Matthews Rogers Reunion Of Families At Oak Grove Church
The Matthews Rogers reunion scheduled for August 4 at Oak Grove church invites all members of both families and friends. A varied program includes a featured vocal number by Fairmont singers and other performances. The Robison Reunion also set for August 4, at the Dave Robison homestead orchard, with a family program and all relatives urged to attend. The Grafton Taylor County Hospital Association meets tonight at 7:38 at Mrs D C Pecks home. officers and members are urged to attend. Mrs Flesher hosts a WCTU benefit tea Friday 2:30 to 6 pm at her Pruntytown home with unique invitations and a two-cent-per-letter joke contest. sixty four guests registered, luncheon served, program including musical readings and plays. The Shaffer family annual reunion is planned for August 11 at the Al linder grove near Knottsville Pike, inviting all members, relatives, and friends with baskets. A motorcycle tour by West Virginia Blackbeets members concluded with plans for the semi monthly meeting next Wednesday.
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Matthews-Rogers
Oak Grove Church
Spe
Fairmont
Robison
Robison Association
Dave Robison
Dick Coburn
Wickwire Road
Flesher
H. E. Flesher
Womans Christian Temperance Union
Pruntytown
H. B, Flesher
Saucy Sue
Georgianna Bennett
Evelyn
Moya Arnett
Betty Games’ Plesher
Martha Glenn
Playlet
Margaret Gawthrope
Ruth Morgan
Madeline Cover
Viola Utsinger
W. C.T. U. Institute
M. E
West, Virginia
Canaan Valley
Ralph Robinson
Guy Kinter
Nina Zinn
Virginia Henderson
Minnie
Inez Knight
Raymond Knight
William Swiger
Coleman Knight
Hazlett Henderston
Robert Knight
Kenneth Henderson
Fred Shaw
Charles Nuzum
Charles Robert
Billy
Bridgeport
Ohio
Charleston
Holmes Wyckoff
Migs
Doris
Wyckoff
Vance Wyckoff
Charlotte
Carolyn Rendle
George L. Blaney
Parsons
Morgan Kellar
Philippi
City
Stanley Preston
W.va
Luther Hodges
Hodges
Arizona
William B. Stuck
Union Drug Company
Samuel A. Shackleford
Maple Avenue
John Wood
Route 2
Charles Lewis
Grafton
Walter A. Wood
Margaret Sommerville
Gertrude Suddarth
Glenn Suddarth
Wheeling
Orpah Haymond
Baltimore
Pauline Foley
Washington
Personal notices from Bridgeport area residents
Local society items list visits and returns among residents. Charles Nuzum and family stay with Mrs. Ella Nuzum in Bridgeport while Alice Holt visits Morgantown. Several couples and individuals travel to and from Charleston Morgantown Wheeling and Baltimore with comments on illness and recoveries.
Woman To Return Home After Valley Trip
Last week she traveled with friends through the Valley of Virginia and is expected to return to her home at 23 East Main Street today.
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Valley of Virginia
East Main Street
Toda
$8,000 Gym to Be Built at Belington
Belington July 30 The board of education has acquired property for a high school gymnasium. Floyd Ware of the city received the contract for a wood construction building at about $8000. Excavation starts soon and work will move to rapid completion.
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Belington
J. C. Harvey
Board of Education
Floyd Ware
Boat Patrol to Enforce Game Law on Potomac River
Maryland and West Virginia game wardens plan patrols with power boats along the Potomac to enforce the game and fish laws of both states. E Lee LeCompte announces after a conference with Harold S Kolmer H B Cornwell Richard S Browning and Harry S Kenney, aiming for cross state cooperation.
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Baltimore
Potomac River
Maryland
West Virginia
E. Lee LeCompte
le Compte
Harold S. Kolmer
H. B. Cornwell
Richard S. Browning
Garrett County
Harry S. Kenney
Alleghany County
Five Condemned Get Sixty Day Reprieve At Folsom
Five convicts condemned to death for the 1927 Thanks giving day riot at Folsom prison were granted a 60 day reprieve by Chief Justice William H. Waste of the California Supreme Court. The reprieve permits time for further appeal as they continue to face murder charges.
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San Francisco
Folsom Prison
William H. Waste
Supreme Court
Hughes Fills Vacancy at The Hague Court
Charles Evans Hughes, eminent American jurist, elected by the Permanent Court of International Justice to fill a labor chambers vacancy caused by the death of British member Wiscott at Finlay. Hughes joined the court last spring and now assumes the duties in The Hague.
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the Hague
Charles Evans Hughes
Permanent Court of International Justice
Hughes
Wiscott At
County seeks immediate action on delinquency crisis
Miss Margaret E. McKinney district agent reports serious delinquency and dependency issues in Taylor county. Prosecuting Attorney James C. Holt and Norman Kendall push cooperation with the State Board of Children's Guardians while a county welfare board and probation officer are sought to address juvenile cases and needed welfare services. State Board officials in Charleston will approve a proposed county board and then the county court will appoint the probation officer.
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Taylor County
Margaret E. McKinney
James C. Holt
Norman II
Kendall
State Board of Children's Guardians
Miss McKinney
State Board of Guardians
Jary
Misa McKinney
Warren Kittle
Charleston
Sue Staunton
Harry Snyder
Hervey Carter
Jamboree of Scouts Opens Tomorrow at Arrowe Park
Arrowe Park England July 30 Four hundred fifty acres host a world jamboree as 50 000 scouts from 42 nations camp near Liverpool including 1200 Americans. Opened tomorrow by the Duke of Connaught with Baden-Powell address. The Prince of Wales to visit Thursday and stay overnight. The jamboree ends August 13.
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Arrowe Park
Eng
Boy Scouts World
Mersey River
Liverpool
Ekill
Duke of Connaught
Robert Baden-Powell
Scout Movement
Prince of Wales
Scouts of All Nations
Lindy Shows Aerial Photos Of Ancient Pueblo Ruins
During a stay with his bride at the Pecos ruins a photography program began. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh photographed sites including Chaco Canyon and Pecos valleys. Air surveys matched by ground surveys from Carnegie Institute and Phillips Academy. Photos sent to the Carnegie Institution in Washington.
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Pecos
Lindbergh
Chaco Canyon
Pojarito Plateau
Rion Grande
Chama
Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh
Phillips Academy
Laboratory of Anthropology
Carnegie Institution At
Washington
Preacher Is Charged With Passing Checks
Chicago reports Rev. O. L. Pride a 56 year old preacher held after allegedly cashing several worthless checks. Pride, student at Garrett Biblical Institute and former Milwaukee Bible class leader, was arrested while trying to cash a bad check. Springfield search sought J. W. Garney. Police say Pride and Garney conspired, but the Institute dean cites carelessness rather than fraud.
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Chicago
0. L. Pride
Garrett Biblical Institute
Milwaukee
Evanston
Springfield
J.W. Garney
Mrs Kate Legett On Road To Recovery
Mrs Kate Legett of Dorsey street was injured when she fell Friday and broke both arms near the wrists. An X-ray by Dr F B Suddarth showed severe bruising and mangled bones. she was on the piazza edge when the chair collapsed and she fell backward into the yard.
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Kate Legett
Dorsey Street
F. 8
Suddarth
Decrying Church Involvement In Politics
New York July 30 Dr Caleb R Stetson criticizes church participation in politics in the Trinity parish year book released today He says political church activity has become a feature of national life since the eighteenth amendment and hurts religion and provokes resentment among religious loyalists who oppose church propaganda for pacifism or other causes.
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New York
Caleb R. Stetson
Trinity Parish
McCrench Named President of National Federation Clubs
Marion H. McCrench of Ann Arbor Michigan is elected as the new president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. The Associated Press reports the leadership change in the women’s professional organization.
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Associated Press
Marion H. McCrench
Ann Arbor, Mich
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
School Board Mulls Addl Teacher and Improvements
School items from page one note potential changes as courses grow complex. Secretary Friedman reports plans include fencing between school properties and a new seating room in Fetterman district. Reopening set for September 9 pending board decision. An instructor in penmanship was discussed with no official hire action.
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Friedman
City Hospital
Fetterman
Stay of Execution Granted for Pregnant Woman
In Los Angeles on July 30, Thelma Holland, 22, an expectant mother, was spared prison before her child is born with a six month stay of execution on a liquor charge. Judge Emmett H. Wilson had indicated no probation but relented after delays. Holland’s husband Charles received seven years to life in Folsom. she had prior felony conviction.
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Los Angeles
Thelma Holland
Glider Crash Injures Mohawk Aircraft Official
Charles P. Murphy of Minneapolis, manager for Mohawk Aircraft Corp, was severely bruised when a glider he piloted crashed into a building at the Minnesota state fair grounds. He is recovering.
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St. Paul
Minn
Charles P. Murphy
Minneapolis
Mohawk Aircraft Corporation of
Frozen Vegetable Salad and Gooseberry Jam Recipe Fragments
Fragmented recipe notes describe a cold vegetable salad using peas cucumbers pimenton salt paprika and whipped cream with water step to mold freeze and serve. Gooseberry jam and peach dessert items appear with sugar water vanilla and marshmallows, plus butter and flour hints for a roll and bake process with chilling and slicing steps.
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Huan
Quarantine and Rum Policies Highlight Trade Barriers
Federal state authorities impose quarantine in Florida on the Mediterranean fruit fly. Assistant Secretary Lowman states treasury will not grant hardship waivers for rum imports while tightening entry routes, notably at the Canadian border, amid broader trade controls.
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Washington
Florida
Lowman
Treasury
United States
Canadian
Choking Spells Linked to Dyspepsia Ad Text
Advertisement claims choking spells arise from indigestion and throat gagging. It promotes a remedy called Pepariated Nesia Compound to relieve symptoms and prevent future episodes, promising bowel cleansing and foul waste removal. Priced at 60 cents at drug stores.
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Zex
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Allender Grove
Knottsville Pike
Shaffer
Ritz Barber & Beauty
Ritz Theatre
Clarksburg
W. VA
Kelly
Pugh- Waters Co
Harvey
sElectrola
Victor
Victor Demonstrations Haymond Piano Co
W. Main St
Waikiki
Frances Bickerton
Scouts
England
Burton & Randolph Inc
Alexander Georgok
Osgood
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