Hecalums Hold Regular Meeting At Brownlow Park
Mrs Charles Henry Jr hosted the Hecalums for a regular meeting in Brownlow Park with Miss Arlean Moore presiding. Plans were made to initiate new members at Bel Vedere on June 9 and to stage a white elephant sale for the cancer drive at Mrs Albert Pressler’s Washington Street home on May 16. Refreshments followed for members and guests including Miss Nellie Cook sponsor Miss Mary Lough Miss Arlean Moore and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry, Jr
Brownlow Park
Arlean Moore
Bel Vedere Club
Albert Pressler
Washington Street
Nellie Cook
Mary Lough
Robert Denton
Jean Batson
Elizabeth Rendle
Arthur Marshall
Eugene Reed
George Norris
W. C. Borneman
William F. Borneman
Margaret Knight
Charles Henry
Danny
Mrs Walter Lucas Hosts Bluesville Kings Daughters Class
The Kings Daughters class of Bluesville Methodist church met at Mrs Walter Lucas home for a meeting led by Mrs Raphael Turnley. President Mrs Myrtle Brown conducted the business session. A social hour followed with refreshments for members and guests. Mrs William Myers will host the June meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Daughters
Bluesville Methodist Church
Walter Lucas
Raphael Turnley
Myrtle Brown
Mytle Brown
Walter Knotts
Mona Garlow
Charles Rogers
J. Guy Allender
Homer Murphy
J. W. Travis
William Myers
Lumber Group Holds Meeting in Lucretia West Virginia
The West Virginia Lumber and Builders' Supply Dealers' Association held its monthly gathering at W. A. Woodyard’s home in Lucretia. Dinner was served at seven with a regular meeting to follow. Attendees included Rufus Lassell Sabraton Charles Thorn Ralph Thorn Arch Meredith John Barr T. O. Haugh Sam Diemer and many Woodyard family members among others from Fairmont Lumberport Mannington Rivesville Clarksburg and Grafton. The list reflects regional participation from multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Lumber and Builders’ Supply Dealers’ Association
W. A. Woodyard
Lucretia
Ste Bers
Mr. Majors
Rufus Lassell
Sabraton
W. Va
Charles P. Thorn
Ralph Thorn
Everett Thorn
Moprantown
Charles C Meredith Arch Meredith
John F. Barr
Charles F. Osborne
T. O. Haugh
Sam H Diemer
William W. Samples
Cam, Conaway
Fairmont
Hartsell Turner
Earl Turner
Clarksburg
Blair Hill
J. R. Horner
A. C. Stackpole
Lumberport
Glenn H. Chambers
Rivesville
H. H. Hughes
Roy B. Eshenbaugh
Eugene W. Cunningham
Robert W.targart
Mannington
Charles Green
Nathaniel Jack
Woodyard
West Main Street WSCS Meeting Notes
The WSCS of West Main Street Methodist Church met in the church hall at 7 30 p m. Mrs L W Kinter and Rev J B Staley led devotionals. President Mrs C W Wells conducted a business session, planning routine matters for next month. Hostesses Mrs George Coulson and Mrs Grace Frye served refreshments to 14 members and 3 guests. May Day decorations featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
West-Main Street
L. W. Kinter
J. B. Staley
C. W. Wells
George Coulson
Grace Frye
Summers Family Reunion Set For August at Pisgah Church
The Summers family announces its annual reunion will take place on the second Sunday in August 1946 at Pisgah Church on route 73 in Morgantown. Glair Summers serves as president and issued the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summers
Pisgah Church
Route 73
Morgantown
Glair Summers
Community church and club events May schedule
May entries list WSCS circles at St. John s Methodist East Boyd street and 129 East Long street meetings at 7 30 p m with chairmen named. Red Cross sewing at 1 to 4 p m. Mountain City council 49 B of A meets 7 30 p m draping at 7 p m. Other groups include St Paul s Lutheran Missionary Society May 10 at 8 00 p m review They Found The Church There and World War II Mothers club 7 30 p m May 10. May 11 Senaca Senior 4-H hosts Mother's Day tea at Miss Nancy Smith s home 3 00 p m May 13 Circle 2 St Paul s Methodist 310 McGraw Ave May 13 White Rose Grove No 2 Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle 7 30 p m K of P hall May 14 Mrs John R Davis reviews The Gauntlet at St Paul s Lutheran one o clock luncheon May 16 WCTU missionary tea at Andrews church note date change May 22 WMC First Brethren church at Mrs Paul Rogers Bluemont Street</S>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle No
WSCS
St. John’s Methodist Church
W. J. Richardson
East Boyd Street
The
First Brethren Church
Red Cross
Circle 2
Russell DeMoss
East Long Street
Stanley Nicola, Jr
Mountain City Council
Wehn
Women's Missionary Society of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Earl Jenkins
Fetterman Methodist Church
Mother's Club
Senaca
Nancy Smith
Circle
St Paul's Methodist Church
McGraw Avenue
White Rose Grove
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
K of P. Hall
John R. Davis
Gaugtelet
Book Review
St. Paul's Luthern Church
WCTU
the Andrew's Church
WMC
First Brethren ‘Church
Paul Rogers
Bluemont Street
Nellie McDade Hosts WSCS Meeting at Maple Avenue
Mrs Nellie McDade entertained the WSCS group of Andrew's Methodist Church for their regular meeting yesterday afternoon at 1 30 p m at her Maple avenue home. Herbert Loudin led devotionals followed by business. Refreshments were served to Mrs Loudin Mrs White Mrs Newman Mrs Goff Mrs Seymour Mrs Shanholtz Mrs Williams Mrs McKain Mrs Fawley Miss Stuck and the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie McDade
WSCS
the Andrew's Methodist Church
Maple Avenue
Herbert Loudin
J. C. Shanholtz
Walter Williams
Paul McKain
Mabel Fawley
Elizabeth Stuck
McDade
Churchill Sees Close East West Ties As Path To Peace
Churchill hailed a 20 year Soviet friendship treaty as a guarantee of peace and welcomed a proposed Franco British pact. He urged closer ties among Western democracies and stressed the value of friendship as a world stabilizer. The remark followed a note about a firefly being a beetle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Churchill
Britain
Soviet Union
France
Europe
NOW SHE SHOPS CASH AND CARRY
A rough, ad style notice promoting Dosia’s kidney health remedy tied to backache and urinary symptoms. Claims of toxin removal and energy boost with long marketing history. Includes urging readers to consult a druggist for Dosia’s product and references to heavy use over four decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
Weekend Guests and Visits Mark Local Social Round
Weekend guests included Mrs Henry W LaHere and Paul LaHere of Akron visiting West Main Street hosts J M Riffee, with Mrs Paul LaHere and son Michael accompanying home. Also Dr Harry Fleming and son Harry Jr visit O J Fleming, planning to practice in Fairmont after army discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. LaHere
Paul LaHere
Akron
Ohio
J. M. Riffee
West Main Street
Michael
Daisy Stanley
Mable
Bentons Ferry
Elsie Moran
Betty Bartlett Moran
Fairmont
Tom Haskins
Morgantown
W. B. Henderson
Harry Fleming
Harry, Jr
Dr. Fleming
O. Jay Fleming
Walnut Street
Grain price ceilings take effect May 13 in UNRRA world crisis
OPA announces grain price ceilings effective May 13 with boosts in corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, and grain sorghums, plus increases for protein feeds. Higher grain costs may reduce meat supplies later as farmers curtail grain feeding, leading to heavier marketing of fowls and livestock. UNRRA council convenes to receive LaGuardia's brief on the world food relief situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNRRA
LaGuardia
Open-cut-flat frock pattern 9339 promises easy sewing
Front-buttoner frock with soft bow and top bodice flatters all figures. Pattern 9339 offers sizes 14 through 42, 2½ yards of 39 inch fabric for size 16, and costs 20 cents plus a Marian Martin Fall and Winter Pattern Book for 15 cents. Include name address zone, send to New York pattern dept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Sentinel
Pattern Dept
P. O
Station O
New York
Marian Martin
Rail and Water Transport Face Major Strike Threats
The AFL coal strike spreads disruption as Ford, GM, and Chrysler announce plant shutdowns affecting tens of thousands. A nationwide walkout by the National Maritime Unions could begin June 15 over wage and working conditions, while 14 railroad brotherhoods plan a strike vote in six weeks. Officials warn idle workers exceed one million nationwide amid fuel shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Ford
Detroit
National Convention of Maritime Unions
AFL
San Francisco
BE. Jones
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Denison
Tex
Sampler pattern and needlework offer from Grafton Sentinel
A home crafts notice invites readers to send fifteen cents for Pattern 77442 a sampler transfer measuring 13 1 4 by 15 1 2 inches. Address requests to The Grafton Sentinel New York P O Box 177 Station 0 NY. Also offers a 1945 Needlework Book with 94 illustrations and a free crochet bag pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
P. O
New York
N. Y
Rail unions plan strike votes and wage demands
Non operating unions totaling over a million workers will vote on strike between May 20 and June 15. Brotherhoods seek a 14 cent hourly raise in addition to 16 cents awarded by a recent arbitration. A May 18 strike is set by the Brotherhoods of Railroad Trainmen and Locomotive Engineers, over 200,000 workers, while conductors switchmen and locomotive firemen and enginemen threaten a ballot unless a $1.20 raise is granted.
Baltimore supervisors meet with boards in consolidation plan
On May 1, 1946, Evens C Crow and Homer Respess aided a combined Production Credit Association and National Farm Loan Association Board of Directors in organizing unified operations. The plan benefits farmers across Taylor and neighboring counties and aligns with Farm Credit Administration goals. All staff become joint employees of both organizations. SOIL CONSERVATION The 0.7 acre pond fill at Industrial Farm Pruntytown using the Turnapul loads about two cubic yards per trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Evens C. Crow
Production Credit Corporation of Baltimore
Homer Respess
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
Production Credit Association
National Farm Loan Association Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Taylor, Harrison
Lewis Upshur
Webster
Braxton
Gilmer
Ritchie
Doddridge
Wetzel
Pleasants
Marion
Monongalia
Preston
Tyler
Farm Credit Administration
Pruntytown
Farm Diversions Protect Crops With New Ditching
Equipment is at work on A B Shroyer farm on Knotts ville Road constructing a fill. C J Burton and Hercules Powder Company with Soil Conservation Service used over five hundred pounds of ditching powder to build 1300 feet of stream channel on Howard Williams farm last week. Virgil Bolyard finished a 175 foot diversion. John J Martin completed 400 feet. Diversions carry surface water off a one percent slope to save cropfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Shroyer
Knottsville
C. J. Burton
Hercules Powder Company
Soil Conservation Service
Howard Williams
Virgil Bolyard
John J. Martin
Truman Forces Subsidy Debate in Senate House Deadlock
The Senate approved subsidies for new homes while the House rejected them 161 to 92. Conferees failed to reconcile, prompting Spence to propose instructing House conferees to concur with the Senate bill but with the subsidy cut from 600 million to 400 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Spence
Funeral services scheduled for Friday and Saturday
The B. of R. T. holds special services at the late Frank A. Wunvuiu's home at 7:30 p.m. tonight and 8 p.m. Friday. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Paul H. McKain officiating, interment in Bluemont Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wunvuiu
B. of R. T
Paul H. McKain
Bluemont
Defense Moves Toward Close Of Kidnap Case
Lehman Johnson 21 of Proctorville and two others faced cross examination as the federal kidnapping case neared its end. Johnson said the abductors vehicle had open front windows and described Mollie Gossett 32 and her daughter 18 as appearing in good condition despite the January 10 incident. Co-defendants Jack Diamond 23 and Bernard Carico 20 of Chesapeake disputed the women’s account of being forced into the car and transported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Lehman Johnson
Proctorville
Johnson
U. S
Philip A. Baer
Mollie Gossett
Jack Diamond
Bernard Carico
Chesapeake
Athletes Foot Cure Claims Fast Result in One Hour
Ad promotes TEOL fungicide with 90 percent alcohol as a strong treatment for athlete's foot. It promises rapid relief and claims deep penetration to reach more germs. The notice appears as an in-store drug-store promotion attributed to Malone's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malone
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Lumber Group
Mrs
Nettie Satterfield
Virginia
Glen Crouse
Rosemont
Carolyn Sue
Della Shaffer
G. D. Keener
George, Jr
Margie
Frances
June
Eileen Bush
Point Pleasant
I. Wade Lambert
Albert Zumbro
Boyd Street
AML
Howe
Farm and Home News
Truman Forces
Frank A
Malone’s Drug & Chemical
Freaque Lenan
Ske
Greyhound
Washington
East
Greyhound Terminal Union Drug CO
U.S. Pat
South American
Panama
U. S. Pat
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