Social and circle notes highlight church group events
Members of Group B of the ite Aid Society of St Pauls Church met at Mrs W Friday night for a devotional and social with a luncheon. The Mission Circle of the First Church met in the church lower floor to plan a bake sale and donate 100 to the Salvation Army, with a program and readings. A dance at the Valley Inn is planned for Tuesday night with Wrights orchestra. A birthday party for Master Edwin Austin was held at his parents home with games and an ice course. A wedding at the Montgomery home united Lelia V Montgomery and Frank Sypolt with a large reception and departure for a honeymoon. An Elkins district Baptist Sunday School convention was chaired by Mr Jones and featured Young People discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ite Aid Society
St. Paul's Mhurch
Firat Tse
W. L.idyce
Salvation Army
W. Day
L. C. Hylbert
Virginia
Chi
Hylbert
Mission Circle m
Hulbert
Ing
Grace Whitescary
Vnn
dBuse
Valley Inn
Northwestern
Bartlett
Pat
Jay
Edwin Austin
B.A. Justin
Main Street
Harry Burton
Etta Marie Fields
Edwin
Elizabeth McPherson
Fairmont
Montgomery
Wickwire
Lelia V. Montgomery
Frank Sypolt
Morgantown
V. A. Nanna
Moundsville
W. Va
Lilly
Mary Latta
Pauline Annon
Ruth Wilson
Knottsville
Pauline Anon
Walter Roggers
Lulu Brown
C. D. Jacobs
Minnie McKennie
Josephine McKenzie
of the Baptist Sunday School
Elkins
Dier
Grafton Baptists Attend First Baptist Chair Event
Composed of Clarkebure Grafton Philippi Elkins and Bengiom Missy Nellie Swiger spoke for the First Baptist Chair of Grafton. Attendees from Grafton included Misses Rosa Moats Hazel Zinn Juanus Swiger Lena Mae Miller Nellie Swiger Pauline Fordyce Dorothy Swiger Mary Zinn Evelyn Swiger Messrs Kenneth Cecil and Wayne Daugherty George Zinn Neil Harter Richard Bartlett Mesdamon Tom Swixer and George Daugherty Mr and Mrs Clyde Bennett and Mr and Mrs William Swiger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkebure
Grafton
Philippi
Elkins
Nellie Swiger
Threfly
First Baptist
Rosa Moats
Hazel Zinn
Juanus Swiger
Lena Mae Miller
Pauline Fordyce
Dorothy Swiger
Mary Zinn
Evelyn Swiger
Kenneth
Cecil
Wayne Daugherty
George Zinn
Neil Harter
Richard Bartlett
Mesdamon
Tom Swijxer
George Daugherty
Clyde Bennett
William Swiger
Birth Announcements From Local Residents
Mr and Mrs A C Hosking of Maple Avenue announce the birth of a son named Billy Clayton Hoskins. Mr and Mrs J M Daugherty of West Washington Street announce the birth of a daughter named Patricia Rose Daugherty on Wednesday June 15, weighing ten pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. ‘Hosking
Maple Avenue
Billy Clayton Hoskins
J. M. Daugherty
West Washington Street
Patricia Rose Daugherty
Old Pioneers Hold Session About Custer Fight
Norfolk Neb June 18 Gen Geo A Custer among first to fall at Little Big Horn. Frontiersmen at annual gathering debate Custers death and say he fought bravely. Carver and peers dispute claims of suicide versus death by Indian bullets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Neb
Geo. A. Custer
Little Big Horn
Custer
Lute North
Columbus
Pawnees
Deadwood Dick
Deadwood
S. C
Doc” Carver
Plains
Bones Found On Assonet Neck May Be 1000 Years Old
Providence reports Brown University professor B B Delabarre located human bone fragments at Assonet Neck Massachusetts buried under peat and water at high tide. He speculates they may reflect prehistoric cremation remains or animal stomach contents. The finding accompanies his earlier work on helioglyphies at Dighton rock related to Miguel CorteReal theories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. 1
B. B. Delabarre
Brown University
Assonet Neck
Mass
Delabarre
Dighton Rock
Assonet Cove
Miguel Cortéreal
America
Cortereal
Narragansett Bay
Thousands sing for love of it at Saengerfest
Cleveland hosts the North American Saengerbund event bringing together more than 125 American cities. Traveling directors logged over 10 000 miles to rehearse 4 000 voices with a 100 piece symphony orchestra under conductor Bruno Walter. The program features Julia Claussen Lawrence Tibbett and Elsa Alsen. Not a competition but a unified celebration of song ahead of the 36th National Saengerfest set for June 22 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Saengerbun
Saengerbund
Germany
Radio of Music and Song
Middle West
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Allegheny
Rocky Mountains
America
Hugo Anschuetz
St. Louis
Karl Reckzeh
Chicago
Europe
Bruno , Walter
Berlin Staatsoper
State Opera
Julia Claussen
Lawrence Tibbett
Metropolitan Opera Company
Elsa Alsen
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Ong
Grafton Hosts Visitor Highlights Local Arrivals
Cumberland's Miss Bennette Finzel visits Grafton guest of Miss Alice Finzel while Miss Kathleen Olridge tours near Hammond. Clarksburg’s Miss Genevieve Whelan spends two weeks in Grafton with parents Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Whelan. Local social rounds note improvements, travels to Baltimore, Atlantic City, and Chicago, and announce Helen Fenton’s Washington graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennette Finzel
Cumberland
Grafton
Alice Finzel
Kathleen Olridge
West Main Street
Hammond
Genevieve Whelan
St. Mary's Hospital
Clarksburg
J. A. Whelan
East Main Street
Hugh Egen
Lem Banner
Arthur Banner
Jannings Bunner
Fairmont
J. F.montgomery
Wickwire
Leslie Loar
Maple Avenue
Wheeling
Parkersburg
N. P. Kendall
Charleston
G.T. Vance
T. D. Moran
Abe Tackett
Baltimore
C. M. Howell
Hiera
James Harper
John Knight
Webb. Davis
Fetterman
Kingwood
S.A. Pratt
W. A. Beavers
Lttle State
Bernard Hoffman
Atlantic City
Shriners
Ionvention
Estis Lee
Mary Sloan
Emily Maxwell
Harold Tregellas
Freda Maloney
Louise Carney
G. Lee Reynolds
Meadland
Helen Fenton
Astern High School
Washington, D. C
Fenton
Ted Hamilton
Thornton
James Bee
Beech Street
Eva Cole
New Castle
Olive Reddick
Chicago
University of Chicago
Grace Loar
Maplenvenue
Grafton Welcomes Wide Range of Visitors on Trip Stretch
Local notes report Mrs James Sypolt of Morgan town hosting guests at Wickwire while Henry Harter travels to Chicago for a week with Dr and Mrs C Johnson of Harper's Ferry. Several others travel, visit, or return, including Miss Frances Hugill from Martinsburg, Rev L A Britton from Martinsburg, and Mrs Paul P Warden from Delaware Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Harter
Chicago
C. €. Johnson
Harper's Ferry
Catherin Johnson
Grafton
White Sulphur Springs
Miss Johnson
Eva Margaret Wilson
Walter Sypolt
Bowlesburg
Wickswire
J. F. Montgomery
Kate O'Gorman
J. W. Ott
East Main Street
Frances Hugill
Martinsburg
J. W. Wood
Paul P. Warden
Delaware
Ohio
W. P. Hendrickson
Graw Avenue
Buckhannon
Christine McWhorter
John Roadbaugh
William Cornwell
Bridgeport
W. S. Burge
James McKenzie
Richwood
H. O. Tourville
Oakmont
Silas Butcher
Thornton
Leon Wilson
Near Thornton
Guy Williams
Flemington
Clyde Cole
Shinnston
William Willhide
Mary Thomas
Fairmont State College
Yates Avenue
Enoch Haddix
Cove Run
John Evans
First Ward
Baltimore
D. B. Franz
Clarksburg
S. F. Lincoln
Abe Tackett
B. L. Rubright
Fred Burka
Franz and Burka
B. F. Wagner
Buckhan- Inow
A. L. Kesling
West Main Street
J.T. Demoss
Main Street
Robert Gainer
South
Gainer
Will Abe
Martha Joliffe
West Point Cadets Choose Air Service Training Path
Washington announces that 38 of 203 West Point graduates have requested air corps service. Because only qualified flyers receive commissions in peace time, these cadets will train before receiving second lieutenant commissions granted at graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Point Military Academy
Air Corps
War Department
Air Corps Act
Kendall Talks to Rotarians in Charleston Visit
H B Flesher and N F Kendall spoke to Rotarians on fellowship and civic progress. Flesher praised Lindbergh and questioned mass adulation for the aviator while Kendall urged community effort and Charleston Rotary examples. The meeting featured praise for Kendall and a visiting Rotarian from Kingwood.
Ball Rites To Be On Sunday
George Ball, 47, died Thursday afternoon on the Fairmont Rivesville road when a truck he was riding left the road and threw him against a rock in the river, crushing his skull. He was born October 12, 1880 in Thornton, survived by his second wife Myrtle Wolfe and a daughter Ellen, with two other children from a first marriage. The body will be taken to Thornton for Methodist Episcopal rites conducted by Rev. Zachariah Annon, interment at the nearby cemetery, Bartlett Funeral Company in charge. Oden Ball, a brother, reported the truck part may have broken, causing the crash. he will recover from injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George ©. Ball
Fairmont Rivesville
Thornton
John
Buretta J. Ball
Conl
Preston
Monongahela
Marion
Fairmont
Myrtle Wolfe
Evansville
Ellen
Methodist Episcopal Church
Zachariah Annon
Bartlett Funeral Company
Oden Ball
Atlas Glass Company
West Virginia University Board Adjourns Morgantown Meeting
The new WVU board of governors adjourned its organization session in Morgantown at noon after a brief morning meeting. President B G Smith of Clarksburg said the board will reconvene in Morgantown on July 1 for a two day session. No further statements were given. The note about the Mississippi meeting the Great American Desert appears as a generalized observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Board of Governors
West Virginia University
B. G. Smith
Clarksburg
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Sentinel
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Society
Foo Choo
China
J. F
Madam— E
Geta
Royal Electric
Savage Washer
COMPU
Strand Theatre
Crapton, W. VA
OLD Pioneers
Massachusetts
Julia Clausten
New York
Bruno Walter
Helen Mogge
Central Press
Exclusive
Central Press Dispatch
the Sentinel
Guyandotte
Murphy
M Murphy
Madison Street
Terra Alta
James Sypolt
Kendall
Civic Club
H. B. Flesher
Boys Industrial
N. FE. Kendall
House of Delegates
Flesher
President Coolidge
Charles Lindbergh
Mr. Flesher
Lindbergh
H. H. Holt
Talton W. Engle
Charles Brinkman
Rotary
Plesher
Mr. Kendall
Rotarians
Rotary Club
Tal Engle
Ken
Fred Bishop
Old Home
Mississippi
Auto Electric Service
Boylen Battery CO
Tec
Ralph
Kunst
W. Main
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