Quiet Grafton Society Pages Describe Local Events
Grafton society notes report a quiet Knott Sturm Bennett wedding at Oakland Maryland on March 12 with newlyweds Eyna Sturm of Belington and Charles Edward Bennett of Grafton. Other items mention Mrs William Stuck hosting a bridge club, Florida visit by the Wolfes, and readings at a National Poetry and Music Week observance.
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Knott Sturm
Grafton
Oakland
Eyna Mae Sturm
Fatton
Charles Edward Bennett
Re Dansom
Methodist Episcopal Church of
T. J. Sturm
Belington
Belington High School
Grand Street
Bennett
Frank Bennett
Grafton High School
W. St. Charles Street
Woman Writes Broadway Hit in Six Days
New York May 4. Mrs Rosa Franken a young mother of three and wife of Dr Sigmund Franken wrote the play Another Language in six days using a restless typewriter carried through rooms to dodge children. Critics hail it as top class drama though she rarely attends shows.
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New York
Broadway
Rosa Franken
Sigmund Franken
Central Park
Paul
John
Peter
Beauty shop opens in May at West Main Street
Mrs Herbert Evans announces the opening of a beauty shop on Wednesday May 4 at 814 West Main Street. Free facials offered. Mrs Edwin Skaggs, a graduate beauty expert, will assist with hair cuts finger waves and manicuring.
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Herbert Evans
West Main St
Edwin Skaggs
Women’s Club to Dedicate 30 New Trees
The Grafton Woman's Club public welfare group will dedicate 30 trees on Memorial Day at 10:30 a.m. on a platform along Yates Avenue and the Northwestern Turnpike. Master of ceremonies will be Harry C. Compton. O B E Wyckoff will give the address. The Girls Glee Club and American Legion boys will participate. music is coordinated by Mrs. C. F. Shaffer and Mrs. Walter Beall.
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Grafton Woman's Club
Yates Avenue
W. A. Beavers
Harry C. Compton
George Washington
Girls Glee Club
City High
Florence Wilkinson
American Legion Boys
Eva Love
C. F. Shaffer
Walter Beall
Rivalry Shapes Maryland Primary Clash for Repub Nomination
Senator Joseph J. France and President Herbert Hoover faced off in Maryland in the first clear delegate gathering contest of the Republican presidential nomination race.
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Cacod Reas
Joseph J. France
Maryland
Hoover
Breakfast menu and bread recipe with dressing notes
A breakfast spread lists stewed prunes chilled egg omelet French toast and coffee. It includes a moist nut bread recipe with flour sugar dates nuts and sour milk, plus a tangy dressing to pair with salads, made from vinegar water and butter with mustard and paprika.
Women’s club to dedicate trees and planes in memory events
Decorations will be led by Mrs Kenneth Robinson and others as flags adorn trees at Yates Avenue designated for city and county boys who died in World War I. Elms on Northwestern Turnpike will honor George Washington. The public welfare department wrapped its year at the Elks club, electing officers including C F Shaffer as general chairman, with Turner and Love re-elected treasurer and secretary respectively. A September flower show with gladiolas and dahlias was announced involving out of town judges. Tennis courts on Maple Avenue were spruced up with court access by Roy Koch and urged proper shoes, inviting youths to use the facilities at a nominal charge.
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Kenneth Robinson
Clyde Turner
Walter Chrislip
Beavers
Yates Avenue
Northwestern Turnpike
George Washington
Public Welfare Department
Woman's Club
Elks Club
Roy Koch
Former suitor shoots woman then self in Kalamazoo
In Kalamazoo Michigan on May 4 Theodore Crocker a 25 year old taxicab driver and former suitor shot Sylvia Miles 35 a divorcée, killing her as she sat in a car with L D Spencer 62. Crocker then shot himself and is not expected to survive. Spencer as material witness said Miles refused to alight and talk with Crocker.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Sylvia Miles
Theodore Crocker
Crocker
Washington and Jefferson students reject faculty supervision
Washington PA May 4 Undergraduates at Washington and Jefferson College rejected closer supervision of student efforts. The vote reflected a stance against increased faculty oversight on campus activities.
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W. & J. Stude
Washington, Pa
Washington and Jefferon College
Alleged Slayer Fights Extradition in Habeas Corpus Case
John Alberti secured a writ of habeas corpus in Pittsburgh to fight extradition to New Martinsville West Virginia for murder indictment. He challenges being the indicted man. A May 2 hearing was set. Alberti was arrested on WV request amid inquiries into the November 5 1939 slaying of Vido Ascoli.
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Pittsburgh
John Alberti
New Martinsville
W. Va
West Virginia
Vido Ascoli
Rebekahs District Convention Heads To Grafton Lodge
Rebekahs of the district travel to Grafton tomorrow for their annual convention hosted by Beulah Rebekah Lodge. Mrs Rose Murphy past state president serves as hostess. Attending state officers include Edna Postlewaite Ivette Merefield Neva Thorne Rita Pitzer May Currence Salute Recor F I Day Pearl Yest George Fullerton Mrs George Fullerton and R A West all of Morgantown and other nominees confirm a large turnout.
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Rebekahs
Grafton
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Rose Murphy
State Association
Edna Postlewaite
New Martinsville
Assembly
Ivette Merefield
Neva Thorne
Rita Pitzer
Fairmont
May Currence
Salute Recor
F. I. Day
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Ell
Clarksburg
Pearl Yest
Odd Fellows Home Board
Mannington
George Fullerton
Odd Fellows
R. A. West
Morgantown
Spring Signs At Courthouse And Gardens
A spring scene unfolds with the county courthouse doors removed and the double entrance open. William Canfield tends a miniature flower garden between the courthouse and jail as ballots and local officials’ names appear in the page one political tally with multiple candidates and amounts listed for county offices.
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William Canfield
West Main
Police Posters Offer Reward for Pocahontas Wreck
City police received a poster from Norfolk and Western Railway offering a $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the wrecking of the train Pocahontas at Union Siding near Ironton Ohio on April 1. The engineer and firemen of the train were killed.
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Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Union Siding
Ironton
John Orth 82 Noted Pianist Dies in Boston
John Orth an 82 year old pianist and composer died in Boston of influenza He was reputed the last living pupil of Frank Liszt Orth taught in Boston since 187 and lectured on Liszt He began piano at age eight and played organ in churches by age twelve
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Boston
John Orth
Frank Liszt
Liszt
Cobb to Give Derby Talk On Air Tonight
New York May 4 Irvin 8 Cobb humorist to discuss the Kentucky Derby on WEAF NBC at 9 tonight. The program is Grantland Rice's weekly interview.
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Cobb
Derby
New York
Irvin
WEAF
NBC
Grantland Rice
Miss Avis White Omitted From School Test Roll
Central school student Miss Avis White was inadvertently omitted from exam listings 852-6. The incident involved ranking among participants and necessitated correction to include her name.
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Miss White
Ame
Avis White
Man on trial plays cards during court for murder
New York May 4. Hem J Turner on trial for murder drew a deck of cards and began solitaire to pass time. He joked about sending himself to the chair and asked for a cry as the judge pounded the gavel. The cards were swept away by court officials.
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New York
J. Turner
Turner
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Virginia Hanway
Virgil Rohrbaugh
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Charles
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St. Petersburg
Business Girls Club
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Walter ‘Thayer
Clara Korte
Clay Lynch
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Howell
Andrews
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Pearl Hussion
R. L. Clark
Lee Murphy
Luke B. Ross
Woman's Lab
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W. Main St
Womans Club
Mrs
Alexander George
Jolliffe’s OF Quality Merchandise
Coats
Gordon
Watt Raalte
Kayser
Jeff Wagner
Louis Greenwald
Lincoln Street
Wagner
Palm Beach
Thursdy
Court House
Martin Kester
Justice of the Peace
John J. Wittman
M. D. Allender
Byron
Dilworth
Geo. P. Chidester
D.W. Fortney
W. C. ‘Hanway
Ona C. Jefferys
W. the Wells
L. Meade Ford
Jamgy Li Lilly
Elmer L. Phelps
Stanley Fleming
Charles Brinkman
Bruce McIntosh
C. 5 Burke
Cooper Rexroad
Ira Greathouse
Board of Education
Arthur G. Yates
Frank
Keane
Goff McElroy
L. Clelland
Lee E. Bennett
Charles Warder
Theo, Miller
Percy E. Lucas
Harry Friedman
Frank Ross
Commodore Henderson
M. L. Devers
Frank Hollis, Jr
T. T. Withers
G. Ona Sinsel
Frank A. Hinkins
George Radabaugh
House, of Delegates
Dr. F. 8
Suddarth
William F. Stanley
Cecil Radcliffe
Harvey Poe
Constable
H. ¥. Grimies
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William D. Driver
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Tony Olivig
C. V. Smith
C. Dearing
C. P. Green
Troy A. Nico
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Leo Faust
Dy A. Morgan
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BE. M. Doll
George Luzadder
Congressional Committee
T. Murphy
Educat
Harry Batson
M. F.ham
D. Hays
C. Truman Reynolds
L. B. Weaver
Claude R. Knight
Smith
M. W
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Educa
C. W. Withers
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