Miss Gillespie and R L Dadisman wed in Maryland
Miss Gillespie of this city and Robert L Dadisman of Philippi West Virginia were married March 5 at Mountain Lake Park Maryland with Reverend G W Simpson officiating. The bride is a student at Grafton Senior High school and the groom a Philippi High School graduate employed by Fairmont Machine company. The bride will stay in town through the school term end. The article notes the umbrella bird of South America with a crest resembling an umbrella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Gillespie
Betty Jean
Robert L. Dadisman
Philippi
West Virginia
R. W. Dadisman
Mountain Lake Park
Maryland
G. W. Simpson
Eloise Gillespie
Grafton
Ned Stemple
Dadisman
Philippi High School
He, Fairmont. Machine Company
Cumient
Monongahela City
Pennsania
Onions for Garden Planting Tips and Varieties
Garden guidance on choosing onion varieties and planting in cool season soil. Advice covers seed, sets, and transplants, with spacing and depth details and cautions on planting depth and bulb size. Emphasizes home garden suitability and early maturation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Bergin
Ute Press Y Aksoetettie
Kong
UCR
HBO Ree
Grafton club events and civic meetings posted
A March list of local events includes Alpha Mu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi at Cozy Best hosted by Evelyn Golden and Virginia Mac Stine on the 28th, Grafton Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary at the fire hall March 29, Quota Club at Hotel Grafton March 28, and a Woman's Club Hobby and Art Show at Grafton Junior High from 8 to 11 p.m. Public invited. April notices include St. Pauls Lutheran Ladies Aid at Mrs Tsner’s home, WCTU program Training Future Leaders at West Main Methodist Church, Circle No. 2 at Mrs Petrovich’s home, and Naomi chapter OES Silver Tea to aid Cancer Control Fund at the Public Library. Also listed: Mountaineer Council JOUAM meeting April 2 at East Mat street V.P.W. hall, and a public cancer fundraiser event in early April. Mentioned topics include Edelweiss being protected by law and Missouri lead production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Mu
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Cozy Best
Evelyn Golden
Virginia Mac Stine
Ladies
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
Grafton
Woman's Club
Ladies Aid Society
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Charles Tsner
Maple Avenue
Florence Wittman
W.C.T.U
West Main Street Methodist Church
L.T.L
Circle No. 2
St. John's Methodist Church
al Petrovich
E. Bluemont Street
Kenneth Royce
Naomi
O.E.S
Cancer Control Fund
Mea
Mountaineer Council
Order of United American Mechanics
V.P.W. Hall
90th Birthday Event Honors Miss Marker
Miss Emma V Marker of Yates Avenue, longtime Grafton resident, celebrated her 90th birthday with an open house from two to five pm. Hosts Mr and Mrs Virgil Rotrbough, guests from Elkins Philippi Winchester VA Clarksburg and Grafton attended. Organizers greeted visitors, table decor featured a handmade lacecloth finished in 1947, and aides assisted in the dining room. Marker, born March 28 1859 in Grafton, lived in the area most of her life and supported St John’s Methodist Church. She moved to Grafton in 1900 and has ties to Dora Hefner and Charlie Warder. She has been a Sentinel subscriber since 1900. Buffalo NY is noted for milling capacity of up to 12,000,000 barrels of flour annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma V
Yates Avenues
Taylor County
Virgil Rotrbough
Elkins
Philippi
Winchester
Virginia
Clarksburg
Grafton
Florence White
Grace White
Elsie Hardie
Linda Cornell McKeon
Miss Marker
J. F. Stafford
Renid Knotts
Elizabeth McKeen
Pearl Street
West Viginia
Elijah
Rachel Swanp Marker
Webster
Miss Market
W. J. Curry
Pruntytown
Yates Avenue
Dora Hefner
Charlie Warder
St. John’s Methodist Church
The
Sentinel
Stevens Holmes Wedding Revealed
In Oakland Maryland on March 18 a ceremony united Betty Olive Stevens and Walter Leo Holmes. Betty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Stevens of Brueville, wore a dark blue two piece dress with black accessories. Walter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Holmes of Independence, works for C. H. Sinsel Lumber Co. in Blueville. The Rev. Denver C. Pickens officiated. there were no attendees. The couple now reside at the bride’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Maryland
Betty Olive Stevens
John S. Stevens
Brueville
Walter Leo Holmes
Clarence Holmes
Independence
Denver C. Pickens
Holmes
Grafton High School
Weekend Toll Grows With Fatal Crashes and Drowning
A 50-year-old coal mine foreman drowned at Cheat Lake near Morgantown after a boat capsized. Two companions escaped. Cecil Alvarez, 47, of Piedmont died when ejected from a car in a crash. Four others injured. Mrs. Lem Lloyd, 70, killed in Moorefield after stepping into a vehicle’s path. Judy Walters, 8, fatally struck crossing Route 10 in Wyoming County. Joe Tally Stewart, 37, of Jesse found trapped beside a wreck near Ravencliff. State Police note a stolen car link and a river naming error from a Rio de Janeiro discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheat Lake
Morgantown
Burns
Cecil Alvarez
Piedmont
Lem Lloyd
Moorefield
Judy Walters
Wyoming County
Joe Tally Stewart
Jesse
Ravencliff
R. L. Tabscott
Slain Woman Identified as Mrs Helen Reinberg in NYC
The body of 50 year old Mrs Helen Reinberg was found strangled in a New York City apartment. Authorities tied the slaying to Jose Del Pino, a 57 year old Spanish professor, after he mailed a note to a local newspaper detailing the act and contemplated his own death. Del Pino then jumped under a subway train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Reinberg
Pox Fyber
New York City
Jose del Pino
del Pino
International
Gustave Reinberg
South America
Park Ave
New York
George R. Monthan
International Soundphoto
BRIEFLY TOLD Hospital News and Local Visits
In Morgantown Heiskell Memorial Hospital Mrs Mary Alice of Kingwood was admitted with bronchial pneumonia. Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs George Exner and daughter Blaine with Mrs Exner, and Dick Thomas of Martins Ferry. Visits from Washington PA and Morgantown area noted. Hospital entries list numerous patients and recent discharges. Former residents Mrs W E O'Dell of Belpre visited Grafton, and Miss Nancy Anne Sirley returned to Parkesburg after visiting Vienna WV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Alice
Kingwood
Heiskell Memorial Hospital
Morgantown
Beavers
Ola F. Sterling
Margaret
Adlington
Rose Marie 'Sor Belio
George Exner
Blaine
Dick Thomas
Martins Ferry
Ohio
R.W. Hood
White Oaks
Mrs. Exner
Mrs. Hood
Parkesburg
Nancy Anne Sirley
J. B. Staley
Vienna
West Virginia
W. E. O'Dell
Belpre
Grafton
von Dorsey Street
Canary Islands host over 300 wild plant species
A botanist notes Canary Islands harbor more than 300 wild plants. Antarctica is described as nearly as large as South America with high elevations, including 9,000 feet above sea level at the South Pole region. Massachusetts bogs contribute about two thirds of the national cranberry crop. Thomas A. Edison secured 1,097 patents in his lifetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canary Islands
Antarctica
South America
Antartica
South Pole
Antarti
Massachusetts
Thomas A. Edison
Webster area funeral notices and local visits mix
The community in Webster features funeral services for Enoch S. Gibson with attendees from West Virginia and nearby towns. Guests include Mrs. Ocie Lewis, Ila Kathryn Gibson, the Gibson and Wolverton families, and others from Salem Clarksburg Philippi and Elkins. Also noted are hospital recoveries and visits by relatives, plus local business moves and a Civil War reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Enoch S. Gibson
Ocie Lewis
Kday Cove
West Virginia
Ila Kathryn Gibson
Athens
Wayne Gibson
David and Bryan
Gretna Wolverton
Saem
Delphi
Salem
Delpha
Louis Inexe
Clarksburg
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Club and Society Reporter
Miss Gillespie
R. L. Dadisman
Ingrid
Hollywood
Sweden
Ingrid Bergman
Italy
Hher
Rome
Stromboliy
Switzerland
Missouri
Buffalo
N.Y
Stevens-Holmes
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Tufor
AXIS
Sally
Sid
Mildred “Axis
Sally” Gillars
Washington
Mildred Gillars
Federal District Court
Sam. Shie
John Henderson
Pennsylvania
Alvin Holt
West Boyd Stret
Mr. Henderson
Steel Street
Ponte Tunnelton
Henry Holtz
Thornton
Irene Peters
Emmett Haddix
Parkview
Frances Stevens
Simpson
Iva Kelley
West
Irene Wilson
Tunnelton
Ourpha
Huffman
Newburg
D. Guy
Avon
Kathleen Bolyard
Marcus Mayle
West Main Street
Mia
Nellie Pratt
Nicholas Idoni, Jr
Geneva Dalton
Barrett Street
Douglas Grimm
Wilbur Mitchell
John’ Felther
Myers Hospital
Phillippi
Nora Moss
Herman Getz
Emma Mcdonald
Bridgeport
Mae Batson
W. O. Cooper
Jack Kincaid
Karen Sue
Edward Streets
Grafton Hospital
Betty Bailey
Gilbert Carpenter
Clarente Bartlett of
Mrs. Russell Bartlett
Leslie Roach
Stringtown
E. S. Gibson
Jesse Nestor
Elk City
Nestor
GND
Hildreth
Ray Bailey
Mobile
Alabama
Slaly
Bartlett
Funeral Homes
Grafton & Telephone
Bridgeport& Badger
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of
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