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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1939

Page

3

Entertains Club and Aid Society Gatherings Noted

Mrs Harper Wooddell hosts Alibi club on Maple Avenue Tuesday with needlework and refreshments. Lady Nina Nelson and Mrs Grace Frye lead West Main M E church Ladies Aid meeting and bake sale plans. May Day dinner planned by General Women’s club at Cozy Rest May 8. several local groups schedule May events and veteran and church activities.

Harper Wooddell Alibi Club Maple Avertue George Ashby West Boyd Street Sherman Reed A. W. Dean Kenneth Orr Dudley Pauley Ray Beatty Nina Nelson Grace Frye Ladies Aid Society West Main Street M. E C. W. Wells E. L. Lowery Edith Utt Guy Kinter Norine General Woman's Club Cozy Rest Paul P. Warden Friendly Bible First Christian Church Business Girls Club Cozy Best Elizabeth Hoffman Geneva Hilkey G. Minette Watkins The Lutheran Church Maples Avenue Lone of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Aid Society of U. B Ladies of the VFW Baileytown M. P Colored , Sunday Schools Taylor County B. and O. Veterans and Clara Fawyer Quota Club

Visiting Bliss Riley and family guests in Hagerstown

Mr and Mrs Bliss Riley of Hagerstown are visiting this week at the home of Mr and Mrs W C Hanway on Maple avenue Miss Mary Foley returns to Oakland Md after weeks with Miss Nell Fahay on McGraw avenue Private Frank M Ridenour who had been visiting his mother Mrs Artie Ridenour on route 1 has returned to Langly Field Va John Joseph Hussion son of Mr

Bliss Riley Hagerstown W.C. Hanway Maple Avenue Mary Foley Oakland Nell Fahay McGraw Avenue Frank M. Ridenour Artie Ridenour Route 1 Langly Field John Joseph Hussion

Ramsey IIIs Birth in Fort Union Virginia May 2

Mr and Mrs Clyde M Ramsey II announce the birth of a son Clyde Mahone Ramsey III born May 2 in Fort Union Virginia to Evelyn Summers Ramsey former Miss Summers daughter of Mr and Mrs Atwell Summers of Lincoln street New baby joins the Ramsey family line.

Clyde M. Ramsey II Fort Union Clyde Mahone. Ramsey III Ramsey Evelyn Summers Atwell Summers Lincoln Street

Hungary Acts To Limit Jewish Participation In Fields

Budapest May 3 The Hungarian parliament adopted sweeping legislation restricting Jewish involvement in business and professions by a large majority. Jews are capped at six to twelve percent in many fields and barred from public service. Some occupations are closed entirely to Jews and leading roles in journalism theater and film are prohibited. The state may seize farm lands over a half acre owned by Jews with compensation.

Budapest Europe

Maryland Board Rules Miners Not On Strike

The Maryland Unemployment Compensation board ruled that the coal mine shutdown in Maryland does not constitute a labor dispute as applied to individual miners and they should receive unemployment benefits. About 1499 miners idle since April 1 will get weekly payments under the ruling as union leaders and mine operators negotiate a new contract.

Baltimore Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board Maryland

West Virginia Doctors Debate Medical Prepayment Plan

Charleston May 3. Physicians hear a proposal for a statewide prepaid medical and hospital service system aimed at low income groups. County medical societies reviewed the plan but took no formal action.

Charleston West Virginia

Race boerens ae eee ontly headed by Dr. R. J. Wilkinson f Huntington

The article notes a group led by Dr. R J Wilkinson of Huntington will seek ratification of an association. It references a December preliminary report outlining a plan, asserting that initiative is a community responsibility and key to the new framework.

Race Boerens Ae Eee R. J. Wilkinson Huntington Association

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