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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1949
Page
3
Club and society notes compiled by Mrs Naomi Lawson with society happenings and greetings. Readers submit announcements about events, visits, and gatherings from townsfolk and organizations.
About fifty members and guests attended as Mrs. Nina Zinn Wilson was installed as Worthy Matron and M Hugh McDaniel as Worthy Patron of Naomi Chapter No 12 OES at the Masonic temple. Officers including Irene Wolfe Robert McCartney and Dessie Gough were installed as associates secretary treasurer conductress and others. Mrs Murphy retired presented Wilson with a corsage and Miss Gough received a pen from the chapter. Guests included Mrs Bertha Wolfe and Mrs Norine Bolyard. light refreshments followed.
A collection of real estate notices lists a bungalow at 441 W Francis Street with modern bath and kitchen and a low down payment, several 6 room homes on Pottery Lane and Watkins Street, multiple building lots on E Main near Sal Army, and warehouses with railway siding. Prices range to 6000 with down payments. FHA loans and loan assume options noted. Properties are described as in good to excellent condition with convenient locations near parks, schools, churches, and highways.
Elizabeth Klanenberg of 302 McGraw Avenue attends the twenty eighth biennial national convention of Kappa Delta Sorority from June 27 to July 2 at Hotel Duluth in Duluth Minnesota. She serves as the Albha Nu chapter's official delegate from Wittenberg College Springfield Ohio and is a senior elected college president. Her activities include Theta Eta Kappa home economics club art club Women’s Athletic Association Wittenberg Glee Club and Alpha Lambda Delta with a noted high freshman pledge class scholarship award and treasurer role.
An Exemplar chapter of Beta Sigma Phi was installed at Mrs Ta Carpenters Maple avenue home. Nine women listed as installed include Mrs Norman Deakins Mrs Kenneth Manley Miss Arean Moore Mrs Frank Shaw Mrs omm Paul Floyd Mrs Harry Delaney Mrs James Gowans Mrs Charles Carpenter and Mrs Kenneth Boylan. A dinner at Inwood Inn followed with gifts to each exemplar from Alpha Mu chapter. Others present at the dinner are listed. Saal
The notice lists events on July 1 including the WCTU cover dish dinner at Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Van dergrift with speaker Mrs. B Stimson on Abstinence and Alcoholism. Also Circle No 2 of St Johns church meets at Mrs. Scott Burge on Market Street at 1 30 p m. Mountaineer Council No 44 J U A M meets at VFW hall at 8 p m and Grafton Business Girls' dinner and theater trip to Clarksburg leaving by 6 15 p m July 2. Reservations must be in by Saturday.
Miss Klauenberg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Klauenberg of 302 McGraw Avenue, entered Wittenberg on a Lath Leran Synod Scholarship as a freshman and earned the Samuel Helwig presidential scholarship in her sophomore year.
Dr and Mrs J A Kimble return from an extended motor trip to the Western coast visiting eighteen midwestern and western states and Old Mexico accompanied by Mr and Mrs George Kimble of Chester West Virginia. Charles Rupert Bartlett arrives in England with the 393rd Bomb Squadron to join air maneuvers. Sergeant Bartlett, 19, is son of Mr and Mrs A R Bartlett of 917 West Main Street and has been stationed at San Antonio Biloxi and Roswell. Mrs J Guy Allender returns from Des Moines after ten days with Dr James W Allender and family. Mrs R H Taylor Sr returns to Chicago after visiting Betty Gilligan. R H Taylor Jr accepts a position in Parkersburg with the Baltimore and Ohio police department.
Vacationing Mr and Mrs Angelo G Soterson of 115 West Washington Street travel to Maryland and Pennsylvania to visit friends and relatives this week Hospital notes list admissions including Jerry Teets Mary Edwards Virginia Wolfe David Hedrick Lois Bartlett Simpson Sybil Stout and discharges Springer Wade Mae Ketterman Betty Bartlett Gilbert Robinson Pauletta Vingran Wendel Whittemore David Hedrick Mary Edith Smith Bessie Curry Marie Shoemaker among others.
The statement notes 232 cases were paid on while about 100 cases of high type liquor remained as Lias' personal stock and not for resale, thus not subject to tax.
The report describes a Sunday morning encounter where Dana Marie and Fred Bradley planned a table tennis match. They discussed a former friend Webb and Dana criticized him for an alleged lucky wrestling championship win.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Francis Street and sections including East Boyd and East Washington Street with Thursday references to East End from the area.
Bridge street to Loveland district and all of South Grafton now covered. Friday includes West Grafton aid Latrobe street. The business district will be served as conditions require. Questions or complaints will be received at 835-R, said Mr Decker.
A federal agent testified about confiscating whiskey without proper taxes at the Sales Corporation and three Lias-operated venues including the Club Paddock and Pi rate Cafe. Cross-examination revealed disputed seizure at the Cigarette Sales firm, with Galbraith asserting the tax was properly paid.
Window and porch boxes enhance homes with personality by matching trim and exterior colors. French blue boxes pair with pale blue petunias and purple phlox, while red brick calls for pale blue petunias and red geraniums. Yellow brick favors dwarf yellow canvas and California poppies with heliotrope and purple petunias.
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