Bridge party and wedding notices in Grafton area
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Dow Phillips hosted a bridge party at 205 N Maple Avenue. Prizes went to Mrs Paul Smith first and Mrs Ben F Wilson second. The same column updates on a quiet wedding between Miss Byll Marsh Spaur and Mr George Delbert Clark in Kalamazoo Michigan and other local social items including club meetings and a park picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Dow Phillips
N. Maple Avenue
Phillpp
Paul Smith
Ben F. Wilson
Ottomas
Ben F. Jon
Paul Smith Ratton
T. Upehureh
Galloway
Thelma Dawson
Cameron
Byntee Withers
Parkersburg
H. Y. Shank
Elkins
Spaur
Clark
W. A. Spaur
Kirby Street
Grafton High School
Thomas Gough
Akron
Agnes Warne
Jenman College
Adrian
Mich
Louise Glenn
West
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Main Street
Taylor county to discuss agricultural extension plan
Taylor county residents heard a proposed program to direct agricultural extension work in the area. Superintendent Shriver noted farm and business leaders will discuss levying a small tax to provide for an agricultural agent. The meeting Monday night is expected to reveal more details impacting farm club work and broader county interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shriver
Taylor County
Local Society Notes From Blueville and Surroundings
Mrs Charles Young and two children of Sandusky Ohio visit her parents Mr and Mrs Ira Rogers of Blueville Miss Klaude Spaur at West Virginia University summerschool spends weekend at home Miss Mae R Dye and party visit Kennel Gardens St Clairsville Ohio Arnold Grob prominent farmer Wilson Ridge was in Gratton today on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers O'Day
Mildred O'Day
Mitchell O'Day
Sandusky
Ohio
Earl Rogers
Ira Rogers
Blueville
Charles Young
Klaude Spaur
West Virginia University
Mae R. Dye
Kennel Gardens
St. Clairsville
Arnold Grob
Wilson Ridge
Gratton
Lemon Pies Poison Families In Chicago
Seven people from two Chicago families fell critically ill after eating lemon pies bought from a neighborhood bakery. Mrs Clarence Mortenson and Mrs George Smith shared pies. health officials tested foods from both households and the bakery as investigators probe the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Clarence Mortenson
George Smith
Health Department
4-H Club Expands in Rural County Guidance Program
Superintendent Shriver outlines new 4-H club efforts with Martha Glenn Flesher and H. E. Flesher guiding a growing rural program. Existing clubs are cited as models for educational and vocational guidance not matched by other groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shriver
Martha Glenn Flesher
H. E. Flesher
Helen Scranage
Evelyn Miller
Abbott names Percy White as examiner
P H White a former Grafton resident and Grafton High School graduate was appointed assistant state bank commissioner. He will relocate to Charleston to join the state banking department. White previously served as vice president of Clarksburg Trust Company and has long been active in banking across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. White
Grafton
State Banking Department
Charleston
Mr. White
Grafton High School
Clarksburg ‘Trust Company
Clarksburg
Bank Examiner White Named In Charleston Report
Assistant Bank Examiner White, son of the late Arthur White and nephew of local merchant S. K. White, is identified in a Charleston report as officially connected with the banking commission since July 1. The announcement appeared on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Arthur White
S. K. White
Charleston
Banking Commission
Rome Fliers Busy With Honors From Students
Captain Lewis A Yancey and Roger Q Williams woke to a hundred American students singing the Star Spangled Banner from a Rome balcony. They shook hands, signed autographs, and posed for photos before touring Centocelle air field with Major George E Lovell Jr. They wore tuxedos for receptions and visited the Foreign Press Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Lewis A. Yancey
Roger Q. Willams
Centocelle Military Air Field
George E. Lovell, Jr
Swanson Applies for Passport to Join Husband in Paris
Actress Gloria Swanson has filed for a French passport and plans to sail August 2 from New York to join her husband, Marquis De La Falaise. She recently returned to the United States from Europe to work on films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Gloria Swanson
France
New York
Marquis de la Falaise
Miss Swanson
America
Rotary board of trade forms in Grafton area
Grafton and Taylor County Rotary leaders report a new board of trade is organized with sixteen directors ready to act. Fred Watkins elected president. committees named to outline immediate programs in aims, vocational and club service, community service, and subgroups on employment relations, competitor relations, program, education, public relations, fellowship, inter-club, attendance, classification, and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Bartlett
New Grafton and Taylor County
Jed” Watkins
Les” Loar
Bill” Beavers
Judge Compton
Soapy" Keefer
Slim” Starcher
Willie” Manley
Compton
Monte” Parrish
O. Jay" Fleming
Tom" Bartlett
Herb, Bennett
Wallace” Hurd
Luke” Warder
Chuck” Brinkman
Soapy” Keefer
Jed” Robinson
Paul’’ Warden
Geo
Jolliffe
Tal
Engle
Slim'' Starcher
Rufus" Sawyer
Dick” Evans
Les” Bush
Tom” Bartlett
Brad ” Murray
Metz” Metzner
Herb” Bennett
Burke
Sed” Robinson
Warden
Tom
Pineapple Pie Recipe Or Notes From An Old Kitchen
Old style pie instructions mix flour salt lard and cold water into a stiff dough. Reserve one third for the crust top and criss cross bake in a mud oven about 25 minutes. Pineapple filling uses pineapple sugar flour salt lemon egg and flavoring mixed then poured into crust. Mentions Tomlinson Splinter Cuppett and others among Health Activities and Public Affairs staff.
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Cail
Gratton Sentinel
Biblrial ‘Department
Betha Pi Theta
John A. Clark
Detroit
Peddie and Culver Military Academy
Clark Boiler and Tank Company
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Rapid City
World Wide Guild
First Baptist Church
Nellie Swiger
Washington, D. C
Nellis
John Ward Brown
Clyde Bennett
Rosa Moats
Mrs. Gough
Blue Monday Bridge Club
UN Gough
Friendship Lodge
Friendship Lodge No. 8
K. of P
Loren A. Hoffman
Ira Lewis
J. B. Kimmel
Chester Schaffer
Kansas City
George Granneman
T.B. Campbell
Frank Bennett
C. M. Biggs
S. M. Zinn
Geant
Fred
Shingleton
Fairmont
King's Daughters Bible Class
U. B. Church
Grafton Park
Ladies Aid
Effie Brown
Beulah Baptist Ladies Aid Society
Pruntytown
Donley Matthews
Mountaineer Council No. 44
Edgar Breakall
Race Street
Cumberland, Md
Breakall
George M. Duvall
John Gibson
Duvall
C. Raddock
Fred Domar
L. T. Walker
A. M. Rust
Howard Thompson
Lee Dawson
Julian Warnock
Paddock
Studebaker
Smith Auto Co
Grand Street
Grafton, W. Va
G. M. C. Trucks
Nash
Pierce Arrow Cars
Essex
Oaklands
Yeggs
Abbott
Percy White
Gloria
Markee
Paris
Brazil
The
Diario de Pernambuco
Willys- Overland
Ing
Toledo, Ohio
Whippet
Willys-Overland
Toledo
Mullen
Tobias
Latrobe St. Standard
Atlantic City
Princess Ocean
South Carolina
Ave
Paul.c. Rosecrans
J&j
Burton & Randolph Inc
Rotarians
Alexander George
Coles
Tomlinson
J “A. V." Cuppett
Bray
Eck
We Public Affairs
Charley “Wyck” Wyckott
Osgood
West Main St
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