Local Playground Leader Weds George Shaffer in Maryland
Surprise marriage announced for Mrs. Maybell Wongcott Probst and George W. Shaffer. Ceremony held July 19 at Be t el Methodist church Mountain Lake Park Maryland with Rev Garrett Evans officiating. The couple plans a short honeymoon in Virginia and will reside on Grand Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maybell Wongcott Probst
George W. Shaffer
Webster
Be'tel Methodist Church
Mountain Lake Park
Garrett Evans
Grand Street
Outdoor Meeting Of Bible Class At U B Church Picnic
Members of the Philip Otterbein Bible class of the United Brethren church enjoyed a lawn picnic at the home of Mr and Mrs Harper Wooddell on Maple avenue. Ralph Redinger offered a blessing and led a Bible study on Joseph with a program by Mrs Charles Keener. A business session planned a future picnic at Harrison airport in August, with many families listed as attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Otterbein
United Brethren Church
Harper Wooddell
Maple Avenue
Ralph Redinger
Charles Keener
Joseph
Dawson Mims
Harrison Bounty Airport
John Jerking
LaDonna
Dolores
Jackie Jenkins
Uf Jenkins
Shirley Jenkins
Charles Keener, Jr
Carl Goff
Don Mims
de Redinger
Helen Virnia
Barbara Redinger
Harold Waller
Otto Sturms
Harper Woddell
Community group notices offer July and August meetings
Local listings detail varied July gatherings from American Legion Auxiliary to Young Women’s Missionary Society and Veterans groups. Events include officer elections, meetings at homes, and July 30 family picnic with bus from B and O station. August reunions planned at Boyce’s grove and Morris park with basket dinners and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Moose Home
Young Women’s Missionary Society
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
C. D. Losh
Knotts Avenue
P. H. C. Lodge
Terra Alta Park
A. H. Carroll
Marquess
Boyce’s Grove
Wandercrift
Morris Park
Fairmont
Grafton
Women’s Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
St. Paul's Church
West Sde
Brown Church
Grafton-Fairmont Road
Crystal and Opal Hefner Visit Here
Crystal and former class member Mrs. Opal Hefner now living in Washington D C is visiting here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal
Opal Hefner
Washington, D. C
Brethren Church Mission Society Plans Lawn Fete
The Ladies Missionary Council of First Brethren church met at Mrs. Ethel Nicola’s Bluemont home with Miss Helen Camp presiding. They scheduled an Ice cream social on July 31 on Naomi Weese’s lawn and planned a basket collection. A home mission offering goal was set for late August.
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Ladies Missionary Council of the
First Brethren Church
Ethel Nicola
Bluemont Street
Helen Camp
Naomi Weese
Council For the Home Mission
Janetta Martin
Paul Dick
Dessie Rogers
Genevieve Vandergrift
Glenoka Weese
Helen
New Crochet Chair Set Pattern 7046 Description
A crisp note promotes a filet crochet chair set with cottage scene, ideal as a buffet piece. Pattern 7046 includes charts and directions, materials, and stitch illustrations. Send ten cents to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept in New York for pattern 7046 with name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N.Y
Housekeeping
Claire ‘Tilden
Patern Department
Fifth Avenue
Miss Atlantic City Camp Names List of Attendees
Miss Atlantic City Camp attendees include Joan Rogers Norma K Vandergrift Louise Dennis Janet ta Martin Mr and Mrs Fred Nicola and Juanita Nicola The next missionary council meeting will be at Mrs Esther Dick home St John street on the first Thursday evening in August.
Birthday Party For Wilma Jean Lake
Mrs Ida Lake of Webster entertained several friends and playmates of her daughter Wilma Jean for her ninth birthday. Games ran seven to nine on the lawn then guests moved to the dining room for ice cream and cake. Attending were Betty Miles Jeannine Probst Martha June Lake Justine Lousy Evelyn Jo Ann and Marjorie Lake and Mrs George Shaffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Lake
Webster
Wilma Jean
Betty Miles
Jeannine Probst
Martha June Lake
Justine Lousy
Evelyn
Jo Ann
Marjorie Lake
George Shaffer
Lake
Simmons New President of Potters Brotherhood
Floyd Lisk resigns as second term president of the Grafton local of the Brotherhood of Operative Potters to become financial secretary. Karl Simmons named local head succeeding Lisk. Dues increase resolution defeated. USO drive report approved. Several new members initiated. Ed Glover reports from the Atlantic City national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Lisk
Grafton
Brotherhod of Operative Potters
Karl Simmons
Lisk
U.S.O
Ed Glover
Atlantic City
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Family News
Homecomings and visits anchor the section as Mrs. June Austin returns from Fairmont to Dewey avenue. Funeral attendance follows Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Williams’ Baltimore trip for brother Robert Williams. Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hicks. baby weighs eight pounds eight ounces at Fairmont State hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Hicks
Fairview
Fairmont State Hospital
Hicks
Missie Fluharty
G. N. Walters
Park View
Births and medical notes mixed in Grafton city page
A hospital surgery for appendicitis occurred last night at Grafton City hospital with Dr. Paul P. Warden on leave. Anna Belle Baker of 313 Barrett Street underwent major surgery, and Mr and Mrs Charles Dwyer announce the birth of Patricia Ann Dwyer, eight and a half pounds, last Saturday at grandparents Rufus H. Rogers home at 269 High Street. The mother is former Miss Mary Frances Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Grafton City Hospital
Paul P. Warden
Lostriver
Anna Belle Baker
Barrett Street
Charles Dwyer
Rufus H. Rogers
High Street
Patricia Ann Dwyer
Mary Frances Rogers
West Virginia payroll tax relief spreads to services and real estate firms
The West Virginia chamber notes amendments to the 1941 law will broadly benefit communications firms utilities finance insurance and real estate. Some larger manufacturers and coal or petroleum producers will see reduced rates this year while the unemployment compensation department plans credit memos for payroll tax payments. The chamber now suggests savings may exceed earlier 975000 estimates, with the reserve fund already near 23 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surance
West Virginia
Chamber
Department of Unemployment
Roosevelt's War Cry Against Bolshevism and Europe
A historical excerpt accuses Roosevelt of pursuing conquest and revenge in Europe, framing his actions as a war against civilization. It portrays him using American resources to combat Bolshevism and asserts a radical motive behind U S policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Europe
Widows Recall Guggenheim Ties In Backstage Talks
Hollywood resident Mary Alice Rice and Mildred Borst recount how the late mining executive met them backstage in a New York theater over a year before his death. Borst and Rice, both 24, say he befriended them and wanted to help them pursue poetry and songwriting careers. Florence Sullivan, formerly of Elmira, also figures in the shared recollections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Mary Alice ‘Rice
Mildred Borst
New Haven
Conn
Florence Sullivan
Elmira
Guggenheim
The
Herald- Tribune
Miss Borst
Miss Rice
New York
Moscow Raids Continue Amid Slow Nazi Advance
The report notes the operation against Moscow is behind schedule as German forces face stiff Bolshevist resistance. With harsh Muscovite winter looming, only a few weeks remain for the campaign, pressuring Hitler to deliver a decisive push before weather grounds further progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russias
Hitler
Rus
Berlin Papers Feature Roosevelt Freemasonry Attacks
The Roosevelts are shown with sons James Franklin and Elliott as Berlin papers accuse him of being a tool of Jewish world Freemasonry. Voelkischer Beobachter calls the president’s influence damning. The piece notes Freemasonry’s differing status in Europe and the United States. Front pages are filled with campaign criticism.
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Roosevelt
James
Franklin
Elliott
Voelkischer Beobachter
Europe
United States
England
Foreign Office
Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz
Credit at Koppers Coal stores tied to employee pay records
James Hart explains in-house credit at Koppers Coal stores varies with employee credit ratings and earned wages. Payroll cards show wages at five of the company’s 34 operations while a charge account system is planned to begin by August 1 at Buffalo-Winifrede, Utilities and Birchton Coal mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hart
J. D. Francis
Koppers Coal Company
Buffalo-Winifrede, Utilities
Birchton Coal
Scrip ties in coal fields face calls for ban
A report notes companies and Frank Ensiow complain that scrip tokens issued at a discount have been perverted by those who sold them. Clarenger cites legislative attempts to outlaw scrip and predicts a future ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ensiow
Clarenger
Japs May Gain in Far East Tension Report
Reports from Washington indicate New Notice to Japan looming as U S officials meet with the Japanese ambassador amid rising signs of military threats in the Orient. Berlin and London monitor the crisis as Edens Parliament claims British plans in Indo China are non existent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
Knox
Zee
Sumner Welles
United States
Japan
Orient
Washington
Jean Decoux
Indo-China
Raishiro Sumita
Hanoi
London
Berlin
Britain
China
Anthony Eden
Westerly officer praised for duty amid nude bathing incident
Westerly Rhode Island police report praised a patrol officer for disciplined conduct while confronting a group of girls bathing au naturel in a woods clearing near shore road. The officer ordered them to disperse after an about-face retreat into underbrush.
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Westerly
R. L
Intruder Shot at Morgan While Measuring Wheat Field
NEW CASTLE Ind July 23 Farmer Ray Morgan investigated a midnight noise in his field. An intruder claimed to be measuring Morgan's wheat and fled after Morgan confronted him. The next day Morgan gave police the license number and authorities traced the man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Ind
Ray Morgan
Dhd
Morgan
Governor Neely orders extradition from Wheeling to Sésoto county
In a terse order today Governor Neely approved the extradition of Guy W. Gyer from Wheeling to Sesoto County Florida. Gyer is wanted on embezzlement charges and the action follows proper legal filings. Court records and police departments await return formalities as the case moves toward trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Neely
Wheeling
Sésoto County
Florida
Guy W. Gyer
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Maybell W. Probst
Maryland
Bible Class
U. B. Church
Otterbein Group
Brethren Church Mission Society
Avis
Alice Brooks
Siapie
Chawr
Buttet
Miss
Jessie Wilcox
Alo
June Austin
Dewey Avenue
W. R. Williams
Washington Street
Baltimore
Mr. Williams
Robert Williams
Elizabeth Williams
Jimmy Nicola
Pittsburgh
Newton Nicola
Mrs. J. Stanley Nicola
Wilford Street
G.N. Walters
Walters
Dave Peyton
Howard Walters
William H. Moran
Ed Moran
Philadelphia
Elizabeth D. Moran
Tom
Knottsville Road
Chicago
Mary
Thelma Ellers
Ruby Gillispie
Illinois
Raymond Frey
Ramonda
Portsmouth
Edward J. Clapton
McGraw Avenue
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Skaggs & Company
Turkey
von Papen
Russia
Moscow
Chesterfield
Ellers
Palin
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Dorothy McGuire
iGieWéer
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Robert Alen
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