Local Society Notes Report Grafton News
A busy society page from Grafton covers the Betsy Ros’ Tent No. 10 and Daughters of Union Veterans installs new staff led by J Jed W. Robinson. Also featured are wedding announcements for Miss Helen Wright and Miss Mary Elizabeth Brown with details on ceremonies, attire, and families, plus a picnic and dance at Grafton Park in honor of Miss Meta Harne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petty
Betsy Ros
M.C. A
J. Jed W. Robinson
Anne Heflin
Joree Lowther
Tident
Mina Beryl Kitzmiller
Ethel Dean
Grafton Park
Meta Harne
Buckhannon
The Business Girl Packs Her Trunk for Summer Vacation
A practical guide outlines vacation dress choices for a traveling woman. It describes a two-piece striped jumper suit, a printed afternoon dress, a moire belt with rhinestones, a large brimmed hat, a lightweight crochet or similar cover, and a black chiffon lace evening ensemble. The picks balance style and travel durability for various settings.
Grafton Guests Celebrate at Maple Avenue House Party
A house guest of Miss Lucille McCafferty hosted a lively evening on Maple Avenue with a plated lunch at six o'clock, dancing to a Victrola, a swimming party, and a dainty lunch. Guests included Meta Harne, Elizabeth Kelley, Betty Alexander, Bonita McKeen, Mary Zinn, Ruth Maysellis, Opal Bolyard, Ruth Welch, Evelyn Welch, Virginia Stover, Vir ginia Shaw, and many others from Buckhannon, Clethington, Vallejo, and Pittsburgh. Several gifts were given to the honoree, and friends later lingered for cards and toasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Mc 3Afferty
Maple Avenue
Meta Harne
Bucklannon
Elizabeth Kelley
Betty Alexander
Bonita McKeen
Mary Zinn
Ruth Maysellis
Opal Bolyard
Ruth
Evelyn Welch
Louise Holt
Lucille McCafferty
Virginia Shaw
Ethel Dean
Josephine Black
Virginia Stover
William Manley
Walter Thayer
Howard Hostler
John Williams
Carl Nestor
Clethington
Chas. Watkins
Edward Dean
Paul Harison
Arnold Hefner
Russell
Jack Donnachie
Wilbur Anderson
Paul Murphy
Vaughn Kerr
Glenn Suddarth
Hale Watkins
Jimmy Stafford
Paul Ward
Ronnald Linn
George Zinn
Nile Harter
Pittsburgh
Lewis Poe
George Herbert
Vallejo
California
Batl
Walder Avenue
Mooseheart Legion Holds Regular Meeting At Moose Home
Mooseheart Legion ladies met Tuesday at 8 pm in Moose Home parlors led by Mrs. John Bickford with a brief business session. A July 12 gathering was planned. attendance was notably high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooseheart Legion
Moose
John Bickford
Moose Home
Princess Geran End South Carolina Ave Rates 24th season
Rosecrans, owner and manager, advertises daily and weekly rates for meat offerings on South Carolina Avenue. The note mentions Harp plan, all white service, booklet and road map, with 24th season referenced and a fault/imei tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geran
South Carolina
Imei
Birth of Vaughn Ishwood McCue in West Main Street family
Mr and Mrs Toy McCue of West Main Street announce the birth Sunday evening of a son named Vaughn Ishwood McCue. Mrs McCue formerly Goldie Lambert of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toy McCue
West Main ‘Street
Vaughn Ishwood
McCue
Goldie Lambert
Local residents visit Grafton and surroundin g towns
Miss Elizabeth Devine of Arkansas Ohio is in Grafton as a guest of Mrs B Cannon on East Main Street. Mrs W L Thomas of Yates Avenue and her daughter Miss Mary Thomas travel to Evansville to visit Mrs Thomas’s mother Mrs Tanae Means. Miss Gertrude Suddarth returned from Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Frederickstown Missouri after ten days with Miss Geraldine Bess. Various locals, including Horer Jones of Bridgeport and Meade Ford of Irontown, are noted. Extra brief mentions include Miss Hele Hofner leaving for Baltimore to resume social service duties and Gail Bullman visiting en route to Clarksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice McFadden
High Street
Grafton
Statesville
N. C
Kathryn McFadden
Helen: Maxwell
Hamilton
Ohio
Gertrude Suddarth
Thayer Street
George Herbert
Vallejo
California
Myrtle ‘Thayer
Maple Avenue
Mr. Herbert
Maude Jeffries Herbert
Carl Nestor
John Williams
Flemington
Robert E. Permar
Wheeling
Bridgeport
West Side
Elizabeth Devine
Newarky
Rederickstown
Geraldine Bess
Horer Jones
Meade Ford
Irontown
Hele’ Hofner
Dewey Avenue
Baltimore
Hefner
HL. L. Geldbaugh
Oscar
Newburg
Weresin Graton
Wesleyan
Clarksburger
George “Phat
Danister
Jo Anne
Marenntown By -Motor
Warder Avenue
Brad Cole
Re & O
Pairmont
Cole
Washington, D. C
Fairmont
Kenneth Davis
Pittsburgh
Harold Tregeftis
Clarksburg
Gratton
Ton Street
Various Shoppers and Visitors Reach Grafton Area
Mrs. George Rosier of Belington shopped in Grafton this morning. Nellie Lynch of Maple Avenue travels to Clarksburg to be with her hospitalized father. Richard Gorstel returns from New York City after a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. Tod Hamilton of Thornton depart for Savoy New York to visit relatives. P Warnick of Newburg attends to business. William Cole of Pleasant Creek shops in town. Mrs. Katie Craig of Flemington guests at the Davises on West Main Street. Mrs. C J Hostler of Walnut Street and Mrs. John Rhoades of Belington depart for Baltimore to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. S M Shaffer of Loveland Addition attend Thomas Watkins funeral in Newburg. J J Mecleston of Washington, an out of town business visitor, calls in the city today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rosier
Belington
Grafton
Nellie Lynch
Maple Avenue
Clarksburg
Richard Gorstell
New York City
Tod Hamilton
Thornton
Savoy
New York
P. Warnick
Newburg
William Cole
Pleasant Creek
Katie Craig
Plemington
T. M. Davis
West Main Street
C. J. Hostler
Walnut Street
John Rhoades
Baltimore
Powell Named as Secretary of Grafton Lodge
Arch A. Powell, longtime Elks member, was elected secretary of the Grafton lodge to fill the unexpired term of Dorsey W. Fast who resigned after a Pittsburgh transfer. Powell’s election follows four candidates entering and two withdrawing. Powell resigns as leading knight. Leland Price becomes leading knight, Claude Reger named royal knight, and Walter McFarling elected lecturing knight. Powell has chaired the amusement committee and led lodge bazaars and minstrel shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch A. Powell
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Grafton Lodge
Dorsey W. Fast
Pittsburgh
Corbin Payne
J. 5. Palmer
G. T. Vance
Haseen
Powell
Leland Price
Claude Reger
Walter MeFarling
Playwright Novelist Arrested By Sheriff In New York
New York, June 29. Charles Fulton Oursler, playwright and novelist, was arrested today and held to file a bond of twenty thousand dollars to secure payment of a ten thousand six hundred dollar annual alimony award to Mrs Rose K Oursler for herself and two children. Mrs Oursler, formerly Rose Kellar Karger of Savannah, complained that the editor planned to leave for Europe Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Fulton Oursler
Rose K. Oursler
Oursler
Rose Kellar Karger
Savannah
Europe
Former local lady is dead in Brooklyn home
Mrs. Benjamin Prapkinn sadilne 80 widow of the late B Femara, once Grafton’s prominent figure, died at two this morning in Brooklyn. The Martins, a leading local family in the late 1800s, helped shape the town’s history. She was long active in Aldrews Methodist Episcopal church work. After her husband’s death she lived on West Washington street and with Kerr’s family before moving to Brooklyn. Funeral plans set for Fairmont, with local friends joining on arrival of train tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Prapkinn Sadilne
B. Femara
Grafton
Brooklyn
Martin
Pruntytown
Gratton
Ward
West Main Street
Thomas BufHavis
Tate
Frank Woods
Gisblet
Washington
Heyight
Aldrews ’ Methodist Episcopal Congregation
West Washington Street
F. B. Blin
Fontmnater
Vaughn M. Kerr
Charlea Chadduck
Wife of Delegate Dies At Her Home In Hinton
Mrs C B Garten of Summers County died after six weeks of illness in Hinton. The funeral will be held tomorrow at Ballengee. She is survived by husband Delegate C B Garten a son George Garten and her parents Mr and Mrs G M Hedrick. Sams
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Grattoderitmet
Rintorat
Mary Margaret Sommerville
Methodist, Episcopal Church
Clarksee
Helen ‘Wright
William Fletcher
J. L. Metcher
Ona Street
Fletcher
Presen
rown-Hackenburg
Susan Wolfe
Brydon
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Kenneth Vernon Hackenberg
Cleveland
Durward “Brown
Corinth
W- Va
Colin
Jesse FR. Wolfe
Miss Brown
Girman
Jobin’ Ri Cole
Gladys Taylor
Charles Wolfe
Hackenberg
Belington High School
Kent College
Kent
Hiram
Nickel Plate Railroad
St. Lawrence River
Canada
Lakewood
Find
Everett Wolfe
Thomas Cleavenger
Volga
W. Vag
Columbus Brown
the Sentinel
Grafton,.w. Va
Voile
Medallon
Rayon
Voile Chiemise
Oxfords
Dollar Store
Bogeiayzing
MMR
Lisbeth
N. FP. Kendall
Mary Kelly
T. W. Ehret
Gladys Ehret
Ehret
Helen Mae Smith
Wilford Street
Chillicothe
Columbus
Louis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
P. L. Grimm
J. J. Kinney
Rosemont
G.A. Herbert
George
Valero
C. C. ‘Thayer
Martha Brooks
Virginia Holt
Alva Woodyard
Newton
Town
Walter A. Woodyard
Henry Harter
Philippi
Rin-Tin-Tin
Tonghtin
S. A. Powell
East Knotts Avenue
Valley Inn
Northwestern Turnpike
Bill Zeller
Orccestra
Ball
Opera House
Irick, Steel and Stone Construction
Princess
Rosecrans
Elks
Coolidge
Fain Poolidge
Pawnee
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Plymouth
Vite Oon
B. Martin
Hinton
Phope
Pigiilin Yipon
Brentin
Ira
Ralph
Kunst
Tome Decorana
Main
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