Musical events and programs listed in community schedule
A partial listing from the community calendar shows varied events including an All-American Voices program at 4:30, New friends of music at 6, the Parker family at 9:15, Cheerio at 10:30, a Presbyterian church program at 1:30, Musical steelmakers at 5, Bach cantata at 7, an American forum at 8, Presidential Possibilities at 10, and Good will hear later in the evening.
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Ome Kern Musicale
New Friends of Music
Parker Family
Cheerio
Presbyterian Church
Musical Steelmakers
American Forum
MBS
Hawaii
Salvation Army
Europe
NBC Chains
WABC
CBS
WEAF
NBC
WJZ
Universal Bible
J. C. Freeman
James J. Davis
Charles P. Taft
Jacie Bear
Charlie McCarthy
Rudy Vallee
Phil Spitalny
New York Philharmonic
Hobby Lobby
Clark Gable
Conrad Nagel
Orson Welles
Helen Hayes
Vanessa
Oscar Levant
Elery Queen
West
Wjz-Nbc
Now
Radio City
Sibelius Music
Tartuffe
Kiwanis Club Directors Dinner Hosts 1939 Officers
Final meeting of Grafton Kiwanis officers and directors was a dinner at Claude Ebert's home. Mrs. Ebert helped serve. plans were made to install new officers on January 2 and to skip ladies night. Attendees included Evans, Rohrbough, Manley, Ebert, Watson, Mays, Rasmussen, Gatrell, Leonard, and Malone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Claude
Clarksburg Club
Joe Evans
R. Virgil Rohrbough
William Manley
C. S. Ebert
C. Ray Watson
Clyde N. Mays
Torlock Rasmussen
H. J. Gatrell
Arlie Leonard
Paul E. Malone
Glade Run Club Holds Meeting at School House
Glade Run Community club met at the Glade Run school house with F E Smith as acting chairman. The program featured a talk on Value of Farm Records, scripture reading by H R McCartney, songs by Alta Smith and others, a poem by Mrs John McCartney, and remarks on committee nominations for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glade Run
F. E. Smith
H. R. McMcCartney
Alta Smith
Dorothy
Ester Hebb
John McCartne
Loraine McCartney
Carl Nine
Ruth K. Harris
Glen Zinn
M. O. Bradley
John McCartney
God
Holiday Dances At Greenbrier With Duke Band
A sequence of holiday dances will be staged at the Greenbrier hotel White Sulphur Springs headlined by Jack Payton and his Duke university band. The program opens with a tea dance on Saturday December 23 followed by a Merry Christmas dance on Monday December 25 and a New Year’s Eve dance on Saturday December 30. A New Year’s swimming party is planned for Sunday evening December 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Payton
Duke University
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
White Sulphur
Community event notices for December church and club activities
December listings show bake sales at Turner's to fund Christmas baskets, meetings at Elks Club and St John Street church with lectures and reviews, Fisher class gatherings in church basements, Book Review at St John Street church, American Legion Auxiliary Moose Home gathering, First Baptist Women circle and Christmas party, baby contest at Warren M E church, and Philathea class dinner and Christmas program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guild of St. Matthias Episcopal Church
Turner's
Fisher
St. Johns Methodist Church
Grafton Women's Club
St. John Street
J. Paul Murphy
Stella Morgan
Practice for Grafton Women’s Club Christmas Program
The Grafton Women's club Music department held a rehearsal at the Elks Home for the Monday meeting, with the Literature and Art department organizing. The program features Christmas music and an illustrated talk by Dr. John Draper of West Virginia University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Womens Club
Elks Club
Profesor Draper
Grafton Women’s Club
Elks Home
General Club
John Draper
West Virginia University
Tommy Tucker to Play at Dance in Carmichael Auditorium
Tommy Tucker and his orchestra with Aimy Amell will perform at Carmichael Auditorium in Clarksburg Monday night December 25 starting at 9 30 oclock and running to 1 30 a m An advance ticket sale has begun and large attendance is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Tucker
Aimy Amell
Carmichael Auditorium
Clarksburg
Barclay on Bridge Watch Your Discards To Read The Cards
Watch those discards to form a picture of remaining cards and guide plays. In a duplicate event South opens 1 clubs, North 1 heart, South 1 spade, North heart, South 3NT. A top-table sequence shows a spade lead, diamond sequence, and a heart finesse play leading to five odd tricks. The article explores how bidding with Blackwood could reach a diamond grand slam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
East
South
North
Kqs
Wake
Bible Class Of Church Holds Monthly Meeting
The Friendship Bible class of the First Christian church held its regular monthly meeting at the church. R H Bunner led devotionals, readings from Luke 15, and Christmas songs. Plans for Christmas holidays were discussed and a program of musical numbers followed by refreshments ended the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Bible
First Christian Church
R. H. Bunner
Jesus
W. 4. Harrison
Bunner
Oakey W. Grow
Mary Risinger
Norman Manear
Stanley Richards
Howard Robinson
South of the Border
Patty Ann Wolfe
Grow
Governor probes escape at ArizonaState Hospital
Phoenix with state focus on Winnie Ruth Judd’s escapes and related developments at the Arizona state hospital for the insane. Gov. Bob Jones backs a personal investigation and endorses Dr. Louis J. Saxe’s administration amid the recent inmate escapes and a staff resignation reducing hospital physicians to one. Bruno Len Hanks, 25, a criminally insane inmate, escaped from transfer from Florence prison, worsening the situation. No clue to Judd’s whereabouts after her second escape in six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Bob Jones
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Hospital
Louis J. Saxe
Saxe
Bruno Len Hanks
Florence
Hanks
Andrew F. Tombs
New Orleans
Judd
Bridegroom Of 11 Days Takes His Own Life
In Pittsburgh a 32 year old bartender William Marinelli shot himself in a hotel lounge washroom after handing his wife two cartridges during a gathering with friends. A shoe-shine boy discovered him with a bullet wound and a clenched revolver. Despondency followed his mother’s death last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
William Martinelli
State Police Report Highway Accident Fatality
Charleston dispatch reports State police confirm the December highway crash near Newson Greenbrier County that killed 60 year old Chris Kelly who was a passenger in the wreck. It marks the 14th December fatality in the first eight days of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Chris Kelly
Newson
Greenbrier
Dawson
Dent names Samples as chancery commissioner at Taylor circuit
In a special term at Taylor county circuit court Judge Herbert W. Dent named Attorney W. P. Samples as commissioner-in-chancery in the chancery suit C. C. Cole Bank et al against W. A. Cole Bank. Mrs Joseph A Jolliffe of Maple avenue underwent removal of her left eye at Union Protestant hospital Clarksburg after an earlier operation failed to save it. Meter collections for the week ending this morning totaled 68.80, announced Finance Commissioner Joseph B. Bradford. Calvin Frush of Bridgeport pleaded guilty to driving without an operator's permit and was fined 10 and costs by Justice A. B. Knibenshue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Herbert W. Dent
W. P. Samples
C. C. Colebank Et al
W. A. Colebank
Joseph A. Jolliffe
Maple Avenue
Union Protestant Hospital
Clarksburg
Joseph B. Bradford
Calvin Frush
Bridgeport
Justice of the Peace A. B. Kni
Friedman Enters Claim To Settle Old Judgment
Simon J. Friedman surviving partner of F Friedd man and Son has entered a claim for 94 dollars 94 cents representing an old judgment obtained by the company against proceeds of the sale of real estate in the suit Robert Rogers versus R S Rogers et al The claim was disclosed at Taylor county circuit court special term Judge H W Dent presiding ordered the judgment paid out of the forced sale proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon J. Friedman
F. Frieddman and Son
Robert Rogers
R. S. Rogers
Taylor County
H.W. Dent
FBI Agents Withdraw From Murder Case Probe
FBI agents have withdrawn from the inquiry into the slaying of Dr. Walter R. Engelberg secretary of the German consulate. J Edgar Hoover visited after Engelbergs body was found in Brooklyn and returned to Washington while detectives continue to search the Broadway district for a man believed linked to the night of the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Walter R. Engelberg
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Engelberg
Brooklyn Hom
Washington
Broadway
Noted Negro Scientist Is Reported Very Sick
Dr. George Washington Carver, the noted Negro scientist at Tuskegee institute, was reported seriously ill. Friends said his health worsened after a trip to New York for the Roosevelt science award and a speaking tour through the Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegge
Ala
George Washington Carver
Tuskegee Institute
New York
Midwest
Notice of Stockholders Meeting at The First National Bank
The First National Bank of Grafton will hold a stockholders meeting in its banking house in Grafton West Virginia on Tuesday January 9 1940 between 1 30 and 2 30 p m for the election of a Board of Directors for the ensuing year and any other business that may come before the meeting Q Jay Fleming Cashier
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of Grafton
Grafton
W. Va
Q. Jay Fleming
Notice of debt responsibility by S L Shackelford
S L Shackelford states he will not be responsible for any debts contracted by anyone other than himself. Dec 9 16 23.
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S. L. Shackelford
Ritzes In the Army Now Comedy Arrives With Fun
Fox comedy features the Ritz Brothers enlisting in France as maids to army mules under Sergeant Angle Face Walker. Jane helps rescue her father while spies and romance with Lynn Bari spice the plot. Stark performances by Schildkraut and lively songs cap a wildly funny wartime farce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Jane
France
Angle Face" Walker
Margie
Angle Face
Lynn Bari
Ritzes
Joseph Schildkraut
George M. Cohan
Eva Tanguay
Sidney ‘Clare
Jule Styne
Stanley Fields
Angle. Face
Fritz Leiber
Lionel Royce
Hollywood Cavalcade at Strand Theatre Starring Faye and Ameche
Darryl F. Zanuck presents Hollywood Cavalcade in Technicolor at the Strand Theatre today. The film recounts Hollywood’s rise with romance, slapstick, and stars including Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Buster Keaton, Al Jolson, and the Keystone Cops, directed by Ameche with Allen Brown associate producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darryl F. Zanuck
Hollywood
Don Ameche
Mack Sennett
Alice Faye
Buster Keaton
Ben Turpin
Chester Conklin
Keystone Cops
al Jolson
20Th Century-Fox
Strand Theatre
Harry Joe Brown
J. Edward Bromberg
Alan Curtis
Stuart Erwin
Jed Prouty
Donald Meek
George Givot
Eddie Collins
Mutiny in the Big House at Opera House
The film Mutiny in the Big House at the Opera House centers on prison chaplains who sacrifice to save inmates. Charles Bickford stars as the priest facing danger against Killer Red Manson played by Barton MacLane, with Dennis Moore as Johnny Gates and a cast including Charlie Foy and George Cleveland. Directed by William Nigh from a screenplay by Robert D. Andrews based on Martin Mooney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monogram
Opera House
Charles Bickford
Barton MacLane
Red Manson
Johnny Gates
Dennis Moore
Charlie Foy
George Cleveland
William Boyle
William Nigh
Robert D. Andrews
Martin Mooney
Dixie Theatre Opens With Pack Up Your Troubles
The Dixie Theatre presents Pack Up Your Troubles with a joyous draw card featuring Jane Withers arriving Sunday. The promotion invites patrons to relive merry days in a nostalgic, old kit bag style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Theatre
Jane Withers
New Transcontinental Broadcasting System to Launch
New York Dec 9 The coast to coast chain TBS soon to operate as Transcontinental Broadcasting System with Elliott Roosevelt as president sets 10 am New Year’s Day as inaugural program. Plans call for 16 hours daily to 93 stations from WMCA WJJD WIND and KFWB Chicago and Los Angeles with detailed schedule of shows and guests across multiple networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
TBS
Elliott Roosevelt
TBC
WMCA
WIND
Chicago
KFWB
Los Angeles
Milt Berle
Europe
WABC
CBS
WEAF
NBC
Arch Oboler
Walter Chandler
Benny Goodman
Skyblazers
Wayne King
F. Trubee Davison
WJZ
Green Hornet
NBC Symphony
Desire Defaun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kiwanis Club
Mrs. Ebert
Glade Run Club
American Legion Auxilary
Moose Home
Women's Mission
First Baptist Church
Circle and Ladies Aid Society
C. H. Deem
L. L. Bradley
Eva Miller
Rose Grinnan
G. L. Withers
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Warren M. E
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
Bible Class of Church
Arizona
Winnie Judd
Friedman
Hollywood Cavalcade
Sensible Santa
Cory Coffee
Johnson's
Reymer’s
Schaff’s
Wrisley
Membdon
Karloff
Paris
Coty
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
Max Factor
la Cross
Cutex
Remington Rand
Amity
Kawoody
Red Cross Pharmacy
West Grafton
Etta Kett
Guiy
Floweres
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