Epigraph of Two Proms as Weaving Marriage Nuptials
Coral Parrish article summary notes the marriage of Grayce Alta Harding and Dr Perthas C Joweth at Christ Episcopal church with simple ceremony. Bride educated in multiple institutions, groom a physician for Maryland Coal Co. The piece mentions attendants, musicians, and a secret honeymoon, plus a rector reunion and Labor Day events in nearby towns with details on venues and notable attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chenoweth-Harding
Grayce Alta Harding
Wright ¢. Harding
Stanley Avenue
Larksburg
Perthas C. Joweth
Wendel
Christopal Church
Margaret Haymond
Harry Chenoweth
Simpson
J. T. Carter
Christ Episcopal Church
Dr. Chenoweth
Chenoweth
Washington Irving High School
West Virginia University
Chicago University of Music
New York University of Music
Christchurch
Clarksburg
Linden School
Emory Universiy
Atlanta
Theta Kappa Psi
Phi Sigma Nu
Maryland Coal Company
West Virginia
Surprise Party Honors Mary Elsenbeth Huffman’s 14th Birthday
A surprise party hosted by Mrs. C W Huffman on Dewey avenue honored Mary Elsenbeth Huffman on her 14th birthday from 8 to 11 PM. Guests included Jean Haymond, Mary Sommerville, Fanny Sommerville, Lucy Rightmire, Katharine Rightmire, Betty Stafford, Frances Hugill, Sandy Linn, Harry Donachte, Robert Stafford, Robert Davisson, Orval Ware, John Cather, and Robert Lambert. Dancing and games were the main diversions and gifts were elaborate and useful. Visiting here from Bellaire were Mrs. Andrew Crunnell and sons John and Robert, Mrs. John Linskey and nephew Robert Frost, Mrs. T M Davis and Master Jackie Baker, with travel to Clarington, Wheeling, and Bellaire noted. The Dixie Stompers band from Fairmont will play for a square dance at Mountain View Camp tonight from 9 PM to 12 AM. Everyone is invited.
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R. R. Redinger
Walnut Street
Richard
Elizabeth
Mrs. Redinger
Martha Lee Coston
Betty Stafford
Mary Elizabeth Huffman
Louise Sturm
Mary Jean
Margaret Grinnan
Alta Cuppett
C. W.huffman
Dewey Avenue
Mary Elsenbeth
Miss Huffman
Jean Haymond
Mary Emily Sommerville
Fanny Belle Sommerville
Lucy Rightmire
Katharine Rightmire
Bellattre
Andrew Crunnell
John
Robert
Bellaire
Clarington
Wheeling
Linskey
Davis
Sena
Dixie Stompers
Fairmont
Mountain View
Birth of Daughter for Woodyards in Blueville
Mr and Mrs C T Woodyard of Blueville announce the arrival of a daughter yesterday August 23 weighing eight and three fourths pounds both mother and child are well and happy today.
Local residents return from trips and visits
Numerous townspeople are noted returning home from visits to Columbus Pittsburgh Huntington and Parkersburg while others plan travel to Charleston for the State American Legion convention and related events. Families and individuals including the Orrs M mans and Sislers are mentioned alongside patients recovering from tonsil surgery.
Local residents travel and visit notes amid gatherings
A series of short notices list speakers for a picnic and multiple residents traveling or visiting. Etta Pearl, Frances Rogers, and Lena Gerkins leave for Atlantic City for two weeks while Ora and Juanita Rogers return to Akron from visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ersel Peppers. Others, including Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Morgan, Vernon Squires, J. W. Sayre family, Alice Yarnall, William Deane, and William Myers, are noted as visitors or guests at local cottages or homes, with couples returning from Coalville and Blackwell and planning stays on nearby properties.
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Nual
Cline
Etta Pearl
Frances Rogers
Lena Gerkins
Atlantic City
Ora
Juanita
Ersel Peppers
Akron
Ohio
Parkersburg
Peppers
W. A. Morgan
Philadelphia
H. A. Morgan
Vernon Squires
Newburg
J. W. Sayre
Alma
Raymond
Coalville
Alice Yarnall
William Deane
Cumberland
John Niland
Park
William Myers
Richmond
Virginia
Kerr
Grafton Park
Burton W. Augil
Blackwell
Okla
A. A. Holt
Pruntytown Pike
Chicago Endurance Plane Still Aloft
The airplane Chicago We Will, which left at 11 21 a m yesterday to seek the world endurance record, was aloft over the sky harbor today with pilots C E Steele and Russell Mossman reporting all well as it soars toward the St Louis Robin record.
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Chicago
C. D.T
St. Louis
Sky Harbor
C. E. Steele
Russell
Mossman
Chicago Will Trial Stages After Record Attempts
Wilson Herren accompanied two flyers on prior flights and helped prepare for another attempt. He dropped a coin’s Mp and remained grounded yesterday as the team readied for a new record bid.
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Chicago
Wilson Herren
Hold Funeral for Child Alfred R Marteney
Alfred R. Marteney eight year old son of Mr and Mrs J B Marteney died after a brief illness with scarlet fever at their home 322 Warder avenue. The private burial was conducted by Bolin Hamilton funeral directors at Mt Hebron church cemetery Buckhannon Pike. Family rites were held at 3 oclock. Survived by three sisters Delma Reba and Blaine and three brothers Haskill Roscoe and Charles all at home.
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Alfred R. Marteney
J. B. Marteney
Warder Avenue
Bolin-Hamilton Funeral Directors
Mt. Hebron Church
Buckhannon Pike
Delma
Reba
Blaine
Haskill
Roscoe
Charles
Flier Killed in Crash Near Prussia
Joseph Gross of Louisville Kentucky died in an air crash today near Frankfurt Germany after a Lufthansa passenger plane from Frankfurt encountered fog and crashed in a nearby field. Four others were killed in the incident.
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fPulda
Prussia
Joseph Gross
Louisville
Wen
Hers
Dleath
Lufthansa
Brankfurt-on-Main
Erfurt
Burns Addresses Rotarians on Public Life and Leadership
Prof L W Burns Martinsburg High School superintendent commends Rotarians as good friends and discusses public affairs. He warns about press interference, cites confidence and a clean conscience as keys to leadership. S A Waller notes hard hardware business history and stock, with about 6 500 items. Rotary meeting attendance hits 94.11 percent with around 40 members present.
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Rotary Club
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Grafton
Burns
Daniel
Lion's den
S. A. Waller
William A. Beavers
Fred Watkins
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Hinton
Republicans push tariff plan for Hoover extra session
Republican leaders press the tariff bill for Hoover to act in the extra session. Democrats say the bill makes campaign material and are ready to settle the issue in Congress and at the polls. Senator Borah opposes delaying a final vote.
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Reublican
Hoover
Congress
Ueston
Borah
Idaho
Pemen Eaiat
Turner Aims to Break East West Transcontinental Flight Mark
Captain Roscoe Turner with four passengers flies from Roosevelt Field to the west in an attempt to beat the 19 hour 10 minute record set by Frank M. Hawkes. Stops planned at Cincinnati Tulsa and Albuquerque before reaching Glendale California to showcase one day passenger air service feasibility.
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Roosevelt Field
Roscoe ‘Turner
Turner
Frank M. Hawkes
Cincinnati
Tulsa
Albuquerque
Glendale
Cal
Grafton Girl Mystery Continues with Father Suspected
The note left by the father hints he may have taken the adopted child from the Montgomerys, who had fostered her for several years after her mother’s death. Sheriff Mays stated the note’s contents pointed to the father, who had not been seen in years. The child’s foster parents describe the situation as unexpected.
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Ternoon
Mays
Montgomery
Montgomerys
King George and Queen Mary Leave for Sandringham
King George and Queen Mary departed Buckingham Palace for the country palace at Sandringham today. They traveled in a closed motor car to the railway station where a special train awaited them for the journey north toward their weekend retreat.
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London
George
Mary
Buckingham Palace
Sandringham
North
Women's air derby contends toward Illinois leg
The remaining 15 contestants of the Santa Monica to Cleveland race head from Wichita to Kansas City for a noon refueling and inspection stop before resuming to East St. Louis. Thea Rasche's withdrawal was requested by the commerce department due to a lapsed license, while Florence Lowe Barnes quit after a late plane repair. Several fliers faced delays or mechanical issues across Oklahoma and Texas, with leading pilots Louise McPherridge Thaden and Phoebe Omle maintaining their class leads.
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Wichita
Kas
Santa Monica
Cal
Cleveland
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas City
East St. Louis
Rhea Rasche
Thea Rasche
Department of Commerce
Derby
Florence Lowe Barnes
San Matino
Pecos
Tex
Bobble Trout
Los Angeles
el Paso
Margaret Perry
Fort Worth
Louise McPherridge
Thaden
Pittsburgh
Phoebe Omle
Memphis
Tenn
May Hairlip
Oklahoma
Mary Dawn Walker
Blanche Noye
Tulsa
Mary von Mack
Detroit
Edith Foltz
Midland
Ruth Elder Engaged to Walter Camp Jr in California Courtship
Ruth Elder, famed flier and actress, is engaged to Walter Camp Jr, president of Inspiration Pictures. Camp, arriving from California, confirmed the engagement after meeting Elder in California and planning a futuro wedding after her air derby and arrival from Cleveland races.
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New York
Walter Camp, Jr
Inspiration Petures, Inc
California
Ruth Elder
Miss Elder
Cleveland
Mysterious Disappearance of Girl Frays Local Sheriff
The sheriff and deputies pursued clues in a reported missing girl case as it emerged that the child’s clothing was also missing, prompting ongoing investigation into the daytime circumstances.
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Mays
Bill Bays Escape Reveals Jail Break by Bays Brothers
The story details the Bays brothers aiding a jail escape from the new $100,900 jail. They secured prisoners and followed Norris' instructions while acting as trusties. Sheriff Mays says clues may lead to Jim Weaver, at large, who was sentenced for arson.
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Bays
Norris
W. J. Mays
Algead
Jim Weaver
Weaver
Bombing Craft Fight and Doubts on Peace
A page one continuation discusses bombing craft seatings and deliberations as editors doubt lasting peace. London Times editorially weighs prospects by noting Tokyo’s hopeful gains may be temporary and Japan aims to avert war. Eastern references cite potential Soviet action and Manchurian border tensions.
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London Times
Tokyo
Japan
Manchurian Frontiera
Moorefield Man Dies In Cumberland Hospital
Theodore M. Currence, 23, of Moorefield and member of the West Virginia University wrestling squad, died in Cumberland Maryland yesterday from injuries after falling 18 feet from a lumber pile where he worked during summer vacation. The university senior was employed at a lumber operation near his home, and his body was to be taken to Buckhannon for burial next Monday.
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Mary Orr
Salt Lake City
Mary Moran
Dave Moyer
Buck Run
Simpson
Grafton
Mary Leeds
Columbus
Ohio
Fred Wilhide
Wilhide
Mary Ghent
John Harvey
Pittsburgh
W. L. Thomas
Mary
Lincoln Highway
Battle Field
Gettysburg
Frederick
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
H. L. Cook
Cumberland
L. V
Boston
Pauline
June
Huntington
Parkersburg
Maxine
Dorsey Sisler
C. J. Sisler
City Hospital
J. R. Monroe
Hartwood
New York
George Tucker
West Union
Effie Gall
Ray Talbott
N. L. Trout
Charleston
American Legion
I. M. Loran
American Legion Auxiliary
I. Rhoades
Jack
Junior
Philadelphia
C. E. Hosler
Walnut Street
Dr. Brannon
Morgantown
A. G. Yates
Lee Bennnett
Mary Patton
Virginia
Akron
Ralph Cline
Hope National Gas Company
Elkins
Theodore M. Currence
Moorefield
West Virginia University
Currence
Buckhannon
Two Brothers Killed In Airplane Crash at Westwood
Fletcher L. Walker Jr. and his brother Kenneth, ages 25 and 23, members of prominent California families and Stanford graduates, were flying a private plane that plunged about 100 feet near Westwood airport. Fletcher died, Kenneth was seriously injured after their Africa trip collecting zoological specimens for Stanford University.
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Westwood
Cal
Aung
Fletcher L. Walker, Jr
California
Kenneth
Africa
Stanford University
Dawes Returns to London After Scotland Visit
Ambassador Dawes arrived in London today after a trip to Scotland where he met Prime Minister MacDonald. He declined to discuss his latest talks with the British government on naval reduction.
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London
Amisador Dawes
Scotland
Premied MacDonald
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