Irondale Couple Wed In Quiet Ceremony
Frances Tucker and David Jerome Deavers of Irondale united in a single ring ceremony at Irondale United Brethren Church on August 15. Rev. Hartzel Bodkins officiated as music and reception followed at the Moore home with close family and friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irondale United Brethren Church
Frances Tucker
David Jerome Deavers
Irondale
Hartzel Bodkins
Virginia Childers
Martha Hines
Harry Murphy
S. P. Moore
Fred Deavers
Carol
Morgantown
Charles Deavers
Teddy
Orville Andrews
Albright
Wa. Va
W. H. Childs
Mary
Elsie Strader
Clarksburg
Richard Schlech
Detroit, Mich
Carl Denyers
Carl, Jr
Faimont
Carrie Painter
Aurora
August events listed for Preston and Barbour counties
A series of community gatherings and club meetings are scheduled from August 18 to August 28. Reunions at Bethel church and Mt. Zion near Marquess, various church women’s circles sewing, auxiliary meetings at Red Cross rooms, and group events including Quota and Republican Women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larue
Bethel Church
Preston County
Sinclair, Marquess, Cornwell
Mt. Zion
Marquess
B of RT
Ruby Carroll
Redwing Club
Addison Street
Quota Club
Flemington Methodist Church
Rhea Fisher
Republican Women’s Club
Merle Watkins
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Red Cross
WSCS
the Andrews Methodist Church
Edna Poling
Hoye White
W.s.cs
St. John's
St. John's Methodist
Barbour County
Poe
Devers Grove
Ladies of the Episcopalian Church
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Circle 3 WSCS Andrew's Church Holds Meeting
Circle 3 WSCS at Andrew's Methodist Church met in the parish parlors for a monthly session with Mrs. Carmen Shahan guiding the devotional and Mrs. Edna Poling presiding over the business. Hostesses served refreshments to a list of members and guests including Misses Lora and Rose Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
the Andrew's Methodist Church
Carmen Shahan
Edna Poling
Earl Edwards
C. Shahan
C. M. Sinsel
J. R. Riges
Idella Carroll
Hoye White
B.R Clark
Harry Grimes
Margaret Lambert
H. C. Compton
W. C. Hanway
Dessie Wood
Society For
Lora and
Rose Ford
Dinner Drive Aims to Unite City Youth Groups
A wartime style public meeting outlines an August drive to form a city wide Y M C A with committees, open facilities for girls, and dinner inviting leaders from Rotary Kiwanis Womens clubs and local schools. Police report violence in a separate city incident with stabbings looting and fires as crowds clashed.
Tax levy estimates for Fleming and Grafton municipalities August 6 1946
Special sessions of Fleming and Grafton councils on August 6 1946 approved tax levy estimates for current year. Officials included Mayor N Stewart Recording Officer Stanley Fleming and council members. figures detail current receipts expenditures and proposed levy across multiple classes and funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County OF Taylor
Grafton
Municipality
City of Grafton
Charles O. King
John A. Newcome
John W. Knotts
John K. Burdett
West Virginia
Taylor
Fleming
Flemington
Flemington Telephone Co
Lilding
N. Stewart
Stanley Fleming
Howard Hawkins
Glen Longwell
Collie Pool
Byron C. Ross
C. N. Vincent
State Liquor Commission
League of Municipalities
Local TBI Alumni Attend Dinner Last Evening
Three Tau Beta Iota alumni from Fairmont State college joined about 110 members plus wives and guests at the Field club in Fairmont for a turkey dinner that opened a two day convention. Grafton attendees included Junior Ball and wife, Jimmy Withers, and Doran Morrison and wife. Jimmy Morgan's orchestra provided music for about 200 attendees.
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Tau Beta Iota
Fairmont State College
Field Club
Fairmont
TBI
Grafton
Blueville
Jimmy Withers
West Main Street
Doran Morrison
Jimmy Morgan
Papvention
the Elks @lfp
Local Girls Enjoy Recent Day Of Outing
Sixteen girls from George Boice turn employed by Hazel Atlas Glass company toured Sunset Beach for a picnic and weiner roast. They swam boated danced and photographed then enjoyed a picnic lunch and roasted weiners over an open fire with time for smiles and a chorus of praise.
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Hazel Atlas
George Boice
Hazel Atlas Glass Company
Sunset Beach
Weiners
Helen Sinsel
Mary Smallwood
Betty Moyer
Ruth Dixon
Helen Boylen
Lillian Nester
Roselie Proudfoot
Pauline Nestor
Jean Lowe
Ruby Orr
Shirley Sturm
Georgia Sinsel
Marguerite Dixon
Mary Spring
Stella Brown
Mildred Sinsel
Court grants marriage license waiver for Hess Ball couple
Today in Circuit Clerk Merle W. Bailey's office an order waiving the three day waiting period for issuance of a marriage license to Francis Howard Hess and Mary Adeline Ball was entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Howard Hess
Mary Adeline Ball
Merle W. Bailey
Births and visits briefed in Grafton news
Mr and Mrs John Packman of Dewey announce a seven pound twelve and a half ounce girl named Guy Linda born August 14 at Grafton City hospital. Grandparents are Mrs Guy Bennett and Charles Packman. Arrive Here Today Mr and Mrs Paul House of Richmond arrive to visit Mrs A C Sigel. Bobby Sigel returns with them. Return From Visit O B Martin and Mrs Martin return from Zanesville after visiting Hillcrest Farm. Birth Announcement John Wilt and Mrs Wilt announce a five pound son named John William Jr born August 14 at Newburg. Proud Parents Roy Vandergrift welcome Martha Jean, eight pounds four ounces, father owns Vandergrift Motor Sales. To join Husband Mrs Swain L Wollard leaves for Great Lakes to join husband awaiting discharge September 2 at U S Naval training center. plan to visit Grafton before moving to Chillicothe, Mo for college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Packman
Dewey Avenue
Grafton City Hospital
Guy Linda
Guy Bennett
Dewey Aveltly
Charles Packman
San Carlos
California
Carrie Bennett
Mrs. Paul House
Richmond
Indiana
House
A. C. Sigel
West Main Street
Bobby Sigel
John Wilt
Newburg
John Willam, Jr
Roy Vandergrift
Martha Jean
Vandergrift Motor Sales
Swain L. Wollard
Doris Waugh
Great Lakes
U. S. Naval Training Center
Wollard
Grafton
Chillicothe
Iran Invited to UN Conference as Observer Participant
The Soviet delegate proposed inviting Iran to join the conference on the same footing as other members who cannot vote. Iran would gain the right to express views while not voting. Vishinsky highlighted Iran's wartime contributions and noted its July 25 application. The Chinese and U.S. delegations supported the move, and the proposal was adopted unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
United Nations
Vishinsky
Germany
Quo Tai-Chi
Tran
United States
Benjamin V. Cohen
Surplus Property Crackdown Targets Speculators
Joseph F. Carrol, director of WAA compliance enforcement, says vast government holdings draw numerous profiteers and speculators. A former FBI agent notes a blacklist is being drafted as investigations into surplus property allocations to education continue after army officers' testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Carrol
WAA
FBI
Slaughter
Yount Bets on Foreign Trade Institute at Thunderbird
Lt Gen Barton K Yount announced the American Institute for Foreign Trade will educate students in foreign trade from a campus at Thunderbird airfield Glendale Arizona. The group bought Thunderbird field no 1 for 407000 at a 100 percent discount including 20 buildings. An inquiry into the purchase was proposed by the House Surplus Property Committee in Washington. Yount, retired from the Army, said the institute exists to serve the United States to the best of its capacity.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Barton K. Yount
American Institute For Foreign Trade
Thunderbird Airfield
United States
Yount
House
Washington
Institute
Cause of Hotel Blaze Sparks County Probe
Fire officials state the hostility toward the hotel owner prompted actions as the fire chief confers with Wood County Prosecutor John J. Yan kiss before advancing the case.
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Page One
Wood County
John J. Yankiss
Nazi Plan for Population Policy Attracts Controversy
Bormann outlined propaganda to override what he called fanatical prudery of women and urged mass matings with guarantees that no pregnant woman would need. Childless couples and bachelors would face heavy taxes. He proposed creating favorable labels for out of wedlock children and their mothers and abolishing the term illegitimate while punishing insults to mothers.
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Bormann
Rioting in Calcutta as troops patrol streets
Rioting continued as police struggled to restore order while troops in steel helmets patrolled in Jeeps. Fire was opened at a Muslim mosque on College street, and civilians, including Sikhs in taxis, moved about as casualties mounted. Medics faced danger, bodies were hard to remove, and few offices opened amid the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Street
Qalcutta
Red Cross
Worl
Police Commissioner
Grafton Sewing Machine Service Ad
Local shop HL Little at 132 West Main Street offers sewing machine service and guarantees repair work. Buyers and sellers welcome. contact 381-R for details in Grafton West Virginia.
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Grafton
Little
Main Street
W. VA
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David Deavers
Etta L. Francis
Andrew's Church
Ine
Calcutta
Sentinel
Ym.c.a. Board of
Virgil Rohrbough
C. C. Richman
W. M. Morgan
W. D. Sergent
James F. Holt
Paul E. Malone
Claude Ebert
Abe Tackett
Jed W. Robinson
Hugh R. McPhail
Rotary Club
Paul Defenbaugh
Kiwanis Club
Gertrude Shaw
James Guth
Woman's Club
Lucille Payne
Business Girls
James V. Flanagan
Fiks
Richard Bord
American Legion
Charles R. Proudfoot
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chester Rogers
AmVets
Elmer Behan
Moose
T. Victor Cupper
Sunior Chamber of Commerce
Taylor County Board of Trade
Everett L. McDaniel
A. F
A. M
Hayward Isner
A.M
Frank Wirts
Eagles
Martha Gowans
Beta Sigma Phil
Sarah Sayres
Tau Phi Lambda Sorority
Woodmen’s Circle
Harry Green
Knights of Columbus
Lawrence Knight
Glass
Af Ter
Jack Schneider
George Washington
Maior Commission
Police Department
Fire Department
Health Department
Eyvenges
Ske
Munnapley
Fremis
OtMoet
Inley
Bae
ST Fe
Virginia
County OF
Inore
Mannington
Frank Baker
O. B. Martin
West Boyd Street
Zanesville
Ohio
H. R. Messenger
Hillcrest Farm
Fairmont General
School of Nursing
Fairmont General Hospital
Fairmont, W. Va
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