Prom Plans Set For Grafton Flemington Juniors Seniors
Scotty Hamilton will reign as king at the annual Junior-Senior prom on May 26 at the Field House. Queen chosen from Flemington High School with a court of seniors and juniors from Flemington and Grafton. Co sponsors Lynn Faulkner and Charles Cather. after ceremonies dancing and entertainment follow. Mountain Laurel troop and Flemington Girl Scouts hosted a Mother’s Tea with a formal receiving line and many hostesses assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotty” Hamilton
Grafton High School
Field House
Flemington ‘High School
Clarle Wagner
Plemington
Queen's Court
Helen Mersage
Lucy Caruso
Lillian Stout
Mary Caruso
Betty Jones
Avenelle Goodwin
Grafton
Barbara Gerkin
Eloise Lockard
Janie Stubbins
Mary Ellen Sinclair
Mary Parrish
Lynette Baker
Flemington
Bill Newhouse
George Phelps
Elbert Wagner
Paul Casto
Junior Reppert
Garland Evers
Phillip Miller
Doran Morrison
Kenneth Knox
Dale Lockard
Charles Bell
Bill Graham
Lynn Faulkner
Charles Cather
Mountain Laurel Troop
Flemington Girl Scouts
Anna Ben- Ga
Girl Scout Little House Club
Ly A Greathouse
Pauline Benda
Aon Benda
Delma Morgan
Bryan Newhouse
Elizabeth Benda
Geraldine Wolfe
Ruth McGrumphy
Mercury
Ivy Patrols
Marianna Sheets
Helen Benda
Carrie Sinsel
Georgiana Stewart
Josephine Isabella
Ruth Burton
Mildred Markley
Ivy Patrol
Paul Stewart
Ira Greathouse
C. A. McGrumphy
John Benda
Cecil Springer
F. H. Burton
John Poole
Bertha Rogers
Toward Hawkins
Charles Wolfe
Fern Westfall
Erval_Annegan
John
Social Calentar Community club notices and events
A dense rural calendar lists St Pauls Methodist Ladies meetings May 16 at 7 30 p m 324 Yates Ave Blueville M E Ladies May 17 at Mrs Esther Turner home with Mrs Ruby Carroll as hostess St Augustine school play May 19 at 8 p m Lend a Hand circle May 17 2 p m First Presbyterian church Group C Ladies Aid May 18 2 30 p m at Mrs Bruce Bumgardner Eastern Star Woman's club May 18 music and poetry Taylor County Sunday school rally May 21 Knottsville Methodist Church Literature and Art and Book Review May 22 joint meeting and luncheon St Johns Hazel Steadman Fear Morgan Town speaker Mrs Allie Chamberlin DAR May 23 Washington St 2 p m Philathea class First Baptist 7 30 p m memorial services for Mrs Margaret Byers Poppolardo Simpson and Mrs Julian Yeatman Fork Union Va Loyal Temperance Legion Pruntytown notes May Saturday afternoon meeting at West Jey house Marthe Rector led business session lesson featured Virginia Mason reading Baseball Pitching and Tobacco Jean Rector contributed reading treasure hunt and spring party Miss Mildred Keefer bridge club at Cozy Rest Monday evening high score prizes won by Miss Mildred Bartlett and Mrs Dolores Curry with many members listed.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
J. P. Luke
Yates Avenue
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Blueville
M. E. Church
Esther Turner
Ruby Carroll
St. Augustine School
Seven Guides
First Presbyterian
Ladies’ Aid Society
Bruce Bumgardner
Eastern Star Woman's Club
Taylor County
Knottsville Methodist Church
Women’s Club
St. John's Church
Hazel Steadman
Margaret Byers
L. T
Loyal Temperance Legion
Pruntytown
West Jey House
Marthe
Rector
Virginia Mason
Jean Rector
Mildred Keefer
Mildred Bartlett
Dolores Curry
Miss Bartlett
Curry
Alice Margaret Holt
Irene Kunst
Virginia Hanway
Margaret Hanway
John Bartlett
Virgil Rohrbaugh
Miss Textile Queen of Gastonia Cotton Festival 1939
Miss Textile 1939 crowned queen of the cotton festival in Gastonia North Carolina. She sits on a yam center throne, wields a cotton spindle scepter, and wears royal cotton cloth as attire. Miss Jessamine Boyce of Gastonia assists or participates in the ceremony.
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Gastonia
N. C
America
Jessamine Boyce
Personal notices from Philippi and nearby areas
Attorney J K Burdett visited Philippi yesterday and today. Miss Ida Allendey of Grafton returned home due to her sisters serious illness in Cumberland. Dr Robert F Gerkin attended the West Virginia Optometrists association convention in Fairmont and returned to duties. Mrs Sarah DeMoss underwent a major operation at City hospital. George Blaney Sr discharged from City hospital. Mrs Laura Budwick returned home after hospital confinement. Mr and Mrs T L Mahaffey plan to attend Washington DC nursing school commencement. their daughter Jane graduates. Mr and Mrs Jimmie Proudfoot and relatives were Mother's Day guests at Ida Proudfoot's home. Alph Shaw, longtime local painter, remains confined at home with illness.
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J. K. Burdett
Philippi
Ida Allendey
Grafton
Cumberland
Mary C. Madeira
Robert F. Gerkin
Professional Building
West Virginia
Optometrists’ Association
Fairmont
Sarah DeMoss
Route 5
Fruntytown
City Hospital
George Blaney
Maple Avenue
Laura Budwick
Route 1
T. L. Mahaffey
Washington, D.C
School of Nursing
Wilford Street
Civil Liberties Union Attacks Gov Chandler Recall Of Troops
ACLU chairman Harry F. Ward telegrammed Governor Albert Chandler of Kentucky urging prompt recall of state troops in the coal mine dispute, citing long experience and concern over civil liberties during the current coal mines situation.
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New York
Harry F. Ward
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Albert
Chandler
Kentucky
In Memory of Mrs Edith Reed Eisner
In memory of my mother Mrs E A Eisner. They remember in tears as we seek comfort from the Babe and boy who turn our sorrows into joy. They heed our needs and answer our calls. They never pause to count the days lost when they cannot bring a lasting thing. They want no praise, just “youre my child and am your mother.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Eisner
Edith Reed
Troops Deployed to Protect Right to Work Sparks ACLU Alarm
The first deployment of troops in years to safeguard the right to work occurs with no reported disorder or local requests for aid. The ACLU board opposes the action and urges immediate recall, warning troop presence risks disturbance and bloodshed, arguing civil rights and state troops cannot coexist.
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Board of Directors
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Togeti
Green backs canal scheme in AFL letters
William Green, AFL president, urged senators to back the Florida ship canal in letters to all senators. Senator Vandenberg criticized the $200 million project on the floor, describing it as a alluring dream and mocking dredges attempting to fund it from an empty treasury. Green defended the canal as a commercial and military necessity.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Florida Ship Canal
Senate
Vandenberg
Mich
Florida
Morgenthau
Green
AFL
Hitler Tours Siegfried Line Fortifications Near France
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler continued inspection of the Siegfried fortifications opposite France. Military experts claim invincibility while Hitler urged that these constructions mark a clear difference from the past. A spectacular sham battle yesterday drew cheering crowds.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
France
Hitler
Britain to send new note to Moscow this week
Britain's foreign office said it would probably dispatch a fresh note to Soviet Russia this week in a renewed bid to win Soviet help for a British French front. No details were given on the content of Britain's reply to Russia's latest statement that it refused to join the front on British terms.
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Eign Office
Britain
Moscow
Russia
Ohio Barmaids Retain Posts After Senate Action
Ohio barmaids keep their jobs as a senate committee kills a house approved bill. The measure would have barred them from mixing drinks or performing bartender duties, restricting them to serving drinks and opening beer bottles at tables.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
You're Telling Me by Axel Storm satirical column
A fragmented satirical piece lampoons mechanical men, Balkan politics, and college buffoonery. It quips about Europe’s weather, Hitler and Mussolini, and student bravado while joking about practical jokes and a court defiance in Arkansas.
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Axel Storm
Army Needs Younger Men to Defend Western Hemisphere
Secretary Woodring told the House military committee the Army requires younger officers to be prepared for western hemisphere defense. He urged retirement of over-age officers to remove a current promotion hump, estimating 2,300 would be affected immediately. Brig. Gen. I D Gasser warned, without the bill it would take 23 years to clear the "world war hump" and a new one would form.
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Washington
Woodring
House Military Committee
Army
Western Hemisphere
Hemisphere
Strenggth
I. D. Gasser
Ben
Britain plans gradual Palestine state with 60 40 Arab Jewish mix
London sources say the Allied government will unveil a white paper proposing a staged creation of a Palestine state within ten years. The plan envisions 75 000 more Jews entering over five years, then immigration control handed to Arabs. It rejects total Arab promise and aims to end inter ethnic conflict while detailing a phased transfer of governmental powers to Palestinians.
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London
Ibnphiies
Palestine
Britain
Holy Land
League of Nations
Outboard Champ Clayton Captures Albany to New York Race Trophy
Fire chief Bishop of Onset Massachusetts stands with the William Randolph Hearst trophy after winning the 130 mile Albany to New York outboard motorboat marathon. He finished in record time averaging about 40.681 mph, marking a swift and historic victory.
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Clayton
Bishop
Onset
Mass
William Randolph Hearst
New York
British proposal for Palestine constitution with safeguards
The plan recommends a constitution safeguarding holy places and Britain's obligations to Arabs and Jews. It envisions a ten year period before an independent state, after which Britain would consult Palestinians, the League of Nations, and neighboring states. Land sales would be regulated by the British high commissioner during the registration period.
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Britain
League of Nations
Labor Dispute Forces Hudson Plant Closure
Detroit May 16. The Hudson Motor Car Co plant employing 5,500 workers was closed due to a labor dispute in the trim department. Tracy Doll of United Automobile Workers said 40 trim department employees were laid off last week and that remaining workers were expected to produce the same output. Management offered no comment.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Co
Tracy Doll
E10
United Automobile Workers
Trim
Youth Inherits Soap Fortune
A terse note reports a young heir inherits a soap fortune tied to a family business story from Italy. The fragmentary text mentions origins at the top of labor and a cryptic reference to C088, offering little beyond the inheritance angle.
Oiling Effort Noted In Unclear Report
A fragment cites an oiling action related to a location or vehicle, mentioning a second application. No clear names, dates, or places are readable, leaving the exact subject and outcome uncertain.
Independent workers group assails labor board over hosiery strike
A Berkshire Employees Association leader told the Senate Labor Committee that National Labor Relations Board officials sought to back a CIO union in a Berkshire Knitting Mills strike. He described a biased hearing and criticized Wagner Act enforcement as costly and provocative to labor friction.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
National Labor Rela
Ions Board
CIO
Pennsylvania
Fred Werner
Berkshire Employes Association
Reading
Berkshire Knitting Mills
American ‘Federation ‘of
Wena
American Federation of Hosiery Poa Cio
Aftiiute
Hungary Takes Control Of All Labor Unions
Budapest May 16 government control of Hungarian labor unions to protect the property of workers was ordered today by the interior ministry. Union leaders charged it was an attempt to destroy the democratic unions with 120000 members set to exert influence on legislative elections to be held May 28 to June 8.
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Budapest
Ministry of the Interior
Bethany College to Hold 193? Commencement Exercises
Bethany hosts graduation events with Richard Harte of Parkersburg expected to speak at commencement on June 5. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered June 4 by W H Cramter, president of the college.
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Bethany
Richard Harte
Parkersburg
State Chamber of Commerce
Bethany College
W. H. Crambter
Rupture Shield Expert H. M. Shevnan to Visit Gore Hotel
Chicago rupture shield expert H. M. Shevnan will visit Gore Hotel in Clarksburg on Thursday May 18 from 9 A M to demonstrate a claimed non surgical method to strengthen the weakened area and reduce rupture risk. The ad promises no medicines and invites readers to attend at 6441 N St Chicago.
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H. M. Shevnan
Chicago
Gore Hotel
Clarksburg
Sheynan
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Poppolardo
Simpson
Julian Yeatman
Fork Union
Virginia
Friedman
Abraham “Whitey
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Civil Liberties
Union
Gov
Labor Federation
Walter Betzner
Pittsburgh
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Mussolini
Sword Swallows
Pat
Eshnese Army
Arkansas
Josephine Romualdo
Marie Woloshyn
Philadelphia
Swervers
Eatin Moe
Joovyean
Acca Adad
Clayton Bishop
Hudson Plant
Italy
TABOR
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Raps
Hungary
Sheers
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