Celebrate Anniversary Of United Brethren Bible Class
The second anniversary of the Philip Otterbein Bible class at United Brethren church featured a devotional opening, scripture, and a principal address by Pastor Lois Luzader. Members and guests enjoyed poems, a reading, and a party with a birthday cake. plans for summer meetings were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Otterbein
United Brethren Church
Margaret Crall
Harold Waller
Frank Luzader
Lois Luzader
J. W. Martin
Ralph Redinger
Betty
Margaret Robinson
Maude Carrico
Wilda Bott
Ruth Crall
Ella Rhodes
Mabel Waller
Evelyn Redinger
Peggy Jenkins
Helen Mims
Catherine Mays
Ovelle Shroyer
Wilda Phillips
Janet Sturm
Camile Robinson
Pauline Keener
Leina Boylen
Dawson Mims
Otto Sturm
Elmer Carrico
Max Phillips
Clifford Crall
William Bott
Lois Lizader
Frank Lusader
Elbert Rhodes
Simpson
Social Calendar Highlights Diverse Community Meetings
May events include P H C lodge and Ladies of the G A R meetings, a Naomi chapter gathering, Youth's Temperance Council, and a sewing club. Also planned are Oak Grove Farm Women luncheon, Mountainier Council session, Glade Run Farm and Home club programs, missionary society services, a Robinson Sanders tea, and numerous club socials with memorials and receptions.
Grafton and Pittsburgh social notices in local column
Personal items list visits and illnesses across families in Grafton and nearby towns. Mrs Walsh of Pittsburgh visits sister Mrs Steel. Mertie McCoy underwent major City hospital operation. Mrs Weaver hospitalized. Attendants at Gannon Broderick nuptials include Guth Felton Gerkin Rauscher and Brodericks from Grafton and Rowlesburg. Out of town funeral attendees for Frank Keane from Baltimore Down and many others. Mrs Squires returns from Washington trip with companions. John Britt seriously ill. Mrs Shaw visiting. King Austin leaves for St Marys Training School to study electrical welding.
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John L. Walsh
Pittsburgh
C. W. Steel
West Main Street
Mertie McCoy
Route 3
City Hospital
Marshall Weaver
Warder Avenue
Marc Guth
Margaret Felton
Angela Gerkin
Mary Jo Rauscher
Grafton
Marie Broderick
Margaret Broderick
Rowlesburg
Frank M. Keane
H. W. Fawyer
Baltimore
Lee Parrish
Willis Parrish
Downs
W. Va
Norman Davis
George Keane
Wheeling
M. A. Morgan
Mannington
C. N. Brown
Evelyn Brown
Charles Newhart
Widen
J. H. Vernon
George Ullom
Harvey Reed
H. B. Grow
John Maddox
John Ullom
A. G. Martin
Brooks Hall
H. G. Fletcher
Fairmont
H.D. Morgan
Parkersburg
Ralph Morgan
Philadelphia
Jennie Brown
Blanche Myers
Buckhannon
M. Squires
Washington, D. C
Louise Jaco
Margaret Grinnan
Mary Jean Grinnan
Euelah Riley
John Britt
Maple Avenue
John Shaw
Thornton
King Austin
Mayor Proclaims Poppy Day in Grafton
Mayor P F Gillispie proclaims Saturday May 27 as Poppy Day in Grafton urging citizens to wear the American Legion Auxiliary Memorial Poppy to honor World War I dead and aid disabled veterans. The notice appears in the city hall proclamation and local store SKAGGS & CO highlights Longines Wittnauer watches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
P. F. Gillispie
American Legion and Auxiliary
United States
I. P. F. Gilllaple
W. Va
W. Wa
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Bicycle Patrol Planned for City Youths
Captain A E Lockard of the city police proposes forming a Junior Bicycle Patrol for all city children to promote riding safety. The program would be club like with free membership, a safety pledge, and badges. Members would receive an honor certificate listing six safety pledges to memorize and sign.
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A. E. Lockard
Lity Police
Capt. Lockard
City Hall
Lockard
Police Department
Profile of a Responsible Person Pledges
A fragmented pledge emphasizes personal conduct to bring credit to self, parents, and community. The text highlights duties and ethical standards as guiding principles for daily actions.
Stolen Truck and Safe Found Hidden In Hollow
Stolen May 11 from Lamberton, a truck belonging to a lumber company and a 1000-pound safe from Farmers Exchange were found hidden in a brushy hollow near Ellenboro, 1000 feet from a highway. The safe had its bottom chopped out and contents missing. $35 in cash was inside. No arrests have been made.
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Harrisville
Lamberton
Ellenboro
Farmers Exchange
Exchange
City Grants New Playground Spots in Grafton
Mayor P F Gillispie announced city approval for WPA Recreation to use the old Fortney Mill site near the South Grafon bridge as a city playground in summer. He also eyed a shower at Central school and a Hazel Atlas Glass ground section in First ward for additional playground use this season.
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Grafton
P. F. Gillispie
WPA
Fortney Mill
B and O Veterans Grand Lodge Opening Tomorrow
The Grand Lodge of the Baltimore and Ohio Veterans Employees Association and Ladies Auxiliary will hold their annual meeting tomorrow and Saturday at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore. Over 200 delegates from major cities and division points along the B and O and its Alton subsidiary are expected to attend, with Daniel Willard, president of both B and O and Alton, addressing one business session. C W Galloway, VP of operations and maintenance, will also…
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P.H.C
Ioie Bickford
Washington Street
Naomi
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
Hastier Star
Redmen's Hall
Banco
Grand Lodge of the
Ladies Auxiliary
Lord Baltimore
Baltimore
Alton
Kansas City
Daniel Willard
C. W. Galloway
Junior High Student Robert Archer Found Hanged
PARKERSBURG May 25 The body of 14 year old Robert Archer a junior high school student was found hanging from a belt on the city outskirts yesterday Magistrate Ray A Miller said the youth took his own life Investigators were at a loss to explain the tragedy
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Parkersburg
Robert Archer
Ray A. Miller
Miller
One Killed 12 Injured In Railroad Accident
Newington Connecticut May 25 David Butters of East Providence Rhode Island was killed when three coaches of the Washingtonian New Haven railroad Montreal to Washington express were struck by equipment projecting from a passing work train. At least 12 persons were injured none seriously.
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Newington
Conn
David Butters
East Providence
R. 1
Washingtonian
New Haven
Montreal
Washington Express
Holiday Service May 30 At Grafton Postoffice
Post office in Grafton observes Memorial Day on Thursday May 30 with no city or rural deliveries and all main windows closed. A night mail collection will operate only in the business district while prompt dispatch urged by Postmaster James T Murphy.
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Grafton City
James T. Murphy
Murphy
Steel chief flags New Deal poverty claim
T. M. Girdler, chairman of Republic Steel Corp, says the New Deal philosophy is producing poverty and that public support is swinging away from it in a May 25 statement from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
T. M. Girdler
Republic Steel Corp
Bond proposal for county clerks in 1939 reform
Auditor Edgar B. Sims proposed that all county clerks post a $10,000 bond, the legal maximum, to cover expanded collection duties mandated by the 1939 legislature in Charleston.
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Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Queen Mother Thanks Truck Driver for Flowers After Collision
Queen Mother Mary thanks Albert Cooper the truck driver who delivered flowers to Marlborough House following a collision in which he was injured. Cooper, 47, was involved in the incident and the Queen extended her gratitude for the bouquet brought to her residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mother Mary
Albert Cooper
Marlborough House
Bergdoll Returns to Face Law After Two Decades Abroad
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll arrives in New York from Germany and confronts legal actions he dodged for nearly twenty years. His wife and five children, raised in exile, greet him as they aim to reconcile with American life.
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New York
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Germany
Ailson
Coach Breaks Arm In Charleston Car Crash
Coach Harry Martin of Bikview High School suffered a broken arm and severe cuts in an automobile collision while returning from a softball game at Clendenin. State Trooper Edwin Starcher reported Martin's arm break and injuries to Earl Meckley of Clendenin and Theodore England of Falling Rock, who were slightly hurt.
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Charleston
Harry Martin
Bikview High School
Edwin Starcher Salt Martin
Clendenin
Earl Meckley
Theodore England
Falling Rock
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Annabel P. Swisher
Society Reporter
Frank Collins
First Presbyterian Church
William D. Fisher
Marion Skaggs
Harry Shaw
China
Guiting
Fisher
Highiay
Kirk Waters
Dorothy Gerkin
Leonard Street
Knottsville Methodist Church
Smith Shroyer
America
Cora Gull
Annabelle Boylen
Buddy Boy
Helen Thomas
Virginia Lee Thomas
Freda Reckart
Helen Boylen
Marjorie Boylen
Leona Gull
Wanda Ruth Wilson
Alfred Lundy
Junior Lundy
Jackie Hamner
Lloyd Nestor
Buddy
Boylen
Jackie Sturm
Charles Hartsel Wilson
Billy Lawler
Fannie Shroyer
Everett
James
Junior
Curtis Eugene
Jackie
Elva Jane Sturm
First Baptist Church
Belle White
Jeanne Menear
Tommy
Margaret Byers
Maude Palmer
L. L. Bradley
Joe Fralinger
Sarat Mahaffey
W. Menear
Ida Williamson
Minnie Keener
Elsie Hardie
Lulu Smith
Oak Grove Farm
Club
Uso
Roderick School House
Ella Ford
Alfred Ford
Souncil
Mountaineer Council No. 44
C. W. Knipple
State Benefit Department
Farm and Home Club
Glade Run Farm and Home Club
Vaughn Exline
W. D
Mary Exline
John McCartney
M. O. Bradley
Dorsey Goodwin
Edwards
Canning
Bradley
L. H. Zinn
H. Goodwin
D. K. Hebb
Jane Hebb
H. R. McCartney
John Nine
C. A. Thorn
Frank Smith
Howard Knotts
Zinn
Ruth K. Herriss
Aldene Tucker and Son
Glen Goodwin
Geraldine Knotts
Glade Run
Lloyd Mauller
Jesus
Methodist Parsonage
Terra Alta
Fred Burleigh
O. G. Sanders
Nell Sanders
Moundsville
Terra Alta High School
West Virginia University
Robinson
M. §. Robinson
Grafton High School
Warner Theatre
Morgantown
Glenville
W. W. Williams
S. M. Scott
Leo B. Ott
W. A. Whitehair
Hazel Jones
James Moon
Emma J. Carr
ReZd-Feather
Charles Hartiman
Herman Taylor
Virginia Byler
E. F. Casserday
R. E. Fraley
Maxine Shay
Lucille Davis
Pearl Sisler
Ruth Evans
Martha Taylor
Edwina Gibson
Mary Martha Mitchell
Eleanor Cole
Will
C. Dewey Jones
Knottsville
Knottsville Church
Hugh Johnson
R. Uhlinger
Shaw
Emmit Haddix
Reckart
Grow
Gideon Kerns
Taylor County Council of Religious Education
Chuck Moran
Olive Sapp
Raymond Isner
Quartet
Church of the Nazarene
Clara Luzadder
Cozy Rest
Ruth Welch
Bindge Club
Dorothy Sapp
Charlotte Rendle
Margaret Moran
Miss Sapp
Rendle
Nell Tucker
Mildred Bartlett
Helen Constance Lowe
Ward Blaney
John Bartlett
Alfred Dehlinger
Sean Murray
Evelyn Welch
Miss Moran
Mary Thomas
Jayne
Stad Port Rand
Dr. D. Dayne & So, Inc
Plas
Jaynes
Grafton Drug & Chemical . Company
Gillispie
Yardley Night Cream
Yardley
Malone
Rexall
Main ST
Hollow
City
B. & O. Veterans Grand Lodge
Grafton Postoffice
Queen Mother
Bergdoll
OIG
Grafton Drug & Chemical Grafton
Buffly
Priscilla
Shee
Suips 2
Pete Sqe
Oxfords
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