Loar class party and Christmas program noted
Mildred Graham reports on the Loar class of Andrews School hosting a Christmas party at Miss Mary Goley's home with a business meeting led by Miss Imogene Devers and officers elected. The Presbyterian church held a Christmas program with primary and intermediate groups, songs, readings, and a piano quartet, followed by a field house dedication and a charity dance and alumni events on December 26 and 27.
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Andrews’ School
Mary Goley
High Street
George
Imogene
Devers
Edith
Frimble
Mary
Paugh
Hilda
Sunshine Band
U. B. Church
Helen Ray
Walnut Street
New Field
Riverside Drive
Sammy Kaye
NBC
New Field House
Christmas Visitors Among Grafton Residents
A list of local holiday visitors includes Mr and Mrs Harold Hefner and two daughters from Washington DC staying with Mr and Mrs Howard Hefner. Prosecuting Attorney J C Holt and son John Homer Holt visit Bucyrus Ohio relatives. Arthur Welch of Chicago visits his mother Mrs Ella Welch. Mrs Emma Bush of Pennsylvania visits brother H A Tobias and family. West Virginia University students home for holidays include Alice Holt Wilfred Currey Bot Davidson and Herbert Welch. Paul Welch stays with relatives in Princeton NJ. Welch family noted as Panama resident and nephew to Atlantic City visitors. Mrs Paul Hood of Fairmont visits her parents Dr and Mrs Alden Beagle. Dorothy Bennett and Sarah Jones, Emergency Hospital students, spend holidays with parents. John Nuzum and Justice Jones, WVU students, visit parents in Grafton. Avis Smith of Fairmont Teachers College visits Route 1 parents Elias Smith.
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Harold Hefner
Washington, D. C
Howard Hefner
Thayer Street
J. C. Holt
John Homer Holt
Bucyrus
Ohio
Arthur Welch
Chicago
Ella Welch
East Wilford Street
Emma Bush
Pennsylvania
H. A.tobias
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Alice Margaret Holt
Wilfred Currey
Bot Davidson
Herbert Welch
Herbert Whent
Paul Welch
Princeton
N. J
Welch
Panama
Edward Welch
Charles Richardson
Atlantic City
H. A. Tobias
Paul Hood
Fairmont
Alden Beagle
Pruntytown Road
Dorothy Bennett
Sarah Jones
Emergency Hospital
Washington
John
Christmas Time at the White House and City Hospital News
Christmas season touches Grafton with the Navy man spending holidays at Graf ton and hospital updates. Discharges include Circuit Judge Dent and former Postmaster Leut hardt. Bryan Kingston remains hospitalized. A Santa program aids the institution’s unfortunates as several Shaffer family members from multiple cities are noted with funeral plans announced for Tuesday.
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United States Navy
Grafton
C. R. Morgan
Fairmont
Herbert W. Dent
City
A. E. Leuthardt
Bryan Kingston
Newburg
Earl Layman
Three Injured When Car Hits Bridge Abutment Near Webster
Three occupants of a car sustained slight injuries when it struck a bridge abutment near Webster around 1 a m. They were Dr and Mrs R B Hamrick and a daughter from Buckhanton, taken to Grafton City Hospital. Dr Hamrick cited excessive speed on the curve. Also, dam worker W Kinney of Webster suffered a broken finger after slipping from a ladder at the dam site. Sunlight on full details unavailable. doctors deemed injuries minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Hamrick
Hamricks
Philadelphia
Buckhannon
W. Kinney
City
Frederick Snare Company
Don Hill
Hill
West Virginia boys reformatory to present Christmas program
Inmates of the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown plan a Christmas program in the auditorium tomorrow night featuring songs recitations a pageant The Wise Men directed by Miss Arah Hall and supervised by Mrs Mary Keener The event ends with a candy and fruit treat followed by a chicken dinner on Christmas Day Open to the public with ample seating The superintendent notes the boys have had fine food including a recent venison meal and many gifts arrived for the inmates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia! Industrial School For Boys
Pruntytown
Reformatory
Arah Hall
Mary Keener
R. P. Bell
Supt. Bell
Bell
E Shaffer Passes Away In Kingwood Home
Clarence E. Shaffer, son of the Rev. S M Shaffer of this city, died at his Kingwood home early Sunday after an illness of complications. Survived by his widow Lottie Hawley Shaffer, two daughters Mrs Kermit Church of Columbus and Neva at home, son Denzil at home, two grandchildren, his father in critical condition, and sisters Mrs D L Zinn, Mrs P W, plus brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Shaffer
S. M. Shaffer
Grafton
Kingwood
Lottie Hawley Shaffer
Kermit Church
Columbus
Neva
Denzil
D. L. Zinn
P. W
Arrests in Moundsville Over Slot Machine Incident
ACBINE MOUNDSVILLE December 23 Deputies arrested John Mel nick on a drunkenness charge after a cafe owner said he broke a slot machine when it failed to pay.
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Moundsville
John Melnick
Man dies after collision in Kanawha City
Frank L. Morrow, 65, died from a skull fracture after being struck by a car driven by Otto O. Fisher in Kanawha City. Fisher posted $1,000 bond and awaits a preliminary hearing on a manslaughter charge.
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Kanawha City
W. Va
Frank L. Morrow
Otto O. Fisher
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