Senior Play Plans Ready at Riverside Friday May 17
The senior play Our Town by Thornton Wilder, directed by Miss Ruth Batten, will be presented at the new high school auditorium on Riverside Drive Friday May 17. The production follows Grover's Corners through a day in the lives of the Gibbs and Webb families and centers on a wedding, then ends at the cemetery with reflections on memory, joy, and the future.
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Our Town
Thornton Wilder
Ruth Batten
Auatorium
Riverside Dlive
Grover's Corners
New Hampshire
Gibbs
George Bibbs
Dale Lockard
Emily Webb
Mary Ellen Sinclair
Make A Kitchen Gay Pattern 6709 Offer
Slog for a sewing pattern labeled 6709 promises a transfer pattern for two pot holders and case with illustrated stitches. Readers are instructed to mail ten cents to a New York department to obtain the pattern, requesting name address and pattern number.
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Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Faculty announces student and staff for the year
John T. Evans lists a long roster of names including Nancye Lough James Cole James Riggleman Geraldine Jones Betty Miller Jean Yates William Bennett Eiia Grow Regis Kirk Freda Moats Jean Shmpleton Evelyn Isner James Providfoot Helen Jewell Lynette Baker Norman Edward Brown The business staff announced by H S Haselden includes Joan Reaer Mildred K Zarl Brows George Brown Rosemary New come Constance Reed Kathleen Watkins Compton Pembroke and Charles Bell The chief usher is Miss Gladys Hickman assisted by student ushers Dorothy Douglas Dorsey Bolyard Betty Carruthers William Graham Geraldine Gibson Glen Kann Mary Parrish James Newton Sylvia Lucas Benjamin Wilson Fusey Woodward and Walter Wa
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John T. Evans
Nancye Lough
James Cole
James Riggleman
Geraldine Jones
Betty Miller
Jean Yates
William Bennett
Eiia Grow
Regis Kirk
Freda Moats
Jean Shmpleton
Evelyn Isner
James Providfoot
Helen Jewell
Lynette Baker
Norman Edward Brown
8. H. Haselden
Joan Reaer
Mildred K
Zarl Brows
George Brown
Rosemary New
Come
Constance Reed
Kathleen Watkins
Compton Pembroke
Charles Bell
Gladys Hickman
Dorothy Douglas
Dorsey Bolyard
Betty Carruthers
William Graham
Geraldine Gibson
Glen Kann
Mary Parrish
James Newton
Sylvia Lucas
Benjamin Wilson
Fusey Woodward
Walter Wa
War Relief Drive Planned By Red Cross
Washington May 10. A 10 million dollar war relief drive was announced by the American Red Cross as the European war expands into Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Chairman Norman H. Davis urged Americans to respond quickly and generously to support relief for women children and the aged amid looming suffering. He said each of the 3 700 local chapters had been notified of its quota.
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Washington
American
Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Davis
Roosevelt plans fourth reorganization name Hinckley as assistant secretary
President Roosevelt intends to place the Civil Aeronautics Authority under the Commerce Department and probably will nominate Robert H. Hinckley, chairman of the Aeronautics Authority, to serve as assistant secretary of commerce as part of his fourth reorganization.
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Roosevelt
Robert H. Hinckley
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Aeronautics
Commerce Department
May Procession at St Augustine Church Honors May Queen
The annual May Procession at St Augustine church begins Sunday at 2 30 PM with students and altar boys forming a formal route from the schoolyard to the church. The procession features the cross bearer, girls in white wreaths, and a May Queen crowned from the youngest student, Geraldine Dougherty. The event includes litany, hymns, a concluding Act of Consecration, a sermon by Reverend Charles Carroll, and Benediction, drawing a diverse audience from the school and community.
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St. Augustine Church
Father Hannon
Charles Carroll
Bripeport
Geraldine Dougherty
West
Washington Street
Barbara Cannon
Anna May Saccone
Grafton
Elderly Woman Dies After Auto Hit Near Verdunville
Logan report says Mrs Belle Reed aged 67 died from injuries after being struck by an automobile while walking along the highway near Verdunville. She died today in a Holden hospital.
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Logan
Belle Reed
Verdunville
Holden
Manhattan's First Door-Woman Opens Hats in Bowery
Frances Baker, 30, of Brooklyn, is New York's first door-woman. She opens doors for a Manhattan hat shop, her natty attire and jaunty straw hat drawing stares from passersby.
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Frances Baker
Brooklyn
New York
Manhattan
Department Stores In District Show Gains
Richmond Virginia May 10 The fifth federal reserve district reports that first four months of 1940 saw store sales rise 6.7 percent from the previous year April sales up 2.3 percent but only 19 of 33 stores reported higher than 1939 Richmond declines three percent with Huntington and Charleston West Virginia also showing drops.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
Statistical Bureau
Huntington
Charleston
West Virginia
Death of Howard Kline 66 Dies at Daughter’s Home
Howard Lee Kline 66 a coal miner and longtime Virginia native died at 1:35 am at his daughter Mrs. Curley Eisner’s home 615 Beech Street after Christmas illness. Born May 5 1874 in Virginia son of Hiram and Julia Pryor Kline survived by seven children Orval Lee of Omaha Ola Beard Cassville Dorsey Kline Grafton Clara Clingan Grafton Robert Edward Kline Olympia Dorley Eisner and George Lantz both of this city. He was a Methodist and recently resided in Wendel. The body lies in state at Bartlett Funeral Home Beech Street until Sunday morning.
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Howard Lee Kline
Curley E. Eisner
Beech Street
Virginia
Hiram
Julia Pryor Kline
Cornelia Lowman
Orval Lee
Omaha
Neb
Ola Beard
Cassville
Dorsey
Kline
Grafton
Clara
Clingan
Robert Edward
Olympia
Wash
Dorley Eisner
George Lantz
Wendel
Methodist Church
Bartlett
Remains Sent to Bloomington Methodist Church for Last Rites
Remains will be taken to the Methodist church at Bloomington Maryland for last rites at 2 p m with Rev Garland Howard officiating Burial will be in the church cemetery.
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Methodist Church
Bloomington
Garland Howard
Belgium Appeals for Allied Help Amid German Invasion
The Belgium government urged France and Britain to aid immediately as German forces invade Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Martial law is proclaimed and the king drafts notes for neutral nations. Hospitals are set ablaze and ambulances race through Brussels while dispatch riders patrol streets. The radio warns of parachutists and saboteurs as leaflets claim Britain is attacked.
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Cro
Tae
Britain
France
Paul Henri Spaak
Mortsel
Germany
Berlin
Great Britain
Brussels
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxemburg
Hauge
Postmaster General backs Jennings Randolph bid
May 10 Randolph endorsement from Postmaster General James A. Farley supports the reelection of Elkins Democrat Jennings Randolph who represents West Virginia’s second district.
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Terra Alta
James A. Farley
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
Fashion pattern ad for Claire Tilden summer dress
The note promotes Pattern 143 for a summer bolero dress in white sharkskin with side panels and simple construction. It highlights a two piece outfit with a contrasting bolero, easy cutting, and optional tiny buttons. Available misses sizes 12 through 20 with fabric yardage and price details, and orders directed to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Department in New York.
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Claire Tilden
Grafton Sentinel Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
New York
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