Girls Attend Convention Of Future Homemakers
Priscilla Hines and Ruth McCoy depart Independence West Virginia for the northern regional convention of National Future Homemakers of America in Washington DC. The event runs July 19 to July 22 with highlights including the Parade of States and a formal banquet. Both girls are active in the local chapter with Hines a senior class graduate and McCoy a junior serving as reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Hines
Ruth McCoy
Washington, D. C
National Future Homemakers of America
Priscilla
D. F. Hines
Independence
West Virginia
Grafton Chanter
Future Homemakers of America
Jackson Mills
W.V.U
Miss McCoy
B. J. McCoy
Cherry Street
Ruth
WVU
Mrs Burge Hosts Fisher Class At Methodist Home
Mrs W S Burge welcomed the Fisher Class of St John s Methodist at her Market Street home. Devotions were led by Mrs Ruth Proudfoot with Mrs Anna Robinson assisting. The class voted to hold the annual picnic August 9 at Tygart Dam picnic grounds with dinner at six p m. A dessert social followed served by the hostesses to members and guests including Ola DeMoss Minnie Henderson Cora Jacobs Gertrude Kincaid Lil le Marshall Estella Phillips Ruth Proudfoot Daisy Poling Anna Robinson Bertha Shafer Myrtle Summers Wade Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Burge
St. John's Methodist Church
Market Street
Ruth Proudfoot
Anna Robinson
Tygart Dam
Burge
Georgia Reed
Ruth Bhaw
Ola DeMoss
Minnie Henderson
Cora Jacobs
Gertrude Kincaid
Lille Marshall
Estella Phillips
Daisy Poling
Bertha Shafer
Myrtle Summers
Wade Cross
Haymond Club Holds All Day Quilting Meeting
Haymond Community Club members gathered at Mrs. Bertha Montgomery’s Wickwire Road home for an all day quilting party with sewing and social time. Afternoon business session led by president Mrs. Lula Carrothers followed. attendees included Mrs. Flora Rigeleman, Mrs. Katharine Lemmon, Miss Emily Poe, Miss Ursula Poe, and guests from Pittsburgh and Mason Town, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Montgomery
Wickwire Road
Haymond Community Club
Lula Carrothers
Flora Rigeleman
Lula Brown
Emily Poe
Ursula Poe
Katherine Lemmon
Agnes Brown
Eva Boyles
Marcella” Rigeleman
Hettie Compton
Lula Satterfield
Elizabeth Watkins
Florence Watkins
Virginia Henderson
George Roger
John Stewart
Jack Stewart
Pittsburgh
Dorothy Montgomery
Beverly
Joe Lee
Calvin
Dianne
Danny
Masontown
West Virginia
Covered Dish Dinner Highlights Baptist Class Meet
The Young Adult class of First Baptist church gathered at the Latimer Bradley home for a covered dish dinner on Country Club road. Eva Evans led a devotional, a brief business session named Evelyn Golden as representative to the state Young Adult camp at Cowen West Virginia, and the group enjoyed action games and singing. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Adlington and son Johnny, Mr. and Mrs. Godwin and son Kenneth Jr, Mr. and Mrs. Wyckoff, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Newton, Joe White and daughter Billie Alice Reed and daughter Linda, Arlean Murray and daughters Patricia and Gloria, Emma Jean Smith and son Robert, Jean Stilwell, Virginia Mae Stine, Eleanor Rogers, Ann Robinson, Eva Evans, I Prances Newton, and Naomi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Adlington
Johnny
Kenneth Godwin
Kenneth, Jr
Kenneth Wyckoff
Roy Newton
Joe White
Billie Alice Reed
Linda
Arlean Murray
Patricia
Gloria
Emma Jean Smith
Robert
Jean Stilwell
Evelyn Golden
Virginia Mae Stine
Eleanor Rogers
Ann Robinson
Eva Evans
I Prances Newton
Naomi
Community meeting notices for July schedule
Coming events list meetings for July across Grafton area groups. Quota Club at Grafton Hotel and several church social and auxiliary groups meet July 18 to 20, with hosts in Walnut street and West Main areas. Another helper event at Inwood Inn and a July 28 Junior Order and Tau Phi Lambda Sorority gathering are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quota Club
Grafton Hotel
B. of R. T
R. of P
Woman's Council
First Church
Chris McGraw Avenue
C. L. Kelley
Walnut Street
Emma Rogers
West Main Street
Church Hall
WSCS
Blueville
Mountaineer Council No. 44
United American Mechanics
VFW Hall
East Main Street
Delta Nu
Tau Phi Lambda Sorority
SFWC Meeting Notice at Legion Home
SFWC White Rose Grove No 2 will hold its regular meeting at the Legion home on McGraw Avenue at 7 p.m. Hostesses are Mrs Barbara Wyckoff Mrs Betty Sinnsel Miss Florence Johnson and Miss Mary Ellen Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SFWC
White Rose Grove No. 2
Legion Home
McGraw Avenue
Barbara Wyckoff
Betty Sinsel
Florence Johnson
Mary Ellen Peters
Briefly Told HOUSE GUESTS AND RETURNS ACROSS REGIONS
The item chronicles multiple short items: guests visiting in this city from Washington D C and West Virginia, a Canadian vacation return by Dr and Mrs Charles M Wells, a seaman first class Norman Ray Getz transferring from the Great Lakes to Toledo after ten days with parents, Atlantic City visits by Rose Mary Getz and Pearl Bennett, overnight guests the Lynwood Young family en route to Cleveland Niagara Falls and Buffalo, Miss Ann Robinson leaving for Buckhannon to attend summer school at West Virginia Wesleyan College, and a hospital admission list including Robert Trickne Ha Newburg Lulu McCremia Mary Riley C W Custer George Cunningham Lola May Loar Dorothy Stokemere Flossie Hovitter Alma Moats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Ray Getz
The
Great Lakes
Toledo
Ohio
Earl Getz
Walters Street
Atlantic City
Rose Mary Getz
Pearl
Bennett
New Jersey
H.F .Johnsson
Lynwood Young
Lynn
Nancy
Lewisburg
West Virginia
Ed McDaniel
Young
Gladys *McDaniel
Cleveland
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
New York
Points
Canada
Hospital
Robert—Trickne Ha
Class meeting notice for August at Tygart Dam Park
Lawson and Mr and Mrs Brad ley note the next class meeting will be held Friday August 2 at the Tygart Dam Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson
Bradley
Tygart Dam Park
New Hearing Device Without Ear Receiver Invention
Chicago readers hail an invisible Beltone Phanto mold that delivers clear hearing without a visible receiver in the ear. The device promises freedom from deafness and the appearance of deafness, offering home testing and a brochure on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Beltone
Dept
Meeting Place Changed For Andrews WSCS Organizing Dinner
The Andrews WSCS meeting shifts from Mrs. Paul Warden’s Maple Ave home to Andrews M E church at six in the evening for a covered dish gathering. Hospital discharge and admission notices list local residents moving in and out of area facilities, including Carl Breedlove Louise Hart and others. A public notice discusses a York City law firm advising Detroit’s Rotary Electric Steel, connected to a CID United Steel Workers contract, with Rosenman highlighting potential conflicts to Cyrus Ching and a discussion with John R. Steelman on hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews Wscs
Paul Warden
Maple Avenue
Andrews M. E
Circle No. 1
York City
Rotary Electric Steel, Company
Detroit
CID United Steel Workers
Rosenman
Cyrus Ching
Federal
Along Our Street with Aunt Penny and Party Lines
A narrator recalls a tour of a central office led by Aunt Penny. A telephone worker explains that party lines allow two or more families to share a single line, speeding service to more people as expansion continues by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Vironia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of
West Vironia
Secretary of Defense gains new powers in postwar law
A fragment discusses extending authority under a 1947 upification law with proposals tied to military structure, alongside casual meal notes mentioning beef hash with sauce and green peas or snapped beans as accompaniments.
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Secretary of Defense
Military unification drive quiets after Hoover plan prompts
The House faced a drawn out debate over army air force and navy reorganization as Hoover's government commission urged sweeping changes worldwide. After months of contention the tempo slowed, with lawmakers weighing the implications of the proposed military consolidation.
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Texas
Santa Fe
N. M
Greer Garson
Col. E. E. Fogelson
Fogelson
International
Future Homemakers
Jack Osburn
Washington, D.C
G. W. A. Heed
Mary Jane Wilt
Elkins
O. C. Thompson Sr
Charles M. Wells
Ontario
Buckhannon
West Virginia Wesleyan College
John Puhatch
Dorothy
John, Jr
Kenneth
Steel Industry
Truman
Roosevelt
Samuel S. Rosenman
Carroll R. Daugherty
Northwestern University
David R. Cole
Icablans Graeton
Carl Breedlove
Louise Hart
Monroe Street
Francis Wilams
Knotts Avenue
Mabel Morgan
Thornton
Gerald Kenneth Duff
Roberta Palger
Dennis Kester
Hazel Lea Fletcher
Newburg
Delores Ann Reed
West
Washington Street
Gladys Harsh
Main Street
Katherine Keener
Tunnelton
Geneva Ann Felton
Flemington
Landis Bavis
Wendel
Virginia
Poland
Agnes McCue
Betty Bartlett
Bridgeport
Holt Bart. Thornton
Lillian Swisher
Alea Polland
Pearl Street
John R. Steelman
Jennifer Jones
Excelsior
Rapallo
Italy
Jennifer
David O. Selznick
Frollywood
Genoa City Hall
Louis Jourdan
Aunt Penny
Tom
Vic
Pessonal
Hetter
Cat Finance
Deveny
Monroe ST
Fairmont
W. VA
M. E. Chambers
General Electric
Delaney's Electrical Appliance & Furniture CO
Lincoln Street
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