Local residents and military personnel update notes
Jimmie Carney Bill McIntosh and Roy Withers return to the Naval Training base at Norfolk Virginia after Christmas with parents. On January five they sail on the U S eight Arkansas to San Pedro California to join the fleet. Mrs William Carter nee Hoskins former Grafton resident visits Barrett street sister. Mr and Mrs Carter plan move to Buckhansin where he takes a new job. Miss Loretta Butcher leaves for Cadiz Ohio to spend holidays with friends. Miss Regina Lowther student at Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago visits Luzader street parents. Clyde Atha of Fairmont and Miss Geraldine Morgan of Fairmont seen in Grafton. Mrs Charles Ellis of Fairmont sister of A E Shingleton returns home after C P Campbell funeral. Hubert Parrish visits Fairmont. James Guth in Grafton City hospital shows improvement and may be discharged. Mildred Barnes at 306 West Main Street has tonsil operation. Miss Joan Skidmore of Elkins in hospital for minor operation.
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Jimmie Carney
Bill McIntosh
Roy Withers
Norfolk
U. S
Arkansas
San Pedro
California
Willima Carter
Hoskins
Grafton
William Getz
Barrett Street
Carter
Cleveland
Buckhansin
Loretta Butcher
Cadiz
Ohio
Regina Lowther
Baptist Missionary
Ing
Chicago
E. E. Lowther
Luzadder Street
Clyde Atha
Fairmont
Geraldine Morgan
Charles Ellis
A. E. Shingleton
Kirby Street
C. P. Campbell
Hubert Parrish
James Guth
Grafton City Hospital
Mildred Barnes
West Main Street
Joan Skidmore
Elkins
Large Class Initiated Into B P O E Graf ton Lodge
A class of 36 candidates, the last in 1936, will be inducted into Graf ton Lodge No 308 B P O E at the lodge hall on East Main Street. Exalted Ruler Joseph Hussion announced the ceremony with a social session and feed to follow in the grillroom under William P Clark and Glenn Davis. Final plans for the New Year’s Eve frolic at the home will be drafted tonight. a large attendance is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wille
Grafton
B. P. O. Ellis
East Main Street
Joseph Hussion
William P. Clark
Glenn Davis
Alumni Dance Lights Up Grafton High School Event
The Field house on Riverside hosted the annual Alumni association dance with Reggie Childs orchestra and a lively program of novelty numbers. John T. Evans led an old Irish song as attendees, including college students and former residents, enjoyed a fashionable evening with tuxedos and renewed friendships.
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Field House
Riverside
Alumni Association of
Grafton High School
Reggie Childs
Ortra
National Broadcasting Fame
John T. Evans
Grafton
E. Bailey Wyckoff
Oberlin Glee Club to Sing New Year’s Eve Concert
The Oberlin College Glee Club performs at Fieldhouse on New Year’s Eve sponsored by the Grafton Woman’s Club. The program includes Dvorak Four Winds Del Rio Homing Schilling Clouds and the Troubadour’s Song for the club’s fiftieth anniversary plus an original 1936 37 medley. Larry Gill and band provide post concert dancing with novelty numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin College Glee Club
Fieldhouse
Grafton Woman's Club
Dvorak
del Riego
Schilling
Glee Club
James Hall
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Glée Club
Larry Gill
Captain Morehead Receives farewell from Fairmont police
Captain C T Morehead leaves the Monongah Charleston area for a new post after a farewell banquet in Fairmont. Fraternal Order of Police and police departments from Monongah Morgantown Charleston and Fairmont joined in honoring him. Lieutenant Regenauer presented a handsome briefcase as a parting gift and Morehead will start his new duties Friday.
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B. and O
First National Bank
Grafton Lodge No
B. P
Fairmont
Monongah
Charleston
Order of Police
Lockard
A. E. Lockard
City Police
Moose Lodge
E. Otto Waugh
Fred T. Wilson
W. P. Pickett
Morgantown
H. B. Squires
Fairmont Police
Fraternal Order of Police
Dallas Wolfe
House of Delegates
F. J. Regenauer
Clarksburg
Adam Fansler
Clarence Silman
Grafton
Gi Brown
City
H. C. Woodell
Weston
Sur James
Roy O'Dell
Fairview
Lieuttenant Regenauer
Jesse
Taylor
Morehead
Citizns
Under Your Spell at the Dixie Theatre opens Wednesday
Lawrence Tibbett stars as a fed up singing star in a riotous romance with Wendy Barrie in a Broadway style musical at the Dixie Theatre. Gregory Ratoff and Arthur Treacher lead a comic team as Tibbett seeks peace and ends up in a wild chase with Barrie who courts him to fly east, while a staged publicity prank complicates matters and sparks a love fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Tibbett
Wendy Barrie
Gregory Ratoff
Arthur Treacher
Twentieth Century-Fox
Dixie Theatre
Broadway
Rhythm Kings
Arthur Schwartz
Howard Dietz
Tibbett
Lone Prairie
Gregory Gaye
Lawrence
Wendy
Ratoff
Gay
Valiant Is The Word For Carrie Opens At Strand Theatre
The motion picture version of Barry Benefited's novel opens at the Strand tomorrow starring Gladys George with a strong cast. The story follows Carrie Snyder a Louisiana woman who adopts a boy and an orphan girl, rises to run a dry cleaning business, and faces a moral dilemma during a trial that could reveal her past to her children. Supporting roles include Arline Judge John Howard Isabel Jewell Harry Carey and Dudley Digges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Benefited
Valiant
Carrie
Strand Theatre
Gladys George
Miss George
Hollywood
New York
Carrie Snyder
Louisiana
Arjline Judge
John Howard
Isabel Jewell
Harry Carey
Dudley Digges J
Harnett Corder Weds Dwight Sowler in Philippi Nuptials
Announcement reports the marriage of Har Nett Kathleen Corder daughter of C E Corder Philippi to Dwight A Sowler son of Mr and Mrs W L Sowler Bridgeport W Va. The ceremony was Sunday December 27 at 8 pm at the home of Rev Durward Brown Philippi with vows read by Rev Brown The bride wore wine colored gown. Both graduates and teachers in Harrison County schools afterward the couple left for a southern states wedding trip.
Circuit Judges Will Be Cut in Salary Jan. 1
Charleston reports state auditor Edgar B. Sims notified 25 circuit judges of a 20 percent salary reduction effective January 1 as required by the 1932 law. Existing salaries ranged from 4,000 to 7,500 monthly, now 3,600 to 6,000. Supreme Court appointees Fred L. Fox and James B. Riley see 8,000 from 10,000. Jo N. Kenna also earns 8,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Fred L. Fox
James B. Riley
Supreme Court
Jo N. Kenna
Buses Protected From Strikers By Officers
New York December 29 radio patrol cars trailed buses in Brooklyn while armed guards escorted routes as Brook lyn Manhattan Transit drivers went on strike. Union local 1099 claimed 400 of 685 drivers were members amid demands for recognition. Regional labor board intervened but withdrew after company said it was an intrastate business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Manhattan
Amalgamated Association of Street Eelectric Railway
Defendant Kills Self Before Trial Begun In Rackets Case
New York report states Max Pincus a 56 year old Bronx restaurant rackets defendant and union leader leaped from a Bronx apartment building to his death as police said bystanders failed to deter his suicide before the rackets trial of him and twelve co defendants began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Max Pincus
Bronx
Pincus
Roosevelt, Jr. Shows Rapid Improvement at Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital reported rapid improvement in Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr's condition. The president's son was admitted the day before Thanksgiving for treatment of a sinus infection and throat streptococcus infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital Today
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Carroll Miller Named Chairman of State Commerce Commission
Washington December 29 1936 Carroll Miller was elected chairman of the state commerce commission for the 1937 calendar year The chairmanship is rotated annually among the commissioners Born in Richmond Virginia Miller is described as a longtime public servant and merchant with ties to the capital region
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Washington
Carroll Miller
State Commerce Commission
Richmond
Miller Ee
Bar Politics in Nebraska Bar Politics in Nebraska
Governor Cochran declares statehouse nonpartisan and dissuades party caucuses as Nebraska moves to a new unicameral legislature. He notes voters elected a balanced 22 Democrats to 21 Republicans and cites past bipartisan support on major 1935 tax bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
R. L. Cochran
Nebraska
Cochran
Route 3 Man In Plea Of Guilty Pays Fine
Virgil C. Wolfe of route 3 pleaded guilty to drunken driving in the city. He was fined $25 and costs, his car impounded for six months, and his operator's license revoked for the same period. He paid fines after being tried before Magistrate Ona C. Jefferys and was released from county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil C. Wolfe
Route 3
Ona C. Jefferys
Wolfe
Basques Release German Freighter Paris After War Materials Dispute
Basque authorities at Bilbao released the German freighter Paris after demands from Reichskreuzer Koenigsberg. The ship’s German crew and a German passenger were allowed to depart, while some cargo deemed war materials remained contested. Negotiations between the Koenigsberg commander and Bilbao officials continued, but Bilbao stated the matter was closed for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biarritz
France
Bilbao
Paris
Koenigsberg
Youths rounded up in Hinton fireworks raid
Police Chief E. B. Fox and Patrolman Harold Dillon arrested 13 youngsters for shooting off fireworks within the city. City Attorney P. J. Carr fined each offender $1.
Couple Dies Within 24 Hours Meador Funeral
Funeral services were held today for Mr. and Mrs. James I. Meador of Beckley who died within 24 hours of each other from pneumonia.
Hit and run driver hunted after man badly injured
HUNTINGTON December 29 John Hesson twenty four of Chesapeake was brought to Guthrie hospital semi conscious but able to say he remained on the highway all night after a hit and run crash. Sutton December 29 Mrs Ray Henderson and companion Miss Orpha Bragg were injured in a wreck of the Henderson car. The driver said the auto skidded on an icy highway.
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Huntington
John Hesson
Chesapeake
Guthrie Hospital
Hesson
Sutton
Ray Henderson
Orpha Bragg
Henderson
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Woman’s Club
Hiks Club
W. A. Beavers
Byuillamina Deegan
Mary Warden
Lessie Martin
Paul Warden
Rotary Club
Business Girl’ Club
Cocoa Cola Company
Harold McMillan
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
The
Elks Lodge
Simon Friedman
Stoward Glenn Davis
Engelhardt
Betty Stafford
Walnut Street
Charles Engelhardt
Dorothy Lambert
H.L Potts
H. L. Potts
H.R. Gibson
Virgil Rohrbough
John Burdett
J. S. Palmer
Delores Curry
J. W. Hamilton, Jr
W. E. Potter
Paul Ward
Lynn Faulkner
Fred Behroeder
Keith Rice
Louise Holt
Carrie Bennett
Virginia Hanway
Irene Kunst
Geneva Hi
Elizabeth Cummins Jackson
J. N. Tregellas
Grate Wolfe
Washington Street
Blanche Guard
Andrews Church
Rosebud Club
U. B
C. E. Ray
Star Sewing Club
James Hussion
Lincoln Street
Epworth League
C. T. Morehead
New Dixie
Chesi Olds
Edward Hussion
East Bluemont Street
Eugene Husston
C. E. Tighe
Mary Vonda Tighe
Maxine Tighe
Georgia
Lantz
Geraldine Husston
Charles Lowther
Edward Fusston
Proudfoot-Costello
Dolly Costello
Minor Costello
Philippi
Esker Proudfoot
Wade Proudfoot
E. Wayne Talbott
Glade Avenue
C. V. Cochran
Philippi Baptists Church
Proudfoot
Simpson Creek
Compan
Galloway
Edward Thomas
Route 50
Susanne Martin
Marialeena Malone
Nell Tucker
Evelyn Welch
Ruth Wel Miss Santgie
Jean Murrey Jr
J. Lee Evans
Fred Flanagan
Richard Robey
Chries Flanagan
Carl Weller
James Flanagan
Senate
F. R
Ssuuuuen Womage
Wilhelmstrasse
Spaniar
Chapin
Bein
SeSmile
Invader
Santa
Sentinel
J. Stanley Nicola
East Wilford St
Beech Street
Blueville
D. D. Teter
Gay Street
West Boyd Street
High Street
West Washington Street
W. Va
Union Brokerage, Inc
Court House Main
St. Fairmont
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