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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1934
Page
3
Society notes from Montgomery describe social events and engagements curated by Coral Parrish. Details mention prominent locals, gatherings, and upcoming social calendars with emphasis on etiquette and community involvement.
Miss Jacneth En gle and Eugene B Harrison announce their marriage planned for May 26 in Chester West Virginia. Rev L R Britton of First Christian Church will officiate. The bride from Akron Ohio works in Goodyear main office. groom is son of Mr and Mrs W A Harrison of this city and a Goodyear Rubber Company employee. They honeymoon via Chicago and other stops, then settle in Akron.
Friday to Saturday social notices preview the Grafton High School Alumni Association banquet at Moose Home and Junior Baptist Young People Union meeting at the church. The piece also notes a garden party hosted by Mrs. Rhea Fisher, a May 30 marriage of Elizabeth Campbell and Charles McCullough, and Maple Run school’s end‑of‑term program with student awards and performances.
A wedding dress is described as a high waisted sheer fabric gown in pale pink or flesh tones with a crushed self belt tied in a big bow. It features tight sleeves ending in three deep ruffles and a five tiered flounced skirt with a long train, paired with a plain net veil and a pearl blossom head clip and necklace.
A long pageant through Main Street featured school children recitations and songs as Governor H. G. Kump spoke at the National cemetery. The parade honored five Civil War veterans from Reno Post No 7 with Drum and Bugle Corps Taylor County Post No 1 leading the procession and a guard of honor from the G A R. The event closed amid a grateful crowd as veterans older than ninety rode by in friendly cars.
A grand parade honored veterans with varied divisions led by bands from Grafton High School and State Teachers College Fairmont, followed by cemetery rites and a large gathering. Governor H. G. Kump spoke on unity, while G. A. R. Ladies held memorials on the South Side bridge.
A prisoner who vanished after escaping from an office door connecting to a jail was not found despite a wide search. Authorities in Louisiana, where he was captured, refused to surrender him, and officers here suspected outside aid and an automobile waiting to extract him after his dramatic escape. England had prior sentences in Mouridsville and a western Pennsylvania penal institution.
The 1s.9m annual event will feature morning graveside deco rations followed by 11 o clock preaching services. In the afternoon the Baptist Young People will present a program with the Alabama Jubilee Singers as a special feature.
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