Social and club notes from Gratton and Clarksburg
Members of the Question Were charmingly entertained at Miss Fre 1 on Leonard Street. Christmas dances and social events are announced by Elk's Lodge White Rose Grove No 2 and Clarksburg Assembly Club with details on timing venues and dress codes. W Merle Watkins hosts a card party and Girl's Charity Club plans Christmas baskets with city aid and Quota Club support.
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Leonard Street
Santa Claus
Charity Club
Arch Stavely
Girl's Charity Club
Gratton
Washington Street
Quota Club
Shortest Day of the Year Signals Winter Arrival
The article notes December 22 1927 as the year's shortest day as Winter arrives officially at 3 18 p m. It explains sunlight duration drops since the north pole tilts 24 degrees to the earth axis affecting daylight and Santa Claus visits.
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Simon Lesree
North Pole
Santa Claus
Glossy Sealskin By MME LISBETH
The article notes that sealskin was once a symbol of female aspiration, but hunting restrictions have driven pelts price higher. Real Hudson seal coats now cost prohibitive, with some faking seal skin by treating souskrat. A pictured real seal skins coat features a voluminous collar.
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Mme. Lisbeth
Churches Plan December Christmas Cantatas and Programs
Local churches outline festive events for Christmas week. Andrews Methodist Episcopal presents Out of the East cantata led by Edward Hayes with soloists Miss Lee Murphy, Miss Virginia Miller, Mrs Mae Hostletter, Dr Paul Warden, Brooks R Call. Presbyterian plans The Kingly One cantata under Florencé Hamilton Wilkinson. Methodist Protestant to stage Hope of the World play with Rev Arnold speaking on Christmas spirit. First Brethren to deliver Christmas sermon and Sunday School programs. St Pauls Lutheran to hold Christmas program at Sunday school and a formal Christmas service.
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Methodist Protestant Church
Arnold
First Brethren Church
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Urgent Town Sermon and Mass Times Cited
The West Main Street church plans a 10 70 o clock sermon followed by music, with Mass at St Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church at 6 o’clock and 7 80 o’clock. Further Catholic service announcements will appear in an early Sentinel issue.
Judge Adolph Hoehling Resigns From DC Supreme Court
Justice Adolph Hoehling of the District of Columbia supreme court resigns, saying he wishes to resume private law practice. He gained national prominence during the Elk Hills leases case involving Edward Doheny and Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall, where he presided and later faced Senate attacks and defenses. Hoehling was appointed to the DC bench by President Harding in 1921.
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Washington
Adolph Hoehling
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Elk Hills
Senate
Heflin
Alabama
Hoehling
District of Columbia
Harding
Aged Hinton Woman Dies Burns Victim
Hinton West Virginia December 22 Mrs Eliza Willey aged 79 died this morning from burns received Tuesday night when her clothing caught fire from an open grate. She had lived here most of her life and was well known in the area. Physicians held little hope for recovery and she was dressing near the grate at her daughter Mrs R F Beasley home when the accident occurred.
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Mrs. Beasley
Seamen Die in Schooner Verne Julio Collision Near Aruba
Several crew members of the Venezuelan schooner Vernie Julio drowned when it sank after colliding with the steamer Meridian off Aruba. Two bodies were recovered. rest are missing as rescue efforts continue.
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Willemsferd
Curaéno
Vernie Julio
Meridian
Aruba
Pitino
Radio Good Last Night Draws Gratton Fans
Gratton radio fans praised last night’s entertainment after the Radio Club of Grafton formed. President Guy Haymond said no organized effort to locate troublemakers has been found and urged radio owners to join the club to fund a survey and improve reception.
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Grat‘ton
Radio Club of Grafton
Guy D. Haymond
West Penn
Lake
Haymond
Thomas H. Cather
Cooperieves
Max Rau
A. B. Schwer
George L
Charity clubs plan baskets and schedule Rotary program
The Girl's Charity Club meets at 7:30 PM to pack fifty food baskets for needy families this Christmas season. Members of the Girl's Reserve are asked to assist. baskets will be distributed Saturday morning. Rotary holds its regular inside program tomorrow at 6:15 PM with a Christmas program. The gym schedule lists Intermediates and local groups with Recreation Five Stars versus Garr Ching at 8:15.
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Rotary
St. Paul's
Baptist
Recreation
Garr Ching
Wealthy Farmer Receives Death Threat via Mail
A letter sent to George McMaster, a wealthy farmer near here, threatens his life and his wife with ruin unless $6,000.18 is deposited in the Altoona cemetery. The missive, postmarked Altoona Hl, has been turned over to Sheriff Frank Hooker for investigation.
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Galestinex
George McMaster
Altoona
Frank Hooker
Altoona, Hl
Execution Date Set By Supreme Court
Columbus Ohio December 22 The state supreme court today fixed January 6 as the date for the execution of Floyd Hewitt 17 slayer of Mrs Fred Brown and her son Fred Jr Hewitt's appeal for a review of his case was denied yesterday Executive clemency alone can save him from the electric chair.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Floyd Hewitt
Fred Brown
Fred, Jr
Hewitt
Tuskegee Principal Reports Southern Lynching Decline
Robert R. Moton, principal of the Tuskegee Institute, told President Coolidge at the White House that lynching is on the decline in the South. The statement comes during a December White House call.
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Washington
South
Robert R. Moton
Tuskegee Institute
Coolidge
White House
Winter Wheat Report and Forest Growth Outlook
The Department of Agriculture releases a winter wheat report noting 897,000 acres sown and 86.0 percent condition as of December 1 in principal states. In forestry, it is projected that intensive management could raise annual wood product yield beyond 27 billion cubic feet, with fire protection potentially boosting net growth from 6 to 10 billion cubic feet per year by 1950.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Texas Oil Firm Chief Resigns After Leadership Era
Amos L. Beaty chairman of the Texas Corporation and former president announced his resignation as chairman and director after two years in the post. No reason was given for stepping down from one of the country’s largest independent oil firms.
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New York
Amos L. Beaty
The
Texas Corporation
Timbermen Redesign Plans to Save Three Million Trees
Wisconsin timbermen and rangers studying timberland management at UW propose new logging methods and rail car regulations to reduce waste and protect young growth. Plans aim to save three million trees annually by delaying harvests and promoting selective logging.
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Timbermen
Madican
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tulare
Christmas visitors and local notices in Grafton
Mrs Will Moran and daughter Jeffreys strest visit Pittsburgh today while in Grafton relatives plan Christmas greetings. Ruth Turner, Teabelle Kimmel, Charles Kunst, Harriet Buchoeder, and many locals head home for holidays. Central Market advertises West Whipping cream. The Hat Shoppe promotes hats. community moves include students at West Virginia University, Pittsburgh schools, and family gatherings across Main Street and East Washington Street.
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Will Moran
Jeffreys Strest
Helen
Pittsburgh
Frances Stayes
Hoe
Fayettsville
A.G. Spotts
Echool
Grafton
Moran
Lewson Starcher
Beech Street
Igs
Ruth Turner
Clyde G. Turner
West Virginia University
Teabelle Kimmel
Charleston
Washington Street
Central Fruit Market
Tobias
Main St
Charles F. W. Kunst
Paul &, Marsh
Republic Casualty Company
Marsh
Harriett Buchoeder
Schroeder
West Washington Street
Margaret_ Sommerville
Sentinel Society
Charles Wilhroth
Charles Watkins
Virginia Samples
W. P. Samples
The
State University
Hartz Mountain
John Hess
W. Mainstreet
Clara Bennett
Byron King School of Oratory
J. B. Bennett
Smith Ringer
Winchester
Indiana
Gratton
Taylor County
Clarksburg
Misa Mary Onks
J. B. Newcome
Washington
Ind
George Bailey
Paul Hefnerts
Jacksonburg
J. S. Ball
Glarksburg
Frank Kincaid
Cameron
Nell Haslup
Norfolk
Miss Haslup
Lindberghs meet as Christmas plans unfold in Mexico
Charles A Lindbergh and his mother Mrs Lindbergh are due in Mexico City to join Christmas Eve plans. They expect a quiet dinner at the American Embassy and to spend Christmas Day together, with an official reception planned Monday by Ambassador and Mrs Morrow for Mrs Lindbergh and her son before his Central American tour.
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Mexico City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Sale of Malt Continues From Page One
The notice classifies beverages including Jamaten ginger and malt extracts as beverages whose sale is forbidden if not properly permitted. The list covers various bitters tonics and imitation brandy extracts under tighter controls. Additional classes limit sales to licensed dealers under permit while others allow broader permit sales, with medicated commodities noted.
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Jamaten
Some. Com
Unitadie
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Margaret Sommervill
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A. Wilhelm
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Reed Bart
George Brock
J. B
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Sitting Bull
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Ruth Welch
Arthur Welch
Elk’s Lodge
Welch
Mr. Welch
White Rose Grove
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Woodmen Circle
Red Men's Hall
Fairmont
Mannington
Weston
Buckhannon
Maxwell D. Gaylord
Douglas M. Batley
W. Merle Watkins
Maple Avenue
G. Wesley Evans
Harry Friedman
Howard H. Holt
Robert Love
G. T. Vance
William Kimmell
Kitose Books
Knox
Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co
Avenue
Johnstown
Free
Peerlefeover
Veyersblen
Shes
FAP Toges
Hotpoint
Motongahela West Peon Public Service Company
Grafton, W. VA
Satang
R. C. Petty
John Jackson
Aedvice
Hinton
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Haymond Piano CO
W. Va
West Main St
S. J. Walter
Lear’s
Deak
G. W. Loar & Co
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Christ‘mas
Christ- Han
Christie
Dubois Crickenberger
Mount Hope
P. 'T. Crick~lenberger
May R. Dye
City Hospital
Clem ‘Carr
West Toya ‘Street
Troxell
Onio
George A. Brock
Rowlesburg
Mattie Shaffer
Santa
United States Chamber of Commerce
Andy Mellon
Mother Near
Panama
Canal Zone
Spirit of St. Louis
Heiro Smm
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