The Clay's the Thing at Epworth League play
Epworth League at West Main Street presents a three act comedy Friday May 8 at 8 pm in the First Ward school auditorium. Play follows three college boys who discover a beauty clay formula with a plot featuring Jerry Taylor impersonating a woman to enter a beauty contest. Vivian Peters stars with Jane Mahaffey directing. cast includes Jack Norman Luke Calloway and others. Also notes a May 8 broadcast by Miss Margaret Ridenour from Clarksburg, and a T N T Club meeting hosted by Mrs. Earl Bennett with prize winners listed.
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Epworth
Norman
Vivian Peters
Grafton High School
Jane Mahaffey
Jack Norman
Joseph Mahaffey
Luke Calloway
Leo McDougall
Jerry Taylor
Jack
Junior Ball
Dudley Briggs
John Peters
Millie
Briggs
Eloise Lockard
Mary Norman
Claire Hicks
Jessie Stewart
Louise Ringler
Sarah Briggs
Dudley
Clayton Farmer
James Withers
Julia Farmer
Virginia Mahaffey
Thomas Deems
George Peters
Social Calendar for May 7 through 13 in Andrews area
May 7 events include Womans Foreign Missionary Society at Andrews M. E. church at 7 30 p m with Mrs E P Clark and Mrs J H St Clair in charge Amateur radio contest at M P church at 7 30 p m sponsored by Laymans council and The Ladies Aid Church Council and Brotherhood of St Pauls Lutheran church meet at 7 30 p m with hostesses Mrs Thomas Beall and Mrs Roy Withers May 11 birthday dinner of Grafton Quota Club at Cozy Rest at 7 p m reservations by Friday with Miss Bertha Goodwin May 13 weekly Sewing Club at Mrs W P Cannon on East Main street at 8 p m Hannon Mrs A V Riddle Miss Marion Gough and hostess Mrs Bennett Also social: Mrs Vaughn M Kerr entertained Wed nesday afternoon Bridge Club at 1 30 luncheon at Dolly Madison Tea Room in Clarksburg for ten members and two guests then at Mrs Kerrs home in Nichols apartments for bridge prizes to Mrs H R Gibson and Mrs G HA Kunst and Mrs Harold Noble a guest
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T. N. T. Club
Earl Bennett
Grand Street
Charles Hannon
A. V. Riddle
W. P. Clark
East Main ‘Street
W. P. Cannon
Leo Crane
Forrest Crane
T. C. Gough
W. R. Skinner
Earl Ridenour
Johnnie Hoskinson
W. Clark
Charlez
Womans’ Foreign Missionary Society of Andrews M. E. Church
E. P. Clark
J. H. St. Clair
Ladies Aid Church Council
Brotherhood of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Thomas Beall
Roy Withers
Grafton Quota Club
Cozy Rest
Bertha Goodwin
East Main Street
Vaughn M. Kerr
Dolly Madison
Clarksburg
Kerr
Nichols Apartments
H. R. Gibson
HA. Kunst
Harold Noble
W. H. Wilhide
Ed. Steele
E. F. Clark
G. H. A. Kunst
William Myers
Local Business Visitors and Hospital Admission Report
Miss Agnes Tierney and Luke B Ross were business visitors in Philippi yesterday. Bert sel Mayle of Frederick Snare company at the dam was admitted to City hospital for hernia treatment. Ward Blaney, manager of Fetterman station, and Albert Kelley, West side station manager, attended a Standard Oil district meeting at Clarksburg Tuesday night. A similar meeting was held at Fairmont last night with Chester Rogers of Standard Filling station in Fetterman. Mrs D C Peck visited Clarksburg yesterday.
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Agnes Tierney
Luke B. Ross
Philippi
Bertsell Mayle
Frederick Snare Company
City Hospital
Ward Blaney
Fetterman Station
Albert Kelley
West Side
Standard Oil Company
Clarksburgh
Fairmont
Chester Rogers
Standard
Fetterman
D. C
Anthracite Region Celebrates New Labor Pact
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania optimism ran high as a wage conference in New York neared a possible contract between miners and operators. Business leaders bankers and merchants in the anthracite region saw improved confidence amid relief from weeks of deadlock and widespread dependence on the coal industry.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
New York
Marchants
Opposition to Beaver Mahoning Canal Presented to Engineers
In Washington on May 6 a protest from Ashtabula County residents denounces the proposed Beaver Mahoning canal linking the Ohio River to Lake Erie. A petition signed by 3,521 of 4,500 voters argues the project would evict families and ruin Ashtabula port. The district army engineer favors a Rochester Pa to Ashtabula route and the board will decide. Akron also filed a brief, with May 12 the deadline for further briefs and petitions.
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Washington
Ashtabula County
Beaver-Mahoning
Ohio River
Lake Erie
Ipieras
Grand River
Ashtabula
Rochester
Akron
Students Back at Desks As Dispute Stalemated
Washington May 7 The Administrator Harry L. Hopkins told a wartime plan to foster government industry cooperation to boost employment, while considering no permanent relief program for 1937. The disclosure came as the Works Progress Administration announced its 1937 fiscal year plan.
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Washington
Harry L. Bieie Ust
Wengpe Eater
Miller Seeks Gubernatorial Win Opposing New Deal WPA
Ripley judge and Republican candidate Judge Lewis H. Miller denounces New Deal policies and WPA relief, warning the United States risks loss of freedoms. He assails state education and highway systems under current administration, claiming Republican oversight would improve conditions and accountability.
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Philippi
Lewis H. Miller
Administration of Relief
Ripley Jurist
United States
Tax measure attacked by manufacturers in Senate hearing
The National Association of Manufacturers condemned the administration tax bill as economic planning and government regulation. Noel Sargent urged a joint government industry committee to draft reverse legislation. Spokesmen including James A. Emory voiced concerns over tax on undistributed profits, revenue uncertainty, and inequality.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate Finance Committee
Noel Sargent
Sargent
Manufacturers Association
Finance
Harrison
Miss
James A. Emoi
The
Bachelor Supper Party Raided In New York
In New York at dawn plainclothes officers raided an apartment ending a bachelor supper. Three women and 11 men were arrested including a prospective groom. A 22 year old red haired waitress danced unclad. Those present faced charges of indecent performance and disorderly conduct.
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New York
Box Supper and Festival at Lucretia Schoolhouse
Friday May 8 at 7 30 p m Lucretia Schoolhouse hosts a box supper and festival to benefit the school library. Free entertainment draws attendees from the town.
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Lucretia
Famous Bridge: Teacher A Heaven Sent Partner Review
Central Press presents a bridge analysis by E V Shepard detailing a grand slam sequence. North's bids, diamonds and heart ruffs shape the outcome as East defends, with the opening lead of spades and late trump play defining the score and strategy.
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Central Press
E. V. Shepard
South’s grand slam bid in doomed contract
A bridge column notes a cautious South passing and West doubling after a spate of bids. North’s second long suit and the implied defenders shift the outcome, while Ames seeks to explain why a grand slam was pursued despite vulnerability and opponent awareness.
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West
Mr. Ames
South
North
Mother's Day Gift Picks From Local Pharmacies
Remember her next Sunday May 10 with a box of candy from Johnson's Page & Shaw's Apollo and Alice Blue lines. We also offer Mother's Day greeting cards at Red Cross Pharmacy 34 Atsp.
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Johnson's
Page & Shaw's
Apollo
Alice
RED Cross Pharmacy
Atsp
The Ghost Train at Grafton Little Theatre
Rehearsals for Arnold Ridley mystery drama The Ghost Train under Miss Mildred Ann Waters mark the eighth major Little Theatre of Grafton production. The 1934 season began with Mary the Third, then Mary Dugan, Smiling Thru, Shirt Bleeves, Sun Up, The Birds Christmas Carol, and Campus Quarantine, with The Ghost Train slated for May 14 at Grafton High School auditorium.
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Arnold Ridley
Mildred Ann Waters
Little Theater of Grafton
Mary the
Mary Dugan
Little Theatre
Ttheater
Grafton
Grafton High Schol Auditorium
Circuit Court Jurors Dismissed This Week
The circuit court jury was dismissed this week after hearing two suits. A compromise decision was reached in the suit New York Life Insurance Company versus R. H. Sawyer and E. Wayne. Gall confessed judgment of $275 in the United States Fidelity and Guaranty case.
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New York ‘Life Insurance Company
R.H. Sawyer
E. Wayne Gall
United States
Fidelity and Guar
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Jerry Morgan
Margaret Ridenour
WMMN
Miss Ridenour
Smay
Dorsey Ridenour
Thayer Street
Anna Cruise
Cora Atchison
Laymans’ Council
Hannon
Marion Gough
Bennett
W. Main Street
Raps
WPA
State Road Commission
Blames
Buffalo
N.Y
Ames
East
Hearts
Dummy
Declarer
Red Cross Shoes
Bernarrd’s Brownbilt Shoe Store
Bridgeport
Allie Gaines’ Store
West Main Street
Little Theatre Group
Love Drug News
Hollingsworth
Johnstones
Paris
Alka Seltzer
Greyhound Bus
H. L
E. R. Bucklew
H. L. Noble
Nutone
Nucraft
Suntan Theta
Penney
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