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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1927

Page

3

Missionary Society pageant at St Pauls Lutheran

The Missionary Society of St Pauls Lutheran Church met Thursday at 7:39 PM in Washington street lecture rooms. The Junior Missionary Rootery hosted with a “Cheer and Challenge” pageant arranged by president Miss Marga Crickenberger, featuring nine girls and one boy in costumes from India China Japan Ceylon Africa and more. Miss Kate Koelg presided and a social hour followed with ice served under Mrs R M Parrish. Twenty eight attended including eighteen society members and ten youths.

Ceylon Africa Kate Koelg Missionary Society R. M. Parrish The Mary Alvina Ma Jone Elizabeth Shafferman Dorothy Kinsely Jean Murray Janie

Noted young men at Morgantown Inner Circle affair

A Morgantown event drew twenty five delegates including a dozen candidates and thirteen Inner Circle members with initiation. The Grafton surrounding group traveled by motor caravan yesterday. August plans shadow an Inner Circle gathering in Grafton. A social Friday at Elks Home honored Master Masons and guests with Corbin's Band, Y M C A Glee Club performances, bridge, dancing, and a large grill-room reception. over 125 attended.

Morgantown Hotel Morgan Inner Circle Grafton Elks Molay Commandry No Kyrigius Templar Aris Eit Corbin Oral J. Jones Y. M. C. A. Glee Club Elks Club

Birth Announcement for Charles Led Evans

Mr and Mrs Charles Ross Evans of the first ward are receiving congratulations on the birth of a nine and a half pound baby boy Thursday June 9. The child is named Charles Led Evans. Mrs Evans was formerly Miss Hertha Moore of Valley Falls.

Charles, Ross. Evans Charles Led. Evans

Few Deeds Recorded In City This Week

The county clerk recorded a very inactive week for property transfers. The largest deed was the transfer of the old Robert Bosley property in Astor by Victoria Gates and Washand to G. E. Talley for $1,000. Other deeds included Stanley Fleming and wife to

Robert Bosley Astor Victoria Gates and Washand G. E. Talley Stanley Fleming

Property transfers in Flemington and surrounding districts

Walter A Sherwood sells lot 5 block 1 Flemington district for 200 dollars. Sam Vereshko and Mary Vere shko transfer Oscar Davidson property in old Tryconnet for 250 dollars. Mary Vereshko to John Brives Key same property for 250 dollars. Ernest Blair McPherson and wife convey ground in Court House district to Vida Fitzwater for 575 dollars. T J McAvoy sells lot in Knottsville district near Gratton to Mary F Battle for 500 dollars.

Walter A. Sherwood Flemington Sam Vereshko Mary Vereshko Oscar Davidson Old Tryconnet John. Brives Key Ernest Blair McPherson Vida Fitzwater Court House T. J. McAvoy Mary F. Battle Knottsville Gratton

Lindy Limited Carries Throng To National Capitol

The Lindy Limited with ten Pullmans and 242 passengers including 44 from Grafton departed last night, arriving in Washington about 8 this morning. Travelers from Clarksburg and Parkersburg joined the group en route to the National Capital where the air hero Viking is to be proclaimed. He will receive his commission as Colonel in the U S Army Air Service from President Coolidge, with Gratton residents enjoying the event.

Lindy Limited Grafton Washington Clarksburg Parkersburg National Capitol United States Army Air Service President Coolidge Gratton

University of Vienna Closed After Rioting

Viena June 21 The University of Vienna closed today after rioting last night left eleven students and others seriously injured and several fatally. An incident began during a lecture when a student shouted Jews get out as social democratic students attempted to eject those labeled Fascist students who were armed with brass knuckles and clubs.

Viena University of Vienna Social Democratic Molish Social Democrats

Bear Mountain Dry Spell Narrowly Avoids Rainy Sunday

Troopers Brown Banks and Cooper raid Bear Mountain area landing Frank Folio of Clarksburg in jail six miles from his target. Folio caught with forty gallons of distilled mountain dew, car seized and pay-day liquid confiscated. Folio, a long-time offender, awaits hearing at Barbour County jail.

Bear Mountain Brown Banks Cooper Flemington Frank Folio Clarksburg Frank Barour County Folio Barbour County

Women to join transatlantic flight plans emerge

San Francisco June 11. The realm of trans oceanic fliers has been male dominated but two women are making definite plans to fly with men. Miss Mildred Doran of Flint Michigan aims to join Angie Peddler in a mainland to Honolulu flight. Rose Anderson offers to accompany any Pacific flyer as a companion from the University of California. A Dallas to Hong Kong flight is also discussed by another woman.

San Francisco Pacific University of Californiia Rose Anderson Mildred(Doran Flint Michigan Angie Peddler Honolulu Dallas Hong Kong

Royalist Leader Hides Out In Newspaper Plant

Paris reports Leon Daudet, leader of Action Francaise, barricaded behind barbed wire at the newspaper offices to avoid arrest for failing to comply with a court order. He continues to hold the siege as authorities prepare for a possible protracted standoff.

Paris Leon Dgudet Iimself 1 Action Francaise Daudet

Twin DeAutremont Brothers Await Oregon Murder Trial

Roy and Ray DeAutremont, 27, lifelong suspects in a 1923 Oregon train robbery, sat in Franklin County jail after capture in Steubenville. Arraigned in Ohio, they pleaded not guilty to Oregon charges, could not post 50 000 bonds, and will be sent to Sheriff Ralph Jennings in Oregon to face charges for murder of four aboard a Southern Pacific passenger train near Siskiyou.

Columbus Fung Roy Ray DeAutremont Steubenville Ohio Philippines Franklin County Oregon Ralph Jennings Jacksonville Southern Pacific Siskiyou

No Hope for Him At The Dance Night

A dramatic family scene centers on a mother fearing her son will never marry yet the father predicts a wedding fate. A whispered exchange suggests Connie may have left for a dance, with clothes left behind as hint of her plans.

Girl Exiles Self for Three Years to Prove Claim

Eileen Young of San Jose, once judged the weaker sex, lived alone in a Mono County wilderness for three years with a rifle, dog, and friendly Pinté Indians. She proved up on 650 acres of government homestead, traded mail gaps for trapping, and earned a prize in San Francisco as a Diana in fur at the Roosters Ball. Now she plans to add more livestock and resume homesteading, while rejecting marriage for now.

San Jose Calif Eileen Young Miléon Mono County Reno High Sierras Mono Lake Yosemite National Park Eileen Gall Jonely Ely San Francisco Diana Hilden

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