Community Christmas Lights Contest In Grafton
Taylor County Board of Trade sponsors a home decoration and lighting contest in Grafton with judging on December 27. Emphasis on hospitality spirit over elaborate, costly displays. entries due by December 21. prizes total twenty dollars. Local residents encouraged to use readily available materials and weatherproof cords. create silhouettes, wreaths, and festive yard scenes.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Grafton
Board of Trade
Miss Betty Bord joins West Virginia Matrix honor
Mildred Graham reports Betty Bord a Grafton High School graduate and West Virginia University sophomore and Kappa Kappa Gamma member. Other notes cover Bridge Club at Mrs Clyde Turner's Yates avenue home with prizes to Mrs H R Gibson and Mrs E R Bucklew, Presbyterian Brotherhood meeting details, Ponzetta Club games and next gathering, a marriage announcement for Dorothy Dillon and Glenn McDaniel in Knottsville, and United Brethren Ladies Aid December meeting in Grafton with 20 members and 2 guests.
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Miss Bord
Betty Bord
Matrix
West Virginia University
Grafton High School
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Bucklew
W. H. Willhide
E. F. Clark
Ed Steele
Vaughn Kerr
Harry Kunst
Paul Malone
George Jolliffe
J. J. Noll
V. J. McGonagle
Eva Love
Ponzetta Club
Guy Powell
Walkingstret
Pearl
Gabbert
Lloyd
Riddle
Clay Kin
Robert Knight
Veda Squires
Olds
Harry Poling
Delbert Lough
Isa Rexroad
Roxanna Smith
Poling
Yates Avenue
Dorothy Dillon
Glenn McDaniel
McCulty
Knottsville
McDaniel
E. N. Dillon
Knottsville Pike
Mr. McDaniel
Fred McDaniel
Near Stonehouse
Snare Corporation
Grafton
Hte Dcember
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
United Brethren Church
Rome
Mary Hoffman
B. F. Poe
Morgan Studio Dancing Classes Framed for Friday Return
The Morgan Studio of Dancing at Moose Hall resumes evening classes this Friday the 18th at regular time after a Monday cancelation due to a banquet. Registered students should attend as scheduled.
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Moose Hall
Social Calendar December events and meetings
Social calendar lists events from December including Star Sewing Club with Mrs C F Dotson at 455 Walnut Street 7 30 Christmas exchange on December 12 P H C 7 30 at Red Men s Hall December 12 O E 8 Naomi Chapter No 12 at Masonic Temple 8 o clock Anniversary celebration December 13 Ladies Aid and Women s Auxiliary of St Paul s Lutheran church 6 o clock blueplate specials bring covered dish and gift for exchange committee members named next meeting January 3 at Mrs O A Jenkins White Street
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Star Sewing Club
C. F. Dotson
Walnut Street
P. H.C
O. E
Naomi
Masonic Temple
Ladies Aid and Womans’ Auxiliary
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Birth of eight-pound baby boy to Mr and Mrs Carl Cooper
Mr and Mrs Carl Cooper of Route 250 announce the birth of a son weighing eight pounds born December 11. The baby has not yet been named.
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Carl Cooper
Route 250
Molg nearing completion inloan program staff unchanged
Washington Dec 12 The Home Owners Loan Corporation nears completion of lending but officials say there will be no material staff reductions for months. The 20,000 employees include a payroll around 2.5 million monthly. Workers moved to collection and loan servicing as lending ends. those not qualified are replaced.
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Washington
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Rea
New liquor store to open in Anawalt and Wheeling agency
The liquor commission will open a store at Anawalt McDowell County December 17. James Callison said supplies will be shipped tomorrow. A delay in penitentiary equipment may postpone the Sisters Villa store opening until after Christmas. An agency opens Saturday in Wheeling at F J R Davis drug store.
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Arleston
The
Liquor Commission
Anawalt
McDowell County
James Callison
Wheeling
F. JR. Davis
Never Too Old Woman 91 Shows Off Permanent Wave
Mrs. Ananda Beaver, 91, in Dodge City Kansas, parades her new permanent wave and urges elderly people to take pride in their appearance. She says aging is natural and emphasizes maintaining personal grooming.
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Dodge City
Kas
Ananda Beaver
New Armories Plan Raised For Charleston Area
Adjutant General F Guy Ashe said 19 new armories in the state may be built. Data on WPA rejected applications went to a National Guard committee in Washington to be shown to relief administrator Harry L Hopkins. Comptroller John R McCarl approved a 3 400 000 program.
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Charleston
F. Guy Ashe
WPA
National Guard Committee
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
John R. McCarl
Step In Fetchit Arrested At Harlem Court
New York December 12 Step In Fetchit the negro film comedian Lincoln Perry faced assault charges after a Harlem theater summons. Freed in $1000 bail he fled toward a taxi with three women shielding him. He denies beating Philip Krauchers and will return for a hearing next Tuesday.
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New York
Fetchit
Harlem
Douglas Fairbanks
Philip Krauchers
Lincoln Perry
Krauchers
Japan Damns New Chinese Political Council
Japanese sources criticized the new semi independent council announced by the central Chinese government to govern northern Hopeh and Chahar provinces. They predicted it would last only a few months as many factions were represented and few members knew Japan, hindering united action on Sino Japanese issues.
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Pieping
Hopeh
Chahar
Syng Cheb-Yugn
North China
Japan
Impeachment Demands Ring City Court Over Olson Case
The paper reports calls for impeachment of Governor Floyd B Olson based on ten charges and a challenge to indict the chief executive for Bibel. Liggett was previously exonerated three months ago on a statutory charge involving Minor gix. The trial featured bold accusations dominating the case.
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Floyd B. Olson
Bibel
Liggett
WSS
U S Investigation Tied to Editor Slayings and Alibis
The article describes a continuing U S investigation, a liquor salesman Blumenfeld tied to the editor slayings, and a widow recalling a grinning killer. Mrs Liggett accuses officials of political crime and calls for witnesses, while parallels to a prior editor murder intensify pressure for action.
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Blumenfeld
Local visitors and hospital admissions in Grafton area
Miss Jerry Morgan and Joseph Fordyce visited Bairmont last night. Mrs Mary A Shirley of Ona Street spent the week visiting Mr and Mrs William Cole of Pleasant Creek. Robert Snyder route 1 was a business caller in Grafton this morning. Victor Halbritter of Tunnelton has been visiting in Grafton this week. State Trooper W E Murphy visited Fairmont headquarters yesterday. A R Wagner of Railway Express Agency was in Grafton Tuesday night and attended a local staff meeting. Alma May Sayers of High Street was admitted to the hospital for minor surgery. Bernard Sumner of St John Street underwent major surgery at the city hospital this morning. Delbert Lough visited Fairmont Wednesday, guest of Mr and Mrs L G Henderson, who has been ill at home.
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Jerry Morgan
Joseph Fordyce
Bairmont
Mary A. Shirley
William Cole
Pleasant Creek
Robert Snyder
Grafton
Victor Halbritter
Tunnelton
W. E. Murphy
Fairmont
A. R. Wagner
Railway Express Agency
Alma May Sayers
High Street
Bernard Sumner
St. John Street
Delbert Lough
L. G. Henderson
Henderson
Hindu Faker's Trick Exposed in Firewalking Show
Chicago reports that Dr. R. Plato Schwartz argues the Hindu firewalker uses rapid foot motion and weight distribution to avoid burns. He notes gait studies show minimal plantar contact time and suggests embers may not scorch if the arch and heel are elevated in a toe-dancer like stance.
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Chicago
R. Plato Schwartz
Rochester
N. Y
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Gaits
Kuda Bux
London
Eng
Schwartz
Memory of Kuda Bux and a Tax Sale Fire Scene
It recalls Kuda Bux skilled in the specific feat with reaction fitting conditions. Neighbors recalled Morrow appearing with a shotgun shouting that no one would move in on the property. The burning house, sold at a tax sale, did not burn down.
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Morrow
Fires Home Then Ends Life in Delinquent Tax Case
Leonard Morrow, 60, set his Ravena residence ablaze to avoid eviction, warned neighbors not to extinguish the flames, and fled to a nearby barn where his body was found hanging after state police broke into the burning home. He died by suicide amid tax delinquency troubles.
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Ravena
N. Y
Leonard Morrow
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