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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1955

Page

3

Admit New Member To Chapter DAR Meeting

Elizabeth Cummins Jackson Chapter DAR met December 20 at Regent Mrs Rhea Fisher’s home East Washington Street. One new member, Marguerite Thayer, was received. Mrs Fisher gave messages on National Defense and Americism. Rev Erainne Robertson spoke on Christmas Spirit. Gifts and refreshments followed with many members and guests present.

Elizabeth “Cummins Jackson Daughters of the American Revolution Regent Rhea Fisher East Washington St Fisher Marguerite Thayer Dr. Fleming Jane Proudfoot Bethlehem Eraine Robertson Arnan Knotts Mary ‘Hines Leota Griffith Frank Faulkner Rosalyn Helionimus Barbara Cather Elizabeth Cather Bertha Hodges C.F. McDermott Aliie Chamberlain Carrie Sellers A.A. Miller Fleming E. L. Robertson Morrisson Virginia Stavely Proudfoot Nelle Hais Wb

News Of Interest From Webster and Nearby

Webster notes mention Miss Pearl Felton and Mrs Pam Mitchell ill at home. Visitors include Nancy and James Allen from Parkersburg, Mr and Mrs Rex Kincaid, and Mr and Mrs Hayward Campbell of Clarksburg. Local families, Sunday dinners, and a report on a $3200 Army bed clothes program are noted.

Uriel C. Bartlett Uniontown Glenn Grafton Felton Pamela Mit Mitchell Bart James P. Harvey Pittsburgh

WSCS At Webster Church Shares Gift Exchange

The annual WSCS Christmas meeting of Webster Methodist Church met at Mrs. Tracy Felton’s home. Miss Nancy Getz led the program with Luke’s Christmas story. poems were read. prayers offered. carols sung. a gift exchange followed revealing old pals and new names for next year. Candy canes were given to guests. hostesses served refreshments to listed attendees.

WSCS Webster Church Webster Methodist Church Tracy Felton Nancy Getz Luke Pearl Felton Lotta Getz Thelme Cooper Mildred McWilliams Wolfe Tucker Cooper Miss Felton Janet Tucker

Pleasant Creek Personal Notes Touching Local Visits

The community records numerous visits among local families including Miss Helen Smith to her brother Carl Smith in Grafton and various Mitchells visiting relatives such as Norma, Evelyn Dorain, and Ruth Mitchell. The Rev William States led a service, a Webster School Christmas program drew attendees, and sympathy extended to the Kennedy family after the loss of their eldest daughter.

Helen Smith Carl Smith Grafton Haber Allen Samatha Robinson James"Kerns Dorsey Kerns Wilbern Mitchell Clarence McIntosh Orval McCauley Norma Roy Mitchell Ora Findley Evelyn Dorain Kenneth Clara Ruth Mitchell Russell Poling Earl Weal Wilbern James William States Hig Rey Webster School Louise . Mitchell Kenneth Mitchell Willard Elwood Mitchell James Kennedy Rissie Haun Coy McDaniel Morgan Keller Mrs. Wood Mitchell

Hospital discharges and admissions dated December notes

Discharges on December 24 include Dor thy Murphy Ruth Ellen Crook Neil Hershman Diane Good man Carl Mayle Ira Shay and others. Admissions dated December 25 list Ida Bryan Lloyd Duck worth Audrey Goodwin Catherine Barnet Elizabeth Cozad.

Dorthy Murphy Moatsville Ruth Ellen Crook Rt. 5 City Neil Hershman Kasson Diane Goodman Carl Mayle Simpson Ira Shay Tunnelton Ida Bryan High St Lloyd Duckworth Rt. 4 Audrey. Goodwin Thornton Catherine Barnet Kingwood Elizabeth Cozad Steve Yacenoach Fanny St Route 4 George Powell Flemington Raymond Bray Winlaan Deck Washington St Lawrence Hepp Walnut St Paul Malone Maple Ave Eleanor Knight West Washington St

Wedding Guests Visit Grafton in Delaware and Colorado Attendance

Mr and Mrs Torlock Rasmussen sen host guests from Wilmington Denver Buckhannon and Denver for the wedding of Miss Patricia Lou Phillips to Mr James Lucian Yost at Christ Episcopal Church Fairmont on Wednesday December 28 at 7 pm. Phillips is the Rasmussen family niece who once lived in Grafton. A separate note mentions an 88 percent rise in U S cattle productivity since 1924 due to better animals care feeding and beef types.

Torlock Rasmussen Frank Willmond Janet C. Hayes Bernard C. Andrews Wilmington Delaware Robert Pascal Denver Colorado Marianna Young Buckhannon Miss Phillips Rasmussens Grafton United States

River junctions and fur seal lines traced by NatGeo note

The National Geographic Society remarks that skunks kept near a mat at an early age rarely show belligerence, with occasional exceptions to strangers. The Ohio River begins at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at Pittsburgh and ends at Cairo, spanning 981 miles to the Mississippi.

National Geographic Soc Ohio River Monongahela Pitta Pa Cairo Mississippi

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