Society and Club Activity Miss Etta L. Francis
Society and club notes announce Miss Etta L. Francis as the society reporter with telephone contact 185 for readers to share events and notices.
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1946
Page
3
Society and club notes announce Miss Etta L. Francis as the society reporter with telephone contact 185 for readers to share events and notices.
The Get Together club enjoyed a weiner roast hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Boice on Valley Falls road. Guests included Tiny Poole Kitty Shriver Peggy Mason Dotty Boice Monna Duckworth Dorothy Able Wayne Able Eddie Able Rosemary Johnson Roberta Utt Ada May Johnson Brenice Stevens Kenneth Rutherford June McIntosh Marjorie Robinson Joseph Powell Bernard Duckworth Florence Reese Janet Lambert Howard Bolyard Billy Guthrie Howard Stansbury Robert Holt Janet Jefferies James Jefferies Randa Jo Martin Grace Lynch Johnny West and other attendees.
Mrs Paschal Stevens hosted a Pike Street party for her daughter Glennis Ann Stevens eleventh birthday. Inflavor and outdoor games cheered guests. Hosts Mrs Stevens Mrs Anna Carroll and Norma Shaw served refreshments. Attendees included Charlotte Smith Mary Stevenski Virginia Paugh Janice Linn Ruth Phillips Dortha McDaniel and many relatives.
September 3 Ladies VFW auxiliary will meet in regular session in the lodge hall at 8 p m All members are urged to be present September 3 Judson Society will meet at the First Baptist church at 8 p m September 4 The Business Girls will meet at the Belva re club at 6 15 p m Mary Lough hostess September 3 WSCS of West Main street at the home of Mrs Lindsay Mahaffey at 630 p m Mrs Ed McDaniel as co hostess Please change of place and time Sept 3 The DOBess of the Blueville Methodist church will meet at the home of Mrs Earl Carruthers at 8 p m September 5 Ladies Grand Army will meet in the VFW hall at 2 p m
Brief notices list visiting relations including Mrs Atna Klingelheber from Akron visiting brother and sister in Pearl Street, plus several births and visits. Details name Jackie Mayne born Aug 31 at Grafton City hospital to Nelson and Betty Carroll family. grandparents listed. Also mentions Wilson Morris birth, August 26 at Fairmont General hospital.
Stevens of Grafton and Mr and Mrs A A Smith of Masortown join Mitchell Smith Hazel Shaw of Fairmont and Layton Frum C C Dent and George Frum Morgantown, Charles Morgan and Mr and Mrs Charles Scran of Lost Run, plus the host and hostess Mr and Mrs Morrow.
The World War II Mothers club held a picnic supper at the Tygart Valley Dam hosted by Mrs. Fred Floyd. After eating on the observation platform, attendees toured the dam with guide William Combs. Attending members included Mrs. Charlie Warder and others. guests included Mrs. Viola Lash and Mr. Leonard Bott.
Mr and Mrs Morrow entertained friends with a dinner at their Lost Run home. The Rev James J Gross of Bismark Illinois joined along with Mr and Mrs Merle Orr and children Patty Polly and Johnny and Mr and Mrs G R. Conversation was the evening’s main diversion.
The notice lists Mary Margaret and Elie Loam births with parental names Hal E Hayes and Thelma Ellers, plus maternal and paternal grandparents. It notes visiting relatives in Parkersburg and Baltimore, and a weekend with the Marquess family, all reflecting local family ties in the Parkerburg area.
The primary race in Nevada yielded no clear issues as senators’ contenders were Carville and Bunker. Reno gambling houses priced the contest, with Bunker favored by odds and Carville noted for opposing the administration on several matters. Colorado is called the centennial state.
Scarcity of fats and oils drives kitchen grease saving as key to more soap and supplies. American Fat Salvage Committee notes one pound of used fat can produce a large box of packaged soap or six bars of laundry soap, aiding households and famine areas, with four cents per pound offered to meat dealers.
The White House signals a tentative plan for a bilateral agreement with a flexible clause. Both nations would agree the pact could be amended later to align with a broader international trade organization the United States aims to create.
Delivery vans from Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company warehouses in the Bronx and Queens halt non-perishable loads in breach of an earlier pact to move perishables only. Police warn other chains may join. Mayor O'Dwyer promised no food or medical supply shortages as the American Association of Railroads blocked shipments into New York City to ease warehouse congestion.
United Mine Workers district 29 President George J. Titler addressed a miners rally at Oaks Hill stating only half of the job of labor is done and urging continued efforts as Labor Day coverage continues.
Thousands joined Labor Day events in Parkersburg Whitesville and Clendenin with a Morgantown mile long parade featuring UMW AFL and other unions. Speakers included Rep Randolph Frank T Fenton and C Fremont Davis. A similar Oak Hill gathering hosted speeches a baseball game and festivities while highway fatalities reached seven with two on the holiday.
Labor Day drew 54,000 to Hawthorne marking the opening of a historic 35 day meeting in Chicago. Armed won the $50,000 Washington Park handicap by 33 lengths in a dominant running display.
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