Mother Daughter Banquet Held At United Brethren Church
The United Brethren church hosted a Mother Daughter banquet for 60 members and guests of the Woman's Missionary Society and the Olterbeth Guild. Colorful spring bouquets, corsages at each place, and a program including readings, solos, and a piano duet highlighted the evening. Officers for the coming year were installed by Rev Lois Lurdzer, with Mrs Harold Knight named president and several other officers announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
Woman’d Missionary Society
Olterbeth Guild
Iya Hugi
Harold Knight
Alta Lee Sloan
Doris Jean Bolyard
Betty Jean Gordoin
Mary Jane Hancock
Helen Virginia
Barbaraget
Lois Luzader
Harold Waller
Iva Goff
Flora Stillwell
Lois Limpder
Ralph Redinger
Robert, Sloan
John Waller
Harold ‘Waller
Iva Hugill
Stewarelgip
Arnold Hefner
Iterature
Knight
Queen Esther Society Holds Business Meeting
The Queen Esther society of Andrews church met at Betty Lou White’s home for a regular business session and topic discussion led by president Nancy Williams. Devotions and business matters were followed by an interest program and a social hour with a salad course. The next meeting will be at Martha Powell’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Society
Andrews Church
Betty Lou White
Nancy ‘Williams
Martha Powell
May church and club meetings listed for several groups
A schedule of upcoming events includes auxiliary meetings at St John s Methodist church on May 16 at 7 30 p m and other gatherings across various organizations. Eastern Star Woman s club meets May 16 at 8 p m in the Masonic Temple. Business Girls club rides to Cozy Best for dinner May 16. St Augustine school hall hosts entertainment May 17. Fisher class meets May 14 at Mrs DeMoss s home. Quota club holds important session May 20 at Cozy Rest. May 21 book review luncheon at Andrews church with Mrs Hawker reviewing A Sea Island Lady. Lens-a-Hand Circle hosts benefit luncheon May 32 at Mrs Cather s home. First Baptist church groups meet May 23 at 2 30 p m with several hostesses. May 23 International Relations class final meeting at Miss Keefer s Beech street at 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's
Fisher
St. John’s Methodist Church
Russell DeMoss
East Long Street
Quota Club
Cozy Rest
Andrews Church
Virginia Samples Hawker
Shinnston
Rose Grinnan
C. ©. King
Maud Palmer
Woman's Club
Mildred Keefer
Beech Street
E. M. Tomlinson
Local Meeting Attendees Include Notable Guests
The gathering lists Margaret Jane Payne Frances Yates Jane Lisk Martha Powell Mildred Graham Nancy Williams Grace Evelyn Nuzum with two guests Pauline Yates and Florence Johnson in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Jane Payne
Frances Yates
Jane Lisk
Martha’ Powell
Mildred Graham
Nancy Williams
Grace Evelyn Nuzum
Pauline Yates
Florence Johnson
Fowler Hedrick Marriage Held In Red House Md
Rev Alvah K Jones of St Johns Lutheran Red House Md officiated the marriage of Miss Margie Hedrick daughter of Albert Hedrick Davis and Charles Fowler son of Rosa Fowler Tunnelton and the late William Franklin Fowler Sunday. Mr and Mrs Fowler guests at Mr Fowlers mother after the ceremony. The couple will reside in Parsons where the groom is stationed at a CCC camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvah K. Jones
St. John's Lutheran Church
Red House
Margie Hedrick
Albert Hedrick
Davis
Charles Fowler
Rosa Fowler
Tunnelton
William Franklin Fowler
Barclay on Bridge Pent-up deductions yield elegant plays
The column discusses how a skilled player derives conclusions from partner bids and vital clues to execute beautiful plays. It analyzes squeeze positions, honors, and high-card honors across suits, illustrating with hazards and bids, and cites Lee Hazen's national-level work.
Girl Saved From Nazis by Father After Belgian Invasion
Suzanne Thompson eleven daughter of the American assistant military attache at Brussels was in Louvain when the Nazi invasion began. The father rushed to Louvain found his daughter and several schoolmates in a basement and brought them to safety after a harrowing ride over roads bombed and machine-gunned by Nazi fliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne Thompson
Brussels
Louvain
Mrs Hawker To Review Sea-Island Lady for Grafton Group
Members of the Grafton Women s club and the General club anticipate a May 21 program. Mrs Marlin Hawker of Shinnston will review A Sea-Island Lady by Francis Griswold, following earlier praise from Clarksburg and Shinnston clubs. The luncheon at Andrews church begins at 1 pm, with Mrs W A Beavers reading poems and a business session led by chair Mrs Paul P Warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Woman’s Club
General Club
Marlin Hawker
Shinnston
Virginia Samples
W. P. Samples
Francis Griswold
Hawker
Clarksburg
Andrews Church
W. A. Beavers
Paul P. Warden
Germany pushes west as Belgium front sizzles in Meuse fight
A chaotic wartime update reports German mechanized troops advancing along the Meuse front from Sedan to Namur while Paris and Brussels face intensified assaults. Allied counterattacks and massive air raids accompany Greece and Yugoslavia mobilizations as consulates urge Americans to flee Italy.
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Germany
Belgium
France
Meuse
Sedan
Namur
French War Office
Hague
Amsterdam
Holland
Antwerp
Dyle
Lamar
Comunique
Italy
Greece
Albania
Etelian
Meuse Front Offensive and Roosevelt Defense Plan
British Royal Air Force actions shift role in Meuse operations as heavy night bombing targets German objectives east of the Rhine. In Washington, President Roosevelt moves to address Congress with a strong national defense program proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Great Britain
France
Sea Sae
Royal Air Force
Meuse
Rhine
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Nazi Forces Press Southwest Toward Maginot Line
Nazi high command reported German forces pressed toward the Maginot line as Setian and other units repelled allied counterattacks. They claimed advances between the Moselle and Rhine, near Saarlautzen and Lautherburg, with heavy air action destroying enemy tanks and concentrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Setian
Maginot Line
Moselle
Rhine
Saarlautzen
Sedan
Lautherburg
High Command
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
Narvik
Brussels
Warsaw
Poland
Rotterdam
Utrecht
Naz High Command
Pattern 147 frock with back buttoning for cool style
A pattern description for pattern 147 a youthful frock by Claire Tilten features a saucy back buttoning design, extended shoulders and a squared V neckline. The tropical printed cotton or rayon dress suits housework and daywear, offered in misses and women's sizes with yardage details and 15 cent price for pattern Dept at Grafton Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Tilten
Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Battle near Brussels hinges on Dyle position defense
Military circles warn that air destruction risk grows and German armored forces threaten Brussels. Emphasis rests on Brussels defense via the Dyle position in central Belgium as the second Belgian line after the Albert Canal near Louvain Gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Dyle
Belgium
Louvain Gate
Albert Canal
Battle line shifts toward the Dyle and Antwerp coast
The text reports German vanguard advancing along the Dyle line after Allied retreat, reaching Ligny near Namur and pressing toward the Louvain gate near Brussels. It notes a major imminent Battle of the West with decisive importance and British forces engaging German tanks and armored cars near Brussels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metibe Ais
Ligny
Namur
Belgium
Louva
Brushsels
Sentencing and sanity hearing in Hartman murder case
The Dia Hartman murder case ended with a court announcing the sentence after a sanity hearing conducted without a jury. Ex convict Crazy Drunk and two Weston State Hospital psychiatrists testified Hartman was sane, while a neighbor wounded in the attack described the events leading to the slaying. Hartman was arrested after driving Grubb’s car and wrecking it, and crowds mobbed the area prompting police to move him to Weston for safekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarrusrnithe
Hartman
Weston State Hospital
Ae Ben
Thomason
Grubb
Ae Hannon
Arrthan
Weston
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Society Reporter
Queen Esther ’ Society
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
Sai To Slim
Lee Hazen
Gishing
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James F. Holt
The
Maple Avenue
City Hospital
Archie Burn
Elkins Hospital
Dennis Ryan
Weal
Davis Memorial Hospital
Elkins
George B. Flanagan
West Main Street
Mediterranean
United States
American Institute of Laundering
Alice Brooks
Sentinel Household Arts Dept
E. W. 14Th Street
Jaz
Comay
Tal Var Omy Ige
Miss Dixon
Tillionaire
Gyre Dixon
Merrifield
Oren Adlid
Grafton South
Glabesbirg
Nixon Plaza
Show Grounds
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