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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1950
Page
3
Mrs Naomi Lawson serves as the club and society editor in the community paper, with contact via telephone 514. The short staff entry notes her role and duties in reporting on local social events and society notices.
A double ring ceremony Sunday at noon in West Main Methodist united Mabel Lee Patton and Omer C. Thompson Jr. under Rev. Paul Trimpey. Patton wore powder blue and white accessories with a white testament bouquet. Jean Gans was maid of honor in pink eyelet. Robert Arble was best man. C W Wells and James F Barcus as ushers. soloist Claribel Upton and choir accompanied by J H Davis. A wedding breakfast followed at the bride’s home.
Miss Naomi DeWitt Carl Hershman wed Carl Hershman on Saturday morning June 17 at the Methodist parsonage in Oakland Maryland. Rev Denver C Pickens officiated. Attendants were Virginia Hershman and Wayne Shaffer with guests David Watring and local families at a West Main street dinner.
Invitations travel among locals for the wedding of Anne Daws Evans daughter of G Wesley Evans Washington PA to Robert Lawrence DeNormandie on Saturday July 1 The Evans family connects with Hazel Atlas Glass and the Kiwanis club through G Wesley Evans longstanding local presence
James Teeter hosts an ice cream social on Route 5 to honor Sam and Marjorie Newcome on their fourth wedding anniversary. Guests include Sam and Marjorie Newcome and daughter Sue Ellen, Pressley Knight, E Newcome, T A Kerns, Morgantown Dave Stephens Martha Huston Flem Jacobs Bud and Junior Lawler James Teeter and Richard.
Faye H. George of South Barre Vermont, blind since early childhood, becomes the first sightless Cum Laude graduate in Middlebury College’s 150 year history. She majored in sociology and maintained an average around 88 percent throughout her four year program.
The Work Together 4-H club plans a meeting at Brownlow Park the home of Robert McCue on June 19 at 7 p m The Red Wing club postpones its event to a later date due to unspecified reasons.
The Rebekahs and their families will hold a covered gathering on June 19. Details indicate a community or lodge affiliated event focused on fellowship and shared activities with family participation.
Mrs Olive Patton hosted the West Main Street Methodist church choir at her home on 9 Rock Street Friday evening. Guests included newlyweds Mr and Mrs Omer Thompson Jr and others. after rehearsals refreshments were served by Mrs Patton and her daughter Mrs Thompson. Upcoming meetings include the Womens Society of Christian Service at 8 pm with Mrs Lula Newcome on June 21 and Mountaineer Council No 44 Junior Order United American Mechanics at 8 pm in the Daughters of America hall on Main Street on June 22.
A list of local events on June 19 to 21 including supper at 7 p.m. in the 1.0.C. F. hall, Grafton Quota Club at the Grafton hotel, Ladies auxiliary to the B of R T at the K P hall, Mountain City merica covered dish supper at 6:30 p.m. and meeting at 7:30 p.m., RTS class at First Baptist church, Womans Society of Christian Service tea at Andrews church, Emma Rogers Bible class at West Main Methodist, Women’s Society at St Paul’s Methodist, Women’s Council at First Church of Christ, Grafton Business Girls at post office to go to Inchwood Inn, with reservations via Marjorie Stat.
Over the weekend, several individuals were admitted to City Hospital including Connie May Getz of Route 2, Charles Leggett of Route 1, Lois Shaffer of Route 1, Dr. C. G. Stroud of Flemington, Isabel Rogers of 15 Walter Street, Harland Forman of Tunnelton, Lucille Goff of Route 1, Bessie Williams of Route 2 Tunnelton, Linca Kisamore of 220 Front Street, and Alexander Cox of Route 1 Newburg. some details on those leaving were incomplete in the report.
Georgia fugitive Robert Emerson Mincey, 22, of Atlanta, fights extradition after release on 500 bond pending a hearing. A former medical student and Navy pharmacist’s mate, Mincey is aided by his New York employer in the extradition fight.
Weekend results list winners of the powder puff derby with multiple participants and addresses. Various social notes record Parkersburg resident Clara Ott, her mother’s death, house guests, parental visits, a furlough return, and local telephone instrument statistics rising from 6.1 million in 1907 to over 40 million in 1949.
An Ohio mother of three touts Hadacol as aiding her husband and nephew, citing relief from stomach distress, improved appetite, color, and health. The ad claims the product supplies vitamins B1 B2 Niacin and iron, plus manganese calcium and phosphorus, with a money back guarantee and doctor prescriptions.
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