Good Citizenship Theme At Quota Dinner
A Quota International dinner last night featured a threefold program on Patriotism Citizenship and Juvenile Delinquency. Florence H Wilkinson introduced John Shields who read his prize winning essay What Uncle Sam Means to Me. Elsie Beaty spoke on Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency and Betty Turvander received a four year American Legion scholarship.
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Committee On
Cozy Best
Quota International
Florence H. Wilkinson
John Shields
Uncle Sam
Elks
Betty Tufvander
College
West Virginia
American Legion
Grafton
Tufvander
Elsie Beaty
Public Assistance
Taylor County
Mildred Debendarfer
Lake Placid
N.Y
Debendarfer
Rhea Fisher
Donna Ryan
Marguerite Thayer
Ida B. Dorsey
Grace Miller
Dora Staton
Sarah Sayres
Gertrude Shaw
Bertha Goodwin
L. C. Frey
District Nurses Dinner Set for May 22 at Cozy Rest
Grafton district nurses of West Virginia Nurses Association district No 5 will host Susan B Cook at a dinner meeting at Cozy Rest at 7 p m on Thursday May 22. District includes Fairmont Terra Alta Morgantown and Grafton.
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Grafton
Susan B. Cook
West Virginia Nurses Association
Cozy Rest
Fairmont
Terra Alta
Morgantown
Community group schedules from Andrews Methodist pages
A sequence of May events lists VFW Auxiliary 8 p m meetings, Woman's Society circles 4 5 6 at 7 30 p m, General Woman's Society meeting with special music, Jr O U A M district reports, Business Girl club dinner at Cozy Rest with Miss Marty Thomas and Miss Helen Snider hosting, Woodman Circle officers club at Emma Furlow home, and Woman's Club May Day dinner at Andrews Methodist church with Dr James V Flanagan as guest speaker thirty five guests expected.
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VFW
Woman's Society of Christian Service of
Andrews Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
St Paul's Methodist Church
Woodman Circle
Emma Furlow
Lincoln Street
Woman's Club
Charles Carenter
James V. Flanagan
Corinne Stafford
Plans for Junior Senior prom coronation at school gym
Plans progress for Flemington and Grafton high schools annual Junior Senior reception and prom to be held Friday at 8:30 p.m. in the gym field house with Mary Thomas directing coronation ceremonies. Bertie Cather will be queen and James Skaggs king, followed by a long list of court members from both schools.
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Flemington
Grafton
Mary Thomas
Field House
Bertie Cather
James Skaggs
Betty Bartlett
Helen Shingleton
Lillian Shaw
Marjorie Brown
Ruth McGhimphy
Clara Richards
Betty Godon
Detta Glover
Natalie Pembroke
Wilma Springer
Agnes Shaffer
Pauline Shreves
Bill Slack
Lantz Carrico
Richard Bolyard
Roy Simons
Sam Humphreys
Clifford Hall
Fleming
An Easy Medallion To Memorize Pattern 6864
An easy crochet medallion pattern titled Star of the Last enables beginners to form a medallion by crocheting a number of rounds and joining. The pattern includes stitches, illustrations, and a photograph, with materials list. Send ten cents to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept. for pattern 6864, including name address and pattern number.
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Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
Andress
Flemington Junior Latane Ware to Lead Evening Event
Latane Ware and his Morgantown orchestra will headline a dancing and entertainment night in Flemington. The program includes booths with special features and the Monongahela System will donate floor lamps for use during the evening.
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Flemington
Latane Ware
Orchestra
Morgantown
Monongahela System
Flemington Girl Weds Ex Grafton Man In Baltimore
Kathleen V Welch of Flemington married Alfred B McVicker of Baltimore in a Sunday ceremony at the Baltimore Methodist Episcopal parsonage. Attended by Donald Nutter and other relatives, the couple plans to reside in Baltimore where the groom works for Bethlehem Steel.
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Flemington
Grafton
Baltimore
Kathleen V. Welch
Edward L. Welch
Clelia McCauley Welch
Alfred B. McVicker
Dellit B. McVicker
Martha A. Reed
Vicker
J. Vern Munger
Methodist Episcopal
Donald Nutter
Bridgegroom
James E. McVicker
Francis McVicker
Mary McVicker
McVicker
Bethlehem Steel Company
Now Then Club Hosts Seasonal Bingo Party
At Mrs Pearl Poling's Wilford street home on a Thursday night the Now and Then club held a pleasant bingo gathering. Prizes went to Mrs. Mary Reisinger and Mrs. Minnie Stillwell with guest Mrs. Anna Smith. lunch was served by the hostess with help from Mrs. Ruth Barlow. Attendees included several club members and guests, and the next meeting is set for Mrs. Stillwell's Warder avenue home on June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Poling
Wilford Street
Now and
Ruth Barlow
Mary Reisinger
Minnie Stillwell
Anna Smith
Miriam Isner
Marguerite Marshall
James Roy
Nina Sturms
Grace Louden
Lulu Evans
Mary Wagoner
Summa Camden
Elva Gough
Ruth Crouser
Stillwell
Warder Avenue
Girl Reserves Honor Mothers in Grafton Event
About sixty members and guests of the Girl Reserves of Grafton gathered for a Mother’s Day style program honoring mothers with songs, readings, and refreshments, reflecting community support and youth involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Reserves
Grafton
Mother Daughter Banquet At First Presbyterian Tonight
Senior high school plans its annual Mother Daughter banquet at 6 o'clock tonight at the First Presbyterian church followed by installation ceremonies for newly elected officers. Mrs. Florence H. Wilkinson delivers the principal address with a program and sponsor Miss Hickman also speaking. Musical selections by Betty Turvander Frances Leonard Frances Jones Helen Shingleton and Mary Alice Palmer. Presentation of point pins to officers sponsor Myss Hickman co sponsor Miss Cook and others will be highlighted.
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First Presbyterian Church
Florence H. Wilkinson
Miss Hickman
Betty Turvander
Frances Leonard Frances Jones
Helen Shingleton
Mary Alice Palmer
Myss Hickman
Miss Cook
Huntington Negro Fails To Win Court Reversal
Charleston May 20 A B Farmer a Huntington negro who wrote his petition in his own hand failed today in seeking a reversal of a decision denying a writ of habeas corpus He was convicted last June of attempted armed robbery and sentenced to 25 years Farmer claimed a Huntington merchant sold him bad meat leading to a dispute The Cabell circuit court denied the writ last December after the Supreme court ordered a hearing Judge H HB Rose said the 24 grounds were inaptly drawn and not in form to justify a writ The court was solicitous of the rights of a late petitioner and the investigation was ordered in the first place.
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Charleston
A. B. Farmer
Supreme Court
Farmer
Huntington
Cabell Circuit Court
Washington Visitors Attended By Hinkins Family
Mrs. E A Hinkins and daughter from Washington Pa visited week end with Mr and Mrs F A Hinkins at 213 East Washington Street. Miss Ruth Dean of Oneonta N Y is convalescing from a year old injury at her parents home on Grand Street.
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Washington
E.A. Hinkins
Virginia
F. A. Hinkins
East Washington Stret
Ruth Dean
Oneonta
N. Y
H. E. Brestel
Grand Street
Birth Announcement for Blueville Addition the 10 Pound Daughter
Announce birth of a 10 pound daughter on May 1 to Mr and Mrs Paul Austin of Blueville Addition. New arrival named second child. Mrs Austin formerly Marian Locke. Father employed by E J du Pont company Morgantown. Hospital notes list multiple admissions and a birth of a son Warren Neil Current to Mr and Mrs Lloyd Current of Thornton at City hospital. Virginia Miller prior to marriage.
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Paul Austin
Blueville Addition
Austin
Marian Locke
E. J. du Pont Company
Morgantown
Lloyd Current
Thornton
City Hospital
Warren Neil
Current
Virginia Miller
Thornton Fire Brick Company
Appoints Greenbrier Man Sanitation Supervisor
Health Commissioner C. F P. Mc Clintie announces Glenn Harrah of Greenbrier County as supervisor of rural sanitation. Harrah succeeds L. W. Burton of Wetzel County, who resigns to join the WPA community sanitation and malarial control project in the middle west.
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Charleston
C. F P. McClintie
Glenn Harrah
Greenbrier County
Harrah
L. W. Burton
Wetzel County
Middle West
Carloadings Beat Last Week in Rail Freight Totals
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad moved 63,474 cars in the week ended May 17, with 41,600 loaded on line and 21,868 from connections. This surpasses last year by 5,132 cars and exceeds the prior week by 153, reflecting a strong weekly gain in freight car traffic.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Heiress Bubbles Schinasi To Get Divorce Decree
Friends question timing as tobacco heiress Bubbles Schinasi plans a September final decree from actor Wayne Morris. They met at a New York club when she left her table to greet him with a hug and kiss followed by a dance.
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Bubbles Schinasi
Wayne Morris
New York
Bubbles
FDR Chooses LaGuardia To Lead Defense Effort
President Roosevelt announced LaGuardia will not be paid as defense head and will stay mayor of New York while arriving in Washington to organize the agency aiding civilian defense. He disclosed the U S may sell or charter two ships to Ireland and provide 500000 dollars in food, with Ireland likely to buy more. Military equipment to Ireland was not discussed.
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LaGuardia
Roosevelt
New York City
Washington
United States
Ireland
Maritime Commission
Crete Invasion Blunted By British Defense Forces
The article describes 1500 German troops landing on Crete near Malemi in western Crete by glider parachute and plane. British forces halted the assault by morning, signaling a grave battle and suggesting Cyprus could be a related objective. Major General B. C. Freyberg commanded the island defenses.
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New Zealand
Canea-Malemi
Church
Malemi Sirdrome
Ando
Crete
Sea
Britain
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Syria
B. C. Freyberg
Adlerika Ad Appeals To Ease Gas And Bowel Lolds
A vintage ad from C. C.-Mass promoting Adlerika with three laxative and five carminative ingredients. The copy claims it relieves gas and lazy bowels and urges readers to buy from Grafton Drug & Chemical Company.
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C. C.-Mass
Adlerika
Grafton Drug & Chemical Company
Crete Cyprus Axis threat looms in Aegean and Middle East
London reports note a potential German strike on Crete and Cyprus to clear airfields for airborne troops and to secure the Dardanelles. British bases at Suda Bay and Cyprus aim to block invasion routes while observers warn of extending Axis control toward Turkey and the Black Sea.
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Zealand
George TS
Crete
Athens
Greece
Suda Bay
Aegean
Syria
Iraq
Middle East
RAF
Cyprus
Egypt
Palestine
Larnaca
Beirut
Lebanon
Speedy Continued From Page One Labor Strikes Hit Shipyard and Steel
The American Shipbuilding company holds a $7,000,000 Navy minesweepers and six net tender orders. Lorain strikers seek a 12 cent per hour raise on an undisclosed wage scale. A 900 member CIO strike at Apollo Steel in Apollo, Pennsylvania halts $100,000 national defense orders over a 10 cent hourly increase demand.
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CIO
Dunkirk
American Locomotive Company
AFE
Naval Powder Factory
Indianhead
American Shipbuilding Company
Lorain
Apollo Steel Company
Apollo
Wort National Defense
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Spoleto
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Italy
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Tunnelton
J. A Keller
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Jean George
High Street
Harry Wilt
Greenbrier
LD Mawkina
Los Angeles
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Hawkins
Glendale
FDR
Hunan
He Yu
Ping
American
Standard
Adiator Sanitary
Haw York Prr
Pittsburgh
Vitrecen Ching
Futuren
Rts
Dan Gatien
Shums
Mestog Romer
Aris
Primrose
Bert Utsinger
Ethel Street
Francescole Permanents
Eod
Clarksburg
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Davisson Run Road
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