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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1932
Page
3
Society editor Coral Parrish Montgomery requests social items by 11 p.m. for timely coverage. Hostesses should contact the office immediately after events for complete notices of women’s activities.
Mrs Florence H Wilkinson hosted the Grafton Quota Club at her Bluemont Street home with a three course spring chicken dinner. Guests included Miss Ethel Schilling Fairmont club and Miss Dorothy Hamilton of Memphis. Reports from the international convention were presented by Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs Fisher.
Women’s Christian Temperance Unions of Grafton and the county plan a meeting at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church on East Main Street next Sunday evening. State president Mrs Blanche M Pickering of Rowlesbury will give an address in the church lecture room. The Loyal Temperance Union will stage a patriotic pageant for Independence Day. All interested in constitutional liberty are invited.
Miss Alfred Brown of 362 West Main Street hosts mid week guests Flora L Heiskell and Neola Brooks of Gladesville Preston county. Mrs Anna Bunner of Blueville visits her sister in Rowlesburg and plans to return next week. J H Hanway of Newburg called in Grafton today and subscribed to the Sentinel.
Recipe fragments include deviled eggs with celery onions parsley and ketchup, followed by a Dutch Peach Cake using peaches flour baking powder salt fat milk and brown sugar. Also notes on milk drinking for youngsters and a reflective paragraph on government and citizen responsibility in Cincinnati.
Editor Fred Graham argues in a Baltimore Sun magazine piece that Cincinnati’s revival stems from capable city government and prudent administration. He contrasts national urban decline with Cincinnati’s relatively robust recovery, noting past stagnation but current resilience under competent leadership.
The aging municipal problem returns to prominence amid bank ruptcy fears in the three largest U S cities and many others. Cities cut expenses, lay off workers, raise taxes, or default on bonds to avoid complete breakdown, as economists weigh the sector's fragile outlook.
Cincinnati’s seven year drive for good government shows persistent reform despite pundits debating causes. Critics cite party rule, public ignorance, and corrupt machines, yet the movement remains driven by civic desire and reform-minded momentum across the city.
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