Womans Club District Meeting Planned in Grafton
The executive board of the Grafton Womans club met Wednesday evening to discuss plans for the district meeting in Grafton on September 22 and to finalize the club year. Hostess Vera Keller and co host Mary Lewis led the gathering. retiring president Art Bunner conducted business and a shower for Vera Keller followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Grafton Womans Club
Vera Hamilton Keiler
Walnut Street
Mary ‘Lewis
Art Bunner
Vera Keller
Mesdames
Charles Carpenter
W. P. Turner
C. E. Hoffman
W. J. McGonagle
Paul Warden
Rose Murphy
Walter Beall
George Shroyer
G. H. A. Kunst
Clyde Turner
Burl Mason
J. E. Rupert
Bruce Bumgardner
Joe Evans
Barbara Cather
Elizabeth Cather
Joe Kell Jer
Mary Lewis
Flemington Juniors Present Chapel Program
Flemington May 20 seniors the focus as Flemington High hosts chapel program Tuesday morning Violet Gibson introduced the devotional by Barbara Johnson. A boys quartet including Richard Carder Maxwell Sarnes Robert Watson and James Davis performed with a girls trio Lorraine Goodwin Kathleen Shaffer Mary Jen Carder. Betty Drainer Lois Springer lent a reading and Robert Watson joined in singing Dearie and other selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolan Sansom
Betty Drainer
Lois Springer
Robert Watson
Dearie
Society and Club Activity News Note
Mrs Naomi Lawson, club and society editor, reports on ongoing social and club events with details conveyed by telephone line 514 for readers seeking updates on local gatherings and member activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Lawson
Mrs Goff Heads CES Club In Spring Meeting
Mrs Carlos Goff was elected president of the Eastern Star Womans club at the Masonic Temple meeting. Officers named include vice president Mrs Gorge Shroyer second vice president Mrs Charles Corbin secretary Mrs F S Smith and treasurer Mrs Ray Monroe. The program featured a review of Mary by Sholem Asch read by Mrs Melvin Mackey with musical numbers by a quartet. Refreshments were served to thirty members. the group adjourned until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Goff
Eastern Star Womans Club
Masonic Temple
C.F. Shafer
Gorge Shroyer
Pesident
Charles Corbin
F. S. Smith
Ray Monroe
O. W. Hoffman
Mary
Sholem Asch
Melvin Mackey
Jesus
Elizabeth McKeen
Lois Monroe
Eileen Leonard
Emily Dougher
Bendemeer
Evening Star
Margaret Byers
May 21 Oddfellows Rebekahs attend church service
May 21 the Oddfellows and Rebekahs will attend the evening service of the West Main Street Church in a body at 7 p.m. May 22 the Beta Sigma Phi sorority will meet at the American Legion home at 8 p.m. All mothers are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oddfellows
Rebekahs
Main
Hall
Grafton Womans Club Shines At State Event In Ohio
The Grafton Womans Club earned second place in the state contest with a Youth Conservation Project paper by Mrs. Rosalind Fleming Helionimus. They also placed with Contributions to World Literature by Mrs. Ruby Withers and Mrs. Rufus Yost, earning 100 percent honor club status. At Wheeling’s late April state convention, members Mrs. Rose Murphy, Mrs. J. E. Rupert and Mrs Art Bunner attended as plans advanced for the General Federation of Women’s Clubs meeting in Boston May 29 to June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Alaska
General Federation of Womens Clubs
Boston
Rosalind Fleming Helionimus
Warren R. Austin
United States
Brooks Emery
Foreign Policy Association
Ruth Bryan Rhode
U. S
United Nations
Francis P. Gaines
Washington and Lee University
Harper Sibley
United Council of Church Women
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Greece
Philippines
West Indies
Japan
Sweden
England
Canada
India
Pakistan
Hawaii
Baltic Women's Council
Germany
Meeting Notes From May 23 Church Social
May 23 RTS class of the First Baptist will meet at the church at 7 30 p m Hostesses are Melba Stilwell Mildred Courtney and Mayme Shahan Elizabeth Cummins also listed as a participant in the notice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.T.S
First Baptist, Church
Melba Stilwell
Mildred Courtney
Mayme Shahan
Elizabeth Cummins
Revival Services At Grafton Assembly Of God Begin May 21
Revival services are set to start Sunday May 21 at the Grafton Assembly of God on Beech Street and continue nightly at 7 o’clock for several weeks excluding Saturdays. The visiting ministers Mrs Stat and Mr Staudt bring long missionary and pastoral backgrounds with teaching evangelism focusing on Bible doctrine and prophecy. Recent meetings have been held in Morgantown Fairmont Clarksburg and more. the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Stat
India
Kansas State A. C
Osteopathic School of
Kirksville
Staudt
Baltimore
Standard Oi Company
Full Gospel Church of
Trinity Assembly of God
Potomac
Morgantown
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Arble Elected Head of West Main Methodist Men
Robert Arble was chosen president of the Men s Brotherhood at West Main Street Methodist Church. Other officers named include vice president Ray Keener secretary Lawrence Jackson treasurer Roy Warne and membership chair C W Wells. About twenty men attended a dinner meeting in the church hall led by Rev Paul Trimpey with an open forum after. Officers to be installed next month. Jackson chapter D A R to meet May 23 and Greek sorority Tau Phi Lambda to hold initiation at the American Legion Home May 25. Junior Order American Mechanics Mountaineer Council No 44 meets May 25 in Daughters of America hall. Student League of Associated Arts to hold joint meeting May 25 at Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Arble
Men's Brotherhood
West Main Street Methodist Church
Ray Keener
Lawrence Jackson
Roy Warne
C. W. Wells
Young Adult Fellowship
Paul Trimpey
Kathryn Hamilton
Mountaineer Council
Junior Order United “American Mechanics
Daughters of America
East Main Street
Student's League of Associated Arts
Presbyterian Church
PLEDGES FRATERNITY Ralph Scarcelli Named
Ralph Scarcelli, son of Mr and Mrs Scarcelli, pledges fraternity membership as a significant college social milestone. The announcement notes family ties and the student’s ongoing academic pursuits, reflecting campus life tradition and community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Scarcelli
New York Pigeons and Their Oddball Keeper Angelo Romano
A vivid portrait of New York City pigeons and their keeper Angelo Romano in the East Eighties shop. The piece contrasts the city birds with their benevolent feeder, recounts tales of injured canaries, and frames pigeons as quintessentially urban New York characters. It notes Romano’s humane care, his son Sam’s help, and experiences with a diverse urban clientele, while poking fun at pigeon lovers and critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Angelo Romano
East
Angelo
Crippled Bird
Mr. Romano
Sam
America
Newcastle
Tam
Ual
Ohio University pledge and local high school cartoonist
Mrs Sam Scarcelli of 287 Maple Avenue was pledged to Phi Kappa at Ohio University. He is a Grafton High School graduate who was a school paper cartoonist and writer, member of Quill and Scroll, now a freshman majoring in commercial art. Hospital news lists five admissions and four discharges at City Hospital on May 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Scarcelli
Maple Avenue
Phi Kappa
Ohio University
Grafton High School
Quill and Scroll
Hospital News
City Hospital
Martha Johnson
Baird Drive
Charleston
Marybelle Hardin
Kasson
Luther Bolyard
Dewey Avenue
Mary Bolyard
Tunnelton
Charles Duty
West Francis Street
Florence Kirby
Carolyn Johnson
Janice Jennings
Newburg
Mary Hibbs
Robley Street
Whitney Darrow Jr and Middy In Blouse Wedding Tale
Cartoonist Whitney Darrow Jr meets his bride in an editorial setting amid magazine circles. The piece recalls his wooing of a woman associated with entertainment and hints at a playful nickname Middy. A magazine covered dedication ceremonies for a Miami Beach amusement center with a staged audience and a song performance delayed by rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sthitney Darrow, JR
Darrow
Miami Beach
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
The Woman's Corner Recipe Exchange Feature
The column shares a melted butter and brown sugar milk confection recipe with steps for cooking and cooling until spreadable. It invites readers to submit recipes or tips, offering contact via telephone to Mrs. Lawson at the Grafton Sentinel for the Woman's Corner section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society
Mayonaise Cake Recipe With Quick Caramel Frosting
Mrs Edward Kirby Jr shares a pantry cake idea with a moist mayonnaise based mix. The recipe uses cocoa cake flour baking powder mayonnaise water vanilla and sugar with a fast two minute caramel frosting option using butter and brown sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kirby, Jr
Route 1
Local entertainment notes and social events recap
A Flemington area page highlights a varied week of performances including "The Negro Dance" by Lorraine Goodwin and Martha Stonko, a mixed quartet, and a chorus-girl dance. A spring fashion show features both comic and cute costumes with many town paricipants. Junior and Senior Glee clubs from Flemington High School performed to 140 voices in preparation for commencement. The Woman's Society of Christian Service met at the Smallridge home with a devotional, a poem titled "Mother," and a refreshment hour. A surprise birthday party for Mrs. Boyles drew many relatives and friends from multiple towns. The Johnsons hosted visiting relatives for the weekend and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington High School
L. W. Talbott
Patricia Savage
John Boyles
Junior
Boyles
Galloway
Chris Lagegette
Pittsburgh
Pennsyl
Also Mentioned on This Page
Womans Club
Flemington Juniors
Mrs. Goff
CES Club
Congress
Joseph J. Walker
W. Va
Moundsville
Fostoria Glass Co
Glassworkers’ Union
Washington, D. C
Southwest Pacific
Benwood
Working Men
J. L. Blair Buck
Richmond
Virginia
Hiram Houghton
Red Oak
Towa
Oscar A. Ahlgren
Whiting
Indiana
Motts
Dy Page
Hei Mer
New York City
Dublin
Bronx
Brooklyn
Mel Heimer
Whitney
Edward Kirby
West Virginia
Lorraine Goodwin
Martha Stonko
Maxwell Bar‘nes
Kathleen Shaffer
Lawrence Helmick
John McKinney
Robert Sandy
Edward Gobel
Clara Wolford
Maxine Smith
Patty Kerns
Irls
Kenneth Douvall
Betty Thompson
Jackie Payne
Elanor Spears
James Guzzi
Virginia Gibson
James Smith
Elizabeth
Pellegrino
Carl
Guzzi
Emma
Lee Kennedy
James Swerple
Mary Hudkins
Michael Stonko
Minnie McGee
Donald Smith
Delores Felton
Alva Knight
Betty Cox
Womans Society of Christian Service
Astor Methodist Church
Betty
Patricia Smallridge
Betty Smallridge
Harold Jenkins
Jesse Simmin
Orval Shaffer
Vivian Smallridge
Vania
Carson Boyles
James Proudfoot
Hugh Boyles
Willis McCauley
Ray Humphrey
Bill Maxwell
Gordie Maxwell
John Martin
Masontown
Alice Ervin
Simpson
Freda Wilt
Philippi
Ruth Proudfoot
Gene ‘Headley
Bill Proudfoot
Shirley Ley
Robert Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Emery Dollinson
Fairbanks
Louisiana
Eagles
Juring
AH Srons
Loyal Order OF Moose
Leonard Hannegan and
Moose
The
Hartford
Hartford Insurance
Ace
C.C. Richman Telephone
Masdlnet Company
Inrestont
Lola
Johns Street
Finange
Grafton Bank
Toy
Grafton Paint
Wallpaper Co
Paul Hood
Latrobe Street
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