Poinsettia Tea Named Graf ton Women's Club Best
Graf ton Woman's Club hosted a poinsettia tea and musicale for public welfare, at Mrs D C Peck's home. An afternoon program featured organ and piano pieces, vocal solos, a Christmas story, and a chorus from the Music department with 74 callers attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Woman's Club
D. C. Peck
Public Welfare Department
Kenneth Robinson
T. M. Deegan
E. F. Clark
A. A. Miller
Simon Friedman
Clyde G. Turner
Nell Haslup
W. A. Beavers, Sr
St. Cecelia
Paul Malone
Mrs. Peck
Panis Angelicus
Anne Cruise
Frances
Richard Leonard
W. E. Hardin
Social calendar rolls through Dec events and meetings
A long list of December gatherings at churches clubs and lodges is recorded. Kum Bak class, 4-H, music department, home economics tea, church meetings, oyster suppers and Christmas parties fill the week. Names addresses and hostesses are given for each event.
Final plans for play at First Baptist church event
Youth Temperance council at WPA Recreation center held bi monthly meeting after a covered dish supper on Latrobe street. They planned the December 15 presentation of The Toast at First Baptist, invited public attendance with a silver offering. Christmas party set for December 20 with a tree for local children. Membership rose to 51 with new additions Vernon Bail Wayne Brown and Mary Jean Grinnan. A birthday surprise gift shower honored president Eleanor Jacobs.
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First Christian Church
O. F. Sterling
West Boyd Street
Woman's Club
Elk’s Lodge
Fisher
M. P
West Main Street Brotherhood
P. H. C. Lodge
Friendship Bible Class
The
Christian Church
Missionary Society of the First Brethren Church
Ida Miller
Lucretia
W. J. Frey
McGraw Avenue
Sons of the American Legion
Moose Home
Ladies’ Aid Society
U. S
P. P. Cutright
West Main Street
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
First Baptist Church
Gordon Withers
Mary Robinson
Missionary Society of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Arvy Wagner
Brinkman
B. and O. Veterans
Clara Fawyer
V. P. W.hall
John Modi
General Woman's Club
Elk's Home
American Legion Auxilary
Gold Star
Eastern Star Woman's Club
Woman's Benefit Association
Zena Jacobs
Redmen’s Hall
Idella Carroll
Laura Hoffman
Jonetta Martin
Snow Hardman
Cora Solomon
Bessie Trimble
Rose Stemple
Veronia Henderson
Melba Hamilton
Florence H. Wilkinson
Jon
Cora E. Hamilton
Florence Wilkinson
Bessie ,Trimble
WPA
Latrobe Street
Vernon Bail
Wayne Brown
Mary Jean Grinnan
Eleanor Jacobs
YTC
Mildred Hefner
J. B. Dryfield
Jean Collins
Esther Beal
Rosalie Proudfoot
Mary Louise Robinson
Margaret Bayley
Eloise DeMoss
Naomi Turner
Peggy Kirk
Margaret Grinnan
Mary Parrish
Ruth McCartney
Flora Jacobs
Virginia Watkins
Everett Keener
Leroy Mills
Richard Carroll
Harvey Wittman
Walter Marple
Charles Keener
Howard Carr
Albert Deets
Thomas Radabaugh
Hospital Insurance Drive Calls for 680 R
Don’t neglect hospital insurance, call 680 R. The notice lists dates December 7, 8, 9, and 10 for a drive to enroll or inquire about coverage. Local officials urge timely action and provide the contact number for assistance.
West Charleston notices of local residents and hospital admissions
Mrs. W. E. Brown and Miss Carolyn Brown of West Main street are in Charleston handling business. Joseph Skelly of West Washington street was admitted to City hospital Tuesday evening for medical treatment. Mrs. Ethel McDaniel of route 6 was discharged from City hospital Tuesday.
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W. E. Brown
Carolyn Brown
West Main Street
Charleston
Joseph Skelly
West Washington Street
City Hospital
Ethel McDaniel
Route 6
Gillette Reelected U S Senator by Margin in Iowa
Des Moines official canvass shows U S Senator Guy M Gillette a Democrat defeating Republican L J Dickinson by 2 805 votes. Gillette totals 413 788 to 410 983 with canvass still completing and Dickinson filing injunctions over voting machine figures.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Canvassing Board
U. S
Guy M. Gillette
L. J. Dickinson
Gillette
Dickinson
Iowa
Senate
Lie-Down Striker Is Removed By Ambulance
Joseph Untreiner a 28 year old lie down striker was taken to Woodville county home hospital after his third one man strike in Turtle Creek borough council chambers. He was moved by ambulance after 19 hours and had a prior injury from a 10 year old manhole fall at the Turtle Creek plant. The borough was ruled to owe him nothing by a court decision and councilmen feared surcharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Joseph Untreiner
Permanent Registration Taken Up By Legislators
Charleston dispatch reports West Virginia lawmakers extended session to finish a draft for a permanent registration system for the electorate. The interim committee, nearing final action, also prepared recommendations on substitute summary courts and other reforms including parole probation, garnishee amendment, and a revised school aid formula with levy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Railroader Hurt After High Speed Crash
Cecil Shires, a railroad employee, sustained a fractured shoulder blade when struck by a fast automobile at Alderson. He said the impact did not knock him down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderson
Cecil Shires
Railroad Employe
Shires
Explosives Stolen From Gaston Coal Magazine
Thieves broke into the powder magazine of the Gaston Coal company at AlpEca and stole a case of explosives in a December theft reported from Pineville.
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Pineville
Gaston Coal Company
Alpeca
Street Railway Line Abandoned. Trolley Service to End
S J Evans, president of the Tri City Traction Company, announced that the Bluefield street railway line linking this city with the Virginia side will be abandoned on or before January 1. Buses will replace the trolleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
S. J. Evans
Tri City Traction Company
Virginia Side
Notable Supporting Cast In a Pirate Film
The text highlights performers Cora Sue Collins William V Mong Charles McNaughton and Dorothy Peterson as commendable in minor roles. Victor Fleming, famed for Rendezvous and Red Dust, directed the pirate film with notable skill and imagination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Cora Sue Collins
William V. Mong
Charles McNaughton
Dorothy Peterson
Victor Fleming
Man From Death Valley opens at Dixie theatre
Tom Tyler stars in The Man From Death Valley at the Dixie for a two day run. The Monogram thriller features Tyler as a bank robber who seizes all deposits from the Cattleman's Bank of Mesa to outmaneuver a bandit ring and a crooked sheriff while Si Jenks and John O. Cars provide comic relief. Betty Mack returns as the female lead under Lloyd Nosler's direction delivering a standout performance.
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Tyler
Monogram
Death Valley
Dixie Theatre
Tom Tyler
Mesa
Jave Si Jenks
John O. Cars
E . Brendel
Betty Mack
Miss Mack
Lloyd Nosler
Treasure Island at Dixie Theatre Brings Book to Screen
Treasure Island opens at the Dixie Theatre with Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper as Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins. The film preserves Stevenson's dialogue and scenes, adapted by John Lee Mahin, while Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger, Lewis Stone, Nigel Bruce and Chic Sale deliver strong portrayals across a wide pirate tale on screen.
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Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dixie Theatre
Wallace Beery
Jackie Cooper
John Lee Mahin
Stevenson
Beery
John Silver
Jim Hawkins
Rover
Lionel Barrymore
Billy Bones
Otto Kruger
Dr. Livesey
Lewis Stone
Captain Smollett
Nigel Bruce
Trelawney
Ben Gunn
Chic Sale
White Banners at Strand for Three Days
Strand theatre presents the Warner Bros Cosmopolitan film White Banners starring Claude Rains Fay Bainter Jackie Cooper and Bonita Granville in a Lloyd C Douglas tale of Hannah Parmalee the tailhorn peddler who aids the Ward family during a crisis and discovers a secret about the town banker’s adopted son. The plot centers on an iceless icebox invention and the nobility of the human spirit as Hannah’s own child is revealed.
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Lloyd C. Douglas
Warner Bros.-Cosmopolitan
Strand Theatre
Claude Rains
Fay Bainter
Jackie Cooper
Bonita Granville
Douglas
Hannah Parmalee
Paul Ward
Ward
Hannah
Motion Pictures
Kay Johnson
Hannal
Bonita Granville Leads Cast With Ward Family Ties
The article notes Bonita Granville as the daughter of Paul Ward and describes other key roles filled by Henry O'Neill James Stephenson and J Farrell McDonald in the production.
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Learns
Paul Ward
Bonita Granville
Henry O'Neill
James Stephenson
J. Farrell McDonald
Heroes of the Hills at Opera House thrills with Mesquiteers
The Republic Three Mesquiteers film Heroes of the Hills opens at the Opera House with Robert Livingston Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune in top form as Stony Tucson and Lullaby. A plan to let prisoners work on ranches to ease overcrowding clashes with a corrupt construction company staging robberies. Prisilla Lawson LeRoy Mason and others support as George Sherman directs from a Betty Burbridge Stanley Roberts screenplay.
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Republic
Livingston
Corrigan
Terhune
Stony
Tucson
Lullaby
Priscilla Lawson
LeRoy Mason
Roy Barcroft
James Eagles
Carleton Young
James Regan
Eddie Cherokose
George Sherman
Betty Burbridge
Stanley Roberts
William Berke
Amusing Plot in New RKO Film Now Playing City
A romantic comedy at the Opera House stars Joan Fontaine and Allan Lane. Lane plays a marine biologist who must become a model milkman for a month to win his wealthy dairyman father’s backing for a South Seas expedition. The bet drives humorous schemes and family tension.
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RKO
South Seas
RKO Radio
Joan Fontaine
Allan Lane
Opera House
Lane
Hedda Hopper Tale of Love and a Rich Farmer’s Scheme
A young woman meets Lane on a mill route and a whirlwind romance sparks as Hedda Hopper schemes to marry her to a rich fop William Brisbane. The couple uncover false identities and unite to thwart the dairy heir’s plans for his son.
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Hedda Hopper
William Brisbane
Lane
Miss Fontaine
Employers Cautioned At Winking At Overtime
Washington December 1 Paul Sifton deputy wage hour administrator warned employers against winking at unrecorded overtime work. He said if an employee is allowed to work overtime, even without explicit authority, the hours must be recorded and counted. He stressed that no record for each employee of hours worked daily and weekly is required by law.
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Washington
Paul Sifton
Guard Prince of Yugoslavia in Paris Under Guard
Prince Paul regent of Yugoslavia remained under heavy police guard in Paris after warnings from London's Scotland Yard of possible terrorist threats. He arrived from England, met President Albert Lebrun and Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet, and lunched at the Elysee Palace before continuing diplomatic discussions.
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Paris
Surete Nationale
Prince Paul
Yugoslavia
London
Scotland Yard
England
Albert Lebrun
Elysee Palace
Georges Bonnet
Christmas Gift Idea Watch Skaggs Co. Presents
A festive feature highlights a watch from Skaggs & Co. as an ideal holiday gift. The item stands out for its style, reliability, and potential value as a timeless accessory for shoppers seeking a practical present this season.
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Skaggs & CO
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Martha Rector
Bettye Bartlett
Mary Louise Gawthrop
William Goodnow
Mary Elizabeth Goodnow
George Benjamin Fleming
Flemington
Lois Luzader
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Mission Aid
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Kirk Waters
First Presbyterian Church
F. B. Cather
Pearl Street
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Dorothy Gerkins
Ruth Cather
Marian Skaggs
Virginia Bee
Harry Shaw
Esther McBee
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James Bee, Jr
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Frank Collins
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