Local Society Notes Highlight Benevolent Meetings
Mildred Graham presided as ladies and veterans met at Woodinga Hall for a social session with cake walks, bunco, and guest prizes. Missionary society of First Baptist held a 26-attendee monthly meeting with piano and vocal offerings. Naomi Sunday school group gathered at West Main U M E Church for devotionals, games, and dessert. Group L of Andrews M B Church hosted a floral social with devotions and dessert. A Clarksburg couple wed in Fairmont Methodist temple, with Rev. Hawkins officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans
la Lis Amanahy
Monem Woodinga Hall
William Graham
Wi. C
Husson
George Hatitiol
Idella Carroll
Leo Crane
W. Plark
T. C. Gough
May. Freed
Banco
E Judson
Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
J. Powell
Cleta
Vella
Glover
Parkview
Naot
Robinson
Miss Prances Jaco
Naomi
West Main Street
M. E
C. W. Phillips
Ww. Wells. Com
Ladies’ Aid Society
Andrews M. B. Church
Theodore Patton
Rock Street
Eugenia Pickens
R. E. Graham
Fairmont
Teta DeMoss
Washington Avenue
Clarksburg
J.T. DeMoss
Johnstown
C. Shields, Jr
E. 8. Hawkins
Local Church Groups Schedule June Events
The social calendar lists multiple church and fraternal meetings from June 12 to June 18. Activities include Ladies Aid Society events at Blueville and Beech treet, American Legion Auxiliaries, Sufi Woodman Circle, Naomi Chapter 121 B. S., and St. Pauls Lutheran joint meeting, plus Flag Day observance by Elizabeth Cummins Jackson Chapter D. A. R. and a marriage announcement for Miss Mermotie Waller and Keith W. Burge with home afterward in Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of
Blueville
M. E. Church
Harvey Anvil
American Legion Auxiliaty
Ladies Aid
Bt. Patt
Martz Campbell
Beechtreet
Sufi
Woodman Circle
White Rose Grove
Red Man's Hall
Masonic Temple
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of Andrews
Mattie Jace
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Jomes Beall
Mermotie ‘Waller
Keith W. Burge
Oakland
Archibald Moore
Marie Williams Starkey
Parkersburg
Grafton
Burge
St. Joseph Hospital
Hopemont
Tetra Alta
Mies
A. J. Burge
Gulf Refining Company
Washington, D. C
F.D.R Worded Remarks Highlighted by Robey and Politicians
The clipping outlines multiple local notes about residents: Richard Robey travels to Ohio University for summer term. Clarence Peel and Pauline McNeese visit family in Lincoln Street. Fanny Bell Sommerville returns from Mexgantown after senior ball at West Virginia University. Local officials discuss Pure Oil station opening and FHA housing matters with Parkersburg officials.-President Roosevelt is accused by Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge of breaking campaign pledges on federal economy. Talmadge condemns taxes and government programs, singles out Hoover era and TVA criticisms, linking scarcity to crime and calling for economic restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Robey
W. G. Robey
Maple Avenue
Ohio University
West Virginia University
H. C. Haller
Main Street
Grafton
Parkersburg
Pure Oil Company
M. Bennett
Federal Housing Program
West Virginia
FHA
W. D. Frey
Taylor Country Fera
Frey
John Edwards, Jr
Monongah
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Fred Bolliger
Lincoln Street
Chicago
Roosevelt
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Chicago Association of Commerce
Pittsburgh
Hoover Hoover
Talmadge
Croesus
Hoover
Washington
TVA
Reemployment Staff Absent for Kingwood Trip
Four members of the National Reemployment Service staff from the courthouse office were absent today as they traveled to Kingwood for their semi monthly visit to the Preston county office. The clerks named are Miss Alice Knight Miss Agnes Twiney and Miss Irene Kunst along with office statistician Charles Englehardt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingwood
National Reemployment Service
Preston County
Reemployment Service
Charles Englehardt
Alice Knight
Agnes‘Twiney
Inene Kunst
Grafton Proclaims Flag Day Observance 1935
June 12 1935 mayor Otto Waugh proclaims Flag Day observances in Grafton. Citizens urged to display the national emblem at homes and businesses and attend Elks ceremony at Station Square on the evening of June 14 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Station Square
Grafton
Otto Waugh
City of
Out City
E.otto Waugh
West Virginia student stars in campus Shakespeare play
Morton Rosenshine, a West Virginia University student from Morgantown and son of Mr and Mrs William Rosenshine of Walnut Street, played Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Ruth Jean Simonson in Elizabeth Moore Hall. Simonson praised his performance and advised changing his major from law to speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Rosenshine
West Virginia University
Morgantown
William Rosenshine
Walnut Street
Department of Public Speaking
Elizabeth Moore Hall
Rosenshine
O Oberon
Ruth Jean Simonson
Youth Drowns After Rope Swing Incident at Greenbrier River
In Hinton West Virginia on June 12, ten year old Melvin Wing fell from a long rope while camping with companions and drowned in the Greenbrier river. The group had been swimming at the time of the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
W. Va
Greenbrier River
Melvin Wing
Grifton volunteers plan joint meeting with leaders
Grifton volunteer firemen prepare for a 7:80 PM joint meeting with local professionals in the city hall fire station. Honorary visitors will discuss funds to modernize equipment, ticket sales for an enterprise, and sponsoring a Riverside drive field house ball. Ralph H. Cliné coordinates plans to invite a nationally known orchestra en route to other destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grifton
City Hall
Riverside Drive
Ralph H. Cliné
Boothsville Native Walter B. Smith Dies in Fairmont
Walter B. Smith 62 longtime Boothsville native died yesterday morning at his Fairmont home after a stroke on Monday night in poor health. Survived by widow Anna Kurte Morgantown, brother Charles E. Smith Fairmont, and sisters Patrica Parker, B. Henry, and C. Lawson. Body prepared for burial by Carpenter and Ford Funeral Home of Fairmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Smith
Boothsville
Fairmont
Afiss
Anna Kurte
Morgantown
Charles E. Smith
Patrica Parker
B. Henry
C. ‘. Lawson
Carpenter and Ford Funeral Home
Church Business Meet Planned This Evening
There will be a business meeting at West Malini Street M. church this evening after the prayer service. Officials and members are urged to attend as the meeting concerns the church's best interests. Prayer services begin at 8 o'clock and the business meeting follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Malini Street M
Army appeals to mine union for Salvation Army funds
Major John Campbell and Rev. P. J. Null urged Local Union No. 4 of the United Mine Workers in Rosemont to support Salvation Army operations for the coming year. Campbell planned talks Friday at Rosemont and later with the Reppert miners, then Saturday at 10:30 a.m. with the total UMW at Wenter. A six‑member canvass by the Grafton Women’s club began on the West Side led by Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Bartlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Fuds
John Campbell
Army Citadel
East Main Street
P. J. Null
Methodist Protestant Church
United Mine Workers
Rosemont
Campbell
Atlas
Reppert
Total Union of
Wenter
Grafton Womet
Tuite B. Ross
Richard Bartlett
Eight youths head to West Virginia Maryland camp
Eight local Salvation Army Young People's Union members from Grafton will travel for a 10 day camp amid representatives from the West Virginia Maryland division. Leaders Major Campbell and Captain Ward Arnold oversee a program with character-building life and nature study mornings, athletics and recreation afternoons, and vesper services and camp fires at night. A featured camp picture appears in this week’s Salvation Army War Cry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Young People’s Union
Grafton
West Virginia-Maryland
Army
Majoh Campbell
Major Clude
Margaret Jones
Frances ‘Baw
Ruth Campbell
Mary Titer
Donald Campbell
Janes Camip- Bell
Janes Riley
Pearl Benett
Wad Mird
Arnold
Flow
Wheeling
Forterly
Salvation ‘Army Magazine
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Mildred Graham
Society Telephone
Elizabeth Cumtins Jackson
Q. Day Fleming
C. F. Shafer
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Shields
Earl C. Shields
Washington Irving High School
Perrill Grocery
Willett Reed
Grafton City Hospital
PERS
Nals F.D.R
NRA
AAA
Jolliffe’s Store
Kaysers
Kayser
Kayser & Gordon Hose
Gostemier
Tan
Rey Snes
Nestle
Gertie
Marinello Beauty Shop
McCrory’s
Bettes
the Love Drug Co
Greenbrier
Ford
Sar
West Virginié
Gehultie
Beulah Belle Beauty Shoppe
Phorie 454
Togo
Salvation Army’s
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