Quota Club Hosts Secret Gift Exchange Birthday Party
The Quota Pals held their annual Bir thday party at the Hotel Grafton at 6 15 PM with a secret gift exchange. May birthday greetings were shared as spring flowers and pastel decor brightened tables. A Directors meeting is set for May 27 at 7 30 PM at Miss Leota Griffith's home. convention committee also to meet. One guest attended, Mrs. W C Hanway, with 100 percent club attendance.
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Quota Club
Grafton
Board of Directors
Leota Griffith
W. C.hanway
Brown Bargain Blues in a Tan World
A narrator narrates kitchen table purchases of a tan suit and matching shirts and a brown themed apartment makeover. Frances directs colors toward deep sea green and rust brown, naming the room the Brown Story. The piece ends with a quip about stubborn change.
Evening Thoughts beta phi song at Grafton Sentinel
A May 17, 1949 page notes a Beta Phi song titled Evening Thoughts and lists attendees including Mesdames Francis Julian Donald Moran A T Moscar Herbert Spencer Jr Ray Newcome Kenneth Dausherty Homer Daugherty Russell Golden Kenneth Boylan Norman Deakin R Z J A Stine Mesdames Richard Hood H K Tebendorfer R W Hood Bob l Brown J A Sinclair Evelyn Dowell H F Poling RD Stout Virgil Rohrbough J F Stafford Bug Harmon Helen Dempsey Meredith Boylan Nella Moore Arlean Moore Evelyn Golden Virginia Mae Stine Laila Lingamfelter Dorothy Burnside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
W. Va
Telephone
Beta Phi
Mesdames
Francis Julian
Donald _Moran
A. T. Moscar
Herbert Spencer,Jr
Ray Newcome
Kenneth Dausherty
Homer Daugherty
Russell Golden
Kenneth Boylan
Norman Deakin
R. Z. J. A. Stine
Richard Hood
H. K. Tebendorfer
R. W. Hood
Bob l Brown
J. A. Sinclair
Evelyn ‘Dowell
H. F. Poling
Rd, Stout
Virgil Rohrbough
J. F. Stafford
Bug Harmon
Helen’ Dempsey
Meredith Boylan
Nella Moore
Misses Arlean Moore
Evelyn Golden
Virginia Mae Stine
Laila Lingamfelter
Dorothy Burnside
Mothers Day Program Honored By Beta Sigma Phi Chapter
Dorothy Burnside introduced guests as Mrs. Richard Hood welcomed attendees. After dinner a mothers day program featured vocal solos by Mrs. Bob Brown Mrs. R W Hood and Mrs. Kenneth Daugherty. Frances Julian read poems including a first prize winning piece from Buckhannon Woman's Club. Mrs. Norman Deakin presented A Tribute to Any Mother before closing song.
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Beta Sigma Phi Grace
Dorothy Burnside
Richard Hood
Bob Brown
R. W. Hood
Kenneth Daugherty
Frances Julian
Julian
Woman's Club of
Buckhannon
Norman Deakin
Weiner Roast Honors Betty Lou Ayer Birthday
A birthday celebration for Betty Lou Ayer was held at Mr. and Mrs. B. Ayer's Maple Run home with games social chat and gifts for the guest of honor. Attendees included Jean Charles and Gary Cochran Jimmy and Shirley Jacobs Willard Jennings Doris Hildreth Delores and Betty Moore Norma Haller Glenn Goodwin Nile Marlene and Arthur Walter Patsy and Wayne Ayer and S. B. Ayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weiner
8. B. Ayer
Maple Run
Betty Lou
Jean
Charles
Gary Cochran
Jimmy
Shirley Jacobs
Willard Jennings
Doris Hildreth
Delores
Betty Moore
Norma Haller
Glenn Goodwin
Nile
Marlene
Arthur Walter
Patsy
Wayne Ayer
Mrs. S. B. Ayer
Betty Lou Ayer
Parkview bungalow and rental warehouse on Riverside Drive
Parrish Agency lists a modern six room Parkview bungalow at Pottery Lane with bath, finished basement, copper plumbing, and new roof. A nearby 2 story brick warehouse with 14 acres and boat frontage is offered with annual income 2900, net 12 percent, plus other properties priced for quick sale including 2 East Wind and a seven room house near the market.
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Parkview
Pottery Lane
Community Event Calendar for May at Local Churches and Groups
A long list of May events is announced including regular meetings and social dinners. The Women's Council at First Church of Christ, Andrews church society, and WSCS groups across St. Pauls Methodist and Rose Hill Methodist host meetings and covered dish dinners. Other events include Kings Daughters circles, Missionary Society gatherings, Grafton clubs, hospital board meeting, Moose party and dance, Lindy club, Girl's Missionary Guild, and Eastern Star Women’s Club. May 23 features the Grafton Women's Club dinner and installation of officers with reservations due by May 20. Many events specify times, venues, hostesses, and contact details.
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Women’s Council of
The
First Church of Christ
Mary Lewis
Murray
Main Street
Women's Society For Christian Service of
Andrews Church
Circle No
Kings Daughters
Evangelical United Brethren Church
RTS
Wayne Williamson
Emma Rogers
West Main Street Methodist Church
WSCS
St. Paul's Methodist Church
St. John's Methodist Church
King’s Daughters
EUB
Rose Hill Methodist Church
Ethel Rutherford
Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church
Heme
Frank Sellers
Haish Street
Grafton Business
Gore
Mary Jean Grinan
Grafton City Hospital Board
O. C
Nessie Floyd
Laura, Beall
Lindy Club
Anna Hebb
West Wilford Street
Girl’s Missionary Guild
Eub Church
Eastern Star Woman's Club
Masonic Temple
Ire
American Federation of Musicians
K. of C. Hall
Grafton Women's Club
Weekend Visitors and Hospital News From Local Town
Brief notices report house guests and weekend visitors from Washington McMechen Parkersburg Charleston and Maple Avenue plus a rundown of recent hospital admissions and discharges. It also notes national steel production in 1948 with ingots as the raw form and finished steel tonnage.
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Wanda Lee Green
Charleston
West Virginia
Raymond Smith
Maple Avenue
LaDonna Courtney
Brown Street
Joyce Ann Williams
Addison Street
Howard Woodyard
Grafton
Rose Austin
Wilma Haymond
Point Street
Clarksburg
Carolyn Costolo
Dobbs Street
Martha Wilson
East Long Street
Minerva
Mayle
Hospital
Maude Bartlett
McGraw Avenue
Lulu Rinker
Lawrence DeMoss
Addison
Master Victor
Willhide
Beech Street
Mildred Stemple
East Main Street
Mary Ellen Wolfe
Tunnelton
Genevieve Zuchowski
Dorsey Garner
Esker Biffle
Flemington
American Steel Mills
Woman Convinced Against Her Will Still Holds Firm
New York the man recalls his mother in law Frances who declares black out of her life and then shifts to blue and brown as her husband jokes about fashion and change. The piece riffs on a wife’s stubborn choices and a husband’s bemused observations of style and bias.
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Frances
Rover Boy
New York
Dinner Program Fetes Alpha Mu Mothers
The Alpha Mu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi entertained their mothers with a banquet at the Hotel Grafton at 615 p m Sunday evening. Tables carried spring decor with floral centerpieces crystal candelabras and pastel candles. Delicately tinted programs and small potted ageratum favors were given. Mrs Kenneth Daugherty
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Alpha Mu
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Grafton
Kenneth Daugherty
Inane Echoes From a Silly Weathered Page
Disjointed clippings mix humor and odd facts. A Oklahoma baker imitates Paris Eiffel Tower in pastry while Moscow boasts a rapid champagne method. The piece asserts American ingenuity through quirky quotes and banter about inlaws and balloons.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
Also Mentioned on This Page
VFW Auxiliary
Margaret Mutiley
Philippi
Ladies Auxiliary
Ann Scott
Evelyn Saffel
Asia Streets
Winona Loraw
Preston
Barbour
Taylor Counties
Agnes Shields
Carroll
Ruby Carroll
Ruby Peters
Fetterman Methodist Church
Miss Ayer
Madras
India
Parrish Agency, Inc
Walters
Main St
Riverside Drive
Sharps
Fetterman
Gale
East Wind
Fose Bull
Washington, Pennsylvania
C. C. Liam
West Main Street
VIS
Ma Ellen Roof
McMechen
West Vit
E. F. K Roof
Wes. Washleton Street
Parkersburg
C C. Sturm
Ing
Ernest Graham
Don Whitlatech
National Guard
N.Y
Dress Institute
Mt. Holyoke College
Massachusetts
Gail Sullivan
Greenwich
Conn
Pretty
Gail
Edith W. Willkie
Philip H. Willkie
Wendell Willkie
Cambridge
Philip
Rushville
Ind
Washington
International
Berlin
Jay
Floers
Fellows
Moscow
Russia
Agai
Grafton Finance Company
Grafton Banking and Trust Building
Manchester
England
Julian Kajdy
London
Zygmund Balasz
RAF
Marian Kaczmarek
Stalin
Caplan
Penney
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