Willhide-Meckling Wedding at Winchester Presbyterian Church
Dorothy Mae Meckling of Uniontown Pa. married Victor Cole Willhide of Grafton in a June 28 ceremony read by Dr Charles I Gilkeson at Winchester Virginia. The couple, staying at 861 Maple Ave, plan home in Grafton after July 15. Willhide, son of William H Willhide, is a West Virginia University geologist and educator now connected with family businesses and local theatres. The notice also lists community events and Rhythm band rehearsals at the Roderick school house and Redmen hall notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willhide-Meckling
Presbyterian Church
Winchester
Dorothy Mae Meckling
Uniontown
Victor Colé Willhide
Charles I Gilkeson
Lewis Carey
Grafton
Ilman School
Philadelphia
Warren Pa
Willhide
West Virginia University
University High School
Morgantown
Stoco High School
Raleigh County
St. Albans High School
Kanawha High School
Stoco
St. Albans
Phi Kappa Sigma
William H. Willhide
Yates Avenue
Pred Willhide
Grafton Granite and Marble Works
J. L. Bush
Strand
Dixie Theatres
Maple Avenue
Birthday Party Honors Della Shroyer and Dart Mith in Millersville
In Millersville at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shroyer a Wednesday birthday party celebrated Mrs Della Shroyer and Dart Mith with games and refreshments. Attendees included many Shroyer and Smith family members plus friends and neighbors. The event featured a lively guest list and shared birthday joy.
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Della Shroyer
Dartmith
Walter Shroyer
Millersville
Shroyer
Smith
Charles Wilson
Fanny Shroyer
Carl Smith
Smith Shroyer
Russell Knotts
Neil
Gay Boyles
S. L. Bonner
Ruby Smith
Juanita Shroyer
Ruthy Smith
Larah Smith
Helen Louise Smith
Evelyn Shroyer
Kermit Boyles
James Richar Shroyer
Carl, Smith
Julian Shroyer
Carl Smith, Jr
Community Notes From Charleston and Grafton
Joseph J. Hergett, WCHS Charleston announcer, returns to Charleston to resume duties at the West Virginia network after visiting his mother Mrs Laura M Moran in Charleston and relatives in Cumberland Maryland. Harry Chadduck and daughter Helen open cottage at Grafton Park for summer. George Ware and Akron relatives stay on after Lloyd Ware’s death. Mrs G W McVicker of Manheim admitted for hospital observation. A minor operation performed on Earl Moyer of Simpson.
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Joseph J. Hergett
WCHS
Charleston
Key
West Virginia
Laura M. Moran
Washington Street
Cumberland
Grafton
New England
Harry Chadduck
Washington, D. C
Grafton Park
Fashionable Shoes Carry Portraits in 16th Century England
A historical note describes well dressed men having their miniature portraits painted on the tips of their shoes. It also mentions Mahershalalhashbaz as the longest Bible word in Isaiah 3, and a Hungarian heiress named Lusa Gensa who inherits a castle and a million dollars to run a flower-selling apprenticeship in Budapest after her uncle’s death.
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England
Lusa Gensa
Budapest
Get Your Tricks First or Let Opponents Take Them
Barclay analyzes a bridge deal where delaying taking tricks can pay off. With North as dealer and vulnerability West-East, East reaches 4 Spades and executes a clever line after South leads heart ace and queen. The declarer then leads spades, sacrificing a trick to South, allowing North to drop trumps and run clubs, turning a potential loss into profit.
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South
North
East
City Hospital Notices Include Discharge and Address
The report notes Bruce Willhide of 233 West Washington Street was discharged from City hospital Wednesday evening, following Thursday morning events.
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City Hospital
Bruce Willhide
West Washington Street
Widow of Soldier Ordered to Leave U S
Mrs Harriet Alice Thompson a 76 year old Boston area widow of a U S soldier says she received a Labor Department notice ordering her to depart the United States within three months or face deportation. The Kent England native has never naturalized and hired an attorney to represent her.
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Boston
Harriet Alice Thompson
Greater
U. S
U.S. Labor Department
Thompson
Kent
England
Ex-President Smith Accused Of Million Dollar LSU Scheme
Baton Rouge reports rise of more than a million in alleged market schemes tied to former LSU president Dr James Monroe Smith. The Justice Department urged to probe. bonds worth 1,209,000 located, with 591,000 used as collateral in wheat trading. Police pursue tips from Seneca to Chicago as Governor Long posts rewards.
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Baton Rouge
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
United States Department of Justice
Department of Justice
Kansas City
Shreveport Times
Federal Agency Institute
WPA
Louisiana
Smith
Canada
Seneca
S. C
Eagle Pass
Tex
Memphis
Chicago
Earl K. Long
Officer Resigns After Suspension in Wheeling
Wheeling reports patrolman Francis Weisend resigned yesterday after a suspension while officials investigated a charge he struck a woman. The alleged victim, Clarice Nutter, filed an affidavit claiming injuries from a fall.
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Wheeling
Francis Weisend
Clarice Nutter
Mountain man trusts God to heal rattlesnake bite
Walter Mills, 23, a mountaineer near Narrows, Virginia, let a rattlesnake bite him as a religious demonstration. He said the bite came during a Holiness church service and admitted he had allowed multiple bites before, hoping for miraculous healing. His arm remains swollen from the venom.
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Clendening Hollow
VPI
Walter Mills
Mills
Effie Gilmer
Little Holiness Church
Virginia
Narrows
Farm Conditions Improve Across West Virginia Stateside
West Virginia farm conditions improved slightly in the week ending June 28, according to a U S weather bureau report. Meteorologist S S Schworm said moderate to heavy showers benefited most areas, though drought lingered in several southern counties and scattered spots in the north. Vegetation and farm work ranged from slightly backward to slightly ahead of normal.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia
U. S. Weather Bureau
S. S. Schworm
Borah Sees No Reactionary GOP Presidential Candidate
Senator Borah of Idaho marked his 74th birthday by saying the American people would not accept a reactionary candidate for 1940. He noted a political revolution began with Roosevelt’s 1932 election and decried concentrated control by a few men in government.
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Washington
Borah R.-Idaho
Senate
Roosevelt
Senator Borah Declines Involvement In Presidential Nominations
Senator Borah stated he would take no part in maneuvering among potential Republican presidential candidates. He emphasized staying neutral in the nomination process.
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Borah
Coal Company Accused of Stream Pollution
Official reports estimate as many as 50 000 fish killed by pollution in the Guyandotte river prompting the Conservation commission to seek legal action. Executive Secretary G H Ove says warrants will be served soon charging Gaspon Coal Company of Alpoca Wyoming County with violating state stream pollution law. A Graton Camera Club meeting is set for Friday at 7 PM at the Recreation Center 106 Latrobe Street.
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Charleston
Guyandotte River
The
Conservation Commission Today
G. H. Ove
Gaspon Coal Company
Alpoca
Wyoming County
Grafton Camera Club
Recreation Center
Latrobe Street
Duchess of Windsor Plans Aix Baths Visit
The Duchess of Windsor, in Aix-les-Bains, France, was reported to be slightly suffering from rheumatism and planned to visit the baths there today, June 29.
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Aix-Les-Bains
France
Duchess of Windsor
Mayor's Trial Details Prostitution Case at Federal Hearing
Testimony in a Mann Act case features 27 year old witness Miss Cole describing entry to a house, employment deception, and coercion by Dr Brown. She recounts illicit relations, a nine month stay, a flight to Coburn Virginia, and Brown's alleged force to return. Sanders to cross examine as defense cites prior state charges and a five year federal sentence after prosecutor and judge actions.
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Byxon
Miss Cole
Hereford
Brown
Coburn
Stanley
Sanders
Atorney
Samuel Christie
McDowell County
Chris Jtie
Saners
Wile Preservers SS Emcee Through 1939 Rags and Care
The notice explains crocheted and braided rags, treated gently lasting longer than rough handling. Shaking stretches them, and gentle brushing with a soft brush or vacuum attachment prevents loose ends.
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King Faeries
Lamour Named As Myrl's Girl In Hollywood Scandal
Los Angeles reports Dorothy Lamour linked to Myrl Alderman in a $150,000 love theft trial involving Alma Alderman and Ruth Etting. Witnesses name Annabelle Walde as a mysterious accomplice while bartender George Roberts confirms Lamour met Alderman and says he kissed her. Dorothy Lamour denies the claims as untrue.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Lamour
Myrl Alderman
Alma Alderman
Ruth Etting
Annabelle
Miss Lamour
New York
George L. Roberts
Hollywood
Bernard Cohen
Miss Etting
Alderman
Alma
Roberts
Broadcasting Studios
NBC
Cohen
Dorothy
Fragmentary testimony on Alderman and stage department remarks
The excerpt recounts rehearsal work with singers and visits to the Grotto with performers. It notes there were no appointments with Mr Alderman and disputes a bartender’s claim of a kiss. It mentions a possible UMWA attorney involvement could provoke statewide unfairness concerns.
Operators Attacked by Miners in Unemployment Plea
Bittner cites hearings in Maryland Pennsylvania and Tennessee where unemployment insurance was granted to miners during the strike. He laments operators’ attorneys directing the state in cases against miners and their families, calling it brazen and unprecedented.
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Bittner
UMWA
Maryland
Penn
Tennessee
Contractor Wayne Moss Dies After Route 60 Injury
Wayne C. Moss, 41, Ganpelton contractor, died in a Charleston hospital after being found injured on U. S. Route 60 near Snow Hill. State Trooper M A Murphy said Moss apparently had been run over by an automobile.
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Charleston
Wayne C. Moss
Ganpelton
Snow Hill
M. A. Murphy
Moss
No Parking Signs and Global Tensions Prompt Wary Reactions
A fragmentary column contrasts Japan's No Parking sign in China with Western requests to see authority badges. It muses on perception versus reality, scientific temperaments, and political rumors, noting optimism versus pessimism and human vanity in everyday concerns.
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China
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Women's Benefit Association
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Helen Mae Daughtery
Mary Lou Kelley
Mary Ann Behen
Danny Moore
Jackie Powell
Louis Wittman
James Hyatt
Jerry Zinn
Billy Zinn
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Shepard Barclay
King
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U.S
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Mountaineer
Copperhead
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Coal Company
Duchess
Lamour
Myrl
Myri Alderman
Sall
Electra Tang
Tag Man
Satuday
Scott
Rosehaze Bh
Golden Dawn
R.J. Scott
Earth
Cope
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