Ladies Night At Grafton Lions Club Promises Big Program
The Grafton Lions Club holds its first year meeting at Cozy Rest at 6 15 p m Thursday highlighting installation of officers and Ladies Night Kenneth Orr becomes president replacing Charles Cather with Lester Lambert Clair T Woodyard and George Campbell as vice presidents Walter Jordan named secretary treasurer the Rev Ralph Burnett lion tamer and Lester Lambert tail twister The program by Mrs Harold Waller president of Taylor county Garden Club will feature color slides from flower shows Local and international attendees include Janice Ann Woodyard and Bill Bush Lions Leadership Conference attendees From Camp Horseshoe District governor C C Street of Masontown will install officers Incoming district governor William Lee Chambers of Martinsburg has been invited.
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Grafton Lions Club
Kenneth Orr
Charles Cather
Lester Lambert
Clair T. Woodyard
George Campbell
Walter Jordan
Ralph Burnett
Harold Waller
Taylor County
Need A Wife Try The Super Market Advice
Cleveland report cites Richard A. Hillis of Thriftyway Stores describing supermarket girls as better wife material than the boss’s daughter. He says a wife should manage family budget, possess social intelligence, stamina, and avoid errors in high speed transactions, arguing fitness for marriage outweighs daughters’ backgrounds.
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Cleveland
Ruchard A. Hillis
Thriftyway Stores, Inc
Des Moines
Supermarket Institute
Hillis
Hills
Wedding Presents Taken by City Garbage Collector
MEMPHIS Tenn J C Wilburn a city garbage collector was charged with malicious mischief for allegedly hauling away 25 wedding gifts left on the back steps of Mrs Larue Hart Local police say the incident occurred last week and the case is under investigation with Wilburn facing legal action and possible penalties
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Memphis
Tenn. W
J. C. Wilburn
Woman Swimmer Saves 49 Lives Record of Mrs Morrison Abdou
Scituate Massachusetts reports the feats of Mrs Bra Morrison Abdou a renowned long distance swimmer of the 1930s. In 1937 she last attempted the English Channel and recently she rescued Donald Jenkins and a companion after their boat capsized diving fully clothed to bring them 50 yards to shore.
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Bra Morrison Abdou
Donald Jenkins
Becomes Bride of Dr Bolyard in St Pauls Church
Miss Helen Jane Shaw daughter of Mrs A Ray Shaw Sr of 21 Beech Street became the bride of Dr Richard Everett Bolyard son of Mr and Mrs Shade Bolyard of 784 on a street at 2 30 pm Saturday The single ring ceremony in St Pauls Methodist church was performed by Rev Robert Henson in the presence of immediate families The bride wore a street length white cotton lace over ice blue taffeta dress and carried a white Bible with orchid The matron of honor Mrs C Robert Barry sister wore pink antique taffeta The best man was Dorsey G Bolyard The reception was at Mrs Francis Warders home The couple will reside in Cumberland Md after August The bride is a Grafton High graduate employed by Equitable Gas The groom a Grafton High graduate attended University of Pittsburgh and University of Maryland Dental School He will practice in Cumberland Md He holds Psi Omega Gargas Odonto logical Society Omicron Kappa Upsilon A F and A M Lodge 75
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Helen Jane Shaw
A. Ray Shaw
Beech Street
Richard Everett Bolyard
Shade Bolyard
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Robert Henson
John Linn
Richard McAvoy
A. Ray Shaw, Jr
C. Robert Barry
Dorsey G. Bolyard
Francis Warder
Eugene G. Niland, Jr
Robert Brown
Grafton High School
Equitable Gas Company
Business and Professional Woman's Club
University of Pittsburgh
University of Maryland Dental School
Cumberland
Psi Omega Fraternity
Gargas Odontological Society
Omicron Kappa Upsilon
Honorary Dental Society
A. M
World Fellowship lesson at Knottsville Methodist Church
Mrs. Earl Junker presented Toward a World Fellowship to Knottsville Methodist Church Woman's Society of Christian Service. The lesson highlighted United Nations effectiveness and divisions while Mrs. Joanna Moran led devotions on lasting peace and security for all. a dessert course was served to a long list of attendees including Mrs. Boyles and Mrs. Moran.
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Earl Junker
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Knottsville Methodist Church
Jerome Boyles
United Nations
Joanna Moran
Boyles
Harry Summers
Junker
Moran
Williams
Blanche Swisher
Ross Luzadder
Ocean, Austin
Lloyd Sayres
Hugh McDaniel
Hartford Haller
Everett Ludwick
Fred Boyles
Smith Shroyer
Chester Sharp
Max Boyles
Fred Forman
Agnes Boyles
Freddie
Gary
Sue Forman
Jerry
Patsy Moran
No More Touching Of Toes Is Needed
UCLA professor Dr. Lawrence B. Morehouse says the traditional morning toe touch is pointless for modern men. He argues average city dwellers already have back muscles stretched to flabbiness by constant sitting, making the exercise unnecessary.
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Los Angeles
Laurence B. Morehouse
UCLA
Morehouse
Club and society calendar notices for late June
June 28 events include Taylor County Republican Woman's Club meeting at 8 p.m. in the Court House and Pythian Sisters with Grand Chief Utsey visiting at 7:30 p.m. for an official inspection. Also June 28 Knottsville youth meeting at the school, DAR at Mrs. Rhea Fisher's home, and IOOF hall gathering. July 5 Gold Star Mothers meet 7:30 p.m. at VFW home with a birthday party, plus Friendship Class at Fettermans Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m. with hostesses Vera Tucker and Marguerite McDaniel.
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Taylor County Republican Woman's Club
Court House
Pythian
Utsey
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Knottsville
Put
DAR
Rhea Fisher
Florence Willinson
Rebekahs
Odd Fellows
IOOF
Gold Star
VFW
Fetterman Methodist Church
Vera Tucker
Marguerite McDaniel
Mrs Myrtle Keyser Hosts R E Ward Delphia Hinkle
Mrs Myrtle Keyser entertained Friday evening at her West Main street home with guests Mrs E R Ward Mrs Delphia Hinkle Mrs Addie Pudder Buckhannon and Mrs Ina Hileman RN of Vero Beach Florida Also visiting were Mr and Mrs W Sturm of 241 Lincoln street with their son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs T E Woodyard and their son and daughter-in-law Mr and Mrs Lowell Sturm in Savannah Georgia
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Myrtle Keyser
West Main Street
E. R Ward
Delphia Hinkle
Addie Pudder
Buckhannon
Ina Hileman
R. N
Vero Beach
Fla
W. Sturm
Lincoln Street
T. E. Woodyard
Lowell T. Sturm
Savannah, Ga
103rd birthday observed by Lafayette teacher Caldwell
Mrs Lettie W. Caldwell, age 103, longtime former school teacher, celebrated her birthday in Lafayette with only one living former pupil, 92 year old Fanny Meade of West Lafayette. She recalled counting people in red and green coats and noted the red team winning. She advised an active life and cited Civil War veteran wisdom on breathing through the nose and keeping the mouth shut. In Oxford, Rhoda Crandall marked her 100th birthday by helping call square dances at her party.
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Lafayette
Ind
Lettie W. Caldwell
Fanny Meade
West Lafayette
Caldwel
Oxford
N. Y
Rhoda Crandall
Centenarian Flora Witt Reflects on Youth Shifts
Memphis resident Flora Witt marked her 102nd birthday with reflections on changing family dynamics. She recalled that in her youth children obeyed parents, contrasting it with today where she suggests parents seem to obey the children.
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Memphis
Flora Witt
Wickwire Farm Women Meet At Colebank Home
Wickwire Farm Women's Club met at Mrs Hallie Colebank's home for the June session with George Colebank as co hostess Mrs Ed Keane led devotions and the lesson How To Recognize Early Symptoms of Disease was discussed by Mrs Orval Devers Slides on breast cancer were shown by Mrs Helen Fleming Mrs Bernice Wood led business and recreation was led by Mrs Russell Turner Prize awarded to Mrs Wood Refreshments served to a list of members and guests including Joyce Elaine Kuhn Norma Kiger and John Colebank
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Wickwire Farm Women's Club
Hallie Colebank
George Colebank
Ed Keane
Orval Devers
Helen Fleming
Bernice Wood
Russell Turner
Wood
Evelyn Turner
Juanita Kuhn
Dorothy Flohr
Dorothy Kiger
Bill Poling
Goldie Devers
Theodore Poling
Walter Wood
Josephine Stutler
Hattie Poe
Roy Vandergrift
Ed,Keane
Elsie Devers
Joyce Elaine Kuhn
Norma Kiger
John Colebank
Police Break Up Poker Game Nabbing 13 Elderly Women
Miami Beach police raided a hovel room and charged Rose Leavy with operating a poker game that netted 13 frightened elderly women. Officers described the scene as a “sucker game” as the seniors clutched their hearts and threatened to die.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Rose Leavy
FFA FHA Chapters Entertained At Ice Cream Party
Grafton chapters of the Future Homemakers and Future Partners of America enjoyed an ice cream party at Rosemary Lucas's Oak Grove home. Guests and members shared ice cream making and a treasure hunt along with a long list of attendees and accompanying families.
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FFA
FHA
Four Grafton Women Attend WCTU Institute
Four Grafton Women from the Grafton WCTU attended a hareotics education Institute in Clarksburg led by Prof. Elmer Collins of Roosevelt Wilson High School. The group included Mrs. Virginia Mason Mrs. Bertha Shafer Mrs. Mildred Gal and Mrs. Selah Peters. Also present were state officers Mrs A L Rohrer Beckley state president Mrs Robert Lily state treasurer Patricia Davis Tikins state YTC president and Mrs Mason UTC state secretary. Planning instructions covered the YTC and LTL encampment at Camp Caesar July 31 with Collins slated to teach.
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Virginia Mason
Bertha Shafer
Mildred Gal
Selah Peters
Grafton Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Clarksburg
Elmer Collina
Roosevelt-Wilson High School
Loma Linda
Kalifornia
A. L.rohrer
Beckley
Robert Lily
Hope
Patricia Davis
YTC
Tikins
Mason
UTC
Camp Caesar
Collins
Woman Engineer Builds Career From Brookline High to Boston Firm
Natalie J Adelman, 25, born in Brookline, built N J Adelman Construction Co after MIT studies and an apprenticeship with her father, chief engineer. She spent a year at Harvard Law School and recently oversaw a $100,000 Boston Gear Works site in Quincy, noting engineering is most satisfying.
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Brookline
Mass
Brookline High School
Natale J. Adelman
N. J. Adelmaim Construction Co
Natalie
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Harvard Law School
Boston Gear Works Co
Quincey
Nat
Notes of Interest from local society pages
Hugh Fordyce, son of Mrs. Forrest Fordyce, will teach a summer term at George Washington University in Washington DC, accompanied by his mother and Ia M Warder, guests of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Fredrick B Warder. Mr and Mrs Paul Wolfe visited relatives in Philippi. Mrs Jessie Bartlett Shreves underwent minor surgery in a Clarksburg hospital. Mr and Mrs Samuel Saffel and children visited her parents A O Losh and wife. Mrs June Lake of Grafton visited Howard and Velva McWilliams. Mrs Arthur G Bailey left for Clarksburg to visit relatives for some time.
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Hugh Fordyce
Forrest Fordyce
George Washington University
Washinton
D.C
Ia M. Warder
Fredrick B. Warder
Paul Wolfe
Philippi
Jessie Bartlett Shreves
Clarksburg
Samuel Saffel
A. O. Losh
June Lake
Grafton
Howard McWilliams
Velva McWilliams
Arthur G. Bailey
Oak Grove Christine Lucas Community Briefs
Community briefs note guests visiting local homes as families hosted relatives from Irondale Gladesville and Kingswood plus returning Guam travelers. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Richard Shahan Arden Peters Clarence Andrews and May Merrifield at Victor Ford residence. Frances Fast and others also listed with social mentions.
Newburg Couple Welcome Seven Pound Baby Boy
A seven pound thirteen ounce son was born at 2:20 a m today to Mr and Mrs Richard Sturm of Route 2 Newburg.
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Kirth
Norman Sigler
W. Washington Street
D. m
Richard ‘Sturm
Route 2
Newburg
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Senate
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Scalendar
Rio
Anne Fogarty
Wickwire Farm
Colebank
Tappan Gas Range
Siefiler Furniture CO
Wctu Institute
Ebster
Pearl Felton
Oak Grove
Christine Lucas
Alse
Perlan
Independence
Betty Francis
Shirley Sturms
Walnut
Mary Ann Sigler
W. Washington
Zenith
Royal TS
Drexall Zenith Hearing Center
Dial
W. Va
Mary Manning
Fairmont Consumer Service
Omaha
Nebraska
Fairmont Imperial
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LDP Semneljed
Grafton Paint Company
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