Moonlight Picnic Honors Grafton Teachers at Summer Sendoff
Teachers’ lab at Grafton schools held a moonlight picnic at Miss Ruth Woodyard’s Pruntytown Pike home marking the season’s end. Guests arrived by auto from the post office, gathered around a large fire, toasted wieners, enjoyed buns, pickles, ice cream and pop, and played games before departing late with high praise for the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Lab
Grafton
Ruth Woodyard
Pruntytown Pike
H. A. Ries
Beatrice
E. M. Tomlinson
Mra
W. A. Ridenour
Jimmy
Tarlock Rasmussen
Luke Ross
Sonny
Kenneth Robinson
Earle Wilkinson
Harry S. White
Ruth Batten
Danno Ryan
Gretchen’ Fries
Louise Scott
Adah McGee
Myrna Henderson
Helen Davis
Gladys
Excelsior 4-H Club Social and Festival Planned
The Excelsior 4-H Club of Millersville district will host a social and festival on Friday evening May 31. A very delightful time is planned and a cordial invitation is extended to the public.
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Excelsior 4-H Club
Millersville
Local Social Notes Highlight Salem and Grafton Visitors
E W Randolph visits Salem as Burton and Randolph store manager. Mrs John McCullough and Mrs Lawrence Miller shopped Clarkeburg. Kathryn Miller of Fairmont Normal visited her parents over the weekend. ALS Blue returns from Huntington. William D Alter Jr of New York leaves after installing Movietone at Strand. Jack Grant, former Graftonian now in NYC, attends Strand mid night show. Robert Clark Jr and others of Bers Amusement Co visit Hotel Grafton. Sol Burka from Clarksburg attends Sound Theatre midnight show.
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E. W. Randolph
Burton and Randolph
Salem
John McCullough
Lawrence Miller
Clarkeburg
Kathryn Miller
Fairmont Normal
C. W. ‘Miller
Als
Huntington
William D. Alter, Jr
New York
Strand
Jack Grant
Graftonian
New York City
Grafton
Strand Theatre
Robert Clark, Jr
William D. Alter, Sr
Philip Bordarone
Wilbert Ramsey
Sol Burka
Clarksburg
Sound Theatre
Marriage of Lindbergh Daughter Anne to Charles A Lindbergh
The Englewood health registrar John A Mannon issued the marriage license on May 20 1938 the second anniversary of Lindberghs historic Paris landing. Anne Lindbergh aged 22 weds Charles A Lindbergh in Englewood New Jersey on May 27 1938. Announcement from A H Springer secretary to Ambassador Morrow confirms the marriage. The couple began their romance in 1927 in Mexico City during Lindberghs goodwill tour.
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Lindbergh
le Bourget Field
Paris
John A. Mannon
Englewood Board of Health
Anne
A. H. Springer
Ambassador Morrow
Dwight Morrow
Charles A. Lindbergh
Englewood
N. J
American & Wr
Mexico City
Congregational Meeting to Hear Merger Scheme
Detroit May 28 Merger of the Congregational and Christian churches into one de nom de nom de nominational body favored in a report to be presented at the National Council of the Congregational Churches biennial meeting May 28 to June 1 The report notes ecclesiastical division gives way to union and cites many regions where Christian churches are strong Michigan has six churches in the Congregational report The opening address will be by Rev Frederick Louis Fagley of New York The council plans include election of a new moderator from the laity and debates resembling New England town meetings More than 3000 people are expected for the convention with 650 voting delegates chosen in state conventions and weekend banquets planned for guests
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Detroit
Congregational
Christian Churches
National Council of the Congregational Churches
Congregational Commission On Interchurch Relations
General Convention of the Christian Church
Ilinois
Insana
Ohio
Virginia
North Carolina
Michigan
Frederick Louis Fagley
New York
Micke Coe
Ozora 8. Davis
Chicago Theological Seminary
Parkes Cadman
Federated Council of Churches of Christ
Amereas
William E. Sweet
Colorado
New England
Frederick L. Pagley
National Council of Cational Churches
Henry Kendall Booth
William E. Swee
Mother Kills Self and Kids Tragedy in Martinsburg
A mother and her three children were found dead in their Martinsburg home from gas escaping the stove. Police suspect the woman killed the children and herself after her mother’s death, leaving a note to her husband Tim idly expressing nerves were in a bad way.
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Martinsburg
Clara Manford
Elizabeth
Penny
John, Jr
John Myers
Manford
John
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Low bid lands on Huttonsville Pocahontas road work
Charleston May 28 A low bid of 231097 was submitted to the State Road Commission by F C Sammons Company Huntington for applying a broken stone base to 21.8 miles of the Huttonsville Pocahontas county line road in Randolph county. Seven bids were submitted for the project. Engineers of the commission said the contract probably would be awarded later. First bids opened April 20 were rejected.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Road Commission
F. C. Sammons Company
Huntington
Huttonsville-Pocahontas County
Randolph County
Ordination Bride and Install At Trinity Lutheran Bridgeport
Norman Kieffer of Reading Pennsylvania graduates from Mt Airy Seminary A Sunday ordination as a Lutheran minister will occur at the Pittsburgh synod convention followed by a wedding and then his installation as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church Bridgeport Ohio This marks a day of significant events across the Lutheran community with the synod opening its first session this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Toas
Norman
Kieffer
Reading
Mt. Airy Seminary
Philadelphia
Isitheran
Pittsburgh
Three Prisoners Escape from Mercer County Jail
Three prisoners escaped from the Mercer County jail in Princeton today. Walter Adkins and Gilbert Langhorne, held on auto theft charges, and Roscoe Mitchem, serving a robbery sentence, fled with suspected outside help, according to Sheriff J Otis Bolling.
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Bluefield
Lberty
Mercer County
Princeton
J. Otis Bolling
Walter Adkins
Gilbert Langhorne
Roscoe Mitchem
Divine Reappointed to Public Service Commission
James J. Divine of McDowell County was reappointed by Governor Conley to the state public service commission for a six year term beginning at the end of the current term on May 1. The action was announced in Charleston.
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Charleston
James J. Divine
McDowell County
Govvethor Conley
State Public Service Commission
DAR Reception Highlights D A R Event at Elks Home
Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution hosted a Saturday evening reception at the Elks Home. The program mixed patriotism and entertainment with a flag salute, welcome address, vocal solos, a playlet, a stunt, a reading, an interpretative dance, and a trumpet solo. Numerous DAR members and guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the American Revolution
Peld
Elks
Reveille
Davis Elkins
Prudence Hinkle
Inaz Wilkins
Harry Walter
Abbie Sinsell
Kate Smith
Mary Griffith
Gila Love
Mary H. Singell
Nola E. Frye
Evelyn Tapp
Grace Loar
Mesdames
Elizabeth Handley
Catherine H. Rector
W. R. Loar
W. M. Burdette
Chas
Stock Market Rebounds After Storm Rally Cools
The market steadies after a week of losses as buyers push prices higher led by New York Central and American Water Works. Call money remains at 6 percent while brokers’ loans are expected to shrink this week. Several weak spots appear from margin account liquidations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley W. Prenosil
Associated Press
New York
Call Money
Wall Street
New Yorkentral
American Water Works
Coty Divorce Granted To Francois Coty Wife
Paris court grants Madame Francois Coty a divorce after she alleges her husband was unfaithful, ending the marriage to the perfume maker and publisher in a high profile case reported from the capital.
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Paris
Francois Coty
Rice Au Gratin and Dessert Recipes Unearthed
A fragmentary cookbook excerpt lists a rice au gratin recipe serving four with butter flour salt paprika milk cheese and crumbs, plus a creamy sauce bake in a shallow dish. It also includes a tangy dressing for head tats and an orange cream pie filling with orange juice lemon juice egg yolks and a meringue topping baked slowly.
Tourists Millard Morrison and Walter Willinot Await Trial
Charleston May 28 The trial of Millard Morrison and Walter B Willinot New Jersey tourists charged with murder of Frank Bowen Lens Creek station operator was postponed to tomorrow in Kanawha county intermediate court. The trial was set to start today but officials said it could not begin until tomorrow due to an ongoing trial started Monday. Dancing Moose Home Thursday May 30th. Moon by The
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Charleston
W. Va
Millard
Morrison
Walter B. Willinot
New Jersey
Frank Bowen
Lens Creek
Kanawha County
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Brown
Russell Mitchell
Mise Martin
Rex Lanham
Galbaugh
Matin
Lanham
Wilmer
Duginess
C. BH. Gustkey
L. H. Peters
Sinclair
Ernest Juilian
Co-Operative Store
F. J. Boaler
Greton Cleaning and Pressing Company
Wait, Mary and
Lourie Sturm and
Elizabeth Redinger
A. BR
The
Grand Army
Eh the Republic
Baltimore and
Ith
Sunshine Band
United Brethren Church
B. R. Redinger
Helen Dotson
Ella, McVoy
Violet Marquess
Ethel Robinette
Ella Rhodes
Wilda Bott
Mabel Posey
Mabel Weaver
Mabel Waller
Elale Brown
Mabel Reid
Janet Sturm
Ocle Grove
Ruth Knotts
Rena Primm
Lilian Reed
Nellie Breediive
Ada Poling
Anna Groves
Helen Rau
Gertrude Rhodes
Dora Groves
P . Avery
D. E. Fawestt
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Charlotta
Freda Lucas
Richard Carrall
Cecila Debendarfer
Gwendolyn Newton
Fawcett
Yettié Cassell
WMMN
Fairmont
Lessie Martin
Arrahmanna Evans
Methodist Protestant Church
Jesse Poe
Jesse
Sid
Ira Poe
Thi Elty
Dorothy Birety
Niagara Pulls
Toledo
Poe
Grafton High School
Willys Overland
Detroi
Congregational Meeting
Monongahela West Penn Public, Service Company
Burton & Randolph Inc
Dar
Elks Home
Coty
Alexander George
Coffen
Dancing Moose
Goth
Valley Inn
Jack Sitter
Melody Boys
Mack
Blueville
Florence Poe Donahue
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