Cher Evans Marriage Announced in Fairmont Social Note
Wilma Lucille Bunner and Joseph Lee Evans Jr. wed secretly February 13 at Rev Mrs Thomas G Meredith’s home in Fairmont. The bride wore brown taffeta, pink roses, and the couple planned a Pittsburgh honeymoon after the school year ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cher Evans
L Bunner
East Main Street
Wilma Lucille
Joseph Lee Evans, Jr
J. Lee Evans
West Washington Street
Thomas G. Meredith
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fairmont
Pittsburgh
Social Calendar Highlights Local Clubs and Meetings
Wednesday social schedule features the Ladies Aid Society at Blueville church, the Sig ma Theta Rho and Pi Gamma Mu gatherings, and a French club meeting at Fairmont College with Mrs Evans. Activities include a Mother s Day program, class discussions, and a diverse slate of church and civic club events across Grafton and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
John Evans
McCrory
Fairmont Col
Leas
Baptist Church
L. W. Kinter
U. S
Graf ton High School Girls Theatre Party
Theatre party by the Graf ton High School girls was held at the Opera House to view Roberta with fifty five attendees including Miss Klaude Spaur sponsor and Miss Barbara Cather a sponsor. After the show the group enjoyed a treat and reported an enjoyable time. The St Pauls M E Church Woman s Missionary Society met at Mrs W J Frey s home with devotionals by Mrs William Bailey and a nominating committee formed for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton High School
Roberta
Opera House
Klaude Spaur
Barbara Cather
Committee Named to Study West Virginia Teachers
Governor H G Kump appointed a committee to study the condition and needs of West Virginia school teachers. The group includes Senator J T Garrett Delegate George F Parris J Rife Glenn S Callahan and Ruth Pell Miller and will report at the next session. Senator Earl Smith who proposed the panel chairs the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
H. G. Kump
J. T. Garrett
Putnam
Senate Insurance Committee
George F. Parris
Mineral
House Insurance Committee
Grantsville
State Education Association
Ruth Pell Miller
Huntington
State Congress of Parents and Teachers
Senate
Earl Smith
Marion
Smith
Senate Education Committee
Kidnap trial starts again in Wheeling
The government reopened the case against Eugene McConnaughy and Thurman Bowen in Wheeling on charges of plotting to abduct Betty Bloch Harris, daughter of a tobacco magnate. Their first trial ended in a jury dispute after two days. Ben Rosenbloom represents the defendants, with government witness costs covered by order of Judge Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Eugene McConnaughy
Thurman Bowen
Betty Bloch Harris
Bridgeport
Wilmot Harris
Washington, D. C
McConnaughy
Bowen
Ben Rosenbloom
William E. Baker
Holt Prepares to Fight To Obtain Senate Seat
West Virginia’s Rush D. Holt 29, set to appear before the Senate Elections Committee Friday. He seeks admission to the senatorial seat contested by former Senator Henry D. Hatfield who argues Holt is ineligible for being under age. Holt plans to present credentials on his 30th birthday, June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
Senate Elections Committee
U. S
Henry D. Hatfield
Holt
Choir Festival Plans Announced for Mountain and Massanetta
Dr William Hudson and Rev Felix Robinson discussed joint plans for two choir festivals. Mountain Festival on June 2 and Massanetta Festival on July 19 20 in Harrisonburg Virginia. John Finley Williamson directs Massanetta. Three prizes announced 75 50 25 with an audition committee list including Preuss Cuthbert Weller and Nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William £. Hudson
Massanetta Springs
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
John Finley Williamson
Princeton University
Williamson
Dayton
Frederick Preuss
Farmingdale
Frank Cuthbert
Dept. of Music
Local Notices Mixed Illness and Injuries in City
Several residents are listed with hospital admissions and injuries. Mrs. Mabel Carr of Moatsville underwent a tonsil operation at Grafton City hospital. Mrs. Magdeline Poe, 66, fractured her left femur in Blueville and rests well after a fall at home. Mrs. Mabel McGarney admitted to Grafton City hospital as a medical patient. Mrs. John Shaw of Newark arrives, called by illness of her mother Mrs. Margaret Louden, Cozy Rest hosts gatherings. Visits by Roscoe Douglas, Anglet, Willis Harmon, and others to Knight family, grandparents of G. W. Busch and W. A. Knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Carr
Moatsvile
Grafton City Hospital
Magdeline Poe
Blueville
John Shaw
Newark
Margaret Louden
Mabel McGarney
Grafton
Roscoe Douglas
Anglet
Willis Harmon
Spelter
W. Va
W. A. Knight
G. W. Busch
Knight
Erd
Alex Foreman
Marcelene
Ork
Mabel Nestor Philipp
Pouring Begins on New Concrete Plant Equipment
Two of four steel mixers tested and approved while the other two await testing today. Four conveyors are being ejected from aggregate bins south of the east bank cofferdam area for belt installation. Two conveyors are under construction between the mixing plant and the steel trestle inside the cofferdam to place concrete with gantry cranes. Road building delays reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bank
East hillside hotel near Tygart Dam Cafe nearing roof
A two story wooden frame hotel south of the Tygart Dam Cafe nears completion after two weeks of work. The 85 room building has its siding mostly finished but windows and doors are not yet installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tygart Dam
Slayer is Convicted Of Killing Cafe Man
Webster Springs May 15 A Webster county grand jury today convicted Henry Mitchell 55 of near Webster Springs of second degree murder for the slaying of Walter Harris 40 in a restaurant last November A rifle was fired through a window after Harris ordered him out of the restaurant Officers said Mitchell and Harris had quarreled Fisher deferred sentencing Mitchell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Springs
Webster County
Henry Mitchell
Walter Harris
Mitchell
Harris
Jude Jake Fisher
Birthday celebration planned for church centennial
Fairmont May 15 four day observance marks 100 years since the first Episcopal service in Marion county and 80th parish founding. Former rectors R S Lambert AmBrose Beavin Morton Barnes and Charles Baird Mitchell plan to attend along with bishops Gravatt Strider and Durst in program proceedings and commemorative services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Christchurch
Marion County
R. S. Lambert
Calvary Church
Cincinnati
Ambrose Beavin
St. Luke's Church
Hot Springs
Morton “A. Barnes
St. James Church
Long Branch
N. J
Charles Baird Mitchell
E. S. Townson
Philadelphia
W. L. Gravatt
Charleston
West Virginia
E. L. Strijder
Wheeling
T. C. Durst
East Carolina
Senior Play Cast and Civil War Drama at Gratton High
The complete cast includes Colonel Carvel Harold Hill Judge Whipple Stephen Brice and more. The Civil War drama titled Senior Play will be presented at Gratton High School auditorium on Friday May 17 at 8 16 p m. Admission is twenty five cents for students and forty cents for adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Riley
Norine Sterling
Howard Hill
Colonel Carvel
Harold Hill
Judge Whipple
Howard Prats
Stephen Brice
Francis Flanagan
Clarence Colfax
Pred Flanagan
Carl Richter
John Scranage
Eliphalet Hopper
George Dowden
Tom Catherwood
Chas
George Catherwood
Robinson Maurice Renault
Roy Bdyard
Jack Brinsmade
James Jones
Canter
Haislip Josephus
Glover Epham
Leo MacDougal
Virginia Carvel
Wilfred Curry
Brice
Mildred ‘Wolfe
Colfax
Lee Tucker
Puss Russell
Anne Brinsmade
Mabel Rogers
Maud Catherwood
Nancy
Gladys
Milton Moore
Orlando “Musgrove
Robert, Whitescarver
James Brownee
Thomas Brakeall
Donald Reese
Gratton High School
Tor
Van Brunt legacy and gifts impact a city
A report details how Van Brunt Manufacturing Company heirloom gifts and acts of philanthropy shaped the community. It notes $3000 given during lean years, $1000 and $800 bequests from a 1917 mother to longtime employees, and a mansion sold in 1918 becoming a community center. An aunt funded a $75,000 high school in 1920, with the company founded in 1860 by Van Brunt's father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Brunt
Patman Bill Faces Delays Amid Bonus Legislation Debate
Senate discussions show backing for a cash bonus plan but concern that delaying Patman Bill could weaken veto sustainment. Reynolds travels from the Virgin Islands to probe Governor Pearson while Chavez’s swearing in delays push the measure toward next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patman
Reynolds
Nychy
Virgin Islands
Paul Pearson
Patman Bill
White House
Walthige
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
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Mildred Graham
Society
Evans
Flemington High School
Henrietta Martin
Naomi Chapter No. 14
The
Eastern Star of Grafton
Eastern Star Woman's Club
Mr. Evans
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Chemical
Pharos
Wesleyan
Tim Hne
Morgantown Districthe League
the Sentinel
Evans. Dent
Masonic Temple
Rhea Fisher
Missionary Society of the
First Presbyterian Church
T. W. Heironimus
William Man Jey
J. W. Pluebell
Ralph Nelson
Naomi
West Main Street
M. E
C. W. Wells
Howard White
Abel Tackett
Jake Fauley
Richard Williams
George Coulson
John Warne
W. G. Wamsley
W. A. Collins
Wallace Henderson
John Sinsel
Joseph Mahaffey
Rex Jackson
Homer Beall
Ed. McDaniel
Myrtle Bartlett
Guy Kinter
Lawrence Kinter
Vernon Sapp
Aid Society
Webster M. E. Church
Cora Wolfe
Orpha Friend
Lulu Reynolds
Abigail Woodward
Thelma Cooper
Mary Virginia Felton
L. A. McNerrar
Geraldine Gibson
Pearl Felton
Georgia McDaniel
Allen Shroyer
Mildred McWilliams
Delpha Curran
Tacy Willis
Madge Newton
and Mus
Lola Shroyer
Mary Wolfe
Edna Felton
Mary Virginia
Ethel Preston
Alfreada
Lotta Getz
Mac
Bertha Wolfe
Elaine
L. Wolfe
Susan
Pearl Fellon
Georgia McCanlie
Gladys Taylor
the Hostes
Wolfe
Andrews M. E
Wesley Sayre
Grace ‘Gharps
New York
Webster Pike
Emma Gene Blalock
Dorothy Cochran
Olive Daughterty
Blanche Gull
Okey Knotts
Lula Leach
Lillian McFadden
Esther
Ladies
Woodman Hall
W. J. Hussion
William Graham
T. C. Gough
Tom Shields
Charles Flanagan
M. Abrams
Clarksburg
Morgantown
the Love Drug Co
W. E. Bightmire
Names Group
Inquiry
Betty Bloch
Mt. Lake Park
Harriett Weigle Nicely
Johnstown, Pa
Slayer
Cafe Man
Alex Goldberg
Moose
FORD
Christ Church
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