Hospital Notes and Birth Announcements From Charleston
Hospital notes report Dona Jo Jones of route 1 Grafton had a tonsil operation at City hospital this morning. Sarah Lee Gray of Tinnetton was admitted yesterday for medical treatment and discharged today. William Sapp route 1 Neal Clarkston Territor Bobby Jo and David Eugene George route 1 Grafton and Dolores Smith route 3 Bridgeport discharged. An eleven and a quarter pound son born at 2 30 this morning to Mr and Mrs Harold Layton 214 Barrett street. The baby unnamed. Mrs Layton former Mary Boylen. Trooper W L Pratt transferred from Philippi to Franklin and Trooper Earl Yeager from Welch to Philippi effective September 1 per State Police Superintendent John W Bosworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dona Jo Jones
Grafton
City Hospital
Sarah Lee Gray
Tinnetton
William Sapp
Neal Clarkston
Territor
Bobby Jo
David Eugene George
Dolores Smith
Bridgeport
Harold Layton
Barrett Street
Layton
Mary Boylen
Charleston
W. L. Pratt
Philippi
Franklin
Earl Yeager
Welch
Philipp
John W. Bosworth
Huntington Welcomes West Virginia Legion Convention Attendees
Delegates from the American Legion and auxiliary units arrive by car bus and rail for Huntington West Virginia hosting the 33rd annual convention. Five conventions meet across venues with about 5000 visitors expected. events include memorial services speakers Louis A. Johnson Harley M Kilgore and James Weir. elections, parades, and dances mark the schedule led by Commander R C Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
West Virginia Department
American Legion
Legion
Forts Assembly Hall
Municipal
Women's Auxiliary
Veterans’ Wives
Forty and Eight Society
Eight and Forty Society
Ernest E. Winters, Jr
Forty
Louis Johnson
U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
Beckley
James W. Weir
West Virginia Publishers Association
Louis A. Johnson
The
R. C. Hall
Elkins
Labor Day Broadcasts and Exiled Leaders Salute
President Roosevelt will deliver a nationwide Labor Day message from Hyde Park with a labor salute and a London broadcast by exiled European leaders on the Poland invasion anniversary. NBC CBS and shortwave relay a pageant "These Our Freedoms" plus talks from George Meany and other AFL officials and leaders from Norway Yugoslavia Belgium The Netherlands Czechoslovakia Greece and Luxembourg.
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Roosevelt
London
Poland
NBC
CBS
MBS
Hyde Park
Office’ of Emergency Management
Sneland
King Hiakon
Norway
Petar
Yugoslavia
Gen. de Gaulle
Hubert Pierlot
Belgium
Pieter
Gerbrandy
Netherlands
Jan-Masarye
Czechoslovakia
Hl! Siropoutes
Greece
J. Beek
Laembourg
Weirten
W.va
George Meany
Uniondale
Long Island
NBS
Bluek
Wim. Green
A. F
Grand Rapids
Mich
Nbc-Blue
Allén
Haywood
Ben
Burton K
Wheeler
St. Charles
Orbhurn
Pranéi
Petkitia
Boston
Aqueduct
OSI
Consumers Defénse
CBS 9115
Robert'g. Sprow
Nbc-Red
Americas
St Cps
Guy Lorabar
Ace
Chicagoland
Earlrita DeMoss Weds P R Brestel In Illinois Town
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Earlrita Prances DeMoss daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl DeMoss of 61 Lincoln street and Pvt Paul R Brestel son of Mr and Mrs Herbert E Brestel of 248 Grand street vows exchanged June 14 at First Methodist church Urbana IL before Rev Loren Spear single ring ceremony witness Pvt Albert A Almester of Toledo Ohio. The bride wore a pink marquisette street length dress with picture hat and pink white rosebud flowers. She is a Grafton High School and Alderson Broaddus College graduate and former teacher at East Grafton school. Her father is a local police captain. The groom a Grafton High School graduate enlisted in the U S Army Air Corps in 1940 and will serve as Link Trainer instructor in Panama City after sailing September 2 from New York. Honeymooned briefly in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlrita Prances DeMoss
Earl DeMoss
Lincoln Street
Paul R. Brestel
Herbert E. Brestgl
Grand Street
First Methodist Church
Urbana, IL
Loren Spear
Albert A. Almester
Toledo
Ohio
Brestel
Grafton High School
Alderson- Broaddus College
Taylor County Schoos
East Grafton School
Business Girls Club
U. S. Army Air Corps
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Iil
New York City
Panama
Mrs Thomas Named Head Of Knottsville Church Society
Ada Thomas elected President of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at Knottsville Methodist church as August meeting held at Miss Blanche Swisher home. Also elected were Flossie Shroyer vice president Bernice Luadder secretary and Dolly Ludwick treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Thomas
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Knottsville Methodist Church
Blanche Swisher
Flossie Shroyer
Bernice Luandder
Dolly Ludwick
Prudence Ludwick
Art
Dance Winds Up County Pageant Here Last Night
Taylor County seventh annual Playground Pageant concluded with Queen Cecelia I and King Wayne and their court attending the Queen's Ball at the Elks Home. George Morgan and his orchestra provided the music, the event marking the fall season opening. Patronesses included Mrs. Dorothy Beavers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Playground
Cecelia I
King Wayne
Elks
George Morgan
Dorothy Beavers
Reunions Planned Across West Virginia on Late August
A batch of family reunions is listed for late August and early September across Grafton Rowlesburg Reedsville Pennsboro Clarksburg Taylor County and surrounding areas. Events include basket dinners programs talks by visiting missionaries and officials from Woodman Circle and Jr. O U A M with various host families and venues noted.
List of Ladies Named in Obituary or Social Notes
Mrs Harold L Noble, Mrs B H McDargh, Mrs Paul P Warden, Mrs L L Painter, Mrs C How ard Cameron, Mrs E M Tomlin son, Mrs W C Pembroke and Mrs Harry Friedman appear in a social notice detailing attendees or heirs in a local event or obituary context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold L. Noble
B. H. McDargh
Paul P. Warden
L. L. Painter
C. Howard Cameron
E. M. Tomlinson
W. C. Pembroke
Harry Friedman
Miss Helen Comp Named To Office In State Group
Miss Helen Comp of this city became associate state councillor of the Daughters of America at the state convention held jointly with the Junior Order of American Mechanics in Parkersburg this week. Mrs. Hattie Smith of Spencer was unopposed for state councillor and she succeeded Mrs. Nelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Comp
The
Daughters of America
Lodge
Order of American Mechanics
Parkersburg
Hattie Smith
Spencer
Nelle
Mrs Mapel Rabwells Named State Conductor At Romney
Mrs Mapel Rabwells of Romney is named state conductor. Junior Order officers D D Roberts of Parkersburg unopposed elevated to state councillor succeeding Rev C W Ambrose Jr of Lost River ER. Graham of Martinsburg treasurer and S L Martstiller of Elkins inner sentinel, both unopposed. Officers installed at the final convention Friday.
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Toes
Brief House Guest Notes From Local Households
A stream of short item notices lists visitors and travelers in the area. Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Flinn and daughter from Akron stay with Mrs. Harrison. Mrs. Earl Humphries from Buckhannon also visits. The Flinns just returned from England where they lived seven years. Others visiting include Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Boyd and son from Front Royal, Va., at John Collins’s home. Mrs. Kenneth Kramer from Scottdale, Pa., returning with Mrs. De Moss and son Hugh Lindsey. W. A. Camden leaves on vacation via northern states and Canada. Mrs. Ella Wood and the Francis Wood family visit London, Ohio, to see Wilbur Wood. Miss Cora Murphy of Grafton City hospital departs for two weeks East with Mrs. John Harness and family. First Lieut. James F. Holt and family arrive from Southern Pines, N. C. for the winter. Holt returns to Camp Bragg soon. Weekend visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heflin and son from Baltimore, Mrs. Frelan Burrows of Fairmont, Miss Betty Lee Clark of Washington, D. C., to Anna Heflin’s Blueville Addition home. Mrs. Heflin plans a West Coast trip, joined by Mr. and Mrs. Morgan of Elkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Harrison
Beech Street
I. H. Flinn
Akron
Ohio
Earl Humphries
Buckhannon
Flinn
Humphries
Stepher Boyd
Godfrey
Front Royal
John Collins
Walnut Street
Clarksburg
Cora Murphy
Grafton City Hospital
John Harness
Petersburg
James F. Holt
Jimmie
Jeannie
Southern Pines
N. C
Holt
Camp Bragg
Robert M. Heflin
Robert
Baltimore
Frelan Burrows
Fairmont
Betty Lee Clark
Washington, D. C
Anna M. Heflin
Blueville Addition
West Coast
Charles Morgan
Elkins
Laval Rallies and Paris Executions Stall Crisis
The report notes Laval’s improving condition after near heart infection and a danger of peritonitis lasting 24 hours. It also covers eight executions in Paris including Count Henri Destienne Dorbes and a Dutchman for espionage, plus others condemned under a new anti-Bolshevik law for anti occupation activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laval
Paris
Henri Destienne Dorbes
Izen
Jean Doornik
Soviet
Russia
Paul Colette
Versailles
Colette
Lyon
Railroads eyed to ease looming fuel tanker shortage
Senate hearing tracks oil transport bottlenecks as Maloney sections 18 000 idle railroad tank cars for relief. Land says 25 new fast oil carriers due next April while 138 tankers are under construction. Davies cites a 175 000 barrel daily eastern shortage forecast. 200 000 via idle cars proposed.
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Chant
Land
United States
Answers
Maloney
England
Admiral Land
Senate
Gulf Ports
Atlantic Seaboard
J. J. Pelley
American Association of Railroads
Ralph Budd
Office of
Ralph K. Davies
Rookies On Parade at Opera House Wittier
The Republic's 1941 comedy Rookies On Parade features Bob Crosby Eddie Foy Jr Ruth Terry Marie Wilson Gertrude Nelson Cliff Nazarro Sidney Blackmer and William Wright. The plot follows Crosby a moneyless songwriter in romance with Ruth Terry who drafts into the army with a camp musical and shows. Spectators are promised bright color humor and lively performances across a modern wartime setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wright
Ruth Terry
Bob Crosby
New Republic
Opera House
Republic
Eddie Foy, Jr
Marie Wilson
Gertrude Nelson
Cliff Nazarro
Sidney Blackmner
Crosby
Eddy Foy
Ruth
Foy
Wright
Miss Terry
Marie
Wilson
Reaching for the Sun at Strand Theatre
The Strand brings Joel McCrea and Ellen Drew together in a Paramount romantic comedy. A Michigan woodsman leaves home to work on a Detroit assembly line to fund a boat motor, marries a lunch wagon waitress, and faces rival suitors and jealous intrigues amid comic misadventures and a dramatic turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel McCrea
Ellen Drew
Paramount
Strand Theattre
Michigan
Detroit
William A. Wellman
Whoas
McCrea
Michigan Woods
Ellen
Albert Deker
McCrtax
Dekker
Battle of the Monster Machines Delights Entertainers
The much discussed duel features two giant machines delivering thrills and laughs. The scene blends spectacle with comedy as spectators cheer the unlikely showdown.
The Devil and Miss Jones at Dixie Theatre
In this comedy fantasy Jean Arthur stars as a department store worker opposite a billionaire played by Coburn. Rob ert Cummings is the romantic lead with Gwenn Byington Sakall and Demarest also featured. The story follows a rich man who disguises himself to learn why workers strike at a Manhattan store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devil
Jean Arthur
Charles Coburn
Robert Cummings
Miss Arthur
Edmund Gwenn
Spring Byington
5. Z. Sakall
William Demarest
Manhattan
Coney Island
Coburh
Coburn
Cummings
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FDR
Earlrita DeMoss
P.R. Brestel
Illinois
DeMoss
Knottsville Church
WSCS
Swisher Home
Elks Home
Pierce
W. C. Pierce
U.S
W. C.pierce
McVicker
Rowlesburg
George D. Zinn
Jabez Brown
Reedsville Park
Gerald Zimmer
China
Zimmer
Sylvia Zinn
Robinson-Bartlett
Webster Baptist Church
Taylor County
Ben F. Donley
Griffith
Richie County Fair Ground
Pennsboro
W. Va
Jacob 8. Griffith, Jr
Ellenboro
A. Clark Riddle
Cairo
Anna Williams
Botee's Grove
Route 119
Supreme Forest Woodman Circle
P. Hall
White Rose
Grove
Woodman Circle
Faye K. Littman
Wehn Hall
Quota Club
Iquintia’s
Galloway
Sarah Sayres
Allender's Grove
Knottsville Road
Jane Christip
Colebank - Bennett - Lindsey
Dever's Grove
Callihan and Welch
Overfield Methodist Church
Barbour County
Grafton Young Lady
Yo Scottdale
Kenneth Kramer
Scottdale
W. A. Camden
Canada
Ella Wood
Route 3
Francis Wood
Wilbur Wood
Cecil Cottrill
Fowler Ave
Strand Theatre
C.C. Richman Cones Insurance
Renae
Dixie Theatre
Jean Arthur Star
Toknee
Ely
Orie
Claire Tiden
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