed bingo with prizes and pink white decor culminating in a wedding cake centerpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Mason
Martha Flesher Jackson
St. Louis
H. E. Flesher
Pruntytown
Beulah Sniider
Ruth Steele
Ada Larue
Madeline Cover
Bettye Flesher
Helen Snider
Martha Bartlett
Doris Joan Byers
Letha Stoupes
Mesdamnes
Elizanet Mahatley
Martha Flesher
Lois Cover
Caroline — Morrison Starksburg
Bessie Bartlett
Muriel Knotts
Blanche Bartlett
Fern Mason
Virginia Larue
Hazel Byers
Jessie Vanscay
Mrs. Jackson
Missionary Society Social Calendar and Local Dances
Social calendar lists August 15 Missionary Society meeting at First Presbyterian at 7 30 p m August 16 Reed Raines and orchestra play for dancing from 9 to 1 at Moose Home Pittsburgh for National Fraternal Congress at William Penn hotel August 28 29. 8th Annual Stewart McElroy Colebante reunion held at Ordavale with about 200 attending. Program led by Prof George H Colebank Morgantown with readings songs and a business meeting planning next year’s reunion. Also Jagara Falls excursion and Friday Night dance by Reed Raines at Moose Home and a Richmond visit by Edna Maloney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Society of First Presbyterian Church
Reed Raines
Moose Home
Stewart, McElroy
Georgetown
W. Va
Char
Jagara Falls
Moose
Order of Moose
Local residents short visits and army reunion in Grafton
Misses Virginia Holt Jean Murray and Emily Murray left Grafton this morning for Baltimore Maryland where they will visit Mr and Mrs Lawrence W Cope land and daughter in Detroit guests of Mayor and Mrs Q Waugh at their Knotts Avenue home Copeland an Detroit police officer who served with Mr Waugh in the army in 1919 had not seen each other since muster out Miss Myrtle Knolts and Miss Matilda Grow returned to Grafton from Baltimore Trooper W L Emerick of the state police leaves for Charleston to train for the national pistol meet and will return Saturday Misses Christine Holt and Mary Ellen Holt of Fairmont were admitted to Grafton City Hospital for tonsil operation Mrs Edna Maloney of New York West Virginia's representative to the national convention of the Supreme Forest Woodman Circle was here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Holt
Jean Murray
Emily Murray
Grafton
Baltimore
Lawrence W. Copeland
Detroit
BE. Q. Waugh
Knotts Avenue
Copeland
Mr. Waugh
Myrtle Knolts
Matilda Grow
Knotts Lavenue
W. L. Emerick
Charleston
Christine Holt
Mary Ellen Holt
Fairman
Grafton City Hospital
Edna Maloney
New York
West Virginia
Supreme Forest Woodman Circle
Trains Dash to Niagara Falls For Excursion Weekend
Ten Baltimore and Ohio excursion trains with almost 100 coaches depart the West Virginia district bound for the New York resort. Three trains will pass through Grafton, offering special rates. one arrives at 4 49 p m from Fikins and two from Charleston, the latter around 6 p m and 7 p m.
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Niagara Falls
Baltimore and Ohio
West Virginia
New York
Grafton
Fi’kins
Charleston
Farm Bureau Affiliate and Sixth-Term Secretary Elected
Jackson's Mill hosts vote to affiliate the State Parm Bureau with the American Farm Bureau Federation for the first time since 1930. Leland Booth of Morgantown is reelected for his sixth term as secretary.
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Jackson's Mill
State Parm Burea
American Farm Bureau Federation
Leland Booth
Morgantown
Shorter Week Act Signed by Roosevelt
Washington August 15 President Roosevelt signed the 40 hour week for postal employees. It is expected to create about 10 000 permanent jobs for substitutes now on the postal list. Mail carriers clerks railway mail workers and others will shift to five day weeks eight hours per day. About 4 500 substitutes have become permanent in 18 months leaving 20 000 subs. Regular staff have worked 44 hours weekly with overtime off. The 40 hour week starts October 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Clert Railway
Husband to assist wife in manslaughter case
New York Aug 15. Mrs Etta Reisman Queens housewife may face manslaughter charges in the shooting death of her husband's secretary Virginia Leigh 23. District Attorney Sullivan waits for questioning before deciding whether to seek first degree murder or lesser counts. Reisman supported by husband vows to defend her with all he can raise. Leigh body taken to Brooklyn home of her parents. Burial planned in Braddock Pennsylvania where the Leighs lived until 1920.
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New York
Etta Reisman
Queens
Charles P. Sullivan
Virginia Leigh
Etta
Reisman
Leigh
Brooklyn
Braddock
Penn
Leighs
Delegates Picked for State Legion Meet in Parrmont
Taylor County Post No. 12 American Legion members Dallas Wolfe M B Murray and Tarlock Rasmussen were selected as delegates to the state convention to be held September 3 4 and 5 in Parrmont. Alternates chosen were A G Yates Crawford Compton and A T Miller. Several routine post matters were also disposed of at the Moose Home on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Wolfe
M. B. Murray
Tarlock Rasmussen
Taylor County
American Legion
Legion Corps
Pairmont
A. G. Yates
Crawford Compton
A. T. Miller
Moose Home
Washington Street
Tunnelton Man Fined For Speeding
Louie D. Littlecon of Tunnelton paid ten cents yesterday when tried before Justice Ona C. Jefferys for speeding on the way to work at the Clarksburg tin plate mill. He was brought to Grafton on a charge of passing a carom a curve in violation of state road laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie D. Littlecon
Tunnelton
Ona C. Jefferys
Clarksburg
Grafton
Independent bid eyed if main candidate not chosen
The speaker weighs nominating by party, preferring support for a chosen figure, but warns of running on an independent ticket if Hoover or Roosevelt are the only options. The dialogue marks a pivotal moment in the long campaign discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Hoover
Roosevelt
Longs declaration fuels 36 candidacy rumors in Senate
In Washington and New York reports, senators discuss possible candidacy. New York safety notes include a footpad attack leaving a man unconscious and Rev. John Dorn slugged. Hayes sustains a broken leg, Dorn loses an eye. Police report 630 arrests citywide, 110 in Brooklyn, Harlem pools and parks swept for floatsam. Lenora Rivera killed in Morningside Park by a large colored assailant who seriously wounded a companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dorn
Hayes
Mr. Dorn
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Harlem
Lenora Rivera
Morningside Park
Housebreakers Sought Near Cherry Street
State police investigate an April Sunday burglary at the home of Orland and Mrs. Pritchard on Cherry Street. A Winchester rifle a 20 gauge shotgun and clothing were stolen valued at 125 dollars. Police say suspects will face breaking and entering and grand larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orland Pritchard
Cherry Street
Pritchard
State Road Commission
Hale faces charge after Welch shooting surrender denied
Laude Hale, 22, surrendered in Welch West Virginia on August 15 after being sought for the shooting of John Lambert, 40, but the suspect denied the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Laude Hale
John Lambert
Plan admits mistakes in rush to complete work
A statement acknowledges possible errors in a rushed plan affecting around 1500 state employees over six weeks. Officials concede imperfections but affirm commitment to progress and reduce delays despite limited information.
Laval Aloisi Talks Presented as Last Chance for Peace
The article details Laval and Aloisi discussing peace terms amid looming war. Laval reports Italian and British ideas via Eden, with a planned tri‑partite conference described as the last chance to avert conflict before the League of Nations council meets September 4 at Geneva.
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Aloisi
Laval
Europe
League of Nations
Mussolini
Anthony Eden
Eden
League of Nations Council
Gesneva
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