Society notes and social events span August convention and local gatherings
Mrs Virginia O Poe heads the American Legion Auxiliary in Wheeling as Fr ance Campbell attends the convention August 4 to 6. Taylor County Unit 12 meets September 13 at Moose Home for officer elections. Thornton Epworth League hosts a Knottsville parsonage roast with many families attending. A veteran leader and historical figure, famed for the Lawrence of Arabia role, dies in a Berene hotel after a heart attack.
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Virginia O. Poe
American Legion Auxiary
Frances Campbell
Wheeling
Poe
Grafton
Taylor County
Erican Legion Auxiliary
Moose Home
Desert ruler Feisal dies in Berne
King Feisal of Iraq dies in Berne Switzerland during his visit to the International Peace Conference. The Iraqi monarch, born in 1885, led his country after abdicating in the 1930s and had recently engaged in talks on Middle East issues with Allied officials.
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Berne
Switzerland
Feisal of
Iraq
Beauty Hint Warns On Sun Bathing Eye Protection
The article advises removing dark sunglasses during sunbathing to avoid white skin around the eyes while the cheeks tan. It cautions against exposing eyes to intense glare and stresses careful sun exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vlorothy Christy
Flemington Woman Dies After Childbirth in Cholera Outbreak
Goldie Alona Piersel aged 24 dies in Davis Memorial Hospital Elkins after cholera infantum struck ten days earlier. She gave birth to a baby girl who died two hours after birth. Survived by husband William Piersel and son Edward Lee, funeral at Lambert's Chapel Barbour County with burial in church cemetery.
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God
Goldie Peirsel
Davis Memorial Hospital
Elkins
Fred M. Booth
Flemington
Goldie Alona Peirsel
Fred M
Anice
Armstrong Booth
Belington
Barbour County
Point
Marion
West Virginia
William Peirsel
Maryland Coal Company
Wendel
Piersel
Lee Booth
Philippi
Mabel Currey
Lambert's
McGlumphrey
Pitt area strikes cited in N R A violations appeal
Miss Emmeline Pitt labor department commissioner appeals to General Hugh S. Johnson N R A administrator regarding a dozen strikes in the Pittsburgh area and notes clear evidence of N R A violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Hugh 8. Johnson
M. Emmeline Pitt
Labor Department
Menus of the Day Dinner Menu and Recipes
A dated kitchen style menu lists creamed chicken and mushroom dishes with side spinach, salad, and pie. Instructions cover making béchamel sauce, browning mushrooms, pie crust, lemon curd notes, and sour cream fillings. Includes butter, flour, milk, salt, paprika, celery salt, green peppers, pimientos, and browned mushrooms with steps for sauce, mushrooms, dough, and pie baking.
Infant dies from cholera infantum in Flemington area
An eighteen death toll in Flemington and Rosemont continues as 19 month old Analee Stonko daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Stonko of College Hill dies in a Clarksburg hospital after a three day illness. Funeral at Polish Catholic church Clarksburg with burial at Holy Cross cemetery. George Cross Flemington undertaker in charge.
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Flemington
Rosemont
Annalee Stonko
Michael Stonko
College Hill Addition
Clarksburg
R. D. Stout
Bsides
Marjorie White ‘Hair
Holy Cross
George Cross
Personal notices from Grafton area residents
Mrs. W. E. Rightmire visited her daughter Miss Lucy Rightmire at Hopemont. Mrs. F. B. Smith, a prominent local dentist's wife, shows improvement after two weeks of illness. Dr. and Mrs. I. A. Stinne and family visit Illinois relatives and plan a World’s Fair stop in Chicago. Mildred Bartlett leaves for Shepherdstown State College musical director duties. J. J. Bush repairs and reopens The Grand Theatre soon. Several families relocate to Gr afton Park and nearby streets, including the Batsons Heironimus Keefer Jolliffe and Turners. Prof Kenneth Robinson and family move into Rogers cottage at Gr afton Park. Robinson heads East End school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Rightmire
Lucy Rightmire
Hopemont
F. 8. Smith
Doctor Smith
I. A. Stinne
Maple Avenue
Ilinois
Chicago
Stine
Ohio
Mildred Bartlett
Shepherdstown
Shepherdstown State College
Miss Bartlett
G. T. Bartlett
McGraw Avenue
J. J. Bush
Grand Theatre
Minette
Mabel Watkins
Grafton Park
Gladys Graham Burton
BE. F. Clark
Oscela Graham
Grafton
Cape Kansas
Kenneth Robinson
Rogers
Prof. Robinson
East End
Huge Refrigerator Beer Dispenser Is Installed By Busy Bee Restaurant
In Pittsburgh on September 8 a federal court filing shows Samuel Untermyer, a renowned international lawyer, will lead an income tax suit exceeding 5 million dollars against W. L. Mellon and five Gulf Oil officers. Attorney Morris L. Marcus notes Untermyer acts for Robert R. Knight and his town, seeking taxes claimed evaded from 1926 to 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busy Bee Restaurant
Pittsburgh
Samuel Untermyer
W. L. Mellon
Gulf Oil Corporation
Morris L. Marcus
Untermyer
Robert R. Knight
Downe
I”N His
Emment
Gulf
Friedman 87 Today Celebrates Healthy Senior Life
Friedman, a former Grafton merchant now living in Richmond since retirement 14 years ago, marks his 87th birthday today. His son J Fried man notes his father is in robust health, weighing 192 pounds and very active, living with daughter Mrs. Ralph Rothschild whose husband and brother-in-law run Richmond’s largest department store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Friedman
Grafton
Richmond
J. Friedman
Friedman
Ralph Rothcchild
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Arabia
West Main Street
Peters
Goldie Piersel
Child
Dread Malady
Main St
Clyde G. Turner
Yates Avenue
J. L. Bush
Fas Mov
Toon Kid
Children’s Black Oxfords
Penney’s
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