Charity Ball Plans Shine for New Year’s Eve in Grafton
Plans for the annual Charity Ball, a major social event, are ready at the Grafton Senior High field house for December 31 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Mrs. Hubert Parrish chairs the dance committee. Bud Bell and his orchestra from Morgantown will provide music. The room will feature Christmas greenery, streamers, and lights. Tickets, priced at two dollars plus twenty cents tax, are selling fast under Mrs. T. W. Heir-thous Jr. chair.
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Grafton Woman's Club
Grafton
Hubert Parrish
Bud Bell
Morgantown
T. W. Heirthous, Jr
Dr and Mrs Wells Hold Open House Event
Dr and Mrs Wells hosted an open house at their Knotts Avenue home yesterday afternoon and evening as part of their yearly custom. Eight of their friends were received between three and seven o'clock.
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Charles
M. Wells
Knotts Avenue
Wells
Improving Miss Bess Kenneday Illness Update
Improving status for Miss Bess Kenneday confined at home due to illness. Birth notice for Paul Francis Kehrer born at 150 Front Street weighing six pounds. Parents Mr. and Mrs. William Kehrer previously Clara B. Faislip. Father employed by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Hospital notes list Theodore Corcovale and Joseph Goff as medical patients. F F Sterry admitted for unspecified care.
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Bess Kenneday
William Kehrer
Front Street
Paul Francis
Clara B. Faislip
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Theodore Corcovales
East Boyd Street
Grafton City Hospital
Joseph Goff
Pullman
F. F. Sterry
Main Street
Eloise DeMoss
Mountain City Daughters of America Meeting Change
Os schedule notes a change of date for the Mountain City Council No 49 Daughters of America meeting set for Friday evening. The entry also lists a Christmas luncheon for Elizabeth Cummins Jackson Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at Cozy Rest on December 27 at 1 30 p m with hostesses Mrs H K Debendarfer and Mrs Florence Wilkinson. An additional notice mentions a Quota Club meeting on January 5 at 6 15 p m to elect officers.
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Mountain City Council
Daughters of America
Elizabeth Cummins Jackson
Daughters of the American Revolution
H. K. Debendarfer
Florence Wilkinson
Quota Club
Christmas Visitors and Local Health Notes in Riverside
Short items note laceration treatments and facial cuts before discharge. Marian Grow undergoes tonsillectomy. Several residents, including Dallas Mayle Ed Miller and Charles Sparks, discharge announcements. Christmas visits highlight Paul Moats, Ray Johnson family, and John Bartlett. Visitors from Erie and a domestic arrival conclude the Christmas homecoming updates. Eloise DeMoss returns from Washington to spend holidays with family near Thornton.
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Marian Grow
Thayer Avenue
Dallas
Leo Mayle
Route One
Ed Miller
Pike Street
Charles Sparks
Rosemont
Ten Drivers Pass Exam In Grafton Police Test
Ten entrants passed a recent driver examination by the Grafton state police detachment commanded by Corporal C. W. Dye. The list includes R. M. Hymes Wendel Robert M. Sheets Jordan Fred Lewis Williams route 3 Virgil Marteney Wendel Harry Leland Whitehair Wendel Elenor Dalton 521 West Main street William Earl Breedlove Parkview Virginia Mae Braham Thornton Austin D. Brown 505 Carolina street Clarksburg and William F. Warder route 4.
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Grafton
State Police
C. W. Dye
R. M. Hymes
Wendel
Robert M. Sheets
Jordan
Fred Lewis
Williams
Route 3
Virgil Marteney
Harry Leland Whitehair
Elenor Dalton
West Main Street
William Earl Breedlove
Parkview
Virginia Mae Braham
Thornton
Austin D. Brown
Carolina Street
Clarksburg
William F. Warder
Aggressive Pass Shapes Bridge Strategy Across Deals
In Barclay on Bridge, an aggressive pass is shown as a weapon to mislead opponents. The article discusses a deal where South’s opening pass influenced both tables, leading North to a successful 3 Spades contract while East misreads West’s hand after a pass. The analysis covers how pass pressure can frame opponents’ bids and affect declarations.
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Horst? Ible
King Fu
West
North
East
South
Atures Syndicate, Inc
Christmas toll of wartime deaths mounts across states
The nation reports 431 holiday deaths during a wartime two day period. California leads with 33 traffic fatalities and Ohio records 30 traffic deaths. Most victims were returning from midnight mass, as inventories show traffic, fire, gun, and other causes. States list 33 California, 30 Ohio, and 26 Missouri among totals with District of Columbia at 2.
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Associated Press
California
Ohio
District of Columbia
St. Louis
Albania
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Ilinois
Georgia
Illinois
Towa
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Evacuees Relate Bold Action Against Japanese Raiders
A sailor recalls his small ship engaging Japanese raiders with a three inch gun. The captain, described as a short man, refused to let others shoot and fired boldly until a nearby bomb struck, blowing him into the sea. The executive officer ordered abandoning ship.
Faith In Daddy and Kids Lead in War Era Tales
Sailors abandon ship but the skipper orders order and potatoes to keep men occupied. Willamette University players guard wounded on return from raids while Coach Keene praises homeward care. Captain Merle Williams’s children recount a Christmas party at sea. Judy Garland and Bette Davis lead a film ranking with Rooney as companion, while cowboys Dominate the top film stars list.
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Daddy
Willamette University
Salem
Ore
Sam Jose
Calif
R. S
Spec” Keene
Willamette
Merle Williams
Air Corps
Danny Williams
Islands
Lingayen Gulf battles and Allied countermeasures reported
News dispatches describe repeated Japanese assaults near Lingayen Gulf repelled as Gen Douglas MacArthur reorganizes and strengthens defenses in the Lingayen sector. Heavy artillery duels continue, with brisk fighting across Luzon. Australia’s Curtin signals allied countermeasures against Japan and growing reinforcements. Dutch warplanes sink two transports and a destroyer, while Japanese forces land in Borneo and Kuching is reportedly captured.
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Douglas MacArthur
Lingayen
Luzon
Manila
Australia
John Curtin
Britain
United States
Japan
Pacific
Curtin
Astar
Kuching
Ting Sarawak
North Borneo
South China Sea
Singapore
Invasion Scene Described by Contanea Soldier
A Contanea page recounts Japanese soldiers advancing in formation during an invasion. The witness notes light guns, no charges, and a cautious advance with high knee lifts, coming forward in pairs as if prepared to die.
Violent Fight Continues As City Opens Unde fended Stores Destroyed
A fragmented wartime note describes a continued violent fight with an open undefended city and the destruction of immovable military stores, citing a War Department bulletin about ongoing operations and defensive conditions.
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War Department
Ocean Blackout Baby Born Aboard A Bermuda Liner
Mrs Eve Rosenbloom and her daughter Eve were born during a Bermuda voyage aboard an unarmed American liner that carried 189 passengers, including 107 Americans, to New York as the ship zigzagged at full speed through dangerous Atlantic waters.
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Eve Rosenbloom
Eve
Bermuda
New York
JAPS LAUNGH Continued from page one
The article discusses the term of the last conflict and the World War experience of the Atlantic coast shaping expectations for the Pacific coast. It notes a six month period in Satola aes al Sacia and hints at broader wartime parallels.
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Japs Laungh
Youll Enjoy This Needlework Pattern 7175 Delights Bedspread
A vintage ad offers a bedspread transforming needlework with varied stitches and colors. Pattern 7175 includes a 15 by 20 inch transfer design plus four small motifs, color schemes, materials, and stitch illustrations. Send ten cents to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept at 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
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Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N.Y
U boats reach American waters in 1918 operations
In 1918 six large German cruiser U-boats entered American waters and mined New York Harbor entrances, cut undersea cables, and attacked coastal shipping with gunfire and torpedoes, sinking about 170000 tons of merchant and war vessels. Navy records show strategic goals failed while protection measures and convoy systems evolved.
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American
New York Harbor
Europe
South America
Josephus Daniels
France
England
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Field House
Mrs. Wells
Paul Moats
Andy Moats
Park View
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Ray Johnson
Billy and
David
John Ellis Bartlett
Baltimore
A. R. Bartlett
Damon Jones
Walter Purnell
Erie,Pa
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
Maureen O'Hara
Hollywood
Will Price
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Ane
Locksmith
Lou Costello
Bette Davis
Judy Garland
Judy
Rooney
Mickey
Bob Hope
Spencer Tracey
Gene Autry
Gary Cooper
James Cagney
Autry
The
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William Boyd
Roy Rogers
Charles Starrett
Smiley Burnette
Lingayen Gulf
Philippine
Burns Automobile
Lingayen Orcs
Pozorrubio
Binalonan
Ned Harris
Wales Latham
Bundles For
Capt
E. Mackay
LaGuardia Field
Queen Elizabeth
Contanea
Ocean Blackout Baby
Skaggs & CO
Your Jeweler
Farould Neta Wea Fom We Yao Bey
SUD
Ogl
Sina
Bhai
Beauty
Bautiful Indian Creen Drive
Claire Tilden
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