Grafton High School presents student program and Moose club gala
The Grafton High School under Miss Klaude Spaur showcased a varied program at the assembly period featuring announcements, readings, solos, playlets, and a Freshman band, with student directors and cast including Kenneth Knox Sylvia Mason and Mary Keyser among others. Meanwhile the Moose club opened with a gala night hosting many townspeople, offering beer and soft drinks and a fine ballroom floor as it expects a successful season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wite Frentman
Grafton High School
Klaude Spaur
Kenneth Knox
Sylvia Mason
Baby
Joyce McKinney
Doris Jean Byers
Mary Jane Poling
Billy Beall
Jorie Cole
Jean
Maxine Corbin
Mary Keyser
Hazel McDaniel
Virginia Marshall
Eloise Leonard
Emma Marshall
Frances Marshall
Eloise Lockard
Alice Phillips
Aline Phillips
Dorothy Willey
Richard Leonard
Turker
James Sterling
Eyvere
Margaret Larue
James Maysilles
Betty Knight
Lorraine McCartney
Carl Nine
Doran Morison
Nettie Tennie
Helen Manning
Richard McProuty
Florence Carroll
Arthur Poling
Moose Club
Lawrence Flana
Goudy
Moose
May social calendar lists several club meetings and events
The May schedule lists Women’s Benefit Association meeting at Redman’s hall 7 30 p m and dinners and gatherings for Grafton Woman’s Club Elks Home May 4. Quota Club Cozy Rest 6 15 p m May 4. R N A Camp 3996 with Mrs Eunice Carroll Addison Street special meeting. A O H Ladies Auxiliary Knights of Columbus hall 8 p m May 4. St Paul’s Methodist missionary society 2 30 p m May 5 with Mrs C H Pauley and Mrs Ernest Mason missionary book review by Mrs Ernest McDaniel. May 5 Woman’s Club Public Welfare dept 2 30 p m Elks club large attendance. Sunshine Band social May 5 at Ruth Bumgardner’s home 7 30 p m. May 5 Joint Business Girls and Kiwanis Cosy Rest 6 15 p m reservations through Helen Brown or Jerry Morgan. May 6 Woodman’s Circle White Rose Grove No 2 7 30 p m Redmen’s hall. May 7 Amateur radio contest M P church 7 30 p m Laymans council with local talent including Helen Moran Nancy Deegan Flo rend and Avanelli. Nancy Jones and Nancy Two act. Jack Beatty orchestra.
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Women's Benefit Association
Redman’s Hall
Grafton Woman's Club
Elks Home
Quota Club
Cozy Rest
Eunice Carroll
Addison Street
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
A. O. H. Lodge
Knights of Columbus
Woman's Home Missionary Society
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
C. H. Pauley
Ernest Mason
Ernest McDaniel
Woman's Club Public Welfare Department
Elks Club
Sunshine Band
U. B
Ruth Bumgardner
Business Girls
Kiwanians
Cosy Rest
Helen Brown
Jerry Morgan
Woodman's Circle
White Rose Grove No. 2
Redmen's Hall
Womans' Foreign Missionary Society of Andrews
M. E. Cehurch
E. F. Clark
J. H. St. Clair
M. P. Church
Laymans’ Council
Farewell Party Held For Lawrence Brown At West Grafton
Florine Friedman entertained eighth grade classmates from West Grafton school with a surprise farewell party for Lawrence Brown. The guest of honor, bound for Weston West Virginia, joined friends at 510 Maple Avenue at eight for games and music.
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Lawrence Brown
Florine Friedman
West Grafton
Weston
W. Va
Friedman
Maple Avenue
Lawrence
Mastering Bridge Says Shift Not To Diamonds On Doubles
Central Press column explains bridge bidding logic with a sample hand. It argues never shift to a higher contract merely because partner has been doubled, and analyzes why South chose 6 Diamonds or Hearts to optimize score. The piece illustrates how the 26 cards held by the side trump individual hands in determining the best contract.
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North
Hearts
South
Dlamonda
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed
Readable puzzle fragment lists across and down clues with numbered entries. Clues include plane figures, central be having four ninsula of angles and south Asia, etc. The text shows garbled OCR errors but preserves many clue prompts and numbering for Across and Down sections.
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Angles
South Asia
Noah
Wyoming
Bo Bare
Local society notes and club events featured in Grafton paper
Community pages detail a baby birth announced by Mr and Mrs A Ray Shaw Jr and a radio contest hosted by Layman's Council of the Methodist Protestant church with Mitch and His Gang at WMMN Fairmont. Names listed include Eve lyn Poling Jean Shingleton Virginia Lee Ridenour and many others. An added door prize offers a real live baby.
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Aift
Evelyn Poling
Jean Shingleton
Virgina Lee Ridenour
Regis Kirk
Marguerite Logsden
Mary Elizabeth Kirk
Edna Lough
Gertrude Sommerville
Mary Ellers
Mary Ellen St. Clair
Dorothy Douglass
Doris Jean Bolyard
Nancy Lough
Arion
Thiodeau
Jorine Friedman
Lee Jones
Frank Luzader
John Paul Floyd
Richard Leonard
James Riley
Frances Shaffer
Bill Slack
John Fawcett
Kenneth Grinnan
Frank Shaw
Law! i
The
Methodist Protestant Church
Mitch
WMMN
Fairmont
Culilehu Lue Nunuls
A. Ray Shaw, Jr
Russell
West Main Street
DeMoss
Clyde Richman
C. F
May Hannon
Grafton
Sidrow
City Hospital
General Radio Shop
Child Born to Mrs Shaw weighs seven pounds
Ray Shaw III weighed seven pounds and three quarters at birth to Mrs Patricia Madden Shaw of West Washington Street. Mrs Madden is daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Madden. Mr Shaw works at Grafton Drug and Chemical Company.
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Ray Shaw
Local residents and visitors share weekend scenes in Grafton and Fairmont
William Gates of Fairmont visits Grafton on business. Fairmont hosts include Mr and Mrs Joe Dunham visiting Mrs Anna Heflin with friends from Potomac State College. George Flanagan and others from Georgetown and Potomac State attended weekend gatherings. A boy named Charles Paul Martin broke his left arm playing. locals travel to Baltimore and Washington for medical care and family visits.
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William Gates
WPA
Fairmont
Grafton
Joe Dunham
Baltimore
Moore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Charles Woodyard
Jessie Lee Valentine
William
Edwin Valentine
City
Blackwater Falls
Edwin
Howard Hefner
Thayersstreet
Harold
Washington, D. C
Charles Englehardt
NRS
Parkersburg
Pillagers of Legation Hold Off In Ethiopian Capital
Engert reported a small American and native guard at the legation repelled attackers while most staff left on urgent errands. He evacuated women and children to the British compound, saying he would defend the fragile post until Italian troops arrive to restore governance after Haile Selassie’s departure. An Ethiopian citywide alcohol craze followed the sacking.
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Engert
Legation
Hull
Ed Engert
Navy
State Department
Cornelius van H. Engert
Haile Selassie
Chapter 38 A Visitor Tests Thora at Gooden Acres
Dorothy Steele visits Thora Dahl at the Marsh house aiming to curry favor and ease Wilma’s social duties. The talk reveals Wilma’s engagement to Mr Babbas, Thora’s guarded curiosity, and Mrs Steele’s polished help offer as she hints at future entertaining duties and potential social pressure on Thora.
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Thora
Dorothy Steele
Miss Dahl
Mrs. Steele
Dorothy
Selwyn
Phora
Wilma
Mr. Babbas
Shermat Gordon
Sherm
Courss
Acres 81S
Alou
Marsh
Chaos in mountain city as mob violence erupts
Disorder driven by drink and defeat unleashes looting and massacre as bullets fly. An American woman missionary Mrs. N A Stadin of Loma Linda California is killed by a stray bullet at the Seventh Day Adventist mission headquarters. Corpses dot the streets while mobs roam. Engert plans defense against mobilized attack.
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Legation
N. A. Stadin
Loma Linda
Calif
Seventh Day Adventist Missions
Engert
Chie
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Fairmont State College
Gamma Chi Chi Sorority
Helen Moran
W. M. Moran
East Washington Street
Nancy Deegan
W. C. Deegan
MclGraw Avenue
Floreng and
Avanelli
Nancy Jone
Nancy Two
Cookie
Mflower
Cigaret Girl
Jack Beatty
Central Press
E. V. Shepard
Daily Cross
Lez
Yee
Baron von Blomberg
Frederic E. Snow
William Frary von Blomberg
Boston
Star Sewing Club
Ernest L. Reed
Knotts Avenue
Vernie Settler
Dorotha McCue
Reed
Mildred Hilkey
Eva Knight
Agnes McKeen
Flossie Messenger
Amanda Renner
Mae Reed
Rockwell
Della Wittman
Dorothy McCue
Girl
Marinello Beauty Shop
Main Street
McCrory
Salvation Army Home Service Campaign
Grafton and Taylor County
Salvation Army
Taylor County
Fountain Cut Rate Drug Store
Grafton, W. VA
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