Bi County WCTU Parley Set At St Johns Church
Taylor and Preston counties join for a two session WCTU convention Friday at St Johns Methodist church in Martonsville. Sessions include prayers, reports from local unions, officer elections, and music by the Loyal Temperance Legion with demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor-Preston
Women's Christian Temperance Union
St. John's Methodist Church
H. J. Mitchell
Hostess Church
Taylor County Ministerial Association
W. R. Williams
Ethel Whiteheir
Sesson
Blanche M. Pickering
Rowlesburg
A. 8. Walle
Margaret Hall Myers
Martonsville
W.C.T.U
Grafton Youth Temperance Council
Loyal Temperance Legion
Virginia Mason
Frog Leg Fry Held In Grove
A yearly gathering for turtle meat and frog legs took place at Wickwire Grove on Sunday. The group from Grafton included Mr and Mrs John Collins, Mr and Mrs Ray Collett, Mr and Mrs Guy Harold Ringler, Mrs Hickman and James Guth, plus Kathryn Tucker and Mr and Mrs James Proudfoot from Parkersburg and Mr and Mrs Paul Smith of Philippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickwire Grove
John Collins
Ray Collett
Guy Harold Ringler
Hickman
James Guth
Grafton
Kathryn Tucker
James Proudfoot
Parkersburg
Paul Smith
Philippi
Ostrowski couple visiting Philadelphia relatives
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ostrowski of Philadelphia are visiting the J. B. Palmer home on Thayer Street for several days. Mrs. Ostrowski is formerly Miss Louise Holt. They plan to spend several days later this week with relatives in Elkins. At Maple Run Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Menear and family are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Joseph Ostrowski
J. 8. Palmer
Thayer Street
W. B. Brown
Railroad Street
Oakland
McMechen
Mr. Brown
Jane Wolfe
Betty Williams
East Main Street
Local Club Reunions And Meetings List
Aug 19 to Sept 1 schedules for auxiliary groups, Quota club dinner, Emma Rogers Bible class, White Rose Grove picnic, Lend a Hand Circle benefit, Kings Daughters Bible class, Redwing Chip and Degree of Pocahontas reunion, Woman's Mission Circle, Poe family reunions, Linn and Prim family events, Sayre reunion in Buckhannon, plus Morgantown notes on Robert Davis and a new baby at City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T
P. Hall
Quota Club
Cozy Rest
Emma Rogers
West Main Street Methodist Church
White Rose Grove
Woodman Circle
Bolce’s Grove
Morgantown Road
Lend-a-Hand Circle
A. A. Miller
Carrie Shaffernan
King’s Daughters Bible
Blueville
Redwing Chip
Degree of Pocahontas
Boyce Grove
Route 119
Kincaid
Devers Grove
Grafton
Linn
Grady Creek
Prim
Grafton Park
Red Men Hall
Poe
Dever's Grove
Harvey A. Poe
Carl Poe
Ball
Annon
DeMoss
Westerman Church
Thornton
Sayre
City Park
Buckhannon
Small Motifs For Many Linens Pattern 6695
The wise needlewoman saves linens for gifts early, using a transfer pattern of 14 motifs from 51 4 by 13 to 13 4 inches. Includes illustrations and materials. request Pattern 6695 by sending ten cents to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept. in New York. Include name and address and pattern number clearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Local notices feature births trips and visits across Grafton area
Ald of Cambridge and family join western trip to Playland Rye while Clyde Courtney and Mary Lucille Barnes announce arrivals and visits. Justice White elected VP at White reunion. several residents travel and host relatives in Parkersburg Beedaville Huntington and Clifton. local hospital updates include an appendectomy and other admissions and discharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald
Cambridge
Mass
Playland
Rye, N. Y
Grafton Baking Company
North Carolina Floods Leave Dozens Homeless and Dead
Northeastern North Carolina battles floods that have left thousands homeless and at least two dead. Regions around Roanoke Rapids and Weldon reported high flood levels as the Roanoke River topped crest, with health officials urging typhoid vaccination for refugees. Fire threats and disease add to the crisis as relief agencies mobilize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
North Carolina
Jackson
Here
Weldon
Roanoke
Farm Security Administration
Lasser plans to form new workers alliance
CHICAGO Aug 19 David Lasser founder of the Workers Alliance launched a new movement of the unemployed to day saying he would build it on a clean American non political basis free from Communist domination. About 50 leaders joined the meeting to form a new organization and he proposed a pro American program including a minimum guaranteed income of 15 a week plus 2 50 per dependent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
David Lasser
The
Workers Alliance
Lasser
Alliance
Communist Party
Health authorities hopeful on Cabell county epidemic status
Health officials in Huntington report only one new infantile paralysis case in three days. Forty cases, with 37 quarantined in Huntington, reflect potential containment of the Cabell county epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Cabell County
Taft Opposes Draft Plans At Lilly Reunion
Senator Robert A Taft told the Lilly reunion that peacetime conscription violates American principles of freedom and democracy though he urged strength in defense. Also speaking were M M Neely and D Boone Dawson. Attendance figures were not released, with officials noting fewer visitors than prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 5
Robert A Taft
Ohio
Clan
West Virginia polio cases rise across counties
West Virginia health officials report 45 new infantile paralysis cases for the week ending August 17, bringing year total to 141. Cabell county leads with 11 new cases, followed by Logan, Kanawha, Marion, Boone and others. overall county tallies show Cabell with 37, Logan 27, and Wayne 14. Diphtheria and typhoid figures are also noted with several deaths in Tyler county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Health Department
West Virginia
A.M. Price
Division of
Cabet County
Cabell County
Logan
Kanawha
Marion
Boone
McDowell
Raleigh
Mingo
Summers
Nicholas
Grant
Fayette
Wayne
Cabell
Price
Harrison County
Tyler County
United States Canada form permanent joint defense board
Military experts from both nations announced at Ogdensburg New York a landmark agreement making neutral United States an ally of a nation at war with Germany and Italy for North American defense. A permanent joint board on defense will be set up immediately by the two countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Italy
Canada
Blonde Elouise Lone Crowned Queen Of Festival
Huntington announces 18 year old Blouise Long as queen for the Mountain State Forest Festival. Queen Silvia of 1940 praises her as the daughter of Walker Long and granddaughter of Col. J H Long. Festival slated for October 3 to 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blonde Elouise
Lone
Huntington
Silvia
Mountain State Forest
Blouise Long
Richard Hall
Walker Long
Huntington Publishing Company
Col. J. H. Long
Pattern 990 Cheery Apron Fashion News
Cheery Apron Pattern 990 by Claire Tilden features a four-piece no side seam apron with front panels, high waist, pockets, and a stitched top join. Options include pointed or round necklines, ric rac or ruffle edging, and versatile fabric choices in sizes small to large. Send 15 cents to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Tilden
Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Defense Board Ties United States and Canada in Hemisphere Security
The article discusses a broad defense plan for the north half of the western hemisphere, led by a permanent joint board of four to five members from each country. It notes longstanding U S views on Canada’s safety, references Roosevelt statements on interdependence, and questions whether a mutual aid pact or unified command will emerge, with implications under the Monroe Doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Board On Defense
United States
Canada
Kingston
Ont
Roosevelt
Ogdensburg
Defense Board
Washington
Great Britain
Hemisphere
Panama Canal
Sit
Bullitt Warns of Peril and Urges Action at Shrine Rally
In a sermon-like address to about 4,000 followers, Bullitt warned America faces grave danger. He tied current threats to past peril in France and urged decisive government action to counter the menace, invoking Pershing and a vision of Hitler mockery at Independence Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Washington
United States
France
Pershing
Hitler
Independence Hall
Skaggs & Company Jewelers Ad Promises Quality Diamond
A short ad from Skaggs & Company Exclusive Jewelers touts value and trust in their diamond offerings, emphasizing reputation and top quality as a key selling point for discerning buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skaggs & Company
Exclusive Jewelers
Preparedness Urged in Speech on National Defense
Crowd urged action to aid the nation in war readiness. Bullitt and allies pressed for conscription and naval aid to Britain, warning that Nazi power and the German military machine threaten America and the Western Hemisphere. The piece links Pershing, the AEF, and strategic fears across Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
AEF
Washington
Bullitt
Western Hemisphere
America
Great Britain
Europe
Berlin
Pacific
Hawaii
Anthony J. Drexel’ Biddle
Goverment-In-Exile
John ‘Cudahy
Belgium
Dies pressing for stand on fifth column activity
Congressman Dies urges candidates to state support or opposition to fifth column activities and propaganda. He cites German and other foreign spies in the San Francisco area and links to the Communist influence in unions. He says a full west coast inquiry would take 60 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dies
Senate
United States
Communist Party
Beeman-American Bund
Indré
San Fran
Duis
Los Angelizer
Los Angelan Y
Rite Cagney
William Cagney
Cern
Prioly
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WCTU
St. John’s Church
Grove
Maple Run
Mrs. Lawrence Menear
James Menear
Morgantown
Robert Davisson
Public Service Commission
S. J. Walter, Jr
West Main Street
City Hospital
Mary MacDon
Alice Brooks
Pmpo
Usehold Arts
Sehold
Arta
F.D.R
Central Press
Wendell Willkie
Elwood
Ind
Callaway Park
Republican Standard
W. C. Barnes
Maple Avenue
Mildred
Nebraska
Kansas
Robert Zeigler
Jackson Heights
C. Luther Ford
Baltimore
J. A. Lewis
G. Edmund Hardy
Mome
Virginia
A. J. Myers
West Francis Street
Harrisonburg
Wayne Robinson
Justice of the Peace
Hove G. White, Sr
Redhouse
Association
Clyde Courtney
West Boyd Street
Clyde Dale Courtney, Jr
Mary Lucille Barnes
Cleveland, Ohio
G. W. Barnes
Mrs. W. C. Barnes
Denzil Phillips
Cherry Run
Hayward Norris
Ralph Norris
Maxine Hughes
Washington Street
Reedsville
Betty Lorentz
Hilda Shuttlesworth
Beedaville
Mary Boyles
Lee Jones
Beech Street
East
Paul D. Klepfel
Vera Alice
Route 250
John Warne
Clifton
Staten Island
Astend Fair
Genevieve Jackson
Robert Helfin
Carolyn Rendle
New York City
Leonard Knotts
Route 4
James Robert Knotts
Opal McDaniel
Ray Miller
Ross Street
Robert Stemke
Rosemont
Mary McCracken
Charles Merriman
Esket Hardin
Albert Willis
New Workers Alliance
Taft
Lilly
U.S
N.Y
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