Birthday Dinner and Society Notes From Latrobe Street
Mrs A A Holt hosted 43 guests at a birthday dinner bridge at her Pruntytown Pike home with St Patrick motif and gifts for James C Holt. The event featured bridge prizes for high and low scores, followed by a reading of verses, and a long guest list from Maryland to local names. The same column notes Youth Temperance Council meeting in Latrobe Street with a World Peace talk and a future spaghetti dinner planned at Margaret Bayley’s home, plus a birthday party for Mary Jo Jefferys Street with games and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A Holt
Alice Margaret Holt
Pruntytown Pike
James C. Holt
Friends of the
Bridge
J. F. Cassedy
John Collins
Commodore Henderson
L. T.| Goff
Clyde G. Tur Wee
James L. Guth
Katie
Packer
Louise Holt
Meh
William Stafford
J. 8. Palmer
Temperance ‘Council
Latrobe Street
Margaret Larén
Harry Edgar + Sher
Eloise DeMoss
Virginia Magon
Harry Wittman
Harry Edgar Flesher
Margaret Grinnan
Louise Jaco
Ruth McCartney
Esther Beall
Rosalie Proudfoot
Mildred Hefner
Margaret Bayley
Virginia Mn
Robert McCartney
Richard Sterling
Edmond Jacobs
Dale Stockett
Harry Edgar Bresher
Manfred Shafer
Everett Lee Keener
Dale DeMoss
Ralph Shahan
West Washington Street
Mary Jo
G. D. Foley
Jefferys Street
Renee Grimm
Zanesville
Ohio
Ruth Elaine Kirkpatrick
Norma Jean Folio
Dolores McWilliams
Betty Foley
St Patrick’s party hostesses and bridge prizes noted
Miss Dorothy Sapp of Boyd street hosted a St Patrick’s party with three bridge tables. Prizes were won by Miss Charlotte Readie and Mrs Richard Robey, with guest prize to Miss Mildred Ridenour. Attendees included many local club members and guests, plus a second bridge luncheon at Mrs Harry Friedman’s, featuring spring decor and four tables of players. Prizes awarded to G H A Kunst, Mrs J F Casseday, and Mrs L L Painter. A later skating party drew over two hundred attendees at Roll-a-Crome on West Main Street for Monongahela West Penn Public Service employees and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapp
Dorothy Sapp
Boyd Street
St. Patrick's
Charlotte Readie
Richard Robey
Mildred Ridenour
Rendle
Robey
Evelyn Welch
Ruth Welch
Mildred Bartlett
Nell Tucker
Alfred Dehlinger
Helen Constance Lowe
John Bardet
Mary Thomas
Ruth Mays
Harry Friedman
Maple Avenue
G. H. A. Kunst
J. F. Casseday
L. L. Painter
Paul E.,malone
H. L. Potts
G. T. Bartlett, Sr
John Edwards
T. W. Hetronimus, Jr
John Hopkins
Clyde G. Turner
Simon Friedman
Fred Malone
Ed. Steel
Eva Love
Vaughner
Clarksburg
Roll-a-Crome
West Main Street
Monongahela West
Local social events and skating rink program note
In Wantown and nearby towns a skating rink showcased three acts of fancy and trick skating including a two step skate dance by Robert and Jean Ash ages seven and eight. Door prizes were awarded. Local Standard Oil representatives attended a dealer banquet at the Fairmont hotel. Miss Irene Kunst hosted a St Patrick theme club night with three tables of games and a salad arc served to numerous guests including Mrs Lynn Faulkner and Mrs Dolores Curry. Prizes went to Mrs Faulkner Miss Hilkey and Miss Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wantown
Clarksburg
Mannington
Flemington
Philippi
Grafton
Robert
Jean Ash
J. Paul Murphy
Ward Blaney
Delmer Heck
Standard Oil Company
Fairmont
Irene Kunst
Miss Kunst
Lynn Faulkner
Geneva Hilkey
Virginia Hanway
Dolores Curry
Mildred Keefer
Paul Ward
John Bartlett
Mildred Bartlett
Margaret Holt
Robey
Faukner
Hilkey
Thom Jas
Local Social News from Leesburg and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs William Carder of East Main street and Mrs Pearl Flanagan of Clarksburg were guests of the Satters mother in Leesburg Virginia Wednesday. Mrs Virginia Hershman of West Boyd street was discharged from City hospital Wednesday. Robert Davis is confined to his home on St Charles street with influenza. Mr and Mrs G T Bartlett Sr spent Thursday in Fairmont. Mr and Mrs Homer Queen of Blueville returned this week from a motor trip to Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Carder
East Main Street
Pearl Flanagan
Clarksburg
Leesburg
Virginia
Virginia Hershman
West Boyd Street
City Hospital
Robert Davis
St. Charles Street
G. T. Bartlett
Fairmont
Homer Queen
Blueville
Florida
Sidewalls Rise for New Grafton High School
Contractors Baker and Combs Morgantown report rapid sidewall progress on the Riverside Drive high school as the Taylor County Board of Education and Public Works Administration map the schedule. Excavation on other county school projects also advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Riverside Drive
Baker and Combs
Morgantown
Taylor County Board of Education
Train Rider Sentenced To Ten Day Jail Term
George Francis Bergman of Cumberland Maryland was sentenced by Justice Hove G White Sr to ten days in the county jail to allow officials to determine if jewelry found on him belongs to him. He was arrested for train riding by B and O police and carried watches fountain pens knives and other articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Francis Bergman
Cumberland
Justice of the Peace
Hove G. White, Sr
Bergman
Mrs H H Summers Dies Former Grafton Resident
Mrs H H Summers a former resident of Grafton when her husband was division account ant for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad died March 8 at home 541 Terrace avenue Clafton Cincinnati Ohio She had been ill about three weeks Immediate survivors include her husband and one daughter Marian Cleo Summers Mr Summers was transferred from Grafton to Washington Indiana and later to Cincinnati
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Summers
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Terrace Avenue
Clafton
Cincinnati
Ohio
Summers
Washington
Indiana
Marian Cleo Summers
Plan meetings slated across West Virginia campuses
West Virginia Student Government sectional meetings will be held Saturday at Charleston Beckley Buckhannon Parkersburg Morgantown and Wheeling. Miss Katharine Eskew, president, announced the event as part of student government activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Beckley
Buckhannon
Parkersburg
Morgantown
Wheeling
Katharine Eskew
Venue change asked in Wheeling manslaughter case
Circuit Judge J. J. P. O'Brien will rule Friday on the request to change venue for attorney John Howard of Wheeling, indicted on a manslaughter charge in the highway death of a six month old baby last April, in Wellsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
J. J. P. O'Brien
John Howard
Wheeling
Hunt for body ends in Buffalo Creek drowning
Searchers recovered the body of eight year old John Fonte of Rache l after he slipped from a rock while fishing Monday and fell into Buffalo Creek near Mannington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mannington
John Fonte
Rachel
Buffalo Creek
American Legion Birthday Party Draws Large Local Crowd
Taylor County post held a twentieth anniversary celebration drawing many ex service members and visitors from Philippi post. Post Commander Dallas Wolfe opened the event and introduced Torlock Rasmussen who presided. Captain John Edwards Jr spoke of the founding era and figures like Col Win Donovan and Col Theodore Roosevelt. James C Holt urged Americanism and defending liberty. A high school playlet titled The Jewish Word was performed by local thespians. A gymnastic exhibition by high school girls and a cornet solo set by John Fordyce and others followed. Refreshments concluded the program with Ladies Auxiliary and county post members assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Taylor County Post
Legion
Philippi Post
Dallas Wolfe
Wolfe
Torlock Rasmussen
John Edwards, Jr
Virginia Marshall
Doran Morriss
John Fordyce
Thespians
Ruth Batten
Jean Murray
Allen Staten
John T Evans
Grafton
Ladies Auxiliar County Post
Torioe John Edwards, Jr
Plans Approved for CCC Camp in Mud River Valley
County Agent W D Click announced approval of CCC camp plans in Mud River valley Cabell county with soil erosion protection work to cover 3000 to 1000 acres under supervision of federal and state experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. D. Click
CCC
Mud River Valley
Cabell County
Griffith to Speak at Fairmont Legion Meeting
Paul H. Griffith of Washington, director of reemployment for the American Legion, will speak tonight at a post gathering in Fairmont marking the 20th anniversary of the Legion's founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Paul H. Griffith
Washington
American Legion
Legion
Exams Given to Firemen In Grafton In March
Monday March 20 19 regulars of the Grafton Fire Department and 10 men seeking eligibility for membership will assemble at 7 30 p m for a final written examination finishing 23 weeks of home and class room study The 19 regulars will have spent 53 weeks of training counting last year After the exam seven weeks of outdoor training will cover hose lines ladders gas masks rope work life line work and hoisting The West Virginia University extension school says the class is outstanding and attendance and grades are satisfactory Grafton aims to have one of the best trained fire departments in the state after finishing May 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Fire Department
Fire Department
West Virginia University ‘Extension School
L. H. Greenwald
Grafton
Bricker program kept. state civil service panel to gain third member
An informed source said senators chose to add a third member to the state civil service commission rather than abolish it and form a new three member body. In Wheeling, police sought to identify a woman who, along with two others, reportedly jumped from a bridge into the Ohio river. the body had not been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Areneft
Bricker
State Civil Service Commission
Wheeling
Pinkhasa Remains Trusted Herbal Tonic For Vitality
A vintage promotion touts Ime-proven FDA listed Pinkha vegetable compound as a tonic to build physical resistance and calm nerves. It claims benefits for female functional disorders and life quality, citing over 60 years of use and a testimonial from a smiling figure linked to Winkham's, with a claimed 1,000,000 endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehru
Winkham
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Annlbel P. Swisher
Woman's Work
St. John's
Ladies Aid Society of St. Paul's M. EB
A. V. Cuppett
Ladies of the Grand Army
Chur Co
Moose Home
Pairmont
Cozy Rest
First Presbyterian Church
General Aid Society of Andrews Church
Church School
Rick
Paul
Sarah Belle Standsbury
Peggy Poling
Billy Carvell
Bobby Carvell
Jimmy Carvell
Danny Foley
Charles Foley
Mary Jo Foley
Ved Peckham
New York
Jor Nona Gale Baker Mendenhall
Beverly Mills
Del
T. W. Heironimus
Yardley of
London
Yardley
Malone
Rexall Store
Plan CCC
Acre
Noti
Naune
Jst
Pian
Carole Morrison
Paul's Valley
Oklo
Murray Williams
Griffith
Ars
Silk
Rayon
Dimity
Batiste
India
Mo Fi Incorporated
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