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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1930
Page
2
The essay argues for limited child autonomy in major decisions like schooling. It warns against harsh control yet urges parental guidance, noting nine year old will may show initial preference but lacks maturity. A boarding school choice example ends with homesickness and return home.
Overnight dispatches report Norris declining Dewey's invitation to lead a third party. Separate items note Navy cadet asked to resign amid a streaming maze of wires in his room at the naval academy. Reports touch on Levine’s appearance before a district attorney over large securities holdings and Hawley’s stance on veterans’ compensation. A Denver bond posting, Soviet police passport actions, and a New York derailment are among scattered items in this digest of unreadable fragments.
London on December 27 reports Lord Melchett aged 62, a leading financier, seriously ill with pleuritis. The former Sir Alfred Mond, famed for his vast industrial investments, had shown some rally after an earlier relapse on Christmas Day.
A crowded radio schedule listing programs across stations WEAP WAHO WIZ WBAL WOR WJZ WEAF and others plus a late note from New York on Dec 27 reporting Exchanges at 820 billion dollars and balances at 112 million. It also notes federal hunters have killed 200 sons in Utah over 25 years.
The schedule lists worship services at 10 00 and 7 30 with sermons "God's Sabbath" and "The Beginning of the Gospel" plus a 7 30 Wednesday prayer meeting and a 10 30 morning worship. Sunday School at 11 00 led by J Hi Maysellis. senior Epworth League events. a candlelight service at 7 30 featuring Andrews vested choir and Christmas music arranged by church youth with D Grant Smith directing and Eleanor Metaner Warden at the organ.
Schedule lists 9 20 Sunday School led by C Richman 10 20 Morning Worship with sermon, 6 30 Christian Endeavor 7 30 Evening Worship sermon by pastor. Prayer Circle 9 25 Church School 9 30 Junior and Senior Superintendents. 10 30 Morning Worship with Christmas music. 11 30 Session meeting 7 30 Evening Worship sermon. Tuesday 7 45 Trustees meet. Friday 4 00 Senior Christian Endeavor. 8 15 Choir rehearsal. Cordial welcome to visitors.
Church activities listed include Sunday School at 9:30 with J. Keener, worship services at 10:20 and 7:30 on first Sundays and second Sundays, Epworth League 7:30 p m on the 2nd and 3rd Sundays, and Board of Christian Education meets last Friday at 7:30. Holy Communion at 10:45, junior and senior Luther Leagues at 6:30, special music and sermons inviting all to attend.
A sincere invitation extends to members and friends of Andrews Church to join services including 9:30 Sunday School led by Superintendent Mrs Ona Jefferys. Last Sunday attendance reached 297 with attendees continuing.
The notice invites all to Christmas services at the church with a New Year’s message from Pastor L. Postlethwait. It highlights a Christmas cantata by the choir, a sermon titled The Wrath of the King, and upcoming worship hours including morning, evening, and water night services. London report adds Prince George injury from a hunt. Steel Mills to Call 2,000 Men to Work: Youngstown and surrounding mills plan to call 3,000 workers next week, boosting open hearth production and sheet mills, with new blast furnaces and stacks planned by Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube.
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