Miss Heinzman Weds Last Week In Local Church
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Margaret Heinaman, daughter of Mrs. Fay Heinaman, to Joseph Anthony Llaneza of Clarksburg, at St. Augustine Catholic Church with Rev. Father M. J. Hannon officiating. Attendants were Miss Lelia Llaneza and Louie Kopp. The couple plans to live in Clarksburg where he works for Rolland Glass. Out of town guests included several Clarksburg residents and local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Heinaman
Fay Heinaman
East Washington Street
Joseph Anthony Llaneza
Clarkshoro
St. Augustine Catholic Church
M. J. Hannon
Lelia, Llaneza
Louie Kopp
Clarksburg
Miss Lian
Washington Street
Lianeza
Rolland Glass Company
Louie Smidth
Eugene Smidth
Angel Llaneva
Lanny Llaneva
Leon Insaini
R. Scolopio
Chester Rogers
Vance Kinney
A. F. McWilliams
Helen Barkins
Dessie Trimble
Fay Heinzman
City
Miss Leach Hosts Sewing Club at Home
Miss Catherine Leach of Simpson entertained the S and C sewing club on Wednesday evening with a pink and white floral motif. A two course luncheon accompanied social conversation and needlework. A graduation gift and hostess gift were given to Miss Leach, who will graduate from Fairmont State Teachers College in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Leach
Simpson
S. and C
Leach
Fairmont State Teachers College
Beulah Bailey
West Main Street
Dorothy Leach
Willovene Leach
H. D. Leach
Bonnie Newcome
Pauline Sapp
Edith Anderson
Sarah Sayres
Elizabeth Rendle
John H. Evans
Alfred Newton
Albert Willis
Robert Arble
June Club Meetings Schedule From Local Organizations
June events include the Quota club dinner at Cozy Rest at 6:16 PM, a very important meeting of ther. O. U. A.M. at 7:30 PM in Wehn hall, White Rose Grove No 2 Woodman Circle gathering at 7:30 PM in the K. of P. hall with state manager Mrs. Faye K. Littman, Lindy club at Mrs. Louise Reed’s Grand Street home at 8 PM, and the Women's Missionary Council of the First Brethren church meeting at Mrs. Irwin Miller's Lucretia home with officer elections. attendees urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quota Club
Cozy Rest
Ther. O. U. A.M
Wehn Hall
White Rose Grove No
Woodman Circle
K. of P. Hall
Faye K. Littman
Lindy Club
Louise Reed
Grand Street
Women’s Missionary Council of the
First Brethren Church
Irwin Miller
Lucretia
Premier War News and Local Social Items Collide
The page mixes war dispatches from Crete and Iraq with local society notes. Germany presses Crete while Rashid Ali’s anti British bid falters. Freyberg survives rumors. Locals report visitors, guests, births, and Memorial Day celebrations across Blueville, Morgantown, Parkersburg, and nearby towns.
Couple Stages Party At Home For Sixth Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Mason Bartlett of 324 Dewey avenue celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary with a Memorial Day home gathering. The residence was decorated with garden flowers and patriotic colors. Local friends attended, along with several out of town guests including Martin Ford Jr Dolly Ford Hope Lough Theda Ford from Century West Virginia and Theodore Depolo of Clarksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Bartlett
Dewey Avenue
Bartlett
Martin Ford, Jr
Dolly Ford
Hope Lough
Theda Ford
Century
W. Va
Theodore Depolo
Clarksburg
Brief Family Visits and Memorial Day Guests
Brief notices from Rowlesburg and nearby towns describe Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Mayne and children visiting their relatives in Rowlesburg, Alberta Comp joining them for a weekend. Memorial Day guests include Jane Mahaffey of Washington, D. C., and the Laycock family of Washington, Pa. Hospital notes report major surgery on James A. Hoffman, newborn Paul Ed Roy, a medical admission for May 29, and local patients Wilma Casseday and others. Visiting relatives and weekend guests include Mrs. Paul Messenger and Mrs. A. J. Myers in various towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shafferman
Washington, D. C
W. H. Shafferman
Blueville Addition
W. D. Mayne
Gayle
Keith
Rowlesburg
L. T. Mahaffey
West Main Street
Jane Mahaffey
Walter Laycock
Mary Catherine
Johnny Carroll
Washington, Pa
James A. Hoffman
Tunnelton
City Hospital
Paul Ed Roy
D. C. Roy
Grafton
Wilma Jean Casseday
Thayer Street
Rug Crocheted in Easy Sections Pattern 6986
Easy shell stitch rug pattern numbered 6986 invites crocheting in four strands using candlewick or similar. Provides stitches, materials, color schemes, and rug illustrations. To obtain, send ten cents and write name address and pattern number to Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Cent 259 Worth Street New York NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts
W.rth Street
New York
N. Y
Children to Present Annual Program at United Brethren
The United Brethren church children present their annual program Sunday night directed by Miss Elizabeth Hoffman and Mrs. R C Sloan with the theme June Secrets. The varied program includes a prelude spring song processional welcome June dialogues solos recitations drills songs and a benediction postlude featuring the primary class girls’ choir and whole group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children of the United Brethren Church
Elizabeth Hoffman
R. C. Sloan
Helen Louise Outright
Betty Lee Hoffman
Jimmy Wickham
Eddie Bailey
Lois Ann Poling
Alta Lee Sloan
Charles Keener
Delores Jenkins
Beverly Sue Outright
Linda Carole McKeen
God
Alvin Poling
Anna Jean Boylen
Patricia Reed
Patricia
Phyllis Burnside
Charlotte Ann Stillwell
Janet Bue Boylen
Ruth Crall
Don Mimms
Knottsville Weekly Schedules and Local Visits
Preaching services set for Wesley Chapel Sunday morning and Knottsville Sunday evening. Epworth League rally held Monday with a fine program and games. Farewell party for Annabelle and Charles Baylen as they move to Baltimore Saturday. Various locals and visitors listed from Fairmont Charleston and Blacksville. Travel plans include Opal Outright’s Canada vacation start June 1 and Arthur Wilson’s Radford Virginia work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Chapel
Knottsville
Epworth League
Annabelle
Charles Baylen
Baltimore
Mary Wilson
Carl Wilson
Joyce
Billie
Fairmont
Harlen Wilson
Skippy Wilson
Charleston
Dayton Mathews
Simon Mathews
James Hockenberry
J. F. Hockenberry
Betty Kincaid
Parkersburg
Eugene Cole
Myrtle Auvil
Will Judge on Vichy France and Franco American ties
Department experts say allied policy should redefine France’s role under armistice pledges notably over Syria and African bases. Roosevelt noted French colonies and Dakar as potential German springboards, arguing armistice clauses do not grant Germany control of airfields, while German planes expect greater access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Vichy
France
Syria
Iraq
Africa
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Dakar
Germany
Italy
United States
Funeral Held for Mrs Mary Addie Anderson
Funeral services for Mary Addie Anderson aged 12, former Grafton resident, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Lynch Funeral Home on Walnut Street. Rev Gordon L Withers of Parst Baptist Church officiated. Interment followed at Bluemont Cemetery under the direction of A. Carlson Lamhe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Addie Anderson
Grafton
Wheeling
Lynch Funeral Home
Walnut Street
Gordon L. Withers
Parst Baptist Church
Bluemont Cemetery
Carl Lameh
Former Local Man Killed in Auto Accident
B Franklin Zinn aged 46, a former Grafton resident and trainman for E J and E and previously B and O, was killed in an automobile crash while returning to Hobart Indiana. He was born October 24 1894 in Washington Pennsylvania and leaves a widow Arah Pitzer Duskey and several relatives. Funeral services were held in Gary Indiana with burial at Crown Hill Hobart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Franklin Zinn
Grafton
B. and O
Hobart
Indiana
Mr. Zinn
Washington
Benjamin Zinn
Jennie Bee Zinn
Arah Pitzer
Joseph
Dorothy Pitzer
Knnsely
City
Clarence Zinn
St. Albans
W. Va
B.C
Pearl) Duskey
Gary
Zinn
E. J. and
E. Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway
Crown Hill
Norris warns against talks with Japan over Pacific policy
Norris says no treaties with Japan are trustworthy given Japan’s understanding with Germany and breach of the nine power pact. He argues Japan would attack only when it could win, noting Britain’s strong Pacific fleet reduces immediate risk, and Japan’s China commitments limit further action for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Norris
Germany
Pacific
China
Stathers to Speak at Grafton Elks Flag Day Exercises
Attorney William G. Stathers of Clarksburg flagged as orator for Grafton lodge 308 Elks Flag Day program on June 14 at B&O Station Square. The event includes musical numbers by Grafton High School Band and other groups, a history of the flag, floral bell of liberty, flag lowering, and a sermon by Rev Gordon Withers. No parade planned this year. last year a business district march replaced Memorial Day events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Stathers
Clarksburg
American Legion
West Virginia Bar Association
Grafton Lodge No. 308
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Station Square
James C. Holt
Grafton High School
Grafton Woman's Club
Industrial School
Kenneth Daugherty
Boy Scouts
W. R. Kraft
Gordon Withers
First Baptist Church
The
Elks
Stathers
Germans Hold Surviving Ambulance Corps Members
Americans crossing into Spain say a Berlin foreign office representative now controls the fate of ambulance drivers detained after the Zamzam rescue. Two New York men, Charles Langdon Harriss and Charles A. McCarthy, trained in New York, planned to join de Gaullists in Mombasa. US embassy reps Clark and Poland Jr. would seek answers in Biarritz, while a group including six pregnant American women were among those reaching safety after being rescued by the Dresden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biarritz
Spain
Berlin
New York
Zamzam
British American Ambulance Corps
de Gaullists
Mombasa
Kenya
United States
Madrid
Duwayne G. Clark
George Poland, Jr
Clark
War era ship sinks and survivor tales from 1939
Detroit missionaries aboard the British liner Athenis perished when the ship was sunk in the Bight of Sept. 3, 1939. Survivors claim the Zamzam ran without lights after signal failure and confusion during the raid. Also noted are refugees and a German offer to release priests, while Mrs. Russell refused to leave her husband during the Dresden rescue at St. Jean de Luz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Belgian Congo
Athenis
Spain
Russell
Dresden
St. Jean de Luz
Bordeaux
Teave
James
Frange
Henderson 18 Chosen Head At Clarksburg Convention
Henderson 18 selected officers and delegates at their annual Clarksburg convention. Named to serve on the executive board were C. H. Calvert Morgantown vice president W. E. Harman Charleston secretary Charlee W. Jones Manndeville treasurer H. D. Chapman Parkersburg John Eddy Fairmont Homer Norteman Wheeling Lee P. Reese Richwood and O. L Borrer Beckley. Martinsburg chosen for next year’s convention on Memorial Day Las Martinsburg is selected. Carriers elected include President Mrs. Blanche Sams Parkersburg and officers for the clerks led by Holly B Barons Charleston By Falkenstine Morgantown G Beamer Clarksburg Miss Joe Fairmont Eat B. Rigg Beckley L N Minks Bertie ersburg secretary ATER SMERE Charles Young Charleston and delegate Donald E B Post Morgantown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Mr. Henderson
C. H. Calvert
Morgantown
W. E. Harman
Charleston
Charlee W. Jones
Manndeville
H. D. Chapman
Parkersburg
John Eddy
Fairmont
Homer Norteman
Wheeling
Lee P. Reese
Richwood
O. L Borrer
Beckley
H. P
Henderson Defends Price Fixing Powers Before Agriculture Panel
Leon Henderson head of the Office of Price Administration testified before the agriculture committee defending a right to fix price maximums. He compared wartime powers used by Wilson to current actions and said the government would act if any price goes out of line. Chairman Smith criticized Henderson for claiming executive authority without Congress, saying there is no constitutional or statutory support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Wilson
Smith
D.8
Congress
Thomas
Taft
Tey
Drowning Fatalities Highlight West Virginia News
A flurry of 1940 era notices notes drownings at Tygarh Lake near Grafton and Levisa Fork near Fort Gay, with Kenneth V. McRowell 90 and Joby D. Knode 1% ages among the victims. A Reedaville resident Heniig V. Biombers 59 died of a heart attack after a parade mishap. State defense and police work faced saboteur fears as officers maintained vigilance without incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Hurshey
Tygart Lake
Kenneth V.mcrowell
Fairmont
Tygarh Lake
Grafton
Pareda
Orn
Anothes
West
Sghojase
Coppers
Marcipal
Palsicemen
Wath
Virginia
John W. Bosworth
Harry Myers
Qorupars
Company
Cat Booklevy 16
aBidsr
Tached
Mk Dona
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Heinzman
Miss Leach
Lloyd Carpenter
Bluemont Street
Dunes
Philadelphia
Iren. Myers
Canada
Mildred Rogers
Betty Miller
Blueville
Opal Outright
Desbiens, Que
George “Mills
Miss Miller
Bt. John's
Jimmy
Ed. Reed
Ralph Manuel
Michael Italiano
Charles Curto
William Tighe
Monroe Street
Arthur Gale
Hundred
George Swisher
A. L. Swisher
Betty Barker
Virginia Stout
Loveland Addition
West Virginia University
Earl Randolph
Lost Creek
Watson McCoy
Earl Knapp
Moundsville
Sen
Donald Weese
Wilford Street
Crete
Rashid Ali
Iran
Gavdos
Dunkerque
Egypt
Deny Freyberg
London War Office
B. ©. Freyberg
War Office
London
Britain
Turkey
Paul R. Messenger
Maple Avenue
Camdenon-Gauley
A. J. Myers
Philippi
Household A Arts Pyby's
Alice
Brooks
Primrose
Bert Utsinger
Ethel Street
Frances Cole
Rhone
Eod
Children’s Department
Knottsville News
Axl
Toroes
Mrs. Anderson
B. F. Zinn
Committee of
Elks Lodge
Loar Jewelry Store
Ove
Joe
C. P
Association of
C. Richman
Ites General Insurant Room
Thind of
Grattaning and Senet Company
Werpeot
Acronis Ax Wurlitzer
RIANQ
Werkly
Can
Hew
C. B. Fawley
Ee Matgaaton
W. Veron
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