Grafton society pages recount family reunions and gatherings
The Grafton Sentinel society section notes the fourth annual inner family reunion at De Grove on August 17 with music readings prayers and a large basket dinner. It also covers the Ross Miller family reunion at Morgantown, Whitescarver and Kendall family gatherings across West Virginia and beyond, plus a Presbyterian picnic at Grafton Park and a social evening honoring Miss Mary Shields of Philadelphia with bridge and prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inner Family
De‘Grove
Lansberry Band
Bessie Poling
Cvatter
Virginia Polling
Ruth Steel
Madamine Isner
Alverta Adams
Virginia
Hayward Polio
Aneu
Ross-Miller
Enoch Ross
Johston
Ross
Morgantown
Big Basket
Aaron Garlow
Lodge Ross
Simpson
Charles Reed
Cassville
Estelle Miller Smith
Whitescarver
Prontytown
Mary Whitescarver
B. F. Whitescarver
A. D. Whitescarver
Grace Marie Whitescarver
Harold Helms
Buckhannon
Clarence Retehler
Ronald
Weston
Fred Whitescarver
Osear
High Point
N. C
George H. Whitescarver
Adolph
Randolph, County
V. Mallonee
Three Forks
Mont
Ed. Shaw
Los Angeles
EH. M. Borum
Strasburg
Virginia Harvey
Harrisonburg
J. S. Whitescarver
Les Anand
Permanent waving and hair services advertised
An advertisement lists permanent waving at 6.50 dollars with Eugene, LeMur, Keen, and Supreme Waves plus marcelling finger waving shampooing and hair dyeing. It notes the start date of Thursday August 14 at Hotel Grafton Room 58 with Mrs. Wilfong in charge and a contact phone 540.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
LeMur
Keen
Supreme Waves
Marcelling
Hotel Grafton
Wilfong
Eerlesa Beauty Parlor
Fair- Jont
Local Names Listed in Public Notice
Ralph Nuzum Diack Robert Conel ey Ralph Kunst Jr Arthur Shields John Madden Virgil Hanley and William Biggs appear in a public notice listing individuals connected to the matter. The document mentions these names in association with a local administrative or legal filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuzum
Ralph Diack
Robert Coneley
Ralph Kunst, Jr
Arthur Shields
John Madden
Virgil Hanley
Willian Biggs
Legion Holds Ninth District Session in Grafton
Grafton hosts the ninth district American Legion business session led by District Commander Arthur G. Yates at the Monse Home on Washington street. Taylor County Post drum and bugle corps will perform in full dress, with a possible parade before meetings. Officials expect members from multiple posts to attend and join social events after the session. Election of official delegates to the national convention in Boston will be the main business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Ninth District of the American Legion
Arthur G. Yates
Monse
Washington Street
Taylor County Post
Taylor County
Boston
Tory Politicians Prepare Push Against Labour Regime
London dispatch reports informed circles say Tory leaders plan a campaign against Ramsay MacDonald’s Socialist government prioritizing unemployment failures. With millions jobless, Conservatives seek to force a general election as unrest rises ahead of Parliament’s October 28 reassembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ramsay MacDonald
Drought Relief Seen From Predicted Rainfall
Washington reports show showers easing drought in a large middle region with further rains forecast tonight and tomorrow for northern dry areas. Officials note light showers over areas not touched by rain recently, including southwestern Virginia, aiding salvage efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
Tonteht and
Lomorrow
Virginia
Caddies For Losers In Golf Tourney
Four youths pulled from a coal tender near a railroad station identified as caddies for Chicago professionals in the $10,000 open golf tournament. The railroad detective questioned their origin from St Paul and confirmed their lack of a victory, noting the large prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Detective
Chiedko
St. Paul
Herman Myyers
William Marks
Arthur
John Dugan
Chicago
Jack Hutchinson
Tom Kelly
Sonny Rause
al Espinosa
Steamship Boethie Trapped in Arctic Ice Near Boehe Peninsula
North Sydney N S Aug 19 The steamship Boethie Arctic patrol ship left North Sydney at end of July and is now fast in ice about 50 miles from Boehe peninsula. The farthest northern post to receive the yearly provisioning, further progress impossible until the ice loosens, a dispatch said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sydney
N.S
Boethie
Boehe Peninsula
Trustee Sale of Mohair Living Room Suite Furniture
Special today at Trustee Sale of Home Furniture Company. AC piece Mohair Living Room Suite formerly priced at $200. Sale price $110. Sold as is with no warranties. Includes armchair and matching sofa in charity sale event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Furniture Company
Local residents visit relatives in several states
Maxwell of Chicago and Mrs. G Pickens of Altoona are spending days with sisters Mrs. E. F. Clark at Graf ton Park and Mrs. D. V. Lake of Philippi. Orville and Reya Findley of Cleveland and Edward Findley of Bridgeport, visited Miss Inez Findley over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. James Kelley and son Junior left for Washington to visit friends. Mr. and Mrs. A. Primm are with son Glenn in Washington, Pa. Mrs. Charles B. Lazzell and daughter Rosabet of Baltimore visiting. Georgia Menear returns to Taylor County Bank duties after vacation. F. P. Sterling and children plan leave for Shenandoah Valles. Brooks-Martin and children on a tour of eastern Canada and the U.S. Hoy White and Kathleen White return from Mt. Lake Park after several days away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell
Chicago
G. 8. Pickens
Altoona
E. F. Clark
Grafton Park
D. V. Lake
Philippi
Orville
Rosabet
Baltimore
Grafton
Georgia Menear
Taylor County Bank
F. P. Sterling
Shenandoah Valles
Sterling
Cashier's Window
Wo Taylor County Bank
Brooks-Martin
West Side
Canada
United States
Hoy
White
H. S. Potts
George Bernard
Pruntytown
Mollie
Newtom
Keyser
James
Ward
Howard
Frank
Fairmont
Newell, Cochran
Parkersburg
Ailie Cochran
Pruntytowns
Helen Huston
Morgantown
Nellie Virginia Lynch
Maple Avenue
E. A
Hinkins
Washington
Irene Hinkina
Mabel Mouser
Buck Run
Simpson
Virginia Newton
Warder Avenue
Elizabeth
Gracie Bosley
Aaron. Garlow
Gay Garlow
Dallas
Keener
Charleston
Alfred Zumbro
Wred’ Whitescar
Oscar
High Point
N.C
Whitescarver
Adolph
John Ni McCabe
Davella McCabe
Columbus
Ohio
White family weekend visitors and travels noted
A long list of visitors and relatives gather in Pruntytown and Morgantown area events. Dorothy White Joe White and Everett McWilliam return from Mountain Lake Park Maryland. Chester Proudfoot vacations in Ohio. Agnes Rexrendy Rexendy Akron visits, and Misses J Agnes Rexrendy Akron arrives to spend time with her mother. Pruntytown hosts relatives and guests from Washington DC Ohio Morgantown and Parkersburg.
Strikers Attack Subprisoned Leader Near Mill Car
Striking workers at Aerican Mills and other Bessemer City plants tried to drag George R. Spencer from his car but were deterred by strike leaders. They accuse him of causing a wage cut that sparked yesterday’s walkout. The mills are owned by Frank, Max and Robert Goldberg of Gastonia. A girl wanting to stay at work was allegedly rough handled by pickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer City
Aerican Mills
George R. Spencer
Spencer
Frank, Max
Robert Goldberg
Gastonia
Pageant closes fourteenth Epworth League Institute
Buckhannon Aug 19 Presentation of the pageant America Grows Up with a cast of 50 and about 300 delegates marked the close of the fourteenth Epworth League Institute. The event was directed by Guy Chester Jones Chicago. The institute awarded banners to Morgantown district and large delegation honors went to Morgantown. The paper The Viin was dedicated to Huntington district and Ted Cavindish. Charleston will host the next banquet and reception around Sept 25 during the annual conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckhannon
America
Epworth League Institute
Guy Chester Jones
Chicago
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Institute
Kenneth Haas
Morgantown
Viin
Huntington
Ted Cavindish
Cavindish
Charleston
Methodist Episcopal Church
Editor Loaned. Endorsements tied to state senator checks
The article reports checks made payable to State Senator Harry W. Starr from a district fund, dated 1926, with endorsements not in Starr's handwriting. Starr, elected and a Republican, faces re election while his past chairmanship of a legislative committee and connections to a Chicago sanitary district inquiry are noted. The attorney questions the use of Starr's name on the papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W
Chicago
Starr
Ate
Starr Hess
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Coral Parrish Montgomery
AL A. W
Grafton Sentinel Society
Daughters of Democracy
Woodrow Wilson
Kate Smith
de Hull
Flis
Humbert Boggess
Luimberport
M. Whitescarver
Edward
Robert
James W. Whitescarver
Jessie
Paul Bennett
Grace Whitescarver
Robert B. Boylen
Viola Utsinger
Billy Frank
Kendals
Kendall
West Virginia
Beer Gum
Mannington
Kenedall
Samuel Kendall
Elkins
Will F. Davis
Sutton
Garrett Davis
Lewis Ressegger
M. E
New Martinsville
Norman P. Kendall
Kendall Journal
Old England
County Kew
Presbyterian Pronto
The
Presbyterian Church
Shiells
Patricia Madden
Bridge
Mary Shields
Philadelphia
A. A. Shields
Doris Meyer
Anna Laura Craft
Catherine Niland
Cumberland
Evelyn Congleton
Margaret Mary Shoute
Piedmont
Mildred
Harper
Beatrice Shields
Agness
Eleanor Tierney
Julia Moran
Helen Constance Lowe
Dorothy Hefner
Mary Whalan
Marguerite Foy
Catherine
Messrs
D. Kendall
Frank Martin
Russell Riley
Alfred Dillinger
Walter Thayer
John
Osgood’s
Legion
Paris
Sere
Molyneanaiversior
Goket
Gcoal and Ensemble
Rita
Boeie
Lindbergh
Ampere
Hoover
Charles Lindbergh
White House
Col
Campbell Hodges
Nevada
Buckhannon Institute
Helen Menesr
Gladys Metter
Hilda Brown
Vireginia Mettler
Ruby Carder
Alma Sayers
Charles Barlow
A. M. Barlow
Andrews Church
Davis
Joseph
Evans
West Main Street
Mae Phinney
Evelyn Shafer
St. Paul's
William Carder
Billy
Harriett
Blaney
Hungary
Marjorie ‘Moorest
Mass
Forest Hills
Nightingale
B. F
Poe
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