Shower Held For Bride To Be Nevah Sturm In Grafton
Miss Nevah Sturm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Sturm, will wed George Coole of this city on Friday August 30. The last evening shower at the Sturm home featured bancos, a souvenir score card, and many gifts. The ceremony will be at St. Augustine Catholic Church at 7 p.m. with Rev. M. J. Hammon officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Frances Sturm
Nevah Sturm
George Coole
M. W. Sturm
West Washington Street
Grafton High School
J. C. Penney
Coole
H. R. Coole
Mackin Street
St. Augustine Catholic School
The
Grafton News
St. Augustine Catholic Church
M. J. Hammon
O. E. Hyett
Sturm
Banco
Freda Lucas
Raymond McDaniel
Evelyn Bunner
Bud Kyle
Juanita Newhouse
Margaret Constable
Lucas
McDaniel
Tom Spencer
Ralph Shahan
Joseph Barlow
Lorine Phillips
Pocahontas Annual Outing Brought Together Community Groups
The Degree of Pocahontas hosted its annual picnic with members and Redwing club families at Boyce's Grove. A large crowd traveled by motor to Morgantown Road, enjoyed supper by a bonfire, and later played bingo with prizes won by Myrtle Frazier, Emma Rockwell, and Helen McDaniel. Mrs. Fred McFarland led planning, assisted by Della Wittman, Edna Polling, and Mary Parkhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Redwing Club
Boyce's Grove
Morgantown
Myrtle Frazier
Emma Rockwell
Helen McDaniel
Fred McFarland
Della Wittman
Edna Polling
Mary Parkhill
New Federal Prison At Ashland Opens to Public
Ashland Kentucky on August 23 opened the new 1.45 million dollar federal prison designed to confine 600 inmates. Acting Warden Robert H. Armstrong of Keyser West Virginia supervises the facility as it invites public inspection and showcases its cells and corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Robert H. Armstrong
Keyser
W. Va
August Reunions and Gatherings Across County Towns
A tidal list of August and September family reunions and club events across Mount Storm Grafton Philippi Haymond Buckhannon and surrounding areas. Reunions include Heironimus Pierce Poe Riley Withers Linn Dever Webster King of Clubs Calihan Welch Prim Knight and Kincaid families with picnics dinners and programs announced by organizers Harvey Poe A. G. Robinson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe
Devers Grove
Wickwire
Riley-Withers
Hepzibah
Linn
Grady Creek
Dever’s Grove
Harvey A. Poe
Carl Poe
Fidelis Club
First Presbyterian Church
William D. Fisher
Maple Avenue
Wehnhall
Taylor County
Haymond Methodist Church
Weekley Sewing Club
W. P. Connan
Bowlesboro
Robinson-Bartlett
Webster Baptist Church
A. G. Robinson
Pratt
Crissgrove
Tunnel Hill
Tunnelton
Cleavenger
King of Clubs
Smith’s Park
Philippi
Grafton Road
Calihan
Welch
Overfield M. E. Church
Prim
Grafton Park
Annon
DeMoss
Westerman Church
Thornton
Quota Club
Cozy Rest
Daniel Knight
Boycegrove
Haymond Settlement
Sayre
City Park
Buckhannon
Kincaid
Route 119
Grafton
Federal system proposal involves 32 institutions nationwide
The proposal outlines a network of 32 federal institutions planned to house primarily male offenders. The text references the western Virginia district and neighboring regions including West Virginia eastern Kentucky and eastern Tennessee as core origins for the initial sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Crochet Them Both Hats From Bayou Pattern 6788
Learn to crochet two hats, a red white blue calot and a beret, in Germantown. Pattern 6788 includes instructions, illustrations, and stitches. send ten cents to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept., 259 W.14th Street, New York, for materials and pattern. Include name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W.14th Street
New York
N. Y
Briefly Told Briefly Told Visit In Ohio
Ohio trip notes include attorney J C Holt of Dewey avenue visiting Bucyrus with son John Homer from summer with grandparents. Vera Jacobs of Grafton had tonsils removed at City hospital. A 10 pound baby son named James Larry Corum born Aug 12 at Blueville to Ellis and Dorotha Corum. Florence Edgell of Smithfield W Virginia visiting grandmother W B Henderson. principal of Bane school. Rufus Reed and Ralph McCoy travel to Washington DC to attend Chicago Washington game. Mrs Stewart McDaniel of Locust Grove underwent major surgery at City hospital.
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Ohio
J. C. Holt
Dewey Avenue
Bucyrus
John Homer
Vera Jacobs
Route 3
Grafton
City Hospital
Ellis Corum
Toledo
E. D. Phillips
Blueville
James Larry Corum
M Dorotha Phillips
Florence Edgell
Smithfield
W. Va
W. B. Henderson
West Main Street
Edgell
Bane School
Wetzel County
Stewart McDaniel
Locust Grove
Admirals Feted At Richwood Spud and Splinter Festival
In Richwood West Virginia the Spud and Splinter festival celebrates local industry with the mock admiral pageant. The dry land flagship Clothespin sits at naval headquarters as business and professional men receive paper hats and rank. The Navy sweetheart leads the parade and a reception follows along with an ox roast and admirals ball concluding day two. Bee Tomorrow will close with the woodmen contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richwood
Cherry River
NATO
Naval Headquarters
Helen McElwee
West Virginia
Efficiency Held Needed in Production Of Milk
Jackson's Mill August 23. Milk producers must push for higher efficiency or lose consumers says J. C. Nisbet of the Ohio Dairy Products Association at the 19th annual banquet of the West Virginia dairymen's association. He urged cooperation with distributors and manufacturers amid rising consumer scrutiny.
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Jackson's Mill
J. C. Nisbet
Ohio Dairy Products Association
West Virginia
Dairymen's Association
Nisbet
Roosevelt to Visit Amauga Dam and Great Smoky Park
President Roosevelt will deliver a non political Labor Day speech at Amauga Dam and later at Newfound Gap to formally open the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He will be away eight days visiting Hyde Park Chatanooga and Charleston before returning to Washington.
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Amauga Dam
Newfound Gap
Tennessee-North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Chattanooga
Tenn
South Charleston
W. C A
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Des Moines
Wallace
Chicago
Wife Preservers Cloth Care Technique Described
A fragment explains a traditional method for maintaining table linens using a heat shield cloth. It notes washing in sunlit breezes with added glycerine to soften and restore the fabric, then rinsing and hanging to dry so the cloth remains pliable for reuse.
Merchant Ship Is Sunk Off Coast of Scotland
Berlin reports a German Junkers aircraft sank a 15,000 ton merchant ship entering Moray Firth Scotland during a convoy raid carried out in moonlight. The same attack set fires at a plane parts factory in Luton northwest of London.
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Berlin
DNB
Junkers
Moray Firth
Scotland
Luton
London
Bus Driver Robbed of $85 in Lone City Section
Gallup Adkins told police a gun man flagged his bus in a lonely city section and robbed him of eighty five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Gallup Adkins
Youth Killed As Car Strikes Boy On Bicycle
In Wheeling on August 23, twelve year old William Stab died after an automobile struck his bicycle. The accident report lists the vehicle and driver under investigation.
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Wheeling
William Stab
Ohio Triumphs in Second Army Maneuvers Swamps Battle
CAMP MCCOY Wis Aug 23 Ohio's 37th division of the national guard claimed a smashing victory in the battle of the swamps during second army maneuvers. Maj Gen Gilson D Light commanded a 75 mile forced march and attacked the 38th division from the rear, seizing about five percent of the guard staff from Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Mccoy
Wis
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Gilson D. Light
Wyeville
Indiana, Kentucky
West Virginia
Army Says Rifle Supply Sufficient for 3 Million
Washington Aug 23 Officials report a current Army inventory shows ample rifles and basic weapons for 3,000,000 men. General Marshall asserts enough 30-caliber rifles and related arms exist, though newer anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons are limited. The War Department confirms 75-millimeter guns and 75,000 machine guns are adequate for the force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
George C. Marshall
Marshall
General Marshall
Pattern 203 ruffled slip by Claire Tilden
Quick stylish slip pattern 203 features two-piece front and back with darted waist and flat fell seams for easy ironing. Includes bloomers and lace edging options, sizes 34 to 50, plus material amounts and 15 cents price. send order to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Tilden
Grafton Sentinel Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
New York
Willkie plans 4000 mile swing with independent Democrats
The Willkie campaign mapped a nationwide tour starting September 16 in Coffeyville Kansas and ending September 30 in Detroit, featuring seven speeches and about 25 informal talks. The independent Democrats eye Texas Florida Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee as likely targets, while evaluating election law actions to possibly count votes under dual ticket lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solid South
Texas
Florida
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Coffeyville
Kas
Detroit
Willkie
Martin
Independent Democratic Organization
Republican
National Unity
Veteran Miner Seeks Pioneer Award At Industrial Expo
Bluefield Aug 23 William Uncle Bill Nicholson after 61 years in coal mining seeks recognition as Pioneer Miners Club honors oldest miner and highest safety rating at a three day Southern Appalachian Industrial exhibit. Nicholson began at nine in Phillipsburg Pa later served as Bluefield district inspector in 1908 arresting 354 men in 1910 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
William
Uncle Bill
Nicholson
Pioneer Miners’ Club
Phillipsburg
MacBeth
Logan County
Pioneer Club
Henry C. Callaway
Broaddus College to Open September 3 in 1940
Broaddus College in Alderson Broaddus will open for the 1940 41 school year on September 3 marking the first West Virginia college to begin classes. Registrations indicate a record enrollment with reservations in the college office already reaching last year but peak full time student numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippi
Alderson- Broaddus College
West Virginia
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Surrey
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Cable
Rufus Reed
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Cherry River Navy
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Logan Co
Broaddus College
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