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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1934
Page
3
Society notes from Montgomery society editor Coral Parrish recount casual gatherings and social arrivals with brief mentions of hosts dates and local highlights for readers seeking community exactly as printed in the column.
A 1984 gathering hosted by Bertha Williams on the Pike featured a roast and games with many attendees named including John Lines Elmer Smith Coyington Frank Grimm Evelyn Miller Evelyn Wagner George Tanner Clara Gundy Frank Cline Harold Moore and others. Royal Neighbors of Brickel y Wehn chapter held a meeting with a social session and discussions of dues and plans for a Clark sburg meeting.
Tonight Mrs. T. C. Gough hosts Lindy club at Washing ton street. Woman's Missionary Society of Parkview Church of the Nazarene meets. Otterbein Guild of First United Brethren meets at 7 30. Ladies Aid of West Main Street M E meets at Mrs. R L Brand home. Wednesday Carrie Glenn hosts White Rose Sewing club. T N T club meets at Mrs. Wells home. Quota Club called meeting at Heflin Style Shop at 5 30. One Big Union holds regular meeting at Bankman hall at 7 30.
Local notices list a St Pauls Lutheran Ladies Aid meeting at 70 oclock Thursday evening and a Methodist Protestant Woman's Auxiliary gathering on Thursday at Mrs W Phillips Walnut Street White Rose Grove No 2 Woodman Circle meets at 1309 Thursday afternoon. Mrs Anna B Cruise presents with Mrs Edgar Williams group of her voice and piano students performing in Baltimore after school. Williams visiting brother in Baltimore. Graham hospital chief and Miss Carr, South 0 guest at Walnut Street Hall. Rov Vandercrift moving to Westchester Pa for new job. Gladys Metler plans vacation with sister.
Friday the Weekly Sewing club meets at Mrs. Leo Crane's home in the Baptist Young Peoples Union presents Everybody's Getting Married at the high school auditorium Friday evening Pi day. Saturday the Junior B P U meets at the Baptist church at 4 pm after a New York parade viewing. Mr Paul Mays and Betty Jo and Mr Fred Kunst head to Washington DC after a two day Grafton visit with Ruth Mays and Anna Bright accompanying them.
Miss Adda Brown and her sister Elizabeth Brown of Wheeling arrive to welcome visitors. Mrs. Dora Bonneson of Wheeling visits friends here. Mrs. Anna Bishop Barbe of Pittsburgh, after visiting Nora Bishop, returns home. Miss Evelyn Shafer and Miss Mary Elizabeth Shafer depart for Buckhannon for commencement exercises. Dr. F. Shafer of Walnut street in Parkersburg on professional business. Mrs. Simon J. Friedman and daughter Florine of Maple avenue visit twin sister Mrs. G. Fensterwold in Baltimore and will also see Joseph Friedman there.
The St Augustine High School Alumni Association held its annual banquet and dance last night in the school auditorium. The class of 1934 were guests of honor welcomed by Miss Lara Korte and heard remarks from James T. Ford. Dr Robert Gerking, an alumnus, delivered the principal speech on optometry. Alfred Dehlinger presided as toastmaster. Mary Forcello and Elizabeth Cockrell performed solos, the school song and national anthem were sung, and Ken Darty's orchestra played until midnight.
London June 5 Neville Chamberlain chancellor of the exchequer told the house of commons Britain would not pay any war debt and would have paid a token sum June 15 but Roosevelt’s inability to guarantee Britain would avoid defaulter status caused a halt. The chamber was packed with ministers foreign ambassadors and strangers eager for the statement.
Exalted Ruler John Bradford to be installed for the second time as head of Grafton lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Two candidates to be initiated with officers, save appointive ones, to be announced later. All lodge members urged to attend this social evening at the Elks home on East Main Street. The note adds a separate item: poultry ranks fourth financially among Florida’s agricultural industries.
Scottsburg Indiana June 6 18 year old Ralph Shields was kidnapped by a man tied to Southern Indiana bandits who forced him to drive away after slugging his uncle Gilbert Shields. A posse of 200 deputies and citizens searched knobby hills as bloodhounds tracked the fugitives while authorities pursued the bandits believed to have slain a deputy sheriff and wounded a policeman.
At Belington a petition signed by 214 residents, over thirty percent of the town, blocked acceptance of a 45000 dollar PWA loan for a filtration plant. A city council meeting said thirty percent can halt public works until a vote is held. A vote would need four fifths of the council and may be unlikely with council division.
A suit for divorce was filed in Taylor county circuit court this morning by Mrs. Florence Estella Sapp charging her husband El Dora Sapp with cruelty and nonsupport. Mrs. Sapp is represented by Attorney Eugene Sommerville. The Sapps live in the Park section. Mr. Sapp is a farmer, it is understood.
The Republican National Committee met in Chicago on June 5 to select a new national chairman to replace Everett Sanders. They seek a capable manager with political experience, a sizable though controlled fortune, a conservative stance, and strong appeal to rally the party. no clear frontrunner emerged in executive session. Walter J. Kohler was mentioned as a potential candidate, with reports of his name withdrawn to the committee.
Gossip in hotel corridors hinted at a hold between two men though observers noted neither meets the key qualification for the new general as both are not cast members.
Florida voters head to the polls in the all day primary with women aiming for key nominations. Palm Beach widow Mrs Bula Croker and Maj Paul Crank of Orlando challenge Rep J Mark Wilcox in the state's largest district. Pend Pa state committeewoman Hortense K Wells joins four others facing Senator Park Trammell.
The United States filed a libel action in New York seeking fifty thousand dollars in damages from the White Star liner Olympic for the loss of Nantucket Shoals lightship after a May 15 collision. The suit charges the collision was due solely to the ship and its officers negligence and demands condemnation and sale of the Olympic to pay the damages.
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes testified in Chicago disbarment proceedings against two attorneys, accusing them of blackmail. He alleged one lawyer, Lucius J. We Mallan, tried to bargain for the Virgin Islands tip.
Washington reports that evidence was presented to a special House committee showing German ambassador Dr. Hans Luther financed a propaganda pamphlet. The Rev Francis Cross testified about correspondence indicating Luther sponsored and backed the pamphlet and related publications.
Indianapolis reports the Indiana conservation department will deploy an ambulance being built specifically for field operations. The project centers on enhancing rapid response and medical support during fieldwork and enforcement activities coordinated by the department.
Stocks rose under technical factors and Washington developments with gains of fractions to two points. Short covering and outside buying aided the rally as trading expanded early, led by Allied Chemical Case U S Smelting Sears Roebuck Santa Fe and others, while grains found support from relief purchases.
Arthur Henderson, president of the international disarmament conference, threatened to resign after Louis Barthou tore apart a Henderson proposal to continue disarmament efforts. Barthou objected to bringing Germany back into the talks and opposed Henderson's push for new special efforts to reintegrate Germany.
Washington June 5 nominations for eight West Virginia postmasters were sent to the Senate yesterday by Press Royster vel. The nominees are Jennings B Campbell Albright Clarence L Perkins Gassaway John W McNabb Paw Paw William C Bishop Scarbro John A Bursee West Liberty Wilson P Barlow Buckhannon J B Puryear Jr Holden and Bess M Gwinn of Thurmond.
A dated kitchen card lists Meals for Four with Breakfast options and Dinner including chicken loaf with mushroom sauce. It provides detailed recipe fragments for mushroom sauce and chocolate nut cookies, including butter, mushrooms, flour, salt, vanilla and baking steps. The piece also notes the lunch hour in New York City with stenographers and shop kits at Rockefeller Center.
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