Birthday party for Esther Mullennx highlights Fourth of July
Esther Mullennx celebrated her eighth birthday with a red white and blue party on July 4 featuring cake ice cream and punch. Guests listed include Sharon Car Pong Dafvander Willie Jean Patty Thorh ot Philippi ler and many others. A separate piece notes a Warder farm picnic hosted by the Past Matrons and Patrons of Na oil chapter No. 12 Eastern Star with a picnic dinner and games. The social calendar lists multiple July events across local churches and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Lee Mullennx
Abd
Sharon Car- Pong
Dafvander
Willie Jean Patty Thorh
Philippi
Ler
Betty" Randolph
Rath ‘Locke
Jean Bright
Marion Stevens
Pattie Smith
Betty Hofmai
Phyllis ‘Boyce
Charles Rogera
Jatkie’Stevens
David Lee Woodford
Donnie Butcher
Warder Farm
Naoil Chapter No
Order of Eastern Star
Ada Kenneth Cole
Oats and Sons
Ella Bhtger
Ruby Bonafield
Sana Numim
Dessie Goueh
JW Reger
Weaver
Bearl Stover
J. B. Leafado
Klayde Spaur
Ora K Lobr
Rose Murphy
Lacy ‘Warder
Francis Watt
M.E. Love
Ruth Warder
David Mucas
Frank Wolfe
May. Thayer
Thii
Spigotl Monroey
Igre Ay
George Presse
Bna'o. Éys
Cirrie Cole
Guy ‘Ringler
Elsie
War Cloud Gathers As Expert Panel Sees European Conflict
At the Norman Wait Foundation Institute luncheon at the University of Chicago a group of experts warned that war in Europe could erupt by year end. Arthur Sweetser cited pervasive war psychosis while Samuel Harper warned of fall conflict unless Hitler heeds the Danzig issue, noting Hitler’s power has grown through Danzig’s significance.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Norman Wait Foundation Institute
Arthur Sweetser
League ‘of Nations
Europe
Geneva
Samuel N. Harper
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Harper
Hitler
Picnickers urged to join bridge club and birthday party
Members of both organizations and families are urged to attend a daylong picnic. Mrs. James C Holt hosted a bridge party at the Holt home with prizes to J Paul Murphy and Mrs Ward Blaney. A birthday surprise for Mrs C F McDermott featured banco and Chinese checkers with many guests and dainty refreshments.
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Ladies Aid Society of
Main Street
Methodis
Lulu Jackson
Duckworth
Monroe Street
Ladies Aid Society
U. B
Parkview Nazarene
Mamie Bailey
British West Indies
Leion
Grafton Park
B. and O. Veterans
Clara Fawyer
VFW
Judson Missionary ‘Society
First Baptist Church
W. E. Robinson
West Main Street
General Aid Society
St. Paul’s
Bridge Club
James C. Holt
Holt
Dewey Avenue
J. Paul Murphy
Ward Blaney
H. H. Holt
Alice Margaret ‘Holt
Murphy
James F. Holt
Paul Murphy
Harold L. Noble
W. C. Lawson
Racing to the Goal and Card Play Notes
The fragment describes football and bridge bidding strategies, mentioning players carrying the ball toward the goal and a card play sequence with Spades and No Trump. It references South North positions and a Blackwood convention, noting how tricks and aces affect outcomes.
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North
Powell and McDermott Names in Local Notice
Mrs. Bess Powell, Charles McDermott, Norman Heaton, Helen McDermott, Virginia Satterfield, and C F McDermott appear in a local public notice listing residents and associated parties connected to the matter.
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Mrs. Bess Powell
Charles McDermott
Norman Heaton
Helen McDermott
Virginia Satterfield
C. F. McDermott
Wilt announces birth of 7 pound son
Mr and Mrs Harry Wilt announce the birth of a seven pound son at their home on Tuesday July 4.
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Harry Wilt
Uly
Mrs Maude Bush Improves After Illness Visit
Mrs Maude Bush of Grafton fell ill while visiting friends in Altoona Pennsylvania over the Fourth and is rapidly improving She is expected to return within a week or ten days J Lester Bush her husband who was summoned to Altoona by her illness returned to the city last night and plans to go back early next week Mr and Mrs G Fred Haymond returned from Washington DC where they attended the funeral of Frank H Newham brother of Mrs Haymond Mrs A J Myers of 429 W Fran
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Maude Bush
Grafton
Altoona
J. Lester Bush
G. Fred Haymond
Washington, D. C
Frank H. Newham
Local residents and visitors noted in city notices
Cis street travelers head to New Market and other cities for visits including Philadelphia and Wilkes Barre. G Edgar Stone and family host in Toledo while Loretta and Jack Thompson plan trips to New York and the World’s Fair. Hospital admissions include Miss Alice Henderson and O B Wyckoff, with major operations for Robert Davisson. Discharges follow minor procedures for Walter Hawker Jr and James Watkins.
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G. Edgar Stone
Toledo
Ohio
W. C. Stone
Warder Avenue
Loretta Thompson
Jack Thompson
Parkview
New York City
Ann McGary
Alice Henderson
Lincoln Street
City Hospital
O. B. Wyckoff
Love Plaza
Robert Davisson
Pearl Street
Walter Hawker, Jr
West Main Street
Fred Jackson Love Plaza
James Verne Watkins
Main Street
J. W. Ault
Wheeling
C. and P
Nazis restrict Jews form new Reichs Union in Germany
Berlin July 7 The Nazis establish a new organization the Reichs Union of Jews in Germany to speed emigration and curb contact with Germans. It requires all Jews except foreigners to join. Interior Minister Frick can dissolve groups and absorb them, with property passing to the state. About 40,000 Jews remain, 250,000 having emigrated already.
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Berlin
Reich's Union of Jews In
Germany
William Frick
Union Control Over Schools Remains Centered
The report notes that administration of schools continues to rest with the union, maintaining centralized oversight and consistent policies across member districts. It highlights ongoing governance practices and the formal structure guiding district decisions under union authority.
Sixth GM plant closed as tool workers strike spreads
Detroit July 7 The CIO United Automobile Workers strike closed a sixth General Motors plant as Federal Labor Conciliator James F. Dewey pressed leaders and executives toward a joint conference. The Fisher Body plant No 37 also shut, lifting idle overall to over 4,000 with four GM divisions closed the day before and another last week. GM President William S Knudson warned a prolonged strike could idle as many as 100,000 production workers.
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Detroit
Cio-United Automobile Workers
General Motors
James F. Dewey
Tool and
Dle
Fisher Body
G. M. Division
William 8. Knudson
G. M
Grafton Man Fined for Polluting Stream
Philippi July 7 Victim Yates 45 a Grafton junk dealer was fined 25 dollars by Justice Bennett England and Casto game protectors after admitting he opened an abandoned mine at Lillian south of Philippi and allowed poisonous mine water to enter the Tygarts Valley river killing fish.
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Philippi
Tygarts Valley
Gorman Yates
Grafton
Guy Bennett
L. D. England
C. R. Casto
Yates
Lillian
Astor Man Is Released After Paying Arrearage
Evan Ware of Astor, a miner, was jailed for non support but released after paying eight weeks arrearage totaling $24. Justice A B Knabenshue ordered him to resume $3 weekly support payments and dismissed the case after a reprimand.
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Evan Ware
Astor
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Ware
Chief Edward Rose Reinstated After Mandamus Writ
In Wheeling on July 7 an order reappoints Chief Edward Rose after a six day dismissal by City Manager Walter Smith. The judges J. P. OBrien and J. Harold Brennan granted the writ of mandamus from the courts to restore Rose to his post.
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Wheeling
Edward Rose
Jtdeés
J. P. O'Brien
J. Harold ‘Brennan
Walter Smith
Rose
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