Club and sewing circle entertainments noted in Blueville area
Society reports detail Mrs Cameron hosting four tables of contract at her Yates avenue home with Summer flowers and prizes won by Mrs Chrislip and Mrs Clopton. Sewing club at 345 Grand street awarded prizes, then covered dish dinner for St Pauls Lutheran groups in Blueville, with next meetings announced and program at the Missionary Race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. McDargh
J. P. Luke
L. C. Frey
L. L. Painter
G. T. Vance
P. E. Malone
Bess Kennedy
Christip
Z. J. Dean
P. P. Warden
Guy Kuhn
Vega Hamilton
Kennethson
W. C. Pembroke
Sewing Club
Fred McFarland
Grand Street
Harry Carroll
James Sturm
Sullivdh Rexroad
Knotts Avenue
Ladies Aid Society
Women’s Missionary Society of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Blanche Byer
Margaret Watkins
Blueville
Aid Society
C. B. Grayson
W. H. Shafferman
Harl Fawcett
Virginia ‘Watkins
The
Missionary Society
P.T. Brickenberger
Wilford Street
Yeakels Attend NAB Convention in White Sulphur Springs
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Yeakel of Pittsburgh, guests of Mrs. Alice B. Holt at Lost Run, left Saturday for White Sulphur Springs to attend the NAB convention. Laura Lantz of Blueville discharged from City Hospital Friday. Lula Move of East Main street had a tonsillectomy at City Hospital Saturday morning. Charles Warder of Fairmont visiting in Grafton this weekend. Peter R. Scalish of Simpson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Scalish, has returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Yeakel
Pittsburgh
Alice B. Holt
Lost Run
White Sulphur Springs
Laura Lantz
Blueville
City Hospital
Lula Move
East Main Street
Charles Warder
Fairmont
Grafton
Peter R. Scalis
Social calendar events fill June weekend schedule
On June 19 an all day Sunday school meeting starts at Shaw's chapel with a 9:30 a.m. service and a dinner on the grounds. June 20 the Red Wing club meets at Mrs. L. H. Greenwald 76 Lincoln St. at 7:30 p.m. also Royal Neighbors No 3996 meets monthly at V. F. We hall. June 20 the Quota club gathers at Cozy Rest for 5 p.m. dinner and session. June 21 Andrews church General Aid meets 7:30 p.m. with Group I leading devotionals and program. June 22 First Presbyterian Lend-a-Hand circle holds 1:30 p.m. covered dish at Mrs. Z. L. Dean's Kennedy St. home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw's Chapel
Red Wing Club
L. H. Greenwald
Lincoln Street
Royal Neighbors of America No. 3996
V. F. We
Quota Club
Cozy Rest
General Aid Society of Andrews Church
First Presbyterian Church
Z. L. Dean
Kennedy Street
Local residents plan visits and motor trips this weekend
After a three year Marine enlistment in Hawaii, Friedman and family head to Logansport Indiana. John Ogden of Columbus visits Grafton for several days. Holt family drives to Wheeling while Bunner family returns from Hyannis Nebraska. Harter family plans a motor trip via the sky line drive to Winchester and southern cities. Mrs Packman returns from Baltimore and Mrs Murphy from Clarksburg visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Marines
Hawaii
Harry Friedman
Logansport
Ind
Friedman
John Ogden
Columbus
Ohio
Grafton
J. F. Holt
Alice Margaret Holt
Wheeling
R. H. Bunner
Evelyn
Durbin Street
Hyannis
Neb
Henry Harter
M. W.sturm
Neva
Lowell Thomas
Winchester
John Packman
Baltimore
J. Paul Murphy and
Clarksburg
Jack Donnachie
Murphy
Donnachie
Leonard Chosen Parkersburg President of Wood County Bar
Dan B. Leonard was elected president of the Wood County Bar Association in Parkersburg on June 18. He succeeds John F. Throckmorton, with the election announced by the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Wood County Bar Association
Dan B. Leonard
John F.throckmorton
William C. Grady Dies at 82 in Parkerburg Rites
Funeral services were held today in Parkerburg for William C. Grady aged 82. The obituary notes his long life and local ties, with residents paying respects at the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
William C. Grady
Wife Preservers A Tea Leaves Vin Egay Vase Solution
A fragmentary note describes a domestic remedy using tea leaves and vinegar to remove stains from flower vases, presented in a dated, practical tone. The text hints at routine kitchen chemistry and preservation of decorative tableware.
Stranded Comedy Aged Songwriters Craft Kentucky Moonshine Tunes
Lew Pollack and Sidney L Mitchell wrote the score for 20th Century Fox musical Kentucky Moonshine. They created three hillbilly songs for the Ritz Brothers film as Strand Theatre patrons hear the tunes hum along: Moonshine Over Kentucky Reuben Reuben I ve Been Swinging and Sing a Song of Harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Lew Pollack
Sidney L. Mitchel
Ace Song
Swiss Alps
Chicago
Rebecca
Ritz Brothers
Sidney D. Mitchell
Strand ‘Theatre
Kentucky Moon
Kentucky
Reuben
New Dixie Theatre Woman Behind The Birthday Riddle
The fragment discusses Louise Hovick known for a feminine birthday joke and a quip about not needing looks because she has a book. It hints at Hollywood glamor and a screen debut, noting her rising star with sharp wit and public attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Hovick
Hollywood
Hovick Stars in Broadway Battle at Dixie Theatre
Miss Hovick draws attention for acting as well as beauty in 20th Century Foxs Battle of Broadway opening at the Dixie theatre. The film features Victor McLaglen and Brian Donlevy as a riotous Broadway show girl hides a softer side for a young couple amid an American Legion convention in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baba
Empire
Sally
Irene
Mary
Miss Hovick
Broadway
20Th Century-Fox
Victor McLaglen
Brian Donlevy
Dixie Theatre
American Legion
New York
PWA Officer Transferred From Charleston to Chicago
C L Vickers, serving a month as PWA contact officer for West Virginia, is recalled to the Chicago regional office. He reports loan and grant applications totaling just under 27 million dollars. Replacing him is W E Shivers, formerly PWA engineer on the Charleston auditorium and bridge projects, with headquarters moved to the downtown field office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
C. L. Vickers
PWA
West Virginia
Chicago
Vickers
W. E. Shivers
Shrivers
Capitol
Car Seizure Authorized for Non-Resident Drunk Driving
Charleston June 18 Attorney General Clarence W Meadows says magistrates or judges may impound a non resident driver’s automobile for six months after a drunken driving conviction. He adds the court likely cannot revoke a non resident license but can issue an order prohibiting operating a car on West Virginia highways for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Clarence W. Meadows
West Virginia
D. E. Cupper, Jr
Petersburg
Grand County
Meadows
New Company Store To Be Built In Beckley
L A eer manager of the Lilly brook Coal company store said a new fireproof building will be erected after a Thursday fire destroyed the store and a rear residence. Officials estimate the loss at 19000 dollars. Post office supplies in the building were saved from the ashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
L. A
Lillybrook Coal Company
Lego
Negro Sentenced in Parsons for Shooting Stepson
Robert Merritt, 38, a Black man from Coke Town, was sentenced to four years in state prison for shooting and wounding his stepson Floyd Redman, 19, in Parsons on June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Robert Merritt
Coketown
Floyd Redman
John Roosevelt Poses With Press At Nahant Before Wedding
John Roosevelt, youngest son of the president, posed with young women of the press at Nahant Massachusetts before marrying Anne Lindsay Clark on Saturday June 18. He was asked to describe Miss Clark s wedding outfit, but Miss Clark s sister Sally came to his rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roosevelt
Nahant
Mass
Anne Lindsay Clark
Circus Faces More Trouble With 25 Percent Pay Cut
Rochester January 18 Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey say the show will close unless workers accept a 25 percent wage cut. John Ringling North declares without the cut the circus cannot go on and threatens disbandment at Syracuse and return to Sarasota. Union officials say AFL affiliate will oppose any pay reduction. About 1600 employees would be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Batley
John Ringling North
North
Syracust
Sarasota
Fla
Circus Workingmen’s Union
American Federation of Labor
Pittsburgh
Woman Found Dead by Own Action in Morgantown
In Morgantown on June 18 Mrs. Mary Boh a 60 year old rooming house operator was found dead by hanging from a cord attached to a wall nail. Coroner Ed Win Cameron ruled death by own action in a case detailing a suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Mary Boh
Edwin Cameron
Strike Walkout Shuts Down City News Operations
The strike involves publishers and telephone operators joining walkouts. About 2,000 workers were laid off with pay stopped, while skeleton crews and certain department heads kept essential services running. The American Newspaper Guild and Pittsburgh guild held meetings to discuss terms and contracts covering editorial workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Frankle
American Newspaper Guild
Goth
Mechanical
Pittsburgh Guild
Honor Granted Master Bluefield Ceremony Honors Masons
Herschel H. Rose of Fairmont grand master of West Virginia Masons and Dr. J. N. Hillman of Emory Virginia president of Emory and Henry college and grand master of Virginia masons were guests of honor at a ceremonial here marking the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Herschel H. Rose
Fairmont
West Virginia Masons
J. N. Hillman
Emory, Va
Emory and Henry College
Virginia Masons
Safety meet gathers twenty four teams at Mount Hope
Twenty four first aid teams competed today in the nineteenth annual safety meet of the New River Company at Mount Hope. Separate prizes were awarded for white and Negro teams, reflecting the era's segregated prize structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
New River Company
RUPTURE SHIELD DEMONSTRATION AT WALDO HOTEL
Chicago specialist Molshardt promotes a rupture shield claim at the Waldo Hotel on Thursday June 23 from 1 to 5 PM and 7 to 9 PM. Meinardi states the device strengthens weakened muscles, tightens openings in ten days on average, is waterproof and strapless. White men only. 15 years’ experience noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EJ. Molshardt
Chicago
Waldo Hotel
Melnhardi
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