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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1950
Page
3
Mrs Naomi Lawson writes the society and club news under the Club and Society Editor column with telephone contact 514 for readers seeking society events and updates.
Miss Laura May Hoffman married James Williams in a candlelit United Brethren church ceremony. The bride wore a white satin gown with lace bodice and fingertip veil. Attendants included Mrs. Albert Terry and Miss Dorothy Burnside. About 200 guests attended the ceremony and reception at the bride’s home with out-of-town guests from several states. The couple departed for a two-week Canada tour. the bride is a 1946 Grafton High School graduate and employee of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co.
National president Miss Grace Marie Bartlett presided at the Tau Phi Lambda district convention banquet at the Stonewall Jackson hotel Sarkaturg. Delegates from Grafton Philippi Keyser Belington Fairmont and Clarksburg helped with ceremonies decorations pledges and district officer installations.
Lawrence Satterfield and Paul Weaver were the honored guests at a Saturday birthday party and weiner roast marking their twentieth birthdays The event listed the class of 1940 and noted naval aviation cadet service beginning in 1943 with attendance at the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina.
First Baptist church hosts a farewell event for Mrs. C. R. Watson and Mrs George Clelland with devotions, duets, and gift presentations. Attendees include Edna Defenbaugh Oma Fornash Eva Boling and many others plus guest Miss Maud Bix of Terra Alta.
The Haymond Community Club held an all day meeting with quilting and sociable chatter led by Mrs Agnes Brown. A luncheon served by Mrs Brown featured Tunelite. Mrs Lula Satterfield led an afternoon program while plans for a July church picnic were discussed. Members and guests listed include Elizabeth Watkins Firence Watkins Mattle Lela Travis Lae yard Argyle Lucas Mary Matthews Bertha Montgomery Lula Carrothers Marcelle Riggleman Flora Riggleman Emily Poe Ursula Poe Lula Wilson Nora Poe Mary Elizabeth Thorn Virginis Henderson and guests Junior Armstrong Mary Ruth Riggleman Bobby Dadisman Patricia Satterfield Dottie Lou Watts Doris Sue Watts Helen Watt Hattie Dadisman.
June 2 Protected Home Circle meets in the D A ball at 2 p.m. June 22 Mountaineer Council the Daughters of America hall East Main Street at p.m. gate 12 Delta Nu chapter of Tau Phi Lambda sorority meets at the American Legion home at 7 30 p.m. Scavenger hunt hostesses Kathleen Bolyard Mildred Cole Irma Jean Stutler Jean Riggleman Avanelle Durrett Edith Jo Foley. June 22 Mrs Ralph McDaniel hosts Weekly Sewing Club dinner at her home on the Fetterman Pike. June 23 Regular meeting of Grafton Encampment No 241 0 O Fe-Bication. New meeting dates announced. June 25 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen memorial services First Presbyterian church at 11 a.m. Friends welcome. Reverend F Carh Davis pastor.
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