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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1933
Page
3
A recent Pro tective Home Circle meeting approved a picnic at Ratton Park for Tuesday evening July 18. All juveniles and adults urged to attend with well filled baskets for a splendid time.
The text describes summer tennis attire featuring a brown and white pin striped costume with a brown belt and hip pockets. It notes shorts appealing to gardeners and athletes, the option of a China silk tennis dress by a noted maker, a slash back tied with laces, and the practicality of socks with tennis shoes for comfort.
A report notes Mrs. Phyllis L. Potter and her former husband engaged in a custody dispute over their son. The item references society divorces and mentions various attendees at a municipal playground luncheon, including Miss Virginia Mettler visiting relatives. The chaotic fragment ends with an uncertain line about Mrs. Francis W. Shay and missing context.
A birth notice notes Mr and Mrs M McVicker of Ducks Stonehouse welcome an eight pound son named Jackie Eugene born on Wednesday July 12. The family asks readers to celebrate while avoiding trouble and recalls the Rooster's Prize event for Monday.
On their way to the county fair Top Notch the Rooster leads a procession of animals and ducks with money bags while Christopher Columbus Crow boasts about flight. Willy Nilly Rip Jelly Bear Honey Bear and Mrs Quacko Duck follow with parlor show items as they travel to the exhibition.
Mrs Bruce Newton visits her mother Mrs Dora Reynolds in Webster for a few days. Frank Hollis returns from a Washington vacation and Virginia sightseeing, back at his circuit clerk desk. Harry Waycock visits Miss Sara Bowers in Loveland addition. Boston visitors Mrs Donald Chadduck and party stay with Mrs Harry Chadduck at Grafton Park. Mrs Hazel Sisler and daughter Jean Susan visit Mrs Lee Bennett Sr. Georganna Bennett visits relatives in Parkersburg. W E Leonard travels with brother Vane Leonard and wife to Morris Town NJ to visit Roy and family. Coleman Courtney and daughter Betty join with J W Courtney of Buckhannan and E P McCall of Clarksburg and Mrs John Wester of Pittsburgh visiting John Shields. P M Cropp of Meadland area visits city. Bernard Satterfield of Thor ton in the city on business. John J Cassell of West Washington street leaves for Pittsburgh to visit son W H Cassell. O N Rosier and Gordon with Helen Ray depart for Winchester VA to visit Rosier’s daughter Mrs E Henline. M M Miller of Tunnelton visits Mrs Hannah Grandma Bolyard of Blueville for a few days.
The Derrick reports Pennsylvan ia 4a grade crude oil stocks held by major eastern pipelines fell to 2,726,911 barrels by month end, down 173,124 from May. The drop marks a continuing monthly decrease this year, signaling consumption outpacing production.
Judge John F. Brown ruled in a special circuit court session that the $500000 trust fund of Hallie Davis Elkins be divided equally between her two living children, former Senator Davis Elkins and Mrs Katherine Elkins Hitt, excluding estates of three deceased children. The suit was brought by Davis Trust Company of Elkins.
Executor seeks proper disposition of a trust fund with Stephen B. Elkins II and Richard Elkins Jr as named parties. The case notes the deaths of Blain Elkins and Mrs Elkins three deceased children and mentions a $1000 bond posting and a 60 day stay to file an appeal to the state supreme court.
A Chesapeake and Ohio freight train struck a section car in a tunnel on the coal river division, killing William Johnson, 27, assistant cost engineer for the division. Johnson was alone on the car during the curve in the tunnel. he is survived by a brother and sister in Richmond, Virginia, unnamed here.
The article details a conference forming two coal producer associations. The Northern Coal Control Association includes five operators representing Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, Maryland and eastern Ohio, with J. D. A. Morrow of Pittsburgh Coal Company as temporary chairman. It accounts for about 150 million of 206 million tons mined in 1929, leaving roughly 56 million tons from other mines. The Smokeless Appalachian Coal Association covers southern West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
Maiden Nev July 15 Roosevelt second son of the president seeks divorce from Elizabeth Donner of Philadelphia alleging extreme cruelty. He will consent to a cross-complaint by Mrs Roosevelt and a judge may seal testimony and property agreement. The infant son custody and support are discussed in the potential agreement. A separate note mentions Northern Island Creek coal group meetings and temporary leaders in the Eastern Bituminous Coal Association.
The menu for a July picnic serves eight and features baked ham with a spices drenched sugar glaze, vegetable salad, pickled beets, rolls, plum jelly, peach ice cream, chocolate cake and coffee. Detailed ham prep uses 10 pound ham, water, onions, cloves, and a slow four hour cook, then a sugar glaze and final bake. Chocolate cake and frosting recipes follow with butter, sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla, flour, and baking powder, with a soft ball stage frosting and layered cake assembly.
A tip advises warming the knife in water to smooth icing on a cake and suggests storing parsley in a covered fruit jar in the icebox to keep it fresh for a week.
New York July 15 report says the steamer Gulf Gem rescued 22 crewmen from the burning tanker Cities Service Petrol after it sank off the North Carolina coast. The message, intercepted by the Radio Corporation of America, notes the rescue occurred early today.
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