Missionary group meets at First Presbyterian Church
Eighteen members of the missionary society met Thursday at 2 30 p m in regular session at Miss Helen Thayer s Washington street home. Mrs John Ault, president, presided as the group opened with the Lord s prayer. Reports from the secretary and treasurer were heard followed by discussions led by Mrs Rhea H Fisher, Miss Nell Haslup and Mrs Ault. A farewell for Mrs Ault who plans to move to Wheeling was marked by a gift from Mrs Turvander In jthie. Miss Marguerite Thayer assisted in serving a salad course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church
Helen Thayer
Washington Street
John Ault
F. 5. Suddarth
Boyd Pe
Frank Tulvan
Rhea H. Fisher
Nell Haslup
Ault
First Brethren Church
Society
Fiat
Aby Weese
Weese
Glenoka
Vandergrirt
Kathryn ‘Shaffer
Helen Comp
Dessie
J. F. Cassedy
H. L. Potts
C. M. Wells
Cassedy
Thayer Street
Potts
Wells
E. R. Buckley
A. A. Holt
W. G. Robey
Paul Ward
John W. Tucker
Z. L. Dean
Charles Kirk
John 8. Palmer
John Hopkins
Leota Griffith
Parks
Naom
West Main Street
J. Herbert Parks
C. W. Wells
Social Calendar Highlights Community Meetings and Gatherings
June events include American Legion Auxiliary and Degree of Pocahontas meetings, Daughters of the American Revolution luncheon honoring Mrs. David French in Bluefield, and a Co operative Traffic Program dinner dance by B&O Railroad Women’s Division. Club teas, missionary society plans, and church class gatherings fill a busy week with social and civic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans and
Clara Fawver
American Legion Auxiliary
Charles Turner
West
Washington Street
B. and O. Railroad Company
Cozy Rest
Degree of Pocahontas
Redmen's Hall
David French
Bluefield
Pleasant hour honors guest with handkerchief shower
Mrs Parks hosts a farewell party in Blueville for a guest of honor. Attendees include Gall, Mrs W Phillips, Mrs Joe Mahaffey, Mrs Ralph Nelson, Mrs Leonard Gank, Mrs C W Wells, Mrs Ray Keener, Mrs Richard Williams and Mrs John Warne. Games, hymn singing, and piano selections by Nellie Cook noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks
Gall
W. Phillips
Joe Mahaffey
Ralph Nelson
Leonard Gank
C. W. ‘Wells
Ray Keener
Richard Williams
John ‘Warne
Blueville
Bowman
Charleston
Nellie Cook
Gorge Hunt
Harvey Anvil
Mildred Henry
Mary Carruthers
Roberta Jewell
Rose Canfield
Daisy Poe
Johnson
Isa Rogers
Hattie Hoban
William Bowman
Barclay on Bridge Candid thoughts on trump play
Shepard Barclay discusses common bridge errors in leading trumps and how eagerness to “kill” defenders can backfire. He warns against rushing to lead when a plan is incomplete, advising players to wait for the right moment to threaten or control the hand.
Bridge Problem: South-North Vul Fragile Auction and Play
In a bridge problem with North-South vulnerable, dealer North opens 1 Diamond, South bids 2 Hearts, North overcalls with 1 Spade, and the play unfolds to reveal misruffs and misvalued hearts. West defeats the six heart contract after a sequence of trumping and ruffing, leaving South with two clubs lost and a lesson on ruff timing.
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North
Haat
South
West
East
Jos Sr
Jeal
King Visited Elkins During Middle of Week
Charles O. King a South Grafton merchant and former mayor spent Wednesday in Elkins visiting his sister Mrs Grace Wolfe. Mrs Diane Moon and daughter Catherine Diana returned to Wellsburg after several weeks with Mrs Moon's mother Mrs H R Coole, accompanied home by cousin Miss Helen Jean Hussion. Mrs Dorothy Beavers of Blueville returned from a visit in the east. Mrs Torlock Rasmussen is confined to her home on McGraw Avenue with influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O. King
South Grafton
Elkins
Grace Wolfe
Diane Moon
Catherine Diana
Wellsburg
Local Residents Plan Visits and Travels
Mrs. Richard P. Bartlett and children prepare for an extended visit with her sister in Nevada with side trips to California before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Friedman enjoy a vacation in Washington, D C. Mrs. E. J. Clapton returns to McGraw avenue after a Baltimore trip. W C Pembroke vacationing in Washington D C and Maryland. William Allender of Blueville visits Weirton with the Allenders. F Louden visits Grafton on business. Clarence Weaver of Tunnelton undergoes a minor operation at City hospital Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard P. Bartlett
Jeanne
Sue
Mrs. Bartlett
Nevada
California
Harry Friedman
Washington, D.ie
E. J. Clapton
McGraw Avenue
Baltimore
W. C. Pembroke
Washington D. C
Maryland
William Allender
Blueville
James Allender
Weirton
F. Louden
Grafton
Clarence Weaver
Tunnelton
City Hospital
Four-H Leaders Farm Club Officers Chosen
The Four-H Leaders Farm Club elected officers Friday night at Carroll Hawkins home on Maple Avenue. Virginia Mason Prunytown was named president Barbara Drainer Prunytown secretary and Paul Clevenger Simpson treasurer. The club meets monthly serving as a guide for extension division activities in Morgantown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Avenue
A Carroll R. Hawkins
Virginia Mason
Pruntytown
Barbara Drainer
Paul Clevenger
Simpson
Morgantown
Kilburne Held for Embezzlement at Otsego
John Kilburne of Otsego was held to the jury on embezzlement charges after a June 11 hearing, with bond set under $1,000. He allegedly took more than $1,500 from a dry cleaning plant.
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Mullens
John Kilburne
Otsego
Erdhd
Test Pilot and Cocoanut Grove At Strand Stage
Strand Theatre opens two aviation centric features with Test Pilot starring Clark Gable Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy delivering a tale of a daring test pilot and a romance as flying sequences thrill audiences. Cocoanut Grove with MacMurray Hilliard Blue and Owens follows a band striving to play the Grove while the Yacht Club Boys supply humor and song as the plot tracks their West Coast audition efforts.
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Strand Theatre
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Thy
Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
Spencer Tracy
Lionel Barrymore
Frank Wead
Victor Fleming
Louis D. Lighton
Gable
Miss Loy
Kansas
Wheatfield
Army Air Corps
Wan
Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador
Los Angeles
Fred MacMurray
Rainbow
Harriet Hilliard
Ben Blue
Yacht Club Boys
Rafe Davis
Harry Owens
Royal Ha, Wailan
MacMurray
Miss Hilliard
Ozzie Nelson
Billy Lee
Mac Murray
Eve Arden
West Coast
California
Hill-Billy
the Grove
Leiliani
New Dixie Theatre film sails from Chicago to Cocoanut Grove
Par amount presents a comedy about fifteen men a kid and a girl chasing fame and love as they journey from Chicago to Los Angeles to perform at the Cocoanut Grove in a lively audition tale full of hungry ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Los Angeles
the Cocoanut Grove
Paramount
Davis to study in Munich under Phi Kappa Psi exchange
Richard Davis, 19, of Kingwood will sail August 31 to Munich to study at the University of Munich for a year as an exchange student. He is the second to Germany under the Phi Kappa Psi sponsorship. James Handlan of Wheeling will return next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Richard Davis
Kingwood
Germany
University of Munich
Phi Kappa Psi
James Handlan
Wheeling
Drive Success Welch Fire Dept Gear Drive
The 40 and 8 chapter of the American Legion reports a drive raised 650 dollars to purchase new equipment for the fire department.
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Welch
The
American Legion
New machine tried out in Charlotte for distant typing
In a test from New York to Charlotte, Buford L. Green and partners demonstrated a semagraph system that fed copy from a standard typewriter through a transmitter to a Charlotte Observer linotype. The device produced seven lines a minute with ten thousand words sent in the first run, aiming to boost efficiency without displacing labor.
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New York
Associated Press
Charlotte
N. C
Charlotte Observer
Buford L. Green
John P.white
The
Observer
W. T. White
Curtis . B. Johnson
Linotype
Johnson
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Annabel P. Swisher
Robey
Richard Robey
Tier'name
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James F. Holt
Lawrence R.swisher
Jean Murray
Fred Malone
Miss Murray
T. W. Heironimus, Jr
Margaret Holt
Holt
Swisher
Wiis
Harry. Welch
William. D. Fisher
J.paul Murphy
Edna Rogers
King's Daughters Bible
Blueville Sunday School
Blanche Newcome
Verna Pilson
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
Sxfone “Ak
A. Info
Nba
Ginger
Hoover
Lela Rogers
J. Edgar Hoover
G-man
U. S
G-men
Ginger Rogers
Sander
Sally
Farm Club
Etl
Strani
New Dixie Theatre
Murray
Big Sister
Buddy
BY Les Forgrave
Etta Kett
Goa
Bicks
Liu Gueen
By Paul Robinson
Munich
A.P
Gulfspray
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