Flower Show Invitation From Grafign Club
Mrs A B Scott chairs the Irmona Womans Club Flower Show sponsored by the Garden Department inviting members and amateur growers of Grafign and vicinity to mail entries by August 23 to Mrs R J Argentsinger 811 Field St Fairmont W Va Entries prize prizes announced at the show to be held August 25 and 26 plus details on other local society events and gatherings across the region including a Legion Auxiliary meeting a 50 50 and bridge prizes a church picnic and a 60th birthday celebration with local families in attendance.
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A. B. Scott
Irmona Womans Club
Garden Department
Womans Club
Grafign
R. J. Argentsinger
Field St
Fairmont
W. Va
Local Personal News Highlights from Grafton Area
Eight year old Ann Evans visits relatives in the area while Chester Holland and sister Fannie Toothman spend a day in the city. Moody Bible Institute guests include Louise Byers and Minnie Byers of Grafton. Helen and Ruby Duskey head to Chicago for the World’s Fair and relatives. Mrs. Henry L. Hines returns from Philadelphia after attending J R Miller’s funeral and visiting family. Sarah Bowers returns from Williamson three weeks with Dr Norman Bowers and spouse. Dorothy Doretta Boice heads to Huntington Orthopedic hospital for leg treatment. Dottie’s friends wish her fast recovery. Dana Poling and A H Carroll relocate to new West Wilford Street addresses in Grafton.
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Chester Holland
Fannie Toothman
Fairmont
Nora Bishop
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Louise Byers
Minnie Byers
Grafton
Helen
Ruby Duskey
Henry L. Hines
Philadelphia
J. R. Miller
T. M. Griffith
Sarah Bowers
Williamson
W. Va
Norman Bowers
Curtis Boice
Dorothy Doretta
Huntington
Dorothy
Huntington Orthopedic Hospital
Little Dottie
Dana Poling
West Wilford Street
339
Dewey Avenue
A. H. Carroll
McMechen
W. Wilford Street
Carroll
Poling
My Beauty Hint From Screen Actress on Skincare
A screen actress advises women to choose one suitable cold cream for their skin and stick to it despite friends guidance. She argues that many complexions suffer from frequent experimentation and recommends consistency with a chosen cosmetic.
Barbers Discuss National Code At Latrobe Street Meeting
A well attended barbers meeting at Utzinger’s Latrobe street shop explored the National Rifle Association code for barbers. Guy Utterback of Fairmont, state chairman, explained limits on hours for barbers and beauty shop workers, and restricted hiring of under sixteen.
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Utsinger
Latrobe Street
Guy Utterback
Fairmont
Master Barbers' Association
Utterback
Barber Shop Work Hours And Training Efforts
The article discusses barber and beauty shop work rules, requiring patrons to finish service before clothing time to avoid overtime and mandating at least 52 hours of operation weekly. It notes Mr John Donley from Fairmont promoting a scientific barber shop in Grafton, a six month study, and a new school planned in Fairmont contingent on interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Donley
Pairmont
Grafton
Fairmont
Donley
Mrs Morgan Dies at 91 in Flemington Home
Mrs Virginia D. Morgan 91, descendant of Col Morgan and Col Coplin, died at her Flemington home after several months illness. Born August 16, 1842, she survived by a sister, Mrs Acash Cather. Funeral at 2 pm Sunday at home, 3 pm at Old Side Baptist Church Route 50, with interment in church cemetery.
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Virgina D. Morgan
Col. Morgan Morgan
Col
Benjamin Coplin
Cather Street
Flemington
Les Eternity
Nutter
Roosevelt-Wilson High School
Clarksburg
Descendant of Revolutionary Hero Morgan Morgan Passes Away
Mrs. Morgan, wife of Josiah Morgen, was born June 26, 1810, at Short Creek near Wheeling. Her parents were Francis and Nancy Morgan Coplin. She died in Taylor county after a long line of ancestry, leaving no descendants as her son Josiah A died in 1818 and Daniel Edward lived only a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Coplin
Francis and
Nancy Morgan Coplin
Col. Morgan Morgan
Josiah Morgen
Short Creek
Wheeling
Taylor County
Leona Wolfe Dies at Thornton After Illness
Miss Ruth Leona Wolfe aged 26 died Thursday evening at her Thornton home after a two year illness. Daughter of the late W H Wolfe and Mary Powell Wolfe she was born in the community and served as Thornton postmistress for eight years. She joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in her teens and was active in several departments, a Royal Neighbor member, with funeral services set at 3 PM Sunday at home, interment in Payne Cemetery. Bartlett Funeral Co. in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Leona Wolfe
Thornton
Miss Wolfe
W. H. Wolfe
Mary Powell Wolfe
Legion of Friends
Methodist Episcopal Church
Royal Neighbors of America
Lloyd Myers
S. RB. Hart
Taylor County Taxpayers Meet Seeks Lower Levy Rates
At the Taylor County courthouse a mass meeting of the Taxpayers Association gathered representatives from all magistrate districts. Reports from three committees urged levy reductions, noting road levies of 12.5 and 25 cents eliminated and a 19.5 cent levy cut to 8 cents to cover current indebtedness. The education board committee also trimmed a 7 cent levy to 4 cents for specific use.
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Court House
Taylor County Taxpayers’ Association
Taylor County
Board of Education
City committee gains no concession from commissioners
The committee appointed to confer with the city commissioners was unable to obtain concessions. The consensus is the city faces a sanction from the association this afternoon. Attendance at the meeting was smaller than last Tuesday's circuit court crowd, but late arrivals filled seats as press time neared. Readers will get full committee report details in a future Sentinel issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court Room
The
Sentinel
Philippi Pursues 75 000 Federal Funds for Center
Philippi announces formation of The Philippi Community Building Corporation a non stock non profit entity to secure federal Public Works Administration funds for a self liquidating city community center. Architect L D Schmidt outlines a three story buff brick Indiana limestone design with recreation facilities a public library bowling alleys and eighteen bedrooms. Proposals for building sites must be received by August 24.
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Philippi
Karl J. Myers
Community Building Committee
Charleston
Philippi Commuunity Building Corporation
City of Philippi
Public Works Administration
L. D. Schmidt
Fairmont
Dr.Myers
Suit Brought Over Dropping Conley's Book
The West Virginia Supreme Court ordered Superintendent W W Trent to appear September 7 and show cause why West Virginia Yesterday and Today should not be listed in state schools. Avrit of West Virginia Publishing Co and Phil M Congley, president and author, are noted. The contract with Conley for five years is cited as the basis for the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Supreme Court
W. W. Trent
West ‘Virginia
Avrit
West Virginia Publishing Company
Phil M. Congley
State Board of Education
Conley
County schools cut eight month term and layoffs reported
The county reduced the term to eight months for some rural schools and laid off twenty teachers from the previous year. Nine schools were abolished in Freeman's Creek Millstone Beach Grove Laurel Run Turner Collins Settlement Hall Duncan Skin Creek Gaston's Hacker's Creek Aberdeen Allman districts. The board rearranged school lists and substitutes were announced with each teacher assigned to several schools.
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Freeman’s Creek
Millstone
Beach Grove
Laurel Run
Court House
Elkins Dads Cut Expenses in City Levy Plan
Elkins officials report a 13 000 reduction in city costs for the new fiscal year compared with 1932 and 1933. General fund tax receipts drop from about 36 000 last year to 23 000 this year. Levy rates set at class one 12 1 2 cents class two 25 cents class four 0 cents with an additional ten cents across classes for bond retirement. Randolph County school levy projected to average about 65 cents.
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Elkins
Randolph County
Board of Education
Sheriff Bennett Returns From Wheeling Meeting
Sheriff Les Bennett arrived home after a Wheeling gathering Wednesday night where the Sheriff's Association of West Virginia was organized. Sheriff R C Andrews of Kanawha county was elected president and Sheriff Homer C Toothman of Marion county was chosen vice president. The meeting drew many sheriffs from across the state.
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Les Bennett
Wheeling
Sheriff's Association of
West Virginia
R. C. Andrews
Kanawha County
Homer C. Toothman
Marion County
Two Youths Reported Missing From Homes
Information on the whereabouts of Roy Edward Poling, 16, who disappeared from Knottsville roads last Monday, and Robert Collins of the same community, is sought by his father Waitman Poling. Police aid is requested as the father cannot understand his son's actions. The last sighting notes the boy wearing light gray knickers and a dark cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Edward Poling
Knottsville Roads
Robert Collins
Waitman Poling
Poling
Hej
Lewis County Schools Set to Open September 11
Weston August 18 Lewis County schools will begin September 11 with a nine month term, announced by County Superintendent Thomas E Miles. The plan outlines the return to classes across the district for the new school year.
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Lewis County
Weston
Thomas E. Miles
Description of Collins and Poling youths in missing-person note
The Collins boy is tall and slender with dark complexion and brown eyes. The Poling boy, about 16, is similar in age to his companion, wearing overalls and a light cap, and is slightly shorter than the Collins youth.
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Collins
Poling
Mrs Alexander George Rainy Sunday Menu Platter
A 1933 era menu section lists Breakfast Dinner and Supper offerings for Mrs Alexander George with items like Fresh Peaches Eggs Bacon Toast Baked Pork Chops Beets Cabbage Pie and Fruit Salad Oatmeal Cookies and Iced Tea. The text includes detailed recipe steps for Spiced Beets and Oatmeal Cookies and notes on baking times and temperatures. An additional line cites the United States having 2 136 air ports and landing fields as of July 1 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Jail Break Thwarted By Maryland Sheriff
Maryland sheriff said an escape from a jail holding eight prisoners was thwarted as two inmates prepared to descend from a second floor window with a blanket rope. The planned escape involved Harold Wright of Caroline County and Charles Hare of Blades Delaware, detained on liquor and burglary charges. Officers recovered hack saws a knife scissors severed window bars and cut screens along with knotted blankets ready for use.
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Ary
G. Murray Phlips
Harold Wright
Caroline County
Charles Hare
Blades
Del
Story That Negro Hobo Killed Mrs Lamson Is Pure Bunk
San Jose California August 18 Sheriff Emig calls reports that a negro hobo boasted of killing Mrs Allene Lamson pure bunk The Lamson family spokesman says David A Lamson Stanford University press official will face trial Monday Discrepancies include the unusual presence of a negro on the Stanford campus and the Lamson home not being ransacked as claimed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Cal
W. J. Emig
Allene Lamson
David
A. Lamson
Stanford University Press
Stanford
Lamson
Typhoid Outbreak Reported in East Salem
In Salem on August 18 a cluster of typhoid cases is reported in East Salem. Four victims include ex Justice of the Peace M A Samples, his wife Mrs Samples, and daughters Doris Edith and son Paul. Dengil Williams is also listed among the ill. Other neighborhood cases are suspected. city water has been tested and found pure.
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Salem
East Salem
Justic of the Peace
M.A
Doris
Edith
Paul
Dengil Williams
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C. Cy Morgy
Knottsville Pike
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W. Main Bt
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