Grafton Woman's Club hosts letter writing program
Mary James Guth and Mrs T W Heironimus Jr led the meeting with world famous letters from Charles Lamb Dante Leonardo da Vinci Washington Wagner Lincoln and more. Officers and department delegates were appointed for the state convention at Clarksburg April 18 19 and 20 with entries invited in oil and watercolor painting needlework painting and bone rugs.
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Mary James Guth
T W . Heironimus, Jr
Grafton Woman’ Club
Els
Lad Guth
A Mather
Charles Lamb
Sir Manning
St. Jerome
Rome
Heironimus
Leonardo da Vinci
Duke of Milan
George Washington
Lewis Nicola
United States
Richard Wagner
Lydia Bixby
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Carpenter
Clarksburg
Lew
Social club meetings and board session scheduled
On March 28 the Lindy club will meet at 1 North Street the home of Mrs Myrtle Frazier. On March 31 the Quota club board meeting will be at 8 p m at the home of Mrs Ida B Parsons.
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Lindy Club
Myrtle Frazier
North Street
Quota Club
Ida B. Parsons
Sub Debs Meet At Chrislip Residence
The Sub Debs held their second meeting at Miss Janie Chrislip’s Blueville home with fourteen members present. Eleanor Bailey presided in Betty Long’s absence. plans included purchasing orchid and white ribbon club colors. Treasurer Katherine Gainer reported, minutes were read by Colleen Courtney, and entertainment featured piano by the hostess and a reading by Miriam Friedman.
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Sub Debs
Janie Chrislip
Blueville
Eleanor Bailey
Betty
Clu
Katherine Gainer
Colleen Courtney
Miriam Friedman
Betty Jean Travis Honored On Her Twelfth Birthday
Mrs Sherman Travis hosted a party for Betty Jean celebrating her twelfth birthday from seven to ten o clock with games and late hour refreshments. Guests included Randall McKinney Robert Trader Frank Greathouse Dorothy Labis Virginia Ann Todd Norman Landsbury Barbara Labis Jo Ellen Hill Janice Haskins Betty Randolph Joann Wolfe Ann Davisson Dorothy Hovatter Peggy Poling Lowell Sturms James Hughe Earnest Leo Sayres Aleta Wise Heck Helen Virginia Grimm and Donald Lee Travis. Also noted: about five million more hogs to be fed from the 1943 corn crop than from 1942 grain crop.
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Sherman Travis
Betty Jean
Randall McKinney
Robert Trader
Frank Greathouse
Dorothy Labis
Virginia Ann Todd
Norman Landsbury
Barbara Labis Jo Ellen Hill
Janice Haskins
Betty Randolph
Joann Wolfe
Ann Davisson
Dorothy Hovatter
Peggy Poling
Lowell Sturm
Reading Finesse and Bridge Finesse Lesson in Four-Card Suit
The article discusses a bridge problem where a defender plays a four-card sequence and a singleton in another suit, allowing you to deduce eight cards remain. It analyzes West and North-South bidding, Blackwood conventions, and a lead indicating four cards in each major, leading to a successful heart finish and a critique of the perceived luck versus skill. It closes with a practice problem: South's best 3 No Trumps reply after a spade overcall.
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West
West Trusseloseid
Ted Uie
South
North
Features Syndicate, Inc
Mrs Maud Busch Byrnes Quiet White House Prospective First Lady
Editor’s note profiles Maud Busch Byrnes wife of James Byrnes, tracing her behind the scenes role in his rise from lawyer to senator and supreme court nominee. The piece describes her gentle demeanor, support for his career, and preference to stay out of politics while remaining a steady partner in Washington and South Carolina circles.
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Central Press
Maud Busch Byrnes
James
Jimmy Byrnes
United States
Supreme Court Nistee
Byrnes
Womer
Ste
Imply
James Francis Byrnes
Shoreham
Pennsylvania
Maud Busch Bynes
Jimmy Bynnes
Washington
Glamorously practical hostn ess apron pattern 7027
A lively 1940s Marian Martin pattern page offers a geranium apron with embroidered host ness flair. Send sixteen cents in coins for transfer embroidery pattern 7027 to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept. New York 11, N. Y. Include size name and address with plain writing. Ten cents more buys the Spring Pattern Book with free printed pattern.
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Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
Marian Martin
Brief Notices From Portsmouth and Nearby Areas
Brief items report visits to Portsmouth residents from Mr and Mrs Bob Brown and others, a Toledo return, military service details for Pvt Harold Phillips Jr in England, a drugstore proprietor’s convalescence, and proud parent announcements from Ardmore and Route 2. Births include Gerald William Lynch born at City Hospital and other family details. Also a note on 1944 American food shipments to England and other nations.
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Toledo
Harole Phillips
Harold, Jr
Ohio
Blueville
Harold Phillips, Jr
England
Arthur Lynch
Route 2
City Hospital
Gerald William
Viola Stevens
Lynch
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Compan
Ussia
United Nations
Needlework Pattern for Pineapple Dollies Delights
Crochet pattern 7012 offers instructions and materials list for pineapple dollies suitable for luncheon sets and decor. To obtain pattern send eleven cents in coins to The Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept. 259 W 14th Street New York NY. Include name address and pattern number clearly.
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Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Adeugandy
German Offensive Presses Back Ocean Lines
Reported lines from page one describe German efforts to fuse in the rear and mobilize French Dutch and Belgian collaborators to strengthen the Atlantic wall. Dutch underground sources claim flooding of coastal lowlands and readiness to blow dikes if needed, signaling concern over Dutch territory and its path to the industrial west.
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West
Rommel Establishes Breda Fortress in Western Holland
Aneta sourced Dutch report claims Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has set up a headquarters at Breda and fortified the town. Another underground paper describes a “special services” tactic forcing civilians to dig trenches at night. Eisenhower may be receiving such intelligence from Western European underground sources. Queen Anne reportedly introduced side saddles for women in England in 1388.
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Germany
Aneta
Erwin Rommel
Breda
Holland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
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Ardmore
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Hardy Samarium
Arcmore Okla
Alice Brooks
Linda Darnell
United Artists
National Brewing Co
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Grocers
Grafton Baking Co
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War Bond
ANPA
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria
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American Newspaper Public Association
Lexington Avenue
New York 17
Herriz Roe Shad
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