Society News From Montgomery and Local Chapters
Society editor notes Daughters of America events underway at 7:20 with a planned program and refreshments. Nabi Chapter 12 Order Star holds a special meeting at the Masonic Temple with Esther chapter of Clarksville as guests and initiatory work planned. Quota Club meets at the Cafeteria at 6 p.m with many members present and a delicious dinner served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daghters of
America
Order Star
Masonic Temple
Adance
Two Brothers Confess to Murder in Ohio Woman Killing
Cassius Chandler and Erwin Chandler of Muncie Indiana confessed to murdering 77 year old Mrs Belle Harter of New Madison Ohio. They admitted entering the home for robbery, gagging the victim, looting the house, and later stealing a car before their arrest in Terra Haute Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N Haute
Ind
Cassius Chandler
Erwin
Muncie
Belle Harter
New Madison
Ohio
Examinations Mark Promotions For Eighth Grade Pupils
The Shriver office is grading papers of 278 eighth graders taking a standard graduation exam for promotion to high school. Early progress suggests about 85 percent may win promotion. About 48 percent of one room school pupils fall in the lower bracket, fueling consolidation claims. The exam was unusually stiff and administered to 35,000 pupils across seven states including West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd L. Shriver
Shriver
West Virginia
Holt and Shriver to Attend Airport Meet
Prosecutor James C. Holt who heads the Taylor county welfare board and is superintendent of schools plans to attend a Clarksburg airport meeting. Lloyd Liver will go to Clarksburg Wednesday afternoon to confer with delegates from Fairmont and Clarksburg on forming a plan for a federal airport. The meeting will be in the Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce rooms and presided over by City Manager James S. Rodney of Clarksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Holt
Taylor County Welfare Board
Lloyd Liver
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Darrow Board Probe Proposed in Resolution
Washington May 22 The resolution by Representative Britten proposes a congressional investigation of the NRA and the Roosevelt Darrow board of review to decide if the NRA should be abolished. NRA administrator Hugh B Johnson said at a press conference the forthcoming Darrow report on additional codes would be answered as the first one was.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Roosevelt-Darrow Board of Review
Britten
Hugh 8. Johnson
Darrow
Social calendar of clubs and church groups
Tonight events include Mrs L H Greenwald hosting Lindy Club Lincoln Street Christ Ambassadors meet at 7 45 PM Elizabeth Cummins Jackson Chapter DAR meets at Mrs Harry Walter West Main Street Gleaners Class hosted by Mrs John W Wolfe West Washington Street Wednesday Lend a Hand Circle meets at Mrs Frank Cather Pearl Street 2 PM American Legion Auxiliary Taylor County Unit No 12 meets 8 PM Moose Home Thursday sewing clubs meet at Mrs Will Clark East Main Street Original Now and Then Club at Mrs Pearl Poling Mountain City Council No 49 Daughters of America meets Webb Hall 5 30 PM Naomi Chapter Order Eastern Star meets Masonic Temple 8 PM Friday Mrs W R Eskew hosts C B F Club 8 PM Naomi Chapter C E S meets Masonic Temple Queen Esther Chapter Clarksburg entertain initiatory work shown
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Greenwald
Lincoln Sreet
Lindy Club
Christ Ambassadors of the Pentecostal Church
Elizabeth Cummins Jackson
Daughters of the American Revolution
Harry Walter
West Main Street
John W. Wolfe
Gleaners
Andrews M. E. Church
West Washington Street
First Presbyterian Church
Frank Cather
Pearl Street
Taylor County Unit No. 12
American Legion Auxiliary
Moose Home
Will Clark
East Main Street
Pearl Poling
Mountain City
Daughters of America
Webn
Tunnelton
Naomi
Order
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
W. R. Eskew
C. B. F. Club
Queen Esther
Clarksburg
Laborers Labor Dispute Over Hourly Wages in Taylor County
Officials debated wage issues with laborers who deny a strike is underway. They protest a proposed 45 cent hourly rate while the local FERA office reportedly did not set welfare labor wages. The local welfare wage board had fixed a 30 cent minimum wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lymer
FERA
Taylor County
For Sale Transplanted Plants and Garden Goods
Classified notice for sale of transplanted cabbage tomato pepper sweet potatoes and other plants. Price reasonable. Contact Mrs at Waugh Junction Knotts Ave and Route 50. Listing appears mid page with date and page reference 51-6t-Soc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waugh Junction Knotts Ave
Mode Eich Retrospect on New Summer Bathing Apparel
The feature highlights diverse summer bathing styles with halter necks, brief backs, shirtless options, separate shorts, mannish tights, baby pants, and nautical versions. It describes knitted two-piece and one-piece suits in bold colors like yellow and bitter sweet, with blue cord lacing and woven cord halters, plus a hand knotted wool scarf in fish net mesh as a key beach accessory.
Wage Row Grows Over Central WV Labor Pay Rates
Taylor County workers protest 30 cent hourly wage while nearby counties pay 45 to 50 cents, urging a higher local rate. W. H. Arnold explains FERA limits and directs complaints to the wage board through Captain Arnold. Local officials push to return to work only after wage adjustments are made.
West Virginians protest wage scale at Taylor county center
A rally in Grafton West Virginia drew about six hundred people to oppose a Taylor county FERA wage rate of thirty cents per hour. Residents demand the county prevailing scale of 40 to 51 1/2 cents and call for an immediate investigation. A telegram to National Work Director Harry L Hopkins was prepared by a protest committee.
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Arnold
West
Harry L. Hopkins
Taylor County
Washington, D. C
Court House
Grafton
West Va
FERA
Housing Bill Wins Bank Backing Amid Senate Hearing
Washington May 22 Cooperation by the American Bankers Association with the administration housing program was pledged to the senate banking committee by Robert V. Fleming president of Riggs National Bank of Washington and vice president of the bankers association. A Houston official countered that parts of the legislation threaten building and loan associations while urging support for Roosevelt’s plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Bankers Association
Senate Banking Committee
Robert V. Fleming
Rigés National Bank of
Bankers Association
T. Friedlander
Houston
Texas
United States Building and Loan League
Pres. Roosevelt
Congress
Neely Proposes Toll Bridge for Sistersville
Senator Neely of West Virginia introduced a bill to authorize the Sistersville bridge board to build and operate a toll bridge across the Ohio River at Sistersville. The measure seeks federal approval for construction and toll operation by the local authorities.
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Neely
Bill
Washington
Dem
W. Va
Bridge Board of Trustees of
Sistersville
Ohio River
Lohm Couple Leave After Visit With Sister
Mr and Mrs Robert P Lohm who have stayed with the former s sister Mrs Ralph Eunst of Washington street left Sunday for their home in Pittsburgh Pa They recently returned from Miami Beach Florida where they spent the past six months Lohm is a former Grafton boy and was greeted by old friends during his stay here
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Robert P. Lohm
Ralph 8
Washington Street
Pittsburgh
Public Auction Sale Of Taylor County Lands 1934
By decree in chancery case C E Lawhead Receiver v Bunner the Special Commissioner will publicly auction three parcels in Taylor County on June 6 1934. Tract 1 41 34 acres near Fresh Ford on Tygarts Valley River with roadand creek lines Tract 2 38 acres 1 rood 1 pole near Grafton with road and fence lines Tract 3 Lot with dwelling in South Grafton fronting 42 feet on Street and 8 84 86 feet depth. Terms: one third cash day of sale, rest in two equal installments with notes secured. title retained until all fees and interest are paid. Also other adjacent parcels and discharge of mining rights. Special Commissioner W Merle Watkins and Clerk Frank M Hollis Jr note filings May 15 1934 and June 1934 dates.
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C. E. Lawhead
Louis Bunner
Taylor County
Knottsville
Fresh Ford
Tygarts Valley
Miranda
J. Bunner
Grafton
Jaco
Ross St
J. B. Patterson
W. Va
Shell
A. S. Warder, Jr
Fetterman
Samuel C. Peters
Gafton
Paot
Harry Friedman
Frank M. Hollis
Fiduciary Notice for Final Settlement of Several Estates
Before me for final settlement are the accounts of four fiduciaries: W. L. Thomas executor of B. F. P. McVicker deceased. Edna Turner administratrix with will annexed of J. H. Warder deceased. C. Ross Jones executor of Uriah Jones deceased. and C. Ross Jones administrator of George E. Jones deceased. Dated May 22, 1934. Ma22-29 Special Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Thomas
B. FP. McVicker
Edna Turner
J. H Warder
C. Ross Jones
Uriah Jones
Real Estate Sale Notice in Taylor County WV
Pursuant to a Cir cuit Court decree in Taylor County West Virginia on February 19 1934 the court will offer at public auction the real estate described as a 29 acre parcel in Petterman District near Fet terman with plaster particles stuck to cement floors and removal terms noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Taylor County
West Virginia
C. A. Jones
Rose Peters
Said Court
Petterman District
Said County
Fetterman
Menus of the Day by Mra Alexander Geot
Morning and noon meals listed with breakfast items including pineapple juice eggs toast and buttered bread luncheon items featuring celery apple sauce salad dressing gelatin dessert and coffee. The text outlines a bacon based skillet preparation with onions peppers and rice recipes and step by step cooking directions though portions are garbled.
Grafton Mining Men at Meeting in Clarksburg
Members of the Central West Virginia Coal Mining Institute executive committee met in Clarksburg last night to discuss mining matters and a potential mine safety meeting this summer. Attendees included Robert Kann and W H Sandridge of Grafton L B McGee of Shinziston Matt Morgan of Fairmont Glenn Toothman and Charles Horner of Clarksburg The next general meeting will be held in Grafton on Friday June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central West Virgini Coal Mining Institute
Ihenterest
Robert Kann
W. H. Sandridge
Grafton
L. 8. McGee
Shinziston
Matt Morgan
Fairmont
Glenn Toothman
Hepzibah
Charles Horner
Clarksburg
Institute
Interfraternity Council selects officers in Morgantown meeting
Hubert McPhail named Fi Kappa Alpha treasurer and Ernie Roberts elected president for the coming year at the Interfraternity Council’s annual business session in Morgantown. Henry M. White of Hollis NY becomes Kappa Sigma vice president and Sheldon Hayes of White Sulphur Springs is chosen Phi Kappa Sigma secretary. Most Chinese foods are cooked briefly to retain flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert McPhail
Fi Kappa Alpha
Interfraternity Council
Morgantown
Ernie Roberts
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Henry M. White
Hollis
N.Y
Kappa Sigma
Sheldon Hayes
White Sulphur Springs
Phi Kappa Sigma
New French Process Face Powder Glows and Blends
A new face powder promises long wear with a French process. GLO stays on longer, smooths pores, blends naturally with any complexion and leaves a fresh bloom without irritation or a pasty look. Priced at 50 cents or a dollar.
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Coral Parrish Montgomery
Seal
Terra Hilite
Steff
Holt
Darrow Board
Ben H. Franz
W. Main
Eich
W. C. Hall
M. L. Willis
C. A. Keefer
Barbour
Dotson
Todd
Relief Administration
Add
the Justice of
Monongalis
Marion
Harrison
Randolph
Barbour County
John Bradley
Bradley
Capt. Arnold
Orde
Fenton D
Marion Fortney
Cooperation of Association
Special Commissioner's
W. Merle Watkins
Special Commission
Circuit Court of
Frank. M. Hollis
Circuit Court of Taylor Co
Mra
Alexander
Grafton Mining Men
Jules” ' Cansulsid
Riverside
New York
Bernarr Macfadden
Bernarr Macfadden Foundation
the Physical Culture Hotel, Inc
Dansville, New York
Academy of Hairdressing and and Beauty Culture
Max Bernotat
Paris
London
Hazel C. Somers
Clartaburg ‘Trust Bidg
Pike and Skial
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