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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1950
Page
3
Society and club items from editor Mrs Naomi Lawson note society happenings and events with contact telephone 514 listed for inquiries and submissions.
Mrs Rhea Fisher hosted the Grafton Woman's Club music department at her East Washington home with a covered dish supper and spring floral decor. Gifts honored retiring officers and director Mrs Calvin Morrison. new officers named include chairman Mrs Rhea Fisher and secretary treasurer Mrs Philip Gerkins. The group plans to sing at the federation district convention in September in Grafton. Present were Mrs Calvin Morrison and Mrs W R Thay.
A surprise party was hosted Monday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Francis Laren near Newburg for James Earl Knotts a high school freshman with seven years of perfect attendance and one year of faithful attendance. Guests included Mary Jo Dadisman Loretta Farrell Patty Frazier Shirley Frazier and others. refreshments were served by several hosts. The event featured games and a social gathering with many attendees named in the list.
A reflective piece on the Ed and Pegeen Fitzgerald breakfast program from the Hotel Pierre. The author describes their informal 6 AM start, live on air from a 38th floor suite, the couple’s cheerful demeanor, their improvised ad reads, and the challenges of maintaining format while keeping a homey tone.
Ingrid Bergman visits Rome with a group including Robey Duane Sharps Naomi Sharps and Doris Sheets. They called on Mr Canfield’s uncle at Independence who has been in a cast since April 13 and attended Ada Jacobs’s wedding before returning home Sunday.
Visiting parents Mrs Ansel B Thomas and sons Byron Paul and David Lynn and Miss Mary Johnson of Grampian return home Sunday after a week with Mrs Thomas parents Mr and Mrs Frank Hicks of West Main Street. Birth announced for Harold E Knight Jr and Mrs Knight of Arlington Virginia second child born May 31 at George Washington Hospital weighing eight pounds eight ounces. Hospital notes list multiple admissions and transfers at City Hospital May 31 and June 1 including Geraldine Root Sara Smith Charles Swisher Beatrice Merrill Wanda Murray Jean McPhail and others.
June schedule lists meetings for multiple groups: Quota Club at Grafton hotel 6 30 p m June 5. Woman's Hospital Auxiliary at City Hospital dining room 2 p m June 5 with Executive Board at 1 30 p m. Taylor County Beagle Club at club grounds 6 p m June 5. Naomi Chapter No 12 C E 8 and Philippi Chapter No 41 host Worthy Grand Matron Miss Portia Hamrick of Huntington with dinner at St Pauls Methodist Church 5 45 p m June 7 reservations by June 1 call Mrs Donald Wagner 1551 1. Mountaineer Council No 44 JAAM will meet at East Main Street D of A hall 8 p m June 8. Young Adult class First Baptist holds class and weiner toast at Tygart Dam observation platform 7 p m June 8 meet at church first.
Blanche Swisher led a Knottsville Womens Society of Christian Service program on Christian Homes at Mrs. Dorothy Poling's home with co hostesses Mrs. Sarah Cozad. Flossie Shroyer spoke on Christian Homes and Ada McDaniel spoke on Christian Homes in Africa, with Bernice Luzadder discussing Christian Homes Around The World. A poem It Takes A Heap of Living was read by Blanche Swisher and a closing song followed. Refreshments were served to the group.
Pirates in the Straits of Malacca attacked a junk 30 miles southwest of Penang, seizing a cargo worth $5,000 on the voyage from Indonesia. Earlier this year another junk was stripped of rubber and quinine valued at $660 on January 30.
Postage stamp gums behave curiously in Indian climates with gum refusing to stick in some areas and sticking when undesired. Postal authorities investigate as the shell is described as nature the packing case for the egg.
Central press writer Hu Hoytking reports on Ghali and his in law troubles before a honeymoon. The piece mentions marriage, pensions to women, and a joke about a man’s best years. Sudanese giraffe quotas and royal taste for status are also touched, with Farouk looming over sister’s faction.
Belgrade reports that women now help to share the future of Yugoslavia from high seats in government councils. In the recent elections, 32 of the new assembly members are women, highlighting a significant participation by women in the Yugoslav legislature.
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