Officers Club of White Rose Grove Meets at Home
Miss Eleanor Jacobs hosted the Officers Club of White Rose Grove No 2 Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle at her Walnut Street home. President Mrs Pearl Hussion led the business meeting with bake sale and Christmas bazaar reports. A letter from national president Mrs Dora Alexandder Talley was read. Bingo followed with prizes to Mrs Pauline Keener Charles Keener and Miss Goley. A club gift to Mrs Edna Maloney and Christmas gifts exchange preceded refreshments. Next meeting January 15 1942 at Mrs Pauline Keener 736 Pearl Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Jacobs
White Rose Grove No. 2
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
Walnut Street
Pearl Hussion
Dora Alexandder Talley
Mary Goley
Pauline Keenar
Charles Keener
Miss Goley
Edna Maloney
Junior Four H Christmas Party Friday Night
Mrs. Bruce Bumgardner and Ruth Marie Bumgardner hosted a Junior 4 H Christmas party Friday night for club members. Anne Vance presided and announced events, an initiation occurred with Emily Malone Anetta Frey and Anne Vance as officers, gifts were exchanged, games and refreshments followed, and many members attended. The next meeting is set for January 3 at Arvie and Jeannie Jo Lockard’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Bumgardner
Ruth Marie Bumgardner
Anne Vance
Hmily Malone
Anetta Frey
Aldene Beagle
Emily Malone
Barbara Powell
Evelyn McProuty
Annetta Frey
Marie Prey
Mary Louise Hoskins
Mary Louise Weaver
Arvie Lockard
Jeannie Jo Lockard
Rosalie Jones
Thelma Reese
Dorothy Burnside
Virginia Ann Painter
Frances Newton
Katherine Gainér
Mary Jean Tucker
Patty| Wolf
Nancy Nuzum
Betty Cole
Arvie
Jeannie Jo
Club Meeting Notices Preview Year End Elections
On December 23 all members of the Junior Order U A M are asked to attend for officer elections and to finish plans for a district meeting on December 30. December 26 Mountain City council No 49 Daughters of America will meet Friday evening with a date change. January 5 Quota club meets at 6 15 p m to elect officers at Lockard on McGraw avenue with Kathine Ann Gainer as co hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain City
Daughters of America
Quota Club
Weekend Visitors At Pruntytown Home
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Raymond Bartlett Gail and Luella Bartlett of Simpson Miss Elaine Wolfe from Brownlow Park and Barbara and Dayle Reed of Pruntytown at the home of Mr and Mrs George Shaffer in Pruntytown Also Fred C Jackson Jr visiting from VPI with his parents during Christmas vacation In hospital notes Mrs Russell Dotson admitted to City hospital as medical patient Mildred Sheets underwent major operation George W Hall of Thornton had a minor operation Carl McCartney listed as a patient
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Bartlett
Gail and
Luella Bartlett
Simpson
Elaine Wolfe
Brownlow Park
Barbara
Dayle Reed
Pruntytown
George Shaffer
Fred C. Jackson, Jr
F. C. Jackson
Russell Dotson
Love Avenue
City Hospital
Mildred’ Sheets
Warder Avenue
George W. Hall
Thornton
Carl McCartney
Rescue of Emidio Crew Off Cape Mendocino
Thirty two survivors of the United States tanker Emidio including skipper Captain Clarke A Farrow were rescued after torpedo and shelling off Cape Mendocino. Twenty two crew members were listed as missing in the attack reported 200 miles north of San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emidio
Clarke A. Farrow
Cape Mendocino
San Francisco
Wati Wares
Linens and Towels Crochet Pattern 6980 Advertisement
Colorful three motif crochet pattern for towels with a crocheted edge. Contains six motifs averaging 31.2 by 131.2 inches with edging directions and illustrations. Send ten cents to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept in New York for pattern 6980 and include address and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N.Y
Local notes from Tunnelton and Huntington
Route three discharge updates include a hospital release and a family home return. WVU students from Grafton head home for Christmas, and service members' families visit relatives. A Huntington engineer and city council member Thomas M. Bishop dies at 77 after illness. Thieves steal Christmas gifts valued at 215 from two homes via pried windows, police report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Thomas M. Bishop
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Lonnie Lester
Russians Near Leningrad Drive German Forces Back
Moscow reports Soviet counter-offensive pushing Germans to the Volkhov river southeast of Leningrad and across it in some areas. Blizzards and 22 degree below zero temperatures accompany advances west of Tikhvin and east of Leningrad. Pravda notes breakthroughs at Leningrad front and heavy German losses in one sector as Soviet ski troops pursue retreating units. Izvestia confirms continued Russian advances.
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Moscow
Red Army
Volkhov
Leningrad
Tikhvin
Wyiters
United States
England
Kalinina
Tula
Pravda
Communist Party
Pravda J
Izvestia
Soviet drive recaptures 25 towns near Tula front
Pravda’s Tula front correspondent reports General Boldin’s forces recaptured 25 populated places in a day and night of combat south of Moscow. Germans mounted stubborn resistance and counterattacks as the Red Army pressed toward Volkhov river lines near Tikhvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tikhvin
Volkrov River
Lake Men
Ladoga
Pravda
Tula
Moscow
Boldin
Move Typical of Churchill Move
Dewitt Mackenzie assesses a Churchillian Atlantic crossing aimed at uniting the Allies. The piece highlights Churchill's direct action style, his Sandhurst training, and the Washington meeting’s impact on morale. It notes the conference is vital for coordinating allied efforts and resolving crucial questions at a decisive moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Atlantic
Sandhurst
England
West Point
Washington
Nis
Chicago college freshman held in alleged multiple assaults
An 18-year-old freshman, David R. Steffey, is held in Chicago as a suspect in the slaying of Mrs. Bergit Kyvik and faces reports of assaults on fifteen women. Seven attack victims have identified him, police say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P
David R. Steffey
Chicago
Ill
Bergit Kyvik
Steffey
War of resources and production in the Pacific
The article argues that coordination is crucial as Allied forces face the Japanese threat in the Pacific. It notes standstills against Japan in the Philippines and Malaya, with Hongkong fighting while bases near Singapore are at risk. The Washington conference on unified control is praised as a step toward victory, amid speculation on Japan and Germany’s moves and the wider war aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Churchill
Washington
Far East
Malayan
Singapore
Hongkong
Philippines
Russia
Japan
America
Moscow
Nippon
Hitler
Fuehrer
Island
Britain
Jap Bombs Hit Evacuee Center Causing Heavy Casualties
Heavy casualties followed a December bombing in Manila as three Japanese planes attacked a center set aside for evacuees from Manila and nearby towns. The planes appeared to target nearby gasoline stores of a private company, marking the first such attack in this area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Barc lay on Bridge Strategy and Defense Dilemmas
In this Barclay column the ace’s dual role is explored, including its trick taking, killing opposing threats, and serving as an entry. A sample hand shows how careful defense and card play choices impact the contract, with East misplaying a diamond lead allowing West to secure two trump tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
East
Christmas Borns Propose American Association in Milwaukee
Milwau kee Christmas birthday plan aims to form the American Association of Christmas Born to safeguard gift interests. Professor Hugh L Riordan Marquette University proposes a birthday present on Dec 26 with defense savings bonds or stamps, tying celebration to patriotic duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Hugh L. Riordan
Marquette University
Riordan
American Association of
Defense
Former Service Men May Reenlist Under New Regulation
Former service men released for age or other reasons were given the opportunity today to reenlist in the Army under a new regulation announced by the state selective service head. The policy aims to reinstate veterans who meet criteria for reinstatement and service eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton G. Pierce
Red Cross
United States
Williamson Coal Output Edges Down in Week
Williamson Dec 23 reports Py Coal production in the Williamaen field for the week ended Dec 20 totaled 258 950 tons, down from 269 900 tons. The Williamson Association said today the decline reflects market demand and transport constraints.
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Officers Club of
Woodmen Circle
Junior Four-H
Bumgardners
Capt. Clarke A. Farrow
Alice Brooks
Erm Ree Busemold Arts Inc
William F. Dick
Hfe
Church of Heavenly Rest
John Jacob Astor
Mrs. Astor
Tunnelton
Robert Rogers
Charles W. Higgenbothan
Viola Belle
Charleston
George Felton
Webster
Betty Rose ‘Miller
Rita Riffee
Alfred Campbell
Mary Ellen St. Clair
Charles Stafford
Richard Davisson
Edward Copenhaver
Frank Luzader
Edith Martin
Frank Gerkin
Grafton
West Virginia University
William Carter, Jr
Fort F. E. Warren
Wyoming
Mrs. Carter
Washington, D. C
William Carter
O .W. Hoffman
John Hulley
St. Charles Street
John Hulley, Jr
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Red
Ace
Sy Yardley
Yardley
Lotus Cologne
Malone's
Grafton Drug and Chemical Company
Ardley Producte
Creatad
Lizeeaée
David R. Stelfey, Srd
Skaggs & Company
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
North
South
Sha
Esot Ene
Hans Thomsen
U. S
Naaean
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Germany
Ellers
Evans Hardware
E. Main St
Aan
Claire Tilden Adda
Astel
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