Graham Chosen B. and C. Veterans Head For Year
William Graham elected president of the B and C Veterans to succeed Harry Carroll at a VFW hall meeting. Herbert Utz Delbert Lough T C Gough Harry Carroll and E M Reed named officers. Clara Fawyer Auxiliary re elected May Reed as president with staff changes. Installation by grand director C D Powell and marshall Minnie Nicodemus conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Graham
Harry Carroll
VFW
Herbert FP. Utz
Delbert Lough
T. C. Gough
E. M. Reed
Clara Fawyer
May Reed
Idella Carroll
Marshall
J. B. Morasco
Harold Cole
John Bickford
Reed
Roy Thorn
Robert Wittman
W. P. Clark
Ada Gall
Akron
Ohio
Graham
C. D. Powell
Minnie Nicodemus
Knottsville 4-H Club Reorganizes For Winter Work
Twenty former and eight new members met Friday to reorganize the Knottsville 4-H Club and plan winter activities including a tentative tag day. Mrs. Gay Boyles led a program with remarks on other 4-H clubs and various readings and songs. New members include Vera Lzadder Lois Hockinberry Katie Keyser Claude Cozad Betty Bradley Marian Outright Lyle Hockinberry Frank Hockinber. other attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Knottsville 4-H Club
Gay Boyles
Vera Luzadder
Lois Hockinberry
Katie Keyser
Claude Cozad
Betty Bradley
Marian Outright
Lyle Hockinberry
Frank Hockinber
Anna Bell Boylen
Elva Jean Sturm
Geneva Augil
Carmen Kerns
Buddy Boylen
Lawrence Exline
Emmett Exlime
Charles Exline
Clara Luzadder
Fred Boyles
Hartsel Wilson
Wyoma Wilson
Wanda Ruth Wilson
Don Cutright
Helen Thomas
Jack Sturm
Alfred Lundy
Junior Lundy
Mary Boyles
Jack Kincaid
Christmas notices of various church and club events
A sequence of December church and club calendars lists meetings, gift exchanges, luncheons, and parties at West Main Street Methodist Blueville St Pauls Lutheran First Presbyterian and other groups. Notable items include Bible classes at several churches, Jr OA M plans for an anniversary, King’s Daughters and Pocahontas gatherings, a General club turkey luncheon, and a Quota club Christmas party at Cozy Rest with dates from Dec 1 to Dec 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naom
West Main Street Methodist Church
Pansy Mahaffey
St. Joan's Methodist Church
Grafton Woman's Club
General Club
U. B. Church
Virginia
Ker
Elizabeth Goudge
B. F K. Roof
Paul P. Warden
King’s Daughters Bible Class
Blueville
Walter Knotts
Robert Emrick
Young Women’s Missionary Society
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Margaret Barnes
Brownlow Park
Andrew's Woman's Society of Christian Service
Little Sisters
Pocahontas and Indian Sisters
Redmen's Hall
Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion
Moose Home
Harry Friedman
Maple Avenue
W. E. Hardin
A. A. Miller
Route 50
Missionary Society
First Presbyterian Church
Quota Club
Cozy Rest
Christmas Motif At Club s Party
A Christmas themed party was held last evening at the home of Mrs Karl Hinkins. Red and green decor and festive touches carried the holiday motif through the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Hinkins
Love Avenue
Number These Among Your Linens Embroider This Design
Pattern 6355 offers a transfer of a 6x22 inch motif along with two 6x11 and 13x4 inch motifs, crochet directions, stitch illustrations, and materials. Send ten cents to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept. at 259 W 14th St New York NY with your name and address and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Social hour at club event with refreshments and guests
The passage notes seasonal colors used for refreshments during an affair hosted by a club. Guests included Mrs. Ann Radekin, with club members present such as Mrs. Raymond McDaniel, Miss Sara Musgrove, Mrs. William D. Fisher, Mrs. J. Lee Evans Jr., and Mrs. Francis Welfe, while sewing and conversation occupied the social hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Radekin
Raymond McDaniel
Sara Musgrove
William D. Fisher
J. Lee Evans, Jr
Francis Welfe
Miss Lucreta Hornbeck Weds Howard Brown in Newburg
Miss Lucreta Hornbeck of Independence wed Howard Mitchell Brown of Independence in a November 28 ceremony at St. Johns Methodist parsonage Newburg West Virginia. The Rev Stoneking Groves officiated. The couple plans a wedding trip to Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Hornbeck
Independence
Lucreta Hornbeck
Howard Mitchell Brown
Lenore Brown
C. E. Brown
Newburg
W. Va
St. John's Methodist Parsonage
Stoneking
Groves
Brown
Newburg High School
West Virginia University
Mr. Brown
University High School
Morgantown
University
Washington, D.C
Barbour County Couple Married In Catlettsburg
Announcement of the November 7 marriage in Catlettsburg Kentucky of Miss Nora Coffman daughter of Mrs Hattie Coffman Kasson Barbour County and Fred Boyles son of Mr and Mrs T L Boyles Philippi. Rev C O Price pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catlettsburg
Nora Coffman
Hattie Coffman
Kasson
Barbour County
Fred Boyles
T. L. Boyles
Philippi
C. O. Price
Couple to Wed After Year of Teaching in Barbour County
Mrs. Boyles, graduate of Alderson-Broaddus college, teaching her third term in Barbour county schools, will serve until year end. Mr. Boyles, Fairmont State College student active in sports and fraternities, will finish the year and in June move to Akron to join the Aircraft Corp. and study at the University of Akron. Mrs. Boyles will accompany him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Akron
Ohio
Aircraft Corp
University of Akron
Boyles
Local News Briefs From Blueville and Nearby
Improves Although slowly im proving Robert D Emrick general manager of the local Blue Bird stores remains confined to his home in Blueville Addition and unable to leave his bed. Vida Miller underwent major surgery at City hospital this morning. Mrs Lloyd Shriver and infant son left the hospital this morning. New arrival born to Mr and Mrs M S Swisher of Detroit formerly of this city a 5 pound 6 ounce baby boy on Monday December 9. Elizabeth Grandstaff mother of Mrs Elizabeth Grandstaff Proctor died in Edinburgh Virginia. Russel Mathews resumes duties as linotype operator at the Sentinel after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Emrick
Blue Bird Stores
Blueville Addition
Vida Miller
Grafton
City Hospital
Lloyd Shriver
Pike Street
M.S. Swisher
Detroit
Mich
Russel Mathews
the Sentinel
Damage Suit Returned for Third Time in Death Case
In Charleston a Newark Supreme Court ordered a third trial in Mercer county over a fatality involving Noah Trump. The Norfolk and Western railway faces suit under the federal employers' liability act after Trump, a section hand, was killed when a passenger train struck a section motor car. Previous Mercer trials awarded $7,000 to the administrator. The majority noted witnesses on the motor car fled to safety before impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Supreme Court
Tme
Mercer County
Norfolk and Western Railway
Noah Trump
Trump
Judgment Upheld for Clarksburg Woman in Glass Injury
Lutie M. Rouse of Clarksburg won a personal injury judgment that the Empire National Bank should not be a co defendant with Eagle Convex Glass. The Supreme Court reversed a directed judgment in favor of the bank, affirming the bank's removal as a defendant. A piece of curved glass fell and struck her on the sidewalk in front of the bank building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Lutie M. Rouse
Clarksburg
Supreme Court
Empire National Bank
Eagle Convex Glass Specialty Company
Amendment proposal would require popular vote for war abroad
The legislation opposed by President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull would submit to the states a constitutional amendment banning sending troops outside the western hemisphere without a popular vote in favor of war. A similar measure stalled in a house committee last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Hull
Western Hemisphere
House
London Quiet After 24 Hours of Luftwaffe Silence
Britons faced a calm in London as more than 24 hours passed without air alarms or bomb reports. Rooftop spotters scanned the sky through the night and morning rush hour, noting no follow-up to Sunday night’s 12-hour bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Woman and Horse Trainer Elizabeth Bosley Dies in Accident
Towson Maryland December 10 Mrs Elizabeth Cromwell Bosley 40 nationally known breeder and trainer of horses was killed in an automobile crash yesterday Her husband John Bosley heads a string of race horses at Charles Town West Virginia Bosley gained national fame in 1934 when her former hunter Chase Me went undefeated in turf history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towson
Elizabeth Cromwell Bosley
John Bosley
Charles Town
W. Va
Bosley
Chase Me
Mexican ambassador forecasts early oil expropriation deal
Francisco Castillo Najera, Mexico’s ambassador to Washington, predicts an early agreement between the Mexican government and oil companies whose properties were expropriated in 1938. He spoke today in Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Francisco Castillo Najera
Washington
War Referendum Fight Planned By Two Solons
Two Republican senators Nye of North Dakota and Capper of Kansas declared today they would wage a vigorous fight in the next session for enactment of war referendum legislation. Howard M. Gore of Clarksburg was reported to oppose the move while indicating costs to his campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nye
North Dakota
Capper
Kan
Charleston
Howard M. Gore
Clarksburg
West Virginia Trucks Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
The state Supreme Court sustained the Kanawha circuit court demurrer in a case contesting the 1939 act prohibiting double decker trucks from highways after July 1, 1940. The Darnell Trucking Co Inc and others along with the West Virginia Automobile Dealers association challenged the measure, and the case was remanded for final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginia
State Supreme Court
Kanawha_ circuit
Road Commission
Darnell Trucking Co., Inc
West Virginia Automobile Dealers Association
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Sela
Annabel P. Swisher
Society Reporter
Knottsville 4-H Club
Alice Brooks
Sehold Arts
Miss Hornbeck
Newburg Church
John L. Proctor
Edinburgh
Mr. Proctor
Elizabeth Grandstaff
Mercer
Gore
Angela Greene
New York City
Swim For Health Week
Hotel New Yorker
Tribunal
West
Evans Hardware Co
E. Main St
Hamilton
Elgin Bulova
Benrus — Longines
Skaggs
Evans
Pittsburgh
Plate Glass
J. Lee Evans Furniture Company
Better Furniture
South Main Street
Heflin
Main Street
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