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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1929
Page
16
Special edition item from Newburg reports Anderson will hold a football meeting at the high school auditorium Saturday afternoon. All interested boys are invited to participate in football this fall to discuss training plans and preparations.
Washington reports the Merchant Fleet Corporation expects overhead for government owned merchant marine operations to fall by half in the next fiscal year. Savings stem from selling established lines to private owners and reducing personnel. For the current year Congress appropriated about $12 million, with estimates for next year around $6 million.
A. Leuthardt postmaster of Graf ton has bought the home and properties of Clee Brown in the Blueville Addition and will reside there between October 1 and 15. Mrs Elizabeth Heedy is spending a week’s vacation at her Maple avenue home.
Cabell County court ordered Prosecuting Attorney Lucien Blankenship to file court proceedings to claim about ten square miles near the Huntington Hamlin pike as part of Lincoln county. The move follows a dispute after H S Fraley of Long Branch sought tax refunds for property Lincoln taxed in 1928. A petition to set the boundary was filed and a commission failed to report.
Judge James A Meredith of Pairmont announced the sub committee recodifying West Virginia state laws will submit its report to the state code commissions in September. He said no meeting call was issued as work remains. the committee has largely finished, with clerical tasks still to complete.
Clarksburg won the Davis Cup for the best rifle team in the 201st infantry West Virginia National Guards camp at Kingwood on August 22. Headquarters Second Battalion scored 496 of 600 for first, followed by Littleton Company G with 487 and Terra Alta regimental HQ with 459. Individual high scorer was Sergeant W H Castlow of Clarksburg with 171 of 200.
Police arrested two men and a woman, Charles L. Ray, Sam Teesel, and Stella Greathouse, in Wheel ing after their car broke down as suspects in a $300 robbery of the Community Savings and Loan Company of Charleston. They denied knowledge of the crime while awaiting witnesses from Charleston. Myrtle Stevens and a Charleston detective were en route for identification.
Stapleton reports three people, 30, Mrs Mildred Thompson, 28, and John McCoy 19, came to enroll in barber school. They traveled in a car with Ohio license plates and an empty revolver was found inside.
W H DeWitt former Kingwood office manager has been transferred to Grafton office to assume duties there Boyd Gough Grafton manager moves to company staff in Parkmont A Kansas City greeting card firm recruits its budding artists from high schools
A vintage classified style notice states Ladies soles sewed on and heels priced at 1.15 dollars. It claims best leathers and workmanship, with dyeing service available in any color guaranteed, from Liberty Shoe Shop at the Grand Theatre.
In Cleveland on August 21, voters rejected a city charter amendment restoring the federal form of government with an elective mayor. Final precinct returns show 97,115 total votes, 46,980 for the amendment and 50,175 against, a loss by 3,195. It marks the third victory for opponents in two years.
The relatives of Mrs. Lucy Reed Brown express gratitude to the workers in Carr China Co clay shop for the beautiful floral tribute. The arrangement added greatly to the floral offerings and they are deeply grateful for the friendly spirit that prompted the gift. The Relatives
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