Three Buses Added to County School Routes
Philippi Aug 25 Three additional school buses have been added on county routes bringing total to four for winter transport. Routes include Philippi to Midway to Nestorville and Independence, Peel Tree to Elk Road, Taylors Drain to Bear Mountain, and a Belington line to Laurel Mountain and Valley district. Enrollment at Philippi high expected to rise to 410 from 300 while Belington high grows to about 215 from 160. County-wide enrollment forecast climbs from 4582 to about 4700 with eighth graders and new high school students driving the increase. A home economics wing is moved to Crim building and 168 teachers have been contracted ahead of a September 1 teachers meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Carpenter
Philippi
County Board of Education
W. D. Gall, Jr
Midway Filling Station
Philippi-Belington Road
Nestorville
Independence
Peel Tree
Elk Road
Taylors Drain
Galloway
Bear Mountain
Belington
Laurel Mountain
Valley District
Midway
Belington-Philippi
Peel ‘Tree
the Woods
Flatwoods
Ward
Hacker
Bretsel Harris
Belington High School
Harris
Marie Kittle
Haseen
Crim
County Superintendent of
Sherman T
Barbour County religious education council re-elects leaders
The Barbour County Council of religious education concluded a two day session re electing G W Shomo of Junior as president for the tenth year. H E Cornwell of Cove district was named vice president and Miss Lillian Edmonds of Belington secretary. Officers include Mrs J Bruce Long, Mrs Jessie Poling, Paschal Brake, Rev F W Brandon, R C Jackson, Rev George C Stratton, and E M Hunt. The executive committee includes Elam Lantz, Jof Lutz, Miss Zeta Row, and Mrs J W Myers. A resolution urges voting for dry laws retention and that only teachers of high moral standing be placed in education. Next year’s convention will be at Junior in August.
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Barbour County Council
W. Shomo
Junior
H. E. Cornwell
Cove District
Lillian Edmonds
Belington
J. Bruce Long
Philippi
Childrens’ Division
Jessie Poling
Jof Lutz
Zeta Row
J. W. Myers
County Board of Education
Tableland Music Festival features wide program and notable acts
Shank, well known in this section, heads a lineup that includes Mrs Track of Oakland and a variety of performances. Raymond McCutcheon, 70, of Mt Lake Park, plays novel piano numbers. Gormania chorus, Davis trio with accordion, Grantsville Treble Clef Club, Arthurdale Homesteaders, Gormania string band, and Johnny Slager from Davis are listed, with more to be announced. Oakland band performs a Saturday morning concert, followed by a devotional service. Sunday features choral numbers led by a thousand-voice choir, with Frostburg’s prize-winning choir invited. Wilmer Brown and 8 Swan give solos, and a prominent speaker closes the fourth annual Tableland Music Festival. Automobile output for the first six months of 1934 rises 75 percent over 1933.
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Crellin
Tableland Council
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Oakland
Frostburg
Wilmer Brown
Cumberland
Swan
Newburg News Roundup Delivers Delegate, Dedicatory Service
James Chambers of Newburg chosen as delegate to the Methodist Protestant conference in Clarkburg representing Newburg and Independence M P churches. Filmer Tucker in Independence installs a modern electric refrigerator and opens a meat market featuring beef from his own farm. Preston County courthouse dedicatory service held in Kingwood with Amy Kean, a Taylor County native, delivering the address. Mrs B H Wolf visits Green Springs, Lon Lang and brothers have tonsil surgeries at Kingwood Hospital. Dr Harman performs operations. Rev J A Earl of Newbury judges a St Pauls church oratorical contest.
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Newburg
James Chambers
Clarkburg
Indepence M. P
Filmer Tucker
Independence
Kingwood
Newbury
Preston County
Amy Kcan
Taylor County
John Barton Payne
American Red Cross
Lon Lang
Carrol
Bennie Helms
Kingwood Hopital
Harman
J. A. Earl of
Gratton
St. Paul's Church
Kimball Assured in District Attorney Race Details
Continued from page one the Kimball campaign is assured with authoritative sources naming Vernon E. Johnson of Berkeley Springs as vice chairman and Mrs Natalie Sutherland Walker of Huntington as another vice chair.
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Kimball
Era
Vernon E. Johnson
Berkeley Springs
Natalie Sutherland Walker
Huntington
Teachers of County Face Welfare Labor Repairs
Teachers of the county discuss continued congestion and the impact of welfare labor on improving school buildings. The message notes that all county schools have been repaired or improved, and mentions police associations in New York City being instructed to drop honorary members from their lists.
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New York City
Flux Claims Life Of Boy One Year Old
Roy O. Newhouse one year old son of W A and Hallie Bender Newhouse of Flemington died at the family home after a week long illness of flux. He was born August 1 1933 and was one year and 24 days old. Funeral Sunday at 1 30 p m from the home with Rev Z B Bowen officiating. Interment in Norton Cemetery with Undertaker George Gross in charge.
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Roy O. Newhouse
W. A
Hallie Bender Newhouse
Flemington
Newhouse
Edgar
Isabel
Minnie
Z. B. Bowen
Norton
George Gross Gross
Eskew Invited to Preach in Newburg Tonight
Rev W R Eskew pastor of St Pauls M E church has accepted an invitation to be guest preacher at First M E church in Newburg tomorrow evening in the absence of Rev J A Earl who is to take the leading part in the historical pageant The Spreading Flame at Camp Dawson next Wednesday and must be absent from Newburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Eskew
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
M. E
Newburg
J. A. Earl
Camp Dawson
Frost Strikes Across Regions Amid Sudden Cold Snap
The report notes dramatic temperature swings from heatwaves to freezing conditions across multiple states. It cites 110 degree spikes in several areas, snow in the Far West, basements heated by coal for warmth, relief from heat in communities, and cooling rains reaching Texas. A rapid cold front dropped temperatures by as much as sixty degrees in the north central states, with Montana snow flurries grounding a plane at Big Timber. Moderate weather is forecast for the weekend in most regions.
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Orado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Tllinois
Texas
Montana
Big Timber
North Central States
Labor Unrest Threatens Major Cotton Industry Walkout
In Marion county authorities discuss Fred Hawkins linked to a past felony as manslaughter potential adds prison time. A labor strike committee backed by the AFL declares readiness for an orderly walkout affecting 300,000 cotton workers and later 300,000 more in silk and rayon. Jamaica Bay police search for a mahogany cruiser tied to a sea getaway after a boat was found scuttled following a robbery.
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Ter
American Federation of Labor
Jamaica Bay
Browntown Woman Claimed After Year’s Illness
Mrs Elizabeth Moore 45 of Brownton died at 3 o clock this morning after a year with Brights disease. She leaves husband Harry, one child Minnie Mick of Akron Ohio, and six sons Benjamin 16 Robert 14 Charles 12 Loda 10 Roma 7 all at home. Funeral at home Monday 10 am with Simpson cemetery burial. McGrumphy Funeral Co Flemington in charge.
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Bright
Elizabeth Moore
Brownton
West Virginia
Roma C. Moore
Simpson Cemetery
McGrumphy Funeral Company
Flemington
School Books Exempted From State Sales Tax
West Virginia school books used in public school courses are exempt from state sales tax. Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox stated in a bulletin to the Sentinel. Other student supplies like paper ink and notebooks remain taxable. Exemption applies when sold directly to school boards or paid from public funds.
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West Virginia
Fred L. Fox
the Sentinel
Fox
Thornton's Oldest Home Aged 80 Torn Down
The old Henry Westerman residence, said to be Thornton’s oldest building, built in the 1850s by Henry Westerman, a leading local businessman with a large saw mill and stave shop, is being torn down. His mill once stood where the Thornton Methodist Episcopal church now stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton
Henry Westerman
Gangster Is Tracked After Missing Trunk Case
A gangster is believed to have fled the Stotesbury home late yesterday afternoon after a trunk was found missing from the premises. Police investigation continues as officials confirm the suspect’s possible link to the daytime scene.
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Stotesbury
Long illness claims life of aged man Creed M Lambert
Creed M Lambert aged 72 retired sawmill operator died after an long illness nine months bedfast at the home of his niece Mrs J G Withers 1339 West Main Street Funeral services set for 2 30 Monday at Harmony Grove church Rev J C Knicely of Boothville to officiate Interment Harmony Grove cemetery Bartlett Funeral Company in charge Complications cited as cause He was son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Lambert never married with three nieces Mrs J G Withers Mrs A L Withers and Mrs R V McCue all of Grafton and a nephew F M Lambert of White Sulphur Springs. Funeral Monday P M. Lambert had long been in the lumbering business with Lewis Colebank near Fellows and owned a sawmill at the old Lambert farm on West Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creed M. Lambert
J. G. Withers
West Main Street
Lambert
Gracton
Withers
Harmony Grove Church
J. C. Knicely
Boothsville
Harmony Grove
Bartlett
Joseph and
Elizabeth Lambert
Booths Creek
A. L. Withers
R. V. McCue
Grafton
F. M. Lambert
White Sulphur Springs
Lewis Colebank
Near Fellows
Forville
John N. Moore
West Washington Street
Thornton M. B. Church In Membership Canvass
The Thornton M. B. Church has begun an every member canvass to be completed by September 1 following the August 1 church board meeting. Rev. J. A. Earl of Newburg leads the effort with more frequent preaching since leaving the Knottsville circuit. Respondents report a gratifying response and a registered gain in membership over last year.
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Thornton Methodist Episcopal Church
J. A. Earl of
Newburg
Thornton Church
Knottsville
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