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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1944

Page

3

Andrew's Society Picnic Dinner At Loar Residence

Andrew's Methodist church Circle No 2 hosts a picnic dinner on the Loar lawn. Mrs H K Debendarfer and Miss Lora Ford preside as co hosts and give blessings. Attendees include numerous members and guests such as Misses Ford McCartney and Bender and couples Yates and McFarland. A brief business session follows the meal. Army Rome commanders used homing pigeons for messages. The main items show a social church gathering with a post dinner meeting and unrelated notes about Rome and Japan.

Mapie Avenue L.J. Loar Circle No. 2 Te Wss The Andrew's J. D. Goff Jesse Trimble C. Shanan Ralph Shahan Nita Jean Nancy Joan Ocie Edwards Clarence Paugh H. C. Compton Carrie Sellers William Carder W. A. Woodyard Arthur Yates Fred McFarland C.’V. Miller Harry White Staley Paul Lee Loar J. N. Yates Patty Bender

Community Club and Church Meetings Schedule

July 12 events include American Legion Auxiliary at Latrobe Street Legion Home 8 p.m. King’s Daughters Bible class at Lena Garlow home Blueville 7 30 p.m. Woman’s Club Music Department picnic at Anne Bender Maple Avenue 10 p.m. July 13 R T S class Baptist church postponed Delta Nu Chapter Tau Phi Lambda dinner at Fay Littman Rest Haven 6 30 p.m. Circle 1 St Paul’s Methodist at James Parkhill Gay Street 2 30 p.m.

American Legion Auxiliary Legion Latrobe Street King’s Daughters Blueville Lena Garlow Woman's Club Anne Bender Maple Avenue The Baptist Church Delta Nu Tau Phi Lambda Supreme Forest Fay K. Littman Rest Haven St. Paul's James Parkhill Gay Street

Missionary Group Meets Last Night At Maple Avenue

The Missionary Society of the United Brothers church met at Mrs. James Welch’s home on Maple Avenue with twenty members and four guests. Mrs. Carl Boylen led the devotional on World Citizens, with Rev Lois Luander and Mrs Welch contributing. Members discussed World Citizens and Missionaries as World Citizens, plus related topics. refreshments followed. Mrs. C P Uhl of Warder Avenue will host in August. The note adds: Maine was the first state to vote dry in 1846.

United Brothern Church James Welch Maple Avenue Carl Boylen Lois Luander Welch

YEARCLAY ON BRIDGE By Shepard Barslay

Openings and play analysis overwrite a bridge hand with bidding errors and strategic choices. East overreaches on a second round spade bid, while South misleads with a diamond. North skillfully counters, delivering a ruff and careful discards to secure the contract.

Shepard Barslay East South East South West North Eeeomorrow

Fidelis Club Dinner Held On Washington Street Lawn

The Fidelis Club gathered Monday evening at 7 p m on Mrs. Rhea Fisher’s Washington street lawn for a dinner served by the club president. Business session followed by a social hour. Attending were numerous club members and guests Mrs Wirt Ferell of Huntington and Miss Helen Jean Grandstaff of Westernport Md.

Fidelis Club Rhea Fisher Washington Street Emma Morgan Nell Haslup Jaqualine Newton Rena Goodwin Gertrude Shaw Elizabeth Gill Wirt Ferell Huntington Helen Jean Grandstaff Westernport

Bunco Party Aids Public Library At Pearl Stover Home

A Bunco event for the Public Library benefit was held yesterday from 2 30 to 5 p m by the Eastern Star Woman's club at the West Main street home of Mrs Pearl Stover. Seven tables were played on the porch with winners including Mrs Leota Hartsool and Mrs Clara Batson.

Fastern Star Woman's Club West Main Street Pearl Stover Stover Leota Hartsool Clara Batson

Rag Doll Pattern Appeal at Grafton Sentinel

The notice promotes a rag doll pattern 7196 with transfer design and doll directions for a small fee. Send eleven cents to The Grafton Sentinel New York address with name address and pattern number, plus a 32 page Needlewors Book for fifteen cents.

Grafton Sentinel Household Arts W. 14Th St New York

Misses Travis and Smith Win Children Prizes

The prizes went to Betty Jean Travis and Nancy Smith for the children’s contests. Assisting hostesses included Mrs. Stover and Mrs. Debendarfer, Hartsook, Goff, Cather, and Corbin in entertaining guests.

Betty Jean Travis Nancy Smith Stover Mildred Debendarfer Leota Hartsook Iva Goff Margaret Cather Lillie Corbin

Miss Nancy Smith Birthday Observance at Eagles Ballroom

Mrs F S Smith of Maple Avenue hosted a dance at Eagles ballroom from 8 30 to 11 30 p m in honor of her daughter Nancy s thirteenth birthday. Mrs Dana Barker helped serve dessert at 11 pm. guests included Peggy Hamner Nancy Rohrbough Dian Poe Mary Lou Dean Jean Dean Joan McKinney Shirley Ann Miller Judy Miller Patty Sue Barker Jackie Smith Randall McKinney Reynolds Whetsell John Sargent William Bowman Donald Mylone Bill Young Bob Day and Jackie Edwards.

F. S. Smith Maple Avenue Eagles Nancy Dana Barker Smith Miss Smith Peggy Hamner Nancy Rohrbough Dian Poe Patty Sue Barker Jackie Smith Randall McKinney Reynolds Whetsell John Sargent William Bowman Donald ‘Mylone Bill Young Bob Day Jackie Edwards

What Makes A Hitch Hiker

In Miner al Wells, an applicant failed his ninth examination for a driver's license in Austin Texas.

Austin, Tex

Briefly Told Visits and Departures Share Local News

Mrs Dorsey Bolyard and Mrs James Sterling of Baltimore visited their parents Mr and Mrs H N Phillips on Country stub road and their husbands parents Mr and Mrs Shade Bolyard and Mr and Mrs Frank Sterling in the city. Grant Smith, a local printer, returned from Washington, DC after helping settle the estate of the late Sally Wade. Mrs Lewis Whetzler and children from Monongahela City, Pa., stayed with Mr and Mrs A R Williams on West Main. Robert Bord of Akron, Ohio, visited his sister Mrs Michael Cody and family on West Main. Mrs Michael Cody and son Micky returned from Washington DC. Mrs A Brown of 362 West Main hosted her sister Mrs Hattie Wotring and Ada Wotring from Toledo. Mrs Harold Kramer, called to Huntington for illness of brother Wirt Ferell, returned home to Bluefield with Mr and Mrs Ferell and son Tommy for a few days.

Dorsey Bolyard James Sterling Baltimore H. N. Phillips Shade Bolyard Frank Sterling Washington—D Grant Smith Washington, D. C Sally Wade Pennsylvania Lewis. Whetzler Jane Kathleen Billy Monongahela City A.R. Williams West Mainstreet Akron Robert Bord Ohio Michael Cody R. C. Bord Peck Bord Micky West Main Street Toledo A. Brown Hattie Wotring Ada Wotring Huntington Harold Kramer Wirt Ferell Blueville Ferell Tommy

Examiners Question Reading of Instructions

The examiner asks if the student ever read the book of instructions and the reply is no. The dialogue notes a belief that repeated visits may tire the examiner into granting a license without examination. It also mentions student officers ending the practice of roping and riding buffaloes.

Health Quiz Promises Quick Digestive Relief Pills

A health quiz claims poor digestion causes headaches and irritability and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills to increase digestive juice flow. The ad asserts relief in as little as 30 minutes and persuades readers to buy at drugstores for 10 cents or 2 dollars.

Nature Carter Drugstore

Turkey’s Postwar Role and Allied Aims

A Turkish view of Allied postwar aims stresses political and territorial integrity and seeks clear conditions for Turkish armament and obligations if war enters. Turkish leaders question postwar plans and fear greater future ills if they do not participate, while Allies acknowledge uncertainty about the postwar world and concealment of military plans.

Turkey Cairo

Allied advances and German counterattack reported

Americans continuing their push along a river tributary of the Tiber advanced further as a German counterattack in the Pietralunga area caused a slight Allied ground loss. On the Adriatic coast Italian troops were credited with gains as the war press summarized actions across multiple fronts.

Tiber Pietral‘unga Adriatic

Allied push nears Ancona as German retreat resumes

Allied forces press toward Ancona eight miles from the Musone river while German withdrawals abandon Pettovaliane Traviggiano and Avenale. Bersaglieri patrols and Polish troops spearhead the advance in the Adriatic sector. Poles report 1,700 Germans killed or captured and 81 guns seized. Allies fly 800 sorties including a heavy attack on Toulon. behind the lines, Italian and allied air actions continue over Yugoslavia and Albania with four planes missing.

Musone Ancona Pettovaliane Traviggiano Avenale Bersagliéri Corps of Liberation Adriatic Toulon Yugoslavia Albania

Red Army advances through Baltic region press Germans hard

Red Army forces surged toward Kaunas and along the Wilno railway as Stormoviks and Soviet medium bombers hit retreating German units. Allied observers say forests swamps and lakes favor Soviet air attacks cutting German lines of communication and contributing to heavy German losses, with over 2,600 killed reported on the front.

RED Army Pripyat Kurt Bittmar Office of War Information Stockholm Afton Tidningen East Prussia Ils Russia Kaunas Wilno Woronow Lida Gordno Bailystok Warsaw Grodno Baranowicze

Flying Bomb Evacuation Efforts Expand Seaside Towns

Fragmentary wartime report notes England expanding evacuation aid to popular seaside resorts Weymouth Torquay and Bournemouth the new areas opened to assist in the wartime population shift. Peak holiday season approaches as crodds (crops) and accommodations pressures rise, with authorities urging public cooperation.

England Weymouth Torquay

One Yard Pattern Bonet and Sundress Pattern 9339

A vintage sewing notice advertises pattern 9339 for a sunfrock and bonnet requiring one yard of cotton. It lists sizes from 6 months to 4 years and notes fabric needs, pricing, and how to request the Marian Martin Summer Pattern Book by sending cents to a New York address.

Sentinel Dept. West New-York Marian Martin

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