Card Party Honors Bliss Riley Guests in Hagerstown Visit
Visitors from Hagerstown Maryland stayed with Mr and Mrs W C Hanway. At the Walnut residence of Mr and Mrs Allie A Holt a contract bridge party for local friends featured four tables. Dr and Mrs C M Wells won high score and traveling prizes. Holt hosted guests include Riley Hanway Potts Wells Noble Clark and others with a buffet supper following games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bliss Riley
Hagerstown
W. C. Hanway
Walnut
Allie A. Holt
Maryland
C. M. Wells
Holt
Rileys
Holts
Riley
Hanway
H. L. Potts
Charles M. Wells
Stafford
Howard Holt
Harold
Natal Day Dinner for Little Billie Fawcett
A Christmas birthday dinner was held Monday in Park View for three year old Billie Fawcett son of Mr and Mrs William Fawcett. Grandmother Mrs Frank Fawcett hosted at her home with Mrs W T Wells assisting. Attendees included William and Mrs Fawcett Frank Fawcett W T Wells Anna Jimmy Dickie Bobbie Robert Fawcett of Webster and Sherman Rice of Wharton.
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Ittle Billie Fawcett
William Fawcett
Park View
Frank Fawcett
W. T. Wells
W.T. Wells
Anna
Jimmy
Dickie
Bobbie Fawcett
Robert Fawcett
Webster
Sherman Rice
Wharton
Ohio
Wharton, Ohio
Parkview
Mrs
Mrs V McGonagle Hosts Bridge Club Luncheon
Mrs V J McGonagle charmingly entertained the Wednesday Afternoon Bridge club at Cozy Rest Inn on U S Route 50. After a 1 oclock luncheon, two tables played bridge with Mr Harold L Noble winning high score. Guests included Mrs George G Jolliffe Mrs William Willhide Mrs Harry Kunst Mrs J Ed Steel Mrs E F Clark Mrs Noble Mrs Howard Holt and Mrs Vaughn M Kerr of Clarksbury.
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V. J. McGonagle
Cozy Rest Inn
Harold L. Noble
McGonagle
George G. Jolliffe
William Willhide
Harry Kunst
J. Ed Steel
Various club meetings rescheduled around holidays
December 28 the Sons of the American Legion meeting is postponed due to Christmas and many members being out of town. December 28 the PHC lodge meets at Red Men’s hall at 7 30 with important business. January 1 the Quota Club holds its annual meeting at Cozy Rest at 6 15 p m with officer elections and reports. January 2 the Women’s Republican Club meets at the K of P hall at 7 30 with an interesting program.
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Sons of the American Legion
PHC Lodge
Red Men's Hall
Quota Club
Cozy Rest
Womens Republican Club
K of P
Model Airplane Club Meet Friday at Lawson Center
Taylor county model airplane enthusiasts and friends gather Friday at 2 PM for an exhibition by Darrell Radcliffe of Clarksburg and other state and national champions. Local clubs under Earl Blaine McKeen and Carl Hopkins sponsor, with J Bernard Dryfield overseeing Taylor county Recreation projects. Open to all ages, the event showcases gas model planes and promotes low cost entry for aspiring builders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Darrell Radcliffe
Clarksburg
V. F. W. Model Aviation Club
Richard Overman
Robert Cogar
Raymond Roberts
Harrison County
Lawson Community Center
Earl Blaine McKeen
Carl A. Hopkins
United States
Lawson Center
J. Bernard Dryeld
Anner
Barclay on Bridge Problem and Signal Strategy
In a no trump analysis Barclay explains signaling discard choices to warn partner which suits to save. The dealer South and vulnerability frame the example where discarding the diamond 2 suggests preserving diamonds while sacrificing others, leading to a seven no trump claim in the discussed hand.
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Vanderbilt
Walter Beinecke
Harold C. Richard
King F
East
Grafton Club Plans Gala Dance With Virginia Mann Orchestr a
Grafton Women's Club completes plans for a charity New Year’s gala at Riverside Drive Fieldhouse from 12:01 to 4. Miss Virginia Mann leads a wide known orchestra with a vocal trio and a swing section. Tickets at $2 per couple are on sale at Grafton Drug and Chemical Co Turners or from committee members. Patronesses include Mr and Mrs Hardin Dr and Mrs Peck and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Mann
Riverside Drive
Grafton Drug and Chemical Company
Turners
Grafton Women’s Club
Miss Mann
New Orleans
W. E Hardin
D. C. Peck
P. P. Warden
T. W. Heironimus, Jr
Torlock Rasmussen
E. G. Kuhn
Virgil Rohrbough
J.P. Luke
W. J. Frey
L. C. Frey
H. F. White
E.H McDargh
Charles Carpenter
Paul Malone
J. C. Holt
R. P. Bell
C. G. Turner
William Willhide
W. A. Beavers, Sr
W. J. McGonagle
T. M. Deegan
Dinner Enjoyed By Family Group
A Christmas day informal dinner party was hosted by Mrs. Ida Proudfoot of West Wilford street. Attending were C. E. Proudfoot and daughter Marlene of Bruceton Mills, J. G. Proudfoot, Parkersburg, R. L. Proudfoot and sons James Charles and Billy, and C. C. Proudfoot and daughter Doris Jean of Grafton.
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Ida Proudfoot
West Wilford Street
C. E. Proudfoot
Marlene
Bruceton Mills
J. G. Proudfoot
Parkersburg
R. L. Proudfoot
James
Charles
Billy
Masquers Resume Rehearsals After Christmas Break
Rehearsals for the Masquers play He Ain't Done Right by Nell resumed last evening after a Christmas hiatus. Directed by Joe Dryfield of the Grafton Little Theater, the cast includes Mona Sturm Edward Manning John Roe Betty Williams and Dora.
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Nell
Joe Dryfield
Grafton Little Theater
Mona Sturm
Edward Manning
John
Roe
Betty
Williams
Doro
Local Play Pending Date Due to Community Activities
Shea Crawford and Leslie Crawford will present a play in the near future. The exact date is not set this month because many local activities demand attention from residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shea Crawford
Leslie Crawford
Wedding of Gertrude Juanita Saffel to Harold Marshall
Lloyd Saffel of 1 Market Street announces the marriage of his youngest daughter Gertrude Juanita to Harold Marshall son of Mr and Mrs C S Marshall. The ring ceremony was held at the groom’s parents home on Sunday December 24 with Rev Durward Brown of St Pauls Methodist Church officiating. The couple will reside in Portsmouth Virginia where the groom works at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
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Lloyd Saffel
Market Street
Gertrude Juanita
Harold Marshall
Murrays Hold Bridge Party At Archdeacon Building
Mr and Mrs William Murray hosted a bridge party in their Archdeacon building apartment last night with three tables of play and prizes for excellence awarded to Mrs Ward Blaney and Hugh McPhail. The guest list included Miss Jean Murray Miss Dorothy Sapp Thomas Grayson Mr and Mrs Paul Ward Mr and Mrs Ward Blaney Mrs G T Bartlett Jr and Mr Murray along with New Jersey visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Murray
Archdeacon Building
Ward Blaney
Hugh McPhail
Chain Hotel Operator Is Reported Very Ill
New York December 28 Postgraduate hospital attaches reported today as very serious the condition of Ralph Hitz 48 year old chain hotel operator ill from a complication of ailments Hitz entered the hospital two weeks ago for observation and rest before going south for a vacation Born in Vienna Austria in 1891 he came to the United States in 1906 and has been president of the National Hotel Management company Inc since 1932 He holds executive positions with other hotel firms.
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New York
Ralph Hitz
Hitz
Bor
Vienna
Austria
United States
National Hotel Management Company, Inc
Visitors and Health Notes From Grafton
Brief notices recount visits among Elizabeth West Virginia editorial circles, Jacksonburg families, and Baltimore relations. Jason Rogers remains critically ill while local residents undergo operations, hospital admissions, and enlist in the U S Army as noted for several Grafton area residents during the holiday period.
Fire At Cassell Home Brought Under Control
City firemen brought under control a threatening blaze in the gable end of the Edward M. Cassell residence at 403 East Main Street shortly before now today. The fire, believed started by a defective chimney, caused about 100 dollars in damage as estimated by fire department officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Cassell
East Main Street
Michigan Governor Names Grand-Niece as Aide to Autograph Line
Governor Loren D. Dickinson of Michigan named his 19 year old grandniece Verima Jean Spotts as personal secretary in charge of autographs. Dickinson said he is too old to handle crowds and will fund the position himself. Spotts will keep her stenographer job at a Lansing law office and serve part time in the new role.
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Lansing
Mich
Loren D. Dickinson
Michigan
Verima Jean Spotts
Dickinson
Roosevelt to name ambassadors to Belgium Cuba and Peru
President Roosevelt likely will fill major diplomatic vacancies after Congress reconvenes by appointing ambassadors to Belgium Cuba and Peru and ministers to Canada and Bulgaria A Belgian envoy may be Breckinridge Long replacing Joseph E Davies as special assistant on European political and trade questions pending state department decisions
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Belgium
Cuba
Peru
Canada
Bulgaria
Australia
Commonwealth
White House
State Department
Stephen Early
Breckinridge Long
Woodrow Wilson
Italy
Long
Joseph E. Davies
Hull
City Income Tax Starts January First in Philadelphia
Philadelphia officials implement a 1 percent city income tax on all residents earning in the city, affecting workers from groundskeepers to executives. The measure, aimed at balancing a large 1940 budget gap, faces labor opposition but is projected to raise about 18 million dollars next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Earthquake Shocks Recorded On Instrument
Budapest reports two new earthquake shocks about 1200 miles away recorded at 4 28 pm local time with the second described as strong. Telephonic lines to Istanbul were cut by an unexplained break. Earlier quakes in Turkey and Asia matched the distance from Budapest.
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Budapest
Here
Seven Patients Escape Fire At Sanatorium
Seven patients at the Butler County tuberculosis hospital in Hamilton Ohio were evacuated in night clothing late at night as flames struck the building. Officials estimate losses in the thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton, O
Butler County Tuberculosis Hospital
Trade pact drive to renew reciprocal agreements
Washington reports the administration plans to push Congress to renew the reciprocal trade agreements program soon after the new session opens. Rep Buck of California forecasts Doughton will introduce a bill to extend the act beyond June 12. He notes no new tax plan will appear early, enabling focus on the trade measure.
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Washington
Congress
Rep. Buck
D.-Calif
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D.N. C
Californian
Missing Man Robbed and Slugged in Parma Incident
Cleveland police announced Frank G. Jones relief commissioner, missing since last night, was found safe and returning home. A man seized after Jones' wrecked car confessed to robbing him of 12 dollars and leaving him slugged on a snowy suburban Parma road. A car in Mrs. Jones name was found near a highway at 4:30 a.m. Two suspects spoke of a beer parlor fight and abducting a man, leaving him in the snow. Letters with Jones name were found at the scene. Jones, 48, has a teenage son.
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Cleveland
Frank G. Jones
Jones
Parma
Garry Burczyk
Three Life Termers In Daring Prison Escape
FLORENCE ARIZ DEC 28 Three of Arizona s most notorious life term murderers escaped from the state prison last night Two had not been outside grounds for over 20 years They were Tom Power 46 and Gowen Power 49 brothers who killed three Graham County officers dodging the draft in 1918 The third fugitive is Bill Faltin 66 who spent years on death row before his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment
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Florence, Ariz
Arizona
Tom Power
Gown Power
Graham County
Bill Faltin
Pope Visits and Vatican Tensions Amid War Peace Talks
The article notes a long papal visit continuing on page one until the 1929 Lateran Peace. It describes foreign observers seeing potential Vatican government cooperation for peace, while Fascist authorities deny coordinating foreign policy. It mentions Pope and Mussolini both opposed to Bolshevism and cites Virginio Gayda as a defender of the government line.
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Lateran
Vatican
Mussolini
Virginio Gayda
Papal Visit in Rome Under Royal Escort in Rain
The pope traveled in an open car through St. Peter's Square with 18 vehicles in a papal procession. Luigi Cardinal Maglione wore the Annunaiata decoration. King’s officials greeted the pope as guards and pigeons symbolized welcome while banners fluttered in rain. The pope reentered the Vatican at 11:55 a.m. EST.
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Ment
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
St. Peter's Square
Vatiten
Gian Giacomo Borghese
Rome
Quirinal Palace
Taly
Deadly winter weather claim in Escalante Utah
A mother perished protecting her infant during a severe storm in Escalante. Asenith Levy, 17, froze on a mountain slope after her car stalled while Philo Alvey sought aid 98 miles away. The child survived beneath the mother’s body as rescuers reached the scene.
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Escalante
Utah
Intermountain
Asenith Levy
Stalante
Imountain
Philo Alvey
Christ
Alvey
Salt Lake City
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Bliss Rileys
Natal
Model Airplane Club
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
Wkig
BAER
West
Beinecke
Cecil Daugherty
Thelma Ruth Work
Charles T. Work
Weirton
Daugherty
Weirton High School
Grafton Club
Vicks
Robert F. Hickman
Elizabeth
W. Va
The
Kanawha News
West Virginia
J A. Rowe
Grafton
Kenneth Bolyard
Jacksonburg
C. F. Hannon
Bolyard
Rose Helene Prendergast
Baltimore
Margaret
Agnes McCabe
West Washington Street
Detroit
John J. Prendergast
Harvey Wittman
Bridgeton
N. J
H. W.murphy
Route 3
Price Brothers Label
South Jersey School of Business
Virginia
George F. Smith
Churchville
H. E. Knight Sr
Maple Avenue
Knight Home
H. E. Knight, Jr
Washington, D. C
Jess T. Beall
J. B. Knight
Huntington, W. Va
Clayton Elsey
Thornton
Grafton City Hospital
Richard Puvey
Keyser
Clay Lynch
Charles Etin
Latrobe Street
Central Hotel
James Leslie White
Luzadder Street
Chester
Paul Jones
Herbert F. Hoff, Jr
Philippi
U. S. Army
Herbert Hoff
Grafton High School
Cassell
FDR
Shave
Buck
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Cleveland Relief
Walter Street
E. Wilford St
Christiana St
Bath
W. Wilford St
New Hospital
Jeffreys Street
Henry E. Mulligan
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Marion
Taylor Counties
Eae Fairmont
Princeton
Elkins
Lewisburg
Charleston
Huntington
Pakersburg
Iyera
Panhandle
Road Commission
Yardley of
London
Malone’s
Deep Cut Drug Store
Rexall
Main ST. Grafton
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