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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1932

Page

3

Christmas Party At First Baptist Church Society

Judson Missionary Society of First Baptist Church held its annual Christmas party in the tower rooms last evening with about twenty five attendees. Miss Ruby Bonafield chaired a brief business session followed by carols. Members heard readings on Christmas meaning and customs and enjoyed a social time and a white elephant sale.

Y Judson Missionary Society First Baptist Church Ruby Bonafield Miss Bonafield Bertha Goodwin Edgar A. Guest Mada Robinson

My Beauty Hint and Society Gift Night Recap

A beauty hint suggests toe rubbing to close pores and boost blood flow then tones skin after a salt rub. The Society hosted a social with gifts sold for White Cross, followed by a church dining table hosted by Mrs Gazelle Linn and Mrs Reba McDermott. Guests departed after an enjoyable evening. A Square Dance at the Green Lantern on Latrobe Street featured Junior Knight's Orchestra with a large crowd enjoying a popular weekly event.

Ga~zelle Linn Reba McDermott Green Lantern Latrobe Junior Knight

Mop and broom sale at Thrift Market on Main Street

Personal items note holiday visits and health updates. Joseph Lee Evans, publicity director for West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, is with his parents. Addie Hehnert and Trooper Debendorfer recover from influenza. Local residents travel to Henderson, Kentucky, and Clarksburg for medical care and recovery from illness.

Main St Joseph Lee Evans West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon J. Lee Evans Carl Nuzum Charleston E. Main St Addie Hehnert H. K. Debendorfer T. C. Morehead St. Mary's Hospital Clarksburg Campbell

Gifts for Mothers and Holiday Needs Centered at Red Cross Pharmacy

The ad promotes affordable gifts for mothers and relatives including Armand’s Bouquet Face Powder, Williams Shaving and Toilet Sets, Parker’s Pens, large Christmas greeting cards, fine candy in family boxes, compact and vanity sets, perfume, fine stationery, gift cards, playing cards, bill folds, thermos bottles, Ronson lighters, cigarette cases, ladies' leather handbags, all at special discounts and Low prices from Red Cross Pharmacy on the West Side.

Armands Williams Parker Ronson RED Cross Pharmacy West Side

Flemington Woman Killed in Train Accident

Mrs. C. A. McCauley, 69, of Flemington died after being struck by a New Orleans and Pennsylvania train near her home. Engineers and witnesses said she walked onto the track in cold weather and did not hear the approaching train. the collision was deemed unavoidable. She died instantly. two sons and a daughter survive. The body was taken to a Fleming ton funeral home.

Cca McCauley Flemington New Louis En- Pireman's

CITY SCHOOLS IN VACATION FOR CHRISTMAS SEASON

City schools close for Christmas, reassembling January 3. Central programs moved to private rooms due to no auditorium, with a Sunday church service planned. St Augustine and public grade schools present Yuletide programs. high school assembly at 10 30. influenza attendance shows little change. about 50 absent at Auris tine's, roughly 33 percent.

St. Augustine's Auristine

Ern est Stack Faces New Charge After Auto Theft Exoneration

A man named Ernest Stack, previously cleared of auto theft, allegedly committed another crime in High Point North Carolina. Police report details remain sparse, with investigators pursuing additional evidence and potential charges.

Ernest Stack High Point N. C

Christmas Menu and Recipes for Home Dinner

Menu lists Meat Loaf, Baked Sweet Potatoes, Escalloped Corn, Biscuits, Plum Jelly, Apple Salad, Fruit Cookies, Steamed Carrot Pudding with grated carrots and potatoes, spices, suet, raisins, nuts. recipe steps include mixing, steaming, and baking instructions for spice cookies and desserts. Evening Refreshments feature Chicken Patties and Cheued Wafers with Olives.

Seven Soldiers Die In Bomb Explosions In Italy

In Nettuno and near Rome two separate explosions killed seven soldiers amid artillery and air force incidents. Five died at an artillery practice field in Nettuno and two at an ammunition dump outside Rome. It was unclear if accidents or a plot caused the blasts.

Nettuno Italy Air Force Rome

Debt commission lineup eyed for potential French payment settlement

Amb Mellon in London as former Treasury head on the old war debt panel could join new debt move with Senators Smoot and Reed on the finance committee. Hope remains in Washington that the plan will form a basis for French payments overdue since December 15. Census notes South Carolina leading illiteracy. Clark's Plumbing and Hardware Store cuts gas heaters by 25 to 50 percent.

Debt Commission Ambassador Mellon London Treasury Old War Debt Commission Smoot Utah Reed Pennsylvania

Distant Cousins of Mellon Family Noted in Arrest

Pittsburgh aged 74 William L. Mellon Sr. dies. Report mentions distant cousin links to A W and R B Mellon. In Kansas City an exemption in a written schedule leads to a recovery of silk scarfs as two youths are jailed after being found sleeping in an apartment hallway. Judge Smith continues the case.

Pittsburgh wWilliam L. Mellon, Sr A.W. Mellon R.B. Mellon Kansas City Judge Smith

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Artha Sleeper A. R. Warden Wallace N. Henderson West Main Street Jamies King King John Thomas Evans Fairmont State Normal Fairmont Weldon Williams Stephen Pendergast Rose Marie Pendergast Bonafede Apartments Eddie Barrett Rebecca McCauley Mrs Alexander George Jolliffe Ann Pennington Kayser Friedman Bros Nefflen Hoover South Carolina Clark Philco Philco Jr Simei Pea Va Monongahela System Chas Radio RW. Mellon Marcel Flanger Marinello Beauty Shop W. Main Street McGrory
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