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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1949

Page

3

Mrs Earl Stimson speaks on the poet and ourselves at church meeting

The Book Review Art and Literature Department of the Woman's Club praised Mrs Earl Stimson for her talk on The Poet and Ourselves at St Paul's Methodist Church. She linked readers with poets, referenced Robert Silliman Hillyer, and shared her own verse. Four members attended as guests, with new officers announced for the coming year.

St. Paul's Methodist Church Book Review Art and Literature Woman's Club Earl Stimson New England Robert Hillyer Charles >Rickett T. M. Beall Beryl Jones M. B. MacLeod G. H. A. Kunst William D. Fisher Emily Dougher

Bargain Sale of New and Nearly New Merchandise

A regional listing advertises discounted items from a store on Latrobe Street including a baby playpen, vacuum cleaner attachments, enamel medicine cabinet, steel kitchen stool, oak dinette set, baby tenda chair and pad, exhaust fan, bed with springs and mattress, art stilts, a diamond ring, hearing aid, Schrader tire gauge, grocery cart, filing cabinet and hotel carpeting offered at reduced prices. Many prices are cited with cent and dollar amounts for immediate sale.

Eureka Babee Schrader Latrobe ST. Es

Garden Walks Practical Foundations For Brick And Stone

Garden walks must be solidly founded to avoid repairs. The guide details brick walk base with 5 inches soil, 3 inches cinders, 2 inches compact, then 1 inch sand and bricks. Bricks start at edges with crown to shed water, typical width around 3 feet, stepping stones require 18 inches to 2 feet. For curved paths use a hose to shape. Flagstone walks rest on porous base with 1.5 inch sand cushion and joints 1 to 1.5 inches wide, up to 3 inches max. Turf plants fill joints for informal garden walks.

Dean Centr Alusdat I Press Association

Plan Sewing Exhibit At High School May 13

A sewing exhibit will be held in the Senior High sewing rooms Friday May 13 from 6 to 8 pm and after the play. First and second year classes taught by Miss Nellie Cook and Miss Hazel Cole display garments reflecting the typical American girl. Cole reports 160 garments by 32 students, materials cost about 484 dollars, garments valued at 926 dollars, saving 442 dollars for the girls overall. The public is urged to attend to support the class. The mention of ingots appears as a filler note about mill steel.

Nellie Cook Hazel Cole Miss Cole

Community events and club meetings schedule May 8 19

A dense list of local church gatherings, club sessions, auxiliary meetings, and social events spanning May 8 through May 19. Activities include Methodist services at Andrews and St Johns churches, Womans Club music dinner, WCTU meeting, American Legion sessions, garden club talks on Daffodils, Oddfellows ham supper, and Mother and Daughter banquet. Notable dates and venues include VFW hall Latrobe street, Hotel Grafton, Knottsville, and Tygart Dam.

University of Life Andrews St. Johns Ladies Society of the B. of L VFW Neva Brewer The Womans Club J. E. Rupert Beech Street WCTU First Baptist Church Ladies Auxiliary Ameri+ Legion Taylor ' Dirty Unit Legion Latrobe Street Taylor County American Legion Sadie’s Auxiliary Fire Department Oddfellows O.F Taylor County Garden Club Arthur W. Wilson Knottsville Fred G. Ballard Mountaineer Council United American Mechanics East Main Street Beta Sigm. Phi’s Hotel Grafton King’s Daughters Bible Class Blueville Mary Jean Grinsen Fisher St. John's Methodist Church Mildred Combs Tygart Dam

Social Notes Highlight Visits and Honors in Shinnston Area

House guests return to Coraopolis and Mt. Lebanon after visiting the Hefner family on Thayer street. Sunday callers at the Shaffer home on Pruntytown Pike include Mrs. L. B. Shaffer and others from Webster Knottsville Youngstown and Sim pson. Mary Jane Brown earns a four year WVU radio history quiz scholarship. Reverend Brown once led St. Paul's Methodist in Grafton. Mrs. Wongcott returns from Youngstown to Knottsville. Sayres and McDaniel family attend Leader's Training at Jackson's Mill. Birth announced for Kathleen Ann Kirkpatrick at Fairmont State Hospital weighing seven pounds. Hubert Hefner is inducted into Eta Kappa Nu Beta Rho chapter. Co-hostesses Nessie Floyd and Laura Beall remind of date change.

W. C. Raddant W. E. Starcher Coraopolis Pennsylvania O. A. Rector Mt. Lebanon Dora Hefner Thayer Street George Shaffer Pruntytown Pike L. B. Shaffer Webster A. L. Wonycott Knottsville Barbara Wonycott Youngstown Ohio Paul Poling Lucretia Thelma Garrett Simpson Brown Mary Jane Brown D. B. Brown Shinnston West Virginia University St. Paul's Methodist Church Grafton Paul Kircpatrick Fairmont Kathleen Ann Earl Gower Murs. T.T. Kirkpatrick

Visits and hospital notes from the region

No standing. William E. Byers of the State Road Commission spent the weekend with his mother Mrs Hazel Byers of McGraw avenue. Mrs W L Shaffer of Christiana street has returned home after visiting daughter and son in law Mrs and Mr Dan Keenan of the Royal York apartment in Pittsburgh. A dinner at Longue Vue Country Club honored Mr Keenan, president of Carnegie Gas Co, on his birthday and Mrs Shaffer. Hospital news lists several admissions and discharges from local facilities including Libby Paige Cathy McDaniel Ola DeMoss Laura Williams Sadie Buckingham Mary Wolfe Faye Halbritter Maude Bartlett and others.

William E. Byers State Road Commission Charleston Hazel Byers McGraw Lin Pittsburgh W. L.snaffer Christiana Street Dan 8 Keenan Royal York Pittsburgh Hospital Libby Jean Paige Ross Street Cathy McDaniel Ola DeMoss Laura Williams Thornton Sadie Buckingham Rowlesburg Mary E. Wolfe Tunnelton Faye Halbritter Maude Bartlett McGraw Avenue Lee Earl Knight Washington Street David Pritt Kingwood Helen Hufford West Francis Walter Glenn Bolyard Mary Boliner Piedmont Avenue

Men's Brotherhood Meeting at Fawcett House

The Lutheran commission in New York discussed placing displaced persons on farms and homes in the United States during a meeting of the Men's Brotherhood at Mr and Mrs D E Fawcett's Blueville home. A song service opened the gathering led by Reverend Z F K Roof at the piano.

United States Tthe Lutheran Commission New York Men's Brotherhood of the Lutheran Church D. E. Fawcett Blueville Z. F. K. Roof Robert Grayson Elbert Rhodes Amil Kinsler Lloyd Nuzum Ed Tansill Ray Withers William Rendle, Sr Joe Fawcett Mr. Fawcett

Music Hungry Given A Lovely Meal

Shirley Moore reviews the Community Chorus Spring Concert praising the Gypsy Choral Fantasie and strong preparation. Director Mrs Lawson, pianist Mrs Warden, and the mixed chorus display team spirit. Nancy Staley delivers My Hero with lyric soprano, while Mrs Abe Tackett and Mrs Frank Randolph carry rhythm.

Lawson Warden Mesdames Donald Malone Rex Pyles Philippi Nancy Staley Hero Abe Tackett Frank Randolph

Grafton Audience Hears Staley and Guests In Petite Opera Night

Miss Staley impressed with a heavier aria while Mrs. Bob Brown and Charley Custer drew charm from Tea For Two and the new finale 2 Message of the Bel. Performers offered a rich program prompting talk of more summer concerts and continued series. The crowd showed clear appreciation and urged further musical offerings for the music starved city.

Straus Miss Staley Bob Brown Charley Custer Rachmaninoff Grafton

Buick Prices Include Radio Antenna and Heater Add-ons

Buick prices listed include popular accessories such as radio and antenna heater and defroster windshield washers and built in back up lights. Foamtex seat cushions are an extra value on Buick SureRS and ROAb- MASTERS at no extra cost.

Buick

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MRS Naomi Lawson Club and Society Essy Oyne Grafton Paint CO Paul Hood Vaniast A. L .Wongcott Lloyd E. Sayres Ray Hugh McDaniel Helen Jackson’s Mill Hubert F. Hefner Beta Rho Eta Kappa Nu Nessie Floyd Laura Beall Men’s Brotherhood Fawcett University of Wyoming New Mexico Baylor By Shirley Moore Phan SPOR EDGE Bath Robert W. Fawcett Parkview W. Va Parrish Agency, Inc Wilford Barrett St Rt. 50 Gay St Nsurance Henry J. Taylor ABC Network Hamric Motor Company Riverside Drive
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