Grafton notes social church events and graduations
Mary Margaret Sommerville reports social notes from Grafton area society circles. The June 9 1927 commencement at St Joseph's College Emultsburg Md saw Rose Mary Hechmer receive a Bachelor of Arts cum laude. local Ladies Aid and Quota Club activities include meetings, programs, and plans for the Baltimore convention. Miss Gertrude Suddarth to broadcast The Magic Flute from Cincinnati. Webster and Hastern Star notes cover meetings, officers, and social gatherings. Edith Chadduck's reported appendicitis and recovering in Boston are noted. local dinners and club events feature anniversaries and guest participation across Grafton and nearby towns.
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St. Joseph's College
Emultsburg
Rose Mary Hechmer
Hn J. Hechmer
Hechmer
Joseph. W. Kirby
John Ladhmer
Grafton
Quota Club
Quota [Club
M. GA. J Community Center
Leota Griffith
Cleo Weston
Perence Hamilton Wilkinson
Ada Remlinger Strickling
Wilkinson
Baltimore
Lester Bush
Florence Hamilton Wilkinson
Webster Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid Society
Webster M. E. Church
Mildred McWilliams
Webster
Mar-garet, Felton
Lola Shroyer
Lelia Digman
Mary Pees
la Jaming Youth Club
Juanita Nestor
Ina Losh
Ethel Smith
Flaming Youth Club
Tenla Phillips
Sage Tea Hair Darkening Cure Adverts
An old time remedy promotes darkening gray hair with sage tea and sulfur. It claims easy results using Wyeth s Sage and Sulphur Compound sold for 75 cents, applied with a sponge to strands until gray disappears and hair becomes glossy and luxuriant.
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Wyeth
Is Your Child Taking Piano Lessons
Prominent educators urge piano in every home as essential to child development and cultural life. The article highlights piano study as a path to leadership and refined character, promoting a booklet on new piano study methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen T. Woolley
Institute of Child Welfare Research
Teachers College
Columbia University
Herman M. Biggs
National Federation of Day Nurseries
Plano
Marriage Announcement Prom to Mr Hatch in New York City
Cards received announce the marriage of Marie Prom to Mr Dorrill KX Hatch on Saturday the eleventh day of June nineteen hundred twenty seven in New York City. Mr and Mrs Dorrill KX Hatch will be at home after August 16 1926 at 26 Wigwam Place Springfield Mass.
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Nathan. B. Richards
Marie
Mr. Dorrill SK. Hatch
New York City
Dorrill
Hatch
Wigwam Place
Springfield
Mass
Many Births Reported in County Monthly Totals
A county registrar reports a surge in births for May and June, totaling 54 with 40 white and one colored, 40 legitimate and one illegitimate, and three stillborn. Deaths numbered 25. A Harrison County physician was cited for delinquent reports. District totals shown across Court House Booths Creek Fetterman Plemington Grafton Hnottsville.
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State Department
Harrison County
Court House
Booths Creek
Fetterman
Plemington
I Grafton
Hnottsville
Birth announcements from Fairmont to Grafton and Pruntytown
Birth notices report a son born to Mr. and Mrs. William Hopke Sr in Cook Hospital Fairmont on Saturday night. Louise Burns Hopke, formerly of Fairmont, is the mother. Other births include a son to Mr. and Mrs Harry Tucker in South Grafton and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs Luther F Damron of Charleston born June 14 at the Ev ans home in Pruntytown. Robert Thomas Miles born June 7. Names tied to families including Margaret Byers John Tucker Bailey Wyckott William Samples and others. The crowd also notes a Washington trip to view Col Charles Lindbergh’s triumphal entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Wilson
Beech Street
Herbert Miller
Fairmont
William Hopke
Locust Avenue
Grafton
Cook Hospital
Mary
Louise
Hopke
Louise] Burns
Harry Tucker
Mr. Tucker
South Grafton
Luther F. Damron
Charleston
John Evans
Pruntytown
Margaret Byers
John Tucker
Bailey Wyckott
William Samples
Washington
Charles Lindbergh
Missing Ohio Girl Sought by Police After Runaway
Columbus authorities seek Paol, 5'1" 100 lbs, dark hair, fair complexion, tan coat, green parasol. She left yesterday afternoon with a man named Corton in a Ford touring car. They may stop at Jane Perkey, 33 West Boyd Street, with Patrolman Clarence Silmons assigned to the case.
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Columbus
Ohio
Paol
Ohio City
Corton
Jane Perkey
West Boyd Street
Clarence Silmons
Ordinance Amended By City Commission In Grafton
The city commission amended Section Three of Ordinance VIA redefining indecent exposure and drunkenness in public and private places. It now prohibits indecent exhibition in any place within Grafton and applies to all locations, following a court trial that clarified public versus private areas.
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City of
Grafton
Striking Furriers Dispersed by Officers in New York
New York June 14 The police dispersed crowds of striking Left Wing furriers in the downtown district and arrested 159 men and women on disorderly conduct charges. Long lines of the strikers paraded despite the rain. Some wore steel helmets for protection.
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New York
Memorial Service for Friendship Lodge Knights of Pythias
The Friendship lodge Knights of Pythias held a Sunday memorial service attended by members, friends, and families. Grand Chancellor W. W. Smith of Huntington delivered a stirring tribute to departed Knights, praising local and state lodge service and urging further study of Pythian principles. Graves were decorated at Bluemont cemetery, and a musical program followed. Smith then visited other lodges in the region, noting rising membership and high quality lodge work.
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Ahniftt Membes
Friendship Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Chantelierd
W. W. Smith
Huntington
Men of Friendship Lodge
State Lodge
Grafton
Knights
St. Pythias Order
Pythian Order
Bluemont Cemetery
Knights Eternal
Smith
Panhandle
Nurse Defends Self in Rich Woman Murder Case
Exclusive dispatch reports Mrs Mary R Cooper's death leads to murder charges against nurse Mrs K Montague. Defense argues lack of conclusive evidence amid disputed causal chain. Police contend multiple blows and attempted concealment, while Montague asserts patient’s cooperation and inconsistent crime reconstruct.
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Asheville
N. J
K. Montague
Mary R. Cooper
Montague
Cooper
Virginia
Coolidge Dedication Draws 200000 At Wicker Park
The Coolidge visit to Rapid City for dedication of Wicker Memorial Park drew an expected crowd of about two hundred thousand at 2 p m CST. The park honors a Calumet steel worker who served in the war as the White House party travels to the state game lodge near Rapid City where the summer White House will be set up.
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Wicker Memorial Park
Coolidge
Rapid City
8. C
White House
Wicker Park
Calumet
Rev Crickenberger Preaches at West Virginia Synod Opening
Prominent Lutheran ministers gather in Clarksburg for the fifteenth annual synod of West Virginia opening at St. Mark's Lutheran church. Rev P Theodore Crickenberger of Grafton will deliver the synodical sermon with Rev D M Fink Morgantown and Rev W P Cline Jr Fairmont presiding. About forty delegates attend. services run through Thursday with Holy Communion after tonight's sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Synod of West Virginia
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
P. Theodore Crickenberger
Grafton
D. M. Fink
Morgantown
W. P. Cline, Jr
Fairmont
Chesapeake and Ohio seeks sixty day option extension
Washington June 14 Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad instructed President W J Harahan to ask Nickel Plate Railroad to extend for sixty days from July 1 the option to sell 187000 Pere Marquette shares. The move aims to preserve potential profits as the Inter state Commerce Commission weighs the transfer and merger plans controlled by the Van Sweringens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Road
W. J. Harahan
Nickel Plate Railroad Company
Nickel Plate
Pere Marquette and Erie Systems
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pere Marquette
Commission
C. P. van Sweringen
C, and O
van Sweringen
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Leche
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Will Joll
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Chadduck
Grafa
Edith Bradduck
S. Harry W. Chadduck
Washington, D. C
Boston
Donald Chadduck
First Ward
James Reese
Neta
Heulah Satterfield
Flemington
Rose Sweeney
Hiking
Messrs
Harry Satterfield
Pred Murphy
Elkins
Eastern Star Woman's Club
Hastern Star Woman's Club
Masonic Temple
W. A. Beavers
M.S. Smith
Group No. 9
Mildred Bartlett
Achass
Apt McGraw Ave
South Carolina Ave
Shriners
Paul
Roxechan
Dies
Stork
Gene Ford
Haig Vortex
Savage Washer and Appliance Co
Strand Theatre
Central Press
the Sentinel
Agna K
Montag
Crickenberger
Willie
Sivek
Hubbard
National Geographic Society
Lindbergh
Admiral Aehelaw
North Pole
Richard E. Byrd
Pole
Ralph
Kunst
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