Calendar notes for Grafton area December 31 to January 6
Calendar entries list meetings and events in Grafton Brownlow and area from December 31 to January 6. Highlights include Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen at Eagle's Home 250 West Main, King's Daughters Bible Class at Myrtle Brown's home, Taylor County Boots and Saddle Club meeting in City Building, G.I.A to B of L.E. installation of officers, Alpha Mu Chapter Beta Sigma Phi party at K of C Hall, and Grafton Quota Club gathering at Episcopal parish house. Patty Gallagher and James Stevens noted as host or president respectively. Membership fee due noted for the Boots and Saddle Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Railway
Eagle's
W. Main &I
King's Daughters Bible Class
Blueville
G.I. A
B of L.E
K. of P. Hall
Alpha Mu Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
K. of C. Hall
Grafton Quota Club
Episcopal Parish House
Personal Guests Mentioned in Holiday Visit List
Mrs L C Nechling of Uniontown Pa visits son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs W C Wilhide Beech St. Out of town guests include Mr and Mrs L F Morris parents of Mrs Gray from West Union Mr and Mire Thomas Morris Mrs Rita Underwood and daughter West Union Mr and Mrs Franklin Squires and children Mr and Mrs Robert Snider Morgantown Mr and Mrs Abrey Moore Jr and children Fairmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Nechling
Union- Town
W. C. Wilhide
Beech St
H. Gray
L. F. Morris
Gray
West Union
Mire
Thomas Morris
Ronita Underwood
Franklin Squires
Robert Snider
Morgantown
Abrey Moore, Jr
Fairmont
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Set for Late December
December 28 admissions include Hallie Goodwin Maple Ave and Cynthia Morgan Canton plus discharges for James R. Kelley Rt. 4 and Rose Marie Fitzwater Simpson. December 29 admissions list Betty Loy Wasner Addison St Clara Kilamore Rt. 4 Edna Long Independence Donalyn Tansill Rt 2 Hattie Harvey Rt 4 Nellie Risenour Rowbury. Discharges December 29 include Annabelle Harr W Main St Rose Pyles Rt 4 Roseann Ford W Main St Maude Hoben Feech St Ruby Baylor Tunnelton Pauline VanHorn Rt 3 Helen Farance Pearl St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallie Goodwin
Maple Ave
Cynthia Morgan
Canton, C
James R. Kelley
Rt. 4
Rose Marie Fitawater
Simpson
Timothy Rogers
Lincoln St
Betty Loy Wasner
Addision
Clara Kilamore
Edna Long
Donalyn Tansill
Hattie Harvey
Nellie Risenour
Rowbury
Annabelle Harr
W. Main St
Rose Pyles
Roseann Ford
W. Main
Maude —Hoben
Feech
Ruby Baylor
Tunnelton
Pauline VanHorn
Helen Farance
Pearl St
Birth of Daughter to Mr and Mrs George Tansill
Mr and Mrs George Tansill of Rt 2 Grafton announce the birth of a daughter at Graf ton City Hospital at 3 12 am December 29 weighing five pounds and 1 4 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tansill
Rt. 2
Grafton
Grafton City Hospital
Freases Hold Open House in Holiday Event
Mr and Mrs J R Frease hosted an open house on Sunday from 4 to 6 pm at their McGraw Avenue home. The event featured holiday decorations and 40 guests attended including out of town visitor Mrs L C Nechling of Uniontown Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Frease
McGraw Ave
L. C. Nechling
Uniontown
County Social Life Brings Members Together in Decorated Home
A party hosted by Mrs. Tarlock Rasmussen invited Tuesday Bridge Club members and guests to a festive gathering with holiday greens. After a dessert, guests played bridge, heard church notes, and enjoyed a wedding account linking Miss Patricia Dailey of Brecksville to William Tucker of Palm Beach Air Force Base in a Lake Worth ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarlock Rasmussion
Tuesday Bridge Club
Lake Worth
Fla
Friedman
Kennedy
William Turner
Frank Schilt
Mus Aereel Sy
Lake
EB. L. Young
Lison
Robert A
Hrease A Savage
Rosemont
Louis Dring
William Tucker
Palm Beach Air Force Base
James Young
Marvin Nelson
Palm Beach
Young
Stanley Bowles
Savage
Lake [Worth
Stetson U University
DeLand, Fla
Flemington High School
States
Circle D. Trailer Court
Richard Wycostek
Patricia Dailey
Becksville
Robert Savage
Lady Devart
Haymond Community Club Quilts
The Haymond Community Club held its December meeting in the church annex with 15 members and four guests present. Quilting was enjoyed in the morning a covered dish luncheon followed honoring Miss Lou Poe and Debra Watts birthdays. A short program of songs and readings ended with a gift exchange. Those present included Mrs Virginia Henderson Mrs Ela Wood Mrs Marcelle Riggleman Miss Lee Poe Miss Emily Poe Mrs Flora Riggleman Mrs Bertha Montgomery Mrs Eva Boyles Mrs Livnie Lipps Mrs Bertie Bolyard Mrs Susan Neaver Mrs Tuli Satterfield Mrs Florence Watkins Mrs Eliabeth Watkins and guests Mrs Helen Watts Brebra Miss Dolores Bolyard Mrs Eleth Balsar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Haymond Community Club
Lou Poe
Debra Watts
Virginia Henderson
Ela Wood
Marcelle Riggleman
Misses Lee
Emily Poe
Flora Riggleman
Bertha Montgomery
Eva Boyles
Livnie Lipps
Bertie Bolyard
Susan Neaver
Tuli Satterfield
Florence Watkins
Eliabeth Watkins
Helen Watts and
Brebra
Dolores Bolyard
Eleth Balsar
Mt Pleasant WSCS Baskets and Christmas Gatherings
The Mt Pleasant Church WSCS met December 17 at the community building with devotion by Olive Cornwell and lesson by Helen Thomas. They assembled good cheer baskets for local seniors and held a gift exchange. Hostesses served refreshments to a long list of attendees. Also noted were the Glade Run Club December 18 gathering, a family Christmas dinner, and a Hepzibah Grade School Christmas program on December 20 with a gift exchange afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
Mt. Pleasant Church
Olive Cornwell
Helen Thomas
Lena Moore
Cluie Cornwell
Audra Goodwin
Mrs. W. Godwin
Nancy Cozad
Florence Knotts
Hazel Goodwin
Billie Moore
Lulu Bolyard
Lillian Thomas
Dar Goodwin
W. H. Goodwin
Robert Goodwin
Claudis Bolyard
W. H Goodwin
Linda
Noel Goodwin
Cerll Oowell
Clyde Powell
Herbie Powell
Staney Stafford
Billy, Tom
Old Pottery Found on Grey Cloud Island Sheds Light on Early Native Craft
Researchers from St. Paul Science Museum uncover a handful of ancient pottery on Grey Cloud Island in the Mississippi River below St Paul. The artifacts, over 4,000 years old, may be the oldest of their kind in the United States. Also noted are reports of residents Martha Bailey and John Harris visiting from Ft. Riley Kansas and Brannon Biffle returning home after surgery at Broaddis Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
United States
St. Paul Science Museum
Grey Cloud Island
Mississippi River
St Paul
Mitch
Martha Bailey
John Harris
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Brannon Biffle
Broaddis Hospital
Fire engines repurposed for Cedar Rapids parks
When Cedar Rapids city council rejected a high enough bid to sell two 1929 fire engines, the vehicles were transferred to the park board for children's play use in city parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Park Board
New Year Resolutions Turn Personal Reform Into Irony
A New York piece satirically rewrites self improvement, listing tongue in cheek rules for daily resolutions. The narrator mocks guilt driven aims, proposes nonstandard goals like running up charge accounts, skipping polite bus manners, and quitting calories counting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James F. Bender
Bender
Sam
Moatsville Christmas Programs and Cable Progress
Moatsville community hosts holiday events with a church program by Young Peoples Society and Moatsville School, Santa visits, and quiet Christmas Day. Progress on telephone cable reaches Phelps section and Freeman home, with remaining gaps toward Kasson and Moatsville core slated for early week completion. Families Ritter and sons Donnie David Michael involved in underground cable work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moatsville
Young Peoples Society
Methodist Church
Santa Claus
Phelps
William Freeman
Kasson
F. L. Ritter
Duane Ritter
Paul Ritter
Donnie
David
Michale
Man rushes IRS office with cash for overdue tax
An elderly Worcester man appeared at the Internal Revenue Service office and offered a roll of cash claiming it was payment for his quarterly estimated tax. The cashier refused the money as records showed the bill had been paid in full a month earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
U.S. Internal Revenue Service Office
Christmas Visitors and Obituary in Philippi Area
Local families including Gall Semmelman Ritter and Duckworth spent Christmas in Philippi and nearby areas visiting relatives. J C Annon former resident was found dead. survived by three sons Earl Baltimore Dorsey New York Earl Alberta Virginia. Funeral held at Phillips Funeral Home with interment near Meadowville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
D.C. Gall
Philippi
L. D. Semmelman
Eugene Ritter
Alexandria
Virginia
J. H. Semmelman
Man
Teresa
Neat
Donald Semmel- Philippi
E. D. Semmelman
Ray Duckworth
College Hill
Martha Gall
Ginevra
Marguette Freeman
T. A. Cline
Nestorville
Robert Coffman
Fairmont
Russell Coffman
Phillppt
John C. Annon
Earl
Baltimore
Dorsey
New York City
Alberta
Phillips Funeral Home
Philip
Made
Meadowville
Auxiliary of NPTA In Meeting
Pauline Gerkin hosted the Woman's Auxiliary of the National Postal Transport Association at her home on Saturday evening in a holiday themed setting. Ruth Knotts chaired the business session and a gift exchange followed with refreshments for Maude Batson Ariah Bunner Melba Beverlin Ruth Knotts Stella Knotta and Helen Withers. Ruth Knotts will host the next meeting on January 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Gerkin
National Postal Transport Association
Ruth Knotts
Maude Batson
Ariah Bunner
Melba Beverlin
Stella Knotta
Helen Withers
Met Opera Star Steber Weds Army Major in West Virginia
Metropolitan Opera singer Miss Steber of Wheeling marries Major Andrews in Fort Salocom West Virginia. The ceremony was conducted by a chaplain as Steber tours Saigon previously served as information officer in Vietnam. The bride, previously divorced, delayed honeymoon to rehearse for Vanessa world premiere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Salocom
Metropolitan Opera
Steber
Army
Andrews
South
Gon
Vietnam
State Depot
Saigon
U. S
U. S. Army Information School
William Cystéber Sr
Wheeling
Bert Lytelly
William C. Stéber Jr
Louis Kniep Jr
Miss Steber
Bavin Bilby
Vanessa
Glan—Carlo Menott
Samuel Barber
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Arollers
Srapton Sentinel
Tarlock Rasmussen
Robert. Savage
Florida City
Rosemont School
P.T.A
Lantz Shingleton
Robert Marks
William Nestor
Ramona Neupter
Clyde Bush
Alice Bailey
Sallie Dawson
Ramona Neuport
Frank M. Christian
Alice Stephens
Tessie Webb
Earl Caldwell
Mabel Reed
Billy Goodwin
Charles Reed
Rebah
Square Dance Parkway
Helen Bassetts
Variety Ramblers
the Parkway
Mollie Painis
United Press Women's Editor
E. D. Semmelma
NPTA
Holiday With
Jeff Morrow
Jerry
BANKO
Tiser
Grafton Sentinel
West
Weds Army Ma
Baldwist
Wurlitzer Pianos
Emvai
C. B. Fawley ,Co
W. Vac
Frigidaire Electric
Monongahela Power CO
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