Church Group Meets at Mrs Baxter Home for Christmas Program
Andrews Ladies' Aid group met at Mrs H C Baxter on Westies street with Miss Flor Ida Cun ingbace and Miss Blanche Guard leading devotionals and Christmas songs. Guests included Mrs El Welch and Mrs McDowell. A short business session followed a salad course hosted by the Baxters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews Ladies’ Aid Society
H.C. Baxter
Weaties Street
Flodia Cuningbace
R. EH. Graham
el Welch
McDowell
Social calendar of December church and club events
A lengthy social calendar lists meetings and gatherings from December 20 to December 30 across local organizations. Activities include ladies auxiliaries, music and junior departments, Christmas exchanges, dinners, and public service events with host venues and participant details.
Personal notes from Fairmont guests and recoveries
Mrs Joe Dunham and Miss Betty Lee Clark of Fairmont visited relatives Sunday. C West Burke Sr discharged from City hospital yesterday. Mrs Hollis Long and infant daughter discharged from City hospital yesterday. Mr and Mrs Paul Klepfel and daughter Vera, confined to bed with scarlet fever at their Grafton Fairmont road home, have re- (text cuts)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Dunham
Betty Lee Clark
Fairmont
C. West Burke, Sr
City Hospital
Hollis Long
Paul Klepfel
Vera
Grafton-Fairmont Road
BARCLAY, ON, BRIDGE
Doubt your eyes as 18, tough bridge deal unfolds in Vanderbilt club duplicate. South opens 1 clubs, North responds 2 diamonds, South bids 3 no trump and misreads high cards, leading to a spade miscue. West wins ace and king and eight spades for six tricks, while North-South face a seven no trump contract with West to double if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea
Vanderbilt
West
East
South
Bast
North
Clarksburg Holiday Visitors and Local Notices
Saturday visitors in Clarksburg from this city included Miss Dorothy Sapp Miss Lucille McCafferty Miss Eileen Robinson and several relatives. Mrs James F Holt and children will holiday in Cincinnati with Mrs Holt's mother Mrs Stellas Taft. Miss Lucille McCafferty is ill with influenza. Funeral attendance included residents from Parkersburg Wheeling Fairmont and Washington Pa. Clayton Butcher returns to Thornton for Christmas with parents. Emily Murray returns from West Virginia University for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Dorothy Sapp
Lucille McCafferty
Eileen Robinson
Robert Knotts, Jr
C. E. Grayson
Paul Defenbaugh
James F. Holt
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert White
Salem
Maple Avenue
Helen Constance Lowe
Hartford Haller
C.T. Gainer
Lee Haller
Near Valley Furnace
Fred W.grinnan
G. M. Cochran
Edna
Katherine
Charles ‘Bunner
Dolores
Parkersburg
Carl ‘Theis
Ruth
Wheeling
Carl Theis, Jr
James Vernon
James, Jr
Betty
Fairmont
Charles Kincaid
Bobef McMechen
Charles Dailey
New Martinsville
Harry Titchenal
Glarksburg
James Flannigan
Wolf Summits
J. C. Grinnan
Cephas Grinnan, Jr
Washington, Pa
Maud Dunnigan
Akron
James Grinnan
Russell Bragg
Harvey
Ernest Vernon
Hepzibah
Clayton Butcher
West Virginia University
Thornton
W. R Butcher
C. R. Knight
Paul Murphy
Dewey Avenue
Emily Murray
Auto Overturns Saturday Night on US 50
A car overturned Saturday night near the Black and White roadhouse on U.S. Highway 50, heavily damaging the vehicle. The Auto was towed to Arcade garage. State Trooper G F Randallhi planned an investigation into the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Highway 50
Arcade
G. F. Randallhi
Farmer Injured When Horse Shies Crushing Him
Bluefield December reports farmer T. R. Boling suffered a broken leg after a horse shied while harnessing it and crushed him against a post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer
Bluefield
T. R. Boling
End Near in Bribe Trial for City Officials
In Clarksburg on December 20 the state and defense presented final arguments in the bribery trial of City Councilman Frank O'Day and former members Joseph Oliverio and Ray Titehonal. They face conspiracy charges related to a municipal garbage disposal contract. The jury directions were discussed with Judge Ar Jos Harbert, and proceedings paused for an hour before arguments resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Frank O'Day
Joseph Oliverio
Ray BE. Titehonal
Ar‘Jos Harbert
Herbert
Eight Die in Raid on Barcelona by Insurgents
Eight people were reported killed and 30 wounded in a Spanish Insurgent air raid on Barcelona last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perpignan
France
Barcelonia
Burial of British envoy prompts state honors in Louisville
In Louisville Kentucky a 66 year old British envoy was laid to rest with official escort. Four dismounted cavalry from Fort Knox joined a private burial at Cave Hill cemetery this afternoon. Governor Chandler ordered half mast at the state capitol while the Louisville Courier Journal and Times adjusted schedules to allow staff to view the funeral procession and body lying in state at Calvary Episcopal church. Representatives of the United States and Great Britain accompanied the envoy on a special railway car to Frankfort and Calvary Episcopal church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Bingham
Great Britain
Department of War
State Department
Fort Knox
Cave Hill Cemetery
A.B. Chandler
Frankfort
Louisville Courier- Journal
Times
Calvary Episcopal Church
Baltimore
United States
Father of Two Grafton Area Death Victim
Relatives learned yesterday of the sudden death of David Butcher of Conneaut Ohio a former Elkins resident once in the wholesale lumber trade Survivors include four children Mrs Fred White and Russel Butcher of this city Rey Butcher of Akron Ohio and Mrs Cora Costmer of Columbus Ohio Two sisters Mrs Sam J Jones of this city and Mrs George Boyard of Morgantown also survive
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Butcher
Conneaut
Elkins
Fred White
Russel Butcher
Rey Butcher
Akron
Ohio
Cora Costmer
Columbus
Sam J. Jones
George Bolyard
Morgantown
Slain Philadelphia Matron Profiled Suspect Sought
A widespread police hunt targets Wendell F. Bowers 19 shown in a rogues gallery photo as the suspect in the slaying of Mrs. Wilma Carpenter, a Philadelphia society matron, and the assault of her friend Mary Griffin. Griffin identified the photo as the slayer. The intruder entered Chestnut Hill home of Mrs. Carpenter. officers label the suspect a sex pervert amid an intensive regional search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell F. Bowers
Wilma Carpenter
Philadelphia Society
Ritchie County Leader Dies In Oil Explosion
Ralph Z Warner, 48, a member of the Ritchie county board of education, died in an oil storage tank explosion at the Hooker Wilson farm three miles from Pennsboro. Warner, an employee of McCall Drilling, had gone to the site to access a tank stiffened by cold weather and suspected gas buildup in the tank top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsboro
Ralph .Z.warner
Ritchie County
Bond Forfeited In City Drunkenness Case
A $5 bond forfeited today by Roscoe Lynch charged by city police with drunkenness at 1015 a.m. Sunday in front of Keener Brothers store 1316 West Main Street. Lynch failed to appear before Mayor E. O. Waugh in police court this morning, forfeiting the bail posted yesterday. Floyd Standsberry, arrested Saturday morning, is serving a three day county jail term for drunkenness, imposed by the mayor when Standsberry was unable to pay a $5 fine Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Lynch
Keener Brothers
West Main Street
Lynch
E. O. Waugh
Floyd Standsberry
Standsberry
Hold Up Victim Killed By Investigating Cop
Rockford dispatch reports Benjamin Mullen a 40 year old Chicago salesman was fatally shot by a police officer who mistook him for a robber. The victim could not raise his hands and was handcuffed to a stairpost on the third floor after being bound with tape on the mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford, Ill
Benjamin
Mullen
Chicago
JOLLIFFE'S STORE Opens 9 to 3 Daily Through Christmas
JOLLIFFE'S OUR STORE will be open from 9 to 3 every day till Christmas. The upcoming days promise a busy period for customers and staff as the gift story unfolds across departments for ladies, misses, and girls. Gifts range from practical to luxurious and inexpensive, all of definite quality and good taste, reaffirming the pleasure of serving you this year as in years past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolliffee’s
Stolen Car Found, But Escaped Youth Missing
Vernon Lowe an 18 year old inmate at the Industrial School for Boys fled Pruntytown Friday afternoon after stealing Frank Wolfe carpenter at the school. The car was found at Mt Storm on U S Route 50 with Wolfe to claim it today. Lowe's home is listed as in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Lowe
Industrial School For Boys
Pruntytown
Frank Wolfe
Mt. Storm
U.S. Route 50
Wolfe
Lowe
Missing Communist Leader Julia Poyntz Spurred Mystery
Julia Poyntz, 61, once a Communist leader in New York, has been missing for seven months. Police have yet to locate her as attention centers on the Joseph L. Robinson case. Reports allege she sought to gain control of her late husband Frederick Glaser’s estate, a German consular attache, who died in 1995. Poyntz polled over 10,000 votes as a Communist candidate for attorney general nine years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia. Poyntz
Poyntz
New Yorks
Donald. L. Robinsons
Frederick Glaser
Julia, Glaser
Gates
New York
Guaranteed Treate For Ender Sien Adla Tablets
Quick relief claims for sore stomach indigestion heartburn and excess acidity with a refund promise. Mentions Grafal gout and chemical aids and a Union Drug Co framing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Drug Co
Alumni Ball to Get Crows Husk O'Hare to Lead
Grafton hosts an alumni ball featuring Husk O’Hare and his airmen as the main entertainment. Strong advance ticket sales suggest high attendance, with plans for a complete evening of music and dancing. Tickets are $2.25 per couple and on sale at local shops and from committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Cargill Company
New York City
Edgar C. Barrett
Bernard Sampson
Bermuda
Marshall Hamilton
John P. Jones
Bernard H. Arnette
Eugene Watkins
Howard Boggess
Robert Morris
Marion Frantz
Rosemary ‘Watson
O'Hare
Gentlemen of the Air
My Kaye
JF House
Grafton
Re Childs
Chicago
Philipph Cobuty
Fairmont
Gne
Archdeacons
Grafton Drug
J Chemical
Perry8app
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B. of R.T
R. of P
Woman's Club
Elks Home
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Red Wing Club
Robert Wittman
Grand Street
Charlotte Rendle
Washington Street
General Aid Society of Andrews Church
Kings Daughters Bible Class
U. B. Church
V. F. W. Ladies Auxiliary
V. F. W. Hall
American Legion Auxiliary and Daughters of the Auxiliary
Moose Home
First Baptist Church
Luther Reese
Leo Crane
Crane
James Hussion
John Bickford
Harry Carroll
T. C. Gough
Lawson Delaney
Louie Greenwald
W. P. Clark
Fred, McFarland
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
Wees
ekGios
Alo
Eas
West Douwer
White House
Hirosi Saito
Chengting Wang
Hiros! Saito
Japan
Chengling Wang
Yoeh
An Fu
An Bsiu
Contract Press
Parsons
Ritchie
Jolliffe
Mendelson
Beech Bt i
Pike
Marinello Beauty Shop
Fromere Oran
Porinsle Eaul Skop
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