Joy in life and shared community in a busy year
A reflective piece opens with a wish for strength and joy, then reports on a joint meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary and the Baltimore and Ohio Veterans in Baltimore and Ohio, detailing officers elected for both groups. It also covers a marriage announcement for Emma Louise Lawton and Harvey Michaels, a New Year’s Eve dance committee update with Goldberg’s Orchestra, Christmas party prizes, a postponed Kings Daughters Bible Class meeting, and a birth announcement for Harman McGee's daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Auxiliary
Baltimore and Ohio Veterans
Woodman Hall
Cline Gough
James Hussion
Robert Wittman
George Hannon
Harold Cole
Woman's Club
H. R Gibson
Pruntytown Pike
Goldberg
Elkins
Moose Home
Fashion notes on evening dress trends and fabrics
The article surveys contemporary dinner dress styles with long floor length gowns and bateau necks. It highlights silk and crepe fabrics, normal waistlines, slight skirt length changes, and a raised trained skirt at front. It notes revival of shorter untrained dinner dresses and necklines moving toward deep V or square backs.
Governor Winant urges uniform federal wages and conditions
Gov John G Winant of New Hampshire at National Consumers League lunches advocates uniform state laws for the control industry to standardize working conditions and wages nationwide in a national appeal reported by Associated Press from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Winant
New Hampshire
National Consumers’ League
New York
Contralco
Associated Press
Funeral gathering for Pete Hedrick in Crafton Penn
Local residents attended the funeral of Pete Hedrick in Crafton Pennsylvania today. Names present included FP Hedrick and Mrs James McCracken Hedrick, C F Hannon, Elizabeth Peacock and Virginia Lee Peacock, and S M Leonard of Walnut Street who has recovered from an infected lip. Elizabeth Saffel Wilford Street remains bedbound but improved after a fall. Nell Fahey leaves for Naugattuck Connecticut to visit relatives. Lizzie Hustead Route 6 stopped by Sentinel office to renew subscription. James Orr Newburg and A Elison Rowlesboro visited Grafton. Russel Evans and Charles Lucas of Fairmont spent the weekend in the city. Dorothy Murray Fairmont visited her parents over the weekend. H A Pae Thornton Route 1 was a business and social caller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Hannon
Elizabeth Peacock
Virginia
Lee Peacock
Belington
S. M. Leonard
Walnut Street
Elizabeth Saffel
Wilford Street
Nell Fahey
Naugattuck
Russel Evans
Fairmont
Charles Lucas
Dorothy Murray
H. A. Pae
Thornton
Grafton
Holiday Confections and Christmas Treats from Mrs Gesris
A compact guide to holiday sweets with Candied Orange peel stuffed Dates and Pop Corn Balls. Directions cover peeling, sugar syrup, drying and storage as well as serving ideas for Christmas visitors and gift giving. Also notes about mince tarts and a quip on geo politics and Al Smith.
Social Calendar Recaps Christmas Parties and Meetings
On Tuesday at 8 pm a Good Citizenship and Americanization meeting is set for First Baptist church. Thursday brings a Protective Home Circle Christmas Party at Modern Woodman Hall from 6 to 7 30 pm for juveniles, followed by senior members at 7 30 pm with a musical program and gifts. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union meets Tuesday at 7 pm at First Baptist, preceding the Citizenship session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Clark
Etta Warthen
First Baptist Church
Protective Home Circle
Woodman Hall
R. L. Newton
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Good Citizenship
Rumored Communist March Triggers Police Run in Fairmont
In Fairmont on December 18 deputies from the R F C and C W A moved to both local offices after reports that over 100 Communist party members planned an immediate march. At 11 am officers armed with tear gas guns observed but no action followed. A 25 member Communist committee met Judge Charles Miller and Prosecuting Attorney Walter R. Haggerty to discuss complaints with R F C and C W A leaders set to convene later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
R. FP. C
Communist Party
R. F.C
Charles Miller
Criminal Court
Walter R. Haggerty
R. FC
Telephone Company Seeks Fair Tax Burden in West Virginia
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia argues tax equity, saying state and local taxes rose 61 percent since 1923 and would nearly double under 1933 laws. It notes no dividends for 18 months, high state revenue use, and its revenue largely stays within the state while pledging service quality and employee support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and J. Potomac Telephone Company
West Virginia
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company OF
Bell System
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ourorad
Clarksburg
Hal Lawton
Rosemont
Emmaj Louise
Harvey Micaels
Presbyterian Church
Oakland
Maryland
A. N. Brock
Hallie Royal
James Falen
Lawton
Fairmont State College
Michaels
Stevens Wholesale Company
Kings Daughters Bible Class
United Brethren Church
Dimmu
Ands
Aan
Pete Hedrick
Crafton
Penn
FP. A. Hedrick
James, McCracken
King Hedrick
Ben H. Franz
W. Main St
Kayser
MYERS
Alexander Gesris
England
Ireland
al Smith
Franklin Roosevelt
Ite
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