Pruntytown WCTU meeting and social events report
Pruntytown Woman's Christian Temperance Union met at Mrs. H E Flesher's home with programs on Union Signal topics and Frances Willard. A tentative April 30 institute date was set and Y T C medal contest announced for March 30. Social hour followed with pink and white desserts and games. Also reported: a bridge dinner at Cozy Rest hosted by G T Bartlett Jr with three course dinner and six tables of contract.
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Pruntytown Union
Pruntytown Woman's Christian Temperance Union
H. E. Flesher
Union
Harry Edgar Flesher
Hazel Bartlett
Flesher
Frances Willard
The
Union Signal
Barbara Drainer
Virginia Mason
Mrs. Flesher
O Union Signal
Mrs. Fisher
Bettye Flesher
Institute
Loyal Temperance Union
Foster
Pruntytown M. E
Ada Laren
Myrtle Bartlett
Ernest
Cordray
Lillie Shafer
Fisle Bennett
Gladys| Thompson
Georgia Drainer
Lillian-Dotson
G. T. Bartlett, Jr
Jean Murray
Paul Ward
James C
J. Paul Murphy
Dorothy Sapp
Mary Thomas
Ward | Blaney
Hugh McPhail
Tom Grayson
Joe
Social calendar outlines March meetings and events
March plans list Sons of the American Legion at 7 p.m. Moose home. P H C lodge at Redmen's hall 6 30 p.m.. Woman's Club Book Review at U B church 1 p.m. Mrs Holt reviews The Horse and Euggy Doctor. Music dept meets 7 30 p.m. Elks home with piano rehearsal. Mrs Debendarfer hosts D A R luncheon at Cozy Rest 1 30 p.m. Pocahontas gift exchange in Red Men's hall. Fordyce. Entertains bridge club at Lynn Faulkner home. prizes to Mrs Thayer. Membership anniversary celebrated for Mrs Bertie May. 50th member and 25 years keeper of records. Lunch served. color scheme yellow white.
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Sons of the American Legion
Moose Home
P. H.C. Lodge
Redmen’s Hall
Woman’s Club
U. B. Church
James C. Holt
Arthur E. Hertzler
Woman's Club
Elks Home
Harold Debendarfer
Elizabeth Cummins Jackson
Daughters of the American Revolution
Cozy Rest
Degree of Pocahontas
Redmen's Hall
Indian Sisters Gift Exchange
Pocahontas
White Faun Council No
Bertie May
Rowlesburg
Lodge
May
Minnehaha Council No
White Faun Council
Council
Effie Gough
Barclay On Bridge Finds Humor In Odd Card Deals
In this Barclay On Bridge column Shepard Barclay notes how deals can yield humorous and surprising results, with different scores emerging from the same hand depending on leads and plays, illustrating the playful side of bridge strategy.
Crazy Bridge Deal Produces Six Results Across Six Tables
A wild duplicate bridge deal from the 1999 Copstight event yields six different outcomes. South and North navigate multiple no trump contracts, with East and West doubles and varied leads. One line reaches 4 No Trump, others end in odd scores or down one, while a line at 3 Diamonds makes, and a bizarre 3 No Trump by West is defeated by three tricks.
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North
West
Declarer
Copstight
Council honors with handkerchief shower and gift
The event honors a local honoree with a concealed brand shower of handkerchiefs. Mrs. May sits with Mrs. Lydia Bolinger, Past Great Pocahontas. Olive Harden presents a pocketbook on behalf of the local council. Forty one members and visitors attend as officers speak and others participate. Interior Decorating is the Oak Grove Farm Woman's Club topic with a talk by Mrs. Alfred Ford, two organ solos, and a reading.
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Council
May
Lydia Bolinger
Hontas
Olive Harden
Fairmont
Keeper of Records
Oak Grove Farm Woman's Club
W. A. Rogers
Alfred Ford
Charles Rogers
Ford
Frank Fast
Victor Ford
Ella Ford
George Franks
Jesse L. Wiggs
P. E. Lucas
Allen Fast
Ralph Lemmons
Charles Compton
John Luzadder
Rufus Rogers
Freda Mae Compton
Rosemary Lucas
Lee Ford
Katherine Ford
James Lee Wiges
Personal notices list local residents on illness travel and care
Mrs Eliza Gawthrop suffered a paralytic stroke Thursday morning on parliament road. Archie Keefover of Loar Jewelry store is in Pittsburgh attending the Norge service school for several days. Mrs John Shaw of Thornton is visiting Mr and Mrs Yorn Shaw Maple avenue. Mr and Mrs Jack Donnachie and children returned to Montgomery after visiting Mr and Mrs C R Knight Dewey avenue. John Trinco admitted to City hospital for injuries from Maryland Coal mine at Wendell. Regis Avonell Kirk 16 of 525 Maple avenue underwent major operation at City hospital Thursday morning.
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Eliza Gawthrop
C. R. Knight
Dewey Avenue
John Trinco
City Hospital
Maryland
Wendel
Regis Avonell Kirk
Maple Avenue
Death Decreed in Poison Conspiracy Trial
A jury found a group guilty of a conspiracy to poison people in Pennsylvania New York and New Jersey. The death sentence in the electric chair followed a five hour deliberation. Judge McDevitt condemned the evidence as only a surface glimpse. Additional suspects include Paul Petrillo and Susie Di Martino with others held on murder and conspiracy charges.
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Pensylvania
New York
New Jersey
Harry S. McDevitt
Margaret Skeen
Paul Petrillo
Herman
Susie di Martino
di Martino
Stella Alfonsi
Corina Favata
Rural Electric Growth Expands in Taylor County Farms
Electricity reshapes farm life in Taylor County with new lines and growing demand. Monongahela System upgrades since 1925 bring power to Flemington, Grafton, and rural routes, enabling appliances, milking machines, and farm shops. By 1938 about 383 new customers in five years show rapid electrification and anticipated future expansion.
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Taylor
West Virginia
Taylor Country
West Penn
Taylor County
Grafton
Monongahela System
West Virginia and Maryland Power Company
I. J
Taylor Equity
Traylor County
Flemington
Simpson
Rosemont
Berry Run
Astor
Barbour County
Galloway
Bear Mountain
Barbour
Pruntytown
Belgium
Harrison | County
Harrison County
Webster
Knottsville
Millersville
Blueville
Thornton
Preston County
Hawesville
West
Virginia
Farmer Killed in St Albans Highway Crash
Kanawha county recorded 12 highway fatalities since January as Arthur Childers a 42 year old Putnam county farmer and war veteran died in the St Albans crash.
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ST. Albans
Kanawha County
Arthur Childers
Conference Opens Institute Theme Youth Marches Towards Christian Democracy
The 13th annual state Negro Higher boys conference will open here tomorrow March 23 with the theme Youth Marches Towards Christian Democracy.
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Christian Democrac
Trade Winds at Strand Theatre Promises Global Chase
Walter Wanger's Trade Winds opens at the Strand with Frederic March and Joan Bennett in a brisk adventure. The film follows a detective chase around seven countries with authentic locations shot by Tay Garnett aboard the yacht Athena to ensure accurate backdrops.
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far-Tung
Walter
Wanger
Strand Theatre
United Artists
Frederic Mareh
Joan Bennett
Tay Garnett
Athlene
Dixie Theatre Opens Arizona Wildcat With Jane Withers
Jane Withers stars in The Arizona Wildcat at the Dixie theatre alongside Leo Carrillo. The Western romance blends outlaws, a gold shipment heist, and a hunt for the bandit El Gato as Jane helps an escaped man and uncovers a long vanished villain.
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Jane Withers
Arizona
Hilario ‘Ous
Arizona Wildcat
20Th Century-Fox
Dixie Theatre
Jane
Leo Carrillo
Mineville
Willian Henry
Carrillo
el Gato
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Annabel P. Swisher
Lynn Faulkner
Charles Thayer
Thayer
Frank Martin
William Murray
G. T. Bartlett. Jr
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
Eien
East
Textures Spadicate, Inc
Walter Wanger
Fredric
Joan March
Bennett
Sharey Wladamer
Tromas Mattercll
Robert Ellntt
Atay Garhett Rrodwasien
Tre United Arti G
Bellamy
Ann Sothern
Lucas Brothers
Victor
George
Monongahela
Commer County
Cee Te
Vicks
Tappi
Sth Avenue
Ata
Ada Ce
Love Drug Company
Grafton, W. VA
Dixie
Roth Oul
Sant
Feme Withers
Leo Citteiwoj
Pauline Nay
William H Henry Wlooron
Douglas Fowley
Etienne Girardot
Far East
Law
Donna
Tate Frome Jour
Yardley
England
Malone’s
Rexall Store
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