Briefly Told Local Visitors Births and Discharges
Briefly Told notes recent visitors Mr and Mrs R H Pembroke of Park Hill and Pembroke Mackin street. Birth announced of Homer Bell II born July 11 at Garfield Memorial Hospital in Washington DC to Homer Bell Jr Alexandria VA and Roy Burnside Maple Ave and Homer Bell Sr Boyd Street grandparents. Discharge of Wallace D McVicker from Ft Meade Md to start home with wife and two children on High Street. George C Newcome convalescing from three months illness after St Marys Hospital discharge. Long Island visit of Mrs W C Pembroke and children Compton and Natalie. Appendectomy for Miss Vonda Jean Bolyard. Frank McKain discharged from Navy at Bainbridge Md. July 15 Quota club meets Belvedere club at 6 15 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Bell, Jr
Alexandria
Virginia
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Washington, D. C
Homer Bell, II
Roy Burnside
Maple Avenue
Homer Bell, Sr
Boyd Street
Wallace D. McVicker
High Street
Ft. Meade
Maryland
McVicker
Boca Raton Air Field
Florida
Past Matron and Patron Honored at Eastern Star Banquet
Mrs Anna Nuzum junior past matron and Percy W Robison junior past patron were honored at the annual Past Patrons and Matrons banquet at the Belvedere Club by Chapter No 12 Eastern Star. Thirty six members attended as flowers and candles adorned tables. Social conversation and group singing filled the evening with no special program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Nuzum
Percy W. Robison
Belvedere Club
Order of Eastern Star
Robison
Association
Grafton Couple Celebrate Silver Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Walton E. Peters of 1227 West Main celebrated their 25th silver wedding anniversary at home. They were married in a quiet single ring ceremony in Etam West Virginia twenty five years ago. They are parents of two children, Mrs. Bernard Larew and Mrs. Bruce Shahan. Attendees included the Larews and the Shahans. The couple have resided in Grafton since marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton E. Peters
West Main Street
Etam
W. Va
Bernard Larew
Bruce Shahan
Fairmont
Larry
Grafton
The Get Together Club Meeting at Lost Run Home
The Get Together Club held a regular meeting yesterday at the home of Mr and Mrs Curtis Boyce on Lost Run at 2 30 p m Games and social conversation were the main diversions Kay June t Mcintosh served refreshments late in the afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Boyce
Lost Run
Junet Mcintosh
Mrs Heflin Reports On Convention For Lutheran groups
Mrs Robert Heflin spoke at the joint meeting of the Women's Missionary Society and Ladies Aid Society of the Lutheran church held at Mrs Frank Kunsts home on Maple avenue. She described the Wheel ing convention and meetings with a missionary from Argentina and Liberia, noting cross racial differences and gratitude for aid. Refreshments were served and a brief business session held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society
Ladies Aid Society
The
Lutheran Church
Frank Kunst
Maple Avenue
Robert Heflin
Wheeling
Ralph Kunst
Constellation Faces Fire Hazard Concerns at Burbank
A spokesman for the firm in Burbank Calif said the four engine Constellation had two potential fire hazards a supercharger drive shaft issue and an induction fire in the carburetor fuel system The CAA ordered discontinuation of the supercharger system and a direct fuel system was adopted after two training flight fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
CAA
Missing Air Corps Personnel In Europe War Toll
The article notes about 6 132 men whose whereabouts are unknown with many Air Corps personnel among the missing. It cites 7 321 A A F casualties needing identification and recovery, including isolated burials. It mentions hundreds of intelligence members killed and buried in remote Balkans and Middle East areas as figures rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seviwsues
Tom Dare Ona
Air Corps
Europe
American Army Air Corps
Balkans
Middle East
Allied Graves Registration Command honors war dead in Europe
The American Graves Registration Command, led by General Joseph Mc Narney and Colonel Joseph O'Dell, manages about 134000 American graves across 36 temporary cemeteries in Europe. With 7500 military staff and 2300 civilians, the effort spans France Belgium Holland England Luxembourg Switzerland and Ireland and may take five years to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American
Joseph O'Dell
Alfred B. Denniston
United Kingdom
Normandy
France
Belgium
Holland
England
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Ireland
Europe
LaGuardia Remarks On China Welfare Not Personalities
Mayor LaGuardia insists the welfare of China governs policy, rejecting the idea that personalities or politics should shape aid. He tells Chiang that expediency or the interests of any individual group cannot guide decisions. The statement emphasizes universal concern for China’s people over factional aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itation
China
OPA Price Rules and Hearings on 1940 Averages
The text outlines proposed changes to Office of Price Administration pricing formulas for manufacturers and distributors, allowing adjustments to cover abnormal costs while preventing production harm. It notes criteria for whether ceilings can be raised, and mentions a Senate hearing where Mead urged fuller facts and requested rights for counsel to recall witnesses and access War Department records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opaa
OPA
Mead
War Department
Hughes Lenntinnien Condition Update Bulletin
A bulletin from Hugh Hughes’s personal physician Verne R. Mason and guest surgeons Drs Lawrence Chaffin and John Jones states no immediate surgery is planned. Any change in Hughes’s condition will be announced at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Verne R. Mason
Hughs
Larence Chaffin
John Jones
Georgia governor race prevails with Carmichael and Rivers opposition
The Georgia gubernatorial contest four years ago under Gov. Ellis Arnall featured Carmichael, an Arnall-backed wartime bomber plant manager, and former Gov. Rivers challenging the incumbent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Arnall
James V. Carmichael
Rivers
West Virginia Mayors View Fire Evacuation Device
West Virginia mayors and city officers watched a fire evacuation device during a West Virginia League of Municipalities session in Parkersburg on July 13 as part of a day of fiscal discussions. In Huntington, firefighters dragged the Ohio River seeking the body of 16 year old William Gene Mitchell after his clothes were found at a local swimming spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
West Virginia
West Virginia League of Municipalities
KIDS FLEE AS HOME INTRUDER ENTERS APARTMENT
A man forced entry through a window in an apartment. An older girl tried to flee to the kitchen but was seized. The mother was alerted by screams from a nine year old. Eleanor described the attacker as a negro about five six in colored glasses dark clothes and a sports shirt. He fled before officers arrived. Police used floodlights to sweep alleys and backyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. H. Pembroke
Park Hill
Pembroke
W. C. Pembroke
Mackinstreet
George C. Newcome
Grafton-Morgantown
Newcome
St. Mary's Hospital
Clarksburg
Long Island
Vonda Jean Bolyard
R. E. Bolyard
City Hospital
Frank McKain
U 8. Navy
Bainbridge, Md
Paul McKain
McGraw Avenue
Rhea Fisher
Mr., Mrs. Boyce
Fairmont General
School of Nursing
Fairmont State College
Fairmont General Hospital
Fairmont, W. Va
Redwing Club
Idella Carroll
East Wilford Street
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Red Cross
WSCS
Andrew's
St. John’s Methodist Church
Church of Christ
Beech Street
Blueville Church of Christ
Episcopalian Church
the First Baptist Church
United Brethren Church
the Presbyterian Church
John Earl West
Lionel Joe Rands
Pruntytown
Kitty Shriver
Tiny Poole
R. Heflin
Frank R. Morgan Plumbing and Heating Company
Will
Pontinue
Frank R. Morgan
Epee
Bratton and Vicinity
Mis, Lillian C, Morgan
Lee
Washington
Fee Power Commission
Crist ‘Tex
Cornwell
Ronnie B. Payne
Charles
Rede
Inn
Seaboard Ready-Built Homes, Inc
Phila
C. P. Kieckel
Pearl Street
Sentinel
W. Main St
Newburg
W. W. Chan
Arden
Iswn
Singer Sewing Machine CO
Teli
South Side
Anthony T. Moscar
Grennan Bakeries
Grand Street
Mr. Moscar
Beagle Country Club
Alden Beagle
Taylor County
Hazel Atlas
Bath
Baby Castle
H. L. Little
Crosley Base
Ross Wiseman
Davenport
Viece
Front_street
Ste
Harmony
Grove Church
Omer Bartlett
Acted
Simpson
Erie
Boson
Washington Street
AL Wat
Main Street
Cool Front
West Main, Street
Mendelson
Gener
James
Jedy
Warren
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