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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1931

Page

3

St Augustine Alumni Banquet Highlights 1931 Event

St Augustine's alumni held their twentieth annual banquet in the hall decorated in yellow and white. Rev M J Hannon blessed the meal, and speeches by James Flanagan John L Hechmer and Marguerite Foy followed. Music by Ann Tucker and performances by Robert Conley Richard Gerkin Arthur Shields accompanied the evening, which concluded with dancing and a planned officers election for next year. The Red Wing Club and alumni committee organized the event with John Shields as toastmaster.

St. Augustine's Hall America M. J. Hannon Sodality of Catherine Fahey Robert Gerkin Alumni Press James Flanagan John Shields John L. Hechmer Marguerite Foy Alumni Association Imelda Deegan H. V. Flanagan Ann Tucker Messrs Robert Conley Richard Gerkin Arthur Shields Clara Korte West Virginia Robert B. Gerkin Anna Tucker Planist Clara M. Korte Robert F. Gerkin Wee John W. Shields Bernedette Ford Cahrge Beatrice Shields John W.shields Agnes Daugherty Cartier Ine Fahey

New MELLO GLO Powder Promises Smooth Skin

Grafton Drug and Chemical Co advertises MELLO GLO powder praised for natural bloom and long wear through a new French process. It claims to blend with any complexion, prevent pores, avoid shine, and not irritate skin with United States government approved coloring.

United States Grafton Drug and Chemical Co. Adv

Moist Caramel Dinner Menu And Wedding Note

A vintage menu lists Moist Caramel meals and desserts including mashed potatoes, stuffed tomatoes, asparagus salad, and caramel cake. A wedding notice describes the bride as the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Thorn of Thornton and the groom Mr Weaver, with a Akron honeymoon plan.

Harry Thorn Thornton Mr. Weaver John Weaver Wickwire Beard's

Mooseheart Legion to Host Friday Meeting at 2 PM

The Mooseheart Legion will hold its regular meeting Friday at 2 o'clock in the ladies parlour of the Moose Home. All officers and members are urged to attend as matters of interest will be discussed. Mrs Richard Williams hosted the T N T Club at her West Main home with flowers and three tables. prizes went to Mrs C McVicker and Mrs Harold Cole. Next meeting set for two weeks at Mrs William Wilson's Grand Street home.

Red Wing Club Pred McFarland Grand Street Mooseheart Legion Moose Home Richard Williams T. N. T. Club West Main Street C. McVicker Harold Cole William Wilson Infth West Side South Side Charleston

Greaton Independent School Board Names Officers

The Greaton board outlines bond plans while retaining officers. President J A Jolliffe leads a slate that includes Charles Brinkman Charles Burke and A Waller with John Musgrove as secretary to the bond. Attorney Harry Friedman serves as secretary to the bond.

Greaton Independent School Board J. A. Jolliffe Charles Brinkman Charles Burke A. Waller G John Musgrove Harry Friedman

Papal protest notes over clash with Italian authorities

Informal negotiations over the conflict progress satisfactorily. Pope Pius discussed the crisis with Marchese Pacelli and the papal nuncio. A second note to the Italian foreign office reportedly protests the dissolution of Catholic laymen's clubs and demands apologies, reparations, and punishment for the insult to the pope.

Pius Marchese Pacelli Aleo Rome Vatican Dino Granai Mussolini

Chinese Lindbergh Held For Examination in Canton

Canton June 4. A man who claimed to be Tien Lat Huang nicknamed the Chinese Lindbergh by his lecture circuit was detained by police for examination amid questions about his identity and activities across the nation.

Canton, C Tien Lat Huang

Immigrant Financier Arrested Over $2000 Note Fraud Scheme

Huang was arrested on information from the Canton Bet ter Business Bureau for obtaining notes totaling $2,000 here last week. Detectives say he asked businesspeople in various cities to sign notes for personal aid while claiming to study American business and industrial systems to bring American methods to China. He possessed photos with famous men. Police said he came to the United States ten years ago and graduated from Syracuse and Columbia universities.

Huang Canton Better Business Bureau China United States Syracuse Columbia

Kentuckian Kills Three Then Ends Own Life

Ashland Kentucky on June 4 Ray Bayes 40 killed his mother and wife with a shotgun at the mother-in-law Ben Strothers home where his wife had been living. He then went to a porch and shot himself. Two young children were in bed nearby. The fatal sequence occurred around 8 15 p.m at a residence near Sixes High School.

Ashland Ray Bayes Ben Strothers Priah

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