Golden Wedding Celebrated by Lawtons at Quinnimont
Fifty years after their May 21 1885 Treverton Pa wedding Ella May Chamberlain and George Lawton renewed vows at their Quinnimont home. Officiant Dr W W Pharr led a ceremony with family attendees and a tea reception, as grandchildren and relatives join in to honor the couple who moved from Alaska to Fayette County years ago. Numerous relatives from West Virginia Pennsylvania and Virginia attended along with friends and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treverton
Ella May Chamberlain
George Lawton
Quinnimont
P.C. Graney
George
Billy Lawton
Barbara Lawton
Walter Lawton
C. W. Lemon
Lewisburg
William Lawton
Mount Hope
Nellie Lawton
Joseph Lawton
Lawton
Owen W. Cox
Alaska
Fayette County
West Virginia
Cyrus Eaton
Sunbury
Barbara
Mrs McDowell Named Department Chairman
Mrs. McDowell was elected department chairman at the May meeting of the Junior department of the Womans Club held at their clubhouse. Annse Jane Clay was named vice chair man and Ruth Kellman led a program of solos with Elizabeth Stairs at the piano. Delegates reported on the state meeting at Moundsville as plans were made to open the Womans Shop Friday evening. In gratitude, retiring chairman Elinor St. Clair received a silver gift. refreshments followed hosted by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Club
Ted McDowell
Annse Jane Clay
Thelma Batesole
Nannie Ellen Gadd
Elva Pyles
Mattie Winston
Elizabeth Stairs
Brahms
Ruth Kellman
R. D. Watts
Moundsville
Elinor St. Clair
Mrs Drake Honored At Bridge Party
A bridge shower at Mrs. G. O. Wood's Woodlawn avenue home honored bride Mrs. O C Drake. Hosted by Mrs. Wood Mrs. A R Williams and Mrs. W M Mc Cutcheon guests enjoyed several bridge progresses and pink and white decor. Prizes for high scores went to Mrs. Paul Boggs and Miss Anna Clay, with many shower gifts for the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. O. Wood
Woodlawn Avenue
O. C. Drake
Wood
A. R. Williams
W. M. McCutcheon
Paul Boggs
Anna Clay
Drake
Haynes Martin
Alfred Hazelwood
Jess Richmond
John Hope
W. D. Paris
Herman Luchnor
Charles Harshbarger
Mount Hope
C. J. McQuade
G. R. Bartley
Robert
Names List of Ladies Mentioned in Society Notes
A list of women including Yaple, Mrs. J Edwin Dickerson, Mrs. Kyle Broyles, Mrs. W S Beavers, Mrs. Fletcher Mann, Mrs. Tom Wood, Miss Pauline Murray, Miss Kate Johnson, Miss Mary Alice Bruster, Miss Blanch King, Miss Reba Epperly, Miss Anna Clay, Miss Nola Phillips, and Miss Edith Robertson appears in the society notes.
Mrs Bird Elected By The Kings Daughters
Mrs J E Bird was chosen president by the Kings Daughters at the Methodist Temple on South Kanawha street. Officers include C R Harless first vice president H M Blankenship second vice president secretary H T Caffee treasurer G H Forseman assisting secretary Roy T Elkin corresponding secretary E C Wilkinson reporter William Taylor devotional leader. A business session followed with plans for a camp trip for Miss Fernia Mae Smith and a Rose Tea on June 11 to honor Mrs Frank Sebaugh of Huntington, state president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Daughters
Methodist Temple
South Kanawha Street
J. E. Bird
C. R. Harless
H. M. Blankenship
H. T. Caffee
G. H. Forseman
Roy T. Elkin
E. C. Wilkinson
William Taylor
J. H. Dunn
Wheeling
Fernia Mae Smith
Frank Sebaugh
Huntington
Friendship Class In Monthly Meet At First Baptist Church
The Friendship class of First Baptist met at Miss Dessie Sarretts home on Third avenue for a social and business gathering. Miss Lillian Honaker led the devotional, followed by a short business session and a program featuring a solo by Miss Gladys Lowe and musical selections by Mrs. Sterling Jones. A luncheon was served to an attentive group including Mrs. Sterling Jones and many listed attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Dessie Sarrett
Third Avenue
Lillian Honaker
Gladys Lowe
Sterling Jones
Jack Short
Sylvia Withrow
Robert Long
June Matheney
Strawberry Festival Planned Thursday at Methodist Temple
A Strawberry Festival previously set for Thursday on the lawn at Mrs. R. A. Boyd’s home will be moved indoors to the Methodist Temple on South Kanawha Street due to bad weather. Circle No. 5 led by Mrs. C. H. Rutledge sponsors the event from six to ten in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Boyd
Methodist Temple
South Kanawha Street
Circle No. 5
C. H. Rutledge
Local residents note travel and visits across states
Personal mentions show Mae Bruster and Fanny Powell headed back from Charleston and other southern points. Maynor recovers from flu, while Harkelroad and son Lawrence Riggs return from Hillsboro. Evelyn Bowles promotes Old Dominion Tours in Montgomery. Estill visits Beckley from Premier, and more Beckley area residents make trips to Fort Lauderdale, Hillsboro, and Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Bruster
Fanny Powell
Charleston
S. C
T. L. Maynor
Frank S. Harkelroad
Lawrence Riggs
Hillsboro
Ohio
Evelyn Bowles
Montgomery
Old Dominion Tours
R. L. Estill
Premier
Beckley
Frank Lynn Pile
McAlpin
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
A. W. Laing
John
Mariah Webb
Laura Ballard
Rock Camp
M. C. Banks
G. H. Caperton
R. C. Jeffords
H. A. Sloan
Logan
J. H. McCulloch
Miami Beach
F. M. Lee
Alpeca
John C. Wyckoff
Fairmont
C. S. Dillon
Spanish mackerel run in Gulf off Florida coast largest since 1931
Commercial fishermen working in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida west coast report the season's run of Spanish mackerel is the biggest since 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Wst
Monument With Snakes Devil's Head and Elephant Head in Wilmington Grave
A monument on an unidentified person’s grave in Wilmington North Carolina features carved designs of snakes a devil’s head and an elephant head. The distinct sculpture marks the grave with eerie symbolism and local curiosities noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
N. C
Hitler Rejects Security Pacts and War Claims
Hitler told the Kroll Opera House assembly that Germany seeks freedom and independence and will not enter general security pacts or mutual-assistance treaties. He criticized Franco-Russian alliances and said Germany would not join pacts that force it to combat Communism, arguing Versailles arms limits were violated by other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Fuehrer
Kroll Opera House
Lithuania
Hitler
France
Russia
Europe
Wilson
New Books: Bromfield and Parrott on display in shelf notes
The week’s shelf highlights two notable names Louis Bromfield and Ursula Parrott. Parrott expands Next Time We Live into a novel at Longmans, with sprightly movement in a story of young love and work separations. Bromfield’s The Man Who Had Everything from Harpers follows a successful playwright bored by wife and mistress as he seeks lost passion, a likely pot boiler in readers’ eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Bromfield
Ursula Parrott
Miss Parrott
Longmans
Mr. Bromfield
Harpers
Bromfield
Jalna Forever and Other Books in 1906 War Note
In 1906 the Whiteoaks of Jalna endure under Adeline with a 20 year younger clan in a back to basics experiment. Ford Madox Ford’s Ladies Whose Bright Eyes imagines a London publisher cast into the past. Alfred E. Smith critiques popular government and citizen duty. Hope Williams Sykes portrays immigrant beet field life with blunt realism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny
Maze de la Roche
Little, Brown
Whiteoaks
Jalna
Adeline
Ford Madox Ford
Lippencott
Mr. Heuffer-Ford
London
Alfred E. Smith
Harpers
Congress Warned of Veterans Benefits Expansion
President Roosevelt defended extended veteran benefits noting $7.8 billion spent through the end of the last fiscal year for disability and death compensation. He cited hospitalization, training, and rehabilitation programs aiding 1,140,000 veterans and warned that the Patman plan would add $1.6 billion in new currency to pay the soldiers’ bonus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
President Warns Against Large Scale Insurance Cut
The president criticized a proposal to cut insurance protection for veterans dependents, arguing it would destroy benefits and violate wartime and 1924 adjusted certificate principles. He acknowledged possible short term retail gains but said such financial practice would not help key unemployment impacted industries.
Elm disease scare reaches elm wood carriers
Agriculture department fights Dutch elm disease by inspecting elm wood crates and boxes with bark intact, fearing they may spread the blight. Officials warn traders and handlers to ensure barkless packing to prevent transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Carter's Little Liver Pills Aimed to Boost Bile Flow
An old pill advertisement claims liver bile should flow freely to prevent feeling sour and sluggish. It urges using Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate digestion, noting the red labeled product and price of 25 cents at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
C. M. Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lawtons
Ellis Brown
Charlottesville
James Gwinn
Charles Ashley
Mary Louise Ashley
C. C. Beury
Christine Beury
Oscar Deyerle
Oscar Deyerle Jr
Bluefield
J. H. Allen
Elverton
T. R. Wilson
Mary Porter
Mt. Hope
S. A. Scott
Ronald Snyder
E. M. Tutwiler
P. C. Graney
Mr. Hope
D. C. Palmer
Charlie Smith
Thomas Bannister
C. L. Garvin
Cunard
George Sharp
G. O. Crank
L. S. Tully
Maurine Tully
Fayetteville
Percy Brown
Meadow Creek
W. W. Pharr
Thomas Lawton
Alfred Prince
W. T. Fredeking
Hinton
J. E. Howard
C. W. Dillon
Madge Littlepage
Rose Beary
Frank Graves
Simpson
Raleigh
Harwood James
W. Va
Murphys
Vera-Rose
Beauty Shop
Woolworth
R. P. Hogan
Lucile Williams
Jo Pack
G. E. Honts, Jr
Robert Yaple
Mrs. Drake
Bird
Kings
Francis L. Robbins, Jr
New York
Long Beach
Long Island
Associated Press
Satan
Edward Hale Bierstadt
Doubleday, Doran
Helen C. White
Macmillan
Matilda
Tuscany
Paris
John Brangwyn
McBride
Robert Allin
Doubleday
Doran
Bohemia
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Royal Fur Co
Bessie Carroll Beckley
Snuffer Apts
Pittsburgh
Granny
Congress
Dl Sanitary Protection
Schlitz
Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wis
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