Eastern Star Picnic Honors Big Sisters at Murphy Home
Naomi Chapter No. 12 members and guests gathered last night at Mrs. A. B. Murphy’s West Main street home for an indoor picnic. Bingo and a film showing Mr. Murphy and Miss Sara Mus grove’s West Coast trip added to the program, followed by a birthday cake for Miss Nina Zinn as attendees sang. A buffet lunch closed the enjoyable evening with numerous members present including Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi
Order of Eastern Star
A. B. Murphy
West Main Street
West Coast
W. C. Barnes
Frank Wolfe
Amos Rohrbough
Zenas Dean
L. V. Atha
Ona Jeffreys
Lear ‘Loar
Mildred Rohrbough
Anna
Margaret Clark
Ruby Bonafield
Dessie Gough
Nina Zinn
Murphy
Mrs Walter Hosts D A R Chapter Meeting in Fairmont
Mrs Walter welcomed 14 members and one guest of the Elizabeth Cummins Jackson Chapter, Daughter of the American Revolution, at her Guffy Street home. Presiding Regent Alden Beagle led a ritual session with business topics, poems, and readings from the historical magazine. Reports on the 49th Continental Congress in Washington, D C, were delivered by Mrs C F Shafer and Mrs Walter, followed by a dessert served by the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mira
Harry
Walter
Elizabeth Cummins Jackson
Guffy Street
Fairmont
Organ Nation
Alden Beagle
Elizabeth Handley
Historical Magazine
C. F. Shafer
Washington, D. C
Community Club Meetings And Women’s Groups Schedule May Events
A sequence of local gatherings is planned from May 1 to May 8. White Rose Grove No 2 meets at Red Men’s Hall at 7 30 p m with dues due. Andrews Women’s Foreign Missionary Society gathers May 2 at 7 30 p m at Mrs J A Sinclair’s home. a mother daughter quilt event hosts at Cozy Rest with Miss Jo Rauscher and Miss Martha Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Rose Grove
Woodmen Circle
Redmen’s Hall
Andrews Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
J. A. Sinclair
High Street
Blatt
Cozy Rest
Y Jo Rauscher
Martha Powell
First Christian Church
Woman's Aid Society of the United Brethren Church
King’s Daughters
Circle No. 1
St. John's Methodist Church
Fred Floyd
Tygart Dam
Women's Christian Temperance Union
First Baptist Church
Fair chapter guests announced for May meeting
Mrs. W. I. Booth of Grafton hosts a gathering with Mrs. John Freeman and Miss Mabel Westfall of Fairmont as guests. On May 28 the chapter is to be entertained at Mrs. Allie Chamberlin's home on East Washington Street.
Taylor County Teachers Plan Annual Dinner
The fifth annual Taylor County Teachers Association banquet is set for Friday May 3 at 6 30 pm in Andrews church. Torlock Rasmussen Grafton High school principal will toastmaster after the banquet and Dr Carl Frasure from West Virginia University will deliver the principal address on Some Aspects of European Politics. About 150 teachers expected. Future banquets will be in the Grafton High school cafeteria due to lack of equipment before fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Teachers' Association
Andrews Church
Torlock Rasmussen
Grafton High School
Carl Frasure
West Virginia University
Foreign Policy Topic At Local International Relation Meet
The International Relation group held its April meeting at Mrs. Harry Friedman’s Maple Avenue home chaired by Mrs. E. M. Tomlinson. A splendid talk by the chairman highlighted the early program, followed by remarks from Mrs. Dolores B. Curry Miss Mildred Keefer and Mrs. C. F. Shafer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Relation Group
E. M. Tomlinson
Harry Friedman
Maple Avenue
Dolores.b. Curry
Mildred Keefer
C. F. Shafer
Barclay on Bridge The Authority on Authorities
The article discusses when a declarer should not lead trumps at the outset of a hand and explains two main reasons for postponement: using trumps for ruffing and discarding before giving up trump lead. It recounts a social duplicate hand where an inexperienced declarer mishandles, detailing plays in clubs and diamonds, ruffs, discards, and finesses, with multiple table outcomes and bidding questions.
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South
East
May 20 Meeting Planned at Mildred Keefer's Home
The group discussed varied aspects of the subject and planned a May 20 gathering at Miss Mildred Keefer on Beech Street following the earlier papers and general discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Friedman
Mildred Keefer
Beech Street
Luncheon Planned by National Church Women Group
The May luncheon of the National Committee of Church Women will be held Thursday at 1 o clock at First Christian church. The interdenominational event is free with attendees bringing a covered dish. A short program with articles and special music is planned with local women contributing pieces and performing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Committee of Church Women
First Christian Church
Kenneth Godwin
R. C. Sloan
James Roy
Virgil Rohrbough
Eugenia Pickens
J. Harvey Davis
Postwar plan to kidnap Hitler discussed by Duquesne club
A continued offer of reward outlines a post war scheme by American soldiers to abduct the German leader from a Dutch refuge. Church spoke by phone to the Times saying Hitler should face trial before a high court for crimes against world peace and dignity. The idea had been discussed among Duquesne club members in Pittsburgh.
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Holland
Church
Hitler
High Court of Justice
the Times
Duquesne Club
Pitts
Pattern 136 cool dress with novelty girdle
Misses and women's dress pattern 136 offers a quietly stylish girdle accent, a four-section skirt, and yokeed blouse lines. Size 16 requires 3 3/8 yards fabric and 1 3/4 yards edging. Send 15 cents with size name address and pattern number to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Tilden
Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
New York
Grafton Benting
Household’ Arts Dept
New? York
Americans Enter Kaiser Wilhelm's Haven After Armistice
A postwar group including Col Luke Lea of Tennessee and Larry MacPhail of Brooklyn Dodgers secretly entered Holland to Kaiser Wilhelm's home after hearing Hitler planned a western front breakthrough. Dutch guards surprised them. state department complaints followed. Lea and the party were arrested but later released. Church urged Hitler be held as a common enemy and brought to justice.
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Church
Hitler
Plane wreck near London demolishes seven houses
A German mine laying sortie crippled aircraft plunged into Clacton from the Humber estuary. One plane crashed into seven houses, creating a crater as large as a house and burying occupants as walls collapsed. A baby carriage was found in a tree-top. Clacton hotel operators offered guests a one third discount for that day.
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London
Humber River
Clacton
Births and health notes from Grafton city area
Births announce a son for Mr and Mrs John K Burdett of 108 West Washington weighing eight and a half pounds. Additional notices report operations at City hospital for Mrs C D Jacobs and Mrs Beulah Mayle, and a tonsillectomy for Juley Dellea of Newburg. Mrs W J Frey and Mrs Laurel Frey with daughter Mary Margaret expected home from Daytona Beach. Miss Nell Fahey returns from Jersey City. George M Shroyer and Freda Rogers welcomed a son at Myers Clinic Philippi weighing 74 pounds? Mother a former county teacher. Mrs Clapton and son Ned visit Baltimore. Mr and Mrs Robert Neason welcome son Robert Cornelius Neason Sr born May 1 at City hospital. House guests Mrs W A Cave and daughter Dorothy from Chicago stay with Mrs Preiss.
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Ars
John K. Burdett
West Washington Street
Grafton City
George M. Shroyer
Jones Street
Myers Clinic Hospital
Philippi
George Warden Shroyer
Freda Rogers
Robert Neason
Grant Street
Fairimont
City Hospital
Robert Cornelius Neason
Neason
Maxice Duckworth
Lincoln Street
Sizemore Sentenced to 18 Years for Second Degree Murder
In Pineville on May 1 Circuit Judge D M Easley gave 21 year old Clif ford Sizemore the maximum 18 year term after he pleaded guilty to the second degree murder of his father Frank Sisemore a 75 year old man.
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Pineville
D. M. Easley
Clifford Sizemore
Frank Sisemore
Italy Likely To Maintain Nonbelligerent Policy But War Winds Stirr
New York observers and port reports suggest Italy will not drop its non belligerent stance within two weeks at least. Genoa departure hints Italy will not risk closing sea lanes by sending its finest ship into uncertain Mediterranean waters.
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New York
Italy
Genoa
British moves on Italy ignored by press as war aims loom
Italian spokesmen say they knew nothing of the action and British notice may push Italy to state its war intentions. German propaganda outline given to Italian journalists at a Berlin embassy briefing. morning papers trumpet a German strategic victory while hostility to the Allies remains muted after an anti-French outburst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Berliner Boersen Zeitung
Emassy
Britain
London
Germany
Lemon Jules Recipe Ghteks Rhournatl Pale Quietly
A fragmented ad style notice touts a simple inexpensive remedy for arthritis or neuritis. Mentions Grafton Drug & Chemical and local drug stores as sources. unclear phrases reduce clarity but emphasize a traditional remedy promotion.
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Lemon Jules
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Arnal
C. B
Murphy Home
Fairmont Residence
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
Atures Syndicate
National Church
Goth
Sehold
Alice Brooks
C.D. Jacobs
Grafton
W. J. Frey
Laurel Frey
Mary Margaret
Daytona Beach
Fla
Beulah Mayle
Simpson
Nell Fahey
McGraw Avenue
Jersey City
N. J
Hal
Juley Delleea
Newburg
Baltimore
J.clapton and
Ned
W. A. Cave
Dorothy
Chicago
Henry J. Preiss
Neely
Meadows
R. Carl Andrews
Statehouse
Charleston
Washington
Matt Edmiston
Senate
Clarksburg
U. S
Kump
Blueflield
Panhandle
Harley M. Kilgore
Beckley
H. G. Kump
Bluefield
U.S
Holt
Charles Town
Weston
Bittner
van &. Bittner
United Mine Workers District 17
Dirence Meadows
West Virginia
Wile Preeti Car
Ues Eee
Rakrwich
Grafton Drug & Chémical Oe and
Good Drug Stores Ever
Americas
Chesterfield
America
Madison
State Streets
Harry Klepsteen
Thomas Conty
Mires
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