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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1945

Page

3

Hospital Admits and Discharges Noted in GraftonCare

Over the weekend Grafton City hospital admitted seven medical patients Rus sel Poling Route 2 Marlene Walter Thornton Mrs Bes tle E Davis Route 2 Donald Isner 301 Knotts avenue Clyde Wiland Route 1 James Sabelle Wendel and Paul Cox Tunnelton as medical surgical patients Discharges today include Ross Mitter Newburg and Evelyn Hudson 279 Fanny Street.

Grafton City Hospital Russell Poling Marlene Walter Thornton Bessle E. Davis Donald Isner Knotts Avenue Clyde Wiland James Sabelle Wendel Paul Cox Tunnelton Ross Mitter Newburg Evelyn Hudson Fanny Street

Doris Jean Byers and James E Walker Wed in Arlington

Doris Jean Byers daughter of Mr and Mrs Ellis G Byers of Pruntytown married James E Walker son of Mr and Mrs Asbury Walker of Spencer in a candlelight First Presbyterian Arlington ceremony read by Rev Walter Wolfe. Attendants included Miss Mary D Cole and Paul Hinkle as best man. The couple, former West Virginia University students, celebrated with a reception at the Wilfred home and a southern Bates motor trip.

West Virginia University Doris Jean Byers Ellis G. Byers Pruntytown James E. Walker Asbury Walker Spencer Walter Wolfe First Presbyterian Church Arlington Mary D. Cole Chester Acqua Paul Hinkle Roy Stotts Walker Europe Army Medical Corps Ft. Meade Armed Forces College of Agriculture Phi Kappa Tau West Virginia Signal Corps Washington, D. C Richard Wilfred Bates Ellis Byers Jack Dayton Ohio Milton Joseph G. Conley Fairmont Frank G. Conley Lenore Abbott Lonaconing Lee Talbott Herndon, Va

Hecalums Meet At Miss Rowans Home

Vesta Jane Rowan hosted a Hecalums gathering at her home near the Tygart Dam to plan December club activities. The group scheduled a December 13 party with Louise Colli and a December 21 Christmas gathering at Sylvia Pressler's, with officers to be elected at the latter meeting. A chicken dinner followed, honoring members Louise Collins through Robert Floyd among attendees.

Vesta Jane Rowan Tygart Dam Hecalums Louise Colli Sylvia Pressler Glub Misse’ Louise Collins Elizabeth Rendle Mary Lowe Betty Williams Dorothy Douglas Jean Batson Mary Lou Marshall Sally Pook Clara Felton Vesta Jane ‘An F. E. Floyd W. Ww Floyd Susie Messrs John Paul Freddie Robert Floyd

Community club meetings and events look ahead to December

December calendar lists Football Mothers Band Boosters and Quota club sessions at Grafton High and local churches. Womans clubs and auxiliary groups plan gatherings, gifts exchanges, dinners, and a Dec 11 luncheon featuring Doris Lowe Lucas Fairmont reviewing Cronin's The Green Years.

Grafton International Relations Woman’s Club John Newman Beech Street Presbyterian Church Sarah Sayres Lodge Hall Haymond Si Dorothy Douglas Juanita PeMoss Woman's Club H. K. Debendorfer Cozy Rest Football Mothers Club Ladies Aid and Missionary Societies St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Frank Turnley Maple Ave Joe Murphy Grafton Woman's Club Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church Doris Lowe Lucas Fairmont

Betty F Taylor Weds Lt James Gilligan in Cincinnati Church

Betty Frances Taylor daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert H Taylor Sr of 406 Dewey Avenue married Lt James Robert Gilligan of 112 St John Street in Price Hill Methodist Church Cincinnati. The ceremony at 430 PM Friday November 30 featured Rev Sayre and organ music with maid of honor Miss Virginia Newcome.

Betty Frances Taylor Robert ,H. Taylor Dewey Avenue James Robert Gilligan St. John Street Price Hill Methodist Church Cincinnati Ohio Sayre Jin Virginia Newcome Grafton Robert H. Taylor, Jr Morgantown Gilligan Grafton High School Thespians National Honor Society Rifle Club Glee Club Cincinnati School of Nursing and Health RAF Walla Walla Washington

Madam Evans Read Your Future In City Appearance

A street side clairvoyant, Madam Evans, draws crowds by reading heads and pasts and answering questions. Claims multilingual abilities and offers guidance. First appearance reported in the city at 304 Walnut Street.

Walnut Street

Annual Recital Of Class Is Tonight At St Augustine

The Music Class of St Augustine School presents its annual recital this Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. The program includes beautiful choruses solos and dramatic selections promising real enjoyment for all attendees.

St. Augustine School

Engagement of Local Girl Set in Fairmont

Mrs. Clyde Weaver announces the engagement of her eldest daughter Betty Jane Weaver to Elliott Brown of Fairmont. Betty Jane works at Westinghouse Electric and Mr Brown is in the auditing department of Consolidation Coal Co. The wedding is expected in the near future.

Clyde Weaver Betty Jane Elliott Brown Diamond Street Fairmont Miss Weaver Westinghouse Electric and Mr. Co Brown Consolidation Coal Co

Hungarian Lab Aims Industrial Rebirth In Hungary

A new industrial experimental laboratory directed by Dr Laszlo Demeny, once a Rockefeller fellow at UC Berkeley, has been established in Fuzfo Hungary by Hungarian oil companies. The labs focus on producing sugar from starch, alcohol from grapes, acetylene from methane, and converting sunflower seed hulls into surfural lacquer, aiming to boost tottering Hungarian industry.

Fuzfo Hungary Laszlo Demeny Rockfeller University of California Demeny

Drugs Gem Scarce In Ravaged Italy

Dr Charles Muzzicato of New York, national AMRI chairman, describes Italy's war ruined hospitals as penniless for medical supplies. A roentgenologist linked to Goldwater Memorial and St Luke's surveys Naples Rome Milan Florence and Bologna and plans a tour of southern Italy and Sicily next month. He says doctors have almost nothing and are barely able to function.

Rome Italy Charles Muzzicato New York American Medical Relief For Italy AMRI Sicily

Needle Work Pattern 7321 for knit Mittens and Book

Readable ad offering Pattern 7321 for three mitten sizes with loop stitch color cuff. Send fifteen cents to The Grafton Sentinel New York address and request 1945 Needlework Book with illustrations plus free crochet handbag pattern.

Reunion in New York Headlines Major Boxer Family Return

Maj Charles Boxer, British intelligence officer, reunites with his daughter Carola, four, and with his partner Emily Hahn, writer, in New York after returning from a Japanese prison camp. Hahn and Carola were freed two years ago. Boxer plans to marry Hahn once a London divorce is granted.

Ahgures Maj Charles Boxer Carola Emily Hahn London Maj. Boxer New York Miss Hahn

Sotto Voce Meaning and Musical Undertone

The term sotto voce meaning under the voice appears in music and speech to indicate a soft, subdued delivery. It signals a quiet, intimate tone used for emphasis or secrecy in performance and dialogue.

Barry Fitzgerald Career Start Hidden by Lazy Civil Servant

Barry Fitzgerald, Oscar winner for Going My Way, stars in His Honor the Barber on WLW NBC at 11 30 p m EST. He recalls joining the stage to escape civil service boredom and work with Dublin's Abbey Players, rising from walk on to early parts while keeping his government job a decade.

Barry Fitzgerald WLW NBC Dublin

Versatile Actor Fitzgerald Makes His Mark Across Worlds

William Joseph Shields, born in Dublin on March 10, 1888, emerged as a versatile actor known as Fitzgerald. He debuted in Sean O Caseys The Silver Tassie in London 1929 and gained fame in The Plough And The Stars with Abbey Players in Hollywood 1937. A noted comic talent, he earned a scroll in New York 1934 naming him the most versatile English speaking comic actor. He is a ruddy, shaggy eyebrowed figure who shuns routine, riding to studios by motorcycle and pursuing piano lessons and waterfront strolls in spare time.

William Joseph Shields Dublin Ireland London Sean O'Casey Abbey Players Hollywood Tilm O'Casey Fitzgerald Fluther Good Learme New York Players

Stage Set Continues With Haw Attack and Labor Debate

The article notes the army commander in Haw at the time of the attack and highlights renewed congressional focus on labor matters after last month’s failed labor-management conference on reconversion. Rep Cox of Georgia says he plans an early House vote.

Haw Reb. Cox D-Ga

Hectic Washington Days for Capital Correspondents

Central Press columnist Helen Essary notes a whirlwind of hearings and briefings as Pearl Harbor inquiries, UNRRA debates, and Truman White House events collide. Eisenhower, King, Lehman, and other figures dominate the scene, while reporters chase truth, maps, and access amid khaki, gold braid, and press-room banter.

Helen Essary Central Press Washington Congress Army Dwight Eisenhower Senate Military Affairs Committee Adm Ernest King House UMRA Foreign Affairs Committee Herbert Lehman UNIRA United States White House Pearl Harbor Harold Beckley Josephs Wills Howard Dawes Navy

Labor Bills and UN Debate Mark Week in Congress

A bill to punish unions violating no-strike contracts faces opposition while labor leaders are invited to testify at an informal House session. A separate measure would remove union exemptions from a one year old anti-racketeering act. The UN debate enters week two as Senator Donnell stalls on treaty wording for American troop participation, requiring two thirds Senate approval.

House United Nations Donnell

Pattern 9082 Size Range and Fabric Details

Pattern 9082 comes in sizes 14 16 18 20 32 34 36 38 40 42. Blue 16 requires 2 yards 39-inch fabric. Send twenty cents to Sentinel Pattern Dept. Box 163 Station O New York 11 N. Print name address and size style number. Marian Martin colorfult fall and winter pattern book fifteen cents more. Includes directions for hat jerkin handbag accessories.

Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept Station O New York Marian Martin

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