Sayres installed as president of Junior Business Girls club
Miss Sarah B Sayres, daughter of Mr and Mrs 8 E Sayres of West Main Street, becomes president of the Junior Business Girls Club of the W CA Fairmont at a Monday night ceremony following a 7 o'clock dinner at the Elk's home. Retiring president Elva Snyder and officers Ann Reese Julia Mamish Frances Fough, Margaret Yager, and Ivy Louise Sayres are named in the transfer of leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah B. Sayres
Pairmont
Frances Fough
Margaret Yager
Elsie Thompson
M. E. McCarty
Y. W. Coa
Meta Dowling
Ofae
Sayres
Klayde Spaur
Mary Grace Fox
E. C. Rownd
Sallie Patterson
Miss Snyder
Ruth Christy
Adaline Skarzinski
Sally Patteran
Miss Sayres
Ivy Louise Sayres
Grafton
Filso
Social Calendar reflects numerous June meetings across local groups
The calendar lists regular meetings for the American Legion Auxiliary Fisher class M P church Youth Temperance Council Blueville M E church Veterans of Foreign Wars Model A club Co operative Traffic Program B and O railroad Daughters of the American Revolution Missionary society Ladies Aid and more with dates from June 14 to June 22 in towns including Bluefield Fetterman and Kennedy street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Charles Turner
West Washington Street
Fisher
M. P
Fisher Friends
Youth Temperance Council
Everett Lee Keener
Fetterman
Ladies Aid Society of
Blueville
M. E
George Huff
Carrie Gans
Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Model A Airplane Club
V. F. W. Hall
B. and O. Railroad Company
Cozy Rest
Redmen’s Hall
Daughters of the American Revolution
David French
Bluefield
The
Missionary Society
Ladies Aid Society
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Blanche Byers
Margaret Watkins
Quota Club
First Presbyterian Church
Z. L. Dean
Kennedy Street
Charles Ray Wiseman Honors and Beauty School Graduation
Charles Ray Wiseman and Miss Bernadine Tucker are among guests of honor at a celebration for the little honoree. Frances Logsdon, daughter of H. J. Logsdon, will graduate from the Max Bernardt Academy of Beauty Culture in Clarksburg this June, after ranking high scholastically in the class. Graduation exercises are set for 8 p.m. Tuesday June 14 with a banquet for graduates. Mrs. L. C. Frey and Mrs. J. P. Luke hosted last year’s Benefits Activities committee of the Women’s club for a bridge gathering on McGraw avenue featuring garden flower bowls and two tables of contract play with prizes awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Bernatd Academy of Beauty Culture
Clarksburg
Frances Logsdon
H. J. Logsdon
Beech Street
Logsdon
L. C. Frey
J. P. Luke
Women's Club
Bridge
McGraw Avenue
West and East Hold Off South in Spade Contract
A bridge hands narrative describes West sacrificing a spade to disrupt North’s potent top honors. East-West counters by forcing one trick per suit, ultimately setting South on a 4 Spade contract. The plot centers on partnership card play and defensive timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedler
North
South
West
Weat
East-West
Birthday and dinner dances mark social week in Monongah
Mrs Roy Thorn hosted a Monday night birthday party for her daughter Mrs Paul Klepfel with a floral home setting. Guests included Vera Alice Klepfel Betty Randolph Orr Zella Barkins Bertha Abel Sam Clark Bobby Monongah and Roy Thorn. A stork shower for Mrs Evans surprised guests at a later party with gifts and a dessert service. Dorn Leota Griffith chaired Cozy Best dinner and dance by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Women's Division with toastmaster J Edwards Jr Helen Foreman and Dr G F Grimsley as speakers. dinner at 7pm for B and O employees and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Omar
O. D. Lambert
Thenr
Pruntytown
Jane Wiseman
Betty Jeaner
Helen McKenney
Virgin Lee Gatbenter
Loretta Jewelter
Janice Lambert
Maxker
Janice Tucker
Claude
Bobby Tucker
Donald If
Richard Tucker
Raymond
Abe Tackett
John T. Evans
Evans
Tackett
Paul E. Malone
Harry S. White
Paul P. Warden
Harry Friedman
Roy Thorn
Fairmont Road
Paul Klepfel
Klepfel
Vera Alice
Frank Randolph
Betty
K.M. Orr
Zella Barkins
Bertha Abel
Sam Clark
Bobby
Monongah
Howard Richardson
Doris Jean Thorn
Leota Griffith
Co-operative Traffic Program
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Cozy Best
J. Edwards Jr
Adah Polling
Helen Foreman
G. F. Grimsley
Baltimore
O. Employes
Extradition Granted in 50-Year-Old Forgery Case
Governor Holt approved the extradition of Thomas Payne from McDowell County to Virginia to face forgery charges over a deed created about 1888. The case arose from a 1937 civil suit involving James L. Keen and claimed forged names of W. P. Cecil and A. J. May on the deed transferring property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Holt
Thomas Payne
McDowell County
Virginia
Buchhanan County
Payne
James L. Keen
W. Pp. Cecil
A. J. May
Keen
Local residents reel from trips and hospital stays
Gerald Jones, manager of the West Main A and P Tea store, returns from a week in Washington. Agnes DeMoss, recently operated on at St Mary's in Clarksburg, goes home improved after six weeks in hospital. Barbara Baker visits Clarksburg and Cincinnati and plans a southern California motor trip. Robert Davisson works at WVU mining camp in Terra Alta for the summer. Jack Emmett Alexander leaves for a job in Hagerstown. William and Mrs. Flanagan return from Webster Springs. Lucille McCafferty visits Hagerstown and Baltimore. Jr. and Mrs. Friedman and family return from Baltimore and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Jones
West Main Street A
Washington, D. C
Agnes DeMoss
St. Mary's Hospital
Clarksburg
Brownlow
Barbara Baker
Beech Street
Cincinnati
Mary Bowman
Arthur Shields
Edward Heiskell
Frank Kerns
Morgantown
California
Robert Davisson
Terra Alta
West Virginia University
Jack Emmett Alexander
Hagerstown
Hagerstown Oil, and Gas
Birth of Harry Merland Jr at 12 30 PM June 13
Mr and Mrs Harry Noble of 442 West Main Street welcomed a nine pound son named Harry Merland Jr born at 12 30 PM on Monday June 13 This is their first child The mother is Miss Opal Wallace of Kerns Virginia and the father works as a linotype operator for Sentinel Publishing Company The mother and baby are reported to be doing well
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Noble
West Main Street
Harry Merland, Jr
Opal Wallace
Kerns, Va
Theather
Sentinel Publishing Company
Linotype
Bailie group wins control battle over Chesapeake Ohio rail line
The Bailie group held 780100 shares of Chesapeake stock via Guaranty under Alleghany bonds and clashed with Col. Leonard B Ayres backed by Young who urged dissolution. Despite London court loss on voting stock, Chesapeake and Ohio railway board elected Bailie Hollister and Dickinson on May 19 as the fight over management nears academic status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailie Group
Chesapeake
Guaranty
Alleghany Corporation
Young
Alleghany
New York
Col
Leonard B. Ayres
Cleveland
Bailie
Chesapeake Corporation
Bailie, Hollister
Dickinson
Tucker County Delegate Not Seeking Reelection
PARSONS June 14 Lloyd Erhard a Democratic member of the house of delegates from Tucker county announced he would not seek re election because of private business. Three Democrats and one Republican have announced their candidacies for the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Lloyd Erhard
House of Delegates
Tucker County
Plane crash survivors and victims identified in snowbound wreck
Rescue teams reached the Wowona area after a TWA plane crashed near Bass Lake in a severe west coast storm. Eight bodies were recovered, one stewardess Martha Wilson of Philadelphia remained in the wreckage, and pilot John Graves’ watch stopped at 9. The coroner ruled accidental death as mails and baggage lay scattered among snow and trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Wilson
Philadelphia
John Graves
Bass Lake
Jay
Madera County
Wowona
TWA
California
Kansas City
the Star
John D. Graves
San Joaquin Valley
Fresno
Floods Shape Japanese War Strategy In China
Heavy rains and the Yellow River flood threaten to disrupt Japanese advances in China. Peasant refugees flee rising waters as the flood reopens critical routes, potentially forcing a shift away from Chengchow toward Hankow. Japanese say they advanced 15 miles from Anking and aim for Hankow, with American missionaries reported safe. Peiping sees universities and a French institution defy Japanese political parade orders amid tensions with Chiang Kai-Shek's government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shantung
Henan
Kiangsu
Chengchow
Peiping
Hankow
Anking
Anhwei
Chengvangkan
Hwai River
Peiping-Hankow
Sinyang
Welfare report shows aid totals and county costs
The report details May expenditures under the county welfare department including old age pensions general relief and dependent children aid. Administrative costs reached 14.6 percent of total outlays with pending applications totaling 94. May cash averages were 10.01 per general relief case and total cash payments 2319.50 while medical care and other costs ran 484.43 and 343.38 respectively. Commodities distributed included beans cabbage celery rice and potatoes with values totaling several thousand dollars.
Choice of Industry Wage Classifications Stirs Congress
Debates on industry wage minima continue as Walsh argues against regional basing, contending no minimum should be fixed solely on geography. Ellender suggests geographical considerations may be used, while Ramspeck aids in drafting the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
Ellender
Ramspeck
D.sa
Public reception depends on wage hour program administrator
Senators weighed the new wage hour program's reception based on its administrator. Chairman Mary T Norton of the House labor committee was cited as key in guiding the bill, with Ramspeck comparing the potential administrator to Joe Kennedy. Ellender expected presidential appointment soon after signing, while Congressmen admitted limited information on the appointee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary T. Norton
D.N. J
House Labor Committee
Joe Kennedy
Great Britain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Annabel P. Swisher
Telephone
General Electric
Barclay
Central Press
Shepard Barclay
Authority On Authorities
Picki
Tere
Frank Watkins
Fairmont
Franks
Margaret Watking
Mildred Catherine Garner
E.er
Barrackville
Sark
Givens Holt
O. K
Morgan Studio of Dancing
the Woman's Club of Grafton
Snow White Ballel
Favish Novelty Store
Sored People’s Party
Seiichi Kita
Ja’pan
China
SS Way
Supervision
West Virginia Racing Comission
J.C. Mohney
Detroit
FORD
Tunor Senan
Forpor Sean
Shriver Motor Company
Pike Street
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