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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1929
Page
3
Society notes report on gatherings and club happenings of interest to women led by Miss Coral R Parrish Society Editor. Details include upcoming meetings, hostesses, event dates, and venue information for local social groups and charitable activities.
Yesterday afternoon at Mrs. Clyde G. Turner's Yates avenue home a premier bridge party was held by the Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club with guests. Colorful table decorations featured pink to red shades and modern board fittings enhanced the setting. High scores went to Mrs. E R Bucklew and Mrs. Paul Malone, reflecting Mrs. Turner's reputation as hostess.
Grafton Camp No 4 of the W O W holds its booster regular meeting in Pythian Hall in the M and Bank building Monday December 9 at 7 50 pm State Manager Sol O Briant will attend and give the principal address election of officers refreshments all members asked to be present committee notes 228 8p 31
A packed post meeting page details a Democratic Club session, a Banco card party prizes for Mrs. Harold Cole Mrs. Ruth Warne and Mrs. William Clark, and a Dec 7 17 schedule. Local groups Protective Home Circle Mountaineer Junior Order Mountaineer Council Daughters of America announce meetings in Grafton with officers elections, banquets dances and speakers. Opal Bolyard ill with tonsillitis.
The program will be carried out in the afternoon with the introduction of national officers. The event continues a sequence labeled rage One with planned official conduct and ceremonial steps.
Mr and Mrs James McClure of Wilford street welcome a five pound baby boy born December 4 Mother and babe are fine This is their third son The father works for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Mr and Mrs Mason Morgan greet an eleven pound son born December 4 at 121 Beech street Mrs Morgan is Mary Bee Both mother and infant are thriving
City Clerk John Newcomb reports November tax collections at about $32,637.52, up from $24,394.87 a year earlier. Discounts to residents totaled $861.69. Saturday receipts exceeded prior days with over $3,500 in a single day, while last week's total reached $12,188.29.
Mrs Frank Lake confined at Knotts avenue home shows partial recovery after a serious illness. John Keefe returns home from visits in Baltimore Washington Martinsburg and other eastern cities. Mrs T M Davis Lena Valentine and Miss Mary Wilhelm drove to Clarksburg today. Theodorla Florence Carter known as Theodorla Haskins on her yearly trip to Grat Tan spent ten days here visiting friends and was registered at the Blen Avon Hotel. Mrs Tra N Davis and daughter Olive and infant son of near Hammond are visiting friends at Grafton.
City workers repaired a frozen main line pipe near Mayor King’s store on Grand street. Damages were slight, according to Commissioner D C Hinkle. The pipe was the only one frozen on the city water system during the cold snap.
An advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a quick home cure for varicose veins, claiming it relieves throbbing pain, reduces enlarged veins, and eliminates need for rubber stockings. It urges readers to order via Red Cross Pharmacy or their druggist for leg and foot comfort and beauty.
Miss Metta Sinclair of Prunty town received notice on December 2 that her uncle W B Newell of Clarion Pennsylvania had died there from heart ailments. The deceased was brother to Mrs George Sinclair who died years ago in Prentytown. Niece Z M Cochran, long a Grafton resident, now at the Sinclair home in Prentytown, is also named.
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