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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1949

Page

3

Mrs Wolfe Hosts Local Sewing Club Evening

Mrs Howard Wolfe of Brownlow Park entertained the sewing club at her home recently. The evening included sewing and social conversation followed by a dessert course for attendees Oma Fornash Wilma Reed Evelyn Poe Josephine Orr Ruth Knotts Bernice Travis Beat rice Boroughs and Macel Posey.

Howard Wolfe Brownlow Park Wolfe Oma Fornash Wilma Reed Evelyn Poe Josephine Orr Ruth Knotts Bernice Travis Beatrice Boroughs Macel Posey

Brotherhood Meets. Plans Church Attendees march 13

The Men's Brotherhood of the Pist Presbyterian church held its March meeting in the church social room. Rev. F. Carl Davis led the devotional period while E. L. McDaniel presided over the business session which voted for members to attend St. Paul’s Methodist evening service on Sunday March 13. F B Cather R L Campbell and H S Church served a dessert at the close.

Pist Presbyterian Church F. Carl Davis E. L. McDaniel Brotherhood St. Paul's Methodist Church F. B. Cather R. L. Campbell H. S. Church

Terra Alta Man Held On Desertion

Terra Alta man Earl L. McNair, 20, was arrested by state troopers and deputies and jailed while awaiting military authorities to return him to Charleston for desertion after he failed to report to Fort Knox. Inducted April 2, 1948, he deserted February 7, 1949.

Route 2 Terra Alta Kelly McNair Ethel M. Ie

Sun Set Inn Sold To Rowlesburg Man

ROWLESBURG March 9 C TE Chichester of Rowlesburg has purchased Sun Set Inn on U S Route 50 four miles east of Fellowsville from L D Laren of Newburg. The property includes a road house dance hall restaurant service station and cabins built by Laren around 1930. The Chichesters plan to occupy the premises.

Rowlesburg C. TE. Chichester L.D. Laren Newburg Fellowsville

March events listed for Grafton and area clubs

Community calendar enumerates March meetings for Grafton groups including the Music Department of the Grafton Woman's Club at 184 Lincoln Street, Blueville Methodist Girls, American Legion Auxiliaries, Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, Veterans groups, WSC S circles, and religious education bodies. Includes a birth, new job move, and a residence change as local notes.

Scout Meeting Planned Friday

All Boy Scouts Cubs and their Parents are urged to attend a meeting of local troops at St Johns Methodist church on March 11 at 7 30 p m James O Parkhill scoutmaster of Troop 6 Evangelistic United Brethren church announced Meetings will also be held at St Johns church on March 18 and 25 Experience shows parental involvement improves scout progress Boys who wish to join the Boy Scouts should attend these meetings.

Grafton Woman's Club Philip Gerkin Lincoln Street King’s Daughters Blueville Andrews Church Mother's Club American Legion Home Protected Home V.P.W. Hall Lindy Club H. M. Casteel West Wilford Street Marsh Girl Scout Youth Planning Council Boy Scouts St. . John's Methodist Church George Mossman Taylor County Garden Club E. H. Canon Grafton-Clarksburg V. F. W. Ladies Auxiliary Lodge Hall W.s.cs West Main Street Methodist Church Circle No. 4 St. Paul's Methodist Church American Federation of Muscians K. of P. Lodge Hall Guy McDonald Thayer Street Warren Methodist Church Kingwood White Rose Grove Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle K. of P Grafton Business Girls Club Hotel Grafton Bunco Thelma DeMoss Norma Lée Fauley St. John's Methodist Church James O. Parkhill Evangelisticat United Brethren Church St. John’s Church

Bible Conference at First Brethren Church on the Hilltop

A three day Bible conference will convene at the First Brethren church beginning Friday evening March 18. Dr Herman A Heyt of Grace Theological Seminary Winona Lake Indiana will lead the meetings with services Friday evening Saturday and Sunday mornings and evenings. The congregation extends a cordial invitation to all interested persons.

First Brethren Church Herman A. Heyt Grace Theological Seminary Winona Lake Indiana

St Johns Circle 1 March Meeting at Mrs Floyd Home

The March meeting of Circle No. 1 of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at St John Methodist was hosted by Mrs Nessie Floyd. Rev L G Robinson led devotion with a study from Newness of Life presented by Bertha Shafer Margarette Boylen and Alman Shingleton. Refreshments followed for a long list of attendees.

Circle No. 1 Woman's Society of Christian Service St. John’s Methodist Church Nessie Floyd L. G. Robinson Bertha Shafer Margarette Boylen Alman Shingleton

Seventeenth Birthday Party for Glenn Satterfield

Glenn Allen Satterfield was honored on his seventeenth birthday with a party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. McCoy Satterfield at their Wilson Ridge home. The evening featured games and social time, followed by a dessert course served to a long list of guests including Hoye White III James Knotts Gertrude Knotts Hazel Jenkins Rosemary Knotts Hubert Jenkins Eloise Bogers Evelyn Watkins and many more.

Glenn Allen Satterfield McCoy Satterfield Wilson Ridge Mrs. Satterfield Hoye White III James Knotts Gertrude Knotts Hazel Jenkins Rosemary Knotts Hubert Jenkins Eloise Bogers Evelyn Watkins Francis Francis Smith Nora Luzadder Mrs. Saterfield Glenn Satterfield

Royal tour canceled and king rests after November

King continued from page one notes the monarch cancelled the Australia and New Zealand royal family tour and all engagements to rest quietly. Nearby, the Walsh family vacated, Maple Lake visitors called on ill Sallie Moore, and Don Loughrie with Bonnie Blue Loughrie from Cumberland Maryland visited grandmother Gertrude Shaw and attended the Kingwood basketball tournament over the weekend.

Australia New Zealand Don Loughrie Bonnie Blue Loughrie Cumberand Maryland Gertrude Shaw Kingwood

Lions Club Semi Formal Hop Beats Goal For Cabin Fund

Lions club semi formal dance at Moose Home Friday night to raise funds for Camp Towles cabin. Tom Rogers announced ticket sales rising to 75 with Lions colors in decor. Heinie Hammel and his Clarksburg orchestra will provide music from 9 p.m. to 12 30 a.m. Tickets available to members or at the door.

Lions Club Moose Home Camp Towles Tom Rogers Rogers Heinie Hammel Clarksburg Tri-State

Recuperating Mrs Reese listed after surgery in Clarksburg

Hospital notes record Mrs Hertha Reese of Blueville recuperating at home after surgery at Union Protestant hospital Clarksburg. City Hospital admissions include Hilda Nicodemus Dorothy Watkins Chloe Mayle J M Delancey Angelia Grayson John Cavaliere Virginia King Polly Freeze Richard Mahaffey. Discharges include Mrs Kate Bartlett Matthew Nutter Ruth Lipscomb Kathryn Robinson Marie Campnell Dorothy Nestor. Mrs M B MacLeod to host guest Mrs Frank A Pier Dresden New York arriving from Washington D C.

Hertha Reese Blueville Union Protestant Hospital Clarksburg City Hospital Hilda Nicodemus West Knotts Avenue Dorothy Watkins Tunnelton Chloe K. Mayle J. M. Delancey Allenboro West Virginia Angelia Grayson Fairmont John Cavalier Newburg Virginia King West Main Street Polly Freeze Richard Mahaffey Grafton Kate Bartlett Matthew L. Nutter Ruth Lipscomb Kathryn Robinson East Pretense Marie Campnell Philippi Dorothy Nestor Walter Street M. B. MacLeod Beech Street Frank A. Pier Dresden New York Pier Washington, D. C

Genealogy links Washington to Norman knight origins

Researchers trace George Washington's lineage to a Norman knight of William the Conqueror, refining the colonial leader's ancestral map. The finding connects Washington to medieval European nobility through documented genealogical evidence.

George Washington William They Conqueror

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Betty L. Brown Society Mrs. Wolfe Oliver Matthews Buddy and Lynda Wheeling Ray Chidester Gertrude Smith Suny Earl Chidester Nettie Bowermaster Inlaw Garold Dumire O. C. Corrick Connell Corrick Parsons Mary Jane Corrick J. Robert Jackson Parkersburg Jackson Fraternal Order of Eagles George Chidester Max W. Miller R. C. Housby al- Gerson Elizabeth Ann Housby Alice May Miller Norma Jean Keatley Eve Reese University At Morgantown Charles V. Wehner Arthurdale Wehner Main Street Richard Robinson Sun Set Inn Rowlesburg Man James Bulford Myers Clinic James Allén Emogene Lee Manheim J. J. Walsh Dover Ohio Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company James Heath Walsh Chestnut Street Bible Conference St. John’s Circle 1 Jesse Clinger Ida Fawcett Maple Lake Sallie Moore Israel Security Council Lake Success N. J United States Warren Austin Yugoslavia Dragoslav Protitch Aubrey Eban International Soundphoto Attlee Clement Attlee Gatow Airfield Berlin Brian Robertson T. M. Williams E. C. Yarde Gatow Your Independent Neighborhood Store George Fear and Sons Mr. Big Henry J. Taylor ABC Network Roadmaster BUICK Atone Fisher Hamric Motor Company Riverside Drive
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