Marriage of Maude Hazel Colebank to Ernest Poe announced
Mildred Graham society notes report the marriage of Maude Hazel Colebank to Ernest Poe of Philadelphia. The ceremony occurred May 18 at a local church with Rev. Patterson officiating. The couple will reside in Philadelphia and be at home after June 10. Also covered are a theatre party for the Girl Reserves and several birthday and social gatherings with guest lists.
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Unce
Andrew Carrothers
Grafton
Maude
Hazel Colebank
Ernest Poe
Philadelphia
Calendar notices and social events in Grafton
The piece lists events including the Womans Auxiliary of the M. P. church led by Mrs. Leon Proudfoot and Circle 3, the Star Sewing Club meeting at Mildred Renner Hilkey's home, and visits by Jess L. Straight and his son Charles from Lumberport. State Fire Marshall Fred B. Watkins visited, and Mrs. Inez Gance Kososkie dined with Miss Harriet Blaney. Knottsville district social Tuesday evening.
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Winnie McDaniel
West Main Street
Ruth
McDaniel
Sylvia Lucas
Marjorie Lambert
Connie Reed
Betty Henderson
Mary Louise Hammer
Barbara Brandt
Ivy
Louise Sayres
Tillie Deegan
Betty Lou Hammer
Maxine Corbin
Mildred Wamsley
Grace Marie Bartlett
Gean Keener
Warline Todd
Betty Smith
Gean ‘Ndt
Martha-Jean Kuhn
Sam Fuller
William Young
Denzil Jéves
Byron Kuhn
Harry Stover
William Golden
Wallace Len- Bobby Bolliger
Scottie Charles Hamilton
the Nuzum
Charles Dalton
G Keener
Ben Duffie
Jennie Robert
Paul Shiniéton
Th McDaniel
Womans Auxiliary
M. P. Church
Circle 3
Leon Proudfoot
Star Sewing Club
Mildred Renner Hilkey
Grand Street
Local Visitors See Friends in Grafton and Weston
Wayman Brown of Lumberport visited Grafton on business while Eugene Robinson of Clarksburg made a brief stop en route to Fairmont. Mr and Mrs Price Stewart of Maple Avenue hosted Mrs A B Morris FHA field representative from Parkersburg for dinner, recalling old Weston neighborhood ties from years ago.
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Wayman Brown
Lumberport
Grafton
Eugene Robinson
Clarks- Big
Fairmont
Price Stewart
Maple Avenue
Morris
FHA
Parkersburg
Stewarts
Weston
Doan’s Pills Advertised For Kidney Relief
A distressed ad claims 15 miles of kidney tubes washed out and warns of backache leg pains dizziness and energy loss. It promotes Doan’s Pills as a proven remedy used for over 40 years by millions to relief kidney trouble and urges readers to act now.
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Kldine Fort
Not Candidate Says Man Who Received Two Votes
Clendenin postmaster Given says he was not a candidate for mayor after receiving two votes. He notes there was no Democratic ticket and that Mayor Sidney E. Goad, a Republican, and other candidates were elected without opposition. Goad had 241 votes to Given's two writt en names on blank Democratic ballots.
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Clendenin
P—B. K. Given
Sidney E. Goad
Goad
Given
Salvation Army opens drive headquarters in Grafton
Salvation Army moves its campaign headquarters to the former Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Co building on West Main Street. Campaign manager Mrs Juanita Harden says the central location will aid the drive for 1400 dollars for the coming year. J A Jolliffe helped secure the building and the office will serve as an information bureau for pledges and daily progress reports.
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Salvation Army Campaign
Grafton Banking and Trust Company
West Main Street
Pittsburgh and
West Virginia
G Gas Company
Juanita Harden
J. A. Jolliffe
Salvation Army
Hardeh
Cone
Twins arrive as stork returns for Atwood family
Mayodan North Carolina June 6 pr announces Alonzo and wife welcome a second set of twins ten months after the first pair. The family now has four children two boys and two girls born within a year.
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Mayodan
N. C
Alonzo Atwood
Fast Pouring To Begin Soon At Dam Project
Concrete pouring for the Tygart Valley river flood control dam above Grafton City park is set to expand greatly after initial testing. Excavation in the cofferdam resumes as workers prepare large concrete blocks, while labor increases and staff facilities are developed. superintendent Warren G. Warren suffers a fractured ankle but remains in command.
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Tygart Valley River
Grafton City Park
Warren
Lee G. Warren
Frederick Snare Corporation
General Contractors
Fimple Construction Company
Young Woman Injured In Jump From Room
Charleston June 6 A young woman leaped from a burning apartment building and was badly injured. Miss Helen Bracken 19 suffered a broken ankle wrist hip and possible internal injuries after leaping from a second floor window. Her roommate Fanella Bayes 20 also tried to jump but was ordered back to safety by police who used a ladder to rescue her. No damage estimate was provided for the apartment house in Kanawha City suburb of Charleston.
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Chrleston
Helen Bracken
Fanella Bayes
Kanawha City
Charleston
Annual License Deadline Urged By City Fathers
Grafton merchants urged to apply for licenses for the year starting July 1 1935. City county and state licenses expire June 30 and must be renewed to cover July 1 1935 to June 30 1936. Beer licenses cost 50 dollars, pool rooms 50 for first table and 25 for each additional table. Weighing machine licenses 2 dollars, tobacco and soda licenses 15, restaurant 10. County licenses run same period and are required in addition to city licenses. state licenses are included in county licenses.
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Grafton
Wagner bill is endorsed for housing aid funds
Washington June 6 approval in principle of the Wagner bill to provide 800 million dollars for new housing was expressed before a senate labor subcommittee by Secretary Ickes who urged wider administrative authority. Mayor LaGuardia joined in urging more funds to clear slums and criticized the 30 percent cap on grants. Catherine Bauer urged financing to help the lower one third secure better homes, noting past building favored the upper class. Hospital notes report admissions and discharges at Grafton City Hospital for several local residents after operations and an auto wreck.
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Washington
Senate
Ickes
Interior Department
Fidrrella H. LaGuardia
New York
Iekes
Free Jained BANKERS MEET REST OF WEEK
Prominent business leaders of Grafton meet with the volunteer fire department at city hall tonight to plan the fireman s ball at the Field House on Riverside drive. Ralph H. Cling will report on orchestras available as the firemen push to raise funds for new equipment.
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Grafton
Fire Department
Riverside Drive
Ralph H. Cling
Rosemont Miner Injured in Sudden Fall at Coal Mine
Frank Smith of Rosemont sustained serious injuries at Rep pert Coal company mine when a sudden fall caused his left hand to be caught in a coal cutting machine. He lost his thumb and part of his index finger and was taken to Elkins hospital for treatment.
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Frank Smith
Rosemont
Reppert Coal Company
Smith
Elkins Hospital
64 Arrests Made Locally During Month Just Ended
Grafton police chief A. E. Lockard announced that May yielded sixty four local arrests by the department. Most were for drunkenness with others for poker playing loitering drunken driving and a single felony case sent to the state for prosecution. One recent arrest involved Harl Sizeman taken on Latrobe street for public intoxication and sentenced to two days' work on city streets.
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Grafton
A. E. Lockard
State Office
Harl Sizeman
Joe Maske
Latrobe Street
E. Otto Waugh
Sizeman
Sweitzer Offers Partial Payment to Set Shortage
Chicago June 6. County Treasurer Robert M. Sweitzer offered to pay 335000 as an own payment toward a 414000 shortage in county funds. He proposed placing the difference into escrows by weekend or Monday and asked to arbitrate the matter with the Cook county board.
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Chicago
Robert M. Sweitzer
Cook County Board
Seitzer
Maurice F. Kavanagh
Matthews Appeal Rejected by Tribunal in Charleston
Supreme court denied A T Matthews of Charleston an appeal from a one year jail term and a $500 fine for operating a lottery numbers game. The high court previously refused the appeal on May 10 and granted a stay until June 10 for a new application after police raids in Charleston.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
A. T. Matthews
High Court
Matthews
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Ike
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Carl Paugh
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Chespeake and Ohio Railway
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J. L. Fish
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