IN SOCIETY Bundle Tea Sponsored by Welfare Dept
A social tea hosted by the Welfare department of the Woman’s Club drew members to Riverside Drive activities. Mrs. L J Stover directed a refined program with Mary Grace Yates and others, plus a toe dance by Martha Towles. The club noted progress on Riverside Drive beautification and a Community Chest for the county health nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Club
Elks’ Homie
L. J. Stover
Mary Grace Yates
Riverside Drive
Iimm
State Road Commission
J. M. Riffee
C.F. Shafer
C. G. Turner
J. J. Kaufman
Thomas Love
Social Calendar Highlights Community Meetings
Social calendar notes a Wednesday American Legion Auxiliary meeting at 7 30 PM at the Moose. Thursday features Woman's Club literary and art discussions at Mrs C F Shafer's Walnut Street at 2 30 PM led by Mrs P C Chenoweth and Mrs Curtis Lambert, plus White Rose Circle at Red Men hall at 2 PM and St Pauls church Ladies Aid oyster and baked ham supper on December 6. Friday covers B and O Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary convention at Bennard hotel in Baltimore December 7 and 8 with invites, and plans for juvenile party December 17 with committees for entertainment refreshments and treats. large crowd attended and parcels received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Moose Tme
Woman's Club
C. F. Shafer
Walnut Street
P. C. Chenoweth
Curtis Lambert
White Rose Circle
Red Men Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Paul's Church
Star Sewing Club
Eva Knight
High Street
B. & O. Veterans and the
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Bennard Hotel
Baltimore
Eight More for Martin Insull Jury
Chicago reports eight more jurors were seated as the trial of Martin J. Insull continued in criminal court over alleged embezzlement of 344720 from the Ladies Circle Middle West Utility company. The Ladies Circle of the M. E. Church met at Mrs. Deward Knotts home on Washing ton Street as jurors were chosen. The session opened with a prayer and music and social hour followed, with refreshments served by the hostess and daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Martin J. Insull
Charles Hall
Mary
Everly Knotts
Wade Henderson
Loretta
Dorothy
Evelyn
Myrtle Fraaier
New
Cumberland Couple Wed In Blue And Grey Attire
The Cumberland pair E D Burner and Mrs Lee Wolford, both of Cumberland Md, were married with the bride in blue and grey and a pink rosebud corsage. He is a B&O conductor and they plan to live in Cumberland. The St Pauls M E Church Women’s Home Missionary Society met at Mrs H A Brannon’s home with devotionals led by Mrs John Deck and a W J Frey book review. Fourteen members attended and refreshments followed. The next meeting will be at Mrs Ernest Mason’s home.
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E. D. Burner
Lee Wolford
Cumberland, Md
Grafton High School
Cumberland
B. & O. Railroad
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the
W. J. Frey
Ernest Mason
First Baptist Church
Aged mother of gas blast victim dies in Clarksburg
Mary Lee Gump aged 88 of Liberty addition died at her grandson Edward Gump's home after surviving the same gas explosion that killed her son William C. Gump 64, a railroad telegrapher. The family had been visiting over Thanksgiving when the blast occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Mary Lee Gump
Liberty Addition
Manufacturers pledge help to New Deal drive business outflow
New York December 5 industry leaders promise wholehearted cooperation with the government to lift business doldrums. Officials say private firms will align with New Deal policies to spur production and export recovery, signaling broad sector support for national economic goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Industry to cooperate with government to restore conditions
The speaker praised industry for its wholehearted cooperation with government and pledged continued support to restore sound economic conditions. He stated that industry will work to place millions idle back at work in private enterprise at the earliest practical date.
Jury Denies Plea for Death Row In Zanesville Case
Grace Mitchell, Pittsburgh radio singer, begged the jury to spare 21 year old Russell Swiger for a murder during a filling station holdup at Zanesville Ohio. The jury disagreed and Swiger was condemned to die in the electric chair. Mitchell denied loving Swiger but said the youth had showered her with attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Mitchell
Pittsburgh
Russell Swiger
Zanesville, C
Swiger
Miss Mitchell
Coal car loadings drop on B and O Menongah division
The November report from the Baltimore and Ohio railway shows a drop in coal car loadings on the Menongah division. A total of 252 coke cars and 13,914 coal cars were loaded, compared with October’s 14,579 coal cars, a decline of 665. One holiday reduced shipments with Thanksgiving causing no cars to be loaded. Superintendent H. R. Gibson notes mines are closed and demand weak around the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menongah
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
H. R. Gibson
Government Spent 1.5 Billion on World War Veterans
The United States government allocated about 1.5 billion dollars to veterans programs during fiscal years 1932 and 1933. The figure reflects large federal expenditures amid the postwar period as the nation faced economic strain and ongoing veteran needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lawson Jury Continues Defense Timeline On Guaranty Case
Ashton File, defense attorney, argued in closing that State Auditor Sims acted to close the Guaranty in 1933 and its receivership, denying any conspiracy to defraud. He claimed Lawson bought stock in good faith and could not profit unless the company earned money, contending the Guaranty was solvent until its closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson Jury
Meadows
Ashton File
Sims
Guaranty
Kanawha County
Lawson
Sesqui Continues with Hymns and Pageant in Morgan Town
The Sesqui program features Rev H W Flanagan recounting the hymn story with solos and quartets including C O Reynolds and William Knox, piano by Nina Powell, a banquet, and an auditorium program with hymns and an address by Dr Wolfe on historic sketches of Methodism in the Morgan town district, followed by a pageant on the History of Local.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Flanagan
C. O. Reynolds
Miss Stuck
Major Campbell
Wolfe
Morgantown
M. &. Church
Methodist Pageant Presented by Pruntytown Church
The Pruntytown Methodist church in Taylor County staged a six scene pageant directed by Rev. Poster L. Jones. Scenes included Early Methodism at Pruntytown, a hospital tableau, Rev. Clark blessing as Andrews church breaks ground, and dedications of Andrews and St. Paul’s churches with a Doxology and benediction by Rev. Meredith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pruntytown
Taylor County
Poster L. Jones
Ashbury Phebes
Cook
Clarksburg
Main
Clark
Andrews Church
Bishop Andrews
St. Paul’s Church
T. J. Meredith
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Hobbs
Inner Sentinel
Ynquires
Outer Sentinel
and Mahaffey
Anna Shaw
Sarah Sayres
el Lambert
Frances Campbell
Reba McDermott
Hazel Hobbs
Vergie Haller
Amanda Renner
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Verda Squires
Kathleen Gatrell
Pearl Carney
Ada Ada Reese
Jall
Martin Insull Jury
Himelrick-Wolfe
Ron Wolfe
Lorahiane Himelrick
L. H Peacock
Lincoln Street
E. D Burner
Missionary Society
Franc Jace
Georgia
Durkee’s
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Eae
CG. H. Koon
FOOT
Grafton
Marinello
Marinello Beauty Shop
Main ST
McCrory's
Eethet
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John Street
Lroaurr
Moma
Torscco Coy
South
Southern Tobacco
Chesterfield
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