Social News Notes and Club Outings Across Town
Gratton Sentinel reports guests returned home Reverend and Mrs Paul Leeds of Kinder La visited Miss Mary Eds on West Main Street then traveled to Washington D C Niagara Falls and southward Edna Maloney district manager for Woodman Circle heads to Buckhannon for business and a benefit bridge later Lindy Club hosts bunco at High Street home with prizes to Mrs J Grinnan Mrs Cline Gough and Mrs Mary Martin next meeting at Mrs J Sturm's on High Street Dr Everett Walker and Mrs Albert Brown hosted a dinner after a Knights Templar visit Beulah Staplist Ladies Aid Society meets at Bruntytown with 17 members and 6 visitors new member Mrs Camden Price Junior Order Council 44 meet at Wehn Hall Bridge party at Maple Avenue home of Mr and Mrs Robert Sloan prizes to Arch Petersen and Harry White Knights Templar delegates guests of Arch Deacon D H Gates and Mrs Gates attend Weston inspection Ellers Kimble notice Oakland paper lists marriage of Lynette Ellers and Lyle Vance Kimble May 12 single ring ceremony by Rev Trevey Entertained This Morning Superintendent H L Flesher Industrial School Pruntytown hosts visiting Knights Templar and friends with a school tour and piano solos by Martha Glenn Flesher and Virginia Pawcett Eastern Star Naomi Chapter 12 hosts reception for Knights Templar wives and friends at Masonic Temple with 200 guests pink rose buds and punch provided by members</S:
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Leeds
Kinder
Lindy Club
A.V. Riddle
High Street
Banco
Bunco
J. ©. Grinnan
Cline Gough
Mary Martin
Waters
Punch
J. @. Sturm
Ellers-Kimbleo
Oakland
Lynette Ellers
Lyle Vance Kimble
Trevey
W. C. Ebiers
Grand Street
J. A. Kimble
Maple Avenue
Flesher
Pruntytown
Templar
Plesher
Martha Glenn Flesher
Virginia Fawcett
Eastern Star
Naomi Chapter No. 12
Order of Eastern Star
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
FP. S. Smith
C.F. Shafer
James Stafford
Fred B. Malone
Fred B. Walkins
Clyde Turner
C. C. Batson
O. Jay Fleming
Paris 7 Notes Selections by local sextette and visitors
Two selections by a sextette led by Mrs Florence Wilkinson and others entertain at a social hour. A list of visiting ladies from Clarksburg Morgantown Weston and elsewhere attended. The married teachers of Grafton school sponsor a steak roast at Logan farm on the Fairmont road this evening for a delightful time anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Wilkinson
Dolores Curry
Jack Wilson
Hugh McDaniel
John Donnachie
Elizabeth Stuck
Helen Davis
Ed, Hart
Reading
Frank Turvander
Grafton School
Logan Farm
Fairmont Road
Here Is Secret Of Skin Beauty
An advertisement touts a new French process for MEL GLO Face Powder offering unparalleled smoothness. It claims a pure powder, tested color, no pasty look, no pore irritation, and lasting youthful bloom. Name given is Rees Grafton Drug and Chemical Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rees Grafton Drug and Chemical Co. Adv
Des Moines University Trustee Charged as Spy
Edith Rehman, secretary of Des Moines University Trustees, faces charges from students accusing her of placing spies in professors' classrooms. The case highlights a controversy that spurred student voting and the closure of the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Rehman
Des Moines, In
University Trustees
Margaret Sommerville Recovers From Emergency Appendectomy
Margaret Sommerville of Walnut Street, former society reporter for the Grafton Sentinel, underwent an emergency appendectomy at City Hospital yesterday after a few hours of illness. Her condition is reported very good today by hospital staff, and friends wish her a speedy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Sommerville
Walnut Street
Grafton ‘Sentinel
City Hospital
Personal notices from Buckhannon to Morgantown and Fairmont
R M Brown of the First Ward visited Buckhannon with Professor Ralph C Brown. Robert Glenn of Fairmont attended a Knights Templar conclave in Grafton yesterday. Local residents Mr and Mrs S K White Mr and Mrs F P Sterling Mrs John L Proctor and daughter attended Laura A Henry's funeral in Morgantown yesterday. Mrs E R Glenn of Fairmont visited the city with sister Miss Inez Hickle and returned home with her, as Miss Hickle stays several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Friedman
Richmond
Grafton
Simon Friedman
Harry Friedman
Max Friedman
R. M. Brown
First Ward
Highson
Ralph C. Brown
Buckhannon
Robert Glenn
Fairmont
Knights Templar
S.K. White
F. P. Sterling
John L. Proctor
Laura A. Henry
Morgantown
E. R. Glenn
Inez Hickle
West Main Street
Miss Hickle
Grafton Fourth in All-State Bookkeeping Contest
Grafton finished fourth in an all-state bookkeeping contest held in Huntington among representatives from twenty-five state schools. Eileen Robinson placed fourth individually, with Elsie Knotts as the team’s second member. The squad had earlier won second place at the sectional meet in Clarksburg on April 26 and 27, with Beckley taking first, Sand Fork second, Charleston fourth, Huntington fifth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Huntington
Miks Eileen Robinson
Elsie Knotts
Clarksburg
Beckley
Sand Fork
Charleston
Memorial Painting Unveiled at M. B. Church Tunnelton
A Mother's Day service at the new M. B. Church in Tunnelton featured the unveiling of a George L. Blaney painting, a reproduction of Hoffman’s Christ in Gethsemene. Dedication remarks by Mrs. W. A. Beavers honored her husband’s parents, early Tunnelton and Preston County residents, who funded the memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B
Tunnelton
George L. Blaney
Christ
Gethsemene
W. A. Beavers
George W. Beavers
Preston County
War Ignites In Ohio As Blue Nation Attacks Columbus
Dayton reports a state of siege as the Blue Nation declares war on the Red Nation. Blue air and ground forces are deployed with bombers from Wright-Patterson and pursuing craft guarding to ward off enemy sorties. Destruction targets Columbus, marking the start of hostilities under cover of darkness at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Blue Nation
Columbus
Blue Army
Wright
Engagement of Virginia beauty to Reginald Grenfell announced
Associated Press Photo notes the engagement of Joyes Phipps, niece of Lady Astor and daughter of Mrs. Paul Phipps, to Reginald Grenfell, son of Col. Arthur Grenfell, announcing the marriage plans in high society circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Joyes Phipps
Lady Astor
Paul Phipps
Virginia
Reginald Grenfell
Col
Arthur Grenfell
Decorations Bring Praise For Knights Templar Conclave
Street decorations in Grafton for the annual Grand Commandery of Knights Templar conclave are praised as the most effective in the city’s history. Ray Knosp of Wm Beck & Sons Co supervised the display with Cincinnati colleagues. banners colored by the firm’s team hung by Tuesday noon. Alpha Nu fraternity forms at New River State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templar
Grafton
Ray Knosp
Wm, Beck & Sons Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
West Virginia
Mrs Julian G Hearne Heads West Virginia Club Federation
Mrs Julian G Hearne of Wheeling becomes president of the West Virginia federation of women's clubs at the silver jubilee convention in Charleston. She succeeds Mrs F L Black of Bluefield. New officers include Mrs John S Harvey Huntington and Mrs Orlandus West Clarksburg as vice presidents and others named to key posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Julian G. Hearne
Wheeling
West Virginia
Federation of Women’s Clubs
F. L. Black
Bluefield
John S. Harvey
Huntington
Orlandus West
Clarksburg
A.G. Young
Ruckhannon
G. W. McAlpin
Point Pleasant
H. D. Rummel
Federation
National Council
Black
Delbert Robinson
B. J. Baker
Bramwell
E.R. Mauck
J. B. Bramwell
Funeral Friday for James Breedlove at Boyd Street residence
Funeral services for James Breedlove, son of Mrs. Castile Dreedlove, who died of a heart attack, will be held at the Breedlove residence on Boyd Street at 3:00 PM Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Breedlove
Castile Dreedlove
Breedlove
Boyd Street
Daily Bill of Fare and Cooking Directions Note
A housekeeping page lists a breakfast and dinner plan with rhubarb eggs beans salad and pork chops with tomatoes and potatoes. It includes recipe steps for baked pork chops with flour paprika and tomatoes and a potato dish with milk and paprika, plus notes on linoleum stairs and minor cooking tips.
McKeesport Indictments Hit Liquor Ring Influencers
A federal grand jury indicted 42 residents of the McKeesport district on prohibited liquor law violations. Among the accused are five police officers and two former police chiefs. The group is alleged to have operated a liquor ring in and around McKeesport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Federal Grand Jury
McKeesport
McKeespoane
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Goral
Edna Maloney
Woodman Circle
Everett Walker
Buckhannon Road
Adrian
Albert Brown
Ladies Aid Meeting
EB. M. Whitescarver
Beulah Staplist Ladies Aid Society
Bruntytown
Camden Price
Russell Tucker
Mountaineer Council No. 44
Junior Order United American Mechanics
Wehn Hall
Robert Sloan
Arch Petersen
Harry White
Central School
A de
Anna Motter
Archdeacon Apartments
D. H. Gates
Grafton Lodge
Gates
Weston
Paris
C.O Radabaugh
William McClvin
G. H. Gordon
Atha Shriver
Arly Pletcher
Nellie Carter
Dora Graham
Elizabeth Flanagan
W. G. Harper
Hlf. Hanna
W. FP. Jackson
F. E
Harrisville
Albert Sehaires
Parkerburg
Daisey Gustkey
Inez Wilkins
B. B. Rohrbaugh
Gladys Thornhill
D. C. Pratt
Parkersburg
P. 'Spillman
Martinsburg
Charles. G. Hoffman
Ada W. Heflin
Pata
Georgetry
Osgood
Jolliffe
England
Burton & Randolph
Burton & Sitter's
Toggery
West Va
Grafton Gay As Templars
Alpha Nu
New River State College
Mrs
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D4u
Nty Wa
CALUR
Mrs. Alexander
Maryland
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