Maple Avenue Playground Dedication Planned Next Friday
A dedication ceremony for the Maple Avenue playground is set for next Friday at 8 p m with a flag ceremony the first in the city. Captain A B Lockard will speak after parents and children participate. The project has drawn praise for easing street trouble among youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Lockard
Maple Avenue Grounds
Maple Avenue
A. B. Lockard
Paul Loar
Paul E. Loar
Beaumont
Rufus Reed
Dennis Poling
Jud Reese
American Legion
VFW
Board of Education
Eeen
Dery i Ke
Gerard Family Marks 40th Anniversary at Simpson Home
The Gerard family observes their 40th wedding anniversary with a gala at the Simpson home tonight. Twelve children and many relatives and friends gather for games, dancing, and refreshments. The Gerards, who came to the United States in 1902 after marrying in Italy in 1900, include son Ross Gerard, owner of Quality Market on Walnut Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Gerard
Simpson
Louis Succurro
John Gerard
Sam Leroy
Ross Gerard
Frank Gerard
Eva Gerard
Lena Gerard
Ula Gerard
Pauline Gerard
Louie Gerard
Fay Gerard
Sam Gerard Are the Children of Ther
Mary Alice Wood Marries Detroit Man in Bowling Green
Announcement of the June 22 marriage of Miss Mary Alice Wood daughter of Mr Dessie Wood and the late R C Wood to Jack Faulkner of Detroit Michigan at the Methodist parsonage in Bowling Green Ohio. Rev B J Evans officiated in presence of Mr and Mrs Dale Eck. The bride wore white with red rosebud flowers. The groom works for Packard in Detroit and they will live at 1300 Fairview Detroit Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mar Alice Wood
Dessie Wood
Walnut Street
R. C. Wood
Jack Faulkner
Detroit
Mich
B. J. Evans
Bowling Green
Ohio
Dale Eck
Packard Company of
Fairview
Community reunions and gatherings announced across Taylor County
A sequence of July and August social notices invites members and families to picnics reunions and gatherings across Taylor County. Events include a Buckhannon River camp picnic hosted by Frank R. Morgan a G A A meeting at H M Murray home a VFW Auxiliary gathering a B&O Veterans picnic at Terra Alta park lawler chapel homecoming and multiple family reunions at various churches and locations with officers elections programs and transport details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Republican Club
Taylor County
Frank R. Morgan
Buckhannon River
Hugh McPhail
H. M. Murray
Walnut Street
Social Society of the
VFW
Herbert Evans
Veterans and Ladies’ Auxiliary
Terra Alta Park
A. H. Carroll
Waterd Street
Lawler Chapel
E. G. Bailes
A. Coleman Brown
Andrews Methodist Church
Robison
Brown Church
Country Club Road
F. F. Robison
Marquess
Boyce’s Grove
Route 119
Grafton
Philippi
Nicola-Gutherier
Shady ‘Grove
Preston County
Fred Nicola
William Nicola
Social dinner at Mrs Sinnett home ends with meeting
A covered dish dinner last evening at Mrs W S Sinnett s Walnut street home featured a 6 pm meal with a floral centerpiece. Mrs Sinnett led a business session after the meal and a dessert course followed. No date for the next meeting was set, planned as an outdoor picnic at St Paul s Methodist home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Sinnett
Walnut Street
Barcaly on Bridge Postmortem of a Business Double
In a bridge hands tale the fear of harming a partner by removing a business double leads to a profitable misreading of the hand. East and West could make five clubs with precise play, but North’s opening bid masked power in spades and limited value elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Fi
North
East
West
Mrs Barber Is Honor Guest At Birthday Party
Mrs B C Isner held a surprise birthday party for Mrs Ella Barber at Beech Street, with summer garden decor and dance games. Prizes went to Mrs Harley Haller and Mrs O W Hoffman, followed by cake and handkerchief shower. Attendees included Mrs Bailey, Mrs Bernard Hoffman, Mrs A A Crouser, Mrs Curley Eisner, Mrs Leota Hartsook, Miss Ann Densmore, and Miss Miriam Isner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Barber
B. C. Isner
Beech Street
Barber
Haller
Hoffman
W. J. Bailey
Bernard Hoffman
A. A. Crouser
Curley Eisner
Leota Hartsook
Ann Densmore
Miriam Isner
Mrs Murphy Hosts Bridge Club at Grafton Park
Mrs J Paul Murphy entertained her bridge club and guests at her summer cottage at Grafton Park last evening. A dessert course was served at 8.00 pm and two tables played contract for the rest of the night. Prizes went to Mrs W C Lawson and Mrs Lawrence R Swisher, members, and Mrs Frank Kunst, a guest. Other members present included Mrs Richard Robey, Mrs John Packman and Mrs William D Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Paul Murphy
Grafton Park
W. C. Lawson
Lawrence R. Swisher
Frank Kunst
Richard Robey
John Packman
William D. Fisher
Princess Frock Pattern 188 Attracts With Front Buttoning
Claire Tilden’s Pattern 188 offers a roundabout cotton frock with princess lines for smooth fit, a convenient front button opening, and a frilled collar option. Three sleeve styles available, sizes 34 through 48, fabric needs listed, cost 15 cents, write to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Tilden
Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mrs G T Bartlett Jr Guest Highlighted At Event
Mrs G T Bartlett Jr was listed as a guest at the gathering, reflecting social ties and attendance alongside other attendees in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Bartlett, Jr
Baptist Church Guild Meets for Hamburg Fly Night
The Mary Moffat Guild of First Baptist Church toured Harrison County Airport Thursday evening for a hamburger fry. After the meal, biking and other sports thrilled the young group. Guests from Zanesville Ohio included Virginia Hardman. members attending encompassed Louise Myers, Marjorie Bennett, Martha Harter, Juanita Robinson, Irene Courtney, Frances Proudfoot, Gwendolyn Proudfoot, and Mildred Jones. Mrs. Delbert Wolfe led the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Moffat
Irene Courtney
Frances Proudfoot
Gwendolyn Proudfoot
Mildred Jones
Mra. Delbert Wolfe
Briefly Told Briefly Told Returns From Vacation
Mrs. W. F. Stanley returns to her home after a week with son Burr and family at Beechbottom and relatives in Parkersburg. She visited friends in Wheeling and was a guest in the area during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Stanley
Burr
Beechbottom
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Jiffy Crochet Pattern 6748 Offers Modern Heirloom Quilt
This 72 by 90 inch cloth crochet uses two strands of string to add luxury and charm for generations. Pattern 6748 provides instructions and a chart for cloth illustrations of stitches and materials. Send cents to Gratton Sentinel Household Arts Dept to obtain the pattern, with name address and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratton Sentinel
Household Arts
W. 14Th Street
New York
Three nabs in bootlegging raids on downtown Graf ton
City police led by Captain A E Lockard raided three bootlegging dens in Graf ton during the late hours, seizing whiskey and arresting Albert Wren John Sines and Gussie Stone. Wren posted bond and was freed. Sines and Stone fined and arraigned. Also items on obstetrics study in Jersey City and local travel notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
A. E. Lockard
Peerless
Latrobe Street
Sines
Main
St. John Streets
East Main Street
Gussie Stone
Elks Club
Albert Wren
The
John Sines
Gussie
Wren
Stone
Jersey City
Margaret Hagee Hospital
Fairmont Hospital
State proves its reach through diverse factory links
The article notes that the state is not isolated as Canova discovers in multiple factories. He visits a stocking company in Martinsburg and observes silk from the Trient Nile yarn from France. It highlights Mississippi delta cotton spun in the Carolinas and processed in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, with wool from Texas and Australia.
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National
Canova
Martinsburg
Trient Nile
France
Mississippi Delta
Carolinas
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Texas
Australiy
West Virginia history told through travel narrative glimpses
A reader is invited to join a travelogue style work recounting West Virginia history through images and anecdotes. The book blends statistics with vivid scenes of scenery, industry, farms, mines, and transport, offering a panoramic yet impressionistic portrait of the state from coal country to peaks and gas fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Carolinas
Canada
Jawell
Statewide Heat Wave Drops With Nighttime Lows
Night temperatures ranged from 14 in through through to 71 in Elkins while 91 yesterday and 97 in Martinsburg marked the hottest levels. Charleston reached 90 before 9:30 am and Morgan Town hit 103 as other towns edged into the 90s. Bluefield bucked the trend with cooler readings as an air conditioned city recorded 89. Showers were forecast for the afternoon or evening and a cooler air mass from the west was expected to end the heat by tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hittington
Charleston
Elkins
Morgantown
Martinsburg
Huntington
Weston
Grafton
Bluefield
State police probe assault on attorney Fleischer
After being beaten at Princeton Fleischer escaped pursuers by flagging a state trooper car at Beckley. Captain Myers said the car followed him was searched with occupants’ consent and no weapons were found. The American Legion condemned the assault as violence and urged law enforcement action.
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Beckley
Myers
Fleischer
Legion
Princeton
G. H. Crumpecker
John McGrath
Criminal Court
The
American Legion
Air War Update From Mediterranean Front
The press and public gain confidence in the youngest service as British airmen claim 286 German planes shot down since June 18. Britain reports raids on Italian stores at Assar grounded planes at Mille Eritrea and Derna Libya while Italian bombers strike Malta but are driven off. Alexandria, Egypt, faces a half hour raid with no casualties. Rumanian ships are seized at Port Said, viewed not as reprisal, amid Britain's Danube barges and Astra-Rom Romania oil company actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guisuiucuious
Air Ministry
Mediterranean
Assar
Mille
Eritrea
der- Ina
Libya
Malta
Alexandria iI
Britain
Alexandria
Egypt
London
Port Said
Rumania
Danube
Astra-Romania
Strand Theatre Showcases 20 Mule Team Western
The Strand Theatre opens 20 Mule Team featuring Wallace Beery Leo Carrillo and Marjorie Rambeau set in Death Valley with Noah Beery Jr Anne Baxter and a Bogart gangster. Richard Thorpe directs a romance action filled tale blending 90s history with period gunplay and a Gay Nineties backdrop. The film includes The Gaucho Serenade and Angel In Disguise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Rambeau
Wallace Beery
Furnace Flats
Min
Bill
Death Valley
Leo Carrillo
Majorie Rambeau
Strand Theatre
20 Mule Team
Berry
Bill Bragg
Piute Pete
Carrillo
Beery
Josie Johnson
Toogether
Noah Beery, Jr
Mitch
Anne Baxter
New York
Jean
Josie
Miss Baxter
Douglas Fowley
Berton Churchill
Arthur Hohl
Clem Bevans
Richard Thorpe
Humphrey Bogart
Lewis Seiler
Michael Fessier
Lawrence Kimble
Bromfield
It All Came True at Dixie Theatre opener
Dixie Theatre will present It All Came True starting Sunday. Star Ann Sheridan brings bold glamour to the role in the Louis Bromfield adaptation about a New York boarding house, its sentimental old women, and a returning lover, with romance and suspense driving the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Theatre
Louis Bromfield
Ann Sheridan
Hollywood
Louis “Rains
Bromfield
Ann
Bramfield
New York
Jeffrey Lynn
Jean Parker Designs Dress Fame in Monogram Comedy
Jean Parker, star of Son of the Navy at the Opera House, designs her own costumes and runs a Beverly Hills shop when not filming. She advocates simple, personality-fitting attire and notes men prefer plain gowns. The film features James Burnt, Martin Spellman, William Boyle, Sara and Gene Morgan amid a Jones and True Boardman story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Parker
Monogram
Miss Parker
Beverly Hills
Jean
Navy
Mary
James Bunt
Martin Spellman
Willian Boyle
Sarin
Gene Morgafi
William Nigh
Jones
True Boardman
Goan Withers
Miner ordered to pay support in court
A coal miner named Williams McCauley was ordered by Justice G to pay ten dollars monthly for his wife’s support and ten dollars for his 18 year old son. The case was heard in the county court and the decision outlines the financial obligations attached to the family.
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Gerards
Mary Alice Wood
Grafton Young
St. Paul's
Barclay
Shepard Bateley
Patiores2
Gia Ae
Bares
Agee
Witures Syndicate, Inc
Mrs. Barber
Mrs. B. C. Isner
Mrs. Murphy
Baptist Church Guild
Virginia Sandsbury
Washington, D. C
Maple Lake
Martha Miller
Ruth Carruthers
Route 3
Fairmont Emergency Hospital
Alice
Brooks
So Arte Anc
Aris
Trip
Grafton City Police
G. T. Vance
Anne
C- Graw Avenue
Kentucky
Louisville
Vance
John Rose
William Archdeacon
Matthew
Lexington
William Knox
Clarence Graham
W. Washington Street
City Hospital
Everett Dalton Thornton
John Ed
Crawford
Route 1
A. Ray Shaw
Everrett Scott
Somerset
Charles Trickett
Tunnelton
Police
Strand
Opera House
Oni Coal Miner
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