Grafton City Council Sets 1934 Levy and Debts
The August 7 1934 regular session of the City of Grafton council in Taylor County West Virginia approved current municipal purposes and bond levies. Calculations show total receipts and disbursements with a $21 905 levy tied to class IV property and additional excess rates for class I II and IV. The resolution also covers interest sinking and amortization for bonded debt and certifies the record with Finance Commissioner Fred V Kunst.
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Ava
Grafton
County
Chas
King
Pred V
Banda
State of West Virginia
Settle Rasputin Suit for 250000 in London
Princess Tricia Youssoupoff receives 250000 under a settlement of her libel suits against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Fanny Holtzmann in London. The producers also cover costs of prosecution of the case tied to the film Rasputin and the Empress.
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London
Tricia Youssoupoff
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ltd
Fanny Holtzmann
Youssoupoff
Rasputin
Impatient Man Eats Ice Cream During Nearby Robbery
In Geary Oklahoma on August 18, Ed Spencer a barber was eating one dish of ice cream in a tavern when robbers entered and forced twenty customers to lie on the floor. The hot night added to the tense scene as patrons watched.
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Geary
Okla
Ed Spencer
Oil Official's Daughter Elopes to Truck Driver in Wellsburg
Colletta Mulvihill, 17, daughter of a Pittsburgh oil company official, and Thomas Green, 21, a truck driver, eloped and wed last Thursday in Wellsburg, West Virginia, though Colletta wore a ring from Si rian Parades of Manila. Her mother, divorced from the father, is in Manila and Parades was to visit Pittsburgh in the fall for a possible wedding.
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Pittsburgh
Colletta Mulvihill
Pittsburgh Oil Company
Thomas Green
Wellsburg
W. Va
Sidirian Parades
Manilla
P. T . Colletta
Parades
Bible School and Youth Services at Homelike Church
AM 9:30 Bible school led by Fred White PF A Hinkins and Mrs Sloan with senior junior and primary departments led by Mrs Dorsey McIntosh and Mrs W A Harrison. PM 7:00 Young Peoples society. Next Sunday August 26 services at 10:30 and 8:00 with sermon The Road to Church is a Road to Happiness and a call to read Proverbs 22 6 and I Corinthians 15 58. Church invites all families.
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Bible School
Fred White
PF. A.hinkins
Sloan
Dorsey McIntosh
W. A. Harrison
Young Peoples Society
Second Baptist Church Worship and School Schedule
Rev L H Walker leads church services with 9:45 church school under N Beth el and Sallie Jones as assistant. 11:00 morning worship and sermon PM 8:00 evening worship and sermon. Wednesday 8:00 prayer meeting. The public is invited to attend all services.
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Second Baptist Church
L. H. Walker
A. M
N. Bethel
Sallie Jones
Warren M. E. Rev. W. J. Frye Pastor
The Warren M. E. church schedules include a Sunday 9 30 church school led by E Jones and M Dabney as assistant superintendent, 11 00 morning service with the subject Jesus the Master Mind, 8 00 junior church and Epworth League Christian Education, 8 00 evening service on spiritual consecration, and Wednesday 8 00 prayer and class meeting. A tea at Mrs Inez Sharpe’s home on Sunday August 19 at 3 p m, 610 Thayer street, precedes the church anniversary. The forty ninth anniversary begins Sunday August 26 and runs through the week with programs and lunches. Julia Trimble will speak on the church’s beginnings. All are welcome.
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E. Jones
M. Dabney
Jesus
Epworth League
Inez Sharpe
Thayer Street
Warren M. E. Church
West Main Street M. E. Church Bulletin
Reverend Harry W. Flanagan leads services at West Main Street M. E. Church with Sunday school at 10:00 led by J. Lee Evans, followed by a sermon. Epworth League meets at 1:30 with Abe Tackett presiding. Bible class meets Tuesday at 8:00 at Mrs. Victor Rockwell's. All members and worshippers invited.
Blueville Methodist Episcopal Church Services Notice
Sunday school at 9:30 under superintendent George Newcome. Epworth League at 7:30 with Current as president. 8:00 sermon by Rev. Harry W. Flanagan. The church invites everyone to attend and join in the sabbath services.
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Blueville Methodist Episcopal Church
Harry W. Flanagan
A.M
George Newcome
Epworth League
Church Services Announced by Local M E and United Church
Methodists and United Church schedule Sunday 9:30 Sunday school with organized classes for all ages under Superintendent J. W. Martin. Morning worship at 10:30 features a sermon by Rev. P. J. Null and a vocal solo by Joseph T. Coppler of New York. Wednesday 8:00 prayer service and Thursday 8:00 Christian Endeavor choir rehearsal. You are invited to worship with us.
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William Grimes
J. W. Martin
Joseph T. Coppler
New York
Christian Endeavor Choir
Robert F. Love
Earl Wilkinson
Pruntytown M.E. Church notices and schedule
Pruntytown M E clergy Charles E Hawkins pastor announces church school at 10 00 with Rhea Wiseman superintendent Epworth League 1 30 and worship services first Sunday 11 00 am and third Sunday 7 30 pm farewell persu as pastor may not return if adjourned quarterly conference Monday 7 30 meeting cordial invitation to all worshippers of an orderly conference year ends and adjourns after sermon.
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Rhea Wiseman
Epworth League
Wor Ib
C.C. Richman
Eer
St Augustine and Parkview Nazarene Churches Notice
Saint Augustine's Catholic Church lists early Masses at 7:00 and 9:00 with no evening services in summer. Parkview Church of the Nazarene led by Rev W C Jones offers Sabbath school at 9:30, sermon at 11:00, youth and evangelistic services at 7:30, and weekly prayer meetings. A tent service at Fairmont avenue is planned with invites to all to attend the “Old Time Religion.”
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Young Peoples Zone
Fairmont Church
Pastor Seeks Next Year as St. Pavil’s M. E. Plans
Rev W R Eskew leads St Pavil's M E with 9 30 Sunday school Arlie Leonard, Merle Bailey as superintendents. Sermon titled Workers or Shirkers. Wednesday 7 30 prayer service. 10 00 Sunday school Joe Keener supervises. 2 30 preaching. This is the pastor's last service at the church and a congregational meeting will follow to decide future employment or transfer to the annual conference.
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Joe Keener
First Baptist Rev James E Fidlef Welcome to Worship
A welcome is extended to all who will worship with us at First Baptist. Sunday school starts 9:30 with George Preston as superintendent for the 8 year olds. Morning worship at 10:30 features Rev Kelley Smith from Alderson Broaddus College Philippi. Evening activities include Bible class at 7:15 and Baptist orchestra at 8:00. Midweek prayer service is Wednesday at 7:30 and Jr B P V meets Saturday at 4:00. Public invited to attend all services.
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George
Preston
Kelley Smith
Alderson- Broaddus College
Philippi
the Baptist Orchestra
First Presbyterian Welcomes Worshippers At Small Church
The article lists multiple services and leaders at First Presbyterian, inviting those without a church home to join. It mentions Rev. Frank J. Turvander as pastor, 9:30 and 10:30 worship times, Sunday school led by Mary Fletcher and Robert Love, evangelistic and prayer services, and activities like Christ Ambassadors and Christian Endeavor. A note emphasizes a big welcome from a small church.
Webster M. E. Church Service and Sunday School
Webster M. E. Church invites all to attend Sunday School at 9:30 AM and Christian Endeavor at 1 PM. Preaching occurs the first Sunday evening and the third Sunday morning each month, with a welcome extended to all. Charles E. Hawkins serves as pastor.
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Christian Endeavor
Funerals Set for Zeck and Shahan in Morgantown Community
Funeral services were held today for Alexander Zeck 82 and No ah Shahan 52 at local churches before burial. Zeck, a former Graf ton resident, died Wednesday at his home. Shahan died Thursday at his Marquess area home. Interments followed in Bluemont and local cemeteries. Two obituaries note community roles with Zeck a Masonic member and Shahan a prominent farmer. Also a brief Britain England road safety stat notes boys more often killed than girls, and a New York couple arrives in the Ozark mountains in a covered wagon after 1300 miles.
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Alexander Zeck
Morgantown
Grafton
Bluemont Cemetery
Masonic Order
Zeck
Noah Shahan
Mount Israel Church
Marquess
Earl Carlson
Bartlett Funeral
Char
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M. B. Stump
Pruntytown, W. Va
Omari Lambert
Archie Bartlett
No. I
M. E
South
A E. Enkely
Paris
Andrew Mellon
Rafael
Rome
Associated Press
Alma McCrum
Washington
James A. Moffett
Moffatt
Hie
West Main ST. M. E
J. Lee Evans
Abe Tackett
Rogers Bible
Victor Rockwell
P. J. Null
First United Rev
Lois R. Lusader
ST. Augustine's Catholic
M. J. Hannon
Church OF the Nazarene
Parkview
W. C. Jones
G. N. Walters
Young Peoples
Thelma Moats
ST. Pavil's M. E
W. R. Eskew
Arlie
First Baptist
James E. Fidlef
First Presbyterian
Frank J. Turvander
Assembly OF God Tabernacl
E.kesner
Mary L' Fletcher
Christ Ambassadors
First Brethren
J. B. Shaffer
Fred Nic‘ola
Kenneth Godwin
Arthur Loar
Matthias Episcopal
Arthur J. Torrey
W. C. Pembroke
New Jersey
Newark
England
Ozark Mountains
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