Style Review Concert Draw Big Crowd Despite Weather
Style review and band concert drew a large audience despite rain. The Public Welfare department and Grafton High School band presented the program, with John T. Evans directing the band and Ralph H. Cline narrating the shawl and period gown pageant. Virginia Shaw and many others displayed shawls from Scotland to Ireland, while period gowns ranged from 60 to 137 years old, culminating in a dance by Mary Warden and a display of wedding dresses.
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Public Welfare Department
Woman’s Club
Grafton High School
Goldman
John T. Evans
Edwards
Robert Mason
Arthur
Cline
Ralph H. Cline
Virginia Shaw
G. G. Jolliffe
Charlotte Rendle
Bess Kennedy
Scotland
G. T. Bartlett, Jr
G. T. Bartlett
Mildred Bartlett
Italy
E. G. Kuhn
Paul Warden
Geneva Hilkey
Carolyn Brown
James F. Holt
W. E. Potters
Margaret Weaver
Ireland
Elen Campbell
Shawn
Kathryn Tucker
Ernest Clark
Torlock Rasmussen
Ed. Steel
Glasgow
Pat Malone
A. A. Holt
Virginia Hanway
G. L. Jolliffe
Mary Smith
Genevieve Hayden
Sarah Smith
Mary Warden
Florence Kunst
Elizabeth Springer
Helen Louise Miller
Haslop
Philomena Deegan
Lois Ford
T. M. Deegan
Marceline Heedy
Nina Zinn
W. C. Byers
Richard Bartlett
M. L. Abbott
Walter Chrislip
Emily Carrington
Clyde Gilbert
Charlotte Evans
Abe Tackett
W. R. Loar
Paul Ward
Otterbein Brotherhood Hosts Monthly Church Meeting
The Otterbein Brotherhood of the U B church held its regular monthly meeting in the church social rooms. Highlights included group singing scripture lesson and talks on Christmas significance and spiritual meaning. A social period followed with committee members named.
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Otterbein Brotherhood
U. B
Ernest Smith
D. C. Reed
Sherman Reed
J. W. Martin
Loren Hoffman
Clifforn Crafl
Frank Luzader
Ernest Smuuh
John Jenkins
Rufus Reed
Renew Probe Intots Death in Philadelphia Case
Coroner Charles Hersch reopened the inquest into Nancy Glenn five in Philadelphia with Mary O Connor a 19 year old physical education student held on five thousand dollar bail. Olympic gymnast Marie Phillips testified as a witness after claiming O Connor confessed responsibility. The parents sought counsel as District Attorney Charles Kelley promised full justice.
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Philadelphia
Charles Hersch
Labor Day
Nancy Glenn
Mary O'Connor
Hersch
Marie Phillips
S. Davis Wilson
Miss O'Connor
Nancy
Joseph Glenn
Charles F. Kelley
Glenn
Kelley
Glenns
District’ Attorney’s Office
City Dam Breaks in Paw Paw Mich
Swollen waters of the river swept through the city hydro electric dam and toppled the $50,000 municipal power plant. No one was inside. Flood waters spread through sparsely settled country north of the southwest Michigan town. Sheriff cites melting snow and heavy snowfall as causing the dam to give way.
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Paw Paw
Mich
Michigan
Michiaga Gas and Electric Company
Warren J. Dodge
Birthday cake gathering honors honoree
Present were Rev. and Mrs. FP. J Turvander, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Pred Hay mond, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Cather, Robert F. Love, Mrs. T. W. Heiro nimus, Sr, Mrs. Dana Barker, Mrs. Elizabeth Handley, Mrs. Ada Strauss, Mrs. E. 5. Suddarth, Mrs. J.B. Leamon Mrs. Emma Morgan, Miss Kathryn Shepler, Miss Nell Haslup, the honoree, John Muter, Mrs. Muter and Merkle Muter.
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J Turvander
A. A. Miller
Pred Haymond
F. B. Cather
Robert F. Love
T. W. Heironimus
Dana Barker
Elizabeth Handley
Ada Strauss
E. 5. Suddarth
J.B. Leamon
Emma Morgan
Kathryn Shepler
Nell Haslup
John Muter
Muter
Merkle Muter
Personal notes for Lieut Kunst and colleagues
Lieut and Mrs John Kunst of Shelbyville Kentucky are guests of Mr and Mrs Fred V Kunst of West Washington street. W Herbert Welch formerly of the Sentinel editorial department has accepted the post of sports editor at the Clarksburg Telegram and begins today. Ted Mackin of Columbus Ohio was a business visitor in Grafton yesterday.
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John Kunst
Shelbyville, Ky
Fred V. Kunst
West Washington Street
W. Herbert Welch
Sentinel
Clarksburg Telegram
Ted Mackin
Columbus
Ohio
Grafton
Shahan Couple Welcome First Child at City Hospital
Mr and Mrs Delbert Shahan of Route 1 are the proud parents of a nine pound son born this morning at City Hospital This is their first child.
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Delbert Shahan
Route 1
City Hospital
Steel Pipe Arrives for Intake Installation at Dam Site
A carload of twenty four inch steel pipe was unloaded at the base of the dam above the Grafton Filtration plant. The pipe will carry gravity fed water from behind Tygarts Valley dam to the city settling basins. The Frederick Snare Corporation will install the new system, replacing the current suction line and pumps to ensure a steady year round water supply.
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Grafton
Tygarts Valley
Frederick Snare Corporation
Fashion recap of long-ago dresses at social event
Thirty years ago Miss Carolyn Brown modeled a 40-year-old dress owned by Mrs. G L Jolliffe while Mrs. William Gibson wore a similar aged gown also tied to Mrs. Jolliffe. Mrs. Richard Robey showcased a 40-year-old dress for Mrs. W C Byers, plus a 60-year-old hat and dolman. Mrs. Welter Goodwin and Mrs. W C Hardin wore twin copies of Washington DC gowns first worn 39 years earlier by Misses Abbey and Kenny Graves. Mrs. Howard Cameron also participated.
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Carolyn Brown
G. L. Jolliffe
William Gibson
Abbey
Kenny Graves
Howard Cameron
Local gown show highlights historic fashions and dancers
A retrospective of period gowns featured按 a dress and hat borrowed for a Woman's club reception. Nancy Rohrbough and Salley Kinsey modeled garments from Morrison's store, while Donna June Rogers and Mary Lou Dean represented J C Penney. Mrs Syliva Favish performed a ballet finale.
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Lucille McCafferty
W. C. Byers
John T. Evans
Rita Riffee
Sylvia Favish
Nancy Rohrbough
J. Morrison's
Donna June Rogers
Mary Lou Dean
Norma Jean Dean
J. C. Penney
Carolyn Rendle
Heflin's
Eleanor Brown
Friedlander
Charles Woodyard
People's Credit Store
Margaret Felton
Joliffe’s
Edna Moats
Ben H. Franz
Clyde G. Turner
Year Round School Favored in Huntington
About 1,000 Huntington High School parents urged the Cabell County Board of Education to reattempt a bond issue for school expansion and, if it fails, to adopt a year round plan. The bond measures have been rejected previously by voters across the county, and the board proposed a staggered year round schedule with three fourths of eligible children in attendance at any time.
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Huntington
Cabell County Board of Education
Mendelson Junk Co Announces Beef Hides Scrap Prices
Advertises top prices for beef hides and scrap junk. Encourages selling before dates Nov 22 to Dec 22. Provides contact at 9643 in Grafton, West Virginia. Mentions Mendelson Junk Company as the collector.
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Mendelson Junk Company
Grafton
W. Va
Attempt Is Made To Ambush Former Chief
State police disclosed an unsuc cessful ambush on Albert Megale former chief of police who resigned Monday. Megale said he was fired upon as he stepped from his car near his home. a bullet tore his sleeve. He drove to Elm Grove to alert state police, who searched the area while officials discussed Megale's replacement, with a week likely before any appointment.
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Wheeling
Albert Megale
Elm Grove
Megale
Elia Grove
Harry J. Humphrey
Doctors Elect Parkersburg President at Academy
Dr. R Widteyer was elected president of the Parkersburg Academy of Medicine at its December meeting in Parkersburg.
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Parkersburg
Widteyer
Parkersburg Academy of Medicine
Curtis seeks full pardon in Lindbergh case involving kidnapper links
John Hughes Curtis, a Norfolk boatbuilder, applies for a full pardon amid 12 pardons before the New Jersey Court of Pardons. Curtis was convicted for obstructing justice after a fruitless chase tied to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, receiving a suspended one year sentence and a $1000 fine.
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Trenton
N. J
Court of Pardons
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
Curtis
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