Mary Pickford museum project saves Hollywood artifacts
Hollywood inches toward a Mary Pickford museum as Eastern donors offer to raise funds and back plans for a Hollywood hall of fame. The project aims to house Oscar sets and costumes, with wax figures and relics from bygone films, with proceeds aiding the Motion Picture Relief Fund.
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Aline Mosby
Hollywood
Mary Pickford
America
United Press
Rudolph Valentino
Miss Pickford
Hollywood Hall of Fame
Motion Picture Relief Fund
Tseum
Dele
Dedisa
Jean Hersholt
Miss. Pickford
Europe
Rogers
Errol ‘Flynt
Brs
Paramoun
Paramount
Double Ring Nuptials Unite Miss Poling and William Heinrich
Grafton bride Miss Wilma Jean Poling and William Franklin Heinrich wed in Cumberland Maryland in a double ring ceremony at Centre Street Methodist Church. Officiant Rev Howard Amoss led vows as bridesmaids guests and family gathered for a reception at Clarysville Inn. Approximately 150 attended with out of town relatives from Maryland Virginia Washington and Washington state. They plan to reside at 104 Karns Avenue Cumberland after a Pocono Mountain honeymoon.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Wilma Jean Poling
Roy~c.poling
Walter Street
William Franklin Heinrich
Centre Street Methodist Church
Howard Amoss
Kenneth Beck
James Hager
Miss Poling
Miss Zelda Poling
Grafton
Heinrich
William V. Smith
Russell McElfish
James Fradiska
Cumber ‘Land
Mr. Heinrich
Clarysville Inn
Josephine Swadley
Anna Melvin
Genevieve Cook
Donald Polinz
Carleton Harsh
Cyril J. Laffey
Wala Walla
Washington
Doyle Moats
Clarence Hamilton
Lynchburg
Owen McKinney
Falls Church
Relph Darden
Leafa Weimer
Baltimore
Pocono Mountain
Pennsylvania
Karns Avenue
Grafton High School
Sacred Heart Scool of Nursing
W. Lester Heinrich
RD No. 1
LaBale
Alleghany High School
Williams-Lambert engagement announced in Knottsville
Mr and Mrs Howard R Williams announce the engagement of their daughter Della Jean Williams to Robert Lambert son of Mr and Mrs Russell Lambert of Valley Falls Road The bride to be is a Grafton High School graduate class of 1953 and works for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company The groom is a 1951 Grafton High School graduate who served four years in the Navy and works for the Department of Defense in Washington D C A tall wedding is planned.
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Howard R. Williams
Knottsville
Della Jean
Robert Lambert
Russell Lambert
Valley Falls Road
Miss. Williams
Grafton High School
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Lambers
Navy
Department of Defense
Washington, D.C
Low Air Fares Proposed for Ministers by Senate Action
The Senate approved a bill sent to the House to allow airlines to provide low rates or free rides to ministers. Current law already grants such privileges on trains and buses.
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Washington i
Senate
House
Calendar of local club meetings for June in Grafton and area
Calendar listings show June meetings across churches and clubs in Grafton area, including St Pauls Methodist WSCS, Taylor County Garden Club, Golden Age Group, Farm Womens Club at Haymond school, Young Adult Class at Tygar Dam, First Presbyterian Circle, B&O Veterans and Auxiliary, White Rose Grove, B P Circle at First Baptist, Memorial services for Rebekah and LO O P lodges, Neomi Sunday School Class, Music Department of Grafton Woman's Club, Oak Grove Women’s Club, Tau Phi Lambda Sorority, and W M B at First Baptist Church with a musical program. Dates span June 8 to June 19.
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St. Paul's
Methodist Church
White Rose Grove
F.W.C
K. of P. Hall
B&p Circle of
First Baptist Church
Grafton Lodge
Rebekah ‘Lodge
Odd Fellows Lodge
Fisher
St. John’s Methodist Church
Leon Proudfoot
Neomi Sunday School
West Main St. Methodist Church
Lena Collins
Grafton Woman's Club
Oak Grove Women's Club
Bertie Gallagher
Epsilon
Tau Phi Lambda
Betty Sinsel
Pruntytown
Virginia Peters
Louise Arble
W.M
Naom Lawson
Discharges List and Candy Spending in 1955
Discharges dated June 7 include Norma Lee Bailey Hilda Barton Louise Jennings Mabel Plum George Martin Mary Siddaugh and Ebert Frum Junior Frank McBee. The average American spent about $11 for candy in 1955.
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Norma Lee Bailey
Hilda Barton
Lovel Ave
Louise Jennings
Thornton
Mabel Plum
Uffington
George Martin
East Main St
Mary Sidbaugh
Tunnelton
Ebert Frum
Junior Frank McBee
Methodists At Blueville Set Vacation School
The Daily Bible Church School of the Blueville Methodist Coven will open on Monday June 11 with Mrs Waren Turner as superintendent. Classes run 9 to 11:30 am for two weeks after opening day guided by teachers including Mrs C D Norris, Mrs James Weaver, and others across Nursery Junior and Senior groups. Enrollment urged for attendees.
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Daily Bible Church
Blueville
Robert White
Hubert Moore
Charles Walls
Simpson WSCS Plans Projects
The W S C 8 of the Simpson Methodist Church met in the church annex last Friday evening with Mrs. Clard Post as hostess. Plans were made for a fellowship dinner on June 25 at 7 30 p m and for a rummage sale in the near future. Tentative plans were made to paint the interior and will be completed at the July 13 meeting, moved from July 6 due to miners vocation. Leaders for July were lesson leader Miss Elda Moyer and devotional Mrs Ray Davis. Refreshments were served by hostess Mrs Eugene Moyer to several members.
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W.S.C8
Simpson Methodist Church
Clard Post
Madge Newton
Anna Post
Charles Ballard
Newton
Elda Moyer
Ray Davis
Eugene Moyer
Anne. Post
Charles Whitehair
George Post
Raymond Bartlett
Stanley Davis
Claude Newton
Mrs. Nicholson Altered Birth Dates In DMV Registration
Mrs. Muriel Nicholson caused a stir at the Motor Vehicles Bureau four years ago by submitting three different birth dates on three separate applications to register three distinct cars. The episode raised questions about identity verification and record accuracy within the agency.
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New York
Muriel Nicholson
Motor Vehicles Bureau
Brethren Herald Editor To Speak Twice At Church
Rev Arnolt Kriegbaum editor of the Brethren Missionary Herald Company at Winona Lake Indiana will speak at the father and son banquet this evening at 6 30 in the Brethren parsonage and again at 7 30 in the church Rev Lee Crist says Kriegbaum has pastored in Waterloo Town and Crva Rapids and has led evangelistic meetings nationwide He will discuss the Heralds interests and invites the public to attend both sessions.
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Arnolt Kriegbaum
Brethren Missionary Herald
Brethren Missionary Herald Company
Winona Lake
Aboi
Brethren
Kriegbaum
Waterloo
Town
Crda
Rapids
Winsona Lake
Lee Crist
United States
Woman Over Forty Quoted On Age In Court
Mrs Nicholson asserted she is 38 in court on Thursday while records show a birth year of 1916 from two years earlier, implying she would be 40 now. The discrepancy surfaced during legal proceedings.
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Nicholson
Covington and Martin Families Attend Funeral and Commencement
Mr and Mrs Emery Covington with son Junior and Mrs John Martin with daughter Shirley attended the funeral of Emery Starr in Bridgeport Tuesday. Starr, a former Graf ton resident, was the son in law of John Covington of Route 1. George Gerkin and wife attended West Virginia University commencement where their son Thomas David graduated from the School of Pharmacy. Also present were Mrs Charles Marshall Jr and Mrs W D Harrison. The first adhesive postage stamps were five and 10 cent issues with portraits of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.
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Emery Covingtou
John Martin
Shirley
Emery Starr
Bridgeport
Starr
Grafton
John Covington
Rt. 1
George Gerkin
West Virginia University
Thomas David
School of Pharmacy
Charles Marshall, Jr
W. D. Harrison
Benjamin Frank
George Washington
Haymond Church Plans Graves Decoration Event
Haymond Church will decorate graves Sunday after Sunday school, June 10, inviting all who have relatives or friends buried there to place a flower on the graves. The article notes the initial mail franking privilege was granted to Revolutionary War soldiers in 1776.
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Haid
Haymond Church
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Arlene Robinson
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Oley Hunt
Wendel
Anna Lee Decker
Charles St
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Brethren Herald
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Main St
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