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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1955
Page
3
Grafton High School will host College Day on December 7 inviting all junior and senior parents to attend. The event features a 1 p.m. general assembly, a special speaker Cecil Underwood of Salem College, and three conference periods with representatives from at least 10 colleges to discuss admissions and opportunities.
Miss Kathryn Denison organized a Sunday November 27 birthday dinner for George E. Martin's 80th birthday and her friend Mrs. Fred Latta of Grafton. The cafeteria style meal featured two birthday cakes and a turkey and ham menu. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Earl Frieman of Clarksburg and many local residents and relatives from Thornton Montville and surrounding areas.
MUSKEGON Mich Luray Boyd 75 who never knew his father and barely remembered his mother is meeting them posthumously through two preserved charcoal portraits found by cousin Helen Jean Meinhardt. The portraits hung in a department store where Boyd was notified. Boyd instantly recognized the man and woman as his father and mother, with his mother long absent from his life. In Gary Ind stylists report rainwear fashions turning glittery as stores display a 24 carat gold plated umbrella coat and cap.
Calendar items list numerous December 5 gatherings across First Baptist, Fetterman Methodist, Andrews Methodist, St. Pauls, and other groups in Grafton. Included are circle meetings, auxiliary gatherings, youth classes, band boosters, and WSCS circles with times ranging 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Gift exchanges, covered dishes, and officer elections noted.
Circle No. 5 of St Pauls Methodist held its Christmas gathering at Lulu Perine s Maple Ave home with devotions Festival Of Divine Love led by Mrs Perigle. The group plans a church bazaar on December 16 and each member to make an apron or bake. Guests included Mrs Calvin Parkhill Mrs Junior Pratt Mrs Mary Parkhill Mrs James Parkhill Mrs Ralph Shaffer Mrs Charles Lockard Mrs William Sinnett and Mrs Ray Parkhill. The next meeting will be at Mrs Ralph Shaffer s Ona St in January.
Community groups announce December gatherings including Gold Star Mothers at VFW Hall 7:30, Circle 3 W of St Pauls Church gift exchange, Naomi Chapter Eastern Star initiations, NALC Ladies Auxiliary covered dish dinner, White Rose Grove Woodman Circle meeting with 50 cent gift exchange, Grafton Quota Club Christmas party, Lucretia PTA Christmas play and talk, Pruntytown Homemakers covered dish and guest invites, White Town Council Pocahontas dinner and Indian Sister Gift with secret pal drawing.
A Muskegon resident reported a loud argument heard on her phone. Police traced the line to Charles Fricke’s home where the phone had been knocked off the hook near a TV. Officers explained the commotion was a television program.
The Naomi Ruth Circle of St. John's Methodist Church met at Nellie Williams’ home on December 1 with group singing Silent Night and Scripture reading, a musical reading, and baton twirl by Skippy McCartney plus a clarinet solo Jingle Bells by Randy McCartney. Two new members Georgia Limer and Mildred Roy were welcomed. January meeting planned with Mrs C Shafer.
Mrs Rosalyn Heironimus was guest speaker at the Pruntytown WSCS regular meeting at the home of Mrs H K Debendarfer. She spoke on The Madonna describing old masters and the Madonna's appearance while Mary Jo Withrow led devotions and Luke’s Christmas scripture.
Mrs Bruce Wright and her good Samaritan effort in Anamosa Iowa target safety by filling a 65-foot well behind her motel and sealing six additional dangerous spots to prevent child falls.
Thanksgiving dinner guests gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Carder include Dewey Drainer Richard Haney Katherine Jane Carder Elizabeth May Carder and many relatives from Grafton Mount Morris Warren Akron Clarksburg Pleasant Creek Wheeling Mann ington and other towns. Numerous visits and family meals marked the holiday as relatives and friends from Akron Grafton Warren Clarksburg Wheeling and nearby communities shared time together.
The Loganport offers a eight room design with three bedrooms and eight closets, a 3000 cube, 60 by 27 foot footprint, and a two story layout. It features a front terrace bay windows a library potential as a den or guest room and two second floor baths. A one or two car garage and basement laundry are planned with field line front and clerboard finish. Plans are available from Grafton Planning Service for moderate cost.
Des Moines Iowa Leslie C Myers sent President Eisenhower a horse shoe shaped head rest pillow to ease neck stiffness and elbow soreness during illness. Mrs Eisenhower replied a grateful note saying the gift provided pleasure and relaxation to the president.
Legal records filed in the Taylor County Clerk's office for Nov 26 to Dec 3 list transfers in Fetterman district and other tracts. Virginia M. Lucas deed to David Francis Lucas and Norman Lucas. Charles E. Gordon and Sarah J. Gordon to Paul Kenneth Cross and Anna A. Cross as joint tenants. Paul W. Reed and Hilda Reed to Lorenzo Grant Dean and Katherine Dean as joint tenants. John E. Kirkpatrick and Lillian P. Kirkpatrick to Paul G. Thayer and Charlotte R. Thayer as joint tenants. Nona Batsor Crawley and WB Crawley to Dennis L. Cather and Lila S. Cather as joint tenants.
Admissions on December 2 include Eulah Ball and Gertrude Saucer among patients at several addresses on West Main Street and East Main Street. Discharges list Virginia Knotts Donna Isner Russell Parsons and others from multiple routes and wards.
A baby boy weighing 6 pounds 4 ounces was born on December 2 at 7 29 p.m. to Mr and Mrs Paul D Pearcy, Rt 1 Box 62 Moatsville.
In Ivoryton Connecticut summer theatergoers heard Christmas carols blasted from a loudspeaker outside the Ivoryton Playhouse. Civic club officials said the carols aimed to put patrons in a generous mood toward a flood relief booth set up near the theater.
The line suggests a conversation where Sally mentions a library housing ancient sermons, implying a scholarly or religious archive. The remark underscores the value of old texts and their potential insights for medical or theological inquiry.
The New England Telephone Telegraph Co. will buy Oakham Coldbrook SPinks phone Co. for 2000 dollars. The small local carrier serves about 123 customers in the town.
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