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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
2
Fred Paul Grosscup is portrayed as a large scale Kanawha Valley farmer who owns a major farm and dedicates personal effort to its management. He emphasizes productivity as prosperity and aims to boost soil output and profitable marketing benefiting farmers and consumers. He is described as a developer of recognized ability and import.
The West Virginia governor, a 28 year Kanawha Valley businessman, claims credit for bringing 14 million dollars in outside capital to the state. He built Dunbar and linked it to Charleston by electric trolley, expanded gas fields, and kept all gas for West Virginia use while praising Americanism and Republican values. He is praised as a trusted employer and a staunch patriot with a concrete business plan.
Mrs. Vincent of Hammond visits daughter Mrs. Commodore Henderson on Walnut Street. George Stillwell ill with pneumonia at Thayer Street home. Mrs. Evans of Fairmont visits. Numerous notices of travels illnesses relocations and social visits among West Side residents and surrounding towns.
Rebecca E Beall died at her East Washington home at ten this morning after a long rheumatic illness. A lifelong resident since 1857 she ran a dressmaking circle with her sister and remained a faithful Andrews M E Church member. She is survived by her sister Miss Anna Beall and brother Vernon E Beall. funeral Thursday at 2 30 from Andrews M E Church. The first quarterly conference of the Grafton charge met Monday with Rev S H Brown presiding, reporting progress and electing W J Martha as steward and district steward L J Twitty.
In New York on April 17 a one minute tribute will be observed by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company for late director Theodore N. Vail. The ceremony coincides with the first anniversary of his death and will honor his leadership and legacy in the industry.
A romance begun over three years ago in England culminated in a Charleston ceremony at St John’s Episcopal Church as Mise 8. 1. Scrimshaw of Newcastle-on-Thames wed Harold Spoor, a mining engineer based in Huntington. The groom’s wartime Royal Army service connected the couple, who traveled with relatives for the wedding. The bride and groom’s families recently returned from Pittsburgh and Moundsville and then went to Philippi on business before heading home.
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