Social notes from Star Woman's Club and local gatherings
Mary Margaret Somerville reports on the Star Woman's Club meeting with Christmas program plans and gifts. The edition details weddings, Betsy Ross Tent officers, the Webster school Parent-Teacher Association’s 1928 slate, Park Pioneers Club turkey dinner and bridge, a fifth birthday party for Alfreda Fisher, and social notices of A A Shumaker's moving plans in Grafton.
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Star Woman's Club
Eastern Star and Club
Dember
TempleAt
Spitality
Ona C
Parent-Teacher Association
Webster School
W.B. Baker
E. B. Findley
Pearl Felton
Mildred Newton
S. W. Wine
George C. Felton
Ora Feltner
Grafton Candy Shop Opens Daily at Eight
Whipped Cream Daily announces shop hours with Fisher proprietor details. Grafton store opens at 8 AM daily, offering candy products and daily specials.
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Grafton
Fisher
Farewell Party for Mrs Shumaker and Local Club Notes
The King's Daughters Bible Class surprised Mrs. Shumaker at the Frank Shumaker home on Beech Street with a farewell party at 7 o clock, presenting solid silver candlesticks and embossed candlesticks. About thirty members attended, with ice cream cake and coffee served near midnight. The Morgantown Dominion reports University Press Club Sigma Nu and Phi Kappa Sigma dances and mentions Miss Alice P Preiss joining the Press Club and a birth in East Wilford Street for Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Pilson, a 12 pound son born Monday, December 12.
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Bagica
United Brethren Church
Deweyaven
Gertrude Schulte
Clarksry
Ralph F. Shuttlesrth
Cty
S.L. Postlethwait
Lu‘Mi Reese
Frank Jackson
J. Chamberlain
Clarksburg
Charles Schulte
Arcade
D. Buttlesworth
Parkersburg
Grafton
Washington
Baltimore
New York
Shuttlesworth
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Betsy Ross
Daughters of Union Veterans
Sarah Poe Robinson
May ‘Thayer
Della Lowther
Chaplin
Hazel B. O'Brien
Lydia Hodel
Mary Ford Yates
Mary. Mays
Elizabeth R. Handley
Hazel Zinn
Beryl Kitzmiller
Mary Zinn
Velma ‘Cather
Bertie Brohard
Rachel Bow
Park Pioneers Club
Fred Watkins
Maple Avenue
Progressive Bridge
B.flark
A. A. Holt
William Hanway
H. H. Holt
Vaughn Kerr
Morgantown
Morgantown Dominion
University Press Club
Sigma Nu
Phi Kappa Sisma
Armory
Turner
Reese Henry
Alice P. Preiss
Press Club
Charles Watkins
Bailey Wyckoff
Victor Wilthide
Robert Warder
Harry Chaddoick
Eloise Kerr
Wilford Pilson
East Wilford Street
Kennedy announces birth of Bettie Lee in Clarksburg
Mr and Mrs A B Kennedy of Clarksburg announce with pleasure the birth in December of a baby daughter. She will be named Bettie Lee Kennedy. Mrs Kennedy was formerly Miss Edith Cole of Grafton.
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Taylor County
A. B. Kennedy
Clarksburg
Bettie Lee Kennedy
Smock Movement Sparks Citywide Office Style
A vivid article from Grafton chronicles women in smocks transforming local business offices. At the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and First National Bank, female staff flaunt colorful frocks, provoking mixed reactions from male colleagues while boosting office energy and color. The piece predicts smocks may redefine business dress and gender roles, echoing a shift once likened to wearing the green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Joniy
National Bank
Gratton
Kanawha Row Up In Court Involving Sheriff And County Court
The Kanawha County dispute between Sheriff L. C. Massey and Commissioner Harry Walker and the county court members was debated before the state Supreme Court. The county sought a writ to compel Massey to turn over prisoners for road work to guards Gordon Young and C. L. Whittington. Massey argued the guards named by the county were qualified. the case centered on sections about imprisoner use on roads and sheriff guard duties amid political tensions.
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Charleston
L. C. Massey
Anawha County
Harry Walker
Supreme Court
Gordon Young
C. L. ‘Whittington
Massey
Henry Carte
D. D. Haines
Bock
A. A. Tilly
A. M. Belcher
Mr. Lilly
Accused Coed Heers Husband on Road Work
An article fragment reports a prohibition officer John Gartin seeking a peremptory writ from Lincoln County Court to compel salary and expenses payment after county failed to respond to an alternative writ. The piece also mentions Queen Elizabeth and a plan to restore the old Donegal name in Ireland’s northern county.
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John Gartin
Lincoln County
Queen Elizabeth
Donegal
Ireland
Donegal Restoration Is Promised By Government
In a nervous daze from a 48-hour drive compelled by a bootlegger Eva Belfast reports Done Hotchkiss Stepanos a wealthy chiropractor famed for old Irish castles rests at her husband’s home. Authorities seek the bootlegger to restore Donegal’s name and return it to its own authorities.
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Rummer
Rochester
N.i
Eva Belfast
Hotchkiss Stepanos
Perry
Mira
Salvation Army Kettles Placed in Grafton for Christmas Drive
Commandant Canning announces Salvation Army kettles placed at Main and Latrobe junction and near the Baltimore and Ohio station to aid needy families this Christmas. He seeks $500 in donations and subscriptions from business and professional men, noting increased distress this winter and his first U S assignment in Grafton after coming from Grand Falls Newfoundland.
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Salvation Army
Main
Latrobe
Baltimore and Ohio
Cordant LW
Cam
Canning
Army
Commandant Canning
United States
Grand Falla
New Foundland
East Wilford Street
Grafton
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Rafton Sentinel
Hdritorial Department
Mary Margaret Sommerville
Society Reporter
Ers
Elizabeth Cather
Elizabeth Gill
Fannie McCartney
Sarah Bowers
Alfreda Fisher
William Fisher
Alfreda
Santa Claus
Ilda
Bobby Beverlin
Juanita
Martha Gatrell
Betty Fisher
Virginia Poling
Frederick Rogers
Loraine Howard Painter
Buddy Proudfoot
Paul Rogers
Loraine Painter
C. F. Riley
Leon Proudfoot
Florence’ .Poe Donahue
Blueville
B. F. Poe—Service
Osgood
Calu World
Quota Club
Leoza Griffith
Miss Griffith
Hazel
G. W. Loar & Co
Jewelers
West Virginia
Kanawha
Heers
Steppate
Rebeces
Bradley Rogers
Texas
la Grange
Tex
Farmers National Bank
Buda
Otis Rogers
Rogers
Reseus
Chris Christmas
Crisco
George C. Thurn
Sentinel
Gisco
Tess Roti
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