Social and club notes from December gatherings
Social and church notices recount a La-Sees Maryv annual Christmas party hosted by the American Legion auxiliary with decorated rooms a banquet table and gifts for attendees. Womans Missionary Society programs feature talks on Africa and Koho Land with leadership by Miss Nell Shumaker and Mrs. Redinger. A surprise 71st birthday for Mrs. Smith Miller draws many friends for dinner cards and music. Other items include Daughters of Democracy and Mooseheart Legion meetings plus Blueville and White Rose Grove gatherings with scheduled speakers and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
M.C
Lloyd M. Loran
W. E. Hardin
Mary
Ford Yates
Womans Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church
Africa
Nell Shumaker
John Waller
BF. Redinger
Bessie Poe
Koho Land
Wallace
O Boon
Harold Waller
Reading
Iva Golf
Womans Foreign Missionary
Womans Foreign Missionary Society of
Arlie Leonard
Christmas Pho tographs offer at Palace Studio
With every six dollar purchase of pho tographs customers receive a free tenfold enlargement. Photos make ideal Christmas gifts. Palace Studio at 129 West Main Street in Grafton promotes the special as a seasonal bargain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace
W. Main St
Grafton
Air Problems Highlight Free Passage and Ocean Weather Service
The French delegation head at the conference emphasized freedom of passage for air traffic and urged international cooperation to establish an ocean weather service. The remarks focus on shared air travel access and collaborative meteorological monitoring.
Transatlantic flying seen as fast financial venture
Mildred Johnson of Philadelphia plans a flight from Germany to America in the Rostra flying boat being built in Germany. J C Hunsaker of Goodyear Zepelin presents trans oceanic flight plans at the conference. Otto Merkel of Lufthansa notes ocean routes offer quicker, profitable ventures than land lines, stressing speed and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Johnson
Philadelphia
Germany
America
J. C. Hunsaker
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
Navy
Otto Merkel
Berlin
Lufthansa
Chicago University to Build 3 Million Hall Plan
Chicago December news reports a $3,000,000 building program for the University of Chicago. A $1,200,000 gift from Julius Rosenwald, aided by John D. Rockefeller, was announced by acting President Frederic Woodward. The funds will finance new school halls as part of the expansion plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
University of Chicago
Pos
Julius Rosenwald
Frederig Woodward
Rosenwald
John D. Rockenfeller
Jolliffe’s Big Christmas Surprise Sale Shoppers
Christmas shopping meets big surprise at Jolliffe's tomorrow morning with the Little Wonder Roses on sale for 1.00. These flowers, normally priced from 2.00 to 5.00, are highlighted as a special bargain for all on the list.
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Jolliffe’s
Rosenwald offer boosts university expansion plans
Benefactor raises gift to 2 000 000 if the school raises 3 000 000 for building. New dormitories to house 400 men and 380 women will be built west spring. Recreation grounds for intramural sports added. Acting President Woodward says the program should end rumors that undergraduate colleges will be abolished.
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University
Rosenwald
West Spring
Woodward
Prince George Sails to England for Cunarder Berengaria
King George heir Prince George traveling from Bermuda to New York aboard the Durban to board the Cunarder Berengaria for England. The liner sails tomorrow. A Christmas hat offer from The Hat Shoppe appears in the clipping.
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Prince
New York
Dee
Prince George
England
Bermain
Durban
Morrow
Personal items and social notes from Oakland MD area
Local notices report Harry Loar of Oakland Md visiting Grafton as a guest. The Hat Shoppe advertises seasonal gifts and promotions. A.Sinsel and C.F. Sinsel join relatives traveling to Pittsburgh for a funeral of Mrs. Joseph Dearing. Mrs. W Lis Redick and Mrs. J R Riggs spent a day in Clarksburg. B&O trustee William M Kennedy attends Baltimore company matters. State auditor T L M Kitne travels to Fairmont for six to seven weeks to audit Marion county records. Mrs. Walter Beall of Knotts Ave leaves for Baltimore to visit a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Loar
Oakland
Grafton
A. B. Sinsel
C. F. Sinsel
Pittsburgh
Joseph, Dearing
W. Lis Redick
J. R. Riggs
Clarks
William M. Kennedy
Real Estate and ‘Improvement Company
Baltimore
TL. M. Kitne
Fairmont
Marion County
Walter’ Beall
Knotts Ave
Birth Announcement for White’s Newborn Son in Rowlesburg
Mr. and Mrs. Robert White of Rowlesburg announce the birth of a son at City Hospital Monday night. Mrs. White was formerly Miss Mary Shackleford of Maple Avenue. The father is the son of George White of West Main Street. the younger Mr. White serves as cashier at the Bank of Rowlesburg.
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Robert White
Rowlesburg
White
Mary Shackleford
Maple Avenue
George, White
West Main Street
Bank of Iowlesburg
Standard Oil Leader Passes Through Grafton
Charles G. Black president of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey travels in private car Pennsylvania on train No 3 from Jersey City to Parkersburg via B and Q lines. Staff accompany him. railroad offices unaware of his business or westward plans, destination Parkersburg as stated. Dolores Costello noted in Glorious Betsy.
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Charles G. Black
Standard -Oil Company
New Jersey
Grafton
Pennsylvania
Parkersburg
Jersey City
Daal
Dolores
Costello
Christmas Cookies and Gingerbread Patterns
A homemaker’s article provides cookie and gingerbread recipes with patterns for gingerbread boys and sugared stars. It covers steps for dough preparation, chilling, rolling, cutting, decorating with cloves, dates, almonds, and frosting, and baking in a moderate oven. The piece includes instructions for using paper patterns and creating festive shapes for Christmas.
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Louise Bennett
Weaver
Teliapoon
Wai
Columbus boy reunites with mother after disappearance
Kendall Bradley Hussard, a University junior, had been missing since December 4 and was found in Columbus. He reunited with his mother Mrs Beulah Hussard in Albany News. After the reunion, his behavior changed, showing lapses in memory of recent days while recalling specific movements from Pittsburgh to Wheeling and toward Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Kendall Bradley Hussard
Byrouse University
Mra
Beulah
Aussard
Sica
Albany
Hassard
S. Mental
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
Wva
Syracuse
Valuable Diamond Is Guarded by Officers in Court
A very valuable diamond known as the Cyclopean Eye of Siva, weighing over 80 carats and valued up to 500000 dollars, was brought into customs court in New York on December 18. Guards surrounded the stone as it moved in a special car for court proceedings. The diamond, tied to a Parisian jewelers voyage, was initially claimed as artistic but American interests appealed from the treasury department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York
Jane “i
Siva
Nassak
India
Te.gourt Jin
Ae Lin
Evan Fy Badler
New, York
Treasury
Behe Yuling
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Robert Roberts
William Matthews
Fay Carruthers
Ruth
Maude Colebank
Rarl Willey
Otto Miller
Lila
John
Whitman
Nebraska
Hugh Miller
Elizabeth
Warl Bernice
Myron
Hugh, Jr
Forrest McKinney
Forest, Jr
Rosemary
Jane
Vida Miller
Smith Miller
Daughters of Democracy
Woodrow Wilson
The
G. W. Ford
Jarrett Building
Mooseheart Legion
Ladies of Mooseheart Legion
Moose Home
Blueville
Parent-Teachers Meeting
Parent-Teachers Association
H. 8. Rice
Loyd L. Shriver
White Rose Grove
White Rose Grove No
Woodmen Circle
Red Men Hall
Allie Gaines
Osgood
Atlantic
University Chicago
Merry Christmas
King George
Fred Grahams
Dolores Costello
Standard-Oil
Childress
Bluewill
Florence . Poe-Donohue
Mig
Ange
Lao Sieredis Goming
Dolorés
Betsy
Altraetiyp
Allk
Charmi
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