Betas Plan Parade Float For Memorial Day
Beta Sigma Phi members meet at Ailean Moore's home to plan a patriotic parade float for Memorial Day. The float, to be built this evening on a Frank Morgan truck, marks the sorority's first Decoration Day event in town. Plans also include a dinner dance and a hayride, with attendance at a Morgantown dance on June 21 sponsored by Zeta chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomorow
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Ailean Moore
Grand Street
Frank Morgan
Hotel Morgan
Morgantown
Zeta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Leo Brown
Kenneth Daugherty
Phillip Gerkin
Laila Linjamfelter
Charlotta Fawcett
Lincoln Street
Miss Moore
John Paul Floyd
Dorothy Douglas
James Gowans
Uriel Bartlett
Harry DeLaney
Mary Alice Burnside
Laila Lingamfelter
Kenneth Boylen
Community Club and Church Sewing Sessions Announced
June activities list includes Hedeks dinner at Belvedere Club at six. Quota Club meeting at Leota Griffiths home at seven thirty. Red Cross sewing for Ladies of Blueville Methodist and St Augustine church. White Fawn council postpones to June fifth. Lutheran church sewing sessions continued through June with Indian Gift exchange noted.
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Hedeks
Belvedere Club
Quota Club
Leota Griffith
Thayer Street
Rhea Fisher
Blueville Methodist Church
Red Cross
Degree of Pochontas
Great Council
St. Augustine
Lutheran Church
Nurse Genevieve Carpenter Graduates From Pairmont School
Miss Genevieve Carpenter daughter of D L Carpenter of 28 West Bluemont Street graduates from Pairmont General Hospital School of Nursing. She is among 33 diploma recipients at commencement at First Presbyterian Church in Fairmont. Grafton attendees include Mildred Carpenter Virginia Carpenter Blanch Grow Mrs Carpenter and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Carpenter
D. L. Carpenter
West Bluemont Street
Pairmont General Hospital School of
First Presbyterian Church of
Fairmont
Grafton
Mildred Carpenter
Virginia Carpenter
Blanch Grow
Rs. Carpenter
Ebert
Richard Reddinger
Manfred W. Bkafer
Birthday Dinner for Mrs. Todd at West Main Street
Mrs G F Todd of West Main Street entertained on her birthday Sunday with a dinner for relatives and friends. The guest list included Mr and Mrs J H Bailey Richard Q Harper and Thomas Cavey of Weston Mrs H Walker and child ren Beverly and Edwin of Washington DC and Mr and Mrs L L Plum of Grafton.
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G. F. Todd
West Main Street
J. H. Bailey
Richard Q. Harper
Thomas Cavey
Weston
H. Walker
Tit
Beverly and
Edwin
Washington, D. C
L. L. Plum
Grafton
Siam Asks UN To Address French Indo China Aggression
In New York on May 29 a Siamese complaint charged French troops in Indo China with unjustified aggression. It marked the first time a nonmember state appealed to the United Nations, raising procedural questions for the world body.
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New York
United Nations Organization
Indo-China
United Nations
World Peacekeeping Agency
Odd twist in Siam France status and ancient stones
Siam, once an enemy nation and non member, faces a curious stance while France is a member and ally in WWII. Amethyst derives from Greek meaning not to be drunk, said to keep wearers sober. A wasp can sting repeatedly and survive, unlike a bee that often dies after stinging.
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Siam
France
Baby Food Tricks for Picky Eaters in Tough Times
A guide notes that even older children may benefit from reverting to infant or small-child diets during teething, illness, or digestive troubles. It offers simple recipes like a cereal milk drink and hot carrot-ade to provide easy to swallow nourishment without sacrificing taste.
G. A. A. Honors Senior Members At Luncheon
Grafton Senior High Girls' Athletic Association held a luncheon in the school cafeteria to honor senior members with farewell gifts. Seniors named include Mary Elen Peters Evelyn McProuty Lorraine Miller Emily Malone Anne Vance Eula Williams Winifred Moats and Etta Francis joined by additional members and sponsor Mrs. Mildred Bord who presented each guest with a rose corsage.
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Grafton Senior High School
Girls’ Athletic Association
Mildred Bord
Mary Elen Peters
Evelyn McProuty
Lorraine Miller
Emily Malone
Anne Vance
Eula Williams
Winifred Moats
Alice Mae Stephenson
Etta Francis
Mary Jo Francis
Coal Mine Shut Down Amid 12 Day Truce Ends
The article notes a mine shutdown last April 16 with workers largely returning after a 12 day truce that ended on Saturday. West Virginia fields stayed quiet as major operations idled. Navy offices opened in Bluefield Huntington and Farmington to carry out seizure plans but an officer said no military action was needed, promising protection for workers. Cubans call tourists their second sugar crop.
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Pave
Russell
West Virgini
Navy
Bluefield
Huntington
Fairmont
Quick Crochet Help for Home Accessories Pattern 7373
This short crochet note offers a jiffy square for small projects like dolls and scarves. Send fifteen cents for pattern 7373 to The Grafton Sentinel in New York with name address and pattern number. Include fifteen more cents for the 1945 Needlework Book showing crocheting knitting embroidery and home decor designs.
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Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
P.O
New York
N. Y
Belittle Your Waist on Mast Pattern 9127 for Jr Misss
Pattern 9127 offers a waist sliming line for Junior Miss sizes 11 through 17. Requires yardage for 39 inch fabric and costs twenty cents, with options to order Marian Martin Fall and Winter Pattern Book for fifteen more cents.
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Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Dept
P. O
Station O
New York
Marian Martin
Memorial Day Visitors Arrive as Parades Set Tomorrow
Dr H A Jarrett of Parkersburg arrives in Grafton for his annual Memorial Day visit with friends and to witness the parade. Dr and Mrs Russell Bailey and daughter Jean of Wheeling have been visiting Mrs G F Todd of West Main Street. Fourteen others were hanged yesterday at Landsberg prison as Martin Gotfried Weiss, 43, the former Dachau inmate and camp commander, met his execution after refusing reprieve. Weiss declared I am giving my life for Germany as he faced the noose.
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H. A. Jarrett
Parkersburg
Grafton
Russell Bailey
Jean
Wheeling
G. F. Todd
West Main Street
Landsberg
Martin Gotfried Weiss
War Crimes Branch
Army
Weiss
Dachau
Germany
Dachau mass executions conclude as 14 Nazis hanged
In Landsberg Germany on May 29 fourteen German war criminals were executed by hanging for the Dachau murders. The court’s verdict tied the deaths to mass killings of over 300,000 inmates, with testimony detailing burnings, ice water torture and brutal beatings at the infamous camp.
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Landsberg
Germany
Dachau
U.S
Bach
Klaus Karl Schilling
Hitler and Dachau memoirs on malaria trials at Dachau
The fragment describes Adolf Hitler related notes on malaria experiments at Dachau. It mentions hangings of inmates and a figure named Schilling, with a murder and execution scene, alongside a trial observed by American soldiers. The text references testing malaria immunization and the deaths of many prisoners, including Polish priests.
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Schilling
Nein
Dachau
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Business Administration
West Virginia Business College
T. B. Cain
Clarksburg
Farm Bureau
Pearle Gawthrop
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance CO
Columbus
Ohio
Ford
McGraw Ave
Fetterman
W. Main St
Bath
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