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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1928

Page

3

Daughters of Democracy Host Social at Community Rooms

The Woodrow Wilson Chapter of the Daughters of Democracy held an informal reception for county candidates and the county executive committee at the YMCA rooms after a meeting at Dent and Warder. Speeches by N F Kendall Ralph Cline Bert Clelland and Robert Maloney followed a Dixie song by the assembly. Refreshments and floral decor featured Washington Wilson and Gov Alfred E Smith portraits.

Dixie Ole Assembly Juanes J . Moran N. F. Kendall Ralph Cline Bert Clelland Robert Maloney C. B. Bailey

Attending Meetings Span Local Club Activities

Multiple organizations in Grafton and surrounding towns schedule meetings for June including hospital association, Ladies Aid, Quota Club, Girls Charity Club, and W C T U. Attendances urged. notes include venue details at Hotel Grafton Y M C A and homes on West Main Street Road Street and Andrews M EF Church. A birthday celebration for John Klepfel is also reported with family and friends.

Ladies Aid Meeting The Ladies Aid Society of Andrews Ethel Gough Road St

MELLO-GLO Face Powder Ad by Grafton Drug

An advertisement touts MELLO-GLO a new French process face powder that keeps shine away lasts longer spreads smoothly never clogs pores and remains pure and fine. The Grafton Drug and Chemical Co advertises this cosmetic.

Grafton Drug and Chemical Co. Ady

Personal notices from a small town column

Mrs Gily Powell of 500 Wat ering street has been ill for two weeks but is improving rapidly. Mrs C F Hancock and daughter Mary Jane left for Staunton Virginia to stay with Mrs Cecil Carper Stenetti for several weeks. Mr and Mrs Ray Wrick and daughter Dmetriann of Morgantown were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Lt Neason on West Wilford street. Mr Wrick is a Morgantown Post linotype operator and he traveled to Charleston this morning. Attendees at memorial services at Simpson Baptist Church on Sunday included Mr

Gily Powell Watering Street C. F. Hancock Mary Jane Staunton Cecil Carper Stenetti Ray Wrick Dmetriann Morgantown Lt. Neason West Wilford Street Wrick Charleston Simpson Baptist Church

Social Round of Visitors and Guests Across Towns

Local notes list many guests and visits. Families including Prank Cather and Barker relations entertained in Fairmont and Elkins. Several residents traveled to Parkersburg Morgantown Clarksburg and Knotts Avenue with social and business calls noted.

Mexican ace Carranza flies to New York with escort

Washington June 18 Captain Emilio Carranza Mexican flying ace took off from Rolling Field today bound for New York. He was accompanied by an escort of army planes.

Washington Emilio Carranza Rolling Field New York

Lindbergh Receives Honorary LL.D. at Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin awarded Col. Charles A. Lindbergh an honorary doctor of laws degree in Madison on June 18. Lindbergh arrived by plane and attended three commencement functions with unheralded appearances, greeted by crowds and the Wisconsin cheer as the guest of President Glenn Frank.

Madison Wis University of Wisconsin Charles A. Lindbergh Lindbergh Wisconsin Glenn Frank

Bremen Welcomes Two German Ocean Flyers

Bremen Germany June 18 The city greeted Captain Herman Koel and companions upon their trans Atlantic flight aboard the Bremen The liner Columbus reached the Weser and Bremerhaven presented gifts including a laurel wreath from the German press and silver dishes from the Bremerhaven municipality Rainy showery weather marked the welcome as river towns decked with flags.

Bremen Germany Herman Koel Columbus The Weser Bremerhaven

Bodies Of Couple Found Near Weston Wisconsin

Two local youths discovered the bodies of Charles Morrison a 21 year old Weston resident and Verna Tietz 19 of Wausau a quarter mile from Morrison’s home. Morrison had shot Verna twice and then shot himself, sheriff investigations consider a possible murder suicide pact.

Wausau Wis Charles Morrison Weston Here Verna Tietz Arthur Siewert Morrison

MABEL PEEVED AT PILOT OVER TRANS ATLANTIC HOP

Harbor Grace June 18 P In rough weather the Columbia team pressed toward a possible trans Atlantic hop while Amelia Earhart and the Friendship crew faced disappointment. Mabel Bell led the Columbia expedition and voiced agitation after Earhart ignored weather forecasts. Reports indicate tensions rose as Captain Oliver Letouts Mier judged the flight plan.

Harbor Grace N. Fy Great Circle Columbia Amelia Earhart Mabel Bell Boston Europe Miss Bol Oliver Letouts Mier

Ten Persons Injured In Automobile Crash

Sistersville report notes ten people injured in three crashes across the district yesterday with four still in hospital. Tom Grant of Paden City was seriously hurt when his car hit a telephone pole. Parkersburg youths and girls suffered cuts and bruises when their roadster overturned near St. Mary's while passing a truck. A separate collision near New Martinsville left three occupants with bone fractures and severe cuts after a motorist crowded them off the road.

Sistersville Tom Grant Paden City Parkersburg St. Mary's New Martinsville

Street clashes kill many tobacco strikers in Saloniki area

Special dispatches from Saloniki to Vienna Tageblatt report 10 tobacco strikers dead and hundreds wounded as clashes erupt in Drama and other towns of European Turkey. Fierce fighting in Kavalla, Piraeus and Saloniki continues through the night until military forces aid police, with numerous casualties.

Vienna Saloniki

Porto Rican Senate Leader Stabbed at City Hall Return

Porto Rico June 18 Antonio Barcelo president of the Porto Rican senate was stabbed after a boisterous welcome at city hall on his return from New York. The assailant was shot by a policeman and arrested. Barcelo was taken to a hospital for treatment.

San Juan Porto Rico Antonio Barcelo Senate New York Barcelo

Court meets county commissioners in semi monthly session

County commissioners convened in the court chambers this afternoon reviewing delinquent real and personal tax lists. Several routine items were discussed with actions expected. a full transaction account will appear in tomorrow's Sentinel.

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Grafton Sentinel Coral Parrish Cirela First Presbyterian Church Bruce Willhide Washington Street Webster M. B Missionary Society of the First Baptist First Baptist Church J. W. Brown Miele Woodward Glark Carl Gustkey Independence Louis Black West Virginia University Hazel Zinn Helen Manear Jed Brooks Gall Walter Marple Betty Jean King Bernetta. Brown Billy Harold Manear Anna Clara Trader Inez Shaw Wasp Bee George Shaw John Howard Reynolds Grandma Caroline Trader Dolly Jeane Manear Jean Harter Doris Lee Bragg Nereise Serv Charles Joseph Mahaffey William Morgan Renadietian Been’star Grafton-Taylor County Hospital Association Pruntytown Ladies Aid Pruintytown Ray Wiseman Olher Mowers Cealah Ladies Aid Society Quota Club Grafton Quota Club Grafton Charity Club Girls’ Charity Club Lila Clara Walter West Main Street Donley Matthews Rites Wiseman Arthur Ford Jimmie Herbert Tucker Rhea Wiseman Curtis Boies Womans’ Music Club Elks Auditorium Valley Parls John Klepfel French Giles Daugster Anna Leonard Jeffreys Fleanore Brooks Jeane Norma Fred Klepfel Junior Susan Doretta Paul Klepfel Charles Whiteman Charles Samuel Shriver John Jeffries Ada DeMovs Sterman Klepfel Hiram Linn C.T. VU Blueville Carrie Shafterman Osgood Philippi Maytag Maytag Comi Newton Iowa Panent Philadelphia Factory May North Broad St Philadelphia Pennsylvania Chi Minneapoli Prey Sun Tygart Valley Maytag Company Latrobe ST West VA Buckhannon Sa Harris and Ewing Herbert Clark Hoover Secretary of Commerce Washington, D. C Prank Cather Dana Barker J. B. Shaver Wilson Nankhead Alonzo Bartlett C. J. Fleming Lawrence Price Ernest Tarett Frank Cather Fairmont H. B. Shaver Robert Mary Prances Wilson Bankhead Elkins Velma Cather Davis Ernest Darthtt Hebert Pairmont Arthur Poe A. Springer Ruth Reed Remington B. 2. Holverstott Pittsburgh C. R. Martin George W. Haislip Knotts Avenue Haislip Holverstott Martin Ford Mrtin Clarksburg C. W. Hoffman Dewey Avenue Miles Saari AI Theobald Diehl Wbore Tov Adele Republican National Ranke Ilyana Hele Mabel Peeved Cloverbloom Reamery DR. Hess Victor B. F. Poe
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