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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1939

Page

3

Silver shower honors Mrs Mason Tucker in Clarksburg

Society notes report a August wedding of Mrs Mason Tucker, later Miss Mildred Bartlett, with a bridge function at Stonewall Jackson hotel Clarksburg hosted by Miss Bernice and Miss Beatrice Tucker. High scores went to Jean Murray and Evelyn Welch who donated prizes. Other attendees included Mrs Lawr ence Souders, Mrs Paul Pringle, Miss Mary Whetzel and many local families.

Jean Murray Evelyn Welch Lawwence Souders Paul Pringle Mary Whetzel Clarksburg Ward Blaney G. T. Bartlett, Jr Geneva Hikey Ruth Welch Murray Tucker

Social Calentar Meeting Notices At Local Venues

Aug 31 The Quota club meeting at Bridgeport airport postponed to next week with date to be announced. Sept 1 Ladies Aid of U B church to meet at Mrs C C Moore Lucretia home. Sept 1 Regular Rebekah Lodge meeting at 8 pm Red Men's Hall. Sept 3 Homecoming at Baileytown Methodist with speaking. Sept 3 Robinson Bartlett reunion at Webster Baptist church with Wanda Lou Robinson of Jefferson Mo and a list of attendees.

Quota Club Bridgeport Ladies Aid Society U. B C. C. Moore Lucretia Rebekah Lodge Redmen's Hall Baileytown Methodist Church Robinson-Bartlett Webster Baptist Church W. T. Robinson A. G. Robinson

Prim Reunion At Sunset Beach Sept Third

The twelfth annual Prim family reunion will be at Sunset Beach six and a half miles west of Washington, Pennsylvania on U S Route 40 with a picnic dinner athletic contests a softball game between West Virginia Prims and Ohio Prims. Glen Prim president FE Prim secretary.

Prim Sunset Beach Washington, Pa W. Va Prims Ohio

Barclay on Bridge Promoting Your Cards

Bridge advice discusses valuing high cards in a partner’s hand when they partner with high cards, noting two factors: card protection and partnership leverage. It analyzes a sample hand where North miscounts and doubles 4 spades, East doubles 4 hearts, and South bids 5 clubs, with potential improvement if North recognizes promotional value of opposite high cards.

North Spade South East Northi West

Sayre Reunion Planned at City Park Buckhannon W Va

Announcements list numerous family reunions including Sayre, Calihan Welch, Hudkins, Robinson Bartlett, Ford, and Colebank Lindsey Bennett gatherings scheduled for September in Buckhannon Grafton Webster Grove Devers grove and Oak Grove Baptist church with invitations to members and friends to attend and bring basket dinners. Local visits note Mrs Harold L Noble Beech Street Clarkshoro and William Manley with influenza and Charles Wilmoth of Morgantown visiting Clarkshoro Wednesday.

McVicker DeMoss Reynin Westerman Church Thornton Sayre Buckhannon W. Va Callihan—Welch Calihan Welch Overfield M. E Hudkins A. A. Hodkins Grafton Park Grafton Ford Oak Grove Baptist Colebank-Lindsey-Bennett Devers’ Grove Robert Cassell Harold L. Noble Beech Street Clarkshoro Wedensday William Manley McGraw Avenue Charles Wilmoth Morgan“town

Personal Notices From City Hospital Roundup

Mr and Mrs H G Sapp host guests Francis E Powell of Olean NY Mrs Harry Lambrecht and family Felix Vander Stucken of San Antonio TX Mrs Flossie Bowman Route 3 Tunnelton underwent major surgery at City hospital Thursday morning George Gross of Flemington admitted to City hospital Wednesday night for observation Margaret Jean Jones Route 1 Grafton discharged Wednesday from City hospital Mrs Joseph Cox returned home 409 East Bluemont street Wednesday after confinement at City hospital Mrs Gerald Jones 104 Walnut street discharged Wednesday Mr and Mrs J D McCracken and sons Francis and Edward returned home from a week long vacation in eastern cities They were accompanied on the trip by

Francis E. Powell Olean New York Harry Lambrecht Felix Vander Stucken San Antonio Texas Flossie Bowman Route 3 Tunnelton City Hospital George Gross Flemington Margaret Jean Jones Grafton Joseph Cox East Bluemont Street Gerald Jones Walnut Street J. D. McCracken Francis Edward

Daughters of Union Veterans oppose Gone With The Wind showing

Grand Army encampment in Pittsburgh focused on officers while Daughters of Union Veterans with 34000 members moved to urge local censors to ban the film Gone With The Wind. They call Mitchell novel an apology for treason and Sherman. They oppose a Stonewall Jackson memorial funding and chose Springfield Illinois as 1940 encampment site for Lincoln’s grave.

Pittsburgh Grand Army Repubc Daughters of Union Veterans Margaret Mitchell William T. Sherman Stonewall Jackson West Virginia Boys In Blue Springfield Ill Abraham Lincoln

Knights of Columbus Plan Picnic Tonight

Grafton council No. 713 Knights of Columbus hosts a weiner and corn roast at Breezy Point on the Tygart Valley river this evening with guests from Pairmont Howesville and nearby places. Grand Knight Theodore Stilwell urges full turnout for members and their wives.

Grafton Council Knights of Columbus Will Pold al Weiner Tygart Valley Pairmont Howesville Grand Knight Theodore Stilwell

West Virginia CIO Convention Chooses Leaders

Huntington August 31 The West Virginia Industrial Union Council CIO delegates settled on 12 vice presidents and a secretary treasurer with John B Eastman unanimously reelected for a third term as head The group also backed a weekly pay day in coal fields urged a 3 percent tax on imported oil supported federal six hour work day state wage hour act a little Wagner act and an anti lynching bill while opposing changes to the federal Wagner act.

Huntington West Virginia Industrial Union Council CIO Roosevelt Homer A. Holt John B. Eastman State Federation of Labor AFL Ned Sims Wheeling West Virginia

Rest of Army a Major Issue in Europe Crisis

The piece describes Allied hopes for a German response to Britain's latest note delivered to Joachim von Ribbentrop in Berlin. It notes Warsaw awaiting Poland's reaction, and outlines plans for population evacuations from designated areas. It also discusses German reluctance to honor British and French guarantees and Britain's push to restart negotiations, with a note from Ambassador Henderson delivering the latest communication to Berlin.

Warsaw Hitler Joachim von Ribbentrop Fuehrer Germany Poland Europe Berlin Britain Adolf Hitler Negile Henderson

Ring valued at fifty five thousand in theft case

A report details a ring valued at about 55 000 dollars linked to Barbara Bonnier in a theft case. Police say the ring vanished from a residence and investigators seek further clues.

Barbara Bonnier Ban Peiress

School Year Begins With Full County Rollout

Britain had stated things before leaving the situation essentially unchanged. Germany's demands for Danzig and Pomorze are set against broader European relations, requiring other powers in talks. Only one textbook change is planned this autumn, a new workbook used in third-year English. Every school in the county opens at 9 o'clock next Tuesday morning.

Britain Germany Danzig Pomorze

Plan Opening Continues From Page One

Continuea from Page One discusses concerns about purchasing books only when students and faculty are confident they have the correct texts for their courses. It notes campus officials weighing options, including approved lists and library reserves, to ensure access without waste.

Two Italian Continued from Page One

Il Popolo Di Roma editorialized that the present crisis must be settled and new ones prevented. The piece argues that Rome is no longer the fate of the free city under discussion and that the issue now includes a problem of high justice.

Il Popolo di Roma

Italy seizes wheat reserves amid wartime shortages

Reports say Italy expanded wheat stockpiles to meet national needs while beans and potatoes would offset weak harvests. Rail to Yugoslavia and Germany closed, France and Switzerland accessible. Steamship service disrupted. Despite propaganda, Mussolini aims to moderate Hitler, seeking a peace conference rather than war.

Yugoslavia Germany France Switzerland Italy Mussolini Hitler Denee

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