Pre nuptial party for Mary Ellen Dougherty and Norman Mahaffey
Society notes report a pre nuptial party hosted by Miss Madeline Dougherty for her sister Mary Ellen Dougherty ahead of her June wedding to Norman Mahaffey. Guests at the Rees home on West Washington street enjoyed a salad course and a gifts shower with many friends presenting presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Dougherty
Mary Ellen Dougherty
Norman Mahaffey
Theress
Rees
West Wash
Mn Street
Mary Ellen
Geraldine Poe
Martha Powell
Mildred Graham
Antoinette Morasco
Edith St. Claire
Exarah Canfield
Adrian Tucker
Lillian Devlin
Florence Cunningham
Gertude Cockrell
Helena Broderick
Marie Guth
Bernadine Dougherty
Catherine | Dough
May 21 Social Calendar Notes for Local Clubs
The Blueville Methodist Episcopal Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Josephine Travis in Loveland with Mrs Pauline Travis as joint hostess. The Women's Missionary association Otterbein Guild banquet is postponed to June. Business Girls club gathers at Cozy Rest Inn at 6 45 after 6 30 post office meet and reservations with Miss Bradford or Miss Ford. Eastern Star Women postpone to June 4. Business Girls now meet Cafeteria Court at 6 45. Women's Auxiliary Methodist Protestant church at church 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Blueville Methodist Episcopal Church
Josephine Travis
Loveland
Pauline Travis
Women’s Missionary Association
Otterbein Guild
The
United Brethren Church
Business Girls’ Club
Cozy Rest Inn
Pauline Bradford
Helen Ford
Eastern Star Women’s Club
Business Girl's Club
Cozy
Peach Cordial Stolen From Box Car Case Charged
Charleston May 20. U S Commissioner A V Fitzwater held Eugene Cofer for the federal grand jury on a charge of breaking when opening a box car and stealing a case of peach cordial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
U. 8
A. V. Fitzwater
Eugene Cofer
Federal Grand Jury
Motorist hunted after crash injures two women
Morgantown police hunted a motorist after his car crossed into a sedan on the wrong side of the road injuring two women. Trooper C C Taylor said the driver appeared to be traveling on the wrong side as the crash occurred near Morgantown on May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
C. C. Taylor
Personal notices and school funds transfers reported
Lucille McCafferty and others attend a Standard Oil meeting in Fairmont while Evelyn Welch visits. Fragments note funeral attendees for W P Stewart at 824 Maple Ave with many from Pittsburgh, Clarksburg, Hundred, and other towns. Governor Kump allocates 971,042.48 for nine months of school term salaries across 38 counties with 23 receiving 595,528.53 this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille McCafferty
Ward Blaney
Albert Kelley
Fairmont
Blaney
Kelley
Standard Oil
Evelyn Welch
W. P. Stewart
Maple Avenue
Mada Skinner
Macy J. Harker
W. Va
Net Robinson
Annetta
John Warl
Mannington
D. L. Postelwaite
J, Hloise
Clarksburg
Viola Urbach
Minnie Barton
Ad. Malone
John Malone
G. W. Wilson
H. R. Gaston
Brew Heagner
First Ward
Tilden
Dorothy Lambert
Helen Shaw
Virginia McDaniel
Angela Moran
Jerry Morgan
Joe Pugh
Mickey McDade
Tod Kunst
June Garrell
Ed Powell
Bill Manley
Joe Ostrosky
Charleston
Kump
James Allen
Woman Trainrider Nabbed by Patrolman in Grafton
Lottie Mae Lane 33 of Oklahoma City Oklahoma was arrested by B and O Patrolman D G Brown after riding a westbound freight train. She appeared before Magistrate Ona C Jefferys, claimed clothing shortages forced her to ride freights, and was fined five dollars plus costs or five days in jail. Magistrate Jefferys seeks Salvation Army clothing for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
D. G Brown
Lottie Mae Lane
Oklahoma City
Olla
Ona C. Jefferys
Jefferys
Salvation Army
Flag Day Program By Grafton Elks
A committee appointed by Exalted Ruler John Bradford plans the Flag Day program for Grafton lodge No 308 B P O Elks to be held Sunday June 14 at 4 am at the lodge home. Chairman J C Holt announced potential speakers include Congresssman Jennings Randolph with a platform and amplifying system proposed for Athletic Field. Committee members are Holt Cook Warder Clark and Palmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bradford
Grafton Lodge No
B. P. O. Elks
J. C. Holt
Jennings Randolph
Mr. Holt
C. L. Cook
Francis L. Warder
W. P. Clark
John S. Palmer
Carnival to Open Monday for Grafton Fire Fund Drive
The Peerless Exposition will pitch tents at the west fairgrounds for a six day carnival starting Monday to aid the Grafton Volunteer Fire Department. Proceeds will fund repairs and new equipment, with local citizens urged to attend. Volunteers will handle grounds, postings, tickets, and crowd control with help from outside helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peerless Exposition
West’ Side Fairgrounds
Grafton
Theunteers
Shinnston
Fines Set in Wife Beating Charges in Huntington
Acting Police Judge Jess Hammock fined three men on wife beating charges in Huntington. One man paid $25, another $10, and the third $5. the third man’s wife did not appear in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Jess Hammock
Gas Station Burns in Clarksburg Fire
Fire Chief J J Martin said a motorist backed into a gasoline pump at the Lynn and Musgrave service station causing a blaze. He estimated damage at 4200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
J. J. Martin
Lynn and Musgrave
Martin
Landon Leads In New Jersey Delegates For Convention
Landon led in nearly half the districts with 155 519 votes to Borah 4251 and secured at least 26 of New Jersey 32 convention votes. Roosevelt pledged delegates maintain Democrats hold 32 votes. Col Henry Breckinridge and Col Charles A Lindbergh's legal adviser are the only Democratic primary entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Henry Breckinridge
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Silas McCarter Rites Set For Tomorrow Morning
Funeral services for Silas McCarter, a Black dam worker, will be held tomorrow at 10:30 AM. Rev Carroll of Warren M E church will conduct the service. His widow Jean McCarter remains jailed in Taylor County, unable to post $1,000 bond. Interment follows at Bluemont Cemetery under Bartlett Funeral Company supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas McCarter
Jean McCarter
Carroll
Warren M. E.church
Taylor
Bluemont
Bartlett Funeral Company
Governor Hoffman Leads In Gop Delegate Race Returns
The returns show Governor Harold G. Hoffman leading Fort and others in the delegate-at-large contest with 17 555 votes counted. Fort trails as Essex County cuts Hoffman's margin. Hoffman had been among four backing London. Fort cites Hauptmann case as politically damaging Jersey justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold G. Hoffman
State Committee
London
Franklin W. Fort
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Jersey
Fort
County
Essex
Plane Wrecks Ends Careers Of Two Aviation Pioneers
A Baton Rouge crash claimed the life of a 41 year old lumberman and aviation enthusiast and an unnamed pilot after a late night takeoff from Patterson Louisiana. The accident follows Williams meeting Jimmy Wedell in 1926 a pivotal relationship that propelled Wedell to fame and later led to the Wedell Williams air service a major private flying operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Baton Rouge
Patterson
Williams
Jimmy Wedell
Wedell
Walter
Worthen
Williams Air Service
Ex-Solon Trial Details Include Jury Instructions
Continued from page one the article shows the judge instructing an eight women four men jury not to consider statements by Margie Dill aiming at Clarence Dill. The judge indicated he would not dismiss the suit as to co defendant Mrs Grace Dill mother of Wendell. Stillwell argued the court jury should decide if Margie Dill’s mother-in-law alienated Wendell’s affections but the evidence remained in question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon
Margie Dill
Clarence
C. Dill
Stillwell
Washington
Grace Dill
Wendell
Wife Sues Senator Clarence Dill in Divorce Action
In Spokane on May 20, Mrs Rosalie Gardner Jones Dill seeks divorce from former Senator Clarence Dill. Dill’s lawyers protest paying his wife’s attorney fees. The case, charged with desertion and cruelty, is set for June. Mrs Dill reputedly holds wealth between 500000 and 1000000 dollars and is a former New York City leader in women’s rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Clarence
Dill
Ust
Hindenburg Completes Long Lakehurst Crossing
ZEP DAY reached Lakehurst 61 hours 57 minutes after leaving Frankfort on the Main Germany. The dirigible started the cruise at 11 35 p m Saturday and aimed to return in eight hours with a five man crew attaching fuel oil and hydrogen lines for the quick homeward run. Captain Ernst Lehmann, Hin denburg skipper, said the en route weather could not be a barrier to ocean flights though the weather service was not fully ready for transatlantic operations. Wilbur Plitt of Baltimore said the ship stood on its rose when a squall struck Monday, while other passengers noted they were not upset and enjoyed the stormy trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ZEP
Page One
Lakehurst
Frankfort
Main
Germany
Hindenburg
Ernst Lehmann
Hesis
Ocean Weather
Eye care offers clear vision and comfort now
An advertisement touts affordable eye care with a thorough examination to determine needed treatment for maximum efficiency and comfort. It urges readers to visit immediately for expert guidance.
Mary Butler Named Great Pocahontas of West Virginia
Martinsburg May 20 Mrs Mary Butler of Morgantown was named Great Pocahontas of the West Virginia Degree of Pocahontas at the annual meeting. She succeeds Mrs Waneta Hammer of Fairmont. Other officers named include Great Wenonah Elizabeth Williams Marrsburg Great Minehaha Ella Thomas Clendenin Great Prophetess Waneta Hammer Fairmont Great Keeper of Records Ethel Robertson Charleston Great Keeper of Wampum Irma M Ripley Huntington First Great Scout Dixie Ray Huntington Second Great Scout Idelia Carroll Lesser Great Guard of Tepee Julia Kinney Charleston Great Guard of Forest Margaret Porter Wheeling. Newly named officers were installed Wednesday. Tuesday evening the past Great Pocahontas association met and named officers: president Oliver E Harden Fairmont vice president Irene Donohue Clarksburg secretary Otis Merrifield Clarksburg treasurer Maggie Vandine Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Mary Butler
Morgantown
Pocahontas
Great Council
West Virginia
Waneta Hammer
Fairmont
W Nonah
Elizabeth Williams
Marrinsburg
Minehaha
Ella Thomas
Clendenin
Ethel Robertson
Charleston
Irma M. Ripley
Huntington
Dixie Ray
Idelia Carroll
Tepee
Julia Kinney
Forest
Margaret Porter
Wheeling
Past Great Pocahontas Association
Oliver E. Harden
Irene Donohue
Clarksburg
Otis Merrifield
Calrksburg
Maggie . Vandine
Overstudy 1S Tragic shooting at campus ends in suicide
Jack Somers Jr., 19, of Meriden Connecticut, killed Robert Henneberry, 18, of Chicago and wounded William Hartl, 18, also of Chicago, then shot himself. Police say Somers used a .25 caliber pistol, with two pistols purchased from a New York mail order house. George Clyde, another freshman, found the scene in Lehman Hall. Hartl described the incident as Somers firing on entrants and then dying by his own action. The president notes Somers had been eccentric but not violent, moody and isolating himself prior to the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Somers, Jr
Meriden
Aged Mother Continued on Page One Report
Stephen T. Early said Mrs. Roosevelt tripped over a six inch step entering the home of the president's daughter in New York City nine weeks ago. She visited children of Mrs. Anna Boettiger, felt no ill effects, and after returning home resumed duties. The president later spoke to her and she said she was slightly handicapped after the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen T. Early
Election totals and medical report in county results
The article notes Jos Page wages Dayton R. Stemple leads George M. Kittle by a narrow margin 1357 to 1919 with Richard J. Waddell 872. Dallas H. Auvil wins sheriff race by 68 votes 1288 to 1220, Wesley Lantz 725. Other county and state races show little change and no major upsets. A woman suffers a medical incident with X rays showing an impacted nip and cracked bone, advised to rest two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos Page
Dayton R. Stemple
George M. Kittle
Stemple
Kittle
Richard J. Waddell
Dallas H. Auvill
Wesley
Lantz
Auvil
Robinson
Aged Man Dies After Fire Destroys Home and Store
Parkerburg dispatch reports Elbert B. Gary aged 75 died in a hospital from burns after a fire destroyed his house and store at Long Bottom, Ohio. The incident occurred May 19 as neighbors aided in battling the blaze and rescuing belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Elbert B. Gary
Long Bottom
Old Before Her Time
Mra Rosale L Ward describes recovering health after moving to town and suffering weakness and nervous ailments. She credits World's Tonic with restoring health, vitality, and a happier marriage, praising its natural plant compounds and world origins.
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King's Daughters
W. A. Camden
Knottsville Road
S. M. Squires
Sulvan Rexroad
Lois Luzader
B. F. Poe
Ruth Crouser
Camden
Sullivan Rexroad
Charles Kirkpatrick
Lula Evans
Mary Wagner
D. O. Reed
J. T. Waller
A. V. Riddle
Hugh
Grafton High School
Fordyce
Howard Lawson
Chester Hobbs
James Withers
Robert Louden
Blanor's Grove
Lillian Dillon
Miss Dillon
Clemans
Mrs. C
Daisy Alkire
Kenny Rosier
Howard Dillon
Virginia Kerns
Pearl Johnson
Ray Livingood
Stanley Clemans
Merle Bolyard
Bertha Bollicer
Chester Colebank
Gordon Dillion
Jake Murdoch
Kenneth McWilliams
Richard
Hilda Sevier
Roy J
Carl Carson
Wolfe
Wilson le
Clarksburs
Hunt
Romance
Anne Kresge
Los Angeles
Dime Stor
Welter McFarland
Honolulu
Mii Kresge
McFarland
Rat Press
Elks
Sentinel
Fairgrounds
Landon Bests
Page 1
Borah
Seagram's
Seagram
Seagram’s
Seven Crown
Silas M’carter
Clarence Dill
EVANS
Taylor County
Stewart- Warner
Lee Evans Furniture
W. Main St
Mrs. Carroll
Grafton “Lodge
Great Scout of Order
Seagram Distillers Corp
Laurenceburg
Ind
Baltimore, Ma
Louisville
Mra
Rosale L. Ward
Marco
Galent Union Prog Co
Red “Cross” Pharmacy
Grafton, Drug & Chemical Co
Love Drug Co
Ady
MOWER
Fountain Cut Rate Drug Store
West Main Street
Grafton, W.va
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