Local clubs host stag party and May Day tea
Grafton groups advertise a stag meeting at 7:30 tonight with state officers expected to speak. May Day Tea at Mrs Gene W Ford’s Pruntytown Pike home features Daughters of Democracy with music and readings. Woodrow Wilson Chapter plans work and social events with gifts for Mrs Ford. Lend-a Hand Circle of Thayer Street meets with seventeen members and plans an Empire Market exchange. Ladies Aid Society at First Baptist garners chicken and ham supper for Knight Templars on May 15 and noon meals starting June 1, plus year plans.
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Junior Order
Mountaineer Corneil No
Junior Order United American Mechanics, Ll
Grafton
Gene W. Ford
Daughters of Democracy
Pruntytown Pike
Woodrow Wilson
Florence
Mamilton Wikkinson
Kor
WS. Suddarth
Belle VanKirk
Lila Love
First Presbyterian Church
Thayer Street
F §. Suddarth
Zenas Dean
Empire Meat Market
Suddarth
W. C. Byers
Knight Templars
Pitteen
Princess To Wed Infanta Marie Christing to Duke of Norfolk
The engagement of Infanta Marie Christing, youngest daughter of the king and queen of Spain, to the Duke of Norfolk will be announced when the duke reaches legal age.
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Infanta
Marie Christing
Spain
Duke of Norfolk
England
Personal notices from Zanesville visitors and corrections
Better style and quality in Wear A Well Shoes with less money. See Burnsides opposite the post office. Mrs Cordie Hardman and children and Roger Bennett of Zanesville visiting their father Frank Hennett in Taylor county this weekend. Miss Trances Jaen, formerly in Rosewood Sanatorium Asheville, returns to her father Magistrate J. Jaco. Mrs Richard Walker of West Washington seeks correction to last night’s Valley Inn dance report. Unknown writer mailed item.
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Burnsides
Cordie Hardman
Roger Bennett
Zanesville
Ohio
Frank Hennett
Taylor County Court
Trances Jaen
Rosewood Sanatorium
Asheville
N. C
Jaco
C. BE. Walden
Margaret Cather
Clarksburg
Robinson Grand
Richard Walker
West Washington Street
Valley Inn Roadhouse
Beavers Hints New Teachers Will Be Named
Grafton district board president Wm A Beavers says the entire current staff, with minor exceptions, will likely return for the next term. Changes will be decided at the ward meeting on May 9. Superintendent H A Rice says vacancies will not exist, as applications are already coming in. County Supt Lloyd L Shriver notes no drastic changes planned. several boards have made appointments in outlying districts, including Pennington.
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Grafton
Wm. A.eavers
H. A. Rice
Sime
Lloyd L. Shriver
Pennington
Knottsville and Printytown School Staff Changes
Printytown reports list of new principals and teachers for Knottsville district with changes at Robinson school. New appointments include Park View principal Roy Neylon and assistants Esabella Rogers Virginia Fawcett Virginia Mettler. Millersville and Mount Airy posts filled by named staff. A full county list awaits next week after board meeting statements from Superintendent Rice and President Beavers.
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Knottsville
Printytown
Corn‘well
Ger Rasuusser
Carrie Lyons
Nellie Bennett
Pearl Chenoweth
Lena DeMoes
Robinson School
Selves
Park View
Roy Neylon
Esabella Rogers
Virginia Fawcett
Virginia
Mettler
Lucretia
Verna Summers
Ana] Vreda Rogers
Millersville
Myrtle Anvil
Virginia Wilson
Elzabeth Luzad
Express Stockholders Approve Three for One Split
Directors of the American Railway Express Co propose a three for one stock split and raise authorized capital to 1,500,000 shares. After the split outstanding shares would total about 1,039,260 with an annual dividend rate expected to match the current 3.6 percent. The change also contemplates par value adjustments and other structural edits to the share capital.
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New York
American Railway Express Co
Steck
Rail Way and Express Co. Investment Control Change
The company previously disposed of its business to the Railway Express Agency, Inc. and now operates mainly as an investment trust. It is presently controlled by the Adams Express Co. through this arrangement.
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Railway and Express Company
Railway Express Agency,Inc
Adams Express Co
Hoover signs $4,250,000 plan to eradicate Mediterranean fruit fly
Washington May 3 1947 President Hoover signed a 4.25 million dollar bill to fund the eradication of the Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida. Varis women start a fad carrying venomless serpents as pets. In France young men will be drafted at 21 instead of 20.
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Washington
Florida
Hoover
France
Balloons Race Across Ocean Looms Over Atlantic Flight
New York May 3. A race across the Atlantic by two airships the British R-100 and the German Graf Zeppelin looms today. Robert T Pollock American representative of the Airship Guarantee Company owners of the R-100 spoke on the venture.
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New York
Atlantic
Robert T. Pollock
Airship Guarantee Company
Graf Zeppelin to Take Off for America May 15
News notes plans for the Graf Zeppelin to depart for America on May 15 with a second trip a month later. A potential clash in arrivals could create an awkward situation with limited hydrogen cylinder capacity at Bakehurst naval air station. The British ship carries 45 crew and 10 passengers versus the Graf Zeppelin's 25 passengers.
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America
Mr. Pollock
Naval Air Station
Bakehurst
N. J
Old Employes Aiding Probe On Mellon Stock
Reports from former secretaries of the treasury under Republican and Democratic administrations claim they held corporate stock while in office. The Senate Judiciary Committee weighs Mellon's eligibility as he is a stockholder in various enterprises. The panel has letters and documents from Cortelyou MacVeagh Shay Hamilton and others.
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Washington
George B. Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Franklin MacVeagh
Wilson
Leslie M. Shay
R Rosevelt
Alexander Homilton
the Treasury
Hoover Loses Pounds Through Morning Exercise
Washington reports President Hoover has shed 16 pounds since taking office and now weighs 185, deemed normal for his height. Dr. Joel T. Boone, his physician and gym member, says Hoover is in excellent physical condition, noting a White House entry weight near 200 pounds as a starting point.
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Washington
Hoover
Joel T. Boone
White House
Boone
Early morning exercises boost benefits. volleyball added
Five cars of a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train derailed at Cresson blocking four mainline tracks for hours. Mr and Mrs Paul Malone traveled to Clarksburg and spent the afternoon in that city amid the day’s scattered events.
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Cresson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Paul Malone
Clarksburg
Salmon Loaf Dinner Menu Recipe Fragments
A collage of recipe fragments includes Salmon Loaf with creamed buttered peas biscuits and rhubarb with white cherry desserts and coffee. It also lists mixing steps for salmon loaf white cherry dessert and a dairy note on whipped cream plus laundry tips and borax soak details.
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Sorial
Cal Call Grafton Sentinel
Wistorial Department
Allies Air Society
The
Ladies Aid Society of the
First Baptist Church Met
Beavers
Shriver
Depree Dry Cleaner
Love Drug Co
Potts
Paris
Peter
Nevis
Chinchilla
Diana
Dante
Lucien
Alan Oth
Hunbedg
Foom
Florence Poe Donohue
Blueville
Mellon
Georgette
Burton & Randolph Inc
West Main Street
Dent
Georgette Crepe
Mullen
Tobias Billy Phone
Latrobe Street
Dodge
Willys-Knight
Alexander George
Ponr
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