Miss Eva Vance Weds Pfe Russell E Simmons at Home
Miss Eva Vance of Spruce and Pfe Russell E Simmons son of the late Edward Simmons of Mill Creek exchanged vows at the groom’s sister Mrs Merle Bollinger’s Grand street home on Saturday evening. Rev E J Johnson officiated. Attendants Mr and Mrs Forrest Jones of 108 Grand street. Pfc Simmons, in the Army four years, recently returned from Alaska to Camp Cargill Colo. He spent furlough at home. Mrs Simmons will live with the Bollingers on Grand street for the duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Vance
Spruce
Pfe
Russell E. Simmons
Edward Simmons
Mill Creek
Merle Bollinger
Grand Street
E. J. Johnson
Forrest Jones
Pfc. Simmons
Alaska
Camp Car- M
Colg
Nelle J. Price To Lead Eastern Star Instruction
Mrs Nelle J Price of Morgantown past grand matron of the Order of Eastern Star will conduct a school of instruction for Naomi Chapter No 14 in the Masonic Temple Thursday March 9 at a slated meeting announced today Also noted passenger traffic on American railroads rose to nearly four times its 1939 level in 1943
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Nelle J. Price
Morgantown
Order of Eastern Star
Naomi Chapter No 14
Masonic Temple
Nelle J, Price
Naomi
Community church and club meetings listed for March
The notice lists multiple March gatherings across Blueville including D B class meetings at Mrs Mildred Henry Brownlow park and WSC group at Lena Collins West Main St. Methodist Church plus Welfare, Woodman circle, VFW auxiliary, Judson Missionary, King’s Daughters Bible class, Ladies of the American Legion auxiliary, WCU, RTF class, Naomi Chapter instruction, PHC and other society get togethers with dates, times, and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blueville
White Rose Grove
Supreme Forest
Woodman Circle
V. PF. W. Auxilary
V. FW
Judson Missionary Society of the First Baptist Sharch
King’s Daughters Bible
P. H.C
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Leave the Lead There Finessing Bridge Lesson
Bar capes shows a finesse principle amid a misplayed club and spade sequence. South should lead small spades from dummy and then 9 to underplay the eight, setting up a third finesse to trap the opponent’s king and maximize trick retention. Tomorrow's problem asks for the best bidding on this deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South West
East Mint
South
West
Bast
East
Fidelis club dinner at Everett Mc Daniel’s home
Fidelis club will meet at Everett Mc Daniel’s Brownlow park home for a 6 50 dinner with Mrs Bertha Hod kes as hostess. Grafton Quota club program meeting set for Cafeteria court at 6 15 on March 20. Naming committee formed to select officers for the May 1 club year and by laws discussed. Members urged to fulfill service duties and participate in the city primary election. Social hour followed with gifts exchanged and table contests. prizes awarded to Mrs Debendorfer and Miss Maxine Snider. Next meeting March 20 for the regular program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelis Club
Everett McDaniel
Brownlow Park
Bertha Hodkes
Grafton Quota Club
HK. Debendalfer
J. L. Bush
Parsons
Debendorfer
Maxine Snider
Quota Bi Monthly Meeting Held Last Evening
The Grafton Quota club held its bi monthly session at 6:15 and a light dinner. Miss Sarah Sayres presided as plans were laid to continue service work and grow the treasury. Mrs C W T Lockard was tasked with increasing funds. Quota International matters were addressed for the international board and Niagara Falls was announced as the June convention site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Quota Club
Sarah Sayres
C. W. T. Lockard
Quota International
International Board
Niagara Falls
Marian Martin Pattern 9081 for children's overalls
Safe play pinafore playsuit version offered with pattern 9081 for sizes 2 4 6 and 8. Includes drop seat front tying belt and self help features. Send sixteen cents to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept 232 West 18th Street New York NY for the 214 yard 35 inch fabric overalls pattern and ten cents more for the 1944 Spring Pattern Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
N. Y
Marian Martin Spring
Executive Meeting Of Clubs Convenes In Grafton High
West Virginia Student Home Economics clubs met at Grafton high school for an executive session at 1:30 on Sunday. Plans were laid for the state spring meeting at Ogleby park near Wheeling on April 28 29 30. Hee Tek and Hee Alum groups expect large attendance with a candlelight noon luncheon. Helen Emmerth Morgantown High School is state president. Janie Chrislip Grafton High School is state secretary treasurer. Peggy Brown Mason Town High School is state program chairman. Ruth Chittum...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Grafton
Ogleby Park
Wheeling
Hee Teks
Hee
Hee Alum
Helen Emmerth
Academy
Wheel- Hoke
State News Letter
Morgantown
Janie Chrislip
Grafton High School
Peggy Brown
Masontown
Ruth Chittum
A Model Is Murdered starts March 9 1944
Detective Argus Steele pursues a clever killer in a suspenseful thriller set in a penthouse. Woon Aone Syria Verne is murdered and Steele tracks an ingenious foe through a perilous city. Starts March 9 1944 in the Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syria
Verne
Argus Steele
the Sentinel
Hee Tek and Hee Alum Members Listed in Morgantown and Wheeling
The business manager of State News Letter Nellie Cook Morgantown state advisor and advisor of Hee Tek clubs Grafton senior high Miss Brlice Albright Morgantown home economics club Sister Mary Louise St Josephs academy Wheeling Sister Brogia Rose Marie Wiedel St Josephs academy Wheeling Local Hee Tek Hee Alum members include Jean Robinson Elizabeth Doerr Clara Felton Mary Lou Ridenour Arlene Moore Ivy Louise Sayres Jean Batson Betty Williams Elizabeth Rendle Mary Parrish Mary Lough
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State News Letter
Morgantown
Nellie Cook
Grafton Senior High School
Brlice Albright
Mary Louise
St Joseph's Academy
Wheeling
Siser Brogia
Rose Marie Wiedel
St. Joseph's Academy
Hee Tek
Hee
Jean Robinson
Elizabeth Doerr
Clara Felton
Mary Lou Ridenour
Arlene Moore
Ivy Louise Sayres
Jean Batson
Betty Williams
Elizabeth Rendle
Mary Parrish
Mary Lough
Session Held By Missionary Group
Monthly meeting of the Woman's Missionary council of the First Brethren church was hosted by Mrs. John Stemple with Mrs. Ray Stemple as co host. Devotionals by Mrs. Roy Vandergrift and Bible study on Salvation and God Protection led by Mrs. Fred Nicola. A reading by Mrs. Mevie Martin preceded the mission study Victory for His Glory in French Equatorial Africa discussed by Mrs. K E Richardson. After business, a social hour and plate luncheon served to twelve members and four visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Council
First Brethrem Church
John Stemple
St. Johns Street
Ray Stemple
Roy Vandergrift
Salvation
God Protection
Fred Nicola
Mevie Martin
French Equatorial Africa
K. E. Richardson
Andrew's Group Reorganize Here
Epworth League of Andrews Methodist church reorganizes and becomes Youth's Fellowship after a Sunday night meeting on March 5. Officers elected include superintendent Mrs I R Jones and president Florence Seymour, with a slate of vice president secretary treasurer and committee chairs. Attendees include Rev Arthur Lagenby and several parishioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
the Andrew's Methodist Church
Youth's Fellowship
I. R. Jones
Florence Seymour
Paul P. Warden
Frances Fauley
Harry White
Connie Seymour
Mable Lee Patton
World Friendship Committee
Barbara Marshall
A. W. Dean
Community Service Committee
Norma Jean Dean
Mary Warden
P Seymour
Donald Mylone
5. T. Seymour
Mary Lou Dean
Louise Ann Fauley
Arthur Lagenby
S. T. Seymour
Bertha Cornwell
Mildred Cornwell
Bill Newman
John A. Newman
Betty Jean Gillspie
Sunbonnet Baby Pattern 7014 Offered by Grafton Sentinel
Cuddly sunbonnet baby doll pattern with movable limbs and soft yarn hair. Includes a transfer pattern and instructions for doll and clothes. Send eleven cents in coins to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept. 259 W. 14th Street New York writing name and address and pattern number.
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Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts ‘Dept
14Th Street
New
Ye N.Y
Parsonage residence noted amid church changes
Birth announcements include Donald William Nicodemus born to Mr and Mrs Wilbur Nicodemus at 12 West Knotts avenue weighing six pounds four ounces. Son listed as second child of the couple, child’s mother identified as former Miss Hilda Davis of Kasson. Nicodemus works for Hazel Atlas Glass. Another birth: Sandra Anderson born March 1 at 6 40 am to Mr and Mrs Donald Anderson of 231 West Wilford street, weighing five and a quarter pounds. Mrs Anderson formerly Miss Virginia Henderson of Tunnellton. Mr Anderson employed by Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Nicodemus
West Knotts Avenue
Donald Willam
Moiner
Hilda Davis
Kasson
Nicodemus
Hazel Atlas Glass Company
Donald Anderson
West
Wilford Street
Tne
Sandra
Anderson
Virginia Henderson
Tunnelton
Baltimore and Oh Railroad Company
Noxon Murder Trial Details Lamp Wire Evidence
Hall testified that a bright exposed lamp wire did not prove exposure duration. Earlier the Commonwealth linked the exposed wire in a trouble light to the incident. Noxon stated he was repairing a radio when the girl died on September 22, with the wire described as bright and shiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noxon
Hall
Commonwealth
Me ‘Baby
Bricker Campaigns in Florida with Jacksonville Speech
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker, an announced candidate, took his campaign into Florida yesterday delivering a speech in Jacksonville. The report notes Bricker’s continued bid for the political post as he presses statewide outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Florida
Jacksonville
Politician Sees Narrow Paths to Electoral Victory
A anonymous party leader cited Ohio Illinois Indiana and Pennsylvania as among states with electoral votes he expected to flip. He predicted a tight race with Democrats winning the south and some states, noting New York could decide the outcome. Dewey, though not a candidate, is seen as a strong nominee, while Willkie plans a western trip after returning from a western tour.
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Stout
Ohio Ilinois
Indiana
Pennsylvana
South
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Local names listed for obituary or society notices
Wolfe, Staley White, Mary War den, Frances Fawley, Barbara Marshall, Connie Seymour, Norma Jean Dean, Frances Strather, Jeanne Wyckoff, Florence Sey mou, Lois Fawley, Mary Lou Dean, Mrs. A. W. Dean, Mrs. Paul P. Warden, Mrs. Irving, Jones Mr. . T. Seymour, Mable Lee Patton.
Ohio Miss Betty Miller Visits Parental Home
Ohio social note details Betty Miller of Sandusky visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs A B Mill of Blueville, plus Major and Mrs T O Mason and son Olin arriving to stay with William T Bolyard Sr. in Lincoln street. Major Mason stationed at Camp Davis NC. Also notes Mrs Gilbert Moran and Howard Hostler undergoing surgery in City hospital, and Rev Arthur Lazenby family moving from Fairmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Betty Miller
Sandusky
Grafton
A. B. Mill
Blueville
T. O. Mason
Olin
Wrightsville Beach
N.C
William T. Bolyard
Lincoln Street
Mason
Camp Davis
North Carolina
Gilbert Moran
Route 1
Fairmont
Howard Hostler
Thayer Street
City Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eldora M. Bolyard
Pfe. R. Simmons
Mrs. Merle Merle Bolliger
Grand St
Emer
W.C
Union
Virginia
First Baptist Church
Mae Reed
East Knotts Avenue
Virginia Reed
W. S.C
Gay Street
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
Matures Syndicate
Tela
Nancy Kelly
Connie
Tarzan
Sal Lesser
Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Sheffield
Dour Theatre
Sayres
Ina Ryan
Besse Kirk
Ida B. Parsons
Donna Ryan
Izes Os
Woon Aone
Andrew
Sunbonnet Baby
Alice Brooks
Lynn Baggett
144Th Gun Battalion
Camp Haan
Cal
St. Peter
Remy
Democratic National Committee
Dorothy McElroy Vredenburgh
Alabama
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Colorado
Arthur Lazenby
Adlerika
Grafton Baking Co
Werner
Tei
Carea
Arto
FRESH
Haddock
Bom
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