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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1927
Page
2
Y M C A notes a quota club regular session at 6 15 pm and a combined Legion and Auxiliary social planned for June 22 at Shroyers road house. Public library hours are 2 to 5 pm. Laughing at himself depicts a drunken quip about a broken window, and jokes on love mix sacred and profane themes.
The Royal Northwest Mounted Police will aid Harvard astronomers by traveling 150 miles into Arctic terrain to Baker Lake near Chesterfield Inlet to photograph a total lunar eclipse on June 16. Despite staff reductions to 876, the force undertakes difficult tasks including a 700 mile Arctic relief trek for caribou Indians, returning with a corrected regional map.
The New York American carries images of crowds greeting Lindbergh alongside King Albert and the Prince of Wales. A pulpit sermon warns that memory of the American peace can hurt you while urging virtue, kinship, and personal reward during a time of national reflection.
Roslyn New York social notes list Colorfel L in soup and fish at a society event. More than five hundred invitations issued for a ball and dance at Clarence W. Mackay’s Long Island country home where the prince was hosted. Many former partners of the prince in New York lament he does not dance.
Rome governor Mussolini harvests early wheat varieties on his Carpegna farm taking a day off without notice to pursue prize grain. In Pittsburgh a catcher dies after being struck by a pitch. Peter Denock age 16 of De Paul Institute for the Deaf dies minutes after injury. A ground rent notice in Manheim mentions one red rose to Lutheran heirs from 1770.
For sale a 1926 model Standard Six Studebaker Phaeton driven only 1200 miles. Fully equipped with a new car guarantee. A good bargain offered by Howard P. Glenn. 6-30.
A parade of visitors and guests accumulates in Grafton on Saturday and Sunday. John Gawthrop of Printytown and George Cropp of route 4 stop for shopping and social visits. Miss Ryal Spaur arrives from Charleston to spend the summer with her mother on Orchard Street. Harold Noble of Beech Street spends the week with his parents. Mrs. Lindbergh celebration attendees from Grafton include Mrs. Kenneth Haught and the Aiken family from Washington Pennsylvania. Dr. Alden Beagle reports a 411 mile drive to Indianapolis in 10 hours 20 minutes.
Gretna Green, Scotland, faces a vanished romance boom as census data show a surge of English women, leaving the town with scarce marriage suitors. Once bustling 18th century rushing marriage hub between 1754 and 1856, the locale now sees changed social tides and dwindling romance-era bustle as residents reflect on bygone days.
A witty exchange compares modern marriage to a cat with phrases about grabbing what looks nice and paying later. It adds a quip that a cat may look at a king and suggests many kings are glad for any audience.
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