Indianapolis Bride Marries Pfc Boylen in Charleston Ceremony
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Avanelle Brantley of Indianapolis to Pfc Okey L Boylen of Grafton. They wed July 11 at 6 45 pm in Charleston at the home of P T Boylen with Rev Hustead Fisher officiating. The bride wore a white envelope dress with American Beauty roses. Best man was P T Boylen. Pfc Boylen, formerly a glass factory worker in Charleston, is now at Camp Gruber Oklahoma. The couple are visiting relatives in Charleston before he retires next week and she returns to Indiana.
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Avanelle Brantley
Ams Brantley
Indianapolis
Ind
Pfc
Okey L. Boylen
L. D. Boyien
Grafton
P. T. Boylen
Charleston
Hustead Fisher
Pfc. Boylen
Camp Gruber
Okla
Boylen
Harold Layton
Barrett Street
Paul Jewell
Beech Street
L. L. Nutter
East Washington Street
Indianabolls
Allied advance nears Periers after rapid push
In heavy fighting front lines shift north of Esquay and into Maltot near Caen while air sorties fall to under 50 due to bad weather. Sixteen towns seized in 24 hours as American forces push along a corridor from Lessay through Periers, threatening the German line on the lateral road.
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Esquay
Maltot
Caen
Supreme
Allied
Plessis
Periers
Cherbourg
Lessay
St. Lo
U. S
Pont-Hebert
la Barre de Semilly
Beauvais
Pissot
St. Germain sur-Ay
21St Army Group
Les Granges
Gontreville
la Barre de Memille
Vire
Creterville
W S C S Meeting at Andrew's Methodist Church
July meetings announced for July 18 with Mrs. George Welch as hostess and committee. July 17 Red Wing club postponed due to illness. July 17 Ladies auxiliary to B of R T to meet at 7 30 pm in the K of P hall. July 19 Quota club to meet at Miss Virginia Hanway's on Route 50 for a covered dish dinner and regular meeting at 6 30 pm. World War II frontline actions described near St Lo with American advances and British gains against German forces.
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W.s.cs
Andrew's Methodist Church
George Welch
Red Wing Club
R. T
K of P
Quota Club
Virginia Hanway
Barclay on Bridge: defending against long suits and entry control
The column discusses how defenders target a long strong suit in the dummy to cut off declarer’s power. It analyzes two 5 Hearts hands where hearts are led and subsequent play reveals how hold-ups and entry denial determine the outcome.
Brief Notices From West Washington Street and Beyond
Brief social notes list enrollments at Winthrop College in Rock Hill and visits in town. Mary Root, daughter of Rev E P K Root, attends the South Carolina college for women. Multiple travelers and guests are named, including Miss Rosemary Smith from Keyser and Mrs Claude Willing returning to Salisbury, Maryland. Notes cover vacation travels, job acceptance in Washington, and local hospital news. The item ends with a stray line about ancient Egyptian honey cakes.
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Eaters College
Mary Root
E. P. K. Root
West Washington Street
Winthrop College
South Carolina College For Women
Rock Hill
South Carolina
Salisbury
Claude Willing
Ater
G. L. Jolliffe
West Main Street
War Bond Drive Continues Amid National Rallies
Wartime readers are urged to support liberty bonds as mobilization intensifies. Officials stress thrift, patriotic appeals, and the need for broad public participation to sustain war efforts. Community groups organize events, lectures, and drives across cities.
Townspeople Continued Favors Constructive Program Plan
A Morgan town group drafts a constructive program to replace hasty action. The resolution urges study to protect the university’s facilities and future education and development in West. A subcommittee meets today as Roosevelt record and international peace cooperation loom in party declarations. The convention must address seating two delegations from Texas and South Carolina and a Mississippi electors issue.
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Morgantown
Is University
West
Texas
South Carolina
Mississippi
Veep race chatter as convention looms in 1948 primary
Preconvention gossip centers on Byrnes Lucas Norton and Broughton as receptive to vice presidency with Bricker and Byrd debated. Florida delegates eye two thirds unit voting while Wallace gathers support and Guffey signals backing the incumbent VP as the field readies for next Friday balloting.
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James S. Byrnes
Scott Lucas
Tlinois
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Josseph M. Broughton
North Carolina
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Broughton
Wallace
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Florida
Pepper
Washington
Joseph Guffey
Pennsylvana
Boys Pattern Catalog Promotes Marian Martin Summer Book
The Grafton Sentinel urges readers to order children and boys patterns 9344 9244 with sizes 1 through 6, plus required fabric amounts. Send sixteen cents for pattern 9344 and fifteen cents for Marian Martin book patterns with size name address and style number to Pattern Dept 232 West 18th Street New York.
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Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
Marian Martin
Opera House to stage love story in primitive men spoof
The second Universal Studios picture co stars Paige delivering a creditable performance as a socialite anthropologist who brings a primitive specimen to New York. A diverting comedy cast includes Louise Allbritton Robert Meades Edward Everett Horton Helen Broderick and Beachly.
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Paige
Robert Meades
Louise Ailoriton
Robert Man
Beachly
Edward Everett Horton
Helen Broderick
New York
Miss Allbritton
Louise Allbritton
Robert Pail
Universal
Inagai
Aniv
Opera House
Paige’s Pseudo Adventures Stir Audience To Frenzy
Paige’s writer client uses a machine called tons to churn out wild scenes. jScreen, publisher of the series, fans the flames as readers hover on the edge of hysteria.
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jScreen
Paige
Technicolor Treated Broadway Rhythm at Strand Theatre
Technicolor cameras capture Dance Director Charles Walters staging Broadway Rhythm at the Strand Theatre. Stars George Murphy Dinny Simms and Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra perform amid Jungle Night Club set decor and vivid costumes. Lena Horne shines in bold colors. A wartime note recalls 1939 US army and navy personnel counts.
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Lena Horne
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Okey Boylen
Oklo
Barclay
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Authority On
Gare
South
East
Veatures Syndicate, Inc
Rosemary Smith
Keyser
John Hussion
Lincoln Street
Fred Abbot
St Louis
M. L. Abbott
E. F. K. Roof
Columbus
8. C
S. C
Valhalla
Charlotte
N.C
Atlanta
Sheffie Milliner
Floyd Patton
Elmira
N. Y
G. L. Jolliffee
Shirley Jean Francis
W. A. Francis
Pearl Street
Washington, D. C
Willa Copenhaver
Cecilia Debendarfer
Mary Virginia Dent
West Virginia University
Portsmouth
Etta Louise Francis
J. L. Reese
French Swisher
John Bes
Marjorie
Pittsburgh
Ella, Barber
Howard H. Holt
Maple Avenue
Arlington
California
Moundsville
Tess Ressegger
R. H. Oliver
West Wilford Street
Oliver
B&o
Akron
Ralph Fast
Liberty Avenue
Fairmont
City Hospital
Mary Virginia Lundy
Route 1
Teehee
Claire McCardell
Osnaburg
Demmy
Siz
W. Ya
America
Flint Rhem
St. Louis
Cardinals
Ida Lupino
Paul Henreid
Michael Chekhov
Warner Bros
Dixie Theatre
Natural Choice
Universal Studios
Reachiy
Europe
Navy
Grafton Baking Co
Old Fashion Revival Services
Assembly of God Church
Evangelist Clifton M. Wood
the Plains Virginia
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