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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1934
Page
3
The fortieth annual Brown family reunion will be at Reedsville City park on Saturday September 1. A special program includes speeches athletic events prizes historic roices and heirlooms with activities from 1 to 4 or 5 pm and a mid day feast intermission.
Social calendar notes two events on Friday August 10. Ladies Aid at West Main Street M E Church presents a play The Pall Across the Hill at the church. First Brethren church Christian Endeavor Society schedules a 730 PM business meeting followed by a program. Also Saturday August 11 White Rose Grove No 2 Woodman Circle holds a bake sale at Empire Meat Market.
The Sunday School convention of Taylor county will run August 14 and 15 with Rev. W. R. Eskew, president, announcing the program. Tuesday evening features a program at Andrews Methodist Episcopal church and Wednesday at Grafton Park with a basket dinner. Delegates will be elected, offerings sought, and a strong attendance hoped for by President Eskew.
The county court reduced levy rates to cover outstanding bonded indebtedness with 30 000 for sinking fund and 35 250 for interest on 705 000 debt. Delinquent taxes and exonerations were added to frauds, totaling 69 085 to be raised. A rate of 11 cents per 100 on Class 1 property, 22 cents on Class 2, and 44 cents on Class 3 and 4 were set to meet the amount.
The records detail 1934 measures to cover county contractural indebtedness totaling 12558 dollars and city expenditures of 97806.50 with a 21,904.49 tax levy. Tax rates vary by class with Class 1 at 8.75 cents, Class 2 at 17.5, and Class 4 at 35, plus sinking fund and interest for bonded debt. Rates for accumulated contractural debt are 2.25, 4.5 and 9 cents across classes 1, 2 and 4.
Philippi hosts the twenty-fifth annual state Baptist convention with over 200 enrolled, the largest in years, filling girls dormitory and White Scarver Hall. Evening programs include business session, Catherine Moore talk, chautauqua night, musical program, J A Cooper address, and Baptist Young People's Union program. Sunday services feature Rev J R Mantey and Dr W S Dunlop with vesper services to follow.
A new medicinal formula named Indo-Vin claims diuretic action to cleanse sluggish kidneys and ease backache night-time urination and rheumatic pain. Sold in Grafton at low daily cost, it is advertised as a non habit forming liquid from 21 plants, aiding stomach liver and bowels while not a tablet or pill.
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock in charge of the Rev. T. H. Binford of Akron Ohio.
Five men, one wearing a payroll guard disguise, robbed an unguarded safety payroll and bank service truck in front of Union Old Lowell National Bank in Lowell Massachusetts. The thieves escaped with 81500 and later payrolls at Lawrence Manufacturing Company and Lowell Worsted Company were found short. Mr and Mrs Frank M Hollis and family visited Martinsburg relatives over the weekend.
On August 10, President Herbert Hoover marked his sixtieth birthday with a simple family dinner at the Stanford University campus home. Congratulatory letters arrived from friends worldwide as Hoover prepared for the marriage of Mildred Hall, secretary to Mrs. Hoover, to Allen Campbell, son of former Arizona Governor Thomas Campbell, in Hollywood.
Washington reports Hugh S. Johnson notified NRA workers that burdensome staffing cuts are required. About 3,300 employees exist, with roughly 2,300 based in Washington. The article also mentions the nicknamed thumb bell once used as a badge reference.
A collection of recipes including tomato pickle buttered lima beans stuffed tomatoes and green tomato pickle with detailed steps for frying baking and canning. The note ends with a mention of the Black Mountain range in North Carolina noting its 15 miles length and 15 peaks exceeding 6000 feet.
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