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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1949
Page
3
Society and club happenings fill the town pages with reports from Baker, Clark, and local groups. Meetings, events, and announcements outline ongoing community engagement and social calendars through the week.
Mrs Sherman Reed entertained the local NALC Auxiliary at 45 Leonard Street with state president Mrs Myrtle Martin of Morgantown as guest. Mrs Hazel Reed presided over the business session and refreshments were served to members and guests including Mrs Lucy Hoffman and several couples.
The Alpha Mu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi voted to donate ten dollars to the International Cancer Research Fund at a meeting hosted by Mrs. Herbert Spencer. President Mrs. Kenneth Daugherty led the session with a program on Voice and Vocabulary by Mrs. Richard Hood. Refreshments were served by the hostess and Miss Virginia Rosier after the program. Members present included Mrs. Bob Brown, Miss Dorothy Burnside, Mrs. Charles Carpenter, Mrs. Norman Deakin, Miss Dorothy Douglas, Mrs. Evelyn Dowell, Mrs. Kenneth Daugherty, Mrs. Richard Hood, Mrs. Donald Polling, Mrs. Frank Shaw, Mrs. Virginia Taylor, Mrs. Bob Losh, Miss Norma Lee Pauley, Mrs. Francis Julian, Mrs. Carroll Kearns, Miss Norman Jean Moore, Miss Eunetta Skinner, and sponsor Mrs. Virgil Rohrbough. The next meeting will be March 8.
Miss Connie Seymour and Miss Barbara Powell headline the Alpha Delta Chi Showboat at Fairmont State Teachers College. The annual Broadway Holiday musical opened last night and repeats tonight with Seymour singing Sa t Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart. Local attendees included Mr and Mrs Seymour and Mrs Mabel auléy and Mr and Mrs Fred Smith.
A dense list of April and March gatherings includes Daughters of America District Rally plans with bus charter contacts Sarah Gillespie and Helen Dennis, plus numerous meetings of chorus, D A R, Naomi class, Music Department Women’s Club, Mountaineer Council, Philathea class, Tau Phi Lambda, Friendship Bible Class, Protected Home Circle, Nurses Association, Lindy Club, Hec-Alums, and Quota Club.
Two lane vonunurd trom page one evening, said plang. For the park bath house have been drawn up and were approved last Wednesday. He said they are now in the hands of the purchasing department and that a contract will be let soon. He added that as soon as the road work is underway the
Betty Jo McAvoy daughter of E M McAvoy and Charles F McDermott son of C F McDermott wed December 18 1948 at Second Methodist Church Monongah West Virginia Rev G G Wadsworth officiated. The bride wore teal blue crepe with pink rosebud corsage. she teaches at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys and is active in Alpha Delta Chi YWCA Quota Delta Nu Tau Phi Lambda. The groom attended West Virginia University after Navy service and works for Shrivjer Motor Co. They will reside on McGraw Avenue.
Mrs. Mary Summers recovers from pneumonia at home on the Grafton Morgantown Road. The Reverend S C Blackburn of Lumberwort visited Grafton for business. Mr and Mrs Harry Murray of Chicago and Mr and Mrs W S Burge of Market Street visit Walnut Street and other family members. Mrs Murray is formerly Janice Burge. Hospital admissions include Martha McCourt Mildred Foreman Earl Bennett Daisy Garrett Kathleen Bolyard Lochia Turner Alta Shaver Nicholas Idoni Jr Mariam Morgan Eloise Lawson. Discharges include Margaret Waters Jack Gall Hazel Rutherford Dolores Poling Joseph Powell Jr Anna Poole Lucille Pitman. The bath house project is praised by the commissioner. Board of Trade banquet noted as highly enthusiastic with Paul E Malone presiding.
Members of the second year Home Economics class under Miss Nellie Cook prepared and served a three course dinner for the Board of Education and their wives at Grafton High School. The event featured green shamrock decorations, engraved plaques, and hostesses Miss Alice Vegon and Elaine Rogers.
Barclay analyzes five bid sequences from a tournament note, showing how misread bids by North and South can block small slams. West double and strategic calls reveal how a clear communicative bid with a strong hand could secure a heart fit and a possible game or slam, stressing practical signaling and partnership understanding.
Grafton Woman's club Burl Mason Business Girls Arlean Moore Quota club Mrs Florence Wilkinson Rotary club Sebastian Waller Junior Chamber of Commerce Lloyd Mu maw Kiwanis club Arthur Yates Tygart Lake Development Corporation Mayor Russel G. Dotson City Council Eastern Star Woman's club Mrs C F Shafer Lions club Arnold Knotts showed up to discuss civic goals in a community gathering.
Pickets set up a blockade across the highway yesterday continuing a series of actions. The last reported activity marked the first since last Wednesday when about 20 truckloads of coal were dumped in Harrison County.
A garbled editorial fragment references President Tru and a veto threat amid five minute edits on a wage risk. It mentions House leaders aiming to gain support, Rankin inquiry, and hours of debate with unclear context and names.
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