Grafton Social News Highlights of August Events
The Grafton Sentinel Society page reports on the Withers-Riley family reunion at Baptist church on the Grafton-Fairmont pike with music, speeches, a basket dinner, and officers elected for the year. Also noted are a Barbour singing convention at Shanks Park, Hindis guests visiting from Watseka, Illinois, and Stalnaker family plans for September. California trips, Modernistic Club activities at West Main, and a bridge gathering hosted by Mrs. Robert Warder with guests from Washington DC and Lynchburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Withers
Lloyd L. Shriver
Jesse Riley
Cleo Withers
Truman Riley
Gordon Withers
R. W. Hilke
Barbour County
Shanks Park
Philippi-Buckhannon Pike
Stalnaker
Peerless Beauty Parlor Ad Promises Value
Peerless Beauty Parlor offers permanent waves from four dollars and fifty cents, with shampoo or two wave sets free with each permanent. Student marcel and fingerwave styles priced at twenty five cents and five cents. Located on Main Street, Fadmont, W Va. Main contact Elizabeth Knotis at phone 2565. All work guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuident Marcels
Elizabeth F. Knotis
Fadpmont
W. Va
Main Street
Handsome electric coffee urn and prize table remarks
The article notes prizes at bridge tables won by Miss Helen Cheno weth Miss Agnes Tierney and guest prize to Miss Marge Perchell of Columbus Ohio. A two course lunch followed. Guest list includes numerous attendees and a convention trip by Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Moats and Mrs. Myrtle Prasser to Huntington for state meetings and a return tour of Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia. A Democratic Picnic planned at Grafton Park with Woodrow Wilson Chapter inviting members and families and local candidates to attend. The event includes needed utensils and planning details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Chenoweth
Agnes Tierney
Marge Perchell
Columbus
Ohio
Mary Jo.Hebnert
Helen Chadduck
Dafia McCabe
Davita McCabe
Marguerite, Voreding
Daniel Paul Ralph
W. A
C. C. Moats
Myrtle Prasser
Huntington
United American Mechanics and
the Daughters of America
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ital
Woodrow Wilson
Daughters of Democracy
Grafton Park
Misa Lila D. Love
Miss Love
American Collector Unveils 17th Century Watch Hoard
Fred G. Gruen, head of the Gruen WatchMakers Guild, brings to the United States a rare cache of 17th century watches, including a 1650 enameled piece once owned by the Duke of Savoy. Valued by collectors at over $60,000, the collection spans Berlin, Belgium, Switzerland and Paris flots. Gruen plans to donate the collection to a museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred G. Gruen
Gruen WatchMakers Guild
New York
Cincinnati
Nuremburg
Peter Heinlen
Gruen
Duke of Savoy
Berlin
Belgium
Switzerland
Paris
Sailors Describe Stranded Schooner The Francis T
Three sailors landed exhausted on a New Jersey beach seeking aid for a disabled schooner named The Francis T. They said the vessel, with four others aboard, was left 16 miles offshore after a severe northeast storm a week and a half earlier. They rowed 16 hours in a dory, then swam two and a half hours to shore as the craft capsized. Coast guards pursued the missing schooner, whose cargo was described only as merchandise.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Coast Guards
Francis T
Haifax
Bermuda
Arkansas Hostile to Use of Negro Labor
Lonoke Arkansas August 27 guards patrolled the Tabor camp of a highway construction company after drought stricken farmers threatened reprisals against employment by out of county and negro labor. A camp crew was fired upon Monday night by unidentified gunmen.
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Lonoke
Ark
Arkansas National
New Secretary of Y Chosen by Gram ton MC Board
A local man was named secretary of the Gram ton MC by the board of directors after a regular meeting last night. Earl Hughes remains assistant secretary, and W. H. Arnold will head the autumn campaign for the Y M C A likely starting late September. A committee works with Captain Arnold on winter plans at the Y. Captain Archie H. Brooks of the Steamer Fairfax was absolved of responsibility by the commerce department for a June collision in Massachusetts Bay.
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Gramton ¥. MC
Earl Hughes
W. H. Arnold
Salvation Army
M. A
Arnold
Washington
Archie H. Brooks
Fairfax
Commerce Department
Atsachusetts Bay
City Schools Open September 8 in Grafton
Grafton schools open Monday with Superintendent Rice announcing the start date as September 8. Principal Kuhn notes high school registration will likely occur Wednesday and Thursday next week to have students ready. A new state law makes it a misdemeanor for parents to keep children from school ages 8 to 16 without proper work exemptions. Attendance officer H A Custer enforces the law. violators face fines and possible jail. School books arrive daily at Turners. Football talk rises as baseball fans eye the Athletics title and likely Chicago or New York in the National League. Over 600 students were registered last year. a full teacher list will be released soon.
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Grafton
Rice
Kuhn
H. A. Custer
Justice
Turners
Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago
New York
Rainfall Ends Drought Siege in Midwest Farmland
The Weather Bureau announced drought in Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota is effectively broken after a week of rain, soil in good condition, but other areas received insufficient rainfall. August rains offered limited relief to corn, with some regions improving and others still moisture-starved. Ontario legislature passed a bill creating a farm electrical device fund up to 2,900,000 dollars.
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Washington
Weather Bureau Today
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kien Agit
Ontario
Personal notices from a Clarksburg newspaper
Miss Delta Mitchall returns to Love Drug Co after a two week vacation in Akron Buffalo and Canada. Charles W Lewis a B and O boilermaker is seriously ill in St Marys Hospital Clarksburg. His wife and children are at his bedside. Mrs J Lehinbach of Newark visiting her brother on West Francis street. A B Olson of Cleveland visiting his brother who manages a local store. Mrs Louise Barker of Clarington Ohio attending the funeral of her sister Mrs Albert Grob. Mrs Elmer Behen and Mrs C G Turner and children return from visit with relatives in Akron. Miss Ruth Roberts of Clarinton attends the funeral of Mrs Albert Grob. Mrs Rose Kady and granddaughter Rosemary of Keyser visit with Behen and Turner family. Mrs William Yocum of Bellaire Ohio attends the funeral of her aunt Mrs Albert Grob.
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Delta Mitchall
Love Drug Co
Akron
Buffalo
Points
Canada
Charles W. ‘Lewis
St. Mary's ‘Hospital
Clarksburg
H. C. Miller
A. B. Olson
Cleveland
Louise Barker
Clarington
Ohio
Albert Grob
Elmer Behen
C. G. Turner
Veronica
Jimmie
Greer
Akiron
Ruth Roberts
Rose Kady
Rosemary
Keyser
Elmer Be[hens
Charles Turner
W. Washington Street
William Yocum
Bell Jlaire
National Parks Official W B Lewis Dies at Home
W B Lewis assistant director of the National Parks died at his Chevy Chase home. He had led the lands branch in the Washington office since July 1 1928 and previously served 11 years as Yosemite National Park superintendent. Earlier he worked with the U S Geological Survey in Alaska and South America.
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Washington
W. B. Lewis
National Parks
Chevy Chase
Lewis
Branch of Lands
Yosemite National Park
California
UU. S. Geological Survey
Alaska
South America
Turnpike 70 Open as Northway Cutoff Nears Completion
The final concrete batch on the Northw Turnpike cut-off between man and Blueville was poured Tuesday at 4:20. Work by Armstrong Company on surfacing and completing the Blueville Bit intersection aims for early traffic opening. The project includes a seven foot berm and beautified intersection to boost the area from hilltop to city approaches, improving access to Blueville and Fetterman. Shanghai prizes noted for an architectural civic center competition.
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Man
Blueville
Armstrong Company
Standard Oil Company
Bitterman
Blueville and
Fetterman
Shanghai
China
Er Shanghai
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Graften Sentinel Society
W. S. Wilmoth
West Main Street
W. EB. Cobb
Ray Pierce
Barbara
Robert
Watseka
Ilinois
Helen Davis
Maple Avenue
Los Angeles
Miss Davis
Robert Bennett
Oakland
Calif
Charles F. Lindsley
Juanita Miller
Ernistic Clubh
Muriel Pauley
Banco
Dorothy McCue
Ruth Warne
Mada Robinson
Rosemary Litzinger
Pauley
Vera Miles
Lynchburg
Virginia
Jessie Bradford
Warder
Robert Warder
Mackin Street
Bridge
Harry Chaddueck
Washington D.C
Peerless Beauty Parlor
Fourth Ave
Osgood
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Co
Latrobe St
Grafton, W
Hawley
Manila
the Love Drug Co
Potts
Antonette Stone
Nathan Seltzer
City
W. Main St
Alexander Battle Watch
Arkansas
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