Social Notes From Gratton Area Gather at Masonic Hall
Social items recount Naomi Chapter No 12 Order of the Eastern Star guests from Grafton and Randolph Chapter in Star, with Mrs Mary Jeffries of this city receiving honors. A post ceremony pageant titled The Road To Happiness followed by floral tributes and a late supper. Also, a musical evening at West Boyd Street hosted by Frank Kincaid with several guests and a luncheon. Wedding in Weston parsonage unites Ethel Bolle Williams and Bernard L Lilly with family present. Daughters of America plan first anniversary party in Wehn Hall with speakers and refreshments. Friendship Sewing Circle hosts meeting at East Main Street home planning a park picnic. Blueville Ladies Aid meets at Blueville church. Valley Inn dance on Northwestern Turnpike features Jack Watkins and Vagabonds. next dance announced.
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Ewstern
Grafton
Eikila
Eastern Star
Mary L. Jeffries
Anna Molter
Naomi
Randolph
Naomi Chapter
Gertrude Steel Nichols
Frank Kincaid
West Boyd Street
Tooms
Retta Ringler
John Shaffer
Robert Hiser
George Kinsey
Truman Kinsey
Ety Courtney
Thomas Wooolittle
Frankeaid, Jr
Harrygler
Frankneaid
Williams-Lilly
Weston
Ethel Bolle
Williams
Loveland Addition
Bernard L. Lilly
Creed. Yoak
Mar George Lilly
Weste
Daughters of America
Mountain City Council No
Wehn
Mountainper Council
J. H. Howell
Keyser
the Daughters of America
Friendship Sewing Circle
Cecelia Morrison
East Main Street
Flag Day Celebration Attracts Local Guests And Contest
A Sentinel note describes a Flag Day event hosted by Mr and Mrs Samuel D Martin on the Grafton Webster road with 35 attendees. Frances Matheny of Fairmont read the flag’s history, a patriotic guessing contest awarded Bert Kuhn, and red jello white candies and blue angel food cake were served. Guests from Fairmont Elkins and Athens Ohio joined. Also mentions Woman's Mission Circle meeting June 16 at First Baptist Church and a New York flight monoplane test showing engine trouble fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel D. Martin
Grafton- Webster Road
Frances Matheny
Fairmont
Bert Kuhn
Clara Burke
Teresa White
Rose Oliver
Elkins
Athryn Staples
Athens
Ohio
Spirit of St. Louis Ready for Lindbergh Flight Plans
Washington reports the Spirit of St. Louis is in perfect running order at Bolling Field for Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. Navy aviations officers await word on the plane’s disposition while Lindbergh considers flying the Curtiss pursuit plane back to New York or piloting his own ship away.
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Washington
St. Louis
Navy
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bolling Field
Lindbergh
New York
Scout Band Planned for Grafton Youths Friday
Last call for Boy Scout candidates for the planned orchestra at West Main Street M. H. Church. Boys from four corners are invited to bring any instrument and join, with goals of fifty to sixty members and a future band of one hundred. Scoutmaster P F Gillispie urges turnout to support music education and broader scouting aims.
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Four Corners
Grafton
West Main Street
M. H
P. F. Gillispie
Pew
Elks Celebrate Flag Day With Patriotic Service
A national observance marked by mixed-voice choir and Philipps orchestra. Grafton lodge officer leadership guided by Richard Foley with Arch A Powell and others. B. Bailey read the Mag story and Philippi Elks hosted luncheon at the American Legion Yall after services. Local Elks, including John Forcello and John Hamilton, joined in the event reminding members and the public of devotion to the constitution and the American flag.
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Philipps
Elks Lodge
Richard Foley
Grafton Lodge
Arch A. Powell
Leland Price
Prod. Kunst
Walter McFarling
Sidney Sommerville
B. Bailey
Elks
Philippi
American Legion
Yall
Order
John Forcello
John Hamilton
Fred Haymond
C. 8. Walden
J. $. Palmer
Guy Haymond
John McCafferty
LW. Kruger
Fred Keger
Wm. Clark
Arch Love
Quite So Wife and Husband Exchange Purchases
A playful comic strip dialogue shows a wife confessing shopping all afternoon while a husband jokes about seeking bargains. The wife explains she hunted for a birthday present for him, highlighting domestic humor.
Social notes from Grafton and surrounding area
Miss Margaret James of Clarksburg visits Grafton guest of Mr and Mrs Ernest Walden. Mrs Frank P Sterling heads to Edinburgh to visit sister Mrs John I Proctor. Local residents visit, shop, and travel for college activities and family gatherings.
Wilbur Honored at Pennsylvania Military College Commencement
Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the 197th commencement exercises of the Pennsylvania Military College in Chester Pennsylvania on June 15.
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Chester
Secretary of the Navy
Curtis D. Wilbur
Pennsylvania Military College
Byrd Poised for Transatlantic Flight in America
Commander Richard E Byrd prepared to depart from Roosevelt Field on a non stop flight to Paris in the Fokker monoplane America. Preparations included fuel tanks and emergency gear with weather and reception in New York guiding potential start this week. Byrd hinted at flexible routes and future hops across Europe Asia and the Pacific, contingent on Wanamaker's approval.
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Roosevelt Field
Richard BE. Dyrd
America
Paris
Byrd
Charles A. Lindbergh
Europe
United States
New York
New York Evening Post
Richard B. Byrd
American
Pacific Ocean
le Bourget
South America
Count Frederic de Janze granted divorce in Paris
Count Frederic De Janze is awarded a divorce from former Chicago socialite Alice Silverthorne. Custody of their child goes to the father. The Paris case mentions a March 26 Gare du Nord incident in which De Trafford, an Englishman, was wounded along with the countess. She says she bought the revolver to kill herself but was seized by the impulse to “take him along.” Assault charges remain pending. De Trafford returned to England and declined to prosecute.
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Paris
Frederic. de Janze
Alice Silverthorne
Chicago
Gare du Nord
Raymond Vincent de Trafford
de Trafford
England
De Valera Calls Irish Election a Clear Victory
Dublin reports Eamon De Valera leader of Fianna Fail says the Free State election outcome shows the government party suffered a signal defeat and claims a referendum on the oath of allegiance would have rejected the penal legislation he labels infamous.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Finna Fal
Repubican
MELLOGLO Face Powder Advertises New French Process
An advertisement promotes MELLOGLO face powder with claims to protect beauty in all weather. It says the powder does not dry the skin or clog pores, resists perspiration, and stays on longer. The product is made by a new French process and sold by Grafton Drug and Chemical Company.
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Grafton Drug and Chemical Company
Adv
State Supreme Court To Hear Gross Action
The Ohio Supreme Court agreed to hear Elmer Grose of Pittsburgh in an action over a 50 percent contingency for uncovering frauds against Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Grose claims frauds exceed 2 million dollars and seeks half the recovered amount, though the company took no legal steps to recover.
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Oknbas
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Elmer Grose
Pittsburgh
Janes A. Campbell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Gross
Campbell
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Lattis
Gratton Sentinel
Margaret Sommerville
Walter Williams
Loveland
Blueville
Lilly
George Lilly
Grafton High School
Broaddus College
Valley Inn
Northwestern Turnpike
Pruntytown
Jack Watkins
Cincinnati
Helen Dosk
Ardmore
Commander Byrd
Adventure
Antic
Mocean
Ocean End
South Carolina Ave
Paul C. Rosecrans
Ifa Peestuntione
Australia
Capitol
York
Duke of York
Commonwealth of Australia
Canberra
Duke
the Sentinel
Woman's Mission Circle
First Baptist Church
Anacosta Naval Air Station
Harry H. Knight
St. Louis Lindbergh Committee
Ryan Aircraft Corporation
Boy Scouts
Margaret James
Clarksburg
Ernest Walden
Pearl Street
Frank P. Sterling
James Sterling
Edinburgh
Wirgiia
Sterling
John I
Proctor
Carl McCorkle
Arden
Paul P. Warden
Mabie Avenue
Delaware
Woensleyan College
Darrell Kines
Geraldine
Pittsburg
Kines
Z. J. Kines
Maple Avenue
John Knight
Wheeling
Mary Nolan
Arthur Litler
Philadelphia
C. N. Mason
Valley Falls
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Walter Thayer
de Molay
Clyde Helnes
G. Lee Reynold
Meadland
W. P. Bowman
Bridgeport
H.G. Rangom
Violet
Moundsville
W. l. Fordyce
Wilford Street
Fordyce Textile and Manufacturing Company
Madison
Indiana
Ann Flesher
Cowan
W.va
Charles Rogers
First Ward
Wilbur
Footer’s Agency
Main Street
Byrd Isset
de Valera
Dorris Williams
Donia Dore
Los Angeles
Sarah
Ralph
Kunsy
Ome
Deeirattay
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