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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1948
Page
3
Miss Janice Myers, society reporter, contributes notes on local clubs and social events. The column highlights gatherings, fashion, and community milestones with brief portraits and schedule hints.
Mr and Mrs George Felton hosted a family gathering at their Webster residence on Sunday. Attendees included numerous Felton relatives and friends from Morgantown Wishington D C Bristol Tenn St Louis Elkins Grafton Welster Fairmont and nearby areas. A lawn picnic followed a pleasant social time with all but two grandchildren present.
An Etam Chapel Methodist Church homecoming is announced for Sunday August 29 near Rowlesburg after interior and exterior redecoration. Rev Edgar Suite, pastor, says Rev Elmer E Suite, his father, will deliver the morning sermon. The Arthur dale Youth Choir, directed by Rev Felix Robison, will provide afternoon music. Public is invited.
Professor J L Hromadka of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, Prague, warned the West against complacency and silken curtains separating nations. He urged removal of all national and class obsessions while stressing unity in world leadership amid Soviet social transformation fears.
A long list of August and September community gatherings includes Indian Sisters exchange and covered dish at the hall, adult food class at the high school, American Legion auxiliary at the Lexion home, Lindy Club at 453 W Willard, Protected Home Circle at V F W hall, Mountaineer Council Junior Order at East Main Street V F W hall, Homecoming at Mt Pleasant church with basket dinner, Delta Nu chapter Yau Phi Lambda sorority hayride meeting at the post office, Homewonis at Maymond Methodist church, and the Currey Family reunion at the Maurimony Grove Baptist Church in Taylor County.
Town and region notes list house guests and travels of residents: Harman and Allen households host out of town visitors from Cumberland Maryland Fairmont West Virginia and Kingmont. Jimmie Allender returns home. TA Chambers departs to Philadelphia with relatives. Grafton visitors, Pittsburgh trips, and hospital updates follow. City Hospital admits two, discharges one. local residents noted.
The fragmented text discusses Western nations dominating global affairs post World War I, critiques on rising powers, and a broader commentary on international balance. It includes personal notices about visitors from Cumberland, Louisville, Fairmont, and Wheeling, listing residents and guests.
Huntington bureau forecasts showers Friday with rainfall from August 25 to 29 unlikely to exceed one third of an inch. Temperatures recorded across key towns include 89 in Parker sburg 88 in Charleston 84 in Clarksburg 83 in Martinsburg and 81 at Flat Top along the Raleigh Mercer county line.
Reident of Pittsburgh Milton Machman visits friends. A shower for Mrs Ronald Haislip and others is mentioned with omitted names. Mrs Jack V Moran of Montana visits her aunt as Donald Moran weds Grace Moscar. Visitors from Netrait and Charleston dine and travel. Pitfalls of town visits include Hyannis Neb and Parkersburg guests attending Poe reunion. Ruth Marie Bumeardner returns from Pittsburgh Art School after majoring in Commercial Art.
Wood Ohio residents spend time with relatives in town and Belington. Visiting Miss Jane Davis of Washington DC joins sister Mrs Ruth Cross. A Belington picnic trip is described. First born announced for Mr and Mrs Harold Weaver. Lar ry Michael weighs three pounds fourteen ounces. Corrections recount Rev L Le Bradley officiating Lena Lynn wedding in Marion PA. The Browns and family return from Oklahoma after two weeks with relatives in Miami Oklahoma and Flora Illinois.
Extended forecast for West Virginia calls for continued hot weather through August 25 to 29 with temperatures averaging six to eight degrees above normal. A few showers are expected Friday, with total rainfall around one third of an inch.
The Republican national committee and its advertising agency plan more than one million dollars in campaign ads across 7000 small city and county weekly papers in 38 states. Russell Lockwood says advertising will target border states like Missouri Kentucky West Virginia and Tennessee and be lighter in states expected to vote Republican anyway. The solid South states are excluded as they are seen as Democratic voters.
An accident report details Wayne Riley, eight, ejected from a car after a passing maneuver by Houser. Frankie Riley, seated beside him, required no hospital treatment while Riley and witnesses including Victor Riley described the sequence from Hepzibah toward Shinnston.
A 1941 Chevrolet coupe driven by Houser and a 1946 Chevrolet sedan driven by Riley were involved in an accident. total damages estimated around 400 dollars with $100 cash bonds each and Floyd $500 bond. Thrown from a car about 20 feet, a woman escaped serious injury but sustained body bruises. Nineteen others were charged with loitering and posted $12 bonds each. The incident occurred during 1946 era procedures. Canada’s aid in 1946 referenced as part of the United States context.
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