Visiting In Huntington And Elkins And A Wedding Return
Visiting in Huntington the Rev J H Carson and his sister Miss Carson and Miss Nellie Nevitt of Washington DC are in town visiting the Rev Carson's daughter Mrs E F Shepard and family. Christine Fisher of Elkins is here in town, houseguest of Mr and Mrs Harry Andrews. Mrs William Gerkin Sr and daughter Mor Ella Ann are visiting relatives in Bexley Columbus Ohio. Mr and Mrs George Austin Cassell arrived back from a two week honeymoon visiting sites in Maryland and Virginia. Miss Martha Hines will represent the Friendship Class of Andrews Methodist Church at the Buckhannon church meeting June 30 to July 5 and stay in the Girls Dormitory to attend leadership classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
J. H. Carson
Miss Carson
Nellie Nevitt
Washington, D. C
Elkins
Christine Fisher
Harry Andrews
Luzadder Street
William Gerkin, Sr
Morella Ann
George Austin Cassell
Maryland
Virginia
Cassell
Katherine Ventura
Nutter Fort
Andrews Methodist Church
Martha Hines
Nominate committee and post election notices
The article notes ballots will be sent out in the usual manner by the post. Mrs William W Colebank and Mr McKee discuss by laws. David Bruce and companions traveled from Aberdeen Maryland to visit relatives. Mrs Elizabeth Jenkins from Louisville Kentucky returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs W A Colebank at 308 Kirby Street.
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C. W
William W. Colebank
McKee
David Bruce
Aberdean
Legionnaires
Maryland
Patty Custer
Newark
Dela —~Ware
W. A. Colebank
Kirby Street
Elizabeth Jenkins
Louisville
Kentucky
This
City
William Colebank
Wedding of Miss McDaniel and J Edward McCracken
Miss Marguerite McDaniel and J Edward McCracken wed in a March 10 ceremony at St. Pauls Methodist Church Oakland Maryland. Rev Denver C Pickens officiated. The bride wore a beige gabardine suit with an orchid corsage. attendees included the couple and the McCrakens. The bride worked at Hazel Atlas Glass. the groom is a Grafton High School graduate and Army veteran employed by the B and O Railroad. The newlyweds reside on Pruntytown Pike.
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St. Paul's Methodist Church
Oakland
Maryland
Marguerite McDaniel
Walter McDaniel
Pruntytown Pike
J. Edward McCracken
J. D. McCraken
Monroe Street
Denver C. Pickens
McDaniel
McCraken
Francis McCraken
Hazel Atlas Glass Company
McCracken
Grafton
Armed Forces
B. & O. Railroad
Hoffman Yost Marry in Fairmont Church of Christ
Virginia Naomi Hoffman and Earl W. Yost wed in Fairmont at 2 30 p m on Sunday June 8. The double ring ceremony was performed by Evangelist J Bernard Mason with Delmar Nicols as best man and several ushers. After the ceremony the couple left for a Florida honeymoon. Mrs Yost is a Fairmont native and WV Business College graduate employed by Consolidated Coal. Mr Yost served 45 months in the Army Air Forces in China Burma and works for E I DuPont at Spelter.
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Church of Christ
Fairmont
Virginia Naomi Hoffman
J. Brice Hoffman
Taylor County
Earl W. Yost
Spelter
W. Va
H. Lee Yost
Glover Gap
J. Bernard Mason
Philippi
Delmar Nicols
Ashlam
Ohio
Clarksburg
Ira Yost
Newburg
James Robinson
Carl Robinson
Grant Town
Raymond Barth, Jr
William Wright
Hoffman
E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
Community club schedules posted for late June events
A series of local society notices lists meetings and gatherings from June 26 to July 1. Protected Home Circle meets at VFW Hall. Tau Phi Lambda Sorority hosts a hobo party at Miriam Nester’s home. WSCS cleans Blueville Methodist church. Quota Club directors meet at C. W. Lockard’s home. World War II Mothers Club gathers for an important business session. Mountaineer Council No. 44 Jr. O U A M convenes at VF W Hall. West Main Street Methodist youth group holds a picnic supper and officer election. St Paul’s Methodist Circle No.5 meets at Mrs. Bott’s home with date change noted.
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V. F. W. Hall
Delta Nu
Tau Phi Lambda Sorority
Supreme Forrest Woodmen
Circe
Miriam Nester
Beech Street
Louise Arbe
Clarabel Upton
Bertha Goodwin
WSCS
Blueville
Quota Club
C. W. T. Lockard
McGraw Avenue
Mother's Club
Mountaineer Council No. 44
VF. W. Hall
East Main Street
Methodist Youth Fellowship
West Main Street
Nancy Ann
Joe Staley
Circle No
St. Paul's
M.'s
William Bott, Sr
Rev S F Hauser Birthday Feted by Congregation
Over 64 members and friends at the parsonage of the First Brethren church honored Rev. Stanley Hauser on his birthday. A brief Christian Endeavor meeting preceded the gathering. The pastor received useful gifts from the congregation and social conservation provided the evening’s entertainment with late refreshments.
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First Brethren Church
Stanley Hauser
Christian Endeavor
Truman Veto Message Faces Senate Over Wool Bill
The president warns against economic isolationism as the wool price bill veto message is sent to the Senate for consideration. A two thirds vote in both houses would be required to override, signaling a pivotal test of congressional action on the veto.
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Senate
Employees vote on unions at Duquesne Light plant
The ballot shows 291 votes against joining any union, 40 for affirmation with District 50 of the United Mine Workers, and 35 for an Independent Association of Employees of Duquesne Light. Mr. Pritchard said state employees are not organized. In Grafton 16 of 18 eligible voted. Across the state 368 of 376 eligible cast ballots. California harvests 63 percent of the nation's asparagus.
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United Mine Workers
Independant Association of Employes
Duquense Light Company and
Associated
Pritchard
Tas Company
Grafton
Family News and Corrections Headline Recap
A local column records family travels as Mrs. Colebank and her daughter plan a month in Louisville with family. Mr. and Mrs. Reed depart on a motorcycle trip to Baltimore. Bernice Bumgardner visits Union Beach, New Jersey, to see her daughter. A correction clarifies the paternal grandmother of Robert Michael Stevens is Mae R. Reed of West Main Street.
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Frank Reed
Baltimore
Maryland
Bernice Bumgardner
Union Beach
New Jersey
Theodore Hathaway
Sentinel
Earnest Stevens
Robert Michael
Robert Stevens
Chicago
Grafton
Mae R. Reed
West Main Street
Coal mines face layoffs as production plans unfold
Comruea announced two weeks of capacity production to assess stockpiles while the Baltimore and Ohio reports layoffs of crews at Wheeling amid the coal stoppage. Officials foresee minimal miner returns before the Friday midnight deadline marking the contract vacation until July 8, with one new mine closure bringing the total to 15 in northern West Virginia.
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Comruea
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wheeling
Coal Association
Charleston
West Virginia
Teol Fungicide Foot Itch Remedy Ad
An old style advertisement promises fast relief from foot itch with Teol a strong fungicide. It claims one hour satisfaction or a 35 cent refund and highlights 90 percent alcohol content claiming rapid germ penetration and killing.
Embezzling Cashier Shocks Indiana Bank Board
In Napoleon Indiana State Bank the cashier Robert C McClanahan 33 was charged with embezzling 43000 the shortage exceeded the bank capitalization of 47000 and prompted the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions to take control Bank directors praised the cashier and voted confidence despite the charges triggering a federal case.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Bank
Napoleon
Indiana Department of Financia Institutions
Robert C. McClanahan
Shipbuilding Crisis Stated by Industry Leader
Larkin warned that shipyards in the country face near extinction as British yards build or order 1,000 ships. He blamed high costs and wage rates for the industry’s slump, noting a global boom in shipbuilding that American yards are not sharing in.
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Vevillimacu Som
Larkin
Six Die As Locomotive Plunges From Track
From page one: six killed when a press car derails, leaping into the air like a diver. The locomotive narrowly avoided colliding with a work train carrying about 200 laborers, witnesses said.
Grafton A Wa Ordinance On Liquor Tax Passed
City Hall received a copy of the tax collection order showing action on a liquor tax ordinance. Section 2 imposes the tax on liquor purchasers and adds it to the purchase price. Section 3 repeals conflicting ordinances. The measure is effective as described.
Liquor Control Commission Re-elects Ames Baldwin Wy oming Founder
At a meeting in the Charleston state capitol offices of chairman A K Canterbury, committee members C H Green and Blaine M Miller were named for another year as trustees of Marietta College. Richard Harte, president of the Ames Baldwin Wyoming company of Parkersburg, won another five year term on the board.
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The
Liquor Control Commission
A. K Canterbury
State Capitol
Charleston
C. H. Green
Blaine M. Miller
Marietta College
Richard Harte
Ames Baldwin Wyoming Company
Parkersburg
888 Tonicle Tonic Promises Relief From Digestive Distress
An advert touts 888 Tonile Tonic as a cure for nervous stomach distress and indigestion. It claims to cleanse gastric juice, reduce gas and bloating, improve appetite and weight, and boost blood strength with emphasized bets on laboratory tests and wide consumption, urging readers to buy at drug stores.
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Vada
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Etta L
Nad
Miss McDaniel
Ed. McCracken
Yost
Charis Foundation
Charis Corsetiere
W. S. Phillips
Walnut Street
S. F. Hauser
Truman
California
United States
Frank R. Morgan
Prarge
Dinetstr
Wome Baer Covery
Faba Malone's Drug & Chemical Co
Wilia
St. Grafton, West Virginia
Duquesne Pilsener
Duquesne Brewing Company
Pittsburgh
Grafton A WA
Walter Poole
E. Main St
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