Community notices and club meetings listing various events May through June
Local society pages list guests hosts and dates for entertainments church meetings and social events spanning May 23 to June 5. Highlights include Lindy club and DAR gatherings, Philathea class, missionary aid meetings, G A R dances, P H C lodge, Naomi chapter dinner, and a Roosevelt tea invitation at Arthur Dale Inn with Grafton ladies.
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Zeda Ridenour
Bonafede
Allie Chamberlin
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington Street
First Baptist Church
Margaret Byers
Missionary Aid Safety
First Presbyterian Church
Frank Collins
King’s Daughters Bible Class
United Brethren Church
B. C. Isner
Beech Street
American Legion Auxiliary
Moose Home
P.H.C. Lodge
Icie Bickford
Naomi
Masonic Temple
Eastern Star
Youth's Temperance Council
Latrobe Street
Everett Lee Keener
Sewing Club
Lizzie McFarland
Grand Street
Woman's Benefit Association
Wilie Redmen’s Hall
Banco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pauline Hess Meredith
Arthurdale Inn
Grafton
Roosevelt
Prison Gambling Can't Be Stopped, Guard Says
A seasoned prison guard told the State Civil Service Commission that gambling inside Ohio penitentiaries could only be halted by removing guards, his 35 years’ experience cited as the reason. He warned that without strict guard presence, gambling would persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Chattanooga News Picketed by Guild in May Strike
In Chattanooga Tennessee on May 23 the Chattanooga News building was picketed by striking members of the paper's unit of the Chattanooga Newspaper Guild. The action followed a strike vote after the guild executive committee described it as the next step in a long series of harassing tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Headley
Agnes Brown
Perie Kramer
Mable Leow
Roberta Jewell
Helen Dempsey
Tena Brown
Zora Anvil
Carrie Fawcett
Imogene Devers
Chattanooga, Tenn
Chattanooga News Build
Chattanooga Newspaper Guild
Guild
Prison Warden Appeal Cited Over Removal Order
Witness Captain John H. ae en testified for James C. Woodard appealing from an April 1 order by State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood removing him as warden. Dicken described prison gambles and noted only two liquor incidents in four years, with offenders sent to the dungeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Aeen
James C. Woodard
State Welfare
Charles L. Sherwood
Dicken
London Farm
Local Personal News and Hospital Notices
Lloyd Shumaker, a former Grafton resident now living in Montgomery Alabama, visits his sister Miss Nell Shumaker on Beech Street. Mrs Lee Bennett Sr returns home on West Main after wintering in St Petersburg Florida. Bliss Hoffman of 22 Walnut Street is admitted to City Hospital for a major operation. Mrs Anthony Lobis of 109 Barrett Street is discharged from City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmy Rogers
West Main Street Methodist Church
Sarah Peters
C. C. Sturm
Peters
Sturm
Grace Frey
Margaret McFarling
Sara Musgrove
West Main Street
J. Lee Evans, Jr
William D. Fisher
Oddford Watkins
Raymond McDaniel
Francis Wolfe
Karl Hinkins
Bonnie Newcome
Virgil T. Handley
Donald Landacre
Clarksburg
Lloyd Shumaker
Grafton
Montgomery
Ala
Nell Shumaker
Beech Street
Lee Bennett
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bliss Hoffman
Walnut Street
City Hospital
Anthony Lobis
Barrett Street
Two summoned by dies group in Morgantown
In Morgantown on May 23 7 a university graduate Edwin Curry of Point Pleasant and his political science instructor Professor Clifford Gatwick announced they would testify before the Dies committee investigating un American activities They planned to link a United States senator to the Knights of the White Camellia and discussed other far right groups including the Silver Shirts and the Crusader White Shirts. George Deatherage already testified in Washington and is connected to the Knights of the White Camellia. Curry and Gatwick described extensive literature and noted a university forum offer that could occur without naming the senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Knights of the White Camellia
Dics
Edwin Curry
Point Pleasant
West Virginia University
Clifford £. Gatwick
Curry
Washington
Gatwick
United States
George Deatherage
St. Albans
W. Va
The
Deatherage
William D.pelley
American Guard
Olov E. Tietzow
Crusader
Paul
Ku Klux Kien
Father Coughlin
Man
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Queen Becomes Entranced by Five Young Guests in Toronto
In a 19 minute audience in Toronto, five girls in organdy dresses and bonnets greeted Queen and King with bouquets and kisses, spoke rapidly in French, and drew the royals into a lively exchange. The quints then visited the legislature, where officials were urged to stay quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Mama Dionne
Queen Elizabeth
David Williamson
Quints
Toronto
Witney
Cecil
Emilie
Annette
Yvonne
Marie
Dr. Dafoe
Grafton Man Sentenced For Drunkenness By Mayor
Jim Remlinger of Grafton was committed to the county jail for ten days after pleading guilty to drunkenness in municipal court. He could not pay a ten dollar fine plus costs assessed by Mayor P F Gillispie and was arrested by city police last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F. Gillispie
Jim Remlinger
Banker Goes On Senate Testimony Continues
Campbell and McWhirter told the committee Campbell's reports were fantastic. Dies pressed McWhirter on the fate of reports he claimed a six foot wastebasket held them. The witness refused to join Dies in interpreting alleged plots by prominent persons to destroy the documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
MceWhirter
Dies
McWhirter
Witnesses reveal plots tied to anti-Semitic propaganda
The hearing exposed Harmonite club agents seeking a mysterious waiter to supply material for anti Semitic propaganda. Dudley Gilbert circulated conversations to 40 people, while James Campbell and others discussed a plan to rally Dixie allies. Hamilton denied knowledge of Campbell activities, stressing opposition to intolerance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmonite Club
New York City
Dies Committee
Dies
House Committee On UN
Dudley P. Gilbert
New York
Gilbert
James E. Campbell
Owenshire
Camp |Bell
Livestock Association Plans Meeting May 26th
The Greenbrier Valley Livestock Marketing association will hold its annual meeting May 26 in the Fayette county courthouse. The union covers Fayette Greenbrier Monroe Pocahontas Summers and Raleigh counties and aims to improve herds and pool interests. C. C. Hoffa president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Greenbrier Valley Livestock Marketing Association
Fayette County
Fayette
Greenbrier
Monroe
Pocahontas
Summers
Raleigh
C. C. Hoffa
Dent
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Annabel P. Swisher
Telephone
Ociery Reporter
Fear
Marin Steadman Fear
General Woman's Club
St. John’s Methodist Church
W. J. Frey
Industrial School
Pruntytown
Icle Bickford
Laura Mathews
Sadie Kramer
Blueville Patent Teachers Association
Ind
Industrial School Orchestra
Kermit Bell
Esther Turner
Ruby Carroll
Ladies Aid Society
Blueville
Alice Shroyer
Chattanooga
Palm Beach
West Virginia
NTS
Jayne
GRAYTOR DRUG # CHEMICAL COMPANY
Ton
Livestock Association
FORD
Shriver Motor Company
Pike Street
Grafton, W. VA
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