Gibson Honored as Betty Stafford Hosts Bridge Party
Mrs William Baker Gibson honored guest at Beech street home as Mildred Keefer hosted a bridge party for club members and guests. Prizes went to Mrs T W Heironimus Jr and Mrs Vera Hamilton. Hostess presented a gift to the honoree, dessert featured pink and white rose buds. Attending included Mrs Virgil Robrbough and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
William Baker Gibson
Betty Stafford
Mildred Keefer
Beech Street
T. W. Heironimus, Jr
Vera Hamilton
Virgil Robrbough
Ernest M. Clark
Paul Ward
John Bartlett
Lynn Faulkner
Irene Kunst
Geneva Hilkey
Mildred Bartlett
Margaret
Social Calendar Distinctive Community Events
December events fill Sundays at Simpson M E Church and a dozen group meetings in town. Highlights include Woman's club classes on Made in U S A, A O H lodge, Quota Club Christmas program, Ladies Aid circles, and a series of church society gatherings through December with social hours, exchanges, and guest attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Simpson M. E
Woman's Club
Mildred Keefer
Beech Street
L. C. Frey
A. O. H. Lodge
K. of C. Hall
Ladies Circle
M. E. Church
South
Vesta Standsbury
Railroad Street
Ladies Aid Society of the
West Main Street
J. Jackson
Virgil Jackson
Ladies Aid Society of Andrews Church
American Legion Auxilary
American Legion
Elks Home
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
W. C. Barnes
Maple Avenue
Ladies Aid Society of
St. Paul’s
Grace Sinnett
Walnut Street
Sinnett
Dora Hefner
Elizabeth McKeen
Bertie Stanley
Opal Hall
Carolyn Hall
Mart Parkhill
Glenna Steadman
Elsie Parkhill
Isabel McWilliams
Pauline Parkhill
Asa
Baseball Moguls In Conference Talks At Milwaukee
At the annual minor league meeting in Milwaukee the entourage including Mickey Cochrane Walter Briggs Harold McEvoy and Walter McNichols appears to discuss spring training matters rather than trades as a cameraman records the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
Walter Briggs
Detroit
Harold McEvoy
St. Louis Browns
Walter McNichols
Cleveland Indians
Central Press
Mrs Lawson to entertain club in two weeks
James F Holt and J Paul Murphy are mentioned as presenters or hosts in the note. Mrs Lawson will entertain the club in two weeks, indicating a social gathering or meeting planned by the club with her hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Holt
J. Paul Murphy
Mrs. Lawson
Personal Notes From Fairmont And Nearby Areas
Charles Warder of Fairmont is a weekend guest with family. Mr and Mrs W C Reynolds of Baltimore visit local friends. former Grafton residents. Mrs Carl Hinkins visits Cumberland to see sister Mrs Harry Beall. Mrs H A Garrell of Maple Ave recovering at home after illness. Miss Jean Murray returns from Morgantown where she was weekend guest of sister Emily Murray. Pan Hellanic dance attended by Mr and Mrs Richard Robey and Mr and Mrs James F Holt. Mrs Lawrence Preiss of West Main St had a tonsillectomy at City hospital. Mrs Kate Bartlett of route 2 is a surgical patient at City hospital. Robert Cool, 4, of Tuentleton underwent amputation of his right leg at City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Warder
Fairmont
W.C. Reynolds
Baltimore
Grafton
Carl Hinkins
Cumberland
Harry Beall
H. A. Garrell
Maple Avenue
Jean Murray
Morgantown
Emily Murray
Murray
Richard Robey
James F. Holt
Lawrence Preiss
West Main Street
City Hospital
Kate Bartlett
Route 2
Robert Cool
Tunnelton
Mother of GOP Chairman's Mother Dies in Los Angeles
Mrs. John D. M. Hamilton Sr., mother of Republican national committee chairman John D. M. Hamilton, died at age 80 in Los Angeles at the home of another son Hale Hamilton after two months of serious illness following a stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Hale Hamilton
Losted Mail Sack Is Cue to Mail Robbery
Postal inspectors traced a possible link from a looted mail truck on a Hudson river ferry to seven bags fished from the East river across Manhattan. The missing cargo totals 16 bags and involved a reward truck traveling from the general post office to Hoboken. Investigators would not disclose if the river finds matched the missing mail or its value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hudson River
East River
Manhattan Island
General Post Office
Midtown Manhattan
Hoboken
N. J
Gurnie Smith
Roy H. Kamper
Japanese General Demands Police Curb Anti Japanism Reprisals
General Matsui demands settlement police prevent repeat of the parade attack on Japanese troops. After a grenade incident scattered 6,000 Japanese soldiers, a US marine officer’s protest forced a Japanese cordon to withdraw. Matsui’s representative warns of further steps if authorities fail to satisfy safety precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwane Matsui
United States
Matsui
Parade Incident Deepens Tension as Japan Presses Demands
Reports from Shanghai describe a tense situation after a parade incident. Japanese staff officers apologized to Brigadier General Beaumont for troops entering the American defense area as authorities relay demands to the foreign settlement council. Japanese forces threaten Nanking and Chinkiang while advancing on the Shanghai Nanking railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shanghai
Nanking
China
Chinkiang
Yangtze River
Tanyang
Grand Canal
Shanghai-Nanking
Hangchow
Chekiang
Strikes May Expand To Two More Ford Plants
UAWA official Frankensteen says Ford union drive could spread to Long Beach California and Kansas City next week as workers voted unanimously for a strike in Long Beach and soup kitchens already set in Kansas City. He cites St Louis strike now in second week as part of national push to unionize Ford and warns of possible tie ups with material suppliers if needed. A circuit court injunction hearing is set for January 24 to curb mass picketing threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers of America
Frankensteen
Uawa International
Long Beach
Calif
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
CI. C
Desmond Garst
Ford
Robert J. Kirkwood
The Lady Fights Back at Opera House
Universal presents a comedy drama starring Kent Taylor Irene Harvey in The Lady Fights Back at the Opera House. The plot follows an engineer’s dam scheme challenged by Irene as she leads a lively campaign amid romance action and humor in a northern river paradise setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal
Kent Taylor
Irene Hervey
Falmor
North Wood
Irene Harvey
Opera House
Tueday
North Woods
Man Godfrey
Edmund Gil
Milton Carruth
Edmund Grange
Milton Given
Joan Harkrider
William Lund
Willie Best
Jos Baiger
Hurst
Ernest Cossart
Black Legion plot and foreman funeral reported
Continued coverage outlines the Black Legion hoisting a coup on September 16 and seizing government and arsenals as 22 members faced charges in Detroit. In Huntington, funeral services were held for William Ward Dunn, a planning mill foreman at Car and Foundry after a fatal hijacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Legion
Detroit
Effinger
Huntington
Willliam Ward Dunn
Can Car and Foundry
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Annabel P. SwanEee
Henry Busse
Carmichael Auditorium
Clarksburg
Henry
Paul Whiteman
New Yorker Hotel
Airways
Castle Farms
Cincinnato
Dallas
Texas
Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angles
Chicago
Sol Burka
Clarksburg Theatres
Public Welfare Department
Woman’s Club
Grafton High School
Pencd
Clyde G. Turner
W. H. Wahide
Edmund Hardin
Kenneth Robinson
C. Jay Fleming
Walter Goodhee
E. F. Clark
Gatte
Lucille
Publie Welfare Department
Friendship Bible Class
First Christian Church
A. M. Swisher
Mabel White
Fred White
Swisher
W. A. Harrison
C. O. Brown
Doris Jean Thom
Parents Teachers’ Association of the
First Ward
Ruth Henderson
Gordon L. Withers
Rev. Withers
Edmund Harding
O. B. Sterling
Archie
Bridge Club
Dewey Avenue
William C. Lawson
Lawson
National G. O. P
International Settlement Police
Japan
C. SO
Diamonds
Loar Jewelry Store
Strand
Muggs and
Skeeter
Evi
Big Sister
Donnie
By Wally Bishop
Davee Ey
Byles Forgrave
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