Varied Social Gatherings Enjoy Bridge and Celebrations
A series of events in Fairmont featured mis cellaneous showers for Miss Evelyn Lucas with bridge games and high score prizes, birthday party for Miss Virginia Lea Peacock with roasting and cake, a Protective Home Circle bunco night, and Nina Zinn hosting a second shower. Picnic dinners, club gatherings, and family reunions were planned for August at Mt Nebo Church and Reservoir Park with sizable attendance and baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lucas
Fairmont
Evelyn Lucas
Miss Lucas
John Collins
Howard Walters
Virgil Rohrbaugh
John Burdette
Ruth Turner
Margaret Hanway
Virginia Hanway
Nina Zinn
Lynn Faulkner
Betty Stafford
Grace Miller
Marguerite Thayer
Melba Waters
Geneva Hilkey
Irene Kunst
Charles |Igtens
Virginia Lea Peacock
Loveland Addition
Bunco
Woodman Hall
Alex Mathews
J 0 Kincaid
Hazel Goff
J Nk Poling
Melvin Poling
Brownlow Park
Nellie and
Anne Tucker
Helen Brown
Sarah Musgrove
Norma Westcott
Lee Bowman
G. W. Lucas
Nuzum
Reservoir Park
Mt. Nebo Church of Christ
Marion County
Personal notices of visits and travel across towns
Miss Klayde Spaur returns home after week in Morgantown, two weeks in Fairmont with Mr. and Mrs H R Conway, and a week at Chicago World's Fair. Miss Mary Jean McCue of Fairmont attended the Chicago World Fair after two months in Grafton. Miss Lucille Grenneman heads to Parkersburg to visit Miss Virginia Bolen. The Korte of West Penn office vacationing in Buckhannon for a week. Mr and Mrs Wm Carder return from four days at Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. Katherine Kimmel and niece Pearl Humphreys shopped in the city. C F Dotson of Walnut street underwent appendectomy at St Marys Hospital in Clarksburg. Mrs Dotson at his bedside. Howard Leonard and sons from Charleston visited S M Leonard family on Walnut street and relatives in Morristown, New Jersey. Edward S Dotson and Harold Foreman of Coatesville, Pa. guests of H E Brestel and Mr and Mrs Dean. Ruth Dean to visit Coatesville. Roy H Leonard and daughter Gayle Louise of Morristown, N J have been visiting their parents and Arley Leonard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klayde Spaur
J. H. Abbott
Morgantown
Fairmont
H. R. Conway
Mary Jean McCue
Grafton
Chicago
Lucille Grenneman
Parkersburg
Virginia Bolen
the Korte
West Penn
Buckhannon
Wm. Carder
East Main Street
Katherine Kimmel
Neice
Pearl Humphreys
Newburg
C. F. Dotson
Walnut Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
Clarksburg
Charleston
Edward S. Dotson
Harold Foreman
Coatesville
Dean
H. E Brestel
Grand Street
Ruth Dean
Roy H. Leonard
Gayle Louise
Morristown
N. J
Leonard
Arley Leonard
Three Miners Trapped After Mine Rockfall Near Lykens
In Harrisburg, three unemployed miners digging coal for themselves were entombed fifty feet underground after two rock slides beyond Lykens. Henry Specht Earl Matter and Eugene Pinkerton are unable to communicate with rescuers who fear reaching them may take until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Lykens
Henry Specht
Earl Matter
Eugene Pinkerton
Heavy rains break local weather record in county
Weather observer W E Clayton reported yesterday’s rainfall totaled three inches within 24 hours to 5 pm, the heaviest in four years. River flow at Tygarts Valley Station rose nine and a half feet above normal, up three feet since 6 am, with ongoing rise. Crops damaged in Booths Creek and Knotlville, cornfields leveled. dirt roads washed out and lowlands inundated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.E Clayton
Clayton
Tygarts Valley
Azretal
Sentinel
Booths Creek
Knotlville
Two Women and Three Men Nabbed as Train Riders
Two women Lola Henderson and Pred Hansen and three male relatives were arrested by Baltimore & Ohio police detective C. H. Donegan. All six were arraigned before Magistrate O. C. Jefferys and each received a five day jail term. They claimed to travel from Denver California to Baltimore seeking work and admitted unemployment since last spring. The group wore overalls at the time of arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Donegan
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
O. C. Jefferys
Denver
Cal
Baltimore
Lola Henderson
Pred Hansen
Two Ohio Women Unhurt as Auto is Demolished on Bridge
Two young women from Columbus, Misses Johnson, escaped injury when their Buick collided with another car on a narrow Thornton bridge yesterday afternoon while en route to Washington DC. The Buick front end was damaged. they await repairs at Standard garage. The other car had Nebraska plates and was able to continue. occupants' names were not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Columbus
Thornton
Washington, D. C
State of Nebraska
No Trace of Stolen Automobile Found in Webster Road Case
City police report no trace of the Chevrolet sedan owned by B. H. Salloz stolen from Bryant on Beech Street. Three men allegedly drove it toward Philippi, seen by Webster residents as it passed through town on the Philippi road before report reached officials. Deputy Sheriff Batson noted a car with three men on the Webster road but did not know it was stolen at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Saller
Bryant
Beech Street
Philippi
Webster
Salloz
Garese
Harry Batson
Webster Road
Former Local Pastor and Family Visit City
Rev John Brown and Mrs Brown and daughter Martha Jane of Martinsburg are visiting friends in the city for a few days. Brown was formerly pastor of the First Baptist church here and has wide acquaintance in the city and community. He left several years ago to lead a Baptist church in Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brown
Brown
Martha Jane
Martinsburg
First Baptist Church
Campbell Herd Passes U S Tests 100 Percent
Announcement states 46 dairy cows owned by Dr Campbell at his Taylor county farm were examined by the Bureau of Animal Husbandry and passed USDA tests at 100 percent. Dr Campbell operates a dairy in connection with his agricultural enterprises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.8. Campbell
Taylor County
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Campbell
Mussolini and Austrian Leader to Meet in Italy
An official communique says Premier Mussolini and Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg will confer in Italy during the army maneuvers August 19 to 24. Government moves to preserve important historical documents. Ireland establishes Gaelic instruction in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
Italy
Rome
Schuschnigg
Austria
Ireland
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Lem Bunner
Lake Rock
Fairfie
Grafton Road
C. D. Jacobs
Annie Rogers
Joseph Montgomery
Joseph
Junior
Ernest Moran
Palmer
J. S. Palmer
Thayer Street
David Bailey
Louise Holt
Cloyd M. Loran
C. E. Was
Marion Skaggs
Clarence Paugh
Catherine Paugh
Boylen
Taylors Drain
C. C Batson
S. S
Prince Ernst von Starhemberg
Heimwehr
Vienna
Associated Press
Ohio
Bride OF
Laurance Rockefeller
Campbell Herd
U.S
A. Fak
Maxwell House
Bartletts
Peaches
Elberta Freestone
Lemons
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