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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1932
Page
3
Society editor Coral Parrish Montgomery reports on local engagements and social happenings with brief notices and upcoming events in the community listings.
More than 100 guests attended the Eastern Star Women's Club annual Christmas party at the Masonic Temple under President Mrs Lois Sawyer. The program featured Miss Velma Cather singing, a Bethlehem pageant led by Mrs Parence Wilkinson, and Santa gifts distributed by Lawrence W Atha. Refreshments were served by Group No 4 chaired by Mrs C R Watst in.
In Unfornown, Pennsylvania, on December 16 an arsenal belonging to Tate will be auctioned off under the hammer to raise funds for funeral expenses.
Myrna Loy advises the younger set to avoid heavy wake up cosmetics. She notes youthful faces are colorful enough without excess coverage and urges matching color types, recommending brown brows for lighter eyes and black for darker eyes. Light eye shading should use gray while brown suits darker eyes.
Washington reports the House reduced the treasury post office supply bill by 194.8 million and lowered overall outlays by 218.8 million versus last session. The measure extends the 13 percent pay cut for another year and enforces a one month furlough, with the Boulder Canyon dam allocation trimmed by 2 million.
A jumble of recipe fragments for Chinese noodles with chicken chews and a cranberry fruit salad appears, listing ingredients like noodles, lard, chicken, celery, bean sprouts, and gelatin. Instructions mention boiling, draining, frying techniques, and a note about overcooking destroying flavor. Also included is a brief, garbled news item: three die on a crossing near Bowling Green, Kentucky, as a northbound passenger train hits a tomato at the crossing 18 miles north of Rock.
Tucker of Grand Street cannot report to work at divisional offices. The 1932 tea gown is slim and chic with no ruffles. Molyneux's soft yellow lace design features crushed old gold velvet girdle. Paris notes black tea gowns dominate the era with jewel tinted velvets and fur trim.
Public service commission approved meter rates for West Union municipal water to retire 15000 dollars in bonds for a new reservoir wells and electric pumps. The schedule charges 1 000 gallons one dollar. 2 000 gallons ninety cents per thousand. 7 000 gallons sixty cents per thousand. over 10 000 gallons fifty cents per thousand. Ten cent discount for ten day payments.
Billy Bolliger returned to Grat ton this morning from Delaware Water Gap New York New Jersey and Philadelphia. John Cogley and son Martin of Chicago visit Frank Cogley. Influenza cases reported include Mrs Hollis and children of West Main street confined to bed and Mrs Claire Marie Holden of West Washington street ill amid the near epidemic while Miss Katinyn remains unconfirmed.
The passage describes evening fashions with fitted bodices and long sleeves. A standout gown features nasturtium red velvet with leo pard borders along cuffs and hem. Another gown in soft yellow lace uses a plain line and a girdle of crushed old gold velvet.
The five year old June Helsley of Valley Falls, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Helsley, is improving today after suffering serious burns Wednesday. She burned most of the upper body with deep burns on the abdomen and chest. Pneumonia had developed but was checked and doctors believe she may recover. No accident cases were listed at the hospital amid severe weather.
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