Mrs Davisson Hosts Women’s Society Circle Meeting
Mrs Davisson hosted Circle No 3 of the Women’s Society of Christian Service at her Pearl street home Thursday. Mrs Richman led devotions and business topics were discussed under Mrs Proudfoot’s guidance. A St Patrick’s Day themed salad hour followed with guests including Atwell Summers, Anna Shaw, Ida Proudfoot, Dock Ekis, Cecil Snider, William Shaffer, Russell DeMoss, Juanita DeMoss, Lillie Marshall, William Kimmel, Arthur Proudfoot and Thelma Closs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
St. John’s
Methodist
Frank Davisson
Pearl Street
C. C. Richman
Leon Proudfoot
Atwell Summers
C. C. Richmhan
Anna Shaw
Ida Proudfoot
Dock Ekis
Cecil Snider
William Shaffer
Russell DeMoss
Juanita DeMoss
Lillie Marshall
William Kimmel
Arrthur Proudfoot
Thelma Closs
Married couple honored by friends with surprise party
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gregory hosted a surprise party at their Walnut street home to celebrate the recent marriage of Bernice LaRue and the couple, who received a home gift and enjoyed refreshments with guests including Dorsey Beall Jack Tucker Hugh Eskew Cecil Mylone and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gregory
Walnut Street
Jack Tucker
Hugh Eskew
Cecil Mylone
Don
Mildred Cornwell
Bertha Cornwell
Borgie Moats
W. P. LaRue
Charles Fouts
Fairmont
Gregory
Junior Society Planned by Local Council in Grafton
At the March White Rose Grove No. 2 meeting Mrs Faye K Littman of Albert state manager urged cooperation to recruit members up to sixteen for a Junior society. She aimed to establish a Junior group in Grafton with aid from Total Grove as part of an adult Webbership drive unfolding that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Rose Grove No. 2
Supreme Forest Woodmen
Faye K. Littman
Albert
Littman
Grafton
Total Grove
Webbership
Community group notices recap from March church events
March schedule lists many local club and church gatherings including Woman's Aid society United Brethren meeting at 7 30 p m March 10 B O Veterans and Clara Fawyer Auxiliary at VFW hall March 11 sock social with Woman's Missionary society First Christian church March 11 Jr U A M meeting at Wehn hall and more events across churches and clubs with note of date changes and postponements and a social hour following alumnae Home Economics club meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Aid Society of the
United Brethren Church
B. & O. Veterans and
Clara Fawyer
VFW Hall
Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
U. A.M
Wehn
Missionary Society of the
First Presbyterian Church
Public Welfare Department
Woman's Club
Elks Club
J. E. Judson
W. Va
Wesleyan College
Briefly Told News Abroad and At Home
Uncle Ruth Burge travels to Akron to visit James Reppert while Mrs. Pembroke and daughter Natalie head to Cumberland to see Mr. and Mrs. Edwards Jr. in Maryland. Zenas Dean Byron Kuhn and Chester Hobbs drive to Morgantown to catch a West Virginia University play featuring Hugh Ellis Dean. Hospital notes record minor surgery for Mrs Atlas Poling Haddix and major operation for Mrs James Markley. Solomon McCracken discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
W. C. Pembroke
Natalie
Mackinstreet
John Edwards, Jr
Cumberland, Md
Morgantown
Zenas L. Dean
Byron Kuhn
Chester Hobbs
West Virginia University
Hugh Ellis Dean
Atlas Poling Haddix
Grand Street
City Hospital
James Markley
Moatsville
Solomon McCracken
Coffman
Newest Note In Chair Sets Flower Medallions Crocheted
The item describes a chair set crochet pattern with flower medallions and a vase project. Pattern 6934 includes directions, illustrations, and stitches for making the chair set with matching flowers. Send ten cents to Grafton Sentinel Household arts Dept for the pattern details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dofie
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
14Th Street
Newark
Stewardship Topic At Junior Group Parley
The United Brethren Junior Missionary group met with a March program built around stewardship led by Helen Virginia Redinger. The evening featured a piano prelude, the Lord's Prayer, a scriptural tale The Parable of the Talents, and a one act playlet The Stewardship Pie with Mrs Harold Waller and Helen Louise Outright. Betty Hoffman and others attended, and two officers and two counselors were chosen to attend the state WMA convention April 22 23 and 24. The social hour honored birthday members with Otterbein Guild pins and cake refreshments. Members present included Mary Catherine Boylen Crystal Wooddell Helen Virginia Redinger Helen Louise Cutright Thelma Austin Lena Mae Poling Laura Mae Hoffman Betty Hoffman Anna Jean Bolyen Sue Laign and Frances Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Junior Missionary Group
Helen Virginia Redinger
Anna Jean Boylen
Harold Waller
Helen Louise Outright
Crystal Wooddell
God
Otterbein Guild
Betty Hoffman
WMA
Waller
Ralph Redinger
Thelma Austin
Laura Mae Hoffman
Helen Louise Cutright
Mary Catherine Boylen
Lena Mae Poling
Anna Jean Bolyen
Sue Laign
Frances Newton
Ladies Aid Society Meeting at St Pauls Lutheran
The Ladies Aid Society of St Pauls Lutheran met at Mrs D G Kunsts home on West Wilford Street. Mrs Margaret Watkins spoke on The New Sweden and Miss Florence Wittman on Lutheran Refugees as part of the study Lutherans in America. Rev B K Roof gave a discourse on the general topic. Mrs Watkins presided at the business session planning a bake sale for Saturday March 15. About fifteen members attended and enjoyed refreshments with St Patrick's Day notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Sweden
Margaret Watkins
Florence
Wittman
America
B.K. Roof
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
D.G. Kunst
Wilford Street
Correction on Florida trip rumor by Miss Bradford and Miss Griffith
Miss Pauline Bradford and Miss Leota Griffith deny a Florida trip plan reported in Thursday Briefly Told. The item was accepted in good faith from a supposed reliable source. The matter is being investigated and action may follow for future similar cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Bradford
Leota Griffith
Florida
Classified Ads Rates and Sample Listings
Classified rates are two cents per word for the first insertion and one cent per word for each additional insertion. Minimum 45 cents. Listings shown include FOR RENT and FOR SALE items with contact details and dates. Lost notice fragment indicates a returned item with routing codes.
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Sentinel Classifica Advertisim
Sentinel
Plan Exchange Club Program in Mannington Tonight
Plan Exchange Club Program features Woman's club from our town visiting Mannington on Tuesday March 11 with music numbers and a review of There Shall Be No Night by Mrs. Robert Clayton. Mannington club will return the favor March 24 at General club here. Members may attend Tuesday night departure at 7 and program at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Mannington
Paul P. Warden
Robert Sherwood
Robert Clayton
Circle No. 2 In Tuesday Meeting at St Pauls Church
Seven members of Circle No 2, Woman's Society of Christian Service, St Pauls Methodist, met Tuesday night at Mrs James Parkhills on Gay Street. Devotions led by Mrs Paul Willis. Mrs J P Luke and Mrs C Howard Cameron spoke on Investing Our Heritages for the Health of the World. Business plan discussions followed led by Mrs William Bott. April 1 meeting set for Mrs A Ray Shaws Beech Street. Refreshments served to a small group including Mrs Luke, Mrs Bott, Mrs Cameron, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle No. 2
Woman's Society of Christian Service
St. Paul's Methodist Church
James Parkhill
Gay Street
Paul Willis
J. P. Luke
C. Howard Cameron
William Bott
A. Ray Shaw
Beech Street
Parkhill
Luke
Bott
Cameron
William Stanley
Willis
Kelvin Parkhill
Big Steel CIO Union Near New Wage Accord
Pittsburgh March 7 CIO locals in United States Steel mills met with their executive officer to push a wage contract for most of the nations 600000 steel workers. Philip Murray will report to 150 delegates on progress of talks with Vice President William Beye. Sources say agreement on most points except wages, with Big Steel offering four percent versus union requests of ten percent, equating to 2 1 2 cents on the 62 1/2 cent minimum base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO
U. S
Philip Murray
William Beye
Gayda lists losses in British Italy claims
Virginio Gayda, the Fascist editor, claimed Britain’s sea and air losses to Italy total 20 warships and 26 submarines sunk plus 58 freighters and seven tankers sunk, 805 planes shot down and 213 destroyed aground. He cited 87 warships and three submarines damaged plus 41 freighters, two tankers torpedoed, and 99 planes likely downed.
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Rome
Mar
Virginio Gayda
Italy
Gayda
British Isles
Industrial Deaths in West Virginia Show February Decline
Charleston March 7 Fatal industrial accidents in West Virginia during February totaled 28 a drop of 10 from February 1940 the Workmen's Compensation department reported. Coal mining mishaps accounted for all but eight of last month's deaths P V Sutherland chief of the claims division said in his monthly report There were 3121 nonfatal accidents of which 1364 were caused to the mining industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
P. V. Sutherland
Fearful ontiniien and effects on Hull dealings with foreign powers
The article discusses fears that the British aid measure could weaken Secretary Hull's leverage with foreign governments. It notes Senator Clark's proposed amendment to bar use of British aid funds for transporting American troops from the West. If defeated, a second test of a joint amendment by Senators O Mahoney and Maloney aims to restrict use of U S armed forces abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Hull
Clair
Clark
D.mo
West
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Malphey
D-Conn
Pratt
Lofoten Raid and Neutrality Act Battles Persist in Senate
Debates flare over war aid bill and a proposed compromise to block amendments. Johnson and Barkley clash as defenses of armed force limits are argued, while Norsk Norwegian issues and Quisling captives frame the broader wartime policy clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lofoten
Britain
Norway
Quisling
Vidkun Quisling
England
Haakon
London
Turkey Warns About Axis Invasion and Balkan Crisis
Turkish press critiques Germany and Russia as Ankara plans to address parliament on external and internal affairs. Premier Refik Saydam to speak, signaling Turkey's stance on Hitler's message and potential invasion threats to Greece. Dem politka vows strong Turkish response. other outlets blame Russia for Balkan instability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Ankara
National Assembly
Refik Saydam
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Germany
Demokrat Politika
Russia
Vatan
Balkans
Balkan
Tasviri Eskar
Bessarabia
Rumania
Ikdam
Bulgaria
German thrust feared along Struma front in Balkans
War in southeastern Europe looms as Greece reinforces Struma valley defenses and Bulgaria-readied forces mass near the Greek frontier. Reports say German troops and armored units concentrate on the Bulgaria Greece border with a possible strike into Eastern Macedonia and Thrace within 48 hours. Turkey may send aid into Rhodope mounts as civilians flee Thrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeVere
Europe
Greece
Struma River
Macedonia
Thrace
Struma
Sofia
Turkey
Tel Rhodope
Bulgaria
Aegean Sea
Ates Atic
Family Loans Offered by Union Brokerage in Fairmont
Money To Loan Our signature and security of husband and wife required No other endorsement necessary Pool all bills into one account and make a loan Then have less and only one place to pay each month Payment examples include 50 dollars for 5.15 monthly 100 for 7.00 150 for 10.60 200 for 13.95 300 for 20.75 No fees or deductions Our representative visits Graf ton Tuesday and Friday Appointment by phone or mail Union Brokerage Inc We Furnish Family Funds Fairmont West Virginia Phone 199 Main Street opposite Courthouse Clarence L Hall Manager Loans made in all nearby towns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Union Brokerage, Inc
Fairmont
W. VA
Main Street
Clarence L. Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Davisson
Toomen’s Group
St. John's Church Society
Lodge In Appeal
Mary Goley
Ruth Burge
Akron
Ohio
James Reppert
Ousehold Arts
Alice Brooks
COPA
Mousehold Arts
United Brethren Society
Ladies Aid
Maple Avenue
Furnace
Beech and
Pearl Streets
New Oak
C. Dagney Jones
Park View
Circle No
Big Steel
CIO Union
New Accord
Roosevelt
O'Mahoney-Maloney
Barkley
Johnson
R.-Calif
Western Hemisphere
du Ponts
Pew
Rockefellers
Agriculture Department
Prince P
Yugoslavia
Manmante
Tobey
Hague
Frank Hague
Jersey City
N.d
Democratic Leave
Oliver A. Quayle
R. J. Reynolds
Radcliff
Senate Committee On Privileges
Vicks Vaporub
Chevrolet
Perea
Tygarts Valley Chevrolet Company
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