Betas Initiate Members and Install Officers at Belvedere Club
Beta Sigma Phi sorority held initiation for six pledges and installed officers for the year at the Belvedere Club. Mrs. How ard Lawson conducted initiation with Mrs. Carpenter assisting. Newly installed officers include President Martha Gowans and Vice President Jane Brown. A commemorative program marked Beta Sigma Phi’s 15th anniversary, with history, a founder’s message, and a sorority song. Lunch followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi
Belvedere Club
Charles Carpenter
Howard Lawson
Jean Floyd
Ia Carpenter
Christine Shaw
Walter W. Ross
Charlotta Fawcett
Mary Ellen Brown
Lawson
Gowans
Mary Alice Burnside
Laila Lingamfelter
Eleanor Bailey
Pauline Gerkin
Betty Williams
Evelyn Dowell
Eleanor Rogers
Frena Daugherty
Mona Delaney
Naomi Lawson
Flora Bartlett
Joe Brown
Delaney
Eldora Bolyard
Arlean Moore
Bernita Boylen
Jane Mathews
Dorothy Douglas
Doris Price
Escene
WVBC Graduate Miss Jean Gans Receives Diploma
Miss Jean Gans daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Gans Route 3 Grafton earned her diploma from the West Virginia Business College on April 12 She has accepted a position as stenographer and bookkeeper with the Clarksburg Wholesale Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Gans
Ed Gans
Route 3
Grafton
West Virginia Business College
Gans
Clarksburg
Engagement of Betty Fisher and Owen Bookhultz Detailed
Mrs Gaurhea Fisher of 408 Maple Avenue announces the engagement of her daughter Betty Florence Fisher to Owen M Bookhultz son of Mr and Mrs J M Bookhultz of Upper Marlboro Maryland Miss Fisher is a Grafton Senior High School 1943 Valedictorian and Franklin Institute Medical Technology alumna She has worked in Washington DC Mr Bookhultz attended Roosevelt High School in DC and earned the Silver Star while serving three years with the 29th Infantry Division The wedding is set for June 5 at Ball Memorial Chapel Foundry Methodist Church Washington DC
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaurhea Fisher
Maple Avenue
Betty Florence
Owen M. Bookhultz
J. M. Bookhultz
Upper Marboro
Miss Fisher
Grafton Senior High School
Quill and Scroll
Bearcat
Franklin Institute of Medical Technology
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Bookhultz
Roosevelt Senior High School
29Th Infantry Division
Ball Memorial Chapel
Foundry Methodist Church
May Day events spark community notices across town
May 1 the Business Girls host their annual Mother-Daughter Banquet at the Belvedere Club at 6 15 pm with cancellation requested by Monday Hostesses include Evelyn Campbell and Barbara Hamilton May 2 Carl R Fisher field supervisor of the Emergency Crop and Seed Loan will be at the County agent s office Grafton from 10 to 11 am for contact May 2 Eastern Star past matrons and patrons meet at 7 30 pm in the temple All members urged to attend May 3 Mrs W J Hussion hosts the Weekly Sewing Club at her East Lincoln Street home at 8 pm May 6 Quota Club meets at the Belvedere at 6 15 pm for a business meeting and officer reports
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Girls
Belvedere Club
Evelyn Campbell
Barbara
Hamilton
Carl R. Fisher
Grafton
Eastern Star
Temple
W. J. Hussion
East Lincoln Street
Quota Club
Belvedere
Showboat Excursion Delights Grafton Crowd
An estimated 500 spectators attended the high school auditorium in Grafton for the Showboat Excursion. Audience comments praised the musical comedy as one of the best in town, applauding synchronization of drums and piano. Directed by Brooks Higginbot ham and Betty Jane Spada fore, the show was staged by the Alpha Delta Chi sorority of Fairmont State college with support from the Girl Reserve and Hi Y groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Grafton High School
Mrs M Tucker Hosts Tuesday Bridge At Belvedere
Mrs Mason Tucker entertained the Tuesday evening bridge lab at 7 30 p m at the Belvedere club. Two tables played throughout the night with Miss Ruth Welch winning first prize and Mrs Richard Robey taking second. Consolation went to Miss Lucille Payne. A salad and dessert course was served to the invited ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Tucker
Belvedere Club
Ruth Welch
Richard Robey
Lucille Payne
Hugh McPhail
Evelyn Welch
Melvin McCorkle
Ward Blaney
Briefly Told Home For Visit By Pvt Edward Shingleton
Pvt Edward Shingleton on leave from Camp Lee Virginia visits wife Virginia Boyce Route 3, their son, and his parents Mr and Mrs Ava Shingleton Route 1. Also Pvt William Boyce on 3 day leave with mother Nettie Boyce. Wright Field Dayton Ohio. Mrs Klayde Wolfe Morgantown visits her mother Mrs W A Spaur Kirby Street. Mrs Robert H Dotzauer Newark New Jersey visits grandmother Mrs W P Stewart Maple Avenue en route to El Paso Texas to join husband in U S Army. James Bower Bartlett Funeral Home leaves for Chicago for National Selected Mortician meeting Mrs Bower accompanying.
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Pvt
Edward Shingleton
Camp Lee, Va
Virginia Boyce
Route 3
Ava Shingleton
Route 1
William Boyce
Nettie Boyce
Boyce
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Grafton
Klayde Wolfe
Morgantown
W. A. Spaur
Kirby Street
Robert H. Dotzauer
Newark
N. J
W. P. Stewart
Maple Avenue
Dotzauer
el Paso, Texas
U. S. Army
Chicago
James Bower
Bartlett Funeral Home
Mrs. Bower
Mrs Booton Dies In Williamson at 64
Mrs Maude Booton, 64, wife of O H Booton editor of the Mingo Republican and veteran court house reporter for the Williamson Daily News, died today after a long illness. She was sister in law of New York columnist O O McIntyre and grew up with him in Gallipolis Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
Maude Booton
O. H. Booton
Mingo Republican
Curthouse
Williamson Daily News
Tness
New York
O. O. McIntyre
Booton
McIntyre
Gallipolis
Ohio
Lilly Reunion Postponed to August 1947 in Beckley
The Lilly family reunion association postpones the annual gathering until August 1947 due to inability to secure construction materials at the Flat Top site. Ex servicemen on campus draw mixed ratings from coeds with most believing overseas service refined veterans, yet opinions vary on gentleness and preferences between American and foreign girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turnage
Baltimore Note Urges $15,000 at Church Pew
In Baltimore a penciled note inside a Manila envelope urged placing 15000 dollars in the third pew at a St Ignatius church service, though the service date and church address were uncertain. FBI declined to comment as police investigated the threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fred Hallford
FBI
St. Ignatius Church
Park Avenue
Saratoga Street
Dorothy Lamour
Miss Lamour
William Ross Roward, III
Pikesville
Mad
Northwestern
Lamour Oo
B and O faces extended furloughs as coal strike drains supply
Officials say B and O workers furloughed since the 1941 coal strike are now more affected after a wartime influx of 1,000 plus employees. Railroad lacks coal for engines beyond ten days, and officials anticipate government action to curb the strike as supplies run low. Only limited merchandise traffic moves, with thousands of empty hopper cars idled on sidings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Creek
Gauley
Dunden
Monongah
OME
Stalin Warns Russians On May Day Urges Strengthened Forces
Generalissimo Stalin told Russians on May Day that the Soviet Union must stay true to its policy of peace and equality while defending against international reaction hatching plans of a new war. He urged strengthening of the armed forces to guard the peace, stressing land troops and air power in the defense strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
London
Soviet Union
Stalin
Lenin
Aspirin Sale Claims Largest Yet at Low Price
Fragmentary OCR evidence notes a claim of the world’s largest aspirin tablet batch offered at 10 cents per 100 tablets. Limited readable details reference a brand or seller name and a promotion implying purity and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Jay Steepirin
Lemon Juice Remedy for Rheumatic Pain Found
A traditional recipe claims lemon juice mixed with water and Huetz Compound helps rheumatic pain quickly. The method involves combining one recipe’s contents with four parts water and consuming as directed. Malone's Drug and Chemical Company and drug stores nationwide advertise this remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Aday
Lemone
Wala
T Malone's Drug and Chemical Company
Lady Finds Relief From Stomach Gas Using ERB-HELP
A woman described severe nighttime stomach gas that rose and nearly choked her while lying down. She reports relief after using ERB-HELP, claiming her gas is gone, bowels regular, and she can sleep lying flat. The ad promotes ERB-HELP containing twelve herbs sold at drug stores.
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Society Reporter
Bloch Brothers
Wheeling
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
WVBC
Betty Fisher
Owen Bookhultz
Fmmel
Airmont
Ncessary
United
Arsenal Finance CO
Deveny Bldg
Fairmont
W. Va
Mrs. M. Tucker
Navy
Army
Marines
Belvedere Hotel
John Ridgely Howard
Miners’ Union
Union
National Coal Association
John D. Battle
Washington, D. GC
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