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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1944

Page

3

Briefly Told Briefly Told Spend Vacation Here

Local society notes record Helen Jean and Rita Hussion returning to St Joseph's hospital Parkersburg cadet nurses after two weeks with their parents Mr and Mrs J F Hussion of Yates avenue. Also weekend visits Miss Pauline Wilson WVU with Miss Mary Jo Hulley St Charles street. Mrs Jerome Boyles Agnes Knottsville to Shriner's Hospital Philadelphia with Washington visit. D O Reed Ona street attends United Brethren state conference Huntington elected delegate.

Helen Jean Rita Hussion St. Joseph’s Hospital Parkersburg L!ter J. F. Hussion Yates Avenue Pauline Wilson West Virginia University Mary Jo Hulley St. Charles Street Jerome Boyles Agnes of Knottsville Philadelphia Miss Boyles Shriner's Hospital For Robert Norcutt Washington, D. C Boyles Corference D. O Reed Ona Street Huntington United Brethern Churches United Brethern Church Mary Roof Winthrop College North Carolina E. F. K. Roof Washington Street

Mrs Edwin Hall Feted With Shower In Webster

Mrs Edwin Hall was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by friends at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Tracy G Felton in Webster. The guest of honor, formerly Miss Mary Virginia Felton, wed Sgt Edwin Hall last Sunday after his 30 month South Pacific service. The couple departed tonight for Lincoln Nebraska where he will be stationed.

Buckhannon Juanita DeMoss Longstreet J. W. Paugh EB. Lantz Wanda Ellen Russell DeMoss Raymond Beall Akron Ohio Mary Virginia Felton Webster Edwin Hall Tracy G. Felton Ray DeMoss William F DeMoss Brownlow Park Cincinatti

Red Army advances threaten Bucharest and Carpathian gains

Malinovsky moves toward Ploesti and Bucharest while Tibukhin pushes from the Danube. Soviet forces climb west into the Carpathians above the Galati gap and sever German pockets southwest of Chisinau. The Moscow communique notes gains near Praga and 50 more localities on the Estonian front as Axis losses mount.

Lihe Red Armie Malinovsky Ploesti Bucharest Transylvanian Alps Tibukhin Danube Carpathians Galati Transylvanian Chisinau Moscow Praga Warsaw Third Baltic Army

Slim Young Continues Report On Infant Feeding Practice

Dr Rogers stated babies would receive breast milk and a five per cent dextrose solution with medicine droppers every three hours. The note mentions Burma’s 1937 transition from India to a separate unit within the British Commonwealth.

Rogers Burma India British Commonwealth

Aug 30 Minute Maids 4 H Club Meeting Notes

A series of community notices lists upcoming reunions and club meetings. Aug 27 Poe reunion at Dever's Grove. Aug 28 Woman's Republican club at Guy Allender's office. Aug 29 Lindy club at Mrs Zada Ridenour's home. Sept 3 Robinson and Bartlett reunion at Uw Baptist Church near Grafton with basket dinner. Sept 3 Ball Annon DeMoss reunion at Westerman Church near Thornton. Sept 7 Women's Missionary Council election at First Brethren Church. Sept 3 Snider Gaudy Nose reunion at Flat Rocks near Gladesville. Sept 13 Sayre reunion at Pleasant Creek Church Barbour County.

Minute Maids Phyllis Patty Burnside Poe Dever Robinson Flat Rocks Gladesville Preston County Sayre Pleasant Creek Methodist Cheireh Barbour County

Unclear fragment hints at clothing trends and fashion notes

The text appears as a fragmented fashion snippet describing gingham fabrics, a brown jacket, and a streamliner style. It mentions a young officer's wife and a let-out feature at the sides, but lacks a coherent event or identifiable entities.

Pattern 9365 Jumper and Blouse for Misses and Women

Pattern 9365 offers a versatile jumper with button-down front in sizes from 12 to 48 and misses and women's ranges from 14 through 48. Fabric requirements list 39-inch fabric quantities for the jumper and 35-inch for the blouse, with yardage adjusted by size.

Local Notes Highlight Births Visits and Travels

The section reports a newborn girl Ronda Lou at City hospital with Olive Sapp as mother, J M Sapp and C J Harold as grandparents. Multiple residents visit relatives in Buckhannon, Brooklyn, Chicago, and Clarksburg. Hospital admissions include Mrs Earnest Loran and Thelma Uh Thornton among others. Ray De Moss returns to Cincinnati. Miss Mary Roof visits for three weeks.

City Hospital Ronda Lou Harold Olive Sapp J. M. Sapp Beech Street C. J. Harold Clarksburg Earnest Loran Tunnelton Thelma Uh Thorton Franklin Annon Newburg

Japanese Division to Stand Against Northern Air Center Attacks

Report from page one notes mechanized divisions stationed at Kweilin in southeast China will soon enter battle to block Japanese advances toward the air center from north and south. Allied signals say British raiders reached 100 miles behind enemy lines in southwest Burma and American patrols killed or captured over 500 Japanese near Dutch New Guinea as 15,000 flee Maokwari garrison. An execution in Chungking cited Gen Chang Teh Seng for dereliction of duty during the defense of Changsha on the Hankow Canton line.

Kweilin China Chenghsien-Hankow Chungking Chang Teh-Seng Changsha Hankow-Canton Burma Dutch New Guinea

Wedding Ties Bring Rinard Guests to DeMoss Home

Cumberland Maryland visitor F G Rinard joined DeMoss household gatherings as Marion Lilley wed Ensign Eugene Sattefield at Fairmont First Presbyterian Church. Attending were Frances Leonard and Tippy DeMoss from Grafton and maid of honor France Jones daughter of Oral Jones Maple Avenue. Out-of-town guests included Mrs C R Underwood and Bob of Clarksburg Mrs Daisy Snyder and Edna of Weston and First Lt Earnest Lantz and wife of Dallas.

France Jones Oral Jones Maple Avenue Marion Lilley Eugene Sattefield First Presbyterian Church In Fairmont Frances Leonard Lloyd Plum West Main Street C. R. Underwood Bob Clarksburg Daisy Snyder Edna Weston Earnest Lantz Dallas

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