Bridge Party At Holt Home With Prize Ceremony
Social items report a bridge party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. James C. Holt on Dewey Avenue. Four tables played with spring decorations. Paul Murphy won the club prize and Ed Knotts the guest prize after a dessert course late evening. Guests included Mr. and Mrs Knotts and other local couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Holt
Dewey Avenue
Paul Murphy
Ed. Knotts
W. ¢. Lawson
Richard Robey
Local social calendar highlights May to June events
May 30 Junior meeting at 8:30 p.m. in Moose home with white dresses required. June 1 Alumni banquet at St Augustine's with no reservations after May 28. June 1 Tend-a-Hand circle of First Presbyterian to meet at Mrs. Thomas Love’s home at 2:30 p.m. June 2 Eastern Star club meeting moved from May 19 to June 2 due to Knights Templar conclave. June 3 Weekly Sewing club meeting moved to this date with Mrs. Gough. Members and guests listed. theatre party to Clarksburg for Vicious Lady with refreshments on return to Grafton. May 30 club meets at Mrs Reed’s Leon ar d Street. Charles Breeniove guest of honor at surprise birthday party marking 60th anniversary and gifts.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Moose Home
St. Augustine's
First
Presbyterian Church
Thomas Love
West Washington Street
Eastern Star Club
Knights Templar
Sewing Club
T. C. Gough
Thelibi Club
Clarksburg
Grafton
Cozy Rest
Harper Woodell
Ray Withers
Sherman Reed
A. W. Dean
George Ashby
Lee Valentine
Kenneth Orr
Robert Taylor
Dudley Pauley
Reed
Leonard Street
Charles Breeniove
Carroll Pifer
Barclay on Bridge The Ruffing Entry Dilemma
In a four spade contract with South declarer, ruffing serves as an entry to a hand. The article discusses avoiding trump finesse to preserve the dummy’s entry, and outlines how South mishandled cards leading to two losses. It explains optimal play: use spade A to force discarding, cash clubs A and K, and use the remaining trump to ruff a club.
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Declarer
Local musical program honors National Poetry Week in Pifer home
Mrs Anna Cruise presented students on May 25 at Mr D C Peck's West Main Street residence. Both instrumental and vocal numbers plus organ pieces featured Mrs Peck and Mrs Cruise. Notables included six local poets and writers led by Miss Blanche Guard and Leslie A Allen. Refreshments followed with Mrs Clyde G Turner and Mrs Paul E Malone assisting.
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Anna Cruise
D.C. Peck
West Main Street
Mary Emily Malone
Denza
Newton
Florine Friedman
Emelbruch
Jo Anne Welch
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Jeanne Ault
Chopin
Duvernoy
Waters of
Minnetonka
Theirlow Lieurance
Mary
Twins Meet After 27 Years Separation In New York
Identical twin sisters Marjorie and Shirley Shaw, born to Mrs. Harold Shaw of Toronto and adopted separately after their mother died in childbirth, were reunited in New York. Marjorie Greggs of London Ontario and Shirley Swim grew up as nurses, their striking likeness noted by a clinic supervisor leading to the long-awaited meeting.
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New York
Harold Shaw
Toronto
Marjorie
John Gregg
London
Ont
Shirley
Swim
New York City
Hi We Forget
Editor notes Della Brown a former Grafton resident now in Wheeling. Poem honors sacrifices of war dead with lines about Valley Forge and 61, Maine sinking, and border defenders, urging to keep faith with the sacred dead.
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Della Brown
Grafton
Wheeling
Billy” Brown
Carrie Brown
Ruth Brown Flanagan
Valley Forge
Maine
Musical program and city visit plus birth in Baltimore
Virisilla Felton performs vocal solo Gold Mine in the Sky and others perform including Sylvia Favish piano solo and Frances Leonard piano duet. J H Hanway of Newburg visited Friday. A baby boy named Charles Jr. was born May 24 to Charles and Rose Duffy Bishop, former Grafton residents. this is their first child.
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Virisilla Felton
Sylvia Favish
Tchkoff
Frances Leonard
Menisohum
Richard
D. C. Peck
Arma Cruise
le Harpe Reliquese
St. Cecile
Charles Bishop
Baltimore
Charles, Jr
Rose Duffy
Bishop
Grafton
Social Notes From Pearl Street Visit Family Guests
Mrs. Frank Cather of Pearl Street hosts over the May 80th holiday her niece Mrs. Margaret Love Nebraska of Collinsville Pa. Mrs. G A Groves and Mrs. Margaret McFarling travel to Washington DC to visit Private Charles Groves and nurse Jane Mahaffey at Emergency hospital. Mrs. Mary M. Clark returns to her desk after influenza. Alice Margaret Holt, WVU student, plans weekend return to see her parents A A Holt and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cather
Pearl Street
Margaret Love Nebraska
Collinsvile
G. A. Groves
Margaret McFarling
Washington, D. C
Charles Groves
Medical Department
U. S. Army
Jane Mahaffey
Mary M. Clark
Grafton News
Alice Margaret Holt
West Virginia University
A. A. Holt
Store Manager Succumbs To Personal Safety Related Wound
BLUEFIELD May 27 Scott Pack 37 store manager for American Coal Co at McComas died in hospital from a pistol bullet wound family says was personal safety related A brother Paul Pack Buckeye Coal and Coke Co says Scott arose May 19 and shot himself no reason given He was son of late J C Pack a southern West Virginia coal operator Survived by wife two children mother one brother and two sisters.
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Bluefield
Scott Pack
American Coal Company
McComas
Paul N. Pack
Bramwell
Buckeye Coal and Coke Company
Scott
J. C. Pack
West Virginia
Tent Teen Here For Next 10 5 Days
Ev angelist W C Keener Rev J MacVicker and Rev S L Van Gilder lead a Free Methodist tent event beginning at 7 30 o clock for ten days five days remain unspecified in readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Keener
J.macvicker
S. L. van Gilder
Ferndale Inn at Park Opens Under New Management
Ferndale Inn at Park opens at Grafton Park under Gene Shomate. The dance floor is reconditioned with new decorations. Private parties can be arranged. Soft drinks and sandwiches are on sale. Dancing is planned each afternoon and night.
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Gene Shomate
Ferndale Innn
Grafton Park
Beer tax not deductible from gross sales returns
Charleston May 27 The state beer tax of 1375 a barrel may not be deducted in making out gross sales tax returns. Assistant Tax Commissioner E A Hansbarger said in a letter to George W Tavener Parkersburg accountant that the barrel tax is considered an excise levy and therefore a cost of doing business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
E. A. Hansbarger
George W. Tavener
Parkersburg
Road Safety Film Set To Improve Charleston Traffic
West Virginia state police announce a 2000 foot feature length highway safety film to teach drivers and pedestrians manners. Superintendent Tallman says color scenes show right conduct and black and white for wrong, with two weeks of shooting in Charleston and other cities.
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Charleston
West
Parkeresburg
Segeant Ward Tyree
Elkins
Fairmont
Beckley
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