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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
3
The Grafton Quota Club held its annual Christmas dance last evening at the Moose Home and it was a great success. The ball room was decorated with a large snow man, the front featured a decorated tree, and a draped white ceiling enhanced the festive scene. Dancers from nine thirty to one o'clock included Swanton's younger and older social circles.
Social calendar notes a wedding announcement for Grace Anne Rader and Frederick Graham to be married in Pittsburgh on August 25 1934. Graham, son of former Mayor Frederick C. Graham, is a featured writer and journalist now with the Washington Herald. The Sentinel joins well wishers from Ripley and beyond.
Mr and Mrs Oliver Cassell and their son Junior from Fairmont visited Blueville for Christmas. Mr and Mrs Thomas Yocco of Flemington route 2 stayed in Grafton with relatives. They were accompanied home together after the holidays.
The dance committee of the Quota club expresses appreciation for the splendid work by Paul Defenbaugh and assistants in decorating the ballroom for the Christmas dance and thanks all others who helped make the event a success.
Isobel McCreery, a San Francisco society girl now in London, faces a wedding problem as suitors Lou Ashley the British peer and Jack Bradley the California polo player press their claims. Lord Ashley's divorce will not be final for six months.
Evening plans include Mrs Ioie Edwards and daughter Violet with Mr and Mrs Noah Carpenter while Mr and Mrs Ralph G Hood of Bristol visit Mr and Mrs C V Miller on the West Side Helen Furgeson formerly Helen Jackson now of Concord New Hampshire spends the holiday season here Dorothy Louise Britton was admitted to the city hospital today for a minor operation
Kansas City December 27 Judge Merrill C Otis held that price fixing under the NRA is unconstitutional Congress has no power to fix prices in interstate commerce The ruling denied a government motion for a temporary injunction against Sutherland Lumber Company which operates lumber yards in Oklahoma Iowa and Nebraska on a cash and carry basis United States district attorney Morice M'lliveh filed the petition June 29 requesting the company be restrained from selling below the code list
Charleston dispatch reports a suspect in the Kanawha City drug store robbery of November 17 has been arrested in San Antonio, Texas. Roy Harold Finley, 23, identified by fingerprint records as Alvah Leroy Pace of Huntington, will be returned to Charleston to face armed robbery charges. He was shot in the leg by San Antonio officers during a hotel rear-entry attempt. Melvin Adkins and Edward Vickers, both of Huntington, await grand jury action on armed robbery charges. The trio reportedly stole between 50 and 60 dollars.
Paris reports Premier Pierre Flandin targets lower bread costs as France seeks relief from 1934 memory. Government orders cut bakers' prices on workers' bread, currently six cents a pound, with a 3-5 cent reduction anticipated.
A fragment suggests trying a dredge of corn meal to crisp bacon. The note invites home cooks to experiment with coating bacon before frying for extra crispness.
Washington reports Governor Marriner Eccles of the Federal Reserve Board disavowed responsibility for the order reducing minimum interest on deposits in non member banks. He said the action was taken by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, not the Fed, and noted similar past moves. Senator Glass accused the board, while Eccles stressed separate actions by the two agencies.
Mr and Mrs Joseph White of Charleston West Virginia welcomed a baby boy Sunday morning in a Charleston hospital. Mrs White was formerly Miss Beatrice Curry of Fairmont. Mr White is son of Mr and Mrs Hoy White Sr of this city. Mr and Mrs Charles McCafferty of Lincoln Street announce the birth of a seven and one half pound girl last Friday named Philomenia Bernadine. The mother was Miss Belle McCauley before marriage.
Ashland New Hampshire fire leveled the Squam Lake Hotel and adjacent structures including a drug store and hotel garage with damages around 100000 dollars. Fire began in the garage at 4 a.m. and was under control by 9 a.m. Twenty hotel guests and several residents lost belongings in freezing conditions. no injuries reported. Inspector Carl Beaty of the NRA urged continued inspections of small businesses and noted a $40 fine for code violations, funds returning to employers.
New York dispatch reports Anne Gould granddaughter of financier Jay Gould eloped to marry Frank Spencer Meador a 24 year old San Saba Texas actor. The couple wed in Harrison New York city hall in a surprise holiday ceremony as parents Mr and Mrs Jay Gould were unaware. The Goulds expressed pleasure.
Mount Hope West Virginia resident Cecil Bryant credits Indo-Vin for easing years of kidney pain and sleepless nights. He says the remedy stopped back and kidney soreness, allowing normal movement and sleep. Indo-Vin is being marketed daily at Grafton Drug & Chemical Co. and throughout nearby towns.
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