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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1949
Page
3
Society and club activities are reported with brief updates from the local scene. The column lists recent meetings, upcoming events, member highlights, and social announcements from various groups and organizations in town.
Webster March event at Brownlow Park home hosted by Mrs H Wolfe with Mary Susan McWilliams leading devotions and Pearl Falton presiding. Social hour followed with refreshments for numerous local residents and guests.
A printed schedule lists meetings and socials from April 14 to March 17. Groups include Fidelis club at 8 p.m. at 258 Thayer Avenue, Kingwood Choir at Warren Methodist, Young Adult Class at First Baptist, White Rose Grove No 2 at K P lodge hall, Alpha Mu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi at Blueville, W.S.C. 3 at St Pauls Methodist, R.T.S. class at First Baptist, Kings Daughters Bible class at Evangelical United Brethren, Mountain City Council D A, Grafton Business Girls at Hotel Grafton, Eastern Star Woman's club at Masonic Temple, with notes on officers, reservations, Bunco, and a tea towel shower.
Mrs Will Dancer formerly Elva Hawkins now of Parkersburg West Virginia attended as special guest at the World War II Mothers club meeting in the American Legion clubroom last Thursday evening. The group presented her a miniature grandfather clock for her service as president last year. She led the business session where officers were elected and plans were made for a Nancy work and bake sale on Saturday March 26 at Sears and Roebuck. Sixteen members were served refreshments.
George Moyer a junior at Grafton Senior High School will represent Grafton in a state competition for a music scholarship to the Egyptian Music camp at Du Quoin Illinois starting June 6 He is a versatile student active in vocal and instrumental music and a member of the school mixed chorus and A Cappella choir He also plays drums bass horn and trombone in the Grafton High School band and is among six students chosen to represent the district in the West Virginia All State Chorus in Charleston in April
Mrs C F Shafer led a monthly Fisher class Bible lesson on Newness of Life at St. John’s Methodist church. The program followed a class social at Estelle Phillips’ Walnut Street home with co hosts Ruth Proudfoot Lena Powell. Gertrude Kincaid presided at the business meeting and Rev L G Robinson assisted. Thirteen guests were served refreshments by the hostesses.
In Grafton yesterday Miss Dottie Lou Sterling and Richard F. Sterling visited friends. O J Fleming, First National Bank president, is a patient at Fairmont General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. W A Murray return from Philadelphia. Annabel Lee Harr recuperates at home. Minnie Harr family called to Pittsburgh. Local Sons of the Legion attended a Clarksburg basketball game. Weekend guest W T Knotts from Brackenridge. Hospital admissions list Delbert Lake and Kenneth Royce Jr. Discharges include George Watkins and Jackie Knotts. Several residents left the City Hospital yesterday.
Mr and Mrs Earl Marshall of 328 Maple Avenue were called to Lockhaven Pennsylvania to see their son Raymond and his wife who were seriously injured in an automobile accident.
The Evangelical United Brethren church W S C S elected new officers for the coming year. Mrs. Clifford Crall president Carlos Goff vice president Mrs. James Proudfoot secretary Mrs. Herman Cooper treasurer Mrs. H E Knight secretary of Spiritual Life Mrs L H Bragg secretary of Christian social relations and Mrs Sherman Travis secretary of missionary education. Mrs O W Hoffman led devotions with the theme Twilight of Dawn in China. Tea hostesses were Mrs O W Hoffman Mrs L H Bragg Mrs James Welch and Mrs Clifford Crall.
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