Poe Family Reunion at Oak Grove marks 39th annual meeting
The Poe family held its 39th annual reunion at Oak Grove last Sunday. G. J. Kerns gave the welcome. audience sang Onward Christian Soldiers, with solos by Katherine Ford and Dor othy Lee Ford. Prizes went to Smilth Miller as oldest member, Linda Jane Wood as youngest, G. J. Kerns couple longest married, John A. Jacobs couple most recently married, W. A. Wood largest family, Glenn Poe Akron Ohio sent the farthest distance. The 1951 officers named: Edna Fast president, Allen Fast vice president, Ursula Lou Poe secretary, George C. Newcome treasurer, with program chair Norma Poe assisted by Lillie Dougherty and others.
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Poe
Oak Grove
G. J. Kerns
Katherine Ford
Maxing
Janett Sinsel
Edna Fast
Dorothy Lee Ford
John A. Jacobs
W. A. Wood
Glenn Poe
Akron
Ohio
Allen Fast
Ursula Lou Poe
George C. Newcome
Norma Poe
Lillie Dougherty
Rebekah Lodge Meeting Postponed Next Week
Attention Rebekah Lodge has postponed its Monday meeting to September 11 due to the holiday. Also noted is Miss April Headley returning home to 124 West Boyd Street after visiting relatives. Harvey Rightmire reunion guests from Fairmont include Bill Valentine Harold McDougal George Bennett Charles Rogers and Richard Nigh. next year’s reunion is planned for the fourth Sunday in August.
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Rebekah Lodge
April Headley
Hame
West Boyd Street
John Davis Young
Paris
Ava Well Headley
Port Leavenworth
Kan
Harvey Rightmire
J. B. Harvey
Fairmont
Bill Valentine
Harold McDougal
George Bennett
Charles Rogers
Richard Nigh
Alfred Ford
Hospital notes and birth announcement headline
Admissions list includes Virginia Gabins at 510 Piedmont Avenue Hazel Boyles Route 4 John Eisner 19 East Wilford Street LaDonne Stemple Philippi Margaret Gathrop Route 2 Dismissals list includes Barton Wiles Tun nelton Mrs Garnet Roberts 40 Addison Street Mrs Winifred Stafford 246 Grand Street Mrs Arretta Boylen Flemington Route 2 Zelda Strawser Tunnelton Route 1 It s a Boy for John Hulley Jr 301 Walnut Street birth weight eight pounds four ounces at 5 30 a m yesterday Travelers back Edward Kuhn and wife return to Country Club Road after visiting relatives in Ohio and Pennsylvania Buffalo Graveyard Calgary Pi We re in a graveyard , 3 startled plowman exclaimed when he began to break.
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Virginia Gabins
Piedmont Avenue
Hazel Boyles
John Eisner
East Wilford Street
LaDonne Stemple
Philippi
Margaret Gawthrop
Barton Wiles
Tunnelton
Garnet Roberts
Addison Street
Winifred Stafford
Grand Street
Arretta Boylen
Flemington
Zelda Strawser
John Hulley, Jr
Walnut Street
Edward Kuhn
Country Club Road
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Calgary
Plowman
Rare heart operation performed in the east
Mrs. George E. Longacre of Shartlesville Panama undergoes a rare operation at Hahnemann Hospital Philadelphia to close an abnormal heart opening between the right and left sides. After four days, she is up in her room as chest surgeons complete the first such procedure in the eastern United States.
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George
E. Longacre
Shartlesville
Paname
Philadelphia
Hahnemann Hospital
East
September circle and reunions in hard months calendar
Calendar notes from the St. John’s area list September gatherings including Circle No.2 at Mrs Walter Bell’s home, W C T U at Baptist Church, picnics for BQC Veterans and ladies auxiliary, multiple church homecomings and reunions at Mount Pleasant, Webster Baptist, Linn Chapel Lost Run, Peters reunion at Camp Towers Road, WSCS meetings, and the McIntosh reunion, plus a stray mention of Pleasant Creek Church events and a historic garden site with buffalo bones in Calgary.
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Circle No
St. John's Church
Walter Bell
W.c.tu
Baptist Church
BQC Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary
Parkersburg
Mount Pleasant Church
Sayre
Robinson Land Bartlett
Webster Baptist Church
Linn Chapel
Lost Run
W. J. Richardson
C. E. Brandt
Fairmont
Harmony Grove Baptist
Pruntytown Metho
J. B. Harvey
Camp Towers Road
Lonnie Jacobs
WSCS
Andrews Methodist Church
Oole Edwards
Walnut Street
Lora Ford
West Main Street
M. E
Knottsville
McIntosh
Pleassant Creek
To the Manor Born Fails Divorce Suit Over Aid and Alleged Singing
Albert V. Sciama, an Egyptian born Los Angeles realty man, sues for divorce from Elsa Diaz Biart, Cuban born embroiderer, alleging failure to provide though she earns $500 weekly and reportedly sings. The piece blends this marital dispute with fragmented notes on history, conservation, faith aiding political figures, atomic shelters, and shipping industry updates from across the United States.
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Los Angeles
Albert V. Sciama
Elsa Diaz
Biart
Drama of Indian Crisis in 1876 West and Film Tie In
A compact look at 1876 pivotal Indian wars after Custer’s defeat on the Little Big Horn, noting Plains tribes uniting against whites amid scarce arms. It ties the historical crisis to the John Ford Merian C Cooper film She Wore A Yellow Ribbon starring John Wayne and others, with the Utah Arizona border setting and screenplay by Nugent Stallings Bellah based on a Saturday Evening Post story.
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Custer
Little Big Horn
Pacific Slope
Dakotas
Texas
John Ford
Merian C. Cooper
Argosy “Pictures
Technicolor
RKO Radio Distribution
John Wayne
Joanne Dru
John Agar
Ben Johnson
Harry Carey
Monument Valley
Utah-Arizona
Frank Nugent
Laurence Stallings
James Warner Bellah
Saturday Evening Post
Dixie Theatre
New Cargo Ship Designed in New York For Postwar Fleet
American unveils the S. O. Bland, a postwar freighter prototype to guide a potential series of similar ships. Named for late Virginia congressman Virg, lauded as father of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, the vessel is slated for launch late this fall.
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Liberty
American Merchant Marine Institute
New York
American
Virginia
Woman held on grand theft linked to shoplifting teaching kid
In San Bernardino a woman faces grand theft charges after police say she taught her nine year old to shoplift items worth a small sum. The mother allegedly used discarded lumber as forms and had help from her husband in the scheme involving unpaid merchandise. Police described the suspect as explaining the act as a team effort with her daughter assisting in carrying items from the store.
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Higgins
Husbath
Aenetiating
San Bernardino
Calif
Grand Theft
Vernon Shiflett
Nother
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Harry Cane
Janes Stewart
Fairmont, W. Va
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Ory
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Chicago
Council of State Government
Wyoming
South Carolina
Austin
C. R. Vosbrugh
Panama City Republic
Warren R. Austin
U. S
United Nations
Jacob A. Malik
Atlanta
Lewis Higgins
Roddy McDowall
Black Midnight
Bowery Boys
Rue Morgue
Grafton
Financezco
Grafton Banking and Trust
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White, Mar
Gratton
California
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