Christmas Gift Exchanges Highlight Local Church Activities
Community groups announce December events at churches and clubs. The Woman's Council of the First Church of Christ meets December 20 at 1 Love Avenue 7:30 pm with a Christmas gift exchange. Christian Service at Blueville M E holds a regular meeting December 21 with gift exchange. Senior High A Capella program They tory in Music scheduled December 21 at 7:30 pm with no charge. Royal Neighbors hold combined Christmas party December 21 at VFW hall 7:30 pm emphasizing gift exchanges. Various other December gatherings include Mountaineer Council Junior Order, Proctected Home Circle, Weekly Sewing Club postponed to January 5, Fidelis Club Christmas party December 23, Grafton Woman's Club Christmas party December 29 with reservations by December 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Council of the First Church of Christ
F. A. Hinkins
Love Avenue
Woman's Society
Christian Service
Blueville M. E
Jngest Royal
Veteran of Foreign Wars
Mountaineer Council No. 44
Junior Order United American Mechanics
Daughters of America
East Main Street
Protected Home Circle
Fidelis Club
First Presbyterian Church
Rhea Fisher
Washington Street
Grafton Woman's Club
Bur] Mason
McGraw Avenue
Tend. Ae
Scientists Seek Safeguards Against Radioactive Poison
The Nation Today reports United Ettes scientists pursue a defense against lingering radioactive poison from certain A bomb explosions. Initiated after Bikini underwater tests of 1946, AEC scientists and Army engineers publish findings on handling radioactive waste and preventing contamination of people and objects.
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Washington
United Ettes
Bikini
Military and
Atomic Energy Commissi
AEC) Scientis
AEC
Decontamination Efforts At Oak Ridge Labs Highlight Methods
Oak Ridge Tennessee laboratories pursue methods to decontaminate buildings equipment and areas for atomic energy and armed forces use. Progress noted on strippable films for contaminated apparatus and remote applications. Descriptions of three general approaches surface removal chemical dissolution and contamination prevention with water films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
Bikini
Richard D. Wolfe
Army
Antiaircraft Journal
The
Military Engineer
Socially Prominent Terry in a Currents of Love
Terry Baldwin, heiress from Guatemala turned New York socialite, grows entangled with Chris Russell of a Hawaiian sugar family while hiding a torn past she shares with her friend Helen Lannis. In New York and Asheville, Terry balances longing, social scrutiny, and a dangerous romance as tabloid columns loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ynopsis
Ewing
Terry Austin
Chris Russell
Erty
Terry
New York
Chris
Johnson
Johnsons
Winchell
Jerry Austin
Central America
Wemen
Helen
Grant
Baldwin Cuthrell
Mrs. Coulson Hosts Sunday School Group Christmas Party
Naomi Sunday School class held a Christmas party at Mrs. George Coulson’s home. The evening featured group singing of Silent Night, poems and readings by several members, a vocal solo by Abe Tackett with piano by J. H. Davis, followed by refreshments for present members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Naomi
George Coulson
Ed. McDaniel
C. W. Wells
C. W. Phillips
Abe Tackett
J. H. Davis
Robert Arble
Donley Bennett
W. A. Collins
Nathan Coulson
Lewis Fletcher
J. T. Goff
Joseph Mahaffey
Ed McDaniel
Sandy Creek Farm Women Held Meeting
Webster December 20 members of the Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church held their annual Christmas meeting and gift exchange at Mrs. Tracy Felton’s home with Mrs. Clara Kincaid as co hostess. A carol program scripture reading and prayer were followed by a business session led by Miss Pearl Felton and a social time with gifts from a decorated Christmas tree. A surprise shower honored Pastor Reverend Nolan Sansom with gifts from the tree. Hostess provided refreshments to many members and guests. The next meeting is set for January 12 at Mrs. Howard McWilliams’ home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolan Sansom
Herbert Ray McWilliams
Howard Wolfe
Ernest Tucker
James Sturms
Lottie Getz
Ethel Preston
Mildred McWilliams
Thelma Cooper
Zella Wolfe
Moreda Gibson
George Shafer
Nelson Blankenship
Rebecca Neal
George Shaffer
Genevieve Preston
Linda Shafer
Janet Ann Tucker
Carol Preston
Pearl Felton
Betty Bailey
Peggy Shafer
Karen Sue Kincaid
Mary Louise Sinsel
Evansville
Sandy Creek Farm
Hazel Goodwin
Ione Loughridge
Cevotivists
Hey
Margaret Effland
Ida Poulson
Lona Goodwin
Olive Cornwell
Mildred Clarkson
Marie Hamilton
Wilda Shroyer
Elizabeth Hamilton
Lucille Sinclair
Ida Paulson
Jean Funk
Linda
David Goodwin Paul Clarkson
Ostess
Goodwin
Loughridge
Willing Workers
Newbury Methodist Church
Cora Taylor
Dacie Shafferman
Edna Rae Maxwell
Addie Pyles
Mabel Wigley
Dace Shafflerman
Gerlimde. DeMoss
Gustava Shafferman
Lillian Hall
Jennie Moon
Dorothy Adams
Bertie Bell
Anna Ball
Jennie Murphy
L. C. Harris
Diisy
Della Harrington
Taylor
WSCS Meeting Convenes At Felton Home
Evansville area society notes and church activities read like a community ledger. Meetings at Felton and Fellowsville host Christmas observances while residents attend visits, illness, and hospital updates across Sandy Creek Farm and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
Felton
Fellowsville Grade School Christmas Program Night
On Thursday December 22 the Fellowsville Grade school will present their annual Christmas program Mrs Jennie Reed who has visited her daughter Mrs Ray Hebb the past two months will reside with another daughter Mrs Paul Ridenour of Fellows during the winter months To make cranberry juice for a cocktail boil two cups of the berries with two cups of water until soft then sieve and sweeten with a half cup sugar and a dash of salt Chill and add the juice to a cup of cold ginger ale before serving
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie V. Harvey
J. B. Harvey
Country Club Road
Fairmont
Lena Brown
Fellowsville
Jennie Reed
Ray Hebb
Paul Ridenour
Fellows. le
Waitman T Poling Passes Away At Home
Waitman T Poling of Grafton Route 1 died at his home yesterday morning at 10. He was 52, born May 18, 1897 in Taylor County, son of Levi Poling and the late Mary Catherine Bowman Poling. Survived by wife Ethel Wilmoth Poling and six children, three daughters and three sons, plus three brothers and four sisters. He had been employed by the City of Grafton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waitman T. Poling
Fenottsvae
Grafton
Taylor County
Levi Poling
Mary Catherine Bowman Poling
Ethel Wilmoth Poling
Floyd Farence
Viola Barry
Evelyn Poling
Newbury
Roy E
PSC Hears Petition For Ending Charleston-Columbus Fast Trains
The Public Service Commission considered a New York Central Railroad request to discontinue the Charleston to Columbus rapid service. Railroad counsel cited financial losses and lack of need, while a protest group accused the company of suppressing passenger traffic to influence the outcome. Carroll Grene noted staff vacancies in the Guyan district due to Logan and Boone counties joining, with terms lasting until June 30 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
New York Central Railroad
Columbus
Public Service Commission
Carroll Grene
State Soil Conservation Committee
Logan
Boone
Guyan
Juune
Named to board Charleston
Walter G. Dingess of Logan and Lovell R. Dolin of Boone County were appointed to the elective board of supervisors of the Guyan Soil Conservation district in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Walter G. Dingess
Logan
Lovell R. Dolin
Boone County
Guyan
Over Your Radio Drama Listings Mix Up
Radio schedules show an assortment of programs across networks NBC CBS and ABC with names like Fanny Brice Bob Hore Comedy and Mr and Mrs Nordh. The fragmentary listings hint at a Tuesday lineup including suspense defense and mystery themed shows and a Monte Cristo adaptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBC
Fanny Brice
Bob Hore
Mrs. Nordh
Panny
Luigi
ABC
From where I sit Chicken Pox and character diseases
A column narrator jokes about Hoot Davis with chicken pox and pivots to a warning about social 'diseases' of intolerance and self righteousness. The piece contrasts childhood illness with adult faults, urging vigilance against cutting personal freedoms as intolerance spreads like an epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoot Davis
Hoot
Classified Advertising Rates and Notices 1950
Classifieds list rates for single and multi insertion ads, stockholder meeting notice for The First National Bank of Grafton, a divorce order in Taylor County, and a commissioner of accounts notice for Arvey Shroyer estate. Includes deadlines, contact details, and formal filing instructions with dates in December 1949 and January 1950. The varied items reflect local business, legal notices, and estate matters from Grafton West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of
Grafton
West Virginia
O. Jay Fleming
Circuit Court
Taylor County
James Arthur Preston, Jr
Chancery
Katherine Dell Preston
Ohéirhomth
Merle Bailey
W. P. Samples
Arvey
Bert Shroyer
West Virgims
Richard B. Bord
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Grafton Publishing Company, Inc
Latrobe Street
W. Va
B. MacLeod
Miss Biota M. Bolyard News
Associated Press
AP News
Virginia
National Representatives
Inland Newspaper Representatives, Inc
East 42Nd Street
Faith Baldwin
Margaret
Frank
Cotters
Asheville
Dick Johnson
Staten Island
Iry
George Washington Bridge
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Shore Drive
Lundy’s
Sheepshead Bay
Christ
Staten Island Ferry
Empire State
Ashesville
Byndicata
Mrs. Coulson
Sandy Creek
Charles Simpson
Charles Iit
Lorrain
Ohio
Mary Simpson
Rebecca Ware
J. H Willis
Archie Jennings
Ray
Linn
John E. Young
Akron
Nola Dagen
Elzabeth Coombs Syen
Alice Loughridge
Near Here
Claugis Bely
Malta
Corning
Lillian Clarkson
Myers Clinic
Philippi
Raymond Bolyard
Keith Bolyard, Jr
Gary Bolyard
Aurora
Elizabeth Bolyard
Claudis Bolyard
Johnny Wolfe
Mr. Wolfe
Esther Walls
Fred C. Conley
James W. Nottingham
Walter Jones
Walter Jr
Mrs. Jones
Gypsy
Carl la Fairmont
Ruby ‘Walls
Iva Luesson
Hubert Knotts
Grafton City Hospital
Hyn
Mary Powell Wolfe
Thornton
Roy Messenger
Payne Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Homes
Bartlett Funeral Home
T. J. Boshell
Bluemont Cemetery
Blueville
Dairyland
PSC
Sentinel
White High Oven
U. S. 50
Valley Inn
J. P
O. O. Frick
White Day Creek
Ri Williams
W. P
Walnut Street
O. B.ron Music Co
Morgantor W.va
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