Weekend Guests and Local Visits Highlight Grafton Notes
Weekend guests included Miss Wilma Jean Bolling a West Virginia University freshman visiting Thornton relatives. Parkersburg visits featured Mrs Margaret McFarling staying with her sister Mrs W A Linn. Other items note multiple weekend visits by local residents to Clarksburg and Philippi hospitals, births at the City hospital, and discharges to home including Mrs Shade Bolyard and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Butcher
Thornton
Wilma Jean Bolling
West Virginia University
Parkersburg
Margaret McFarling
West Main Street
W. A. Linn
John W. Idoni
Domenon M. Idoni
Teresa Idoni of
Keyser
Nicholas E. Idoni
Grafton City Hospital
Philippi Hospital
Shade Bolyard
Ona Street
Myers’ Hospital
Philippi
Janie Wolfe
Clarksburg
Jessie B. Wolfe
Railroad Street
William Wolfe
Navy
Knottsville Couple Weds in Methodist Church
Mrs Ada Thomas and Hugh E McDaniel of Knottsville united in marriage in a Knottsville Methodist church ceremony officiated by the Rev Stoneking Groves. The bride wore a blue suit with old rose accessories, gardenia and pink doses corsage. Attendants included maid of honor Miss Mary Wilson. best man Everett McDaniel. ushers Misses Virginia Lee Thomas Flora Lee Canfield Elva Jean Sturm Clara Louise Felton. A buffet luncheon followed at the couple’s new Knottsville home. Out of town guests from Fairmont included several Wilsons and Mrs A Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Wilson Thomas
Knottsville
W. E. Wilson
Hugh M. McDaniel
W.mcdainel
Moatsville
Knottsville Methodist Church
V. Stoneking Groves
Arthur Wilson
Mary ‘Wilson
Fairmont
Joanna Hill
Everett McDaniel
Brownlown Park
Virginia Lee Thomas
Flora Lee Canfield
Elva Jean Sturm
Clara
Congress weighs social security tax extension debate
A floor speech previews a four hour address as Congress opens debate on extending the 1 percent social security payroll tax for employers and employees for another year. Roosevelt’s expected veto looms, with victory seen as hollow if overridden. Senate rivers and harbors talks may prolong the week while a crop insurance bill seeks swift action. A war powers bill on rationing awaits judiciary committee timing as a must act measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Thomas
D.-Okla
Ariculture Committee
White House
Judiciary
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Congress
President and Roosevelt to Visit Beaumont and Hollywood
Miss Emerson's mother says the couple will return to Hollywood soon then head east stopping at Beaumont on the way. The Roosevelts’ eastern tour may include a White House visit. The actress has never met her in-laws. He plans to resume duties with an air forces unit after the trip. This is Col Roosevelt's third marriage, following a divorce from Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Canyon
Beaumont
Tex
Emerson
Jean "Young
Hollywood
Roosevelts
White House
Air Forces
Warner Brothers Studios
Col. Roosevelt
Elzabeth Donner Roosevelt
Community club notices and family news dated December
A digest of local club meetings and social notes lists December gatherings at the Grafton Quota Club Cafeteria, W B A Review No 21, WSCS groups, the Judson Missionary Society, VFW auxiliary anniversary, Business Girls Club, Lindy Club, White Rose Grove, Circle No 1 WSCS, World War Mothers, and a family obituary fragment mentioning Ruth Googins Roosevelt and a former actress dating back to 1942. Also includes a tip on disposing bread and cake boxes to prevent bacteria buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Quota Club
W. B. A. Review
Janetta Martin
West Wilford Street
WSCS
West Main Street
DOB
Luevill Methodist Church
Homer Beck
Judson Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
Post
Business Girls Club
Elizabeth Rendle
Betty Williams
Lindy Club
Kate Greenwald
Lincoln Street
White Rose Grove
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
St. John’s
Doll wardrobe pattern 9165 for 12 to 22 inch dolls
Pattern 9165 offers a complete wardrobe for dolls from 12 to 22 inches, with yardage details per size. Send twenty cents to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept for the patterns and include size name address and style number in plain handwriting. A Marian Martin Fall and Winter Pattern Book can be obtained for fifteen cents more, plus a free bedjacket pattern with the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
N. Y
Marian Martin
West Virginia star visits hospital and entertains wounded soldiers
West Virginia swimming star and motion picture actress visited wards of Ashford General hospital yesterday. She demonstrated aquatic skill in the hospital pool for wounded soldiers. In Charleston Clyde L. Miller a 40 year old airport construction worker from Somerset County Pa died in a hospital yesterday as the third victim of traffic accidents from Saturday night. Nine others were injured in three separate mishaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Ashford General Hospital
Charleston
Clyde L. Miller
Somerset County
Matched Accessories Color Wardrobe with Crocheted Items
Beanies and snug mittens brighten outfits with quick crochets in worsted yarns. Loop stitch trim adds comfort to a flattering set. Pattern 7318 includes directions and stitches, offered with a needlework pattern for home decor. Five patterns cost fifteen cents. send name, address, and pattern number to Grafion Sentinel. Our 32 page Needlework Book offers 130 illustrations for embroidery, home decoration, toys, knitting, crochet, and quilts for fifteen cents more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hias
Grafion Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
N. Y
Bombers pound Tokyo area as raids extend to Iwo Jima
A Japanese communique claims 14 B29s shot down with seven probably down. six interceptors lost including several that reportedly crash into the Raiders. Tokyo reports slight damage and orders 12 more miles of fire breaks. Nimitz says Liberators raid Iwo Jima on a fifth mission in four days, delivering over 57 tons of bombs. Japan bases on Saipan and Iwo Jima launch raids against Saipan HQ as heavy bombers intensify their Japan strikes. White Persian cats are generally deaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Robert McClanahan
Los Angeles
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Saipan
21St Bomber Command
20Th Air Force
Germany
Home Front Pledge Prompts Price Ceiling Awareness
Grocery shoppers urged to know and enforce ceiling prices under wartime regulation. Grocers display OPA price lists and homemakers should consult charts, buying only at stores honoring ceilings. Many homemakers remain unaware of exact ceiling prices, risking overcharges despite pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grocer Consumer Co- Operation
Grocers
Vianna D. Bramblett
Nutrition
WLW
Reytail Grocers
OPA
Ieen Rand Son
War Today Sees Political Upheaval Across Europe
The article notes Greek cabinet resignations and British support for the Greek government amid street clashes in Athens. It describes rising leftist momentum and predicts European convulsions, with potential civil strife spreading to Rome and Brussels as the war’s end could loosen restraints and intensify left-right battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papandrou
Athens
Rome
Brussels
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Philadelphia
Delbert Pirone
Rose Ann
Bertha Goodwin
Donna Ryan
Ruth McCartney
Virginia Debendarfer
Dottie Lou Sterling
Mary Jean Grinnan
Mary Alice Waggoner
Burl Mason
Maxine Snyder
Grafton
Flemington
Helen Xenakis
Gerald Funk
Newburg
Mary Charles Mollahan
Beech Street
W. C. Hall
Blueville
Charles Robinson
East Knotts Avenue
City Hospital
Dessie Annon
Ruth’ Ann Wolfe
Charles Shackelford
Route 3
Robert Hahn
East Washington Street
Ada Thomas Hugh E- McDaniel
Knottsville Church
Monsi
Wicks Wa
Ruth Googins Roosevelt
William Wallace Crawford, Jr
William Tit
Little Theater
Sa Diego
Calif
Elliot
His Bride
Faye Emerson
Col
Elliot Roosevelt
International Soundphoto
Y Alice Bevoks
Page One
Patricia Collinge
Gary Cooper
Teresa Wright
Gary
Teresa
International Pictures
RKO
UT Aston
Ceylon
Alaska
Toscanini
Air Opera
Arturo Toscanini
Metropolitan Opera
Lizanor Steber
Jan Peerce
Rose Bampton
Witcal Motors
NBC
Toman
Fidelio
Reef East Pyinetnal Singers
Tos Hampton
Eleanor
Herbert Janssen
Sidor
NEG Symphony
Archewis
Mrs. Bramblers
Peemmay
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