Social events and marriages in Clarksburg area
Mrs. Longwell hosted a violet themed bridge luncheon at Maple Avenue with six tables and prizes to Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Chrislip, Mrs. Bolyard, and Mrs. Gilbert. Out of town guests from Phi Lambda sorority and Delta Nu chapter attended. Nearby nuptials featured Martha Jean Post and R. D. Stout at South Mills NC. Catherine Minear and William L. Cather announced in Philippi Pike. Weddings take place with guides by Rev Etheridge. Stout to reside in Hilton Village VA.
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W. H. Longwell
Maple Avenue
Charles M. Wells
Walter Chrislip
T. A.bolyard
Clyde Gilbert
Delta Nu
Taug Hall
L. E. McWhort
Phi Lambda Sorority
Supremeer
Clarksburg
Forest Woodmen Circle
Faye K. Littman
Pruntytown
Frank Post
William L. Cather
Lloyd Wolverton
Hilton Village
South Mills
N. C
J. G. Etheridge
Fairmont State Teachers College
Stout
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Newport News
Catherine Maxine Minear
Philippi Pike
Flemington
Orr Minear
N.C
Jean Post
Lost Creek
R. D. Stout
Cather
Fairground
June 19 Beulan Rebekah Lodge Meeting Notice
The Beulan Rebekah lodge will meet at 7 30 p m June 19. Memorial services will be held. All members urged to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulan Rebekah Lodge
Former Grafton Man Weds Massillon Girl in Columbus
Announcement of the marriage of Mary Elizabeth Rider of Massillon to Ensign Robert Thomas Deegan, son of Mr. and Mrs. W C Deegan of Massillon. The ceremony occurred in Columbus on February 17, 1942. Deegan serves in the U S Naval Reserve and studies medicine at Ohio State. Mrs Deegan recently graduated from St Marys College Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Rider
Paul Russell Rider
Massillon
Ohio
Ensign Robert Thomas Deegan
W. C. Deegan
Columbus
Ensign Deegan
United States Naval Reserve
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Ohio State, University
Deegan
St. Mary’s College
June Meeting Of Local Club Held June Meeting Of Local Club
The Grafton Junior 4-H club No. 2 held a June meeting at the home of Jean and Joan Blackman on Wilford Street. President Polly Davis led, minutes and roll call were read, members sang West Virginia Boys and Girls, and the 4-H pledge was recited. Hostesses and mothers served refreshments to attendees.
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Grafton Juniior
Jean
Joan Blackman
Wilford Street
Polly Davis
Joan Dye
West Virginia
Briefly Told Promotes John B Warder to Sergeant at Camp Gordon
John B Warder of Camp Gordon Georgia son of Mrs Hugh Warder Maple Avenue has been promoted to sergeant He also serves as section leader of the camp intelligence platoon Guests travel notes list visitors from Charleston and local routes report hospital notes and returns from visits including Nina Constable and Joan Michael
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
John B. Warder
Camp Gordon
Hugh Warder
Maple Avenue
Sergeant Warder
Charleston
Merle Bailey
Carroll Hawkins
Grafton
F. Arble
Virgil Jackson
Edgewood
Margaret Arble
John Rogers
Washington, D. C
Arble
Richard
Ray Jackson
Fairmont
Joan Michael
John T. Evans
House of Errors at Opera House with Harry Langdon
Patrons are invited to the Opera House for House of Errors a Producers Releasing Corporation comedy starring Harry Langdon as an amateur reporter chasing a new type machine gun. Marian Marsh plays the inventor’s daughter while a villain schemes to elope. A fragile plot leads to a flop house sequence with Langdon and Rogers guarding the gun amid eccentric comic bits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Errors
Harry Langdon
Producers Releasing Corporation
Langdon
Marian Marsh
Ray Walker
John Holland
Guy Kingsford
Rogers
Vernon Dent
Monte Collins
Harry
Sing For Your Supper at Strand with Falkenburg
Strand Theatre presents Lovely Jinx Falkenburg in Sing For Your Supper a Columbia musical comedy. The film follows a millionaire heiress who in disguise joins a penniless band leader and his troupe, with a witty ensemble including Charles Buddy Rogers Eve Arden Benny Baker and Bert Gordon.
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Jinx Falkenburg
Columbia
Manhattan
Strand Theatre
Park Avenue
Casino
Hall
Charles Buddy Rogers
Eve Arden
Benny Baker
Bert Gordon
Miss Falkenburg
Rogers
Scrap Quilt Pattern and War News Mentioned in One Item
The article blends a vintage quilting note about Pattern 7029 from the Grafton Sentinel with wartime updates. It references using scraps to economize, a mailing address in New York for the pattern, and various remarks on war efforts including U S aluminum scrap shipments, WPB critiques of New York Mayor La Guardia, and political commentary tied to U S Senate races.
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RFC Metals Reserve Company
Maine
WPB
Noted residents visit kin and travel plans across states
The report lists residents visiting relatives in Richmond Indiana and Camp Chaffee Arkansas as well as trips by Mrs Ray Miller and daughter, Shirley Ann, and Ms Gertrude Tucker. Mentions Mrs Newcome and Patricia Ann, Mr Ralph Newcome, and Harry F Newcome stationed at the Arkansas camp. A political line suggests Neely may seek a senatorial nomination on August 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Indiana
Ray Miller
Shirley Ann
Ross Street
Indiaa
Arkansas
PT Pleasant Telegram Walkout Tied to Defense Jobs
PT Pleasant reports indicate telegrams circulated about a walkout now in its sixth day. One telegram allegedly sourced from the firm questioned deferments for workers in defense employment. Major Edward Rehman was addressed in another message. Major Emil H. Coester of the Army Quartermaster corps was named as author by company rep Jason T. Weissenberger.
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Edward Rehman
Emil H. Coester
Army Quartermaster Corps
Jason T.weissenberger
Czech murder linked to church hiding and reprisals
Report from the Prague radio says two Czechs hid in a church for some time after Heydrich's assassination. The German line notes the possible execution of key aides and abettors. Earlier reprisals killed 382 people in Prague and Bruenn and wiped out all men in Lidice. Heydrich died June 4 and was honored by Himmler and Hitler as a martyr.
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Ment
Prague
Heydrich
Bruenn
Lidice
Himmler
Adolf Hitler
Second Front Talks Start as Churchill Arrives in Washington
London quarters predict Churchill aims to secure more U S aid to hold the Middle East against German advances from Libya to Egypt and from the Caucasus to Ukraine. Observers expect Libyan desert battles to delay a major Allied European land offensive until 1943 while Tokyo signals nervous indecision on the visit.
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London Daily Express
London
Churchill
United States
Middle East
Libya
Egypt
Soviet Ukraine
Caucasus
Europe
Washington
Stephen Early
Tokyo
Marian Martin Pattern 9091 for Cotton Sheer Dress
Marian Martin pattern 9091 offers a shoulder shirred bodice with lace edged neck and sleeves in cotton sheer. Available sizes 36 to 50, pricing options include fifteen cents plus one cent mail fee. Order by sending size name address and pattern number to The Graf ton Sentinel Pattern Department in New York.
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Marian Martin
Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Department
New York
N. Y
Sevastopol frontline holds amid new World War II pressures
Molotov warned Washington and London about a second front with hazardous fronts in Libya and Crimea. Sevastopol defenders continued stoutly as Axis siege armies pressed. Tobruk faced a new siege with Rommel’s forces encircling the fortress while heavy guns roared along the perimeter.
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Europe
Moscow
V. Molotov
Supreme Soviet
Washington
London
Crimean
Sevastopol
Tobruk
Erwin Rommel
Mediterranean
Temperance groups urge wartime liquor ban and vows
The piece notes wartime temperance actions led by the Women's Christian Temperance Union and various denominations. It cites Acoma Indians funding war bonds but asking Uncle Sam not to use funds to buy liquor for soldiers. It mentions resolutions to remove alcohol from Army camps and calls for prohibition for the duration of the national emergency. Dr George B Curtin of Colgate spoke at the Northern Baptist convention in Cleveland.
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Albuquerque
Sam
Womans Division of
Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Army
Navy
Congress
Bach
Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Association
U. S .of America
George B.curten
Colgate University
Northern’ Baptist Convention
Cleveland
Ohio's indignant charge on liquor in wartime camps
Clinton N. Howard denounces liquor in U S Army camps during wartime urging end to beer and liquor influence in training centers. The quote cites worldwide regulation except America and calls for camps to be clean wholesome for boys to serve the country with self respect. Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
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Ohio
Assembly
Clinton N. Howard
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Mrs. Longwell
Martha J. Post
R.D. Stout
Harrison County
Louise Shahan
Newburg
Grafton City Hospital
Nina Constable
Lydia B. Pinkham
House OF
Opera House
OPERA
Charlie Chaplin
Falkenburg
Strand
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
N.Y
Hiller
Middle
LABOR
Kump
U. S
Pennsylvania
James J. Davis
Alice Brooks
George Evans
West Main Street
Neely
Maran Martin
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Mit
Talon
Favish
Noveley Store
Iante
Ain Ae
Coebspice
Union Drug CO
Omar
Carolene
California
Chuck
Zhds
East Main Street
License
Sax
Clerk County Court
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