Newlyweds Honored at Pruntytown Shower
Miss Jerry Morgan reports a society note from Pruntytown where Mr and Mrs Robert McClain and Mr and Mrs A E Flesher hosted a mixed shower for Mrs McClain formerly Mil ashcraft of Bridgeport. Guests played treasure hunts with candles, received gifts, and a pink white theme with ice refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
H. E. Flesher
Pruntytown
Iain
Mila Ashcraft
H. G. Ashcraft
Bridgeport
Clarksburg
Victory
West Virginia
McClain
Virginia LaRu
Harrigt Blaney
Ruth Steel
Ada LaRue
Betty Flesher
Ida Carolyn LaRue
Lillian Dotson
Margaret la
Social Calendar Highlights Local Church and Club Events
The June social calendar lists meetings at churches including U S Missionary society at 7 45 p m led by Mrs Harold Knight and Fisher Class at Methodist Protestant church at 8 p m with Fisher friend names to be announced Naomi Sunday school at West Main Street church 7 30 p m led by Mrs Virginia Gank Lend a Hand circle of First Presbyterian at 2 20 p m at Mrs Frank Cather s Pearl Street home joint hostess Mrs Dana Barker American Legion Auxiliary meets at Moose Home 8 p m Loyal Temperance Legion of Pruntytown hosts a 2 30 p m party at Community playground Ladies Aid Society Group B of St Paul s M E Church meets for quilting with devotionals led by Miss Luella Reese and news of flowers for Mrs Charles Hall at Myer s Clinic Philippi. next meeting July 2 Prayer closed with Lord s Prayer. A June dance by Graf ton Business Girls club features Alex Goldberg and His Gold Pieces 9 30 p m 1 30 a m at the Moose home June 12 public dance with Moose ballroom floor and acoustics praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Missionary Society
Harold Knight
Fisher
Methodist Protestant Sunday School
Churh
Naomi
West Main Street
Virginia Gank
First Presbyterian Church
Frank Cather
Pearl Street
Dana Barker
American Legion Auxiliary
Moose Home
Loyal Temperance Legion of
Luella Rees
Lloyd Mauller
Lessie Tucker
Luella Reese
Charles Hall
Myer
Philippi
Business Girls’ Club of
Grafton
Alex Goldberg
Moose
Dr Wells Attending Philadelphia Postgraduate Optometry Course
Dr Charles M Wells, a local optometrist, travels to Philadelphia for a week to join a post graduate course at the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry eye clinics. He attends lectures on the latest research and studies under learned eye specialists to improve patient care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Wells
Pennsylvania State College of Optometry
Philadelphia
Wehn
Pennsylvania
Well
Primary Candidate Expenses Report for Taylor County
Harvey A. Poe, Democratic county court hopeful, posted the highest after primary spend of 37.20. Republican sheriff candidate Howard B. Newton listed 31.50, with Democrat prose cuting attorney candidate Eugene Sommerville at 32.70. G. J. Lambert Democrat on the board of education shows none, while Mrs. Guy V. Means, Democratic executive committee member, has 1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey A. Poe
Taylor County
Howard B. Newton
Eugene Sommerville
G. J. Lambert
Board of Education
Guy V. Means
Democratic Executive Committee
Convention Scenes as Fletcher Leads Opening Session
A bustling scene at the convention includes Deran Morrison and Lucille White among attendees. Daves, Watson, and Bachmann mingle as delegates settle in while the choir and orchestra cue ambient applause. Fletcher directs invocation and calls for seating, with officials reading the convention call and naming temporary officers.
Landon Backed by West Virginia Delegation at Convention
West Virginia's 16 delegates favor Governor Alf Landon for the Republican nomination. Hallanan leads a pro Landon slate and seeks 15 votes on the first or second ballot. Bachmann refuses to claim, Borah's supporters say delegates bound to Borah. Delegation reelects Hallanan as national committeeman and Ebert as committeewoman, with Lilly chosen chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
West Virginia
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Walter
Hallanan
Landon
Bachmann
Carl G. Bachmann
Wheeling
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
West
Cara L. Ebert
Parkersburg
Ebert
Joseph M. Sanders
Bluefield
Perle T. Harman
Yukon
W. R. Keyser
Welch
Charleston
Grafton residents take weekend trips and visits
Multiple Grafton families spent Sunday visiting Black Water Falls and Canaan Valley. Locals traveled to Morgantown for a gathering with Mrs Belle Haught and Mr Frank Haught, while others planned trips to Zanesville Ohio for the Hazel Atlas factory. Several teachers and residents attended summer schools in Fairmont State College and West Virginia Wesleyan, with various personal health and family events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bolyard
Ray
Jean
Kenneth Bolyard
Grafton
Black Water Falls
Canaan Valley
L. H. Peacock
C. F. Hannon
Morgantown
Belle Haught
Frank Haught
Floyd Wickham
Harold Mc ‘Daniel
Warden Sapp
Waitman T. Brown
Felix Delinski
Mr. Spring
Zanesville
Ohio
Hazel Atlas
Leo Radigan
Philadelphia
Jack Smith
Chestnut Hill
Mr. Radigan
William Radigan
Tygart River
Texas
Fairmont State Teachers’ College
Katherine Shepler
Ruth Welch
Mason Tucker
Kenneth Robinson
Eugene Sommerville
Sidney Sommerville
Walnut Street
Sommerville
Fort Pitt Company
Josephine Black
Dorothy Lambert
Dewey Avenue
Baltimore
Black
Ralph Black
Ballerina Donna Park Killed After Break with Lover
Donna Park, prominent Chicago opera and stage dancer, chose home and family over marriage to admirer Irving La Zarr. He did not accept the split, pursued Park from Los Angeles to Phoenix, shot her, then died by suicide. Central Press reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Park
Chicago Opera
Irving la Zarr
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Ariz
Central Preas
Notable Travel Tales From Satsop to California and Eastward
Mr. Musgrove recounts an engaging bus journey starting in Satsop Washington, traveling to Centralia then San Francisco and Los Angeles California. He continued east via a southern route through New Mexico Texas and St Louis Missouri, sharing vivid anecdotes along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musgrove
Satsop
Centralia
Washington
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Calif
New Mexico
Texas
St. Louis
Plan Examinations Of All Handlers Of Food
Wheeling June 9 plan examinations of more than 4 000 Ohio county food handlers in July covering grocery bakery restaurant confectionery beer parlor dairy butcher shop and farm employees. Williamson June 9 the Mingo county court divided the Matewan and Lowney voting precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
R. M. Pedicord
Ohio County
Williamson
Mingo County
Matewan
Lowney
Honor Roll Roster Expanded With Seniors Juniors Sophomores
The article lists numerous students across grades, including seniors Barbara Baker Esther Baker Ruth Bolyard Richard Bord Deline Cover Richard Davisson Margaret Grinnan Ava Dell Headley Alice Hill Teresa Idoni Leonard Knotts Mary Alice Linn Jane Mahaffey Edwin Martin Ruth McCartney Ruth McFadden Elizabeth Miller Pauline Poling Margaret Ridenour Helen Riley juniors Ball Hazelle Bolliger Mildred Carpenter Alvin Cohen Fay Cover William Drainer Anna Fawcett Margaret Fox Kathryn Hart Bernice Jacobs Lloyd Knotts Margaret McElroy Arley McMullen Mertha Miller Junior Morrison Robert Miller Vivian Peters Annabel Proctor Peggy Purinton Kath leen Reese Lloyd Shackelford Sevens Nevah Sturm Irene Tucker Dorothy Williamson James Withers Mary Grace Yates sophomores Hilda Beverlin Madelon Brand Jayne Clelland Jean Collins Velva DeMoss Ann Densmore Mary Elder Jo Ann Gerkin Mary Jean Grinnon ena Lewana Koon Minnie Miller Louise Morgan Loriie Phillips Dorothy Pickens Betty Pierpoint Beulah Riley Edwin Roof Pauline Rowe Kenneth Shaw Vivian Thomas Jackie Trainum Helen Tucker Nancy Williams freshman Grace Bartlett Marjorie Bennett Doris Jean Byers Gladys Carlyle Howard Carr Marjorie Cole Maxine Corbin Eva Evans Mary Virginia Felton Barbara Gerkin Dora Hall Scott Hamilton Frances Hayhurst Everett Lee Keener Margaret Laren Kenneth Latta Richard Leonard Helen Mantz Dorothy McBée Jean McCue Richard McProuty Betty Roses
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Baker
Esther Baker
Ruth Bolyard
Richard Bord
Madeline Cover
Richard Davisson
Margaret Grinnan
Ava Dell Headley
Alice Hill
Teresa Idoni
Leonard Knotts
Mary Alice Linn
Jane Mahaffey
Edwin Martin
Ruth McCartney
Ruth McFadden
Elizabeth Miller
Pauline Poling
Margaret Ridenour
Helen Riley
Harvey Tucker
Donald Wagner
Evelyn Wagner
Avis White
Henry Wilt
Junior Ball
Hazelle Bolliger
Mildred Carpenter
Alvin Cohen
Fay Cover
William Drainer
Anna Fawcett
Margaret Fox
Kathryn Hart
Bernice Jacobs
Lloyd Knotts
Margaret McElroy
Arley McMullen
Mertha Miller
Junior Morrison
Robert Miller
Vivian Peters
Annabel Proctor
Peggy Purinton
Kathleen Reese
Lloyd Shackelford
Frances tSevens
Nevah Sturm
Irene Tucker
Dorothy Williamson
James Withers
Mary Grace Yates
Hilda Beverlin
Madelon Brand
Jayne Clelland
Jean Collins
Velva DeMoss
Ann Densmore
Mary Elder
Jo Ann Gerkin
Mary Jean Grinnon
Ena Lewana Koon
Minnie Miller
Louise Morgan
Loriie Phillips
Dorothy Pickens
Betty Pierpoint
Beulah Riley
Edwin Roof
Pauline Rowe
Kenneth Shaw
Vivian Thomas
Jackie Trainum
Helen Tucker
Nancy Williams
Grace Bartlett
Marjorie Bennett
Doris Jean Byers
Gladys Carlyle
Howard Carr
Marjorie Cole
Maxine Corbin
Eva Evans
Mary
Virginia Felton
Barbara Gerkin
Dora Hall
Scott Hamilton
Frances Hayhurst
Everett Lee Keener
Margaret Laren
Kenneth Latta
Richard Leonard
Helen Mantz
Dorothy McBée
Jean McCue
Richard McProuty
Betty Roses
Landon On Platform Amid Hoover Era Convention Clash
The setting at Public Hall appeared colorless under the arched ceiling as 2,762 delegates and 100 reporters gathered for the convention. Ogden Mills arrived, Fletcher posed for cameras, and Harry Nice visited the platform as officials debated procedure while London managers and party members moved among crowded aisles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon
Public Hall
Calvin Coolidge
America
Albert Joseph McCartney
Covenant-Presbyterian Church
Washington, D. C
Mills
Texas
Ogden Mills
Fletcher
Senator Vandenburg
Nice
Harry W. Nice
Maryland
John Q. Tilson
London
John Hamilton
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Jerry Morgan
Margaret Hariway
Maple Avenue
Vhreil
Rohrbaugh
Fred Schroeder
Hanway
Mhose
Virginia Holt
Virginia Hanway
Geneva Hi
D. R. McWilliams
Millerville School
Theodore Hathaway
Rufus Rogers
Eileen McWilliams
Jackson's Mill
Tex
M. E. Church, South
W. W. Lambert
Anna Bennett Lambert
L. O. Mauller
Dr. Wells
Philadelphi Clinic
Dawes
Charles J. Daves
Ilinois
Sunny Jim” Watson
Indiana
Carl Bachmann
Senator Botah
Byer
Hamilton
McCartney
Burton
David Reed
Herman Langworthy
Kansas City
William Allen White
Keim
Steiner
Lafayette B. Gleason
New York
Charles Francis Adams
Massachusetts
A. L. Shapleigh
Carolina
William P. Lawson
Bandwagon
G.O.P. Parley
Donna Park and
Irving LaZare
TNE
New York State
Reesea
Widmer
E.S
Monongahela System
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