Wedding vows and Christmas dances mark holiday news
Miss Janet Morris and William Rice wed at the Brethren church parsonage on Christmas Eve, followed by a festive Moose Lodge Christmas dance sponsored by the Quota Club. Nearby, Mountaineer Council No. 44 Jr O Q C A M elected officers as social calendars note church pageants, birthdays, and seasonal gatherings across Watson, Pittsburgh, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Morris William Rice
Near
Christeve
Brethren Church
Lois Luzader
Ea Goodly
Moose Home
Quota Club
Mountaineer Council
Jr. OQ
Coincilor
J. L. Shorden
L. M. Miller
A. D. Camp
Ing
W. Nichodes
C. C. Guts
W. H. Canfield
J. O. Parkhill
Stockett Inside Sentinel
C.J . Abel
Sentinel
C. E
A. Jacobs
A. Zumbro
Many New Members of Red Cross Added Here
Taylor County Red Cross membership continues to mount as Ralph H. Cline reports the roll call drive. Rev. William Knox leadership team reports 22 members added today and progress through the drive.
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Red Cross
Taylor County Red Cross
Ralph H. Cline
William Knox
Community Contributors Named In List Of Donors
A long roster of ladies and gentlemen appears in the society note. Names include Mrs. P A Hinkins Mrs John Tucker Mrs J B Leamon Mrs Carrie Helionimus Mrs V N Borum Mrs J E Degran Rev Mrs William Obri en W C Wright Mrs F A Gough Mrs C D Bolyard Mrs 8 C Marshall Miss Mattie Jace E O Waugh Francis Wolfe Miss Estella Jenkins Mrs Laura Beall Mrs Willis Linn T W Heironimus Mrs Lila Lowe B G Watt Miss Elizabeth Stucks committee reported Mrs C F Schroeder Sr Mrs John Burdette Miss Kate Koeltz Mrs Frank Kincaid Mrs W B Stuck Mrs J N Tregellas Rev M J Hannon Carlos Estep H B Thayer Miss Elizabeth Stuck. All contributions were for 1.00 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.A. Hinkins
John Tucker
J. B. Leamon
Carrie Helionimus
V. N. Borum
J. E. Degran
William Obrien
W.C. Wright
F. A. Gough
C. D. Bolyard
8. C. Marshall
Mattie Jace
E. O. Waugh
Francis Wolfe
Estella Jenkins
Laura Beall
Willis Linn
T. W. Heironimus
Lila Lowe
B. G. Watt
Elizabeth Stuck
C. F. Schroeder, Sr
John Burdette
Kate Koeltz
Frank Kincaid
W. B. Stuck
J. N. Tregellas
M. J. Hannon
Three Attorneys Spar Over Hauptmann Clemency Plea
In Trenton New Jersey December 27 Hauptmann's three lawyers faced the issue of which attorney will present the clemency plea before the state's pardons court Rules limit to one speaker for and one against the application The lead counsel C Lloyd Fisher has not previously argued before this court alongside Egbert Rosecrans or Judge Frederick A Pope who are the other nominated advocates.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
Court of Parsons
C. Lloyd Fisher
Egbert Rosecrans
Federick A. Pope
Missionary Schools Accused of Leading Chinese Student Agitation
A government spokesman said consular reports to the foreign office accuse missionary schools under American and British influence of taking a leading part in the current Chinese student agitation against Japan.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Japan
State disapproves chromium ore shipment to Italy
The state department announced the disapproval of a proposed chromium ore shipment from the Philippine Islands to Italy. The decision followed an inquiry from American high commissioner Frank Murphy in Manila about whether such orders would breach American neutrality policy.
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Washington
State Department
Philippine Islands
Italy
Manila
Frank Murphy
Islands
Christmas visitors and local personnel changes in Wheeling area
Mrs. William Morgan and son Allen of Wheeling spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Cather. Miss Maxine Sisler visits Hartwood Virginia aunt Mrs. J. R. Monroe and Mrs. Harry Lemmon spends holidays with the Cathers. Miss Dorothy Sisler visits Parkersburg with Waller and Burge. Mrs. H. R. Wickham visits Albany Ohio friends. Miss Kathryn Niland visits her parents in Maple Avenue. Miss Maxine Wilson returns from Christmas at Watson. Charles Steele and Harry Fleming, University of Virginia students, spend holidays with parents in Grafton. Jerome Raphael, dam government engineer, discharged from City hospital. L. S. Canals, dam operations superintendent, back in office after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Morgan
Allen
Wheeling
Christjmas
F. B. Cather
Maxine Sisler
J. R. Monroe
Hartwood
Virginia
Harry Lemmon
Dorothy Sisler
Pargersburg
W. A. Waller
Keith Burge
H. R. Wickham
Albany
Ohio
Kathryn Niland
Maryland State College
John Niland
Maple Avenue
Maxine Wilson
Roosevelt Hotel
Watson
Charles Steele
Harry Fleming
University of Virginia
Grafton
Jerome Raphael
L. S. Canals
Birth of Carl George Newton in home birth
Mr and Mrs John Newton Route 1 announce the birth of a nine pound baby boy named Carl George born December 24 at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Newton
Route 1
Carl George
Sixteen Given Life For Poison Slaying of Aunt and Uncle
Leroy Drake Jr. aged 19, a Sunday school youth from Los Angeles, is shown receiving a life sentence for the poison slaying of his elderly aunt and uncle. The case drew attention as a rare juvenile murder conviction with a harsh penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Drake, Jr
Los Angeles
Sweet Surrender Shines With Radio Stars At Opera House
The Brinkman Opera House screens Sweet Surrender Sunday through Tuesday, a New York filmed musical from Eastern Service Studios Astoria L I. Adapted by John V A Weaver from Herbert Hields story, it stars Frank Parker and Tamara with Broadway alumna Helen Lynch. Parker, known for radio fame and a lighter screen presence, and Tamara, rising from Roberta to screen debut, headline a cast including Helen Lynch in a lead comic turn as a modern stage star transitions to film.
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New York
Brinkman Opera House
Eastern Service
Astoria
L. I
Frank Parker
Tamara
Jack Benny
Jerome Kern
Roberta
Moscow
Helen
Lyndh
Gertie
Miss Lynch
Ginger Rogers
Strand Theatre Tonight Shows Goose and the Gander Cast
Kay Francis and George Brent spent a week in a mock jail on location for The Goose and the Gander at a Burbank Bastile. They were jailed on burglary suspicions but mingled with inmates between shots and left autographs.
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Kay Francis
George Brent
Warner Bros
Strand Theatre
Burbank
Calif
Francis
Brent
Dixie Western Roles Stars June Gale in Swifty
June Gale declares it fun to be the leadl in Swifty opposite Hoot Gibson as Diversion Pictures opens at the Dixie Theatre tonight. Gale, part of the Gale Quadruplets with sisters Jean Joan and Jane, rose to fame in California theater and appeared in Flying High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Gale
Hoot Gibson
Dixie Theatre
Jane Gale
Jean
Joan
Jane
Gale
California
Aig
Genese Wieson
George
Decrease in Relief Here in Taylor County WPA Notes
Taylor County relief reports show a steep drop in direct relief expenses and unemployed families. November figures from 1933 to 1935 indicate fewer men drawing aid and a peak unemployment of 2,085 families in 1934, with work relief programs absorbing idle labor tied to the Tygarts River dam, Berkeley Run railroad, and WPA projects. Charter granted Huntington Memorial Hospitals Inc forms a non stock body with H D Hatfield and A K Kessler among incorporators.
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Tygarts River
Berkeley Run
Taylor County
Relef
Brooks Reed
Charleston
Huntington Memorial Hospitalss, Inc
H. D. Hatfield
A. K. Kessler
Ruth S. McMaster
A. W. Das
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Icy River
Appomattox River
Hopewell
Lacy McNair
Warnage
Masters
Pauline Haddix
Robert L. Masters
Mantin
J. Mitchell
Ruth Carrothers
J. F. Carrothers
Tose
Fred Brown
Poe
Samuel Phillips
Odd Brooks Phillips
Orvelove
Orlando Musgrove
Williams
Robert Wil
Goldie Kelly
Bessie
Eant Delightful
Sunshine Band
Class of the Brethren Church
U. B. Church
Helen Ray
Walnut Street
Andrews M.E. Church
New Field House
Riverside Drive
Sammy Kaye
NBC
Elizabeth Cummins Jackson
Kate Smith
First Presbyterian Church
F. J. Turvander
Bethlehem
Holy Land
Jesus
Mary Weese
Kenneth Godwin
Mary
Joseph
Hold Land
Daisy Stockett
Mildred Carpenter
Willis Hovatter
Gabriel
Genevieve Carpenter
Lorraine Deavers
Marguerite Isner
Don Stockett
Gerald Loar
L. Hovatter
Rhea Camp
Annabelle Shahan
Alberta Camp
Lenora Carpenter
Edith McConkey
Vicks Vaporus
Opera House
Tamera
M Sweet Surrender
New Dixie
Wiy Accentore
Franz
Burka
West Main St
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