Prunty Loyal Temperance Legion Session Notes
Mrs Annabel P Swisher Society Reporter highlights a Wesley house meeting of the Prunty town Loyal Temperance Legion with Elen Jane Wiseman leading the Bible thought and Mary Louise Gawthrop presenting His Brother's Keeper. Names Doris Dunham Betty Grimm Fre da Mason Catherine Mason led to four first mates and seven captains with special honors for Betty Bartlett Joe Boyd Martha Rector. Picnic planned July 12 at Bridgeport airport. A separate BirthDAY party for Mrs Mary Poling celebrated her 79th with family and friends. A rally planned for Sunday at St John s Methodist Church by Youth s Temperance Council. 1 to 8 pm. Bridge Luncheon hosted by Mrs Howard H Holt at Lost Run with Wednesday Bridge Club guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley House
Pruntytown’ Loyal Temperance Legion
Elen Jane Wiseman
Mary Louise Gawthrop
Virginia Mason
Pioneer Girl
Frances Wil
Legion
Doris Dunham
Betty Grimm
Freda Mason
Catherine Mason
Betty Bartlett
Joe Boyd
Georgia DeMoss
Jimmie Ford
Martha Rector
Charles Ray Wiseman
Ellen Jane Wiseman
Jimmy Ford
Bridgeport
St. John’s Methodist Church
Youth's Temperance Council
Airport Park
Community Notices and Club Meetings Lead Summer Events
June calendar lists P. H. C. lodge meeting at 8 p m June 22. Taylor county Sunday School banquet at 6 p m June 27 at St John s Methodist church. Youth s Temperance rally at 1 p m June 25. Fidelis club dinner at 8 p m June 26. Phila thea class covered dish dinner at 6 30 p m June 27 at First Baptist with L L Bradley theme. Lend a Hand circle holds last meeting until September. Moore family reunion at Clarence Moore s Simpson home honors visitors from Portland Ore. long roster of Moore and related names listed.
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P. H. C. Lodge
Taylor County
St. John's Methodist Church
Youth's Temperance Council
St. John’s Methodist Church
Elizabeth Mahaffey
Washington Street
Fidelis Club
First Presbyterian Church
Philathea
First Baptist Church
L. L. Bradley
Importance of a fit in a jump bid in bridge analysis
Barclay discusses how a jump to game or near game in response to a partner shows strong hand strength and the need for a fit. The example deals with South opening one heart, North leaping to clubs, and the subsequent play leading to a doomed no trump contract. The article asks what South should bid if North preempts and shows the danger of misfits.
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South
North
West
Easuroe Syndicate
Moore Family Guests Include Hardman and Wagner Names
Moore Arnold Moore and Lynn Moore hosted a gathering with Walter Hardman Gertie Hardman Nina Hardman Nail Hardman Naomi Hardman Margaret Casto Bennie Fleming Opha Bartlett Wayne Bartlett Janice Bartlett Early Wagner Ruth Wagner Helen Marie Wagner Clarice Wagner Mr and Mrs Hagille Stalnaker Lulu Shaw and Elmer Cain in attendance.
Birthday Surprise for Mrs. Al lie Hauser in Knottsville
A Knottsville birthday party for Mrs. Al lie Hauser featured gifts and an evening of music. Mrs. Margaret Wiland and Mrs. Rosa line Hill performed piano selections while a 66 candle white icing cake with pink rosebuds drew attention at the dining table before refreshments. Attendees included Rev. and Mr Leonard Reckart, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rogers, and many Knotts family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allie Hauser
Knottsville
Margaret Wiland
Rosaline Hill
Leonard Reckart
M Walter Rogers
Milton Bradley
Russell Knotts
Neal
Howard Knotts
Evelyn
Hester McDaniel
Beatrice Estep
Ada Thomas
Birth Announcement for Ruth Diane Cross in Portsmouth
Mr. and Mrs. Vancil J. Cross of Portsmouth Va formerly Philippi residents announce the birth of a seven pound fourteen ounce daughter at a local hospital on June 10. The mother is the former Miss Ruth Bryan nutrition agent of Barbour county. This is the first child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancil J. Cross
Portsmouth
Fof Philippi
Ruth Diane
Ruth Bryan
Barbour County
Personal notices highlight Cumberland visitors and local hospital activity
John H. Poe and family of Cumberland Md former Grafton residents vacation with relatives and friends. Mrs F M Randall and daughter Betty Jo returned from a Canton Ohio trip with Mrs A M Bliss. Mr and Mrs James H Jackson of St Louis visiting Pruntytown parents. Mrs Jackson is Martha Glenn Flesher, society editor of the St Louis Star Times. Juanita and Stanley Richards travel to Arizona and California for summer with relatives. Mrs Boyd Harter of Newburg underwent major surgery at City hospital. Several others including wetty damner Route 1 and Alice Austin and family discharged from City hospital. Mrs Leonard Kelly returned home Route 3 after confinement. Sam Hibbs Independence discharged from City hospital. Mrs Merritt Donlon and son unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Poe
Cumberland
Grafton
F. M. Randall
Betty Jo
Canton
Ohio
A. M. Bliss
James H. Jackson
St. Louis
H. E. Flesher
Pruntytown
Jackson
Martha Glenn Flesher
Star‘Times
Juanita
Stanley Richards
High Street
Arizona
California
Boyd Harter
Newburg
City Hospital
Wetty Damner
Route 1
Alice Austin
Freda Reckart
Blanche Swisher
Mary Rogers
Oscar Waugh
Roy Austin
Edward Austin
Neal Austin
Robert Bradley
Everett Gull
Kermit, Boyles
Russell Hauser
Letha Collins
Latrobe Istreet
Leonard Kelly
Sam Hibbs
Independence
Merritt Donlon
Portland guests of Mr and Mrs Farris Setler on Pearl Street
Gary of Portland Oregon is visiting as a house guest of Mr and Mrs Farris Setler on Pearl Street. The brief notice notes the hospitality arrangement and the location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Portland, Ore
Farris Setler
Pearl Street
Fliers Aim to Break World Record with 218 Hours Aloft
Two Decatur, Illinois men Hunter Moody and Wilbur Parrish push a 55 horsepower Taylor monoplane toward a 218 hour air endurance record at Springfield Municipal Airport. They refueled from a motor truck by rope, while wives fed the crew aboard the aircraft. The existing record was set in Los Angeles by Clyde Schleiper Harley Long and Thomas H. Smith.
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Springfield
Hunter Moody
Wilbur Parrish
Decatur
Ill
Los Angeles
Clyde Schleiper
Harley Long
Thomas H. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Smith
Long
Clara Korte Wins West Penn Contest Honor for 220 Points
Official notice states Clara Korte, office staff at the Monongahela System local store, won first place in the Westinghouse roaster and Hamilton Beach mixer campaign across 17 district stores. She scored 220 percent, well ahead of the nearest foe, earning a five day all expense trip to the New York World's Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Korte
Monongahela
Westinghouse
Hamilton Beach
Miss Korte
Lifesaving Classes To Be Formed Next Month
Under James Bilcott leadership, lifeguard and swimming courses will start at Graf ton park in the second week of July as part of Taylor County Red Cross. Past sessions drew large enrollments and strong interest is expected this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bilcott
Grafton Park
Taylor County
American Red Cross
Murder charge filed against man in baby death case
Washington Pa June 22 a murder charge was filed today against a 35 year old part time evangelist accused of killing his 19 month old daughter because he believed he had to.
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Washington, Pa
Man Charged After Charleroi Woman's Baby Dies
Information against Clair Young of Charleroi was filed with Alderman William L. Knox by State Patrolman J C Snyder. Young's baby Ada died yesterday from bullet wounds inflicted Monday at the Young home. Knox said no hearing date was set, likely after the Monday inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Young
Charleroi
William L. Knox
J.C. Snyder
Young
Ada
Knox
Carloading Increase Is Predicted Next Quarter
The Allegheny Regional Advisory board forecast a 173 percent rise in freight car loadings for the third quarter of 1939 versus the same period in 1938. The board, in its 41st annual meeting in Canton Ohio, comprises major shippers and carriers from Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia and Kentucky.
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Canton
Allegheny Regional Advisory Board
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Cousin of Danish King Files Divorce Action
Paris June 22 Prince Ange of Denmark 52 year old cousin of King Christian and a major in the French Foreign Legion filed divorce proceedings today His wife Mathilde Calvini Bergolo has family ties to the Italian royal house They wed January 17 1914 in Turin Relatives denied reports last November that he planned a divorce to marry Dorothy Gould granddaughter of Jay Gould
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Paris
Ange
Denmark
Christian
French Foreign Legion
Mathilde Calvini Bergolo
Turin
Dorothy Gould
Jay Gould
Story of Escape Will Be Told to Officials
Three Marysville reformatory inmates placed in correctional cells offered to tell Supt. Marguerite Reilley what they know about Velma West the alleged wife killer and three other inmates connected to the Monday escape. Inmates Mary Bosso Marie Legg and Catharine Metager had previously denied aiding Mrs West or knowing details.
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Marysville, O
Marysville Reformatory
Marguerite Reilley
Velma West
Blonde Husband
Mary Bosso
Batavia
Marie Legg
Kenton
Catharine Metager
Cincinnati
Gatebreakers Face Lenora Leach In Ohio Prison Test
Mrs. Reilley planned to move them to confront Lenora Leach of Gallipolis, held in a solitary cell, as authorities push to force a denial that Leach unlocked Mrs. West's cell with a key slipped under the door. Leach slept in a corridor outside West's quarters.
Submarine ventilating upgrade urged after Squalus disaster
Harold C. Preble, a naval architect and survivor, told a Naval Board of Inquiry in Portsmouth on June 22 that all U S submarines should have changed ventilating equipment for safety. He said the current air induction valve is ineffective and could not be manually closed in an emergency as water flooded in.
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Portsmouth
N. H
United States
Naval Board
Harold C. Preble
Portmouth Navy Yard
Squalus Rescue Engineer Sees Valve Failure
Captain Preble questions main induction valve at 240 feet. He says emergency valves failed under pressure and believes the valve was closed, with mechanism likely not functioning. He praises the diving-bell rescue as an extraordinary engineering achievement saving 23 crew members.
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Preble
Tragic Suicide Of Philadelphia Woman On East Pittsburgh Bridge
A young wife of a prominent Philadelphia man died after leaping from the Jefty Westinghouse bridge in East Pittsburgh. Police identified her as Mrs. C Edgerton Watourton, wife of a wealthy Wanamaker descendant, from papers found with the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Westinghouse
East
Bittyburgh
C. Edgerton Watourton
John Wanamaker
Parasol Queen Tops Covers In Popularity Contest
A noted feminist observes a shift in magazine cover trends noting the queen’s parasol outstrips Chamberlain’s umbrella in popularity with a single standout appearance out of a hundred covers.
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Chamberlain
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Annabel P. Swisher
Society Reporter
Mary Poling
Poling
Louise Cox
Ira Poling
Robert
Charley Watson
Minnie
William
Lewis
Dorsey
Carl Dale
Elva
Merle
Luther Punk
Dorothy
Elsie
Joe
Herbert
Wilford Cox
Ira Cox
Mabel
Neil
Glen
Luther
Wayman Austin
Charles
Ernie Luzadder
Earl
Donald Luzadder
Elsie Poling
William Poling
Hayward Norris
Helen
Ralph
Harold Goodwin
Howard H. Holt
Lost Run
Wednesday
O. C. Noble
Ella Barber
James F. Holt
G. H. A. Kunst
George G. Jolliffe
James F. Hot
Harold L. Noble
E. F. Clark, Sr
Ed Steel
E. R. Bucklew
Clyde G.turner
W. H. Willhide
Paul E. Malone
Vaughn Kerr
Clarksburg
Z. L. Dean
Kennedy Street
A. A. Miller
W. S. Rowland
Eva Love
Henry Kramer
Bessie Powell
J. E. Newton
Frank Cather
Dana Barker
S. Suddarth
Frank ‘Turvander
Virgil Swearengen
A.A. Miller
Mary Brown
Tom Love
Frank Collins
Harold Kramer
Mary Louise Moore
Carle Moore
Jess Moore
Bessie Moore
Harry Moore
Bernard Moore
Robert Moore
Burl Moore
Norman Lee Moore
Donald Poe
Glenald Poe
Richard Poe
Maggie Saffel
Evelyn Sutter
Leona Saffel
Joan Saffel
Emma Hershman
Pearl Hershman
Virgil Hershman
Jim Hamilton
Lillian Hamilton
Robert Davis
William Davis
Helen Stalnaker
Elinor Jean Stalnaker
Doris Lee Stalnaker
Billie Stalnaker
Ethel Setler
Ray Setler
Conrad Setler
Darle Setler
Clarence Moore
Yallie Moore
Leo
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
Authority
Mrs
Denver Keith Haynes
Charleston
Eunice Henrietta McCoy
B. F. McCoy
Cherry Street
Catlettsburg
Bulova
Diply Skaggs&co
Blue
Grey
Jasonica
Oxfords
Mark
Illinois
West Penn
Yardley's Secret
Critcheton
Yardley of London
Malone’s
Deep Cut
Rexall Store
Main ST
W. VA
Naval Board of Inquiry
Rayon
Coon
Snints
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