Mary Arnold Weds John Bunner in May 17 Ceremony
Mary Virginia Arnold and John A. Bunner were married in a single ring ceremony performed by Rev. Edwin B. Townsend at Marietta Ohio on Saturday May 17. The couple announced by Mr and Mrs Harter Arnold will reside in Fairmont after a Charleston visit. Mrs Bunner is a Grafton High School graduate of 1936 employed by Carr China. Mr Bunner, also a Grafton graduate, works for American Railway Express in Fairmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harter Arnold
Knottsville Road
Mary Virginia
John A. Bunner
Harter Bunner
Durbin Street
Edwin B. Townsend
Presbyterian Church
Marietta
Ohio
Max Teckett
Blueville
American Railway Express Agency
Fairmont
Missionary Society Meeting at First Presbyterian Church
A large audience attended the Missionary society gathering at First Presbyterian on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. A. A Miller led as president with devotions by Miss Helen Thayer. Mrs. F. S. Suddarth and Mrs. Norman Menear presented home missions topics, and plans for June at Miss Thayer’s home were formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
The
Missionary Society
A. A Miller
Helen Thayer
Mision
F. S. Suddarth
Norman Menear
Miss Thayer
WSCS Meeting Binds Groups 4 5 6 At Andrews Church
A combined WSCS gathering of Groups 4 5 and 6 was held Tuesday night at Andrews Methodist Church with Mrs John Sayre and Miss Lora Ford leading devotions and program. Separate business sessions were run by group chairmen Mrs W C Barnes Mrs Loar Loar and Mrs C C Spencer. An attendance contest runs through June. Mrs Spencer's group led on attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service of
Andrews Methodist Church
John Sayre
Lora Ford
W. C. Barnes
Loar Loar
C. C. Spencer
Spencer
Student council leaders named at State Teachers College
James White of Shepherdstown will head the student council for the 1941 42 school year at the State Teachers College. Officers named include Vice President David Bloom and Secretary Treasurer Miss Georgia Eby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherdstown
James White
State Teachers College
David Bloom
Georgia
Eby
Community club meetings and notices listed for May in Blueville area
A sequence of May events includes W. 8. C. of Blueville Methodist Church meeting at 7 30 p m at Mrs Ed Gans home on Morgan town road with co host Mrs George Hunt. Business Girls club dinner at Cozy Rest at 6 30 p m hosted by Miss Mary Thomas and Miss Helen Snider. White Rose Grove Woodman Circle officers club 7 30 p m at Mrs Emma Furlow 201 Lincoln street with full attendance. Weekley Sewing club meets May 23 at 8 p m at Mrs Ralph Shahan. Jr O U A M and Elkins lodge joint meeting May 24 at Moose home Elkins. Elizabeth Cummins Jackson chapter DAR meets May 27 at 2 p m at Mrs Aliie Chamberlin 13 East Washington street for officer election. W S C S Andrews Methodist church executive committee 7 p m May 27 precedes General society meeting. Woman's Club May Day dinner May 26 at Andrews Methodist church 6 30 p m chaired by Mrs Charles Carpenter. Jr O U A M meeting May 27 7 30 p m at Wehn hall.
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Blueville
Emma Furlow
Lincoln Street
Weekley Sewing Club
Ralph Shahan
Thayer Street
Dewey Avenue
Jr. OU
Elkins Lodge
Andrews Methodist Church
Charles Carpenter
Jin Wehn
Luncheon winds up year for Lit and Art Club
The Grafton Woman's Club Literature and Art departments ended their year with a joint luncheon at Andrews Methodist Church on May 20. Thirty five members and guests attended as Mrs. Paul P. Warden presided. Mrs. C. F. Shafer introduced speaker Mrs. P. I. Reed, a West Virginia University English department member. Reed spoke on the place of poetry in everyday living, reviewing The White Cliffs by Alice Duer Miller. The meeting closed with the General club May Day dinner on May 26 as the final year event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Woman's Club
Andrews Methodist, Church
Paul P. Warden
Book Review
C. F. Shafer
P. I. Reed
West Virginia University
England
General Club
Embroider These On Shower Linens Pattern 6967
Advertises a bluebird motif embroidery transfer for towels scarf and tea cloths with 16 motifs from small to large sizes. Includes stitch illustrations and color schemes. Request pattern by sending ten cents to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept New York with name address and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mater
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N.Y
Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
YCT Members Entertained At Airport Affair
Youths from the Youth's Temperance Council were hosted by Miss Mary Louise Ridenour and Miss Mary Parrish at a party at Harrison County Airport Tuesday evening. The gathering featured social time, campfire games, and group singing. Three membership applications were received. The next meeting is set for June 10 with Manfred Shafer and Lenore Carpenter as hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison County
Youth's Temperance Council
Mary Louise Ridenour
Mary Parrish
Weiner
Manfred
Shafer
Lenore Carpenter
Louise Jaco
Floyd Lambert
Eleanor Parrish
Charles Griffin
Charles Rexroad
Flora Riley
Mary Jean Grinnan
Richard Shafferman
Manfred Shafer
Blanche Grow
Shirley Rexroad
Curtie Marshall
Bruce Gurd
Blake Riley
Mary Frances O'Dell
Roberta Travis
Ruth McCartney
Richard Sterling
Eleanor Jacobs
Robert McCartney
Betty Ridenour
John Breeniove
Stewardship Theme At May Wo man’s Society Meeting
The Women’s Society of Christian Service at St John’s Methodist met in the church lower rooms Tuesday evening with the devotional theme Stewardship of Christian Education led by Mrs Pearl Pierson. President Mrs J Stanley Nicola presided over a business session with officer and committee reports, noting the May Day luncheon planned by Mrs C C Richman. Plans for June at the church were announced by Circle 1 chairwoman Mrs Hazel DeMoss. Ice cream cake and coffee were served by Circle 3 under chairwoman Mrs Ruth Proudfoot to fourteen members and two guests, Miss Dorothy Garrett and Rev Arthur Lazenby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewardship of Christian Education
Woman's Society of Christian Service
St. John's Methodist Church
Pearl Pierson
J. Stanley Nicola
C. C. Richman
Circle 1
Hazel DeMoss
Circle 3
Ruth Proudfoot
Dorothy Garrett
Arthur Lazenby
Dennison Return After Last Rites Visit
Mr and Mrs John A Dennison return to Stevenson Alabama after attending last rites for Mrs Dennisons brother the late W E Leonard. Mr and Mrs Chester Macomber of Washington DC visit Rev George E Manson for a few days. Seth Lawrence Haddix son of Mrs Nolan Haddix Blueville Addition leaves for Fort Bragg NC to resume duties after a fifteen day leave. William Knight of 627 Washington street discharged from City hospital after treatment. He was admitted Wednesday night.
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John A. Dennison
Stevenson
Ala
Mrs
Chester Macomber
Washington, D. C
George E. Manson
Lawrence
Haddix
Nolan Haddix
Blueville Addition
Fort Bragg
N. C
William Knight
Washington Street
City Hospital
Shepherd State Teachers College Leaders Attend Charleston Meetings
Dr. W H S White president of Shepherd State Teachers College is to return Saturday from a state board meeting in Charleston. Dean A D Kenamond also from the college is in Charleston for another educational conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherdstown
W.H.S. White
Shepherd State Teachers College
State Board
Charleston
A. D. Kenamond
Teachers College
Relief from Painful Backache through Kidney Health
The article promotes a product claim that kidneys remove wastes and relieve backaches, female pain, energy loss, and frequent scanty urination. It emphasizes toxins in the blood and urges treatment with a pill, stating long use over 40 years signs of success.
Indict Roane County Businessman For Fraud
Spencer May 22 W L Ripley general manager of the Ripley Chemical corporation faces 21 indictments in Roane county circuit court alleging fraudulent sale of securities and embezzlement of company funds. Grand jury charged him with attempting to defraud by selling 500 shares to six Roane county men. Ripley, arrested March 26 in Hamlin by Sheriff J H Walden, is charged with unregistered securities sales and failure to register as a securities dealer. He posted $3000 bond and waived preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh N. Mills
Securities Division
State Auditor's Office
Ripley
Roane County
Commander Says U S Must Save England
Shanghai May 22 Rear Admiral William Glassford commander of the Yangtze naval patrol warned that the battle of the Atlantic is being lost by the Allies and that England and the British empire face inevitable defeat unless action is taken. He told Chinese and American business leaders that measures must be taken to stop allied sinkings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
William Glassford
United States
United States Urged to Help England in War Effort
A speaker bluntly states that ships are scarce as they sail the Atlantic, going faster than they can be replaced, and proclaims it is the United States' duty to save England. The remark underscores wartime urgency and the need for support from America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
United States
England
Tragic Missing Boy Suspected Abduction Near John H Carey Farm
Relatives report a boy missing after last seen playing near a meadow on the John H Carey farm. Grandmother recalls screams heard as bloodhounds and four officers tracked a trail along a stream for about three quarters of a mile before it vanished in the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Albright
Cynthia Miller
John H. Carey
Edward Green
Philippi Approves $86,000 Municipal Building Plan
President Roosevelt approved Philippi's new municipal building on May 22. The $86,000 project, planned since last winter, will be built on the Strickler lot on Main Street between the Citizens National Bank and Hovatter property. Plans drawn last winter and specifications completed two months ago were sent to the WPA office in Elkins, then returned to the state WPA for prosecution. Construction start timing is not known. The building will occupy about ninety six by 195 feet and include city offices, a library, fire department, jail, electrical department, garage, and a large auditorium for basketball and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippi
Pres. Roosevelt
Washington
WPA
Elkins
Main Street
Citizens National Bank
Hovatter
Strickler
Nazis Gain Foothold On Malemi Sector
Cairo May 22 Airborne Nazi troops hold a temporary foothold in the Malemi area south of Canea Crete amid a three day invasion. The British Middle East command says German convoys have been dispersed or sunk and Crete sea landings blocked. German paratroopers suffered heavy losses and operations to eject them continue at Malemi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Crete
Malemi
Middle East Command
Canea
George II
Greece
Treasury Official Urges Higher Corporate Tax Revision
Assistant Treasury Secretary John L. Sullivan testified before the House Ways and Means Committee urging a $300 million increase in the corporate tax portion of a new $3.5 billion tax program. He called for a drastic revision of the excess profits tax levied last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
John L. Sullivan
House
Ways and Beans Committee
Berkeley Grand Jury Studies Appeal Case
Berkeley county grand jury in Martinsburg studied appeal cases tied to a strike at Interwoven Stocking company plant in March and April. The panel had previously returned 10 felony and 17 misdemeanor indictments, all felonies tied to the Red Man act alleging conspiracy to commit bodily harm. The jury aimed to finish the remaining cases today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Berkeley County
Interwoven Stocking Company
Rumford Baking Powder Promises Easy Cake Baking
A personal ad style note claims Rumford Baking Powder makes cake baking simple with any good recipe. It asserts the directions’ amount is correct and offers a free booklet with baking ideas from Rumford Baking Powder, Box R, Rumford, Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Rumford Baking Powder
Box R
Rumford, Rhode Island
Grand jury probes strike cage cases from magistrates courts
Approxima the grand jurors if needed in connection with the strike cages. All the cases came to the grand jury from magistrates' Courts. Some of the complainants were strikers and some nonstrikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anther
Grand Jury
Williamson Man Jailed After Shooting Quarrel
Williamson county line report says James Taylor 25 was critically wounded and Blevins 18 held in Mingo county jail without charge after a shooting in an argument at the mouth of a coal mine on Thacker creek. State Police Corporal R L Wooster cited the incident occurring yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
James Taylor
Blevins
Mingo County
Taylor
R. L. Wooster
Seed Available To Uses For Bird and Game Feed
Game farmers and others may obtain free seed to sow for birds and game next winter. Contact County Game Protector Joseph W. Powell who will deliver the seed. Reach him at 509 West Main Street or by telephone 628 W. Planting should occur after June 10, as declared by Mr. Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Powell
Powell
West Main Street
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Annabel P. Swisher
Mary Arnold
John Bunner
Marietta, Ohio
Missionary
WSCS
Morgantown
Sehold Arts
Alice Brooks
Reel
YCT
Airport Affair
Meet
Louise Marchand
Lannie Ross
Tulane University
Louise
Miss Marchand
Ross
Louisiana
U. S
Lydia B. Pinkham
Claire Tilden
Roosevelt
Malemi Sector
Berkeley
Por
Atrid
Amesian Institute of Laundering
Skaggs Exclusive Jewelers
Augustine
Flemington Fellowsville
Grafton
Newburg
Benrus Or. Bulova
Séiooly
Skaggs & Company
Ans Ceauund
Sak Gay Ito
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