Mrs Geannette Hunsucker Weds Robert Bolliger Jr
Announcement of the marriage of Geannette Hunsucker daughter of Mr and Mrs Garland Hunsucker of Conover North Carolina to Robert Lee Bolliger Jr son of Mrs H Dunigan of North Broad Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The ceremony occurred March 24 at Missouri Lutheran church Baltimore Maryland with attendants Mrs Charles Bost Conover and John Bartlett West Main Street Grafton. The bride attended West Newton High School class of 194? and worked at Glen L Martin Baltimore before marriage. The groom a Grafton High School 1941 graduate and grandson of Mr and Mrs C P Lucas of West Main Street lives in Philadelphia where he is employed by National Cylinder Gas Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geannette Hunsucker
Garland Hunsucker
Conover
N. C
Robert Lee Biliger Jr
H. Dunigan
North Broad Street
Philadelphia
Missouri Lutheran Church
Baltimore
R. J Lelonhart
Charles Bost
John Bartlett
Friendship Class Holds Lawn Picnic
The Friendship class of West Main Street Methodist Church held a lawn picnic at Miss Alta Mae Rogers home on Prospect street last evening. Social conversation was the main diversion. Attendants included Mary Ellen Peters Norma Lee Fauley Avanelle Denton Jean Lowe Siddartha Sue Staley Nancy Ann Staley and teacher Miss Sydia Mason. Guests were Janet Cook Beckley Dorothy Lake and Mrs Victor Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Main Street
Alta Mae Rogers
Prospect Street
Mary Ellen Peters
Norma Lee Fauley
Avanelle Denton
Jean Lowe
Siddartha Sue Staley
Nancy Ann Staley
Sydia Mason
Janet Cook
Beckley
Dorothy Lake
Victor Rogers
West Virginia farmers seek county hay plan solution
Agriculture Commissioner J B McLaughlin proposes countywide hay purchase to aid drought stricken farmers. A department representative travels to Michigan to arrange hay purchases and shipment to affected counties. Each county would form a committee to estimate needs and coordinate orders for delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
J. B. McLaughlin
West Virginia
Michigan
McLaughlin
Dexer
August Club Meetings And Reunions Schedule
A compilation of local group gatherings and reunions scheduled through September. Listings include American Legion auxiliary August 23, P.H.C. August 24, Delta Nu Tau Phi Lambda August 24 at Kathleen Watkins’ Blueville home, R. T. B class August 24 at Ada Reese’s Bluemont, Weekly Sewing Club August 25 at Emma Rockwell’s, Garner Valley homecoming August 27 at Pleasant Valley church grounds Route 92 Cove district, Minute Maids 4-H August 30 at Phyllis Burnside’s, Poe Re Union August 27 at Dever’s Grove, Sayre reunion September 13 at Pleasant Creek Methodist Church Barbour County, and Snider Gaudy Nose reunion September 3 at Flat Rocks near Gladesville Preston county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.H.C
Delta Nu
Tau Phi Lambda
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
Kathleen Watkins
Blueville
Marjorie Eisner
R. T
Class of the Baptist Churches
Ada Reese
East Bluemont Street
Sewing Club
Emma Rockwell
Garner Valley
Pleasant Valley
Route 92
Cove District
Minute Maids
Phyllis
Patty Burnside
Poe
Dever’ Grove
Sayre
Pleasant Creek
The War Continues With Maquis Takeover Of Paris
The article notes Maquis forces seizing Paris as Allied and French resistance celebrate. It discusses Hitler’s shifting focus to the Rhine and East, with Russian offensives threatening the Vistula line and Romania. It adds that a modern battleship carries eight lubricants and the 35,000 ton ship uses fuel oil far more than destroyers.
Morgantown Visitors and Local Guests Tale
Morgantown sees Paul Sinsel and Robert McCartney from the U S Army in town. Fairmont hosts Betty Jane Bartlett visiting relatives. Charleston editor Charles Warder visits his mother in Grafton. Martha Holloway of Weston guests Patty Adams from Weston. Mrs Harry Friedman and daughter Mariam return from Logansport Indiana. Barbara and Mary Sue Laign of Garrett Indiana depart for Cumberland Maryland to visit relatives before returning home. Bernard Capper joins Florine Friedman as they travel to Baltimore and Camp Lee Virginia for the weekend. Frank Hicks and wife host Ansel Thomas and Byron Paul Thomas with Darlene Hoover of Woodland as guest nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Friedman
Mariam
Maple Avenue
Logansport
Indiana
Barbara
Mary Sue Laign
Garrett
Ind
Grafton
Cumberland
Laigns
Frank Hicks
West Main Street
Ansel Thomas
Byron Paul Thomas
Grampian
Thomas
Darlene Hoover
Woodland
Pattern 9134 Jumpers for Children in Multiple Sizes
A sewing pattern describes two jumpers for children ages 1 to 10. The pattern calls for one yard of material for the jumper in size 6 and seven to eight yards for the jacket, with options to create outfits as shown and a contrasting second jumper.
Pattern Patterns and Marian Martin Book Offer
A brief ads note offers a needlework pattern collection for linens and garments at twenty cents each, to be sent to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept. in New York. It also advertises a Marian Martin Summer Pattern Book priced at fifteen cents, a 32 page booklet with easy to make styles and a free pattern printed inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
N. Y
Marian Martin
Notice to creditors and beneficiaries in Bennett estate
Commissioner of Accounts John K Burdett announces that all creditors and beneficiaries of the estate of Eileene B Bennett deceased must file claims with vouchers verified at his office in the Parrish Building 207 West Main Street Grafton West Virginia by February 10 1945 or be barred from benefits. Beneficiaries must appear to protect their interests. This notice dated August 9 1944. Taylor County West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileene B. Bennett
Eileene B Bennett
Parrish Building
West Main Street
Grafton
West Virginia
John K. Burdett
Taylor County
Hospital Surgery Report Names Local Patients
Delbert Wolfe of Cascade Emerson Bennett of Newburg Kathryn Norris of Route 3 Howard Matlick of Kasson Ada Dugan of Kasson Theo Hershman of Route 1 and Dale Harris of 207 Fanny street underwent surgery in City hospital this week. Mrs Richard Carr and Mrs Edward Kuhn have been discharged.
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Delbert Wolfe
Cascade
Emerson Bennett
Newburg
Kathryn Norris
Route 3
Howard Matlick
Kasson
Ada Dugan
Theo Hershman
Route 1
Dale Harris
Fanny Street
City Hospital
Richard Carr
Edward Kuhn
Pacific Air Forces Hit Several Japanese Targets in Alerts
In a broad strike, D MacArthur’s planes hit Ceram Davao Vogelkop and Biak Island while US forces near Marcus and Truk, Ponape and Yap engaged in actions in the Caroline and western Pacific. Wake Island was also hit. In China Chinese forces push Hengyang defenses, Tengchung remains contested and Burma movement sees Japanese pressure and Chinese countermeasures along key rail lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Ceram
Davao
Vogelkop
Dutch New Guinea
Biak Island
Wewak
Palau
New Ireland
New Britain
Bougainville
Central Pacific Air Forces
Adm
Nimitz
Marcus
Truk
Ponape
Carolines
Yap Island
Guam
Wake
Western Pacific
Yunnan
Hengyang
Chungiking
Tengchung
Burma
Hankow-Canton
French Troops Press Marseille Encirclement Amid Rising Prisoner Count
Allied forces push toward Marseille as the Toulon battle rages on the Riviera. French and American units advance, aiming to seal the encirclement while German demolitions wreathe the harbor. Prisoner totals exceed 17,000 since the landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenoble
Lyon
Rhone Valley
Allia
France
Mediterranean
Toulon
Marseille
Hyeres
Payodar Qset Puy Ysom
Elank de Berre
Associated Press
Edward Kennedy
Paris Falls as German Hold Narrows to Rear Guards
Airmen report Paris secured by French resistance and interior forces while German rearguards retreat toward Rambouillet and Etampes. Americans threaten on both sides of the capital with armor, raising strategic tensions as Meaux approaches Chateau Thierry, recalling WWI combat legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Koenig
Interior
Publc
Paris
Rambouillet
Etampes
Seine
Supreme Headquarters
Meaux
Chateau d ‘Thierry
Cute cuddly pompom toys for baby bazaar sale
Jiffy offers two toys, a chick and bunny, formed from pompoms and joined to be sturdy yet soft. Pattern 7252 provides directions and materials, priced fifteen cents. Mail with name address and pattern number to Sentinel Household Arts Dept., 259 W. 14th St., New York 11, NY. A 32 page Needlework Book is available for fifteen cents more with 130 embroidery designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chick
Bunny
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
N. Y
Allied pressure tightens as Germans cross Seine under fire
Allied air and sea actions hammered German forces along the Seine left bank as Field Marshal Von Kluge's troops abandon a rearguard. German units fled toward the river where a flotilla of craft was gathered to ferry them across as weather began to clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guenther von Kluge
Seine
Evry
The Contender star Kip Morgan comes to Opera House
Roland Drew, cast as Kip Morgan in PRCs The Contender, performs as ring mentor with Buster Crabbe and Arline Judge and returns to boxing roots by managing a former opponent to a main event. A former boxer, Drew injured his hand in college bout but pursued boxing life through directing and managing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Drew
Kip Morgan
PRC
Buster Crabbe
Arline Judge
Opera House Screen
Boss of Boomtown opens at Opera House with Rod Cameron
Rod Cameron stars as a Civil War Cavalry sergeant in Universal's Boss of Boomtown at the Opera House. Vivian Austin appears in her first outdoor drama role as a reared Eastern girl who inherits a frontier gambling house. Fuzzy Knight and Tara Tyler also star in the fast moving story with a supporting note on Mammoths in Mammoth Cave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rod Cameron
Universal
Booomtown
Opera House
Vivian Austin
Fuzzy Knight
Tara Tyler
NBC CBS Announce Start Of Gridiron Broadcast Season
New York reports NBC and CBS plan September 16 openers pairing Michigan vs Iowa as season starter. NBC may air August 30 night game at Evanston between college all stars and Chicago Bears. Also notes changes in CBS radio lineup with Patrice Munsel taking Sunday prima donna role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBC
CBS
New York
Michigan
Ann Arbor
MBS
Evanston, Ill
Chicago Bears
Gladys Swarthout
Patrice Munsel
Mr. and
Mrs. North
Alan Young
Jack Carson
Dunninger
Bob Sherwood
Buffalo
Nick Carter
Guy Lombardo
Watley
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Robert Bolliger
North Carolina
Page Cne
Kanawha
Wyoming
Braxton
Lewis Countes
Niagara Falls
New York City
Army
Navy
Lydia E. Pinkham
Isbel
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Ation
Justice
Pistol Totin' Patton
Normandy
Rhine
Vistula
East Prussia
Romania
Balkans
West Virginia Business College
T. B. Cain
Clarksburg
W. Va
Morgantown
Paul Sinsel
U.S. Army
Robert McCartney
Fairmont
Betty Jane Bartlett
Clarksburg-Grafton Road
Charles Warder
Hugh Warder
Mapie Avenue
Weston
Martha Holloway
Pearl Street
Patty Adams
Bernard Capper
Florine Friedman
Camp Lee, Va
Iowa
Chambers of Commerce
Betty Ruth Cadwell
Hicks
Halmahera
Fah
Rede
India
Tokyo
Farm Bureau
Pearl Gawthrop
Alice Brooks
America
Pun Opera House
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Australia
MMU Aus
Canning
Econpartment
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