Sunnybanks garden party honors Meredith family ties
Sunnybanks hosted a refined garden party for Mr. and Mrs. James Meredith with Mrs. Meredith and her sister Mrs. George M Alexander as hostesses. Guests enjoyed veranda scenes arranged with flowers while aides served in the summer house and dining rooms. The event featured numerous young guests, club gatherings, and a forthcoming wedding for Miss Ads Talkston to W E Buckey at Locust Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnybanks
James Meredith
Meredith
George .M. Alexander
Alexander
Joseph Lebgman
J. Marion Black
P.M. Hoge
Mary Moulds Hirst
Betty Fownes
Pittsburgh
Miriam Rock
Amelia Bennett
Florence Hutchinson
Virginia Alexander
Arthur Martin
Clyde E. Hutchinson
Unn
Thomas W Fleming
Howard Sardesty
Mannington
Genevieve Haymond
Martha Hutchinson
Suzan Arnett
Jessie
Pauline Jamison
Edna
Jessie Jacobs
VU. A. Clayton
Anthony Bowen
Ming Frances Brand
Agnes Bell Coburn
Martha Ritchte
Harry Martin
Marlinton
Missouline Talkingtom
Will Aing
E L. Lively
Talkington
Buckey
Bucky
Butcher School
Mrs John McCool Ill With Heart Trouble at Pierpont Ave
Mrs John McCool is seriously ill at her home on Pierpont avenue with heart trouble and complications. She had been in declining health for months and recently spent weeks in Wheeling hospital for treatment. Last evening while on the front porch at Rome she was stricken with severe head pain. Her conditions are critical. John McCool, her son, was summoned from Brockport, New York. Frank Bussitt, a brother, arrived from West Union following her illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCool
Pierpont Avenue
McCool
Wheeling Hospital
Rome
Brockport
N. Y
Frank Busuitt
Drums on Horseback in English History
The article traces the history of drum carried on horseback in England, noting an early record in 1542 when Henry VII traveled to Vienna for kettle drums to be played on horseback in the Hungarian manner. It cites later fashion in the eighteenth century with mounted units and life guards, ending amid late nineteenth century references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry VII
Younted
Life Guards
Personal notices span visits and births in local towns
Mrs S J Brobst returns from Al lentown and Philadelphia while relatives hosted in Laurel Md. J P Hunsaker visits his mother in Walnut Ave. Olive Nay returns from a visit with her sister Mrs S E W Burnside. James Thomas and Ren tell head home from Rowlesburg after a two week stay. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs J J Deegan in Braddock Pa. Funeral for Lee Morgan attended by Gail Fishback of Grafton. Various locals tour or visit, with accompanying travel notes and upcoming stays.
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S. J. Brobst
Allentown
Philadelphia
Laurel, Md
H.C. Sample
J.P. Hunsaker
Louisville, Ky
Sane Munsaker
Walnut Avenue
Olive Nay
S. E.W. Burnside
James Thomas
Rentell
Rowlesburg
J. J. Deegan
Braddock
Eli Muserave
Alex
J. Meads Beall
Priscilla Beall
Jack Colburn
Fairmont
Pike
Wheeling
Beall
Messrs
Mead and
Colburn
Manbar
W. Va
James Stuart
Clarksburg
Hutchinson
C. B. Hutchinson
Cleveland
Ohio
LG. Race
JuKE Bribe in Washington Bride-to-be Nina Van Arsdale Wed
Miss Nina Van Arsdale, noted for her engagement ring a grand single diamond with four diamond bars, will marry Mr. Vernon West in Washington. The couple’s wedding unfolds amid social attention as June events color the capital’s social scene.
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Nina van Arsdale
Vernon West
Nene
Washington
June le
Fairmont men in institute work court sustains literacy test
Fairmont educators will play key roles in the states institute work as outlined by State Superintendent M. P. Shawkey. Scheduled assignments include Joseph Rosier at Sutton and Wellsourke. Woodley at Moorehead and Weston. Palebank at Pleasant. Barnese at Kingwood and Spencer, with Marion County institute set for August 30 led by H. Warren, Harriet Leon, M. Smith and others. The article also notes debates on literacy tests and federal voting rights, referencing Supreme Court decisions on the Fifteenth Amendment and related state laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
M. P. Shawkey
Supl
Joseph Rosier
Q. , Woodley
Normal School
George E. Colebank
Walter Barnes
Rosier
Sutton
Braxton
Wellsoure
Loake County
Woodsey
Moorehead
Hardy County
Weston
Lewis County
Palebank
PL Pleasant
Mason County
Barnese
Kingwood
Preston Country
Spencer
Roane County
Marion County Institute
H. Warren
East Liverpool
Ohi
Harriet Leon
Huntington
M. Smith
Wixinsburg
United States Supreme Court
White
Oklahoma
Maryland
Mississippi
States
Masons Plan to Install Officers in Orient Chapter
Masons in the city will install officers of Orient Chapter No. 9 Royal Arch Masons at a session tomorrow evening. Fairmont Lodge No. 1 A F and A M will observe St John the Baptist anniversary with Master Mason degree work. The Knights Templar Grand Commander authorized a special conclave to install Scott C. Lowe as Grand Sword Bearer, as he could not attend Bluefield. Past leaders DeBolt, Smith, Kephart, and Walker will attend. The Crusade Commandery No. 6 officers will also be installed in uniform next Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Orient
Royal Arch Masons
Fairmont Lodge No
A. F
A. M
St. John the Baptist
L. H. Clark
Knights Templar
F. E. Nichols
Scott C. Lowe
Bluefield
George DeBolt
Henry F. Smith
Harvest Field by Christina Rossetti Quote
A concise note presents Christina Rossetti declaring a field as the sole source for a harvest not of fruit or flowers but of spiritual recompense. The line frames a poet’s view of life as a field yielding moral or salvific outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Rossetti
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Cheiron
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Laurel
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Locust Avenue
Presbyterian Church
Sidney Reynolds
Carloine Bright
Jce
Louise Showalter
Mary Greer
Helen Robb
Meta Galliter
Elizabeth’ Aiken
Virginia Wilson
Ida Deen
Mary Gaskill
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Grace Rowe
Mary Willems
Martha Fleming
Dorothy Fleming
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John Henshaw
Fthel Heintzelmen
Mary Windsor
Carol Powell
Susan Arnett
Edith Frey
Georgi Andros
Winneapolis
Minn
Ed Hart
Arlington Fleming
Paul Fleming
Merle Amos
John Windsor
Stuart Race
Ces
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Lincoln
England
Bimaah
Fitteth Cathedral
Waldemar
Boveach, A.B. Scott & CO. Jewelers
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Fairmont Charter
Royal Institution
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Feyot
Menes
Ben Ber
Asis Minor
Harper's Weekly
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Meredith Street
Manley
Kattan
Iceland
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