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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1944
Page
3
Mrs R Mathews entertained her Andrew's Methodist church Sunday school class at her Maple Avenue home. A Christmas gift exchange and games provided entertainment with Miss Irene Andrews winning the high prize. Decorations suited the season framed the gathering as a salad course was served late. Attendants included Irene Andrews Mary Vogel Clara Jean Kines Rosalee Nestor and Eleanor Grimes.
The Woman's Aid Society of the United Brethren church held its annual Yuletide session in the Ing's Daughters classroom. Mrs. Guy Bennett led the Christmas program with Silent Night carols, devotional readings by Rev Lavader and Mrs Flora Stilwell, Beverly Sue Cutright sang White Christmas, and other church members performed duets and solos. A bake sale was planned for January 18 during the business session. Refreshments were served by hostesses Ruth Crouser Curley Eisner and B C Isner to members and guests including Rev Lois Luzader and Beverly Sue and Rosemary Cutright. A note about the peacock’s historical range and a vitamin C fact were included in the text.
A compilation of local meetings and Christmas events scheduled for December include the American Legion auxiliary at Latrobe Street headquarters for an 8 pm regular meeting and gift exchange. Tau Phi Lambda sorority at Beulah Belle Beauty Shop with hostesses Leoma Zumbro and Beulah Bailey. Degree of Honor at the V F W hall with a covered dish luncheon and gift exchange. W C T U at the Baptist church with Rev F C Davis speaking on The Eternal in Christmas. Blueville King s Daughters Bible class postponed to next month at Walter Lucas home. Quota Club Christmas party at Cafeteria Court after 4 pm lunch. Fidelis club hosted by Mrs Rhea Fisher at 8 pm on Washington Street.
Naomi Sunday school class of West Main Street Methodist church met at Mrs Abe Tackett home for annual Christmas party. Mrs J G Withers presided and led the ritualistic service. A Christmas reading and Bible stories were shared, a gift exchange followed, and refreshments were served to members and a guest.
An all day session of the Farm Woman's Club on Country Club road was hosted by Mrs. M. F. Able. County Agent B. A. Hensley spoke on Postwar Homes. Two new members were welcomed and a noon covered dish dinner was served.
TheMusic department of the Grafton Woman's club postponed its annual concert due to current weather conditions. The event will now be held Monday night at 8 o'clock in the Baptist church. Director Mrs Howard Lawson said the postponement allows Graftonians who could not attend under the bad weather to participate.
A crowded Senate caucus room heard statements from Archibald MacLeish Nelson Rockefeller James C Dunn and Brig Gen Julius Holmes with Stettinius Grew and Clayton testifying on foreign policy and Atlantic Charter adherence. ELAS forces in Attica faced Scobie's terms to lay down arms as sporadic fighting and fires persisted in Athens amid British mediation efforts.
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a remedy for poor digestion headachy and upset stomach. It claims Nature produces digestive juice and the pills increase its flow, with relief in about 30 minutes, urging readers to buy at drugstores for 10 cents or 26? cents.
Mrs John Brown formerly Margaret Hulley of S Charles street left for Washington D C to join her husband at a naval training school. Mrs Owen Okes returned to West Main street after visiting her husband in Pittsburgh. Snow and transportation disruptions linger with trains and planes behind schedule and roads heavily snow covered. In the South several inches of snow fell in North Carolina Georgia Alabama Tennessee with temperatures in the 20s. Florida crops threatened. Ohio reported 12 storm deaths followed by 11 in Pennsylvania and five in Colorado Missouri and New York. Rochester James town Olean Albion saw up to 21 20 and 19 inches respectively. Randolph county West Virginia recorded 36 inches the heaviest in half a century. New England may see gale winds. Midwest temps from near zero to the 20s slowly rising. Otto New Mexico reported eight below zero.
A fragment notes ELAS snipers operating through city sections and a scout car standing upright in the front seat as soldiers inspect forward British positions, illustrating tense urban warfare dynamics and reconnaissance activity amid the battle.
Reporting from the front, the U S First Army presses into the Siegfried line in Saarland while the Third Army advances deeper. German strength shifts to a new Fifth Panzer Army under Hasso von Manteuffel. armored units and Volksgrenade troops are deployed. The First Army clears last Roer cellars as remnants retreat from Derrinweller and nearby suburbs amid blasts and strange silvery aerial devices.
After briefing EAM delegates, Scobie drove to report on the incident as RAF fighter planes strafed ELAS fighters attempting to reach the capital, signaling rising clashes in the region.
Easy crochet instructions for hat and purse patterns, pattern 7360. Priced fifteen cents, sent to Graton Sentinel Household Arts Dept. 259 W. 14th St. New York. Include name address and pattern number. New 32 page Needlework Book offered for fifteen cents with illustrations of embroidery and home decor designs.
Swift U S Seventh army advances push the German frontier back to exposure and bring sections of the Siegfried line within artillery range near Karlsruhe while the Third army penetrates Fraulautern near Saarlautern. The Thing army crosses the frontier, Habkirchen is taken, and most Germans retreat behind the Roer.
Eerie seance scenes open the Mont gram comedy drama BI Magic at Puclion Opera House tonight starring Sidney Tol as Charlie Chan. The plot centers on a murdered medium during a séance and Chan investigates to solve the case, driven by his daughter’s presence at the materializations.
Moonogram western drama stars Johnny Mack Brown with Raymond Hatton in the supporting cast. Dennis Moore Christine McIntyre Lloyd Ingraham Kenneth MacDonald Frank Larue Art Fowler Hi Prosser Edmund Cobb Steve Clark appear. U S marshals Brown and Hatton confront a crooked ranch town founder who taxes settlers to foreclose. Electric plugs note unrelated.
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