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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1931
Page
2
A vintage recipe list outlines Grapefruit Salad serving six with grapefruit oranges celery salt and French dressing. Also included are Sliced Baked Ham with cloves onions brown sugar vinegar and water plus Apricot Tarts with pastry and a fresh apricot filling.
The Associated Press listings detail NBC and CBS programs with music bands orchestras and talk segments across evening slots from 6:00 P M to 12:50 A M Featuring Dinner Master Little Jack Little Gene Austin Mae Questel Shukret Orchestra Olive Palmer & Artists Lennin Orchestra Pryor's Band and more with dance orchestras and radio personalities noted for the Western and East Coast networks
A local ad promotes Hotpoint ranges with low down payments and small monthly installments. Customers are urged to visit and choose their preferred model with affordable financing options.
The article previews a film plot centered on Cookie Leonard a newspaper reporter and Michael O Dowd a policeman who fall for Molly Pearson with Cookie becoming a gangster. Jack Holt and Tom Moore lead the cast and Constance Cumminge plays Molly Pearson. Tomorrow Friday and Saturday nights at the Opera House.
Philippi June 10 Material reductions in tuition and costs to students were authorized by the Broaddus College board of trustees at a meeting yesterday. Dr W W Trent president will announce definite rates soon. No action was taken on filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of George K Hartman athletic coach with several applications filed for the position.
The Columbia picture The Last Parade opens at the Opera House Thursday night. It is described as one of the year’s most stirring pictures with spectacular first two sequences, offering a dramatic screen attraction.
Miss Alberta Fisher has returned home after a long visit with relatives in Cleveland and nearby areas, reporting a pleasant stay and warm hospitality experienced during the trip.
Ruth Nichols, socialite and amateur actress, pursues a trans Atlantic flight with Col. Clarence Chamberlin mentoring her. The article sketches her discipline, aviation devotion, and varied interests from winter sports to music, noting her fearless nature and plans for Europe.
Ruth Nichols, famed as the "daughter of the air," announces her major subjects at Wellesley College are sociology and Biblical history. She cites genuine interest in the fields as the reason for her choices.
In Hot Springs Arkansas a small divorce colony views petitions under the 90 day divorce act with pessimism as the new law would take effect at midnight but be suspended until the general election next year unless friends intervene.
Josephine Young daughter of Mr and Mrs Owen D Young of New York is engaged to marry Everett Needham Case He is a Princeton graduate and she Bryn Mawr trained with a New York family background included in the notice
The act faces a delay as opponents seek an injunction within nine days to present their case. A Howie tective Association committee helped defeat the act, claiming 12 071 signatures though 8 504 were needed. lawmakers Cail Emory Garland County Hot Springs were with Secretary Ed McDonald when petitions were filed.
Clara Bow, recuperating from a nervous breakdown, says she wants freelance work and would not sign with any studio. She plans to return to motion pictures by taking single production engagements and resumes travel to her Nevada ranch.
Elwood R. Fulton of the Washington County Agricultural Extension Association said seventeen year locusts have been reported in virtually every section of Washington county. The sightings extend to nearby West Virginia as well, with reports continuing to come in from this area.
Mrs Paul Williamson and C Tren of Charleston visit her mother Mrs Dave Kunst, 97g sister Miss Irene Kunst in the city.
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