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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1937
Page
3
Social notes list numerous visits and guests in Grafton and nearby towns. Families from Pittsburgh Washington New Castle and Fairmont share weekends and Decorations Day outings with local residents. Various residents are hospitalized or discharged and attending graduations and events in Clarksburg and Washington.
Miss Creda Jane Gauer daughter of Mr and Mrs Arnett Gauer of Terra Alta wed Clifford Moran son of Mrs H A Moran of Ross Street in a simple ceremony at St Andrews M E church parsonage in Morgantown on May 29 Rev William Knox officiated The bride wore blue and white and was educated in Terra Alta and Fairmont now employed by Frederick Snare corporation The groom is a Grafton High School graduate and also works for Frederick Snare They will reside at 259 Ross Street A birthday party for Leroy Newcome followed with a dessert course and gifts at his home featured many friends and family.
Mrs Guy Sanders of near Dawson's Camp was the guest of honor at a surprise miscellany shower hosted by the Queen Esther Society of Rowlesburg Methodist Episcopal Church. The event at Mr and Mrs D A McVicker's home in Manheim included a guided surprise raid from the camp, a weiner roast, games, and a bridal chair for the recent bride amid festive decor.
June events list meetings for White Rose Grove No. , Woodman Circle in Redmen hall at 8. Dues due. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Andrews church meets Mrs R C McDade Maple Ave at 2 30. Ladies of the G A R meet VEW hall at 2 30. Beulah Rebekah lodge No 32 meets Redmen hall at 8 for election of officers. Weekly Sewing club meets Mrs Leonard Coulter Grand Street.
The guest list for the event included the hon or guest Mrs. Sanders along with Miss Mildred Adams Miss Out Shaw Mrs. E F Giffin Miss Marguerite Wilson Miss Adelaide Miller Miss Blondel Dunbar Miss Helen Serafino Miss Mamie McVicker Miss Wilda Mae Whetsell Miss Jesse Witt and Miss Mary E Hooton.
Williamson June 1. Bill Johnson, weak and emaciated after more than two weeks in the mountains, gave himself up to Sheriff Burchett for questioning in the death of young Ransom Dent. He said he had not slept since May 16, surviving on visits to relatives. Leo Dent, brother of Ransom, is serving eight years for killing Charlie Johnson, Bill’s brother, last July. Ransom had been indicted in that case.
Sheriff Moore Reynolds reports Mrs. Dick Ellen Wilmoth Osborn, 48, leaped into West Fork near the Clarksburg Country Club, dying by her own action. Her body was recovered several feet below the club site.
Officials report the birth of triplets to an unnamed black inmate at a Federal Institution for Women on June 1. All three babies are said to have excellent chances to live.
In this Central Press column Barclay describes a bridge hand where the declarer, after a mishandled entry, plays to force a club entry to dummy and draw all diamonds. He begins by taking a trump with the king and continues with a sequence intended to fulfill the contract while maximizing chances for extra tricks. The play hinges on trump control and club management to access the diamond elongation and discard South’s hearts.
Memorial Day drew visitors from Washington Pa Blueville Parkersburg Charleston Clarksburg Huntington and Washington DC. Local residents hosted relatives and friends in Grafton including the Shafferman family the Bott family and the Bunner family while others traveled to Baltimore Philadelphia and New York City for visits with Ed Williams Mrs Edwin Green and J. Foy among others.
Charleston June 1 Dr Glenn Frank former president of the University of Wisconsin spoke at a luncheon of businessmen and Morris Harvey college seniors and was introduced by Walter S Hallanan Republican national committee man who predicted Frank would be the nation s choice for a new leader in 1940
In Washington on June 1 the House voted to override President Roosevelt’s veto of a bill extending the renewal period for World War II veterans’ war risk term insurance. Chairman Rankin of the World War Veterans Committee warned failure to pass the measure would force more than 20,000 veterans to drop their insurance.
The British protest cited an attack on H. M. S. Hardy near Palma Mallorca on May 26 and Spanish assurances of a safety zone for neutral ships. German bombardment of Almeria with 200 shells caused 20 casualties, while debates continued over responsibility and investigations. Foreign leaders urged restraint as chancelleries worried about further provocations and the broader European crisis.
Reports from War ren describe gunfire by pickets targeting food planes, while internal fire erupts within plant grounds. An international non intervention committee postponed actions as Germany and Italy resist reconciliation, amid a tense zone from Chicago to Buffalo where about 73,000 workers are idle awaiting a union contract.
Republic Steel officials vow to stand firm as tensions flare in Chicago Canton Warren and Youngstown. A 23 year old man in Canton suffered a possible skull fracture near Republics alloy division amid violent picket lines. Five dead and many injured in Chicago escalation prompt a governors conference with no settlement in sight.
The Supreme Court today refused to review a Sixth Circuit ruling ordering trials over TVA power expansion plans across eight states including Tennessee Alabama Virginia West Virginia North Carolina Kentucky Mississippi and Georgia. The decision upholds the circuit court’s effort to curb TVA construction by private utilities led by Tennessee Electric Power Company.
Graf ton squadron of the Sons of the Legion plans an organized delegation of youths whose members are sons of World War veterans. Local residents are expected to travel to Buckhannon Friday afternoon as Upshur metropolis readies for a large visitor turnout.
A historical advertisement promotes Fungi-Rex and Rex-Salvine from Rexall Drug Store to treat athlete's foot. It explains the germ causes itching and scaling and stresses applying Fungi-Rex to kill the fungus, then Rex-Salvine to aid healing. It advises clean hosiery and hand hygiene after treating toes. The Grafton Drug Company Drug Store in Grafton is cited.
Augustus C. Godfrey 101 longtime Norfolk and Western maintenance of way foreman and former chief of police here passed away. Believed Mercer County’s oldest resident, he served the town for years and retired from public service decades ago.
Britain states it will not take sides in the current controversy and will instead work toward reforming the international framework. The government emphasizes a neutral stance while seeking constructive adjustments to the system.
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