Social notes and club events at home
Society editor reports on June gatherings including Mrs J A Robinson’s eighteenth birthday party with dancing and refreshments, Mrs Charles F Clark hosting the Woman's Benefit Association, Queen Esther Society meeting with new member Emily Sommerville, and a Children’s Day program at Weer M E Church. Attendees include Dolores Robinson Nadia Turner Myrna Turner Bertie Monroe and others, with piano selections and social hours noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mian Robison
J. A. Robinson
Dolores Robinson
Robinson
Curtis Proudfoot
Nadia
Myrna Turner
Mrie Reneman
Helen
Bertie Monroe
Arbutus
Nellie Williams
Rosalene Reed
Pattie Robinson
Messrs
Thorald Ammons
Arthur Kinsley
Ernest Riddle
Robert Kinisley
Jimmy Baker
William Scott
William Powell
Clark
Charles F. Clark
Woman's Benefit Association
East Wilford Street
Margaret
Florence H. Wilkinson
Nesty
E. T. Potter
Katherine Hamilton
French Boone
McDaniel
Emily Sommerville
Vivian Dotson
Alice Margaret Holt
Catherine Marshall
Helen Shaw
Irene Hinkins
Jean Haymond
Evelyn Shaffer
Irene Boone
Helen Howell
Congressman's Daughter Elopes In Reading Society Event
A social evening at a Reading and Our Sunday School program featured Junior McWilliams, Uriel Clare Bartlett, and Dortha Morris with readings and exercises. The Cliff Godwin orchestra provided music, profits added to the society treasury, and a Dewey style welcome with strawberries and ice cream followed the performances. Fire Department dance at Valley Inn drew a large crowd, with Jack Sitter's Melody Boys supplying music for a fundraiser to buy uniforms and items for the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childre
Weer M. E
Supt
Tracy Felton
Pearl Mylton
Mae Murphy
Audrey
Felton
Rey
Eugene Dick
Bettye Gene Felton
Herbert Ray McWilliams
Wilma Friend
Jesse
Clara Louise
Emma Lou Fel
Gladys Taylor
James Curran
Junior McWilliams
Junior ¢la
Uriel Clare Bartlett
Jesus
Pearl Felton
Albert Reynolds
Rose Drill
Dortha Morris
Cliff Godwin
Valley Inn Roadhous
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Grafton Pike
Jack Sitter
Melody Boys
Coast Boosts Price on Gas
Gasoline prices on the Pacific coast rose as Standard Oil of California led a 12 cent dealer hike. Retail prices lagged as dealers phased in higher costs, with many stations displaying 16 1/2 cent signs. California Washington and Oregon retailers followed suit, generating about 14 million dollars in new monthly revenue per Shell Oil officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Standard Oil of
California
Washington
Oregon
Los Angeles
H. R. Gallagher
Shell Oil Company
Local Personalities Return Home And Visit
Miss Dorothy Hefner returns home from Elizabeth New Jersey after a year of schooling. Crawford Compton came back from Washington D C after an extended visit. W C Arnold state YMCA secretary was a business visitor in town. Miss Lucy Rightmire confined to home on Maple avenue for days. R E Talbott Ken Talbott and John Waddell of Philippi were in town last night. Miss Olive Reddick stays in Graf ton for a few days after arriving from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Hefner
Elizabeth
New Jersey
Crawford Compton
Washington, D. C
W. C. Arnold
Lucy Rightmire
Maple Avenue
R. E. Talbott
Ken Talbott
John Waddell
Rhododendron Festival Tops Asheville Event
Asheville N C June 24 26 signals the fourth annual Rhododendron festival showcasing the beauty of southern young women and the rare mountain flower. Governors appoint delegates from twelve states to crown a king and queen, with Mount Mitchell ablaze and a grand floral parade plus a rhododendron ball and pageant drawing thousands. Roberts Park rhododendron garden development promises future festival attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N.C
North Carolina
Mount Mitchell
Rocky Mountains
Mushroom Gravy and Related Dishes From a 1930s Recipe Page
A collection of home style recipes including Mushroom Gravy using drippings butter mushrooms flour milk and seasonings. Cherry Butter with cherries sugar and citrus. French Dressing blending salt mustard seeds paprika sugar chili sauce ketchup pickles vinegar and oil. and Pineapple Ice Box Pudding with butter sugar egg yolks pineapple almonds wafers and whipped cream.
Rival Union Seeks Agreement After Mine Fire
Washington county authorities probe a serious Aurora mine blaze at Avella in the Duquesne Coal and Coke yard. Mine inspectors and US Bureau of Mines personnel battled flames through the night as negotiations for a satisfactory settlement continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Aurora
Duquesne Coal & Coke Company
Avella
State
United States Bureau of ‘Mines
Pittsburgh
Strike and mine fire shut Elm Grove-Triadelphia pits
United Mine Workers officials say 780 men are striking across four Elm Grove Triadelphia district mines near Wheeling West Virginia. A fire two miles back in the workings is thought by some firefighters to have been started by a trespasser entering through an air hole. Paisley mining interests in West Virginia post notices about a 1928 permanent injunction prohibiting interference with mine operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Elm Grove-Triadelphia
Wheeling
W. Va
Paisley
West Virginia
Good Time Flight Plan From Harbor Grace to Europe
Flying photographer Otto Hillig and Danish immigrant Holger Hoirjis prepared for a trans Atlantic flight from Harbor Grace Newfoundland to Denmark and Germany. They aim to depart early Monday on a 3100 mile hop after flying from Hasbrook Heights New Jersey to St John New Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John
N. B
Otto Hillig
Holger
Hoirjis
Denmark
Harbor Grace
Germany
Hillig
N. F
Hasbrook Heights
N. J
Night Flight Report Highlights Pilot Limits
A fragment notes Hillig's night trip completion within hours and 20 minutes, stating he can maintain the course to relieve Horris at intervals but is not an expert pilot. The wording suggests cautious capability rather than full expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillig
Horris
Contested Confession And Mercy At Local Church
Brown claimed he was not securely bound and briefly freed himself at night to check the time before resuming restraint. After his confession the pastor and deacons forgave him. Authorities planned no action yet, while postal investigators probed threatening letters. Separately, a collision occurred 15 miles south of Ghoi Point as the American freighter Bellingham and Japanese freighter Koya Maru sank in fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
The
Chi
Tokyo
Change Telegraph Agency
Frel
Bellingham
Ghoi Point
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Doral Parrish Montgomery
Sla. m
Grafton Sentinel Society
Queen Esther Society
B. J. McDaniel
Arline
Queen Esther Scelly
St. Paul's
M. EB. Church
Beech, Street
Justine Crosser
Robert Crosser
Ohio
Charles A. Sweeney
Toledo
Cleveland
Coast
Sears
Mattie Jaco
Grace
Lila Miller
East Knotts Avenue
Womans Home Missionary Society of
Andrews M. EB. Church
J. Holt
John
Homer
Dewey Avenue
John King
Bucyrus
Texas
Lindbergh
Associated Press
Charles A. Lindbergh
Princeton University
Frank B. Kellogg
Willa Cather
Tettore
Newton D. Baker
Osgoods
Osgood
R. E. Blaney
Asst
Mgr
M. & M. Bank Sigg
Prudential Insurance Company OF America Home Office
Newark, New Jersey
Prudential
Abe
Chevrolet
U. K
Flint
Michigan
Indiana
Tygarts Valley Chevrolet Co
Grafton
Dad
Roberts Park
Marie Watts
Miss Waits
Brookhaven
Mississippi
Cherry Queen
Alexander George
Aed
Maxine Weaver
City
Mich
S.J. Walter, Jr
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