Grafton Social Notes Show Hostesses and Gatherings
Corral Parrrish Montgomery notes a lively society page with Marion Virginia Lambert hosting a slumber party on West Main street with eleven guests in beach pajamas, midnight luncheon, and a playful verse by host father James Lambert. Fidelis Club picnic and Daughters of America reports, plus a Park Pioneer Club triad outing to Kingwood and Oakland, with members named and activities described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel Society
Iss Lambert
Marion
Virginia
Mozart Gibb
West Main Street
James Lambert
A. R. Bolyard
Kain Hughes
Avanelle McDaniel
Elabeth Robinson
Edgith Boyd Louise Ringler
Gladys McDaniel
Maxine Wood
Virginia Robinson
Maxine Smith
Shinnston
Marsirle Hall
Clarksburg
Howard H. Holt
W. C. Hann
M Vaughn M. Kerr
E. F. Clark
Allie Holt
W. ,C. Hann
Fleming Welcomes Daughter In Flemington Births
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Fleming of Flemington announce the birth of a daughter on July 19. The mother and baby are doing fine. the baby has not yet been named. Mr. and Mrs. W A West of Washington report the arrival of an eight pound girl on July 22 named Constanes Diane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horn
Stanley Fleming
Flemington
Fleming
Creditors of Broker Firm to Get Money
New York July 29 Recovery of more than a million dollars was assured to creditors of Woody and company bankrupt brokerage house today with the agreement of Kranke Bailey Brooklyn capitalist to turn over to receivers money he collected from Harold Russell Ryder the young partner to whose activities in and out of Wall Street the collapse was attributed. The agreement reached counsel negotiating for a settlement provides for the return by Bailey of about 500 000 in cash and Ryder's apartment building and for Bailey's cancellation of a credit of about 260 000 due him on Woody and company's books. Ryder obligated himself to Bailey for a large debt and it was his repayment of the debt in installments which was blamed for the dwindling of assets of the company. Miss Julian Moran has returned to her home on Maple avenue after spending several weeks visiting in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Woody and Company
Kranke Bailey
Brooklyn
Harold Russell Ryder
Wall Street
Bailey
Ryder
Radiophone flight call sets 14000 mile record to Sydney
Capt Yancey conducts a radiophone conversation from a plane over Buenos Aires to Sydney, Australia, setting a 14000 mile distance record. The call relayed via Madrid and submarine cables reached Rugby, England then Sydney. Mrs Yancey says he plans to depart Buenos Aires for Rio de Janeiro and expects to return to the United States within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yancey
Sydney
Buenos Aires
Madrid
New York
Capitan Lewis Yacey Im
Australia
Pain
English Channel
England
Rugby
Beam
Rio Janeiro
United States
Travelers and Visitors Active Around Grafton and Nearby
Local society notes list Mr and Mrs C A Michael with George and Ardella Shaw visiting Buffalo Rochester Niagara Falls and Canada, plus Detroit return. Guests include Miss Jessie Carl and Miss Dorothy Weitzell with the Greenwalds, and Capt Mallones visiting from Mort Hoyle. News covers ill relatives, hospital stays, and several trips to Chicago Toledo Morgantown and Philadelphia with return assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Michael
George B. Shaw
Ardella Shaw
Fred Shaw
Buffalo
Rochester
Niagara Falls
Canada
Detroit
Mich
Jessie Carl
Wheeling
L. H. Greenwald
Clyde Mallonee
Threework
Mont
Grafton
George Mallonee
Dorothy Weitzell
Wheelling
TR. C. Mallones
U. A
Mort Hoyle
W. Washington Street
Lloyd M. Loran
Wal[nut Street
Frank Lyons
Qalsland
Mary Joan’ Roy
James i. Roy
Baseball League Meets With Shriver Thursday
The county baseball league will meet in conference with Supt. of County Schools Lloyd L. Shriver Thursday evening at 7 20. General business matters will be discussed including plans for winding up the season with a grand flourish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. of
Lloyd L. Shriver
Subtle Elegant Frocks Featured In 1931 Paris Lines
Paris July 29 reports 500 high style establishments show dresses for Eve's posterity with subtle elegant silhouettes. Skirts stay slightly longer for day wear while waists expand to natural curves. The palette centers on Van Dyke brown greens dark reds purples blacks and whites for all-day use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Milady
Tim
van Dyke
Baltimore waiter testifies in Mooney Billings case
San Francisco July 29 John MacDonald 58 a Baltimore waiter told the supreme court justices he gave false testimony in the Mooney Billings case in 1916 urged by Charles Fickert then district attorney to testify falsely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John MacDonald
Baltimore
Supreme Court
Mooney-Billings
Charles Fickert
Hospital Notes and Local Health Updates
Miss Opal Lake returns to City Hospital after several days with her parents in Simpson. Miss Virginia Saunders of Hopemont had emergency surgery Monday evening. Charles Paul Martin and Arthur Kennsely underwent operations this morning. Georgia oyster beds face depletion unless scientific methods are introduced, says the bureau of fisheries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Lake
City Hospital
Simpson
Virginia Saunders
Hopemont
Charles
Paul Martin
Arthur Kennsely
Georgia
Philippi Kiwanis meeting notes and local updates
The weekly Philippi Kiwanis luncheon drew 29 attendees including H. A. Ridgeway of Parsons and Ayel McBee of Morgantown. A special election for a trustee to replace Dr. H. C. Myers who moved to Atlanta was announced. The club also planned a tennis tournament, a family picnic at Smith's Park, and authorized Welcome Assembly Visitors signs. Public notices include marriage licenses issued in Barbour County and a county utilities assessment showing a drop in assessable property from 1928 to 1929. The Barbour County 4-H camp opened with 86 participants led by Emory Rexroad and others. Updates cover new service station construction, local organizings, and a long list of residents and visitors with brief mentions of travels and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odie Mae Poling
Philippi
W. Va
Nixon Gate Eriday
H. A. Ridgeway
Parsons
Ay EL McBée
Morgantown
H. C. Myers
Atlanta
Club
Kiwanis
Vegetable Gelatin Salad and Dessert Dishes
A vintage recipe fragment outlines a Vegetable Gelatin Salad with cabbage celery cucumber and a vinegar seasoned dressing. It includes directions for dissolving gelatin with boiling water layering ingredients in a mold and chilling until firm. Also begins a Maple Mousse recipe with sugar flour eggs maple syrup and whipped cream, plus an announced Picnic Menu with Boiled Ham Cabbage and Pineapple Salad, Cream Chocolate Drop Buttered Rolls.
Belt of Practicalid Closed Fragment
Fragmentary text discusses barriers to living exhalation and the fish as part of the food supply. Mentions a scientific ship Torresos and the need to resist ideas about regulation of waters and currents similar to the Atlantic.
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Torresos
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coral Parrish Montgomery
Fidelis Club
First Presbyterian Church
F. M. Dressler
Grafton Parke
Ge Fauley
Jacob A. Pauley
Knottsville
Gloria
Dorsey Fauley
Olive
McCartney
Eileen Hawards
Ruth Swiger
Maxine
Jean Queen
Frances
Lois Ann Fauley
John Edgar Hull
Lorraine McCartney
Dorsey Watts
Dale Thomas
Alden Edwards
Daughters of America
Mountain City
C. C. Moats
Andr. Ellsworth
Rms
Lela Meters
Myrtle Frazer
Cutlip
Emma Krepps
Rozella McDaniel
Rachel Griffith
Birdie Thompson
C. C. Batson
Grafton Park
Hatson Cottage
Julian Moran
Maple Avenue
Pittsburgh
Osgoods
Smart Shoppe
Netlie Tucker
Grand Street
St. Mary's Hospital
Mildrer Devers
Bellaire
Ohto
Marion Skaggs
East Washington Street
K. R. Kennedy
Chicago
John W. Tuckert
Toledo
Ohio
Abe Tackett
Lear Jewelry
James F. Holt
R.D.T. C
Louisville
Alice P. Preiss
McGraw Avenue
Shriver
Acre
MacDonald
Aus
The
Ladies Auxiliary of
West Virginia
Rural Letter Garriers’ Association
Barbour County Court
Ray Stackpole
Holly Simon
C. H. Nesbitt
Myrtle Findley
James A. Goss
Ruth Rowland
Emmett Howatter
Mabel Chenoweth
Adrian Gregory
Audral Wright
E. V. Price
Mary Cremmer
John F. Hewitt
Barbour County
Barbour
G. Queen
Vanno's Mill
Emory Rexroad
Katherine Stump
Migs
Marion McTigert
J. C. Boggess
Hoy Coffman
Court House
Ben F. Wilson
L. Owen-Smith
South Philippi
Burton’ Hospital
Weston
Marie Crites
Gratton
Pauline Boyles
North Philippi
Bob Keyser
Elkins
H. M. Hamilton
Fairmont
A. H. McBee
Paul
Nelle
Paul B. Ware
High Street
G. BE. Drummond
Buckhannon
J.D. Cutlip
Lucy Cutlip
Peel Tree
Ira Chapman
C. J. Crites
C. B. Crites
W. H
Olive’ Hill
John Suppler
H. M. Crawford
Josephens
Lew Cassidy
Ruth Crawford
Cassidy
Dorothy Digman
Lillie — McCoy
VanNoy's Mills
Evelyn Coyner
Perdineentis
Sam the Glazier
O Glans
Biggs
Sam
Ele
Contest Board
American Automobile ‘Association
Americus Automobile Axotiton Cement
Calo
Ada Springs
Calhan
Comet Board
Nice
Frey Bookles
Conocos
Conoco
Pike's Peak
American Automobile Association Contest Board
Verm
Alexander George
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