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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1942
Page
3
Filet crochet patterns promise home beautification with a fine cotton chair set. Pattern 7295 includes charts directions materials and illustrations. Send ten cents plus one cent mailing to The Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept. 259 W 14th St New York NY. include name address and pattern number.
Mr and Mrs Harry J Richman announce the marriage of their daughter Beatrice Mae Richman to Willis Delbert Hovatter son of Mr and Mrs W C Hovatter both of Lucretia The ceremony was held in Oakland Md last Saturday at three oclock Rev J E Johnson officiated The bride wore powder blue with pink accessories and a pink rosebud corsage Their sister Ruth Richman attended in navy blue with white accessories The groom was supported by best man Roy Nose They wore dark business suits A reception followed at the groom’s parents home in Grafton The couple will reside with the groom’s parents after the wedding
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Ettrel Brain of Grafton to Edwin C Gray of this city. The ceremony was performed by Rev E H Waters at the United Brethren church in Fairmont last Saturday. The couple will reside at 246 Grand Street.
The Woman's Society of Christ at West Main met for its regular monthly gathering last evening. Mrs Lawrence Kinter led devotionals and Mrs Lelia Peters gave a missions reading. No new business was raised and 18 members plus one guest, Mrs Margaret McFarling, attended followed by dessert.
June brings a series of meetings at local homes and churches. Grafton Woman's Club hosts Mrs. Hopkins. Circle No 3 at Mrs. Elis. Business Girls theatre party with hosts Devers and Cook. Andrews church breakfast. Webster church W S C S executive at Mrs. Wolfe's home. United Brethren Ladies Aid at Kings Daughters room. Hee Alum initiation at Jean Batson's. First Brethren Missionary Council meets at church. Ida Miller hosts July council. Quota Club dinner at Cozy Rest with program.
Mrs. J. B. Mahaffey and Mrs. Mahaffey were hostesses for the evening, hosting neighbors and friends in a cordial gathering that featured light refreshments and convivial conversation.
A Sunday birthday dinner at Pruntytown home celebrated Arthur O. Losh turning 65. Friends and relatives attended, presenting gifts including a large cake from his daughter Margaret. Attendees included Floyd McWilliams family, O J Losh family, Alexander Losh family, Dawson family, Grimm sisters, and Rosalee Losh, among others.
Barclay discusses a bid to slam in hearts vs a four Jubilee suit and warns duplicates players against overshooting in match point games. He notes several tables choosing clubs for safety and explores how South should play after overcalling clubs and taking tricks in no trumps.
Brief notices list guests and trips involving Alberta Davis in Clarksburg, Dr Richard Knotts at a chiropractor convention, Mae McVicker and family visiting Blueville, Mrs Virginia McWilliams returning to Baltimore, Memorial Day visits by E L Long and Frances, Ches ter Rogers, A C Sigel family traveling to Richmond Indiana, birth of Phyllis Ann Shaver in Portsmouth, C E Gordon traveling to New Orleans, Mrs Chester Rogers visiting Arkansas, general hospital notes with admissions and tonsillectomies, and Dorsey Reed visiting family in Beaver and Portsmouth born.
Observers say riots and Nassau's war‑hit economy strain Britain’s colonial rule. The Duke planned an agricultural industrial push to steady the Bahamas’ economy and paused a U.S. trip to pursue export markets. Negotiations over unskilled wage rates were ongoing when demonstrations erupted.
Senate military affairs committee advances a bill to raise deductions from service members pay while keeping total support for dependents. It outlines class A dependents including wives and children with government adds of 20 for a wife and 10 per child, plus 15 for first child and 10 for each additional child for minors. Class B dependents such as parents and siblings would receive lower rates and government allowances could be optional.
A miners spokesman notes the UMWA constitution bars dual union roles and that District 31 in West Virginia remains unaffected. Tetlow and District VP William Blizzard support extending the commission to enforce the southern wage agreement on rejects and to recover fines from companies. The panel would also develop fair dispute handling under the agreement.
The piece surveys split views among Allied strategists on winning the war. Air power advocates argue for strategic bombing to weaken German ground forces without major resistance, while traditional planners push for coordinated air and ground offensives.
Dr. Gros and his wife Frances aged 31 along with Albrecht Rudolf Curt Reuter a 56 year old Beverly Hills art dealer are charged with failing to register as German agents and conspiring to transmit information to Germany about strikes unemployment and airplane production from U S sources. The trio allegedly sent only newspaper clippings and German language materials.
Marian Martin Pattern 9880 offers a gay house dress with front buttons and slim side inset, sized 12 to 40. Size 16 uses 4 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send fifteen cents plus one cent mail to Pattern Book 232 W. 18th St New York. Summer 1942 catalog highlights fabric conserving styles for on and off duty wear.
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