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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1944
Page
3
The Rev F Carl Davis of First Presbyterian spoke at the Woman's Christian Temperance Union mission at the First Baptist church on Friday afternoon. Mrs Clyde Richman led devotionals with group Christmas carol singing. A life membership certificate was given to Mrs C F Shafer for 12 years of service as president.
Thornton school students presented their annual Christmas program before parents and friends. The event featured music readings recitations and skits with Santa Claus as the gift exchange highlight. Teachers Walter Wood and Doris Cleavenger noted participants including Mary Carey Willard Jennings Mary Jane Hoffa Betty Haddix and many more. The article also mentions a note that the English language has been renamed Koango in a Japanese Malayan area.
Today pattern describes Slip Pattern 9393 with fluid lines and no ride up or twist. Available in sizes 14 16 18 20 30 32 34 36 at 44. requires 4 yards 39 inch fabric and lists pattern department address in New York for order.
Gossip from New York columns notes Bing Crosby’s dip in showbiz fun after returning from overseas. It also mentions Jack Benny, Dick Jones, Vaughn Monroe, Bob Hope, and Elmer, plus a feature on hat patterns and a 15 cent pattern request from Grafton Sentinel. It covers radio program chatter and the era’s entertainment buzz.
December 25 Elks Club to host a holiday dance and turkey dinner at their East Main Street home. Event details are drawn from a brief community notice in the local paper.
The report notes 1,500 daily Japanese deaths during the Leyte Samar push, with intensified air strikes on Panay Negros Cebu Masbate airfields. General MacArthur offers a Christmas prayer for his command, asking God to protect and return soldiers safely home.
West Virginia education leaders urge a survey of school attendance and a study of high school accessibility for Negro youths. Governor-elect Clarence Meadows and family will attend the January 19 presidential inauguration after Charleston gubernatorial rites on January 16. Dr. E H Hedrick resigns Pinecrest superintendent post to join Congress, with G E Gwinn named acting superintendent.
In Birmingham alone more than 500 Americans will be entertained in private homes as part of a Doughboys hospitality effort. The report notes local hosts and organizers coordinating meals and cultural exchanges during a period of civilian welcome.
The article describes a linen like rayon border print dress called Mexican Inspiration. It features a green rust and yellow stitched skirt attached to a bodice and wrapped to the side. Sunback dresses with fullness in back and daytime skirts often buttoned along one or both sides to the hem.
Military observers note Europe remains grave with no urge to retreat. They say the enemy has not unleashed full strength for a breakthrough while reinforcement sources exist in dormant and active fronts including the central Russian front. Russians assure western Allies of a winter offensive. Costa Rica enacted a social security law in 1943.
Goes To Moundsville Mrs. Glades Sapp and son, Robert, travel to Moundsville to visit Edith Riggs family over holidays. Here From New York Mrs. Arthur Poling visits Charleston with husband convalescing in England. Undergoes Surgery Miss Antoinette Morasco admitted for surgery. Discharges Families leave hospital and return home for Christmas as various residents recover or host guests. Mineral products Bolivian exports account for 99 percent of Bolivian exports. Bees yield about 50 pounds of honey per 5,000 bees.
Universal's Technicolor musical drama The Climax opens tonight at the Opera House. Boris Karloff stars as the villain in a tale featuring Susanna Foster and Turhan Bey. Audience urged to maintain silver shine with polish and lacquer.
The notice describes Wise Pattern 9050 a yardage chart and sizes from small to large 14 to 42 with 1 to 1 1/8 yards and scraps for contrast. It references a needlework pattern for personal or pecs decoration and mentions a twenty.
Readers are advised that resort season shapes next summer wardrobes with vivid New York designs filtering to Southern markets. Cotton fabrics gain prominence for easy care, with dresses, swimwear, and separates showcased in bright stripes and herbal tones.
A historical note states the silkworm moth has lost the ability to fly and now entirely relies on human care for survival, highlighting a dramatic shift in its natural behavior and the cultivation process.
Fragmentary note mentions bans by BY and recovery of 110000 kilograms of gold sent to Germany along with unclear references to trees.
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