Yuletide Bridge Party and Plays at Fairmont and West Street Church
A Yuletide bridge party at Miss Jerry Morgan's Fairmont home featured a 7 p.m. three course turkey dinner, holly and pine décor, and gifts. Prizes went to Mrs. Alice Dehlinger and Miss Cave Brown. guests included several Grafton and Fairmont residents. A Christmas play Enter the Stranger by Earle E. Curtis is planned for West Street M E church, with a large cast and carols by the junior choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Morgan
Fairmont
Bridge Club
Alice Dehlinger
Cave Brown
Bri Dehlinger
Neile Tuck
Ward Blaney
Richard Rot
Helen Constancy Lowe
M. Evelyn Welch
Ruth Wel
Dorothy Sapp
Juan Murray
Grafton
Helen Bcgness
Earle E. Curtis
Epworth League of
Madelyn Brand
Mary Blake
Mildred, Lowery
Mary
Mother of
Jesus Marjorie Lambert
Richard Mahaffey
Billy Wolfe
Dickie Warne
Harold Ripple
Elizabeth Rendle
Luli Mahaffey
Margaret McElroy
Bobby Brand
Virginia Kinte
Shirk Gall
Ugen Ringler
Monford Cross
R. W. Hilkey
Warner Phillips
Rhes
Lou Phillips
Frances Tackett
Blanche Brand
Louise R. Arble
Christmas Socials and Events Continue Around Blueville
The social calendar lists numerous December gatherings across Blueville and nearby towns. Activities include Ladies Aid Christmas party at Mrs Grace Current home, court house meetings, a Christmas play at the Baptist church, Boy Scout and Temperance Council events, pageants at West Main Street M E B, and D A R exchanges. Tau Beta Tau alumni Christmas dance planned for Dec 26 at the Fairmont Hotel with Bob Downs orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of
Blueville
M. E
Grace
Lena Garton
Court House
Baptist Church
Boy Scout
Pecatontas
H. C. Lodge
Youth Temperance Council
Latrobe Street
Cece Stranger
Main Street
Meeus
T. W. Heironim Sr
Rhea Fieher
M Miller
Will
First Presbyterian Church
Heironimus
East Waton Street
Elizabeth Cummin Jackson
Daughters of the American Revolution
J. N. Trington
Tau Beta Tata
Fairmont
Bob Downs
Richard Gill
Gratten
Carroll Amos
Edmund Craft
Frank Evans
Tau
Grafton
Local society notes for weekend visitors and guests
A fragmentary personals notice lists Weeles Stavel as today's guest of Mr and Mrs Priedway with plans to be joined by friends Mia G HL Kirk and others from Bal and Ma. The item mentions a Painter Brangt Ferwuson at Ells Perouson and references Kate As laway. The legible text reflects a roster of relatives and hosts in a small community social snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LE Cmt
Weeles Stavel
Fenson
D. Priedway Pleayers
Bal
Everal
HL Kirk
Mante Clarksians
E Avenue
Brangt Ferwuson
Ells
Bohol Club Holiday Meeting at Grafton High School
The Hee Tee club held a Christmas party in the sewing room at Grafton High School with Miss Ivy Louise Sayre as hostess. Members listed include Jane Wolfe, Grace Bartlett, Margaret Laren, Doris Byers, Vera Luder, Arlene Moore, Gertrude Saffel, Helen Bennett, Mildred Lynn, Mary Elizabeth Hovatter, Kathleen Watkins, G Wilson, Kathleen DeMors, Mary Ridenour, Sylvia Lucas, Betty Willems, Clare Luzzdder, and sponsors Miss Ide B. Dorsey and Miss Nellie Cook. Regular session of the Junior department of the Women’s elf gathered at Mrs. Charles McDade’s home to collect food for Christmas baskets and honor Bonnie Newcome with this week’s Blanket club award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunny WE Ieetue
Wicetine
Grafton High School
Ivy Louise Sayre
Jane Wolfe
Grace Bartlett
Margaret Laren
Doris Byers
Vera Luder
Arlene Moore
Gertrude Saffel
Helen Bennett
Mildred Lynn
Mary Elizabeth Hovatter
Kathlen Watkins
G Wilson
Kathleen DeMors
Mary Ridenour
Sylvia Lucas
Betty Willems
Clare Luzzdder
Miss Sayr
the Sponcers
Ide B. Dorsey
Nellie Cook
Women's Elf
Charles McDade
Dewey Avenue
Business Girls
Bonnie Newcome
Blanket! Club
Members
Return to Get Gloves Costs Schoolboy Life
Roy Logan, a ten year old boy, paused on a double track of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad to watch trains near a building once used by his class. He was struck by a passenger train and killed instantly as companions watched, the tragedy occurring after school was dismissed for Christmas holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Dee
Roy
Plrica
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Tee Cream Plant Damaged by Fire in Mabscott
BECKLEY December 9 A Mabscott ice company warehouse and freight car were destroyed by fire of undetermined origin. Damage was placed at 2000 dollars.
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Mabscott
Beckley
Ice Company
Cot
High Treasury Official Suffers Heart Attack
Herman Oliphant, 53, general counsel of the Treasury, suffered a heart attack at his home in Roosevelt, Indiana, and was taken to a naval hospital. Associates said the attack was not serious and he expected to recover. Oliphant has served as general counsel since 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herman Oliphant
The
Treasury
Naval Nospatel
Kant
Rovest, Ind.i
Rail Report Is Due Soon In Roosevelt Plan
A comprehensive railroad situation report will be presented to President Roosevelt this weekend to guide recommendations to Congress. A joint committee of railway management and labor has drafted proposed legislation addressing mergers, government aid, and possible subsidy schemes across transportation modes. The Interstate Commerce Commission’s annual report may push for centralized rate setting and broad ownership studies. A transportation study, led by a former railroad coordinator, focuses on highway carriers and tax considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dee
Roosevelt
Congress
Railway Management and Labor
Blaine
Wherler
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arenes
D.mont
Toveyasiman
Reiiroad
Studg
Roosevelt To Deliver His Message In Person
Speaker Bankhead said President Roosevelt would deliver the annual message to Congress in person on January 4. He added the president would likely send his fiscal message one day or two after the annual address.
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Roosevelt
Washington, Des
Bankhead
Congress
Moorevelt
Home Secretary vows action over Nazi pressure on Britons
London dispatch reports Sir Samuel Hoare telling the House of Commons that any German attempt to compel British nationals to join a Nazi labor front would be punishable. He said immediate inquiry would be made into rumors of Jewisht employment dismissals and promised to act on evidence of intimidation.
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London
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Britain
Jewich Employes
Sir Samuel
Chamberlain
Prex Mussolini
Rome
Anthony Eden
Eder
Austria
Czechoslova Sudetenland
Germany
East Main Street Man Struck by Truck Injured
Delbert Robinson, of 364 East Main Street, was admitted to Grafton City Hospital late yesterday with fractured ribs and possible internal injuries after a truck skidded on an icy street. The truck belonged to Corbin Transfer Company of Romney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Robinson
East Main Street
Grafton City Hospital
Corbin Transfer Company
Romney
Yankee Owner Allows Broadcast of Home Games
New York December report states Colonel Jacob Ruppert, owner of the New York Yankees, from his sick bed declares he will permit broadcasts of the team’s home games for the benefit of fans nationwide. Once hostile to radio, Ruppert’s stance shifts amid his long illness and growing support for baseball on air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee
New York
Jacob Ruppert
New York Yankees
Eigbt
Yankee Stadium
Body of Woman Found Floating In Stream
The body of Mrs. Maggie M. Coleman aged 44 was found in Paint Creek at Oak Hill yesterday, hours after she was reported missing from her home. Circumstances of the death were not immediately determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Maggie M. Coleman
Paint Creek
Nonpartisan League activity probed by Democratic lawmakers
Congressional chatter centers on attempts to mobilize the nonpartisan League within the Democratic Party and possible creation of a new labor backed political body. President Green denies such plans as debate grows over Foote's resolution to bar a Roosevelt third term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San
American Federation of Labor
William Green
ATL
Senate
Pres Roosevelt
Clark
Pers
Seator Pittman
Nev
McNary
Ore
Barkley
Democratic Teader
Free Parking Policy Defended by Street Commissioner
Street Commissioner Harley C. Haller branded claims of parking meters as untrue and said rural shoppers within twenty miles around Grafton prefer the system. He cited farmers who view meters as beneficial for city store shoppers and noted leniency for loading and unloading, while warnings about all day parking on bad streets were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley C. Haller
Mr. Haller
Meter controversy stirs Grafton merchants and sheriff
Local tensions flare as the muyor defends parking meters against criticism harming retail trade. Sheriff Evans reports hostility toward meters, with jurors and residents echoing discontent. SEC challenges the Fidelity association over alleged deficits and interstate commerce actions while asserting the case remains unaffected by a West Virginia receivership.
Fidelity, SEC Fight Continues Over Receivership Action
Judge Moinet issued an injunction decree after questioning O Hara about a West Virginia receivership against the association. O Hara said New York and Philadelphia lawyers filed the action as an outgrowth of local proceedings and vowed to fight them to the bitter end. The injunction blocks Fidelity Sales Lane from further action pending resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity
SEC
Moinet
O'Hara
West Virginia
Association
New York
Philadelphia
Fidelity Sales Lane
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Cubs
Annabel P. Swisher
Charles Carpenter
Elk's Home
Progr
J. M. Riffee
Eva Love
J. Friedman
Walter Goodwin
Eb, Robinson
Rub
Ramsey
EH. McCargn
H. M. Sherrard
W. E. Hardin
General Club
Dresser
RED Cross Pharmacy
Walnut S
Star
Sally Eilers
Federal Building
New York City
Albert Cha
Chaperau
BOHOL
Ageles
Frigidaire
Monongahela System
East Main-St
United States
Canada
Checapeake and
Potomac
Grafton Bank & Trust Co
Telephone
Muyor
Sherif Herbert Evans
Joe Maske
Joe
Fidelity Association
Wheeling
Serand
Bert T
Teenace
Sil Lee Ara
Cathy Cere
Ab Tees
Jayne
Grafton Drug & Chemical Compan
Gomfort Slippers
Fort Pitt Shoe Stores, Inc
West Main Street
Srarrox
POLLO
Mortam
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