Faylor Preston W C T U Elects New President
Mrs Virginia Mason of Praistytown was elected president of the Faylor Preston county Woman's Christian Temperance Union at the thirty third annual convention in the Methodist church at Einewoon on Wednesday August 30. Officers chosen for the year include Mrs Ethel White Alta vice president Mrs Mae Darby Brucetop secretary Mrs Margaret Francis Rowlesburg treasurer and Mrs Bertha Shafer Grafton Youth's Temperance Council secretary. Delegates from unions in Bruceton Grafton Kingwood Masontown Pruntytown Rowlesburg Terra Alta and Tunnelton attended. Memorial services honored deceased members including Mrs Margaret Byers and Mrs Emma Cornwell. Attending from Taylor county were Mrs Virginia Mason and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Mason
Praisty- Town
Faylor-Preston County Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Einewoon
Ethel White
Alta
Mae Darby Brucetop
Margaret Francis
Rowlesburg
Bertha Shafer
Grafton
Youth's Temperance Council
Coral Whitsell
Masontown
Loyal Temperance Legion
Christian Citizenship
Eleanor Jacobs
Taylor County
Nellie Scranage
Veda ‘Squires
Myrtle Matthews
C. V. Miller
Mary Elizabeth | Squires
Olyn Larew
Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Events
Sept 1 Ladies Aid at Lucretia home and Rebekah lodge meet. Sept 3 Homecoming at Baileytown Methodist and Robinson Bartlett reunion at Webster Baptist. Sept 5 Judson Missionary Society meet at 7:30 pm. Rotary Ladies Night with dinner and program at the Y service hall. Details include honors to Mrs Heiskell and a postnuptial shower for Mrs Heiskell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
U.B
C. C. Moore
Lucretia
Rebekah Lodge
Redmen's Hall
Baileytown Methodist Church
Robinson
The
Judson Missionary Society
A. R. Bartlett
West Main Street
J. H. Reynolds
Claire Menear
Rotary Club
Atary Hall
Heart Lifted Hearts In Bridge Problem Then No Trumps
The problem analyzes a bridge hand where high cards lose value without an opposite to support them. After opening two hearts and subsequent passes and bids, the play yields only seven top tricks due to a heart break. If North opens 1 Club, East doubles and West bids 1 Diamond, what should North do?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seas West
King Fi
East
West
Bunner Family Plans Stewart Reunion in Hartford Indiana
Mr and Mrs R H Bunner and their son John with Mrs Bernard Hoffman left Friday for Hartford Indiana to attend the Stewart reunion on Sunday Alfred Campbell of Beech Street returned Friday from a trip to the New York World's Fair in New York City Mary Parrish Eleanor Jacobs Virginia Outright and Manfred Shafer Everett Lee Keener and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Jacobs
Luther Bolyard
James Menear
Maple Run
Irena Collier
Brown Stemple
Philippi
Grafton
M. L. Bolyard
Marion
Richard Hoban
Blueville
Vernie Nestor
Akron
Ohio
Gertie Lowe
Paden City
Catherine Bowen
New Martinsville
Phoebe Gregorie
Clarksburg
John Nutter
Nutter
Tygart Dam
Martha Jane Collins
Main Street
City Hospital
Dorsey Cole
Route 2
Ola DeMoss
R. H. Bunner
John
Bernard Hoffman
Hartford
Ind
Stewart
Alfred Campbell
Beech Street
New York City
Mary Parrish
Eleanor Jacobs
Virginia Outright
Manfred ‘Shafer
Everett Lee Keener
Evanses Welcome Baby Boy Robert Lee in Fairmont
Birth notice from Fairmont announces the Aug 31 birth at Cook's hospital of a 7 pound 44 ounce baby boy named Robert Lee to Mr. and Mrs G Russell Evans. Mrs Evans is Julia Moran daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Moran of Maple Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Russell Evans
Fairmont
Cook's Hospital
Robert Lee
Family Reunion Notices Spread Across States
A series of reunions on September 3 and 10 invites Prim McVicker Pratt Kincaid Currey Bail Annon DeMoss Gerrard Sayre Callipan Welch families and friends to attend with baskets and festivities at locations including Sunset Beach near Washington Pennsylvania Grafton Park Fairmont Harmony Grove Burlington and Buckhannon West Virginia and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prim
Sunset Beach
Washington, Pa
U. S. Route 40
W. Va
Prims
Ohio
McVicker
Grafton Park
A.B. McVicker
Pratt
Criss Grove
Tunnai Hil
Tunneltog
Currey
Harmony Grove Baptist Church
Sayre
Buckhannon
Hudkins
A. A. Hudkins
Grafton
Colebank-Lindsey-Bennew
Devers’ Grove
Miss New York World's Fair envoy to Cleveland Air Race
Fair envoy Ruth Kirkhope of Cleve nd was named Miss New York World's Fair to represent the event at the National Air Race in Cleveland. A special plane was chartered to fly her from the fair to a spot in front of the grandstands for the September 3 program at 10 30 a.m. All members urged to attend with a basket dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comely
Ruth Kirkhope
Clevend
Cleveland
Overfield
M. E
Loar and White Company Chartered In Clarksburg
State issued charter today for Loar and White Company a Clarksburg men s clothing store with 50000 capital. Incorporators listed are A. W. Franzel A. Richmond Franzel and Clyde H Huffman all of Clarksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loar & White Company
Loar and White Company
Clarksburg
A. W. Franzel
A. Richmond Franzel
Clyde H. Huffman
Nazi Planes Bombard Polish Cities Near Warsaw Vividly Reports
A front line observer describes Nazi air raids across the Vistula toward Warsaw as German bombers press a major drive by three land armies. Anti aircraft fire and detonations echo as planes appear near the United States embassy district and Polish defenses respond, with attempts to disrupt railway communications and attack the city center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vistula River
Poland
Vistula
United States
Warsaw
Bombers Raid Warsaw Halt Traffic Amid Heavy Shelling
An Associated Press reporter describes a wartime air raid on Warsaw with anti-aircraft fire, explosions, and alarm sirens. Bombers fly at about 6000 feet, tying up traffic over the Vistula bridge as German forces appear to target military objectives and no incendiaries are seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Elmer W. Peterson
Associated Press
Vistula
Poland
Southwestern States Lift Their Ban On Oil
Oklahoma City report says three southwestern states Oklahoma Kansas New Mexico lifted their 16 day crude oil production ban at 8 am CST to avert a price cut. The action follows an August 16 strike that halted pumps in those fields with Texas Louisiana and Arkansas ending restrictions earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kansas
New Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Quarrel Over Woman Fatal To Coal Loader
Logan August report states William McKesson a 29 year old coal loader died after a quarrel believed to involve a woman. State Trooper R G Norman said Walter Witcher 36 a miner at West Virginia Coal and Coke Earling operation is being sought for questioning. McKesson died before hospital arrival.
Chamberlain speech pins blame for war on Hitler
In a defiant radio address Chamberlain said the responsibility for the catastrophe lies on one man, Adolf Hitler, and warned Germany that Britain would oppose continued use of force. He claimed Britain had done all it could to seek a peaceful, honorable settlement with Germany and Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Hitler
Germany
Britain
Poland
Shamber Igin
Chamberlain cites German choice to avoid crisis
Prime Minister Chamberlain blamed Hitler for the catastrophe and urged peaceful settlement. He argued the British white paper shows Britain sought talks on the Polish German dispute and warned that failure would trigger a passport request and possible military action.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Annabel P. Swisher
Anna Baker
Heiskell
E. F. Heiskell
Winifred Heiskell
Morgantown
Mancy Deegan
Massillon
Helen Chadduck
Washington, D. C
John T. Evans
Mildred Keefer
Nina Powell
Margaret Shaw
Rotary
Dolores Bolin Curry
Edgar P. Heiskell
J .Heiskell
Barbara Jeanne Baker
Harry L. Baker
Anna Nuzum Baker
Larchmont
New
O. Jay Fleming
O. E. Wyckoff
C. A. Keefer
C. E. Wockoff
William Knox
Dorsey Peck
Arms
T. W. Heironimus, Jr
Ernest Robinson
Mason Tucker
Paul P. Warden
E.G. Kuhn
Frank Colins
Mae West
Jean Murray
W. A. Beavers
C. H. Deem
G. T. Bartlett, Sr
Daugherty
Kenneth Daugherty
Ferrena Trisler
H. B. Daugherty
Thelma Work
Holliday's Cove
Helen Snider
William Grimes
Bard Hickman
John Brown
James Whelan
Mary Whelan
Genevieve Whelan
William Carder
Iva Carder
Edna Poling
William Jaco
William Plante
Virginia Bee
Mary Jo Hebnert
Agnes King
Dorothy McCue
Earl Jacobs
Regina Jackson
Adam Grow
Betty Lou Grow
John Brown, Jr
J. Paul Murphy
James C. Holt
Richard Robey
H. L. Noble
James F. Holt
H. H. Holt
Paul Ward
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
Tatures Syndicate, Inc
Kincaid
Morris Park
Gerrard
Caleb
Elizabeth Gerrard
K. of P. Lodge
Burlington
U. S. Route 50
Rommey
Callihan
Welch
Callapana
Ford
Oak Grove Baptist
Rath Kirkhope
Gunaarse
ION Drug Co
Most
Fort Pitt
Gates
West Main
Fort Pitt Shoe Stores
S, Inc
Lawson Bros
Court House
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