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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1933

Page

3

Club Entertained by Mrs Clyde G Turner on Yates Ave

Coral Parrish Montgomery Society Editor reports Mrs Clyde G Turner hosted the 5 8 Club at her Yates avenue home Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 5. Attendees sewed and socialized. a two course luncheon was served. no guests beyond club members attended. White Rose Grove No 2 meets at Woodman hall with officer elections led by Guardian Netti Isner and adviser Daisy Do. Epworth League party ends six weeks Reds Whites contest. Whites captain Junior Marshall led a program of readings and recitations for about fifty attendees with refreshments served by the Reds.

Clyde G. Turner Yates Avenue White Rose Grove No Supreme Forest Woodman’s Circle Woodman Hall Guardian Netti Isner Daisy Do Financial Secretar Trisler Grace Lowden Amanda Bunner Maggie Parkhill Margaret Gatre AL Inner Sentinel Delna Knight Outer Sentinel Naomi Moore Epworth League Andrews Methodist Reds Junior Marshall Mel Dorothy Plante

Births in Pruntytown and Clarksburg

Rev D F Desist and wife welcome Leonora Belle born at Mason Hospital Clarksburg on Wednesday named for the superintendent’s wife The Desists chaplain and infant well Alden Carpenter and wife greet baby daughter born Monday at Danham home Pruntytown grandparents Pauline Dunham before marriage featured as mother and wife and child thriving

D. F Desist Pruntytown Mason Hospital Clarksburr Leonora Belle State Industrial School Mother Babe Alden Carpenter R. B. Danham Pauline Dunham

Webster resident Sandy visits kin amid small town matters

Personal note mentions Sandy of Webster and Mrs. Mary V. h visiting brother Primm of this city. Chamer Goodwin of Hepzibah was seen handling business in town.

Andy Webster Mary V. H Primm Chamer Goodwin Hepzibah

My Beauty Hint Exercise for Hips and Abdomen

An exercise from a screen actress column suggests using a box or heavy chair as a raised platform. Stand a yard from the box, place hands on hips, lift one heel to rest on the box, bend to touch head to knee, and repeat about ten times on each leg.

Reverend Stump Leaves Hop Baptist for First Church

Gloom lingers in the Hop community over the Rev Millard Stump leaving as pastor. He was called to the First Baptist church here on Wednesday evening and will relinquish his roles including pastorates at Hepzibah church. Joe Tucker of Boothscreek and Mr Mrs Harter Layman of Meadland Booths Creek were city shoppers. Dr Samuel Jones pastor of Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church travels to Elkins to lecture tonight on The Modern Man Thinks of Mrs Chris for the Methodist Social Union.

Millard Stump Hop. Baptist Church Stump First Baptist Church Meadland Booths Creek Samuel Jones Andrews Methodist Episcopal Cmweh Elkins Chris Methodist Social Union

City approves Barrett Street improvement project

A Barrett Street upgrade for South Side has gained state board approval and will join the street improvement program employing welfare labor. Engineer Samuel Jenkins prepared specs for paving and a rock base with a substantial retaining wall. Commissioner W P Withers said work starts soon. A new funnel shaped trash guide for plowing weeds and debris was also introduced.

Barrett Street South Side State Board Opeh Samuel Jenkins W. P. Withers

Teachers Will Get Salaries For Christmas

Charleston reports that state funds for the third month’s teacher salaries will be distributed before Christmas, possibly next week. Auditor Sims and Treasurer Talbott reviewed funds. $1,225,000 is needed to meet payrolls. The board aims to authorize distribution once funds are confirmed, hoping a prop tax bill may free local funds for the fourth month.

Charleston Board of Public Wo Sims

Elks Hold Important Meet and Official Visit

Walter B. Wilson of Clarksburg, district deputy of Northern West Virginia, visited Grafton Lodge and conveyed a message from Walter F. Meier, Grand Balted Ruler of Chicago. A social hour followed in the grill room with refreshments. Wilson announced a Christmas dinner for Elk's Home inmates and noted 49 deaths and 17 admissions to the home during the year. Major topics included the Elk's home for aged Elks in New Bedford, Virginia.

Walter B. Wilson Clarksburg West Virginia Graftor Lodge B. P. O. Elks Walter FP. Meier Chicago W. P. Clark John H. Bradadford Mi Serling Tik’s Home For

Shoe fashions for evening wear feature diverse sandal styles

The season presents many original shoe types led by sandal pumps for dinner wear. Conservative options offer extra support while black kid leather sandals with stitching and a T strap with lizard trim are in vogue. Evening slippers show exotic color dyeable satins and crepes. A crepe silk bag with gold star designs and a beaded evening bag with pearl and crystal accents completes the dressy look.

First Baptist Church Choir Practice Tonight at 7 30

A church social calendar item notes the First Baptist Church choir will meet at the church for practice this evening at 7:30. The article also states United States farmers in 1932 sold less than 5,000,000 hogs abroad compared with 13,000,000 a decade earlier.

First Baptist Church Unite States

Welch Gets Six Months For Jail Escape Case

Orval Welch twenty five of Flemington pleaded guilty to escaping from jail last August while connected to the theft of a Merandi Brothers truck. He was sentenced to six months in jail. The grand jury did not indict him on the truck theft charge. He fled the jail yard during rubbish burning last August.

Orval Welch Flemington Merandi Brothers Ona C. Jeerys Welch Merandi

Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Ad

Indigestion and nervous distress prompt praise for Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery from Mrs. Con Ball of Galax Virginia. She reports relief from stomach gagging headaches and weakness after use, encouraging others to seek free medical advice by writing to Dr Pierce at Buffalo New York.

Speculators Tempted By Profits In Stocks And Staples

New York reports profits lured speculators in both stocks and staples as prices sagged moderately before support appeared. Despite the equities dip, sentiment remained optimistic as business and industrial news buoyed market mood. The dollar held near unchanged in foreign exchange and grains slid about a cent a bushel at times.

New York U. S

Child labor debate warns against early burdens on youth

A public discussion condemns assigning premature responsibility to children arguing it harms happiness and development. The piece stresses balance between independence and protecting youth from adult pressures, citing the long history of child labor and its mixed outcomes. A Seattle yacht owner reports theft of a 38 pound muddock anchor and 14 feet of chain left at a dock.

B. R. Jones Seattle Wash

Old Fashioned Date Nut Cookies Mixed Sugar and Spice

Cream fat and sugar. Add eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Stir in lemon extract, salt, chopped dates and nuts. Fold in flour with soda and cinnamon. Shape dough into a roll, chill two hours, slice thin and bake ten minutes in a moderate oven.

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