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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1934
Page
4
Yesterday morning Mr and Mrs Guy McCloy of the Waddell Fuel Company at Wendel announced the birth of a daughter. Capital expenditures for school buildings and grounds in Utah declined from 3 018 000 in 1922 to 86 000 last year.
A society column notes multiple birthday celebrations at homes along Valley Falls road and in neighboring towns. Mrs Mollie Dawson turns 61, Miss Hesser 19, with gifts, music by Rose Bill church orchestra, and refreshments. Also covered are a corn roast, a park picnic, a West Virginia return, a Chimney Corners dance, a Virginia Haldeman visit, and several birthday lawn and party events with varied guest lists.
Chief Wallace Henderson reports a juvenile from Grafton stole watches in Washington Pennsylvania while visiting relatives. The youth allegedly sold them locally before being arrested and detained awaiting trial. One watch bears a Bethlehem Lutheran Church engraving dated December 25, 1903, and is a ladies hunting case Elgin movement.
Two youths were held today as suspects in six knife slashing incidents in Defiance Ohio. A trio identified one attacker who knifed Miss Mabel Kroft on August 14. they said the other suspect was taller than the man they saw. The report notes early mention of a prominent Memphis businessman and includes social event notices from Brownton and Wendell, highlighting birthdays, weddings, and parties.
Miss Louise E Ringler returned home after vacation at the Epworth League institute in Buckhannon as a delegate from West Main Street M E church. It was her fourth year to attend. Miss Gladys McDaniel and George Peters were delegates from the West Main Street church and Miss Osa Mae Casteel, Miss Alma.
Mrs J W Robinson and son were in Wheeling yesterday on business. Sheriff Lee B Bennett and wife and children, and Mrs Lucy Batson left for Chicago to visit the World's Fair and other western points. Mrs Clyde Kimmel and daughter Catherine of Wellsburg returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs Lee Bennett Sr. Mrs Ruth Shroyer and sister Miss Edna Shingleton are on a motor trip to Canada. Miss Virginia Bee of Speech Street visits Washington DC during vacation.
Gil Wilson district governor of Parkersburg spoke at the Grafton Rotary club weekly meeting at Hotel Grafton. It was his annual district visit and he outlined Rotary International aims for the coming year focusing on helping crippled children.
Lee E Bennett Sr prominent local merchant is ill at home on West Street. Dorothy Baker of the New York Tribune visits her mother Mrs H L Baker of Beech Street. Mrs Mildred Smith and children Betty Lee and Jack return home to Pittsburgh after two weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Cox of Loveland. Families Cox, Kennedy and others travel from Blueville Pittburgh and Richmond to visit relatives in the area with trips to Washington and Indiana.
Funeral services will be held at Bartlett Funeral Home at 2 PM Friday for Paul Millard Self 22 who died in Juan Guantinana Cuba August 2 from cerebral hemorrhage He was a son of Carl H and Loretta Self born at Wendel lived near Morgantown served in the United States Navy three years Survived by parents three brothers Henry Harry and Charles of Morgantown two sisters Mrs Juanita Davis of Wendel and Miss Mabel Self of Morgantown Interment in National Cemetery The body arrives today on Baltimore and Ohio train 11 and goes to the Bartlett Funeral Home for viewing until the funeral time.
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