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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1927

Page

3

Social notes from Frnton area church and club events

Mary Margaret Summerville reports on Pmptytowm Ladies Aid and Homer Williams of West On: The Ladies Aid Society of the ion. W. Va pote Baptist Church hosted Friday night fellowship in Pruntytown with devotion, business, a bake sale plan, a report from Nellie Whitescarver, and two new members joining. Two social hours featured a male quartet and refreshments. Also covered: Mrs C A Sinsel’s trip to Grandville Ohio for Dennison University commencement. Richard Sinsel to graduate BA. Dance plans at Valley Inn with Jack Watkins and Vagabonds. Quota Club meeting in Grafton before Baltimore convention. Dot and Will Club social with contests and refreshments. Kreitzer-O'Conner wedding in Cumberland. West Virginia Christian Endeavor convention in Martinsburg. Agnes C McCabe's Chicago trip for Loyola University commencement. Old Fashioned Dance by Russell Bayliss with local guests. extensive list of attendees and activities.

Ladies Aid Homer Williams West On Ladies Aid Society The Ion W. Vapote Baptist Church Mra John Mary Y Mra. John Hs Pruntytown Onley Matthew Nellie Whitescarver First Baptist Church Cty Fred E. White Rearver High Point N. 9 L. E. Bailey T. B. Utsinger Farrel Yates John Scranage Marion Yates Ohio C. A. Sinsel Grafton Grandville Dennison University Valley Inn Northwestern Turnpike Jack Watkins Mcinsinnati Konon Road House Ted Castle Farms Cincinnati Kreitzer-O'Conner Cumberland Thelma Kreitzer H. . Kreitzer Warwood Albert O'Conner Howard Artin Baptist Church of Washington, D. C Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company State Christian Endeavor Convention of the Churches of West Virginia Martinsburg W. Va Shenandoah Valley Battlefelds Christian Church W. A. Harrisson Paul Olberta Noble Plorence McMullen Fern Hostler Goldie Haddix Dorothy Lister Robert Bun

Local Social Figures Attend Notable Reception

Mrs Russell Bayliss and Mr and Mrs Adam Philipps join Mr and Mrs Lewis Bradford Mr and Mrs Guy Pierce and Mr and Mrs Arnold Hunter at a prominent neighborhood gathering highlighting community ties and social prominence.

Russell Bayliss Adam Philipps Lewis Bradford Guy Pierce Arnold Hunter

Ten Thousand Trout Placed In Middle Fork

Ten thousand rainbow trout averaging two to three inches were placed in Middle Fork creek Saturday by the Taylor County branch of the Wild Life League. The project tests if the species thrives here. if so the league may seek a two year closed season on trout to allow growth for local anglers. Current trout limit is six inches and officials expect better fishing in a couple of years if growth trends continue.

Middle Fork Creek Taylor County Wild Life League State Game and Fish Commission

Embroidered Script Opens New Value for Turkish Calligraphy

A Turkish woman, clerk by day in a government office, has adapted Turkish writing for embroidery designs. Her work creates new commercial value for calligraphy and opens a livelihood path for women who must earn a living. She studies after office hours.

Neer Five

Requisition Papers For DeAutremont Pair Pending Arrival

Columbus Ohio June 13 requisition papers prepared for Roy and Ray DeAutremont after a four year hunt by federal and state officers. U S Attorney W B Bartels says the prisoners may be turned over to Oregon authorities to face murder charges from the 1923 Siskiyou train holdup. Captain Long San Francisco postal inspector met the brothers and they gave no statement. he plans further questioning.

Columbus Ohio Roy Ray DeAutremont Steubenville U. S W.B. Bartels Oregon Southern Pacific Siskiyou W. By Long San Francisco

Turkish Girls Would Save Old Calligraphy in Constantinople

Turkish women seek to revive calligraphy the purest form of Turk ish art. In two years the Stamboul School of Calligraphy has admitted five Turkish girl students, a rarity among Moslem practitioners. The only famous calligrapher before modern times lived under Haroun al Rasheed and inscribed many Korins with her own hand.

Constantinople Stamboul Haroun-al-Rasehid Derle Hanoun

Two Municipal Ferry Boats In Collision

Two New York municipal ferries named Bronx and Julius Milley collided off the Battery this morning. Both ships sustained damage but remained in service, with no injuries though passengers were shaken.

New York Bronx Julius Milley Battery

Leon Daudet Surrenders to Paris Police

Royalist leader Leon Daudet ends three days of defiance and surrenders to police outside L Action Francaise. Prefect Chiappe asks for restraint as Daudet exits with his aide and dirigs troops away from the newsroom after a brief stand.

Paris Leon Daudet Philippe L'Action Francaise Prefect Chiappe Daudet France M. Delest

Donahey Won’t Intervene For Slain Officer’s Slayer

Governor Donahey will not intervene for John Hickman who faces the electric chair in Columbus Ohio tonight. The clemency board found no sufficient reason to override five court actions. Hickman’s counsel asked for commutation citing new evidence centered on a confessed relation to the case.

Columbus Ohio Donahey John Hickman Hickman State Clemency Board

Clemency Board Rejects Psy Chic Readings in Hickman Case

The clemency board dismissed evidence called psy chic and readings in the murder case of Daniel Garrett. Montrose Hickman, the brother of the accused, is already serving a life term for the same crime in Huntington West Virginia.

J. R. Long Cota Bauth Huntington W. Va Hickman Daniel Garrett Chillicothe Montrose Hickman

Chicago banker Charles Pierce dies at 56

Dhaths Chicago reports Charles Inglath Pierce aged 56 and director of the National Bank of the Republic and president of Salina County Coal Corporation.

Chicago Charles Ingals Pierce National Bank of the Republic Salina County Coal Corporation

Passenger Falls Over Board and Is Drowned

Glasgow report of Mrs Louise Traynor drowned after falling overboard from the California en route from New York to Scotland. Two sailors, Gilchrist and McIsaac, leaped in to help but perished with her. A brief inserted math Q&A asks What is the difference between addition and subtraction. Sum.

Glasgow Scotland Louise. Traynor United States California New York Gilchrist McIsaac

Fifteenth Annual West Virginia Synod Opens in Clarksburg

The fifteenth annual conven tion of the Synod of West Virginia of Luther an churches in America opens tomorrow at St. Mark's church in Clarksburg and runs through Thursday with prominent church leaders on programs. The opening service is led by Reverends D M Fili and W P Cline Jr at eight p m. The synodical sermon is delivered by Rev P Theodore Crickenberger with subsequent confessions, communion and offertory.

Synod of West West Virginia Synod J. E. Dalt Wheeling Fanna A. D. R. Hancher Richmond M. 5. Thomas Philadelphia West Virgina C. A. Shilke Oakland Sition Snider R.T. Vorberg D. D Keysers C. A. Portz BH. E. Campbell Bitlinger P. Theodore Crickenberger Grafton W. P. Cline Fairmont D.M. Funk Morgantown C. BD. Butler Huntington Stadstiell Bestatary B. F. Becker J. E. Dale C. A. Porty, Keyser Young Lutheran Synod Crickenberger St. Paul's Lutheran Church Clarkeburg

Queen Mary Purchases Works by Richard Jack

The Queen bought three Richard Jack pictures at the Royal Academy. She purchased a portrait of herself for Buckingham Palace beside a portrait of King George. The other two works depict the Chinese Chippendale room and the blue drawing room in Buckingham Palace.

London Mary Richard Jack Royal Academy Jack Kung Buckingham Palace George

The Ananias Club Hair Fix Sparks Sock Darning Claim

A wife declares that time saved on fixing her bobbed hair allows her to keep her husband's socks darned and buttons sewn, highlighting domestic labor dynamics cited in a club discussion.

Ananias Club

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bratton Sentinel Mary Margaret Summerville Quota Club Cleo Weston Dot and Win Club J. B. Duckworth Dot and Will Club Boyd Street Robert Reese Julia Mason Philippi Agnes C. McCabe Loyola University John J. Pendergast Near Simpson Bert Carmichael Etta Chadwell Elkins Marie Bradford Marguerite Kerns Mary Brown Francis Peebles May Kerns Mildred Bartlett McGraw Ave Princess South Carolina Ave Spec Wickly Europe Paul C. Rosecrans Busy Bee Restaurant Utah Virginia Lee Williamson Salt Lake City Williamson Ting Beautiful Middle Fork Sesq. Ft Footer’s Agency W. Main Street Grafton Drug and Chemical Co Ady Oma Oficer W. A. Tyler Quincy Ill Martha Jellison Dhaths Ambrose Diehl Uniontown Savage Washer & Appliance Co Strand Theatre Lutheran Synod Clarksburg Queen Piciilin Caste Roe Ralph Kunse
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