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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1941
Page
4
Kenneth Smith of route 4 Charleston sues Bou for $20,000 claiming a fractured skull and other injuries in an accident and seeks compensation.
The plaintiff sues Ham's Dairy Inc in circuit court claiming injuries from a truck side swipe on Route 19 near Sistonville. His car overturned after the impact and he seeks damages.
P Wayman Ray Brown petitions for a writ of mandamus to compel the West Virginia University board of governors to grant him a law degree and seeks $50,000 in damages from Dean Thomas Porter Hardman. He claims 85 semester hours at WVU and 43 at Western Reserve meet the requirements, and that credits were improperly accepted. Brown, former principal and long-time public official, reentered after failing to pass his first semester in 1929.
E W Brown of Bancroft was elected president of the Browns reunion at the ninth annual event held at Plymouth grove last Sunday. W A Brown of Plymouth was named vice president and Jesse W Brown of Plymouth secretary. The arrangements committee included several Browns and Mrs Carlisle Steele. More than 50 attended.
A series of land transfers are recorded, including Nancy Warner to W H Douglas and Effie Douglas in Elk district. Several deeds move parcels and lots among J W Fizer, R We Bundle, J G Berger, Eugene M Morgan, Adah & Hereford, O'Delland Pawley addition, Dominion to Dennis O Riffee, Lynn Jarrett to John Wines, H P Williams to Howard Woeber, Albert W Atkins to J H L Clatworthy, Yeane C Price to Hugh Preston Pierce, E B Hayes to Joe Sacco, Viola Struckland to Myrtle Oxter, Richard A Hatcher and Helen Lewis Dodd to Robert E Greenleaf, E G Robertson to Hoy Cavender, Close Null to Madlyn M Craig, Stella Salyers to Earl W Fore, and H W Houston to Madeline Ball.
An attempt to invalidate accessory charges against four of nine indicted in a payroll padding probe is to be argued today before Intermediate Judge D. Jackson Savage. The demurrer to a bill naming Speaker Malcolm Arnold and officials was filed May 20 and, with consent, affects five additional Arnold indictments.
Rain postponed the sixth annual strawberry festival events in Buckhannon with the coronation of Jeanne Strickling of Clarksburg as queen and W. J. Arnold as king moved to tomorrow. The parade pageant and ball will follow a rescheduled schedule as officials adjust to weather. Governor Neely and Commissioner McLaughlin were slated to participate in the ceremonies.
New Lions directors from Charles and Stonewall Jackson high schools gathered for a Lions club lunch meeting. They will elect officers for the coming year. Readings from R. Dennis Clay and other named students highlighted the event.
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