Foreign Missionary Society Meeting At Andrews M E Church
The Foreign Missionary society of Andrews M E church met Thursday afternoon in the church parlor. Mrs. W C Barnes led devotionals, readings and prayers. A stewardship ritual, poems, and social hour followed. No meeting until September. Large pink rambler roses adorned the parlor.
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Foreign Missionary Society
Foreign Missionary Society of Andrews M. E. Church
W. C. Barnes
Singin Bf
Barnes
Harry C. Compton
W. C. Hanway
W. E. Knox
Uhless
Social Calendar Listings Highlight June Meetings
United Brethren Ladies Aid society plans a 7 30 p m meeting at Mrs A B Cut rights home 236 Beech St The Weekly Sewing club postpones its June 3 gathering to this date Quota club convenes June 6 at 6 15 pm at Cony Rest ner Names attendees at the quota club include Mildred Bartlett Josephine Manley Helen Shaw Virginia Shaw Nellie Cook Mary Virginia Carter Kathleen Reese Helen Constance Lowe Carolyn Brown Margaret Moran Geneva Hilkey Elizabeth Hoff man Barbara DeMoss Ruth Mays Beatrice Tucker Garett Jacobs Adah Polthy Sarah Frances Sturm Mildred Sumters Mary Shields Catherine Madden Mary Clark Carrie Packman.
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United Brethren Ladies Aid Society
A. B. Cut
Beech Street
Sewing
T. Gough
Quota Club
Cony-Rest
Ner
Mildred Bartlett
Josephine Manley
Helen Shaw
Virginia Shaw
Nellie Cook
Mary Virginia Carter
Kathleen Reese
Helen Constance Lowe
Carolyn Brown
Margaret Moran
Geneva Hilkey
Elizabeth Hoffman
Barbara DeMoss
Ruth Mays
Beatrice Tucker
Garett Jacobs
Adah = Polthy
Sarah
Frances Sturm
Mildred Sumters
Mary Shields
Catherine Madden
Mary Clark
Carrie Packman
Memorial Day Guests From Several States
A lengthy list of Memorial Day visitors includes Ada Gall and family from Pearl street hosting Wayne Gall George Brown Harold Gall and Clara Merkel of Lancaster New York. Also guests Carol Myers from Philadelphia A H Gall Richards Pittsburgh J B Palmer and children Alice John visiting relatives in Mississippi and Rhinelander with John W Smith returning to Wheeling after visiting Harold Waller in Loveland. Other visitors came from Fairmont Morgantown Clarksburg and Pittsburgh with various relatives.
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Ada Gall
Pearl Street
Wayne Gall
George Brown
Harold Gall
Clara Merkel
Lancaster
N. Y
I. O. Myers
Philadelphia
A. H. Gall
Richards
Pittsburgh
Palmer
Taty Alice
John
National Limited
Margaret Kerns
H. J. Wolfe
Melba
Bobby and
Paul
Fairmont
E. H. Waters
Earl Knight
Morgantowd
Jack Koon
Mildred Kerns
Clarksburg
Vera Dulin
Joseph Madera
Elkins
Barclay on Bridge: Double after a bid in play noted
Central Press summary of a bridge problem by Shepard Barclay explains double consequences after an opponent opens with a factual bid. The dealer West doubles against a one no trump, describing ensuing play where East-West could have raced to three diamonds and the implications for takeout doubles and penalties.
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Barclay
Central Press
Shepard Barclay
The
Authority On Authorities
West
East
South
Hast
Lady Astor Opens London Nursery School Spotlight
Virginia born Lady Nancy Astor presides at the official opening of a new Ken sington Park nursery in London. The event features discussion of her influence and the British social scene as attendees note her prominent role and family connections. J.J. Rose’s daughter and the Welling family visit Akron after a gathering with Harold Cole and Sally Bun P. PF. John A. Baker of Fort Myer visits relatives in Akron before summer training at Port Hoyle Maryland.
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Nancy Astor
Kensington Park
London
Nobsewoman
Lady A
Wiels
Sentral Preas
J.J. Rose
J. P. Welling
Joanne Lee
Akron, O
Harold Cole
Sally Bunner
John A. Baker
Fort Myer
Priest Slain At His Home In Centralia
In Centralia Missouri an elderly priest, Father Charles Emerg, 65, was shot during a struggle with two intruders in the rectory after a motor ride with housekeeper Miss Martha Rice, 30. Rice identified one assailant as a negro and said a second man struck her. the priest was killed an inch from the heart. A gray cap found near the house is the only clue. authorities deem robbery unlikely.
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Centralia
Charles Emerg
Martha Rice
State Highway Patrol
Casteel
Grafton Graduates Earn High Honors at Fairmont State
Imogene Devers and Pearl Thomas of Grafton will graduate with honors at the 67th annual commencement at Fairmont State Teachers College. The class of 1938 has 126 members. Other Grafton graduates include Alan Fast, Vivia Finley, Praley Louden, Kenneth Robinson, Sue Elizabeth Rogers, Helen Snider, Laura Lee Snider, and Francis Wolfe. The baccalaureate sermon will be at 11 a.m. Sunday in Fairmont Senior High auditorium by Rt. Rev. R. B. L. Strider. Dr. Lester K. Ade will deliver the commencement address. Both ceremonies will be broadcast on radio station WMMN. John Thomas Evans will be soloist at the alumni luncheon at 12:15 p.m. in the Jarrett Hotel.
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Grafton
Fairmont State Teachers College
Fairmont Senior High School
Imogene Devers
Pearl Thomas
Alan Fast
Vivia
Finley
Praley Louden
Kenneth Robinson
Sue Elizabeth Rogers
Helen Snider
WMMN
Fairmont
John Thomas Evans
Pairtment Hotel
Kingdom of Hell frames view of nations at graduation
Dr Wallace Nutting, authority on early American life, told 104 graduates at Washington and Jefferson College that no government can save a nation. He warned the world faces a kingdom of hell with nations ground under affliction, urging honor and love as the path to salvation.
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Washington, Pa
Wallace Nutting
Washington and
Jefferson College
Hell
Wallace
Tell
Japan
Two prisoners nabbed in Madison jail escape
Madison June 3 two inmates who walked from the jail while at work on the uncompleted third floor have been recaptured. Sheriff Well White identified the men as Willie Hager 18 sentenced to two years for breaking and entering and Raymond Maynard 17 awaiting grand jury action on a theft charge.
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Madison
Well White
Willie Hager
Raymond Maynard
Five Months Licenses Cite Decline in Fairmont Area
County Clerk John F. Phillips reports 142 marriage licenses issued in January through May 1938, down from 200 during the same period in 1937. The data reflects a slower pace in the local licensing offices and highlights a year over year drop in marriages for the period.
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Fairmont
John F. Phillips
Messages in pump magazine tied to jail break plan
County investigator says coded notes found in Ross's magazine may warn of a planned escape. Three men tied to the Cleveland suspect and Sally Hart, both awaiting trial in the Marino murder, allegedly left the notes for him. A reference to a machine gun and a doorman clue surface amid the Steubenville suspects.
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Youngstown
Herbert Ross
Cleveland
Roy
Happy” Marino
Glenn Osborne
Ross
Sally Hart
Clevela
Hart
Osborne
A. Ambrose
John Anthouils
Steubenville
Fifteen Words Wins 100 For Belington Student
Belington high school senior Leona Booth won a $100 cash scholarship from West Virginia Wesleyan College for writing the best sentence in a West Virginia Strawberry Festival contest. Her winning line began with I like Central West Virginia strawberries because and praised harvest time as a festive season.
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Buckhannon
Leona Booth
Belington
Hig School
West Virginia Wesleyan College
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Wesleyan
Bombings of Civilians in Spain Prompt U.S. Protest
Washington reports the United States pressed its emphatic opposition to bombing civilians in China and Spain after a White House briefing. Undersecretary Welles noted public opinion views such methods as barbarous and recalled past aerial bombings causing numerous deaths in Spain and China.
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Washington
United States
China
Batt
Welles
Roosevelt
Department
Redent
Spain
Guffey Reviews Candidacy Amid Primary Discussions
In Washington senior Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania says he hasn't decided his position. He previously supported the unsuccessful ticket in the Pennsylvania primaries and today announced ten candidacies in the election.
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Guffey
Washington
Durde
D., Pa
Unsuccessk
Pennsylvani Crdtic
Ebucity
Johnson to seek Huntington seat in West Virginia district
Parkersburg report states Representative George W Soh of Parkersburg said he plans to run again to hold his West Virginia district seat. The article notes Huntington as the electoral area and June as the timeline for the filing or announcement.
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Huntington
Pst
George, W. Soh
Parkersburg
Actiser
West Virginia
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