Miss Pendergast Engaged to Sgt Joseph Ney
Mr and Mrs Stephen P Pendergast of Los Angeles announce the engagement of their daughter Rosemarie Ann to Sgt Joseph F Ney Jr Army Air Forces formerly of Providence Rhode Island The couple will wed at St Gregory s Catholic Church in Los Angeles early this fall Rosemarie a graduate of Los Angeles Catholic Girl s High School has worked at Citizens National Bank as bookkeeping supervisor Sgt Ney a Providence College graduate and Sigma Alpha Epsilon member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen P. Pendergast
Los Angeles
Calif
Rosemarie Ann
Joseph F. Ney
Army Air Forces
Providence
Rhode Island
Miss Pendergast
Citizen's National Bank
Sgt. Ney
Providence College
Providence Rhode Island
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
St. Gregory's Catholic Church
Grafton Girl To Enter College In Maryland Shortly
Kathryn Bernadine Dorsey daughter of Mr and Mrs John T Dorsey of McGraw Avenue Maryland will enter the College of Notre Dame in Baltimore on September 4 She earned a scholarship after a local exam with over a hundred participants in Baltimore and Baltimore and New Jersey trip followed by a visit at home with her mother The mother will accompany her to Baltimore then proceed to Chicago before joining her husband in New Jersey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Bernadine Dorsey
John T. Dorsey
McGraw Avenue
New Jersey
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Baltimore
Dorsey
St. Augustine High School
Miss Dorsey
New Jerey
Poe Family Reunion Held At Wickwire Sunday
The annual Poe reunion drew many relatives and friends to Dever's Grove on Wickwire Sunday. After a basket dinner, a program of vocal solos, quartets, and readings entertained attendees, with Miss Emily Poe presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe
Dever's Grove
Wickwire
Emily Poe
Community club notices and reunions across counties
A dense notice list announces Sept 1 meetings for Ladies Aid WMS at Mrs Wittman Blueville and Circle 3 WSC at Mrs Boylen East Wilford, plus Sept 3 reunions for Reese Hunt Luzzader at Oak Grove Baptist, Snider Gaudy Nose at Flat Rocks, Robinson Bartlett at Webster, Ball Annon Dells at Westerman church. Also Sept 3 Grafton Quota club trip to Flemington, Sept 5 United Brethren Woman Missionary at Mrs Sloan Walnut, Sept 5 White Rose Grove Woodmen circle meeting to train for Central District in Clarksburg, Sept 5 Judson society First Baptist Knotts Ave, and Sept 6 Hecalums hosted by Miss Nellie Cook West Main with eldest/youngest prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid and Woman's Missionary Society
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
W. H Wittman
Blueville
W. S.C
St. John's Methodist Church
M. Boylen
East Wilford Street
Helen Sloan
Reese, Hunt
Westerman Church
Thornton
Grafton Quota Club
Flemington
H. K. Debendarfer
Rhea Fisher
Woman's Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church
R. C. Sloan
Walnut Street
White Rose Grove No
Supreme Forest
Woodmen Circle
Wall
Clarksburg
Judson Society of the First Baptist Church
Gazelle Linn
Knotts Avenue
Nellie Cook
Hecalums
West Main Street
Miller and Jacobs honoured at social. officers retained
Through Eugene Montgomery the event recognized the Miller couple as the most recently married and the Jacobs as the longest married. Social conversation provided the afternoon’s entertainment and the officers were retained for the ensuing year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Montgomery
H. A. Miller
Earl Jacobs
Local Women To Attend Convention
Mrs. T. R. Shields Mrs. Lloyd M. Loran and Mrs. Virgle Poel leave for Beckley to represent the local American Legion auxiliary at the state convention which opens Sunday and runs through Monday Mrs Shields is the new president and Mrs Loraw is the retiring president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Shields
Lloyd M. Loran
Virgle Poel
Beckley
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Shields
Loraw
Opera House Actor Dick Alexander Stars in Spook Town
Dick Alexander who plays Bill Gunner in PRC's Spook Town at The Opera House jokes after villain scenes. He recalls teaching Sunday School as a younger man in Texas and says that the character he portrays stems from lessons he once stressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Alexander
Bill Gunner
PRC
Opera House
Texas
Fly By Night Joins Night Of Laughs And Thrills
A Paramount romantic comedy mystery titled Fly By Night stars Richard Carlson and Nancy Kelly. The plot follows a young doctor and a girl entangled in a gay plot as they chase the real killer through a string of humorous and hair raising escapades. Carlson is falsely accused and escapes, ultimately kidnapping Kelly during a police confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Opera House
Richard Carlson
Nancy Kelly
Carlson
Miss Kelly
Former Chum Reunited On Stage At Durbin Film Set
On the set of Universal’s Christmas Holidays starring Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly at the Opera House, Barbara Read, Durbin’s sister in Three Smart Girls, visited Durbin. Read, now married to Army Air Corps flight surgeon Sgt John P Crawford, had left acting years ago and works on Army training films. Their reunion marked the pair’s first meeting in four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deanna Durbin
Universal
Gene Kelly
Miss Durbin
Barbara Read
Deanna
Miss Read
John P. Crawford
Army Air Corps
Local Birth Notice and Travel Snippets From City Families
Return from New York features Nellie Cook and Mary Lou Ridenour visiting New York City with Ridenour staying as a guest. Mrs Dorsey Bolyard leaves Baltimore by plane for California to visit her husband. Jean Gans returns from Washington to visit her parents Graton Morgan town road. Mrs John Shields Jr. returns from Memphis after two weeks with her husband. Several Misses return from Fremont Ohio where they worked with the Woman's Land Army. Lt 2 Re birth announces Stephen Lee Derby, born August 31 at Myers Clinic Philippi to Captain Robert L Derby and Jane Mahaffey. Derby family links to Savannah NL and Houston TX noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nellie Cook
West Main Street
Mary Lou Ridenour
Marietta, Ga
New York City
Miss Ridenour
Miss Cook
Calfornia
Dorsey Bolyard
al Phillips
Country Club Road
Baltimore
California
USN
Cantain
Robert L. Derby
Myer’s Clinic
Philippi
Stephen Lee
Jane Mahaffey
L. T. Mahaffey
Derby
Savannah
Harold L. Derby
Houston
Texas
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Eldora M. Bclyard
Joseph Ney
Grafton
Maryland
Aero
D. A. Mims
Dewey Ave
W. Va
B. F. Poe
Sage
Heavy
Chum
Jean Gans
Chief Engineers of
Washington, D. C
Gra‘ton-Morgantown Road
Ed Gans
John Shields, Jr
Memphis
Tenn
Ohio
Janie Chrislip
Ruth Miller
Florence Seymour
Joan Eisner
Barbra Beverlin
Hazel Cole
Freemont
Woman's Land Army
Mary Jean Abbot
Fairmonth
Emma Jean Tingler
Wer Hadah
Dixie
Ita
Hollywood
the Four Jills
Kay Francis
Carole Landis
Martha Raye
Mitzi Mayfair
Jimmy Dorsey
John Harvey
Phil Silvers
Dick Haymes
Alige Faye
Betty Grable
Scarmen Miranda George Jessel T Master of Par
Wham A. Letter
Ikving Starr
A&p
White House
Veal
P&g
Bokar
Marvel Bread
Colonial Honey
Grahams
Ranger Joe
Kelloggs
Campbells
Marvel
U. S
Eac
Pascal Celery
California Gardens
Louisiana
Goon Investment
Fred
Igo Indus
Dete
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