Reception Planned for Flemington High School Dance
Plans outline the annual reception for Flemington High School juniors and seniors on Friday May 27 at the Field House River Side Drive. Crowned royalty for 1938 Stephen Reppert and Mary Jo Grinnan will be hosted by last year’s king and queen. The ceremony features gold thrones, white satin gown, organ music by Davis Evans, and dancing with Rolfe Shay orchestra plus student performances.
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Borate
Flemington High School
Field House
Riverside Drive
Stephen Reppert
Flemington
Mary Jo Grinnan
Jessie Silver
Joseph Mahaffey
Grafton
Davis Evans
Rolfe Shay
Board of Education
Social Calendar Highlights Church Meetings and Events
May events list church group gatherings across multiple denominations, including Emma Rogers Bible class, Men’s Brotherhood, Women’s Missionary Society, P H C lodge, Ladies Aid, Grand Army, Lend-a-Hand circle, Eastern Star, Weekly Sewing club, and various church programs. Several meetings shift dates to June, with notes on locations and times.
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Emma Rogers
West Main Street
M. E
Men's Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church
Chauncey Miller
Woman's Missionary Society of the
U. B
P. H.C. Lodge
Chanco
Ladies Aid Society of
St. Paul's
M. E. Church
C. C. Thomas
Maple Avenue
Ladies of the Grand Army
V.F. W. Hall
First Presbyterian Church
Thomas Love
West Washington Street
Eastern Star Club
Knights Templar
Sewing Club
T. C. Gough
Forget the Honors No More Serious Bridge Misjudgment
Barclay critiques a brittle bidding choice in a Central Press column. The deal, dealer South, both sides vulnerable, features a 2NT versus 3NT decision. He argues opening with majors favors better game chances and analyzes the correct response and first three tricks after misfired trump play.
Jean Batten Leaves London For Buckingham Palace Court
Jean Batten, premier woman flyer, departs her London hotel en route to Buckingham Palace for presentation to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at the second court of the season, amid high public attention and media coverage.
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Jean Batten
London
Buckingham Palace
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Great Britain
Central Press
Poetry Week Observance Ends With Memorial Day Program
The observance featured poems by Leslie A. Allen and Anna L. Garrett, a piano solo by Mrs. Seymour, and songs including Bring Them In. Mrs. Edwards led a brief class business session, followed by a social hour with ice cream cake coffee and mints served by hostesses Miss Sylvia Rowland and Miss Stephens.
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Maude Safer
Leslie A. Allen
Seymour
Maude Stephens
Minnie Carder
Edwards
Sylvia Rowland
Miss Stephens
Miss Rowland
Ill or Noted Residents and Visitors in City Notes
PERS NALS Ben Poling of 7 Walter street is ill at home after a heart attack Monday morning. Mrs Joseph C Korte and daughter Mary Ann visit Mr and Mrs M L Kelly in Richmond Virginia. Miss Mary Elizabeth Cockrell, on Wilford street, expected to resume duties at West Penn office by Wednesday or Thursday. Junior Fawcett, Bellaire Ohio posi tion, returned there after visiting his parents at Blueville Kansas City. Arnold of Zanesville visited the City Monday. Mrs Edna Poling and Mrs Raymond Poling returned from Chicago where the latter sought treatment for a nervous condition. Ted Robinson of route 3 was
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Elizabeth Cummins Jackson
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Allie Chamberlin
Washington Street
Alden Beague
Alden Beagle
C. F. Bhafer
W.N. Burdett
Florence Kate Smith
Allie M. Chamberlin
O. J. Fleming
Catherine Rector
C. V. Miller
Lila Love
Cozy Rest
David E. French
Bluefield
Miller
Roll-a- Drome
West Main Street
Helen Woodyard
Margaret Henway
Jean Murphy
Martha Powell
Florence Linn
Maxine Duckworth
Marguerite Duckworth
Paulie Poling
Helen Gerkih
Betty Shields
Bobbie Shaw
Ruth McFadden
Mary Catherine Walter
Margaret Elton
Catherine Felto
Nellie Tucker
Helena Brogerick
Mary Virginia. Lambert
Stacie Outright
Jo Clara Hicks
Mary Jo Rauscher
Angela Gerkin
Ann Hoban
Marie Guth
Raymond Beatty
Francis Gatrell
Ed. Grayson
Frederick Gilmore
James Walter
Perry Sapp
William Rauscher
Philip Gerkin
James Foy
Robert Neason
James Cockrell
Norman Woodyard
Charles Leach
Robert Carr
Harold Poe
Dorsey Sapp
Leroy Mills
Buddie Lambert
Ben Poling
Walter Street
Joseph C. Korte
Mary Ann
M. L. Kelly
Richmond
Mary Elizabeth Cockrell
Wilford Street
West Penn
Junior Fawcett
Bellaire
Ohio
D. E. Fawcett
Blueville
K. C. Arnold
Zanesville, C
Edna Poling
Raymond Poling
Chicago
Ted Robinson
Route 3
Emergency Appendectomy Admission News Note
Patient admitted to City hospital on Wednesday morning for an emergency appendectomy. Documentation notes an urgent surgical procedure and ongoing inpatient care. Medical staff prepared for immediate operation and post operative monitoring.
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Thee City Hospital
Damages Engine Man Is Given 30 Days By Court
Wallace Wade, 23, unemployed of Tennessee, was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail by Magistrate Hoye G. White Sr. on a charge of destroying a steam gauge and pipe connection from locomotive No. 2730 of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Wade had earlier been jailed five days for train riding. the five days were not finished when the new charge was found. Wade pleaded guilty.
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Wallace Wade
Tennessee
Hoye G.white, Sr
Baltimore and Ohio
Wade
A. B. Knabenshue
Wife of Sen Bridges Dies After Stroke
Concord New Hampshire May 25 Mrs Sally Bridges 34 wife of U S Senator H Styles Bridges Republican New Hampshire died today a few hours after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while seated in an automobile Senator Bridges was en route from Washington by airplane at the time of her death
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Concord
N. H
Sally Bridges
U.8
H. Styles Bridges
N.H
Senator Bridges
Washington
Retired farmer dies in Huntington at age 82
John W. Edwards, 82, a retired farmer, died in Huntington on May 25. He is survived by his widow, two sons, one daughter, two brothers and two sisters.
Kingswood school raided as 33 questioned in Ohio
Police in Columbus rounded up 33 people at Kingswood school a private religious institution citing lack of state license no peddlers license for religious tract sales and students lacking work permits. Among those held were Rev A B Wachtel his wife son and daughter in law and named staff and students aged 12 to 27 from several states.
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Columbus
Kingswood School
Edgar N. Butler
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Patrolman
Butler
A.B. Wachtel
Kingswood
Wachtel
Elmer ,Diamond
London
Mary Carpenter
Norwich
N. Y
Cyrus Cleveland
Handshoe N. Y
Myrtle Belt
Staunton
Sarah Haviland
Harry Ross
Cambridge
Bast
Sparta
Lillian Dewey
Washington,d. C
Two Railroadmen Die In Train Wreck Near Freeport
A Chicago Great Western passenger train derailed four miles west of Freeport killing engineer Maxwell and fireman Dale. BC Railroad officials seek cause as wreck investigation begins.
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Freeport
Moswell
B. G.dzale
Ske
Fordireman
Bothher
BC Railroad
Even Worse Mood Foretold by Ex Official Hyde
Arthur M. Hyde, secretary of agriculture under Hoover, told a Republican rally in Emporia Kansas that the United States faces another and perhaps greater low mood under the Roosevelt administration. He blamed false philosophy and bitter hatred of an American president for undermining free government after five years of planned economy.
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Emporia
Kas
Arthur M. Hyde
Herbert
Hoover
United States
Bears Velt
Hyde
America
Last Ditchers Plan To Fight Wage Hour Bill
Southern senators led last-ditch opposition as the House passed a revamped wage hour bill by a 914 to 07 vote. Senator Berkley urged a swift Senate-House committee compromise, while Senator Thomas pushed for varied wages by region. Opponents hope to block action through Senate filibuster fears amid calls for party unity.
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Washington
House
Berkley
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas
Utah
South
Np House
Congress
Ter
Verdict Reaches Rose Maurice Estate Against Auto Company
In Princeton on May 25 a jury returned a verdict for Rose Maurice, administrator of the estate of Bobbie Mayrh, against a major American company by agreement. The case stemmed from a fatal automobile incident near McComas last summer.
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Princeton
Rose
Maurice
Bobbie
Amerigan -Coalas Pany
McComas
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Wayne Knotts
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Jean Gans
Sylvia Favish
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C. O. Shay
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