Society notes from Mountain City in a busy week
IN SOCIETY column covers a Mountain City Council No 49 meeting with many members and planned officer installations for July and August. Claude Vincent and his Fairmont string orchestra perform at First Baptist Church Sunday night, July 8. A 5-H Club shower honors Mrs. Francis Wolfe nee Irene Hinkins at Mrs. Hinkins home with dancing, cards, gifts, and refreshments. Miss Alice Margaret Holt hosts a house party for guest Corrin Neeley of Fairmont, including a trip to Friend's roadhouse with music and dancing, followed by a luncheon and social evening.
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Mountain City Council No
Daughters of America
Wehn
Baptist Church
Claude Vincent
Fairmont
First Baptist Church
Vincent
Francis Wolfe
Irene Hinkins
F. A. Hinkins
Hinkins
Jean Haymond
Mary Elizabeth Hoffman
Alice Margaret Holt
Corrine Neeley
Frances Hugill
Dorothy Sisler
Tom Stafford
Lee Carrico
Bob Davidson
Richard Dean
Newt Barnes
Pruntytown Pike
Corrin Neeley
Wilfred Curry
Tommy Stafford
Tom Grayson
Norris Headley
Planning meetings set on county canning plan
The FERA Planning committee in Taylor county outlined a series of district meetings to organize canning of vegetables from subsistence gardens for winter provisions. Ida Dorsey will schedule events at school buildings. dates to be announced. The group also discussed buying cows from a federal allotment to aid local residents, with Grimes and Cole serving as chair and secretary.
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FERA
Taylor County
Ida Dorsey
Fera Board
William Grimes
Fetterman District
Ray Cole
Pruntytown
City Offices Swamped With License Seekers
City offices are flooded with applications for 3.2 beer, soft drink, and tobacco licenses, as Finance Commissioner Fred V. Kunst reports. One 3.2 beer permit faces possible rejection amid complaints about the business’s operation, with Mayor King withholding the applicant’s identity pending investigation.
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Fred V. Kunst
King
The
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City considers license implications for beer dispenser
The mayor indicated the issue of whether a state license compels the city to issue a similar permit is unsettled and would require legal guidance if it becomes necessary to pursue such a contingency.
Democratic Committee Holds Session Today
The Taylor county Democratic Committee meets at the courthouse this afternoon to appoint officers for the August primary and fill a vacancy in the committee. The meeting includes the resignation of a member whose identity is withheld. The session also features the closing of the Cooperative Vacation Bible School at St. Pauls Methodist Episcopal, run with First Christian, reporting 81 enrollees across all departments and a large turnout of parents.
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Democratic Committee
Taylor County
Court House
Vacation Bible
Co-Operative Vacation Bible School
St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church
First Christian
W. R. Eskew
St. Paul's Church
Lee B. Sloan
Ihe First Christian Church
Eskew
Taylor County Schools Set Budget Of 204 578 For Next Year
State Superintendent W. W. Trents office advised county board officials that Taylor county schools will operate with 204 578 next schol year. He estimated 110 400 primary aid for eight months and 94 178 from the county levy after 12 percent delinquencies.
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Taylor County
W. W.trents
County Unit Board
Trents
Transients Ordered to Leave City by Mayor
William Hoffman Forest Lylek and Paul Phillips issue order forcing transients to quit the city. The decree assigns Pennsylvanians a new place of residence and follows recent concerns over vagrancy and public safety.
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William Hoffman
Forest Lylek
Paul Phillips
Pennsylvas
Gingham Styles Boost Fashion For Summer Wear
The article highlights gingham fabrics as fresh summer fashion for aprons, play outfits, and dresses with a plaid gingham one piece sleeveless model featuring a pleated self material ruffle, tie belt, pearl button trim, plus front box pleats. White fashion rises with warm days and new low heel cut out sandals with leather lacing.
Local arrests for drunkenness before Mayor King
In a morning arraignment at City Hall Mayor Charles O King ordered the local transient center occupants to leave town after being charged with drunkenness on Main Street. John J Minor also faced a drunkenness charge and was ordered out of town. Arrests were made last night by Patrolmen Moran and DeMoss.
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Charles O. King
Main Street
John J. Minor
Moran and
DeMoss
Two Boys Die In Lightning Strike Near Apollo
In Apollo Pennsylvania on June 30 a 10 year old boy Paul Fulton and 46 year old Earl Griffin were found dead after taking shelter under a tree during a thunderstorm while cutting wheat. A search posse discovered the bodies this morning after they failed to return home.
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Apollo
Paul Fulton
Earl Griffin
Bridegroom Borrows Pants for His Wedding
In New Castle Pennsylvania on June 30 an Ohio youth, unable to secure proper attire, rushed into a barber shop and borrowed a pair of pants for his ceremony, demonstrating quick thinking and love’s resourcefulness.
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New Castle
Ohio
Bride Groom Borrowed Pants For Wedding Ere Arrival
A groom explained he could not marry in creased trousers. While his pants were being pressed a barber lent him a spare pair and the bride and groom returned them after the ceremony.
Dog population decline in Charleston causes tax listing drop
A drastic reduction in Charleston, West Virginia dogs from about 4,500 to 262 has transformed tax book counts. Officials note program changes and enforcement trimmed stray and registered canine records, reshaping municipal dog inventories and revenue expectations.
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Charleston
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Personal notes from Grafton and surrounding area
Mrs W H Rendle and daughter Miss Carolyn left yesterday for Chicago. W A C Carrothers of Route 2 was a business visitor in Grafton today. J E Barnhouse and daughter Bernita of Wheeling and Troy M Barnhouse and son Ellis of Keyser attended the funeral of their mother. Mrs Elizabeth Barnhouse of Middeton Indiana was a business and social visitor in Grafton yesterday. George Mayle of Cecil was a business caller in Grafton today. Mrs Lee Sanders of Rowlesburg was a business visitor here yesterday. Uncle Bud Reynolds of Meadland was a social and business caller in Grafton today. J H Vernon of Fairmont, former resident, was a business and social caller in Graf ton today.
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W. H. Rendle
Ggrolyn
Chicago
Pital
Elkins
George Mayle
Cecil
Grafton
Lee Sanders
Rowlesburg
Bud Reynolds
Meadland
J. H. Vernon
Fairmont
Three Dam Workers Overcome by Heat on Federal Project
Three workers at a federal dam site were overcome by extreme heat while tearing timber in the basin above the proposed site. After resting, they returned to work with no ill effects. Clyde B Weaver of Barbour County sustained a cut on his left foot from a fallen tree and was treated before going home near Philippi. Wilbur Wright, a local carpenter, was overcome by heat on West Main Street near Love drug store and received restoratives before returning home.
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W.R. Winslow
Clyde B. Weaver
Barbour County
Philippi
Wilbur Wright
West Main Street
Love Drug Store
Work Progressing on Rosemont Oral Highway
Supervisor W. O. Bolin says grading of the Rosemont Oral highway is progressing, with efforts focused on improving the roadbed and preparing for future paving and drainage work. The update notes ongoing earthwork, alignment checks, and coordination with local crews to advance construction milestones.
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Rosemont-Oral Highway
W. O. Bolin
Roadwork Underway On Grafton Clarksburg Highway
Crews of about 25 men are laying a stone base for a new all year travel highway between Grafton and Clarksburg with intermediate points. The base has 1,400 feet completed and work will be pushed to completion as early as possible.
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Grafton
Clarksburg
Bolin
Utility Tax Check Mailed to Taylor County
The state auditor in Charleston prepared and mailed a public utility tax check for 19534.84 to Taylor County as its final apportionment for 1933. Nearby counties follow with Barbour 10006.49 Preston 19361.49 Harrison 24577.04 Marion 39198.
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Taylor Co
Taylor County
Charleston
Barbour
Preston
Harrison
Marion
Home Cooked Dinners And Desserts From A Vintage Notebook
A collection of rustic recipes includes Ham Rolls with stuffed green peppers and buttered toast, Fruit Salad with cherries peaches and lemon juice, Yellow Drop Cakes and a Strawberry Frosting, plus a mushroom sauce stuffed peppers and browning tips for mushrooms, all offered in compact, stepwise home kitchen directions.
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Academy of Hairdressing and Beauty Culture
Max Bernotat
Paris
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New York
Hazel C. Somers
Academy
Clarksburg Trust Aan
Pike and
8Rd Sts
Clarksburg, West Virginia
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Chiago
America
Greyhound
Greyhound Terminal
Eove Drug Company
Eevee Mia
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Highway Traveler
Telesitar
Alexander George
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