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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1941
Page
3
A list of attendees includes Mr and Mrs Harley Cain and daughter Sandra Jean Miss Virginia Chenoweth Miss Eula Chenoweth Mr and Mrs Arden McGee Clee Chenoweth Adolphus Leach Ernest Luzader Robert Gregory Harold Cole Jr a.
Weekend visitor Private Johnny Lundy of Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis visited his parents Mr and Mrs 8 C Lundy in Knottsville. ROTC camper Fred Jackson Jr returned from Fort Monroe training. Two discharged Mrs J P Luke Beech Street and Loretta Mayle Route 1 Simpson left Grafton City hospital. Mrs Oscar Jaco confined at Bonsecours Baltimore after emergency operation. Senator Wheeler criticism of foreign policy cited along with Lindbergh smear remark by Wheeler and Stimson.
Attorney General Clarence W. Meadows announces Governor Neelys anti profiteering committee will meet in Logan Monday night to inspect the 18 cents a quart milk price. The trip kicks off the committee work as it reviews other Logan area food prices and seeks amicable reductions if possible. If cooperation fails the panel will consider legal steps. Members include Agriculture Commissioner J. B. McLaughlin labor commissioner Charles J. F. Sattler and WVU professor Julius Cohen as executive secretary.
Miss Jo Mary Board formerly of Grafton married G B Betyleyoun of Akron Ohio at high noon on Sunday July 13. The bride wore navy blue with white accessories and a sweet pea corsage. She is daughter of the late Robert C Board of Knotts avenue and a Grafton High School graduate. She works for B F Goodrich in Akron and her husband for Babcock and Wilson Steel. They will reside in Akron.
Charles Rexroad welcomes Youth Temperance Council members to his Blueville home for a session featuring minutes, officer nominations, a picnic plan for August 12 at Fortney's Mill, and a handkerchief shower for Blanche Grow and Louise Jaco followed by games and a salad course.
July events list meetings for Mrs Effie Gough Junior Order United Americans B and O Veterans Clara Fawver Auxiliary with a bus to Terra Alta park August gatherings include Ladies of the Grand Army Harvey Rightmire and Marquess Vandergrift reunions at multiple venues in West Virginia and nearby routes 92 119 with picnics baskets and programs plus a Women’s Society service luncheon at St Pauls church West Side scheduled August 7 and Brown reunion August 10
The Fidelis class of Union Baptist church at Simpson held a picnic at Reservoir park in Fairmont with Rev and Mrs M B Stump and many families attending. Attendees included S J Meherg and family Delores, Everett Findley family Ruth Elden Lee, Hobart Lake family Jenne tte Ada Mae, Fleming family Twila, Davis family Fred Mildred Charles, Findley Marlene plus many others and several young ladies.
A transfer pattern 6959 features 12 motifs for monogrammed towels and pillow cases, with stitches and materials listed. Send ten cents and write your name address and pattern number to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept in New York.
Mrs Richard Robey entertained many friends at her summer Park Cottage with a 1 30 salad service on the porch tables Each guest table bore a potted flower center that was later given to the table winner Mrs H L Noble captured the high score prize Attending were Mrs E F Clark Mrs C C Batson Mrs A A Holt Mrs Booth Mrs Victor Willhide Mrs Paul Malohe Mrs Harold Noble Mrs H L Potts Mrs E R Bucklew Mrs Wm Murray Mrs Geo G Jolliffe Mrs Wm Fisher Miss Alice Margaret Holt Miss Helen Chadduck and Miss Virginia Hanway
Announcement of the April 20 marriage between Miss Cinderella Wilmoth and W G Ross, officiated by Rey Minor Sprague in Oakland Maryland. The ceremony occurred at the Wilmoth home 561 West Main Street during a family party. The couple resides at 561 West Main Street and Ross works as a ticket agent at Grafton station of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Mr and Mrs F S Smith and daughter visited their son Sonny at the Boy Scout camp in Deep Creek Maryland yesterday afternoon. They were joined by Mrs Leon Hoffman and Mrs Marion Skaggs. A D Vernon and son Jimmy of Los Angeles are visiting his sisters Mrs Fred Grinnan and Mrs John Sturm. Vera McDaniel returns home on vacation from Johns Hopkins Hospital after two months training.
Alumnae and actives from Grafton Senior High, guided by Miss Gladys Hickman, camp at Will-O’-The-Wisp in Deep Creek Maryland. The group set up last Sunday and plans to return this Sunday, led by a faculty sponsor and including Willa Copenhaver, Doris Price, Janice Burge, Virginia Newcome, Margaret Fayne, Jean Shingleton, Helen Shingleton, Catherine Hamrick, Lora Loar, Tippy DeMoss, Cecelia Debendarter, Frances Jones, Betty Bartlett, Betty Gordon, Gloria Squires, Frances Leonard, and Helen Miller.
Senator Wheeler accuses President Roosevelt and Secretary Stimson of waging a smear campaign over opposition to administration foreign policy. Stimson says Wheeler mailed about 1,000,000 protest postcards to Army officers and the public urging U.S. stay out of Europe war, though none were sent to Army camps. Wheeler says cards quoted speeches and financed by America First, with mailing lists from Emil Hurja. Nuys defends Wheeler against Stimson’s charges as unfair.
Major General Milton A. Reckord testified that 90 percent of the men and all officers in the 29th division favored extending military service if needed. He urged Congress to declare a national emergency and allow the president to retain selectees and National Guardsmen beyond one year. He criticized opposition propaganda and supported a one year extension compromise if it broadens support. A cricket plague was noted in Philadelphia reports.
Frankfort Ky July 25 Officials of state colleges have set budgets assuming a ten percent enrollment decrease in the coming school year. State Superintendent John W Brooker noted the state schools had about 13 000 enrolled last year as student losses to selective service and defense industries were anticipated.
Federal Judge H Church Ford allowed evidence from a letter to be entered in the tobacco antitrust trial. The document pertains to communications relevant to the case and could influence arguments on price fixing and market practices. The proceedings in Lexington, Kentucky proceed with preparation for witness testimony and further motions.
The feature dress, Pattern 363 by Claire Tilden, echoes youthfulness with a square neckline, gathered bodice, slim waist, and full fluttering skirt. Offered in Junior Miss sizes, options include long sleeves or puffs with gypsy flower prints, fabric choices, and a breezy, cheerful style. Pattern price is 15 cents, order from Grafton Sentinel Pattern Department, New York.
Correspondence between the Tobacco Merchants Association and leaf firms tied to proposed tobacco tax legislation. A New York City based exchange was cited as evidence of alleged coordinated action. The government argues the letters violated antitrust law, while defense teams claim the association acted innocently and the letters served a harmless purpose.
The admiralty said a British convoy in the Mediterranean faced a heavy attack that sank a destroyer and damaged a merchant ship. Italians claimed four British ships were sunk including a destroyer, two merchantmen, and another unit. The destroyer named by Britain was the Fearless.
In Martinsburg on Bun ker Hill painters uncovered faded wall markings inside Christ Episcopal church indicating it served as a war era barracks. The scrawls mention northern and southern units with regimental names and commanders, along with pencil sketches of individuals, reflecting the building’s 200-year history and changes of hands during the conflict.
Fragmentary OCR note shows a snide reshaping of insults as a feud shifts tone from Diack to Efi Buddy. Names Jet Mussolini appear in an editorial reference. context unclear but indicates a sharp public airing of grievances and media satire.
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