Garden lecture on home gardens to open public Welfare meeting
Professor T D Gray of West Virginia University will give an illustrated talk on simple plans for home gardens at 2 30 Tuesday afternoon at the Elis club. The event, hosted by the Public Welfare department of the Woman's club, invites all townspeople with no admission charge. The talk may cover flowers and possibly home fruit and vegetable cultivation. Mrs C F Shafer chairs arrangements with several assistants. Afterward the regular department meeting will follow. Mil lerville 4-H club venue at the school house featured a March meeting led by Fred Boyles with pledges songs poems and a plan to form a 4-H club at Glade Run and an April program including poultry and baking demonstrations.
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T. D. Gray
West Virginia University Agriculture Extension Department
Public Welfare Department
Woman's Club
Elis Club
Prof Gray
Gray
Clarksburg
Garden Club
Harrison County
C. F. Shafer
L. B. Stover
Jesse Wolfe
Fred White
V. J. McGonagle
Oy Jay Fleming
Department
Milerville
Millerville
Fred Boyles
Buddy Boyles
Paul Cleavenger
Glade Run
Juanita Exline
Mary Boyes
Helen Thomas
Wioni
Wilson
Cole
Jackie Sturm
Glade Run School
Mary Boyles
Mary Hamner
Betty Hamner
Jackie ‘Hamner
Lawrence Exline
Juanitta Exline
Charles Exline
Virginia Lee Thomas
Wiona “Wilson
Harold ‘Weaver
Buddy Boylen
Annabelle Boylen
Social Calendar Updates for March Community Groups
March 6 to March 10 lists meetings for Quota Club St Matthias Church Guild Woman's club group A Ladies Auxiliary A O H lodge Blueville M E Ladies Aid and more. Events include home venues Elks Redmen Moose and church parlor gatherings with officer elections and program details. Public is invited to attend several sessions and committees chairmanships are noted.
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Cozy Rest
St. Matthias Church
Ladies’ Auxiliary
A. O. H. Lodge
K. of C. Hall
Blueville
M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society
Velma Dever
Ladies' Aid
West Main Street
M. E
Lulu Mahaffey
Woman's Club Public Welfare Department
Elks Home
C.F. Shafer
Ladies’ Aid of Andrews Church
Green Valley Lodge
Ladies Society of the B. of L. F. E
Redmen's Hall
King's Daughters Bible
Myrtle Brown
John Hoskins
Lincoln Street
T N. T. Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Moose Home
Woman's Club
T. W. Heironimus, Jr
St. Patrick
Personal notices from Grafton area leave mixed with travels
James Warder of route 2 is being treated at Grafton City hospital after a Saturday night accident with unknown injury extent. Mrs. Lila Miller of Tunnelton visits Mrs. John Britt on Maple avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde G Turner of Riverside Drive stay with Capt. and Mrs. W E Potter and daughter in Columbus Ohio. Edgar Allen Poe of St Charles street underwent a major operation.
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James Warder
Route 2
Grafton City Hospital
Lila Miller
Tunnelton
John Britt
Maple Avenue
Clyde G. Turner
Riverside Drive
W. E. Potter
Columbus
O. Edgar Allen Poe
St. Charles Street
City hospital notes and regional visits listed
The report records an emergency operation on Carl Moore at City hospital, a discharge for George Martin, and medical treatment for Mrs. P. F. Gillispie. It notes Lois Heflin from Fairmont visiting Betty Hall in Blueville, Jerry Morgan from Fairmont visiting Grafton, and visits from the Ramseys of Layington, with the Cheswells and Evanses from other locales as weekend guests.
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Tion
City Hospital
Carl Moore
Simpson
George Martin
P. F. Gillispie
West Boyd ‘Street
Lois Heflin
Fairmont
Betty Hall
Blueville
Jerry Morgan
Grafton
Clyde Ramsey
Layington
Jimmy Chiswell
Dickerson, Md
Russell Evans
First Lady's Shower Bill Faces 1980 Projections
Figures show a proposed shower fund reaching about 47 million in 1980 under current law. Swope questions the size as mythical, noting many changes before then. The article also covers fire injuries at a fraternity house, labor board matters, and Senate debates on Army expansion and debt limits as the 1940 session unfolds.
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Swope
Weekend visits of Moran and White families
The text notes a weekend stay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Moran on Maple Avenue. It also mentions Mr. and Mrs. Robert White and their son Robert of Salem visiting relatives here last weekend.
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W. M. Moran
Maple Avenue
Robert White
Robert
Salem
Colonel Watson Appointed President's Secretary
The White House announced Colonel Edwin M Watson will become presidential secretary to succeed James Roosevelt around April 1. Watson, with 33 years service, will be promoted to brigadier general on March 31 and retire shortly after with the higher rank.
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Washington
White House
Edwin M. Watson
Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Watson
Reno Gamblers Lose In Appeal To Higher Court
In New York on March 6 the United States Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of William J. Graham and James C. McKay. The Reno gamblers and confidence men, each sentenced to nine years in federal prison and fined 11000, were found guilty of mail fraud and conspiracy on February 17, 1939.
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New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
William J. Graham
James C. McKay
Reno
Parking Meters Yield $88 For Week Says City Official
Grafton parking meters collected 88 dollars for the week ending Saturday, a figure reported by City Finance Commission member Joseph B. Bradford. Revenue runs slightly below the nickel-per-hour average for the devices.
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Grafton
Sataurady
Joseph B. Bradford
McKinney Convicted in Involuntary Manslaughter Case
Paul McKinney of Herndon was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the September 3 automobile death of Mrs Polly McKinney as she walked with her husband and children along the highway near Cover in Pineville.
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Pineville
Paul McKinney
Herndon
Polly McKinney
Swope Favors Limited Federal Pension Payment Plan
Gerard Swope of General Electric told the House Ways and Means Committee that fifteen dollars per person per month is the upper limit the federal government should pay toward old age pensions now. He urged extending social security to domestic and farm workers and charity and educational staff, while noting religious employees pose a church state issue. He proposed starting pension payments next year and raising the employer and employee rate from one to one and a half percent next year.
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Washington
Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
House
Ways and Mans
State Baptist Leader Dies of Brief Illness
Huntington march 6 funeral services will be held Wednesday for Mrs Emma V Jackson 52 who for 15 years served as secretary of the Women s Baptist State convention Mrs Jackson died last night after a brief illness a daughter Miss Kathryn Jackson survives
Four Minnesota Boys Injured in Flat Fire
Four University of Minnesota students were injured in a fire that damaged a dormitory flat in Minneapolis on March 6. The blaze prompted evacuations and is under investigation by campus safety officials.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Tax revision push aims after March tax canvass
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau promised Senator Harrison and Representative Doughton a fast set of recommendations on business tax revisions after the March 15 tax return canvass. Harrison’s supporters move to push a broader program, potentially triggering fresh clashes over policy.
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Morgenthau
Harrison
D-Miss
Rep
Doughton
D-N. C
Treasury
Bessie Brown Koon M M Bank Building
Bessie Brown Koon associated with M and M Bank building project. Phone number listed as 755. Local records indicate property or contact details for the site. Further specifics unavailable in readable text.
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Bessie Brown Koon
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