Community events mark farewell party and bridge gathering
Blueville Parent-Teachers Association hosted a farewell lawn party for Mrs. Sadie Kramer at the Dempsey home as Harold P. Kramer departs for Charleston to assume state WPA post. Chinese lanterns lit the yard for outdoor games and checker wins by Mrs. Jessie Headley and Mrs. Clara Phillips. A later cake and lemonade reception followed.
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Blueville
Parent-Teachers Association
Howard Dempsey
Sadie Kramer
Harold P. Kramer
Charleston
Jessie Headley
Clara Phillips
Weiners
Dempsey
Imogene Dever
Kramer
Pal F
Local Reunion Notices Spread Across Aug Fortnight
August social calenders list multiple family gatherings across Preston County. Reunions include Woodford at Mt Olivet Philippi, Sinclair Maruess Cornwell near Maruess, Murphy at Clemtown, Knottsville Methodist homecoming, Mt Union Wilson schoolhouse all day, Redwing club picnic at Boyce grove, Philathea class indoor picnic at First Baptist, Robinson Bartlett reunion at Webster Baptist with plans for future picnics and a covered high supper.
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Woodford
Mt. Olivet
Philippi
Mt. Zion Church
Maruess
Preston County
Cornwell
Dugan
Murphy
Clemtown
F. B. Murphy
Knottsville Methodist Church
Mt. Union Church
Wilson Schoolhouse
Redwing Club
Boyce’s Grove
Morgantown Road
Pocahontas
B. and O. Station
Della Wittman
First Baptist Church
Robinson-Bartlett
Webster Baptist Church
W. T. Robinson
A. G. Robinson
Illness and Visits Mark Personal News in Grafton
Mrs Mittin Poling is quite ill at her Addison street home. Mr and Mrs Harper Moats plus daughter Miss Maxine Moats of Akron Ohio visited Miss Lucy Moats and Mrs Naom Moore at 539 Maple avenue. They will depart Friday for Morgantown to spend the rest of their vacation with relatives. Walter Poling remains critically ill in Knottsville. Miss Betty Williams of West Main street returned home after two months with relatives in Los Angeles. Earl Layman at 695 Walnut street was discharged from City hospital after a minor operation. Jack McDargh of 906 Maple avenue also discharged after tonsils were removed.
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Mittin Poling
Addison Street
Harper Moats
Maxine Moats
Akron
Ohio
Lucy Moats
Naomi Moore
Maple Avenue
Grafton
Morgantown
Walter Poling
Knottsville
Betty Williams
West Main Street
Nazi influence probe reveals uniform demand and English ban
Fragmentary report notes injuries at City Hospital involving Bernard Coole and Donald Miller, amid testimony about Bund activities. A committee hearing covers uniforms, forced salutes, and German language restrictions, with Tillie Koch and Jarl cited as involved figures.
Girl Witness Delivers Testimony On Nazi Propaganda Link
German-born 19 year old Miss Vooros testified before the House committee investigating un American activities about Bund leaders pressing youth groups to study Hitler and national socialism. She described pamphlets from Germany and bands in South Brooklyn pushing Nazi ideals and English language requirements.
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Hitler
Germany
Vooros
House Committee
South Brooklyn
Nation committee to convene in September for party strategy
The report by Dr Glenn Franks program committee may be filed then. Authorities say the ban strategy splits campaigning into three periods before the 1940 election. The first runs now to January reconvenes, the second uses a developing legislative record and speeches, the third starts after the national convention next summer. A leg amputation followed. Mrs Calvit, heiress to a $50 weekly legacy, has been married six times. She was ill when she learned of her son's arrest.
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Meeting of the Nation Committee
Glenn Frank
Conress
Congress
Cident
Calvit
Playboy Held In Hospital Case Details Emergent
A fragment describes a person named Martinez being taken to General Hospital after an incident involving a map found in a bathtub with water turned on. A doctor was summoned and the mother is mentioned as also in the hospital, indicating a medical response and ongoing treatment.
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Martinez
General Hospital
Aged convict recalls radio fantasy and bleak pension
Danny, a long-serving inmate past two score years, recalls a radio dream and describes life after release. He notes guards limited conversation, drilled holes for radios, and laments earning 350 dollars in 41 years while the state allows only 25 dollars a month from a 429 cash and 600 government bonds, hoping the farm income helps survive.
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Danny
Old Copy of Grafton Newspaper Unearthed
Mrs. E. E. Curry of Bridgeport wrote the Sentinel about finding an old Grafton newspaper and offering to turn the aged edition over for perusal. The post office box 84 is cited as the sender’s address in the note.
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Grafton
E. E. Curry
Bridgeport
Mrs Alber ta Henry Funeral Planned For Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs Alber ta Henry of Ross street who died yesterday in Grafton City hospital of paralysis will be held at 2 30 oclock Saturday afternoon at St Johns Methodist church. The Rev H J Mitchell will officiate with interment in Woodsdale Memorial Park under the direction of G T Bartlett
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Henry
Ross Street
Grafton City Hospital
St. John's Methodist Church
H. J. Mitchell
Woodsdale Memorial Park
G.T. Bartlett
Four Loiterers Ordered Out Of Town In City Court
Four loiterers arrested on West Main street were ordered out of the city when arraigned this morning before Mayor P. F. Gillispie in police court. Names given as James Maher, 41, McKees Rock Pa. Earl Smith, 17, Elkins. Emerson Mayle, 20. and Carl Mayle, 22, all of Zanesville Ohio.
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West Main Street
P. F. Gillispie
James Maher
McKees Rock
Earl Smith
Elkins
Emerson Mayle
Carl Mayle
Zanesville
Ohio
Thirteen Tonsilectomies Performed This Morning
Thirteen tonsilectomies were performed at the city tal this morning at the o sil clinic of the summer by the Rotary club. Drs. Paul P. Warren T. W. Hetronimus Jr and Harold J. Noble, all members of the service organization, conducted the minor surgeries. Dr. D. C. Peck, confined to the hospital after an appendicitis Wednesday night, could not participate.
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Grafton City Tal
O Sil
Rotary Club
Paul P. Warren
T. W. Hetronimus, Jr
Harold J. Noble
Br. D. C. Peck
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Swisher
Society
RS. Annabel P. Tele
Formes, Kramer
William C. Lawson
Riverside Drive
James C. Holt
TK. Xobie
J. Pantera
Bas
Cuasie Gleacers
Andrews
Blanche Gugril
Wadia
Sander Boosis
Esquire
Yardley
Beauty Mist
Malone
Rexall Store
Main ST
Grafton, W. YA
Edgar F. Heiskell, Jr
Barbara Jeanne Baker
Anna Nuzum Baker
Harry L. Baker
Larchmont
N. Y
Bernard Coole
Mackinstreet
City Hospital
Francs Street
Donald Miller
Rowlesburg
Jarl
Tillie Koch
Jerden
Deis
Prit Kuhn
Girl Witness
Bhloeey
RED Cross Pharmacy
Walnut Street
Servel
Electrolux
Loar Jewelry Store
Playboy
Mrs. Henry
Nature
Pgh. & West Virginia Gas Co
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