Marriages and club news from Wellsburg area society pages
Mrs Annabel P Swisher reports the marriage of Edna Bennett Hardin to Merle Bennett in Oakland Maryland on February 13, 137. Rev Patterson officiated and both graduates are noted. Also Mary Thomas Wince and Karl Wince wed December 26, 1936 in Wellsburg with teaching and WPA work mentioned. The 38th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Abel is celebrated at a Now and Then Sewing Club meeting with guests and gifts. Planning for January activities includes Elk's club meeting and Public Welfare service. Members from local clubs and departments are listed with names like Miss Sarah Carson and Mrs Lena Lambert attending.
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Bennett Hardin
Clay Hardin
Edna
Merle Bennett
J. E. Bennett
Oakland
Maryland
Winfield Patterson
St. Paul's M. E
Cove District
Barbour County
United States
Wince-Thomas
Mary
Igen
Mts
Abel
Saraharson
Luella Reese
Ruth Jett
Howard Kity
Lena Lambert
Frances Hay
C. W. Phillips
Es Club
Nization
The
Elk's Club
Public Welfare
A. O. H. Lodge
K. of C. Hall
First Church of Christ
Woman's Club
J. M. Riffee
Eva Love
Otterbein Guild
U.B
V. FP. W
M. E. Church
South
Helen McDaniel
Railroad Street
White Fawn Council
Pocahontas
Friendship Bible Calls
Fred White
Victor Si
Dan. T
Pocahontas Tri-State League
Frederick
American Legion, Auxiliary
Robert Wittman
Grand Street
Ment
Elk’s Club
Thomas E. Ennis
Morgantown
Kelso Goff Lodge
Martha Alice
Zanet Wilson Post
Zaner Wilson Post
Philippi and
Buckhannon
Lodge
Main Street
Mrs. Post
Faulty Card Reading in Bridge Column Discussion
Barclay critiques a bridge misread triggering blame on the reader and partner. Sets up a dealer North scenario with 1NT to 3NT and a spade lead. The column analyzes who is at fault, the reading of opening spade 8, and bidding implications for the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wane
South
North
West
East
Miss Sarah Musgrove Confined To Home Illness
Local society notes list visiting relatives from Bridgeport Terra Alta and Fairmont plus Hartwood and Buckhannon. Guests include Mrs. Nan Hoffman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Webster and Joan from Honolulu, and others visiting Fairmont and Buckhannon for New Year events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Musgrove
L. R. Bunner
Joseph Lee Evans, Jr
Donald Landacre
Bridgeport
Terra Alta
J. R. Monroe
Fleming
Hartwood
Nan 'K. Hoffman
Millersville
R.B. Webster
Joan
Honolulu
Charles Hoffman
Betty
Gen Harry
Buckhannon
Ed. McDaniel
Jerry Morgan
Fair
Fairmont
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Regina Lowther
Bethel Center
Kansas City
Kansas
Grafton
Kenneth Foster
George Foster
Huntington
Marshall College
Maxine Moose
West Washington Street
Edward Thomas
Algonquin Hotel
New York City
Bil Allender
Bluevile
Woody” Goskey
Clarksburg
Potomas State College
Janice Standbury
Philippi
Gladys and
Avenelle McDaniel
Iva Dell Headley
E. I. Headley
Blueville
Parkersburg
C. F. Burk
Elkins
Karl Glenn
East Washington Street
Ben
Keyser
John Burk
Burk
Mrs
Glenn
Injured Man Bernard Caster Returns Home After Crash
Bernard Caster age 28 sustained serious injuries in an automobile crash near Pittsburgh. He has been returned to his home for recovery and treatment.
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Parsons
Bernard Caster
Pittsburgh
To Be Manville No. 5 Rumor Ties Colette Francis to Manville
Rumors swirl that former Ziegfeld Follies showgirl Colette Francis may become Mrs. Tommy Manville No. 5. The Central Press notes speculation linking the socialite to the Manville family amid high society gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Colette Francis
Tommy Manville No
Central
Colette Francis
Tommy Manville
Ford Answers NLRB Charge
Ford Motor Company asked the National Labor Relations Board to set aside findings that it violated the Wagner Act and to rehear the case. The board had ordered reinstatement for 29 discharged workers and posting notices. Ford disputes the board’s authority, evidence, and conclusions, noting Michigan conditions at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Company Today
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
United Automobile Workers of America
Louis J. Colombo
Ford
Michigan
Bitter Fight Continues in House Delegation Roles
Johnson of Parkersburg will be among the busiest in the house delegation during opening week. As a member of the appropriations committee and sub-committee on post offices and independent agencies, he stayed in Washington to push budget cuts. Randolph also has a heavy schedule as a labor committee member and principal speaker on the wages hours bill. City clerk reports Clarksburg 1937 building permits at 522,011.95, down from 707,713 the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
George W. Johnson
Parkersburg
House
Appropriations Committee
Washington
Randolph
Jennings Randolph
Labor Committee
Clarksburg
Pomeroy Named Police Legion Post Commander
PAIRMONT Jan 3 Sergeant Henry E Pomeroy of Spencer was elected commander of the All State Police post No 112 of American Legion here yesterday He succeeds H N Rexroad of Charleston Also elected were Vice Commanders Sergeant R P Harris of Weston Sergeant C A Marshall of Charleston Sergeant L L Wall of Sutton and Sergeant Eean Hall of Beckley Adjutant Sergeant E C Holmbee of Charleston finance officer Sergeant N T Sites of Charleston sergeant at arms Trooper Elmer Cubine of Richmond historian Corporal Troy Alkire of Buckhannon and chaplain Sergeant Paul Thomas of Petersburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. T. Sites
Charleston
Elmer Cubine
Richmond
Troy Alkire
Buckhannon
Paul Thomas
Petersburg
Overcrowded Federal Prison For Women Spurs Call For West Coast Facility
Washington January 3 Sanford Bates director of federal prisons told Congress the housing and treatment of long term women prisoners has become acute. He cited 498 inmates at Alderson West Virginia as of June 30 1937 in a facility built for 500, noting overflow for over a year. He urged a maximum security institution in the West to handle 2500 women and tougher cases to cut transportation costs and aid rehabilitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
P— Sanford Bates
Congress
Federal Industrial Instituton For Women
Alderson
Wva
Bates
Los Angeles
Mississippi
Relief Headache Continues Across States
Jersey and several states may call special sessions on relief matters while others consider whisky control, horse race betting votes, dairy industry aid, a suggested Wagner act in New Jersey, and a 60 day cap on state legislative sessions as Rhode Island and South Carolina debate moves.
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Jersey
Reade Island
South Carolina
Virginia
Michigan
Nebraska
Idaho
Kentucky
Rhode Island
Robert B. Quinn
New York
Ikely
New Jersey
Seven youths die in wreck at Indiana crossing
Seven high school youths from Hicksville and Edgerton were killed when a car carrying them crashed through crossing gates, colliding with a passenger train in Butler, Indiana. Coroner B O Shook indicated fog on the windshield may have hid the warning gates as the car was traveling fast. Betty Grover of Butler survived the crash.
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Butler
Ind
Indiana
DeKalb County
B. O. Shook
John Figg
Figg
Beaten and struck down in front of motorists in Newark
Antoinette Interlale, 22, of Newark was killed after being beaten, shot ten times, and run over in view of drivers. Vincent Franco, 26, was held for the crime after authorities say he was spurned by the woman whom he had dated for three years. Coroner linked a car driven by Sarver to the fatal assault. Miller, Stauffer, Staup, Blythe and others noted as students or players in Edgerton schools.
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Hast
West
South
East
Antoinette Interlale
Newark
N. J
Vincent Franco
Franco
Central Press
Ing
Sarver
Miller
Stauffer
Staup
Blythe
Edgerton High
Virginian Railway lays off 168 Princeton workers
The Virginian Railway company announced a layoff of 168 employees at the Princeton shops citing general business conditions. The action reflects broader economic pressures impacting railway operations.
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Princeton
Virginian Railway Company
Arrest Woman for Shooting at Princeton Airport
Princeton officers detained 33 year old Alma Francis for investigation after a fatal shooting in a car at the Princeton Airport. Clarence Hansbarger, 43, an undertaker and businessman, was found dead with a bullet wound to the brain. Sheriff Crumpecker said Francis claimed she tried to attract attention for an hour. State police ballistics tests failed to identify the shooter. Hansbarger was the brother of E. Hansbarger, assistant state tax commissioner.
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Princeton
Alma Francis
Clarence Hansbarger
Miss Francis
Hansbarger
G. H. Crumpecker
Hansburger
A. Hansbarger
Aged farmer dies at Fairmont
Ed gar Lee Musgrave, 72, farmer, died after a long illness in Fairmont. He is survived by his widow, five daughters and three sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Edgar Lee Musgrave
Nine-year-old hurt by Christmas air rifle accident
Jan 3 report states Carl Greer received an air rifle as a Christmas gift. A misfire sent the toy into his eye, requiring hospital treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peckley
Carl Greery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Annabel P. Swisher
Society Reporter
Telephone
Rae Shumaker
Palipe
AS. Hawkins
B.E. Snyder
C. B Williams
Nelle Waddell
Laura Waddell
Lillian Hall Teter
Bruce Long
Louise Waddell
Virginia Rose Waddell
Lloyd Waddell
Curtis Lambert
Richard Weekley
Bessie Campbell
Jennie Waddell
Ruth
Parker
Wallace
Betty Shumaker
Joanna Hill
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Kappa Kappa Gama’s
Post
University of Pitsburgh
School of Dentistry
Alpha Kappa Psi
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
Manville No. 5
NLRB
Pomeroy
Police Legion
Federal Prisons
Solons
Olin Johnston
Marjory Roan
Gwendolyn Roan
Hicksville
Richard Staup
Marvin Miller
Lowell Blythe
Merle Sarver
Jacob Stauffer
Edgerton
Shook
Ohio
Betty Grover
Manhattan
Florsheim
Klein & Company
W. Main ST
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