Gerards Feted By Family 40th Wedding Anniversary
A large celebration marked the 40th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Sam Gerard at their Simpson home. Twelve children plus numerous relatives and friends attended from multiple states. The evening featured a chorus, piano pieces by Eva Gerard, dance displays by Jim and Mary Succurre, games, dancing, and elaborate floral decorations from the White family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Gerard
Simpson
John Gerard
Ross Gerard
Lena Gerard
Eula Gerard
Paulline Gerard
Louie Gerard
Fay Gerard
Louie Succarro
Rosemont
Sam Leroy
Clarksburg
Frank Gerard
New Brunswick
N. J
America
Louie Succurro
Wendel
Gerard
Eva Gerard
Jim
Mary Succurre
Edith Gerard
W. Phelps
P. G. White
Howard
Mazzel
Tony Mazzel
Angela Mazzel
Nutter Fort
Elmer Phelps
George W. Phelps
Mike Freeze
Flemington
D. A. Sasso
Mary Comard
Martin Comard
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ely
Gerards
Community notices of meetings and reunions in Grafton area
A series of social and family events listed for late July and August. Elks Auxiliary plans a film showing Under the Antlers at 8:30 p m in the Elks auditorium. G A A members gather at H M Murray home on Walnut street at 7 30 p m. VFW Auxiliary to meet at Mrs. Herbert Evans home at 7 30 p m. B and O Veterans and Ladies auxiliary plan a Terra Alta park picnic with a 9 a m bus from B and O station. Miss Nelle Tucker and Miss Una St Clair host Business Girls club picnic at Paradise Beach. Grafton District Sunday school rally at St Paul s Methodist church on Aug 4. Lawler chapel homecoming Aug 4 with services, singing, and sermons by Rev Bailes and Rev Brown. Robison reunion at Brown church on Country Club road. Marquess family reunion at Boyce s grove near Haymond church with 11 a m business session. first independent reunion after splitting from Cornwell-Sinclair. Harvey Rightmire reunion at Webster Baptist church Aug 4. Quota club members visit Dr Virginia Jeffreys near Philippi Aug 5. Brown reunion at Brown church grove Aug 11. Nicola Gutherie reunion at Shady Grove Preston County Aug 18 with basket dinner and program led by Nicola family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Auxiliary
Elks Auditorium
Hugh McPhail
H. M. Murray
Walnut Street
Social Society of the
VFW
Herbert Evans
B. & O. Veterans and Ladies’ Auxiliary
Terra Alta Park
A. H. Carroll
E. Wilford
Nelle Tucker
Una St. Clair
Business Girls Club
Webster Baptist Church
Quota Club
Virginia Jeffreys
Philippi
Brown
Brown Church Grove
Grafton-Fairmont Road
Shady Grove
Preston County
Fred Nicola
William Nicola
The Trap Passer in a Bridge Post Mortem
Barclay discusses a club rubber match where West's double after South's forcing bid leads to a risky, yet profitable shrimp against a vulnerable slam. The post game analysis notes a spade sacrifice possibility and the dismay at failed opportunities. The column uses a practical example of a trap passer and the emotional reaction of a top player.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weat
North
South
West
King
How South defends 7 No Trumps if West doubles
In a 7 No Trumps contract after West opens with a double and leads the club 7, South should analyze the club position and plan a safe defensive line. With dealer North, the lead and sequence require precise timing to avoid giving away a ruff or establishing tricks for the declaring side. The key is to count stoppers, manage the club suit, and coordinate partner signals to hold the balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
South
West
Wbites Syndicate, Inc
Notable Names in a Local Social Column
A list of residents and families appears in a social column, naming Epi J. Trocino, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bartlett, Ewlin L. Kinsey, Lena Gerard and Mrs. H. Shumaker, Mr. and Mrs. John Gerard, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bartlett and son Danice, Ross Gerad, Eva Gerard, Pauline Gerard, Eula Ger ard, Sam Gerard, Faye Gerard, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Jordan, Mr W. Kelley, Emily McIntosh, Joseph Landina, Loretta Gerard, and Miss Kathleen Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epi J. Trocino
Guy Bartlett
Ewlin L. Kinsey
Lena Gerard
Surprise Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs. Freeze at 74
A noon covered dish party at Mrs. George Freeze's Gay Street home observed her 74th birthday with two birthday cakes, gifts, and a social afternoon. Attendees included out of town guests Miss Eleanor Dotson Greenwood and several Buckhannon residents, with many Dowden and Ringler family members in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Freeze
Gaystreet
Freeze
Ed Dowden
Harry Ringler
Eleanor Dotson
Greenwood
John E. Sinsel
Mannington
George Pittman
Nathan Cole
Chester Cole
Buckhannon
Dolly Dowden
Sandra Lee Ringler
Natalie Dowden
Frank Reid
Harry, Ringler
Robert Arble
Sanford Ringler
M. Haddix
W. A. Coffman
George Dowden
Eugene Ringler
David Dowden
Mrs McPhail Honored At Maple Ave Party
Mrs. Hugh McPhail marked her first wedding anniversary as hostesses Miss Geneva Hilkey and Mrs. Frances Warder entertained at Mrs. Warder’s Maple Avenue home. Six bridge tables, summer themed decor, and prizes won by Mrs. Virgil Rohrbough and Miss Nellie Tucker accompanied a generous salad course for a citywide guest list including Mrs. William Murray and Mrs. John Madden among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Hilkey
Frances Warder
Maple Avenue
Hugh McPhail
McPhail
Virgil Rohrbough
Nellie Tucker
Rohrbough
Tucker
Queen Family Reunion Planned for Sunday
The 12th annual Queen reunion will be held Sunday in Johnstown. The morning service occurs at Johnstown Church with a brief program and business meeting. A basket picnic follows on church grounds as the session continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Crochet Own Household Finery Beginners Pattern 6757
Advertisement for a crochet pattern titled Peacock Plumes 50 easy to crochet with medal lions motif. Pattern 6757 includes instructions illustrations stitches and photo. Request by sending ten cents to Grifton Sentinel Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grifton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
Recreation center invites family and friends to meet
The notice invites all members of the family and their friends to attend at the recreation center. It lists officers for this year including HL Sterling Queen as president M E Courtney as vice president Lucy E Queen as secretary treasurer Delbert Queen on grounds and arrangements and Irma White on program.
Pick Home Here For '41 Reunion
The Park View home of E. E. Duckworth was chosen as the site for the 1941 Duckworth reunion, decided at the 1940 gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs William Duckworth in Porterwood. A large crowd attended with games swimming group singing and a basket dinner in the afternoon. Mrs William Hansford of Winchester Va presided over a business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Duckworth
Park View
Duckworth
William. Duckworth
Porterwood
W. Wa
Atl P
William Hansford
Winchester
Children’s work district meeting planned in Fairmont
The children’s workers of Fairmont district Methodist churches will hold a district meeting at Morris Park Fairmont Thursday August 1 at 6 pm In case of rain the event moves to Diamond Street Methodist church Fairmont A program for Methodist parents teachers and others interested in church children is planned Mrs H M Wade state director of children’s work from Clarksburg is expected Miss Zane Brooks of Fairmont district director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children's Workers
Fairmont
Methodist
Morris Park
Diamond Street Methodist Church
H. M. Wade
Clarksburg
Zane Brooks
Country Dinner at First Presbyterian Portioned Off
The Lend-a-Hand Circle of the First Presbyterian church postponed its planned country dinner set for Friday August 2. Mrs John Mutter, circle president, led the arrangements and announced the cancellation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
John Muter
Back From Trion and Other Local Notices
A collage of society briefs reports residents returning from trips to New York and the west coast and visits with relatives in Blueville. Others note improving health and obituaries, with hospital admissions for emergency appendectomies and minor procedures and a Tucson death in the Rally family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trion
Sarah F. Weit
West Mainstreet
West Coast
Pattern 189 Cotton Dress Sews Quickly for Wardrobe
Fresh from a bandbox Jock fashion pattern 189 offers a crisp mid season dress. Claire Tilden’s design features a princess back, curved side skirts, a wide pointed collar, and ruffled edges with short sleeves. Sizes 14 through 43 are listed, with fabric amounts of four yards for size 16. Send 15 cents with size name address and style number to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Department in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Tilden
Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
New York
N. YY
Huntington Flier Dies In Navy Plane Plunge
In Alexandria Virginia a naval training plane crash killed Charles M. Roberts 27 of Huntington West Virginia while practicing takeoffs at the Anacostia naval air station. Instructor Lieutenant Thomas W. Wagner observed the mishap as Roberts reportedly became unhooked from his safety belt and could not deploy his parachute in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandira
Charles M. Roberts
Huntington
W.va
Roberts
Naval Air’station
Anacostia
Thomas W. Wagner
Naval Reserve
Epen
Robert
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Annabel P. Swisher
Society Reporter
Barclay
Shepard Barclay ii
Natal
Gay Street
Mc Phail
Maple Ave
Mrs. Francis Warder
Queen
Alice Brooks
Rheee
Sopria, Household Arts, Inc
Asehold
Doris Jean Thorn
West Washington Street
California
Joseph Minter
Alice
Morongo Valley
Calif
Minter
Margaret Davisson
Monroe Street
Virginia
Paul Marsh
Harriett
Pittsburgh
Josephine
Pauline Robinson
Blueville
Philadelphia
Doris
Jean Bolyard
Ross Street
Washington, D. C
Arnold Hefner
C. T. Bolyard
Washington
Emil Kinsler
Pierre Rally
Tucson
Aris
Rally
Jean Langan
Mary
Ann Behen
Washington Street
City Hospital
Sabina Linn
Knotts Avenue
Ruth Henderson
West Main Street
C. B.'Grayson
Wilford Street
Charleston
Trent
West Virginia
State Department
Thayer Street
Intquire Sentinel
Montes Street
Fetterman
Wille.b. Sentinel
J. A. Keler
Grafton
Monongahela System
Huntington Flier
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