Kitchen Shower Honors Mrs Greenwald at Afternoon Party
A kitchen shower for Mrs Harry Greenwald hosted by Miss Jessie Lee Valentine and Miss Sara Frances Sturm featured dancing cards and games followed by a two course luncheon. Attendees included Floetta Sturm Maxine Cockrell Mary Alice DeMoss Earleta DeMoss Margaret Gallaher Audrey McCartney Margaret Wittman Frances Shackelford Helen Jean Campbell and local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Greenwald
Jessie Lee Valentine
Sara Frances Sturm
Floetta Sturm
Maxine Cockrell
Mary Alice DeMoss
Earleta DeMoss
Margaret Gallaler
Audrey McCartney
Margaret Wittman
Frances Shackelford
Helen Jean Campbell
J. C. Sturm
Charles Cockrell
Charles Leagh
Kenneth Cole
Tom Nuzum
Carl Sturm
Fred Gilmore
Sturm
John Evans
Lyne Moore
Hanaker
Virginia
Beauty Hint from Screen Actress Guiding Hand Care
A screen actress recommends lemon juice mixed with corn meal rubbed into rough hands and elbows. Dust off the corn meal and leave residue overnight for soft skin. Cornmeal and vinegar are said to work as well and also help wrinkled skin.
Barbers and Beauticians Meet to Discuss Nation Code
In Taylor County, 25 people including a Fairmont committee gathered at the Utsinger barbershop on August 17 to discuss the national code for barbers and beauticians. A Master Barbers Association representative outlined the code and class program, with several locals applying for National Association of Master Barbers membership. A mass meeting is planned to review NRA uniform pricing of 50 cents for haircuts and 15 cents for shaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utsinger
Taylor County
Fairmont
United States
Alsinger
Associated
Master Barbers of
West Virginia
Master Barbers Association
Rotary Club Meets At Camp For County Youth Outing
The Grafton Rotary Club moved from its hotel dining to the Stone House camp where about one hundred county children enjoy a Rotary camp. Donated by Rotary to the Salvation Army, the camp hosted a memorable program led by Capt. Charles E. Burke as Dr. Samuel C. Jones spoke and the Tygar t Valley setting framed the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Rotary Club
Grafton
Stone House
Rotary Club
Salvation Army Force
Rotary Circle
Tygart Valley
Charles E. Burke
Samuel C. Jones
Rotary Club Camp Dedication Addresses Youth Humor and Vision
Principal speaker She Andrews M E churen delivered a masterly humorous address for children with pathos and logic for adults. Dr Jones lauded the campgrounds beauty and Rotary’s camp donation, praising Capt Arnold of the Salvation Army for starting the project. Humorous stories and a call to Christian living ran through the talk. Children presented songs readings and camp yells as about thirty Rotarians and visitors looked on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
She Andrews
M. E. Churen
Dr. Jones
Rotary Club
Capt. Arnold
Salvation Army
Missouri Votes On Repeal Today
Missouri voters face the repeal ballot amid sparse turnout and strong anti and pro repeal voices. Delegates chosen by voters will meet August 29 in Jefferson City to ratify the electorate’s expression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Misnight
Jay
Jefferson City
Personal notices from Grafton and Washington social items
Local society notes list guests and visits including Mr and Mrs Otto Kinsley at Hotel Commodore in Washington. Dr and Mrs Alden Beagle visit Reevesville relatives. H A Cunningham family return to Detroit after Walnut street visit. Mrs Marian Kraus visits sister I C Klein in Grafton. Miss Maxine Sisler returns from Hartwood with Dent Monroe and Christine Courtney as guests. Anne Evans of Lancaster visits Hazel Atlas connections with C M Biggs family. Ed Cassell and son Robert spend weekend in Washington. Also noted is Persia’s ministry of commerce banning import of used vehicles and replacement parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden Beagle
Pruntytown Road
Paul Hood
Reevesville
H. A. Cunningham
Harry
Mabel
Evning
Detroit
Michigan
Walnut Street
Cunningham
Mabel Moore
Philippi
Janeice
Dane Moore
Marian Kraus
New York
Grafton
I. C. Klein
Maple Avenue
Maxine Sisler
Hartwood
Virginia
J. R. Monroe
Dent Monroe
Christine Courtney
Anne Evans
Lancaster
M. Y
G. Wesley Evans
Ella Barber
Anne
C. M. Biggs
Hazel-Atlas
Ed Cassell
Robert
Washington, D. c
West Virginia Government Costs 8.15 Per Resident in 1932
Washington reports West Virginia spent 31.62 million dollars in the 1932 fiscal year on running general departments, highways, and debt service. Per capita cost was 8.15 with total revenue around 24.12 million. The report notes shifts from 1931 and compares 1918 figures, outlining taxes, licenses, and debt per capita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
Funels
Fashion and crime mix in a jumbled society note
A fragmentary feature notes fall fashion on a two piece tweed suit with a zephyr knit blouse and varied shoulder details. It shifts abruptly to a crime vignette where a man withdraws $5,000 and a robber grabs the wallet from an elderly man on his porch before fleeing in a car.
Woman Takes $5,000 From Carnegie Man
Writings show Patrick Golden, 90, a retired real estate operator, tells his wife he will take that mortgage item. The incident occurred in Wittsburgh on August 19. Details are sparse but imply a financial dispute or theft involving a Carnegie man.
Tas te parents: a reflection on generational comparisons
Brooke Peters Church notes fathers and mothers often compare their harder youth to their children's ease. She suggests a jealousy of opportunities and resentment at providing money and luxuries, while acknowledging mothers as breadwinners may share the same sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooke Peters
Menus of the Day and Family Advice Blend
The page lists a tea service menu with chicken salad sandwiches cheese and olive sandwiches fruit punch and cocoanut drop cookies with detailed recipe steps. It also includes a roasting tip for beef and a moral-paternal passage about fathers and sons highlighting strained dialogue and its damaging effects on relationship and independence.
Hopkins Plans West Virginia Trips for Relief Effort
Washington dispatch reports Harry L. Hopkins federal relief administrator will fly to Charleston West Virginia to review unemployment relief machinery. He will confer with state officials and Governor Kump on the plan and coordinate state and federal efforts. Nearby, a chase ends in a fatal shooting as a suspect in a farm attack is killed by a posse during an ongoing manhunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry L.hopkins
Blane
Charleston
W. Yay
Kump
Pine Bluff
Ark
Henry J. Son
Cormef
Cummings Negro Farm
Jackson
George Ives
Ives
Cumming’s Farm
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Coral Parrish Montgomery
C. C. Batson
Grafton Park
George and
Malina Cole Robinson
Pleasant Creek
George Robinson
G. Robinson
Bennett
Moore
Aterusalem Church
Poe
Devers Grove
Wickwire Road
Poling
White Oak Grove
Barbour County
Nestorville
Clarksburg
Shilo
Foling
Taylor
Lillian Bacchus
Mae Murphy
Barbers and Beauticians
Fairmont Committee
Stone House Camp Scene Fine Program
David A. Lamson
Stanford University Press
San Jose
Cal
Allene
Lamson
Conaal
Robert R. Syer
Associated Press
Mrs
Otto Kinsley
City
Commodore
Washington, D.C
Persia
Cryttos N.R.A
All of Honor
Grafton Post Office
National Recovery Administration
American News
American Restaurant
Wm. Archdeacon Company
Arctic Club Ice Cream Co
A. & P. Tea Company
Bartlett Funeral Home
Barley Coal Company
Boylen "Battery & Fle¢tric Co
Lee Bennett & Son
Black& White
Boards
D. Bonafede
John Boston
Brinkman Opera House
George T. Brown
Felton's
Ferndale Amusement Company
Frank
Freeman Grocery Company
Gaines
George's Place
James A. Glenn
Golden Rule
Grafton Electrical Company
Grafton Feeds& Storage Co
Grafton Pratt
Grafton Poultry Company
Grafton Sentinel
Grafton Printing Company
Home Furniture Company
Heflin's
Kelly & Zainm
Home
H. Hostler
D. M. Idoni
Imperial Ice Cream Company
Virgil R. Jackson
Jolliffe
Everett, Keener,ie Kidd
Henderson
W. P. Kimmel
Kinsey & Company
Kleen Krust Bakery
Knights
Layman's
Liberty Shoe
G. W. Lear É& Company
Loyal Cleaners
Lucas Dairy
M. E. McClain
Marinello Beauty
Modern Paint
Musgrove's Mill
Lydia A. Nicola
North Pole Ice && Coal
Parrish Agency, Inc
Gue, Penny Company
Pain-Well Remedy Company
sQumrpillhe
Vodes
C. L. Reynolds
W. Robinson
Rosier Motor Company
Arthur A. Shields
Shroyer
A.B. Shroyer
Lines Mines
W. A. Suryer & Son
Standard Cafe
ALN, Stuttle, Taxi & Transfer Company
Terminal
A. C. Thomas Grocery
Thrift Cash Market
Tresler Taxi Service
Turner's
Union Cigar Store
Bennett Ut. Coal Company
M. M. Carpenter
Empire Market
Grafton Feed & Storage
C. P. Green
Heinze & Company
Mullen’s
H. M. Nichols
Fred R. Nicola
Rogers
E. J. Snoy
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Withers Brothers
Surburban Carnegie
Dain
Carnegie
Tas Te
Dines ‘At
C.C.C. Camp
Fruit Punch
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