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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1921

Page

5

Judges Names Published Votes Counted In Public Saturday Night At Eight

Final rules for the closing of the Grafton Sentinel subscription contest urge careful reading by candidates. Subscriptions and votes must be at the office by eight, with candidates present if they have votes or subscriptions. Votes will be counted publicly in the Sentinel’s Public business office, with judges Charles Steele N P Kendall and William S Cruise overseeing uncounted ballots. The totals will merge with Thursday Friday and Saturday night displays to declare the winner. Tonight the last of the 15000 extra vote ballots per five subscriptions will be issued along with 25000 extra ballots the final three days. No other ballots will be issued.

Grafton Sentinel the Sentinel Charles Steele Pirs National Bank N. P. Kendall Taylor County Bank William Cruise Grafton High School Grafton Armenia Girl's Charity Club of Grafton First Baptist Church Main Street Taylor County

Missionary Society Meeting At St Pauls Church

Society notes announce a Woman's Home Missionary Society meeting at St Pauls Methodist Episcopal Church on Broadway Avenue at 7 30 PM Tuesday. Officers will be elected for the next year and members are urged to attend. A Pleasant Surprise ACME party honored Miss Marret Foley on Grand Street last Friday hosted by the Home Circle Lodge with decorative flowers, a three course luncheon, and various games.

Marret Foley Home Circle Lodge Miss Foley Grand Street Edna and Mildred Warden Washington Street Girl Sports Club Orpah Cather Bigman Wilford Street Otis Parrish Arthur Madera Roy Bennett Lilly Marshall Taylor County Digman Loveland Addition Christian Endeavor Christian Endeavor Society Methodist Protestant Church Bluefield W. Va C. Riehman Archie Fraseh Zeppa Bolmer Mia Bell Evelyn Tapp Myrtle Knotts Winona Bell

Roll of Honor names and addresses listed for outstanding contributors

A long roster lists individuals with addresses and large monetary figures, naming Ralph Poling Ada Gall Elsie Moran Irene Kitzmiller Nona Batson Sue Marie Huff and many others. Amounts next to names range from under a hundred thousand to over one million dollars, suggesting a published tribute or fundraising roll.

Ralph Poling Warder Ave Ada Gall Moatsville Elsie Moran W. Main City Irene Kitzmiller St. John Nona Batson Flemington Sue Marie. Huff East Main Mildred Devers Grafton Minnie Bragg W. T. Wells Mary Goley High Ruth Rogers Philippi Lillith Stevenson Newburg Pear Mason Dewey Ave James F. Roy Carpenter Ida EB. Wilson Ison H. Phillips Arden D. W. Fortney Fanny N.C. Price Ethel Jenkins White Ave Clyde Brown If. M. Hill Harold Martin Gusta Hamilton Thornton Georgia Frank Independence G. W. Moose Cecil C. BE DeMoss

New International Dictionar ies in Use by Professionals Worldwide

Readable segments describe a lengthy catalog of features for the New International Dictionary 400,000 vocabulary terms, 2700 pages, 6000 illustrations and 30,000 geographic subjects marketed to bankers, engineers, judges, physicians and teachers. The piece also covers a local social calendar with birthdays, weddings, student commencements, club meetings and charity drives in Grafton and surrounding towns.

New International India

Personal notices from Clarksburg and vicinity

The personals page lists visitors and residents across Clarksburg and nearby towns. Dr. E R Bucklew visited, Nye and McQuay families traveled with Mrs. McQuay to Stealey Heights, and Miss Dorothy Nell Nye returned home from a week with relatives. Helen Pierce of South Gratton has been ill but improving. Goughs returned from Akron, and the Clarksburg party hosted guests from Washington DC. Several locals left for salesmanship work with the Mullikin Company in Cincinnati and various counties. Vivian Campbell returned home from Salisbury after schooling, accompanied by relatives. Pennybackers left for Baltimore for medical treatment. Subscriptions renewed. J C Sturm visited from Grafton. Mrs. Gertrude Jefferys returned to Altmont, Md. Ethel Blackwood of Gassaway visits, J W Love returns to Pittsburgh with daughter Mabel Love. M D Fisher’s class meets.

E. R. Bucklew Clarksburg B. FP. Nye Mra Art McQuay E. F. Thompson Stealey Heights Dorothy Nell Nye Helen Pierce South Gratton T. Cline Gough Akron Ohio Earl Clark Washington, D. C John L. Proctor West Main Street J. W. Hicks Harold Kramer Paul Carroll Paul Miller Ernest McVicker Pearl Me‘Daniel Mary Mangin Camille Hugill Leona Vivian Campbell O. S. Campbell Salisbury Vivian Martha Collins Mary A. Pusley Campbell Harry Pennyback Parkersburg Robert Maloney Baltimore Pennybacker J.C. Sturm Grafton Sturm Sentinel Grafton Daily Sentinel J. Maloney Romney W. Va A. R. Morgan Belington Gertrude Jefferys Altmont Ethel Blackwood Gassaway F M. Price J. W. Love

West Virginia Student Visits and Local Socials in Grafton

The report notes Miss Grace Miller and Miss Lila in St. Louis and western cities, with Donald Chadduck from West Virginia University visiting relatives. Ella Barrett, Bessie Barrett, Nell Fahey, Mrs. Rose Conley, and P. H. Barrett traveled to Fairmont Sunday. A A Bragg returns from Mercy Hospital Baltimore to recover from a dislocated arm. Walter Conaway and two sons from Kingwood visit Grafton. Hood Phillips, ex-congressman, in town. Mrs. W G Bower visits Fairmont for friends and shopping.

Ssrabatte St. Louis Grace Miller Lila Texas Donald Chadduck West Virginia Unrsity Ella Bessie Barrett Nell Fahey Rose Conley P. H. Barrett Fairmont A.A. Bragg Mercy Hospital Baltimore Mr. Bragg Walter Conaway Kingwood Grafton W G. Bower Pearl Street Hood Phillips W. G. Bower

Local Greetings and Graduations Highlight Weekend

Families from Fairmont and Tun n elton visited relatives in the village over the weekend. Attenders at Gr afton High School graduation included Ruth Sinclair Lena DeMoss Mary Painter Margaret Painter and Roy Hargett. Children’s Day is set for next Sunday evening at 7 20 with a special program planned.

JH. L. Bloom Grafton Ela Howard Fairmont Isaac Ansel Grafton High School Ruth Sinclair Lena DeMoss Mary and Margaret Painter Roy Hargett B. C. Bailey Merle Bailey Lee Annon Pauline East Liverpool Ohio

National Child Labor Conference at Milwaukee June 24

Reports of rival investigations by the National Child Labor Committee will be presented by staff at the Sixteenth National Conference on Child Labor in Milwaukee on June 24, tied to the National Conference of Social Work. Speakers include Dr Felix Adler and Prof H C Lindeman. Emphasis on rural child labor effects on schooling, with rural attendance figures contrasting city terms.

Milwaukee Wis National Child Labor Committee National Conference of Social Work China Felix Adler Society of Ethial Culture of New York Columbia University H. C United States

West Virginia Masons' Home Contract Awarded

Charleston June 8. The contract for the erection of the West Virginia Masonic home has been awarded. The facility will be built on about 60 acres overlooking the Ohio River at Parkersburg.

Charleston W. Va West Virginia Ohio River Parkers

Mason home plans and alumni events at normal school

Plans drawn by H. Ros Warne of Charleston describe a grouped building complex around a central structure for a home for aged Masons and family dependents. Shell contract at 156000 with total cost near 350000 and an endowment target of 500000. Funds include 200000 bequeathed by Harry Krug for maintenance. Trustees are Grand Lodge appointees from Clarksburg Fairmont Wheeling and Huntingdon. Alumni events include a rivalry mock contest between Lyceum and Mozart Societies at the normal school on June 9 and an alumni evening expected to draw several hundred graduates. Neill Holt of Chicago, IL, passed through Gratton en route to BIrking for summer vacation.

Pheche Fraternity PhiChi Fraternity Grafton Banking and Trust Company Fairmont Grafton Harry Krug Garrett County Maryland Grand Lodge ¢ Masons Charles W. Lynch Clarksburg B. M. Showalter C. S. McKinney Jere M. Miller Wheeling J. Marshal Hawkins Hunting Normal School Harry B. Lester C. Bond A. J. Wilkinson Meredith James W. Robinson Otto Wywig Safenasium Mozart Neill Holt Chicago Gratton Birking

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