Baptist session opens with plans and talks
The Union Baptist association meets at First Baptist church for a second day of talks and events. Officers elected last year include Walter M. Elliott as moderator, Dellett Newton as vice moderator, Rev. A. Brooke Withers as clerk-treasurer, and Rev. J. Smith A. Dye as board member. The schedule runs from 9:15 a.m. devotional to 3:15 p.m. closing, with reports on nominating, resolutions, temperance, ministers, and missionary work, plus special music.
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Union Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Walter M. Elliott
Clarksburg
Del~let Newton
Simpson
A. Brooke Withers
Parsons
J. Smith A. Dye
Elkins
Millard B. Stump
Route
Grafton
Grace Whitescarver
William HH. Wentz
Kelly Smith
Virginia
Davis
A.B. Withers
Edward Whitescarver
J. Marion Smith
Alderson-Broaddus College
Hugh D. Pickett
E. Bryndon
Missionary Benefit Board
William H. Wentz
Gratton Choir
F. J. Waldrop
Two Grafton Residents Selected for National Artists Hour
Two local figures Ann Remlinger Cruise and David Dazell have earned spots on a coast to coast National Artists Hour program from Clarksburg studios. They will perform at 7 PM on Columbia network, with selections chosen from a limited familiar set and announced just before air.
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Clarksburg
Ann Remlinger Cruise
David Dazell
Grafton
Columbia
State Society
National Artists Hour
Miss Cruise
Mr. Dazell
West Virginia
Mr. Dalzell
Dazell
Wheeling
United States Engineers
Jarrett
West Main Street
Asten
Social gathering closes afternoon of games and music
Afternoon activities ended with members dispersing to homes after an extended period of radio music. Attendees included Dorothy Arnold, Thomas Butler, Bobby Bartlett, Ella Louise Bartlett, Mary Knotts, Donna Dean Taller, Norma Lee Rinker, Joey Rinker, Ruth Colebank, John Wyland, and Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Gillispie, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rinker, plus Frederick Rinker. A church social is planned Thursday night at the Sugar Camp on Wickwire road with all members and friends invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Chapel
Joseph W. Rinker
Knottsville Pike
Ruth Colebank
Rinker
Oleta
Ruth Bennett
Orchard Inn
Harrison Slayton
Calvin Slayton
Ella May Shingleton
Hila Marie Brown
Maxine Dixon
Marguerite Dixon
Martha Brown
William Bennett
F.C. Peters
Claude Cooper
McGee
Walter Wiles
Detroit
Michigan
Braduy Storms
Fairmont
fRostesses
Bennett
Dorothy Arnold
Thomas Butler
Bobby Bartlett
Ella Louise Bartlett
Mary Knotts
Donna Dean Taller
Norma Lee Rinker
Joey Rinker
John Wyland
P. F. Gillispie
Joseph Rinker
Frederick
Haymond Church
Wickwire Road
Bunner Sapp Reunion Draws About 300 In Marion County
About 300 Bunner and Sapp kin gathered at Mt Nebo church in Marion County Sunday for the annual reunion. Albert Bunner led services, a noon basket meal fed the crowd, and a business meeting elected L R Bunner president with R H Bunner as vice president and Mildred Harr as secretary treasurer. Next reunion set for Mt Nebo on the third Sunday in August. A separate note reports Mrs Ruth Sanders and infant Lottie Joyce visiting Pruntytown for a shower hosted by the Helping Hand circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunner
L. R. Bunner
Grafton
Ruth Sanders
Lottie Joyce
Cheat Mountain
Pruntytown
Sanders
Esie Hoffman
Reunion and family gatherings mark large West Virginia event
The Deakins and Pulliam families held their tenth annual reunion at Dawson's camp Route 50 with about 200 attendees. Officers were elected including Claude Pulliam as President and W. Deakins as Treasurer. The gathering also featured a separate Densmore family reunion at Newburg celebrating Mrs Martha Simpson's 86th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deakins
Keyser
W. Va
Treasiurer
Forest
Grafton
Thomas Johnson
Parsron Deakins
Local Socials and Travels Highlight Grafton News
Miss Ava Dell Headley, 1877 graduate of Grafton High, enrolled at Mountain State College in Parkersburg. Mrs John Hanley and daughter Marguerite, former Grafton residents, visited the city. Etta Warthern stayed with the Painter family in Thornton. Mrs Agnes R Johnston of Charleston visits Roy Warne on Boyd Street. Judge and Mrs H W Dent and Mary Virginia head to Atlantic City for vacation. Richard Glenn leaves for a month in the East visiting New York and Washington. He plans Wilmington, Delaware, to visit Franklin Purdee, former Clifton resident now with American Oil. Mr and Mrs Stephen Boyd with son Godfrey of Fort Royal, Va., visit Mrs Boyd’s sister Mrs John Collins. Misses Athelia and Anna Margaret McKenzie return to Richwood after weekend in Grafton staying with Mrs J F Montgomery. Mr and Mrs S L Long and daughter Frances of Clarksburg and Mrs William Stanton of Tampa, Fla., visit Mrs John N Tregellas on Westree Street.
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Ava Dell Headley
Ed S. Headley
Blue Avenue
Grafton
Mountain State College
Parkersburg
Headley
Grafton High School
John Hanley
Marguerite
Charleston
Byron Dilworth
Dewey Avenue
Etta Warthern
A. A. Painter
Thornton
Agnes R. Johnston
Ross Johnston
Roy Warne
Boyd Street
H. W. Dent
Mary Virginia
Atlantic City
Richard Glenn
New York City
Washington
Wilmington
Del
Franklin Purdee
Jtaifton
American Oil Company
Stephen Boyd
Godfrey
Fort Royal
Virginia
Boyd
John Collins
Holt Apartments
Athelia
Anna Margaret McKenzie
Richwood
J. F. Montgomery
Wickwire Road
L. Long
Frances
Clarksburg
William Stanton
Tampa Flg
John N. ‘Tregellas
Goff announces birth of baby daughter in Grafton
Mr and Mrs L T Goff of West Boyd Street announce the birth of an eight pound baby daughter on Saturday evening August 15 at Grafton City hospital. This is their first child. Mrs Goff is the former Miss Agnes Warne of West Boyd Street. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Roy Warne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Goff
West Boyd Street
Grafton City Hospital
Fingerprint lead ID Leland Taylor relatives
State police located relatives of Leland Taylor who died in a Keyser hospital by fingerprints sent to registration agencies. The report notes the effort came through matching prints with records held by agencies across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Leland Taylor
Keyser
Express bus held up in Mexico payroll theft
Bandits stopped an express bus near Guadalajara Jalisco on Aug 18 and fled with a $4,155 payroll after gagging and binding the driver. The report also mentions Mrs Tregellas and Mrs Stanton and notes Ceci Daugherty of East Main Street as a traveler toward Morgantown, while Bolyard of Blueville visits son George Hardesty of Fellowsville.
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Guadalajara
Jalisco
Mexico
Tregellas
Stanton
Ceci Daugherty
East Main Street
Morgantown
Fait Bolyard
Blueville
George Hardesty
Fellowsville
Bureau still pursuing cases against four famed criminals
Washington Aug 18 The FBI says investigations continue into the activities of Thomas Robinson Jr Alvin Karpis Harry Campbell and Raymond Hamilton even after sentences or death. J Edgar Hoover noted that closures are not final until every harborer is tried. He spoke amid reports on a new powerful gun test by the Justice Department for Hoover s B men and potential standard issue use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Thomas Henry Robinson, Jr
Alvin Karpis
Harry Campbell
Karpis
Raymond Hamilton
Clyde Barrow
A Justice Department
Hoover
Justice Department
Miss Frances Dodge Crowned No 1 Exhibitor at State Fair
Miss Frances Dodge of Rochester Michigan was named No 1 exhibitor at the state fair horse show. She won three blue ribbons two seconds and a third plus Governor Hofner’s silver loving cup in the five gaited saddle class with Front Page Lady and placed third with another entry. Her Shetland ponies took first and third in their class and her Shetland pony pair were first in their class. Nathan Goff of Clarksburg West Virginia won top honors in the draft horse team event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Frances Dodge
Rochester
Mich
Middle West
Governor Hofner
Nathan Goff
Clarksburg
W. Va
Mother Dies Hours After Son Laid To Rest
In Reedsville on August 18 Mrs Séasie Smith Moran aged 35 died two hours after her 16 year old son William was brought home for his funeral. William died of pneumonia and doctors say the mother's death was due to cerebral hemorrhage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
Séasie “Smith Moran
William
Drought Fight Through Contouring Demonstration
The Dalhart project demonstrates contour plowing to conserve moisture and reduce runoff. Seven inches of rain this year leave good crop prospects as the committee tours the C. M. Peden farm where scenes for The Plow That Broke the Plains were filmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalhart
C. M. Peden
Resettlement Administration
Bumgardner Sees Knox to Organize Democrats
J L Bumgardner of Beckley West Virginia met Col Frank Knox in White Sulphur Springs to discuss bolting the Democratic ticket. He indicated many West Virginia Democrats would back the Landon Knox Republican ticket and announced plans for a statewide meeting at a to be chosen site.
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West Middlesek
Alf M
Kansas
Jenine
G. R. Christley
London
White Sulphur Springs
Detroit
Frank Knox
J. L. Bumgardner
Beckley
W. Va
Col
Knox
Bumgardner
West Virginia
Army Pilot and Mechanic Die in Michigan Plane Crash
An army pilot 2nd Lieut William H Harding and his mechanic Private Francis Meyer were killed when a PB-2 two place pursuit plane from Selfridge Field crashed near Otsego during Western Michigan war games. Harding was 25 and from Los Angeles California. Meyer hailed from Dowagiac Michigan. The crash involved one of 18 planes in the war maneuver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegan
Mich
Self=ridge Field
Otsego
Selfridge Field
William H. Harding
Air Corps Reserve
Francis Meyer
Do=wagiac
Michigan
Harding
Los Angeles
Calif
Hullihen day marks opening of district industrial exposition
Wheeling observers describe Governor Kump and the queen opening the district industrial exposition at the market auditorium. A pageant titled On Wings of Time delighted 15 000 in attendance while a world’s fair show, a stadium concert, and an Oglebay Park tennis event were noted and the pageant to be repeated tonight with music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governort Kump
District
Market Auditorium
Oglebay Park
Elks Plan Fall Parties With Added Orchestra
The Elks announce tickets at the same low price of 50 cents per person for ballroom dances despite an eight piece orchestra. Stewart Patterson urges early purchase as capacity is limited to 65 couples and past events filled quickly. Dr. Gerkin confirms a second party on Saturday September 5 before Labor Day, with similar events every two to three weeks all fall and winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Patterson
Gerkin
Elks
American Author Taken Til Recovers in Geneva
American author Sheehan was taken to a Geneva nursing facility after a nervous breakdown. Dr Colla reported the patient exhausted from work and benefiting from three months of rest under medical supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
VI Sheehan
Robert Colla
Shel i
Dublin
Vets' Soortit Mate Attacked in Hunting Incident
Police charged William D. Anderson after an assault during a hunting outing on Aug 18. He was held for grand jury action as the investigation continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PIS
William D. Anderson
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L. H. Greenwald
Sewing
A. H. Leach
Pearl Hussion
Elizabeth McFarland
Leonard Coulter
Early de Moss
W. P. Clark
Cline Goff
Lawson DeLaney
Greenwald
Emma Rogers
Ruth Henderson
W. Main Street
Kings Daughters Bible Class
United Brethren Church
A. G. Gabbert
P. M. Glenn
D. 0. Reed
Charles Warder
Ladies’ Aid Society
John L. Wolfe
United Brethren Missionary Society
C. E. Rau
Walnut Street
Haymond
Sugar Camp
Women’s Auxiliary
The
Methodist Protestant Church
C. C. Richman
Agnes. McKeen
Star Sewing Club
Francis Street
Rosebud Club
Grafton Park
Jackson's Mill
Linn
Grady Creek School
Poe
Devers Grove
Wickwire
Harvey A. Poe
C. W. Poe
Scranage
Reservoir Park
Colebank-Lindsay
McVicker
Pleasant Creek Church
Truman McVicker
H. H. Reynolds
Guy Powell
Flossie Messinger
Icie Rexroad
Reynolds
J. R Jones
Lloyd Ware
Herbert Thompson
Hazel Kenney
Ross Campbell
Delbert Lowe
Smith
Lloyd Shackleford
Vermillion
Margaret Weaver
A. C. Gabbert
Flossier Messinger
Ioie Rexroad
Hayward Skidmore
Ernest Riddle
Florence Luzader
Charles Poling
Mrs. Cruise
David
Berl
Apgerton St
Landon
Alfred M. Landon
West Middlesex
A. A. Young
Ary ‘Reed Baird
Ash Dunham
Harry White
Dick Merrill
Harry Richman
New York
K Merrill
Richman
Frese
Dance Valley
Johnny Feltner
NO Stags
James Densmore
Jenny Ball
Rowlesburg
Mr. Densmore
Newburg
Densmore
W. E. Densmore
Woonsocket
R. I
Martha Simpson
Frank Jensmore
Jenny Hall
R. 1
T. F. Densmore
F. H. Densmore
Newbure
City View
Tony's
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Elks Plan
RED Cross Pharmacy
Cleveland
Logues Gralion Ras
Clevelent
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