Eastern Stars Christmas Party Thursday Night
The Naomi chapter Order of Eastern Star met at the Masonic Temple for its regular monthly meeting and annual Christmas party. Mrs. Mildred Rohrbough presided, introduced program head Mrs. Dallas Wolfe, and the group performed carols and readings. Mary Lou Dge read a Christmas story, Janet Talvander played piano solos, and Santa Claus distributed exchange gifts. Refreshments followed served by the hospitality committee led by Mrs. Lena Thomas.
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Naomi
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Mildred Rohrbough
Dallas Wolfe
Star of Bethlehem
Mary Lou Dge
Janet Talvander
Herald Angels
Santa Claus
Rohrbough
Lena Thomas
Red Wing Club Holds Yale Party Meeting
The Red Wing club met at the home of Mrs. Helen McDaniel in Fetterman with sixteen members. Officers elected for the coming year are President Mrs. Effie Gough Vice President Mrs. Emma Rockwell Secretary Mrs. Delia Wittman and Reporter Mrs. Kate Greenwald. Brunc e was played and prizes awarded to Mrs Idella Carroll Mr Peat Hussian and Mrs Emma Rockwell. Refreshments were served by Mrs McFarland with help from Mrs Christine Russell and Mrs Myrtle Frazier. Gifts were exchanged under a Christmas tree and the next meeting will be in January with hostess Mrs Mary Parkhill. Other attendees included Mrs Rose Stemple Mrs Edna Poling Mrs Wiffle Gough Mrs Pauline Parkhill Mrs Nellie Trader Mrs Mozella Myers Mrs Kate Greenwald and Mrs Mary Parkhill.
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Red Wing
Helen McDaniel
Fetterman
Sue
Elisabeth McFarland
Effie Gough
Emma Rockwell
Delia Wittman
Kate Greenwald
Bunce
Idella Carroll
Peat
Hussian
McFarland
Christine Russell
Myrtle Frazier
Mary Parkhill
Rose Stemple
Edna Poling
Wiffle Gough
Pauline Parkhill
Nellie Trader
Mozella Myers
Cordova Leather Bill Folds Make Acceptable Gifts
Skaggs and Co. offers Cordova leather bill folds as suitable gifts, highlighting quality and style suitable for gifting occasions.
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Cordova
Skaggs & CO
Junior Order meeting calls for officer election
All members of the Junior Order U A M are urged to attend a meeting to elect officers for the next term and to finalize plans for a district meeting scheduled for December 30.
Local Girl Weds Former Grafton Man in Virginia
Miss Eloise Duckworth of Monroe street marries Charles B. Marquess son of Mr and Mrs Ira Marquess in Louisa Virginia at 9 30 pm The ceremony was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Marquess Rev Ransom officiated The couple will reside at 377 26th street Newport News after December 22 with both having attended Grafton Senior High School.
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Eloise Duckworth
E. S. Duckworth
Monroe
Charles B. Marquess
Ira Marquess
Barrett Street
Louisa
Virginia
Ransom
Baptist Church
Kenneth Marquess
Marquess
Grafton Senior High School
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Newport News
26Th Street
Mission Circle and Aid Society Meet at Parsonage
The Woman's Mission circle and the Ladies Aid Society of the First Baptist church met Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the parsonage. Hostesses were Mrs. Gordon L. Withers and Mrs. Eva Miller. Mrs. W. W. Menear led devotionals and prayers. Topics included Christianity and Democracy in America, America Give Us a Chance, Land of Refugees, The Gospel Can Do, I Can I Must I Will, and Bombs for Christmas. Eva Miller, and Miss Grace Whitescarver spoke. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Allie Chamberlin presided over a short business session.
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Woman’s Mission Circle
Ladies Aid Society
First Baptist Church
Gordon L. Withers
Eva Miller
W. W. Menear
Cora Solomon
America
Squares Crocheted in No Time Pattern T110
Simple beginner medallion style square aims to make home accessories impressive. Pattern includes instructions stitches materials and a photo. To obtain pattern send ten W rath street New York NY with name address and pattern number.
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W.rath Street
New York
N.Y
Holiday meeting ends with refreshments for 21 members
The report notes a holiday season gathering of societies consisting of routine business and chairman reports. Delicious refreshments were served by hostesses to the 21 members and visitors present.
Christmas Party at East Grafton Play Center
A Christmas party is planned at the East Grafton recreation center Monday at 7 30 pm with no admission charge. Attendees are asked to bring a ten cent gift for the fish pond and may fish once for free. The program features America singing, a flag salute, a Christmas poem, carols, vocal and instrumental numbers, games, gift exchange, and refreshments.
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East Grafton Recreation Center
America
Friends Honor Girl at Shower
A group of friends honored Miss Sylvia Lucas with a miscellaneous shower last evening at the apartment of Miss Della Curry and Miss Helen Kester. The marriage to Albert Pressler of Washington, Pa., is to be an event of December 23. The evening featured dancing and conversation with many gifts for the bride to be. Refreshments were served to Roberta Jewell, Delma Roberts, Berea Rinker, Elizabeth Rendle, Kathryn Withers, Laverna Boyles, Eva Gawthrop, Rosalie Proudfoot, Kathryn Devlin, Marguerite Cross, Della Gurry, Helen Kester, and the honored guest.
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Sylvia Lucas
Della Curry
Helen Kester
Miss Lucas
Albert Pressler
Washington
Roberta Jewell
Delma Roberts
Berea Rinker
Elizabeth Rendle
Kathleen Withers
Laverna Boyles
Eva Gawthrop
Rosalie Proudfoot
Kathryn Devlin
Marguerite Cross
Della Gurry
Webster WSCS Elects Officers at Webster Methodist Church
At a recent meeting of the Webster Methodist Church Wo mans Society of Christian Service officers were elected: Mrs. Howard Wolfe president, Mrs. Earl Neal first vice president, Mrs. Ralph Gibson second vice president, Mary Virginia Felton recording secretary, Mrs. Herman Getz corresponding secretary, and Pearl Felton treasurer. A Christmas gift exchange followed the business session. Four new members joined, and Mrs. Herman Getz will host the next meeting on January 8.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Webster Methodist Church
Howard Wolfe
Earl Neal
Ralph Gibson
Mary Virginia Felton
Herman Getz
Pearl Felton
Feaser Birth Announces Joy Allen at St Marys
Mr and Mrs Eugene Feaser of Cozy Rest announce the birth of a daughter at St Marys hospital Clarksburg on Friday December 19. The baby weighs six pounds thirteen ounces and is the couple’s first child. She is named Joy Allen. The father is manager of Cozy Rest.
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Eugene Feaser
Cozy Rest
St. Mary's Hospital
Clarksburg
Joy Allen
Norwegians Flee German Held Homeland Heading to England
Stockholm dispatches report rising numbers of Norwegians escaping German occupation. A 200 ton ship carried about 200 people away from the Norwegian west coast, some allegedly pursued for political crimes, as war conditions drive emigration to Britain.
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Stockholm
England
W C Fields stars in Never Give A Sucker An Even Break
The Opera House opens Sunday with W C Fields in his Universal comedy playing himself. Gloria Jean Leon Errol Butch Buddy Susan Miller Franklin Pangborn Margaret Dumont join a cast of familiar players as Fields roams a studio and a Mexico journey with friends in a self named screen story written by Fields with Neville and Chaplin. climax atop a mountain with Miss Miller and Miss Dumont.
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W. C. Fields
Gloria Jean
Opera House
Universal
Fields
Leon Errol
Butch and Buddy
Susan Miller
Franklin Pangborn
Charles Lang
Margaret Dumont
Pangborn
Gloria
Butch
Buddy
Errol
Otis Cribecoblis
John T. Neville
Prescott Chaplin
Mexico
Miss Miller
Miss Dumont
Fiela
New York Town Opens at Dixie Theatre Sunday
Paramount romance drama "New York Town" opens at the Dixie Theatre Sunday. The film sets Gotham city romance away from nightclubs and gangsters, focusing on a refreshing urban love story.
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New York Town
Dixie Theatre
New York
Paramount
Metropolis
Gotham
New York City Portrait in A Bright Entertaining Tale
Paramount producer Anthony Veiller and director Charles Vidor present a lively Big Town story set in Manhattan. Fred MacMurray stars as a sidewalk photographer who befriends refugee painter Akim Tamiroff and helps a broke Mary Martin, offering shelter and a chance to sell Tamiroff’s oil paintings through Fred’s street connections.
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New York
Paramount
Anthony Veiller
Charles Vidor
Shade
Fred MacMurray
Akima Tamiroff
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Fred
Fifth Avenue
Mary Martin
Mary
Tamiroff
Lady Be Good shines at Strand Theatre with Powell
Eleanor Powell joins Ann Southern and Robert Young in the musical Lady Be Good at the Strand Theatre. Powell dazzles as a dancer while Southern and Young portray a song writing duo whose success strains a marriage as the plot unfolds through songs by Kern and other composers.
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Eleanor Powell
Ann‘ Southern
Robert Young
Strand Theatre
Miss Powell
Ant Souther
Eres She Kern
Miss Southern
Young
Lady Be Good Comedy With Miss Powell And Ann Southern
Bega Bucer teams with John Carroll and Red Skelton in a humorous plot. Miss Powell delivers a standout act with a dancing routine featuring a trained dog, a fast tap, and a five piano Boogie-Woogie. Ann Southern gains a new stride as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer singer, performing The Last Time I Saw Paris as a noted number in the program.
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Bega Bucer
John Carroll
Red
Skelton
Miss Powell
Ann Southern
Metro- Golden - Mayer
Paris
Japanese invasion updates from Sarawak Hong Kong and Mindanao
Japanese forces pressed in Sarawak and Hong Kong as British garrison reports encirclement on Mount Victoria. Tokyo dispatches claim disarmed British troops moved through Hong Kong streets and main HSBC office burned. In Mindanao, Davao near Manila saw heavy fighting as four enemy transports landed troops while Tokyo asserts Japanese momentum. MacArthur headquarters issued a terse bulletin on the Far East situation.
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Sarawak
Hongkong
Tokyo
Mount Victoria
Victoria
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Tiakog
London
U. S
Atlantic City Hospital School of Nursing program announced
The Atlantic City Hospital School of Nursing in Atlantic City New Jersey invites high school graduates to join a three year nursing course. Uniforms and textbooks provided. Class enters in February. Applicants should apply to the Superintendent of Nurses.
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Atlantic City Hospital School OF Nursing
Atlantic City
N. J
British withdraw further south of Khani river near Singapore
A London spokesman said British forces conducted a slight additional withdrawal without enemy interference. The move places troops well south of the Khani river, under 200 miles from Singapore and near Manila Bay. Bombs targeted Nichols Field in Manila but landed in the bay. no Cavite reports were available.
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Khani River
Singapore
London
U. S
Manila Bay
Nichols Field
Bay
Cavite
Grafton Boy to Speak at Lutheran Church
A Grafton youth will address the Luther League at the Lutheran church. The event centers on youth ministry and community involvement with remarks expected from the speaker.
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Grafton
Speaier
Lutheran
Chmrch
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Lieve Coe
Strand Today
Cenes
Evans Furniture Company
West Main Street
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Emery
Skaggs
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Ghent
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Mate Rons
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