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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1932

Page

3

Kiepfel Farm Housewarming and Anniversary Party

A large group of friends attended Mr and Mrs Paul Kiepfel's house warming on their Harmony Grove farm Tuesday and celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary with dancing music by Junior Knight and others. A later surprise birthday party for Sherman Reed followed at his Walnut Street home with a roast at a Reed farm. The Grace and Grit class held a party at Ivah Powell's on Watkins Street before Miss Powell's summer trip to Los Angeles. A Buckhannon couple, Miss Elizabeth Morley Hooker and Wilbur Camden Armentrout, wed at North Kanawha Street. A Ferndale pavilion dance closed June with the Ferndale orchestra providing music for a private social dance night.

Mary Carter Marguerite Faulkner Mae Tucker Mary ‘Smallwood Epsie Demoss Madeline Lambert Bernice Tucker Clarense Kinsey Mason Tucker Herman Klepfel Lee Carder Jack Curry Charles Morrow Kenneth Orr Fairmont Frank Scranage L. A. Jeffries Sherman Sherman L. Reed Leslie Loar Abe Tackett J. C. Fauley Joe Mahaffey Herbert Tucker Betty J. Elmer Carrico Alden Carpenter Madge Rowland Archie Bartlett A. B. Reed United Brethren Church Ivah Powell Watkins Street Elizabeth Hefner Marguerite McKeen Wilma Bunner Vivian Bunner Camille Qugill Carrie Bennett Muriel Posten Kathleen McIntosh Birdie Thompson Dorothy Car- Tico Georgia Lough George McKeen Tom Nuzum Wayne Powell William Powell Norbert Robinson Wayne Hugill Bill Hamilton Howard White Carl Latta Dave Lough Don Martin Charles Ed Armentrout Hooker Mary Withers Hooker Rosamond Hooker Merritt Wilson Blair Simons Elkins Buckhannon High School West Virginia University West Virmnia Wesleyan College Fairmont East Side Mary Fout Armentrout Washington and Lee University University of London England Oxford Sorbonne School of Paris Ferndale Grafton Park P. J. O'Connor Mary Whalen Doc" Love Mary Shields Paul Harrison Beatrice |Shields Alfred Dehlinger Kathleen Gatrell Arthur Shields Mary Cunningham Dec” Flannagan Martha Devers Dick Gerkin Helen Howell Hop | Jones Madeline Daugherty Bob Conley Helen Constance

Miss Marcella Conley Returns to Cleveland Ohio

Miss Marcella Conley has returned to Cleveland Ohio after a ten day visit with her mother on West Main street She plans to take a course at the Spencer Institute this summer Mr and Mrs John Wolfe are spending the week in Martinsburg where Mr Wolfe is on vacation His brother Jamies A Wolf fills his Coffman Fisher Company manager post and is connected with Coffman Fisher Co Cumberland E C Drake and sons Preston and Junior of Cleveland Ohio who visited E L Willey at 507 Maple avenue left this morning for Parkersburg

Marcella Conley Cleveland Ohio West Main Street Miss Conley Spencer Institute John Wolfe Martinsburg Mr. Wolf Coffman-Fisher Company Jamies A. Wolf Coffman-Fisher &Co Cumberland E. C. Drake and Sons, Preston and Junior of Cleveland, O E. L. Willey Maple Avenue Parkersburg

Nothing New In Handbag In Clarksburg Case

Nothing new was learned from a handbag found in Harrison county health offices belonging to Charles Rubenstein a patient in City Hospital. The bag held old clothing and a fragment of hypodermic equipment used by a drug addict. Authorities seek to confirm his World War record claim and learn about his treatment in Clarksburg under Dr Flowers and Dr Suddarth as his condition remains critical amid convulsions and weakness.

Charles Rubenstein City Hospital Harrison County Henderson Dr. Flowers Clarksburg Rubenstein Washington, D. C Raines Plowers Suddarth

One piece dress cash and charged for two piece dress

A brief note outlines prices for garments including one piece dress and two piece dress described as men's linen and palm beach suits with cash and charge terms. The fragmentary item list hints at a shop inventory or ad detail in a historical newspaper page.

Palm Beach

Grafton Men Train C. M. T. C. Soldiers

Two Graftonians station at Fort Knox Kentucky assist training of Citizens Military Training Camp personnel as it opens its summer session. Second Lieut. William W. Robinson and Second Lieut. Marius L. Brohard, commissioned with the officers reserve corps, joined two weeks earlier for tactics instruction.

Fort Knox Citizens Military Training Camp William W. Robinson Marius L. Brohard Officers Reserve Corps

Sims Arrested On Bad Check Charge

C F Sims of Ona street is jailed for forging his father Geo P Sims signature on two checks of two dollars and fifteen dollars drawn to J C Penney Company and O J Morrisons store. Warrants issued for both father and son but the father did not sign the checks. No hearing date set. Constable M G Gozik made the arrest.

C. F. Sims Ona Street Geo. P. Sims J. C. Penney Company O. J. Morrison M. G. Gozik

Scott Held For Grand Jury On Statutory Charge

N A Scott of Loveland Addition was held for the Taylor county grand jury by Magistrate Jas Lilly after a hearing on a charge of criminal assault on his 15 year old daughter. Bond set at 3500, which he could not furnish. Two alleged assaults were listed by the complainant who testified, the father about 45, denying all.

N. A. Scott Loveland Addition Taylor County Jas. Lilly

Ruling awaited on custody of five year old daughter

Judge Warren B. Kittle in Taylor Barbour circuit court heard the habeas corpus case over custody of Mrs. Carl Nestor and John Hanley Jr. s daughter Jackie. Mrs. Nestor seeks permanent custody while grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Hanley have raised her. a decision was not expected until late today or Friday morning.

Warren B. Kittle Taylor-Barbour Circuit Court Carl Nestor Nestor John Hanley, Jr Jackie” Hanley John Hanley Dewey Avenue Kittle Philippi Francis Warder Hanleys Bruce Talbott Nestors Grafton Hanley Lydia Hanley Wallace N. Henderson F. S. Suddarth Flemington Barbour County Oakland Warder

New Head of Druggists Elected at VA and WV Meet

Closing session of the Virginia and West Virginia Pharmaceutical Association convention discussed legislation aiding the profession. W. R. Crane of Fairmont was elected president of the West Virginia Association and W. B. Nicklgn of Alexandria was named president of the Virginia organization.

Virginia and West Virginia Pharmaceutical Association W. R. Crane Fairmont West Virginia Association W. 8. Nicklgn Alexandria Virginia

Publisher Gar D. Cowles Named to Reconstruction Finance Corp

Washington reports President Hoover appointed Gar D. Cowles Sr., publisher of the Des Moines Register, to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation board to fill Charles Dawes vacancy. Dawes presidency remains vacant for now. board rules allow a non director to head the agency. Cowles is described as an Independent Republican. Fur farming is noted as a major Canadian industry.

Washington Hoover Gardiner Cowles, Sr Des Moines Register Reconstruction Finance Corporation Cowles Chas. G. Dawes White House Dawes

Drum Bugle Corps Heads to Charleroi Contest

Taylor County Legion Post drum and bugle corps left for Charleroi Pennsylvania to compete in a regional contest with 15 corps from West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania. They travel with extra players for emergencies and hope for prize money to help cover expenses and fund new uniforms for a Bluefield state meet in fall. The event offers a first prize of 10 percent of gate receipts for the B class where the local 29 members compete against larger corps.

Taylor County Legion Post Charleroi West Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania Bluefield

Hallanan Praises GOP Prohibition Plank as Great Step

Walter B Hallanan Republican national committeeman West Virginia praised the Republican national prohibition plank as the greatest forward move toward constitutional solv ing the prohibition issue He told the Kanawha County Republican committee the plank preserves voters sovereignty allows wet states while keeping saloons out and preserves dry states rights The report mentions Judge Frank Lavely seeking reelection and county committee activities in Nogendo County

Charleston Walter 8. Hallanan West Virginia Kanawha County Republican Party

Summer Luncheon Menu and Jellied Ham Loaf Recipe

A summer meal plan lists chilled pineapple coffee cornbread and deviled egg sandwiches with iced tea sponge cake and peach range. Recipes include jellied ham loaf with gelatin and vegetables, a vegetable salad wrapped in cabbage, and a cake cleanup tip. A Napoleon cut prize sold for 5.25 pounds at a London auction.

Prince of Wales Still a Bachelor on 38th Birthday

Albert Edward Prince of Wales, 38, remains the world’s most eligible bachelor in London on his birthday. He took four days off despite public hopes for a Princess of Wales, and spent time reading thousands of congratulatory messages from around the world.

Prince OF Wales Still London Albert Edward Princ of Wales Britain Princess of Wales

Youth's Body Found on Tracks in Bellville Parkersburg

June 23. The body of E. S. Humphrey Jr., son of West Virginia Farm Bureau president, was found on railroad tracks near his Bellville home. He apparently was struck by a train while crossing the tracks. Rome has fewer citizens than 2000 years ago.

Parkersburg E. S. Humphrey, Jr West Virginia Farm Bureau Bellville

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