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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1939

Page

3

Mother Goose Island Operetta Set For Local Stage

Plan operetta Mother Goose Island in two acts directed by Mrs Apna with Esther Peters as choir director and Rev E G Bailes leading pastor. Cast includes Betty Weaver as Mother Goose Betty Mae Keener as Miss Bright Betty Jean Deets as Jill Spratt Jr Kathryn Boice as Jack in the Box and several others. Also noted are Kerns family reunion and Oak Grove Farm Women’s Club picnic summaries with dates and attendees.

Mother Godge Island Apna Esther Peters E. G. Bailes Smith Keener Roy McCue Raymond Trader Clyde Wayne Hall Mother Goose Betty Weaver Simple Simon Anns Mary Weaver Miss Bright Betty Mae Keener Old King Cole Alice Trader Jack Spratt, Jr Betty Jean Deets Jill Spratt Kathryn Boice Herman Tucker Chard Ruby Peters Roland Alices Lynn Tiny Virginia Mente

Social calendar listing church meetings and gatherings

Aug 24 Layman's council St Johns Methodist meets 8 p.m. Aug 24 P H C meets. Aug 25 Little Theatre group 8 p.m. Play Center study directing for 1 act festival. Aug 29 Philathea class First Baptist indoor picnic 6 30 p.m. Sept 3 Robinson Bartlett reunion Webster Baptist. Attendees listed. American Legion Auxiliary installs officers Aug 28 banquet planned. Quota Club picnic at Maude Bush Thornton with 15 members. next meeting Aug 31 at Bridgeport Airport park.

St. John’s Methodist Church Little Theatre Group First Baptist Church Webster Baptist Church W. T. Robinson A. G. Robinson Quota Club Maude Bush Thornton Bridgeport Airport Park

Barclay on Bridge and Cartoons on Declarer Play

The column discusses strategic flaws in a bridge hand where a defender’s overtrick potential is teased by comic cartoons. It details a spade led, ruffs, and the dangers of misreading signals, noting potential alternative lines and the impact of vulnerability on the contract.

Community Teens Plan Encampment Program and Vesper

Youth’s Temperance Council leaders map the Jacksons Mill encampment program with a panel discussion on An Organization With a Purpose. Local members will lead a vesper service and canvas yearbook photos at Andrews church.

Vesper Knoll Miss Jacobs

New Officers Installed at Taylor County Post 12

Charles Turner was elected post commander and inducted with several officers at the Austen Legion post 12 meeting in I. R. C. Hall. James Guth George Hunt Dr Charles M Wells A T Miller R L Brand Rev H J Mitchell Arthur G Yates Crawford Compton named to key posts. Retiring commander Dallas D Wolfe and District Commander George Vogel spoke as attendance rose amid renewed Legion interest driven by the European situation.

Charles Turner Taylor County Austen Legion Moose i

Personal notices from Clarksburg area

Mr and Mrs H Nell McKislen have returned to their home in Washington DC after spending the past two weeks with Mr and Mrs Fred Grinnan Jr of Grand Sihoek M Zinn Yates avenue was a visitor in Clarksburg Glenn Kirby of Parkview was admitted to City hospital Thursday morning for tonsil operation Dr Robert Carroll of Ona street underwent a tonsillectomy at City hospital Thursday Cleota Curry of Parkview entered City hospital Thursday morning for a tonsil operation Elmer Howater of route 1 was discharged Thursday from City hospital

H. Nell McKlslen Washington, D. C Fred Grinnan, Jr Grand Sihoek M. Zinn Yates Avenue Clarksburg Glenn, Kirby Parkview City Hospital Robert Carroll Ona ‘Street Cleota Curry Elmer Howater Route 1

Birth Announcement For Mr and Mrs Orville Taylor

Mr and Mrs Orville Taylor of Tunnelton are the proud parents of a son born at their hospital on August 23. The baby weighs 7 pounds 7 ounces and is named in the family records.

Orville Taylor Tunnelton

Hitler waits for decisive action amid Polish crisis

The Dienst Aus Deutschland urges immediate German solution to the Polish problem and warns Germany ready for all contingencies. Hitler and Goebbels plan Berchtesgaden talks with Ribbentrop as Germany masss forces on eastern frontier. Reservists called up, transport and air units mobilized, and public urged to prepare gas masks.

Hitler Dienst Aus Deutschland Foreign Office Reich Germany Goebbels Hitler Ribbentrop Berchtesgaden Moscow Pommerellen Pomorze Upper Silesia Bohemia-Moravia Poland Tatra Baltic Sea Cologne Air Force Berlin Russia Lec Warsaw Saed Danzig Fae Pollton Baltic Nhigh

Fragmentary OCR Note on Closet Translation

The readable fragment appears to be garbled text about a closet and a non phrase. No clear entities or event are discernible to form a factual news item or dated detail.

Marlboro woman files for mayor with nonpartisan ticket

Mrs. William Nielsen, 44, a house wife and mother, filed nomination papers for mayor of Marlboro Massachusetts. She runs on a nonpartisan ticket with a Tower taxes platform and would be Massachusetts first mayoress if elected.

William Nielson Marlboro Mass Massachusetts

Family Reunion Notices Across Several West Virginia Towns

The notices list multiple family reunions including Withers Riley at Hepzibah church in Taylor County on August 27, Prim family at Sunset Beach near Washington Pa on Sept 3 with picnic and contests, McVicker at Grafton Park Sept 3, Knotts at Parkersburg city park Aug 27 with music, Pratt at Criss Grove Sept 3, Poe family on Aug 27, Kincaid at Morris Park Fairmont Sept 3, Currey Harmony Grove Sept 3, Ballpanion DeM Teupion at Westerman church Sept 3. Each invites relatives and friends, requests baskets, and notes local officials.

Grafton Park Eleanor Jacobs Union P2tc Mildred Hefner Mary Parrish Ruth McCartney Andrews Church Council Jackson's Mill Virginia Virginia Mason Junior Larew Margaret Larew Blanche Grow Virginia Cutright Norene Sterling Gloria Belle Squires Huth McCartney Helen Frances Dotson Beulah Wilcox Juanita Poe Dick Sterling Richard Shafferman Kenneth Menear Robert McCartney Vernon Ball Edmond Jacobs Albert Deets Manfred Shafer Charles Griffin Lowell Mason Blake Riley Everett Lee Keener Harvey Wittman Lincoln Street Withers-Riley Hepzibah Church Taylor County Prim Sunset Beach Washington, Pa U. S. Route 40 W. Va Prims Vf Ohio Phims Glen Prim B. D. Prim Knotts Parkers‘burg Ers Yo Iptiend Lin Ieee Furmusi Golden Underwood Parkersite Reese Blizzard Alhorn County

Ohio men named in bill

Four Steubenville men were indicted by a federal grand jury for the abduction of Charlotte Null of Parkersburg. Indicted are Ronald Debutch John Edward Foster Pi na ta Hill and Harold Custer with criminal trials slated for Fairmont and civil trials in Clarksburg. The grand jury also charged Ira Grimm Horace Blunt Alex Jenkins Cecil Jenkins Samuel Nicholson Jared Shipman with various offenses. Fifty five citizens admitted yesterday by Judge Watkins.

Claresburg Steubenville Charlotte Null Parkersburg Ronald Debutch John Edward Foster Pinata Hill Harold Custer Fairmont Clarksburg Citizenshp Harry E. Watkins Grand Jury Ira Junior Grimm Grafton D. S Horace Blunt Charles Town Alex Jenkins Cecil Jenkins Samuel P. Nicholson Jefferson County Jared Shipman Elkins Andy Phillips Mabie

Truck Driver Held After Hit-Run Fatality in Clarksburg

State Trooper W. E. Murphy says J. B. Bishop, 25, of Clarksburg, is held in Harrison county jail for questioning in the hit and run death of Harry E. Ash, 38, a Clarksburg painter. Ash’s mangled body was found by two youths on a motorcycle in suburban Arbutus Park. An inquest decision has not yet been made. Bishop was arrested at a friend’s home.

Clarksburg W. E. Murphy J. B. Bishop Harrison County Harry E. Ash Painter Arbutus Park Ash Bishop

Harrison County Auto Death of the Year Reported

A trooper said he had treated for a cut as Harrison County reports an auto death of the year in the same vicinity, marking a third incident in the area.

Harrison County

Warning Signs of Kidney Trouble from Backache and Leg Pain

Fragmented text suggests warnings about backache and leg pains being danger signs of tired kidneys. Mentions attention to bodily signs such as under eye puffiness, headaches, and fatigue, plus vague guidance about seeking relief and possible remedies.

Nature Potcoe

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Norman de Wayne Kerns Dorsey Kerns G. J. Kerns Vince Becky Nell Anna Teter Roy Kes Oak Grove Farm Women's Club Betty Ford J. L. Wiggs Fay Danice Lee Wings Afair Max Sinsel Ella Ford P. E. Lucas Ruth Rich R. E. Luzadder Paul Davis Prank Fast Alfred Ford C. B. Sinsel Hannah Sinsel Gerald Weaver Victor Ford Ralph Lemmons Wiggs Rose Many Lucas Leonard Lucas Sara Jane Lucas Jackie Lucas Leo Oord Catherine Ford Frances Fast Nancy Ellen Rich Adelaide Davis Robert Davis Helen Sinsel Beverly Binsel Helen Ford Betty Jean Weaver William Ford Evelyn Ford Dorothy Ford Janice Lee Wiggs Jesse Wiggs Florence Shaffer Carrie McGrew Claude Ford George Squires American Legion Auxiliary Moose Home Charles E. Burke, Sr T. R. Shields Fred Sinsel Barclay Shepard Barclay The Authority Oka Sasa South Wi North Ieee Iaw pKa SJ Sydney L. Sarel St. Matthews Bethnal Green London Shawn Leavin Vhareh Thora Servante Lettbridge Sarel Reetor Oxford Ang Olymp American Legion Bonnet McVicker A. B. Mc Vicker Pratt Pratt Ai Ae Criss Grove Tunnel Hu Tunneltos Poe Ign Poe Famil Neie Kincaid Morris Park Currey Harmony Grove Baptist Church Yardley of London Malone's Ohio Bill Enn Ahs PhD Atarnee Cretonne de Patterns Cee Cale Big Sister Monk Oxfords Syle
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