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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1949
Page
3
A surprise Friday evening party honored Miss Dolores Jean Norris on her sixteenth birthday. Hosted by her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Norris at their Brown ow Park home, the event featured games and music with many lovely and useful gifts for the guest of honor.
Late in the evening refreshments were served by Mrs Norris to numerous guests including Willadene Sapp Rosalene Shaffer Barbara Hughes Ann Newcome Nan Newcome Alice Jean Dais Marilyn Carruthers Clyde Debarr Ranny McKinney Ralph Richman Dick Foe Jimmy Watkins Dickie Norris June Hamilton and Mr and Mrs Clyde Norris Mr and Mrs George Nevis and guest Dolores.
Miss Norma Jean Moyer received a bridal shower Friday at Miss Marion Goughs home on West Washington Street. Hostesses and guests praised her future marriage to Arthur Eugene Ringler, planned for next Saturday at Simpson Methodist Church. The room featured pastel decorations and a cake inscribed Luck Norma Jean, with guests and relatives noted.
A list of local July gatherings includes Judson Missionary Society, Grafton Business Girls, Women’s Hospital Auxiliary, and various circle groups at St Pauls and St John’s churches with dates from July 6 to July 14. An aging population fact closing the notice states about 7.6 percent of Americans are 65 or older.
Brief notices recount vacation returns from Atlantic City and New York City. Cincinnati guests attend a debut tea for Miss Mary Frances Morrison at the Cincinnati Women's Club. A birth announces Jacquelyn Difatta born June 28 in Baltimore. Weekend guests include Leing McFadden from Pittsburgh visiting the Kimble family. Hospital admissions and discharges list local residents, plus visitors from McKeesport and weekend guests at 321 West Washington Street.
St Pauls Methodist WSCS held its annual Birthday Dinner at the church with 45 members and guests attending. The event opened with invocation by Mrs. George W Twynnam, followed by a meal served by several members. A brief business meeting led by president Mrs Junior Pratt was followed by a program featuring songs for each month led by Mrs Arlie Leonard, vocal solos by Miss Ellen Gainer and Mrs Elizabeth McKeen, skits by Mrs Roy Hargett, and the closing Bless Be the Tie that Binds. Guests included Mrs Freya George, Mrs Virginia Taylor of Charleston, and Mrs Evelyn Lund of Grafton.
A brief note describes laundering mixed fabrics and whites in a single load and using an automatic dryer for white clothes. It emphasizes safe washing compatibility and dry handling guidelines for household garments.
A London postoffice reports thefts of 1 200 pen holders and 7 200 pen points within a month. Notes say pens lack moving parts yet are widely misused. Alaska is described as a territory with power resources. Other items mention a potential Pennsylvania candy factory strike, penguins’ nesting instinct, and golfers seeking the nineteenth hole for tea.
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