Christmas Dinner and Socials Run by Local Women’s Groups
The Business Girls Club held a December 5 dinner at the Blen Avon Hotel with Misses Korte in charge. Gifts, songs, games, and a business meeting followed a candlelit setting. A January 2 gathering will be hosted by Misses McCafferty and Brown. Others present include McCafferty, Lowe, Isner, Brown, Sapp, and Sapp. A shower for Mrs. Don Coole featured dancing and cards, with guests Warne, Rogers, Warne family, and Coole. Gratton High School Girl Reserves met December 5 electing four mothers as club chaperones and planning a Christmas party. Abellera Otterbein Guild met December 4 with hostesses Jaco, Ridenour, Powell, and a program led by Jaco. a Christmas party was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Girls
Business Girls Club
Blen Avon
Ann Korte
Dorothy Sapp
Lucille McCafferty
Caroline Brown
Helen Constance Lowe
Mirian Isner
Lee Bowman
Helen* Brown
Nell Tucker
Ann ‘Tucker
Martha Devers
Catherine Macden
Beatrice Shields
Eileen Robinson
Virginia Gank
Virginia Thayer
Jerry Morgan
Ada Poling
Pauline Bradford
Mary Shields
Katie Tucker
Nina Zinn
Clara
Don Coole
Clare Warne
Gratton High School
Dolores
B. Curry
Lee J. Bennett
Frank Sterling
Dorsey Ridenour
Abellera Otterbein Guild
Louise Jaco
Margaret Ridenour
Virginia Powell
Social calendar notes for December events and club meetings
Tonight the Ladies Aid society of St Pauls church serves an oyster and baked ham supper. Friday the B and O Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary convene at Bennard hotel Baltimore on December 1 and 8. The Lindy Club met at Mrs Mary Cannons on East Main Street with Bunco and prizes. Two weeks from now they host an annual Christmas party at Mrs Earl Bennetts Grand Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society of
St .Paul’s Church
B. & O. Veterans and the Ladies’ Auxiliary
Bennard Hotel
Baltimore
Lindy Club
Mary Cannon
East Main Street
Bunco
Tlay
Ruth Crouser
Etta Watkins
Wade Rulenour
Earl Bennett
Grand Street
Birth announced for twins Louise Ann and Lucille Nan
Mr and Mrs George C Newcome of Bleuville welcome twin girls born Monday. Names are Louise Ann and Lucille Nan. Mother Blanche Poe prior to marriage. Father employed by Equitable Life Insurance Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Newcome
Bleuville
Louise Ann
Lucille Nan
Blanche Poe
Equitable Life Insurance Co
Aged Man Dies as Fire Sweeps Postoffice
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on December 6 an elderly resident named John Gelata aged 72 lost his life when a blaze destroyed the two story post office building at Hannastown. Investigators said the cause was undetermined though the fire spread quickly and smoke overwhelmed Gelata as he tried to flee his second floor room. Neighbors recalled hearing him play his fiddle ten minutes earlier. The postmaster Virgle Yasuko carried out all mail. The fire department estimated damage at $3,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
John Gelata
Hannastown
Gelata
Yasuko
Auxiliary To V. F. W. Will Be Organized Here Friday Evening
An auxiliary to Memorial City post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be organized in Grafton Friday night at 8 in the Modern Woodmen hall on Latrobe street. National auxiliary president Mrs. Winifred Toussaint of Jersey City will attend, with West Virginia commander Mrs. Beatrice M. Davis and other officers also planning to be present. Commander J. C. Helms urges eligible women to attend for a strong start to the new organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial City Post
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Grafton
Woodmen Hall
Latrobe Street
J. C. Helms
Winifred Toussaint
Jersey City
N. J
Toussaint
Beatrice M. Davis
Morgantown
Department of West Virginia
Helms
Jersey City, N. J
Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
U. S
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Society
Ruth Knight
C. J. Hussion
Francis
Doris Jean Tighe
C. E. Tighe
U. B. Church
West Penn
C. H. Koon
W. Main St
Atwater
Kent
Friedlander
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