Community notices of gatherings and events around Grafton
Stage Weiner Roasteveral young people gathered at Wickwire road near Haymond school house for outdoor games and a roast. Birthday party honors Raymond McDaniel with family and friends enjoying ice cream and cake. Baptist Aid Society meeting date change and club picnics at Grafton Park. Farewell party for Bard Hickman in Knottsville. P T A to meet at East Grafton school. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everal
Wickwire Road
Haymond
Hilda Mahone
Helen
Laura Lee Snyder
Larah
Mary Fawcett
Bus Martin
Charles Custer
Leo
Weaver
Charles Weaver
Robert Re
Charles McDaniel
Near Stone Mouse
Raymond
Virginia Miller
Dorothy Dillon
Lillian Dillon
Elmira Knotts
Evelyn Miller
Ruth Colebank
Ava
Douglas Powell
Knottsville Pike
Bard Hickman
Hickman
Ravenswood
Parent-Teachers Association of the
East Grafton
My Beauty Hint on Exercise for a Symmetrical Figure
The text advises limb care to maintain a balanced figure and promotes kicking exercises done twice daily. It emphasizes pointed toes to engage leg muscles and warns against flabby flesh, presenting the suggestion as essential for shaping and fitness.
Traders cash in profits on brisk market rebound
New York August 31 stock market closes second brisk recovery month with traders cashing in profits. Labor Day week end and weak steel industry results trigger broad selling across cotton, wheat and equities. Mixed moves with steels and chemicals down and occasional small recoveries earlier in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S. Steel Common
Allied Chemical
Dupont
North American
Western Union
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Reading
Great Northern Preferred
Case
American Smelting
Eastman
Cocoa-Cola
Bethlehem
National Steel
Kennecott
Anaconda
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Sears
Westinghouse
General Electric
United Corporation
American Water Works
Corn “Products
National Biscuit
Standard of New Jersey
Legislation Suits Challenge 1932 Tax Cap
Two petitions filed in the South Carolina Supreme Court challenge a 1932 act limiting taxing bodies to 85 percent of 1931 levies. Barboursville teachers seek writs of mandamus to require adequate school levies to honor contracts, contending the law reduces term length and impairs preexisting obligations. The court took the petitions under advisement at a special term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Supreme Court
Barboursville
Boards of Education
Supreme Court
Speaker Taylor denies liquor in capitol re-enactment
In a charged inquiry, Speaker Taylor says a staged scene showing a liquor tray and glasses was arranged after adjournment and that no liquor items were in his private office when he locked it. Witnesses testified they saw no drinking evidence before janitors arrived as photos were taken with Rev. O M Pullen present as spectator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
State Capitol
State House
O. M. Pullen
Anti-Saloon League
Pullen
W. E.R Byrne
Oc Tcasion
Paralyzing Disease Delays Raleigh County School Opening
Raleigh County health officer Dr W W Hume ordered indefinite postponement of school openings after reports of infantile paralysis. He warned of possible quarantine actions for public meeting places. Three cases in Beckley city and countywide totals were announced, with schools slated to open next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W. W. Hume
Raleigh County
Hume
Next Move in Sheriff’s Case Up to Court
Kingwood August 31 The Preston County sheriff case advances as W W Williams remains in office after Staley D Albright was appointed. Lawyers secured an injunction blocking County Clerk P F King from recording the court order declaring the sheriff vacant and appointing Albright. The court’s next move is to dissolve the injunction or reconvene to repeat prior steps, with Williams indicating he will run for the office at the upcoming general election despite the court appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingwood
Staley D. Albright
Preston County
W. W. Williams
Williams
P. F. King
Albright
King
High Court to Decide Case on Earhart Nonstop Flight
Washington August 91 A case may determine the use here. Amelia Earhart Putnam shown at Newark airport after flying nonstop from Los Angeles in 19 hours 5 minutes. She becomes the first woman to complete a nonstop cross country flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Newark, N. J
Los Angels
G O P Woman Leader Photographed in West Virginia Campaign
Mrs. J Gale Ebert of Parkersburg joins Mrs J E Cannon of Charleston in leading GOP women workers. They tour the state to organize supporters for the party ticket and promote active female participation in the campaign. The article also notes a Supreme Court review of federal power commission authority over hydroelectric project cost determinations, involving Clarion River Power Co of Johnstown and the Piney project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Gale Ebert
Parkersburg
Republican National
Federal Power Commission
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Clarion River Power Company
Johnstown
Clarion River
Commission
Thesggse
District of Columbia
Grafton GOP Voters Plan Philippi Speech by Townsend
Grafton Republican voters and county GOP members will travel to Philippi Saturday evening to hear Hon. T. C. Townsend speak for his gubernatorial candidacy. Townsend arrives in Philippi at 7 o clock to address the rally at the courthouse auditorium and will return to Clarksburg the same night. He plans further talks in Clarksburg on Labor Day with state Chairman Charles Schuck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Philippi
T. C. Townsend
Barbour County
Joe Foreman
Elkins
Buckhannon
Clarksburg
Townsend
Court House
Harry C. Compton
Taylor County
Republican Executive Committee
Charleston
Harrison County
Charles Schuck
Fall Music Festival Opens This Weekend at Somerset Airport
Throngs from Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland are to participate in the Allegheny tablelands Fall music festival at Somerset airport Saturday and Sunday. Musicians vocalists bands and drum corps are expected from an area over 3 000 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Allegherty Tablelands
Somerset Airport
County 4H Exhibit Opens Thursday in Bonafede Building
Taylor county 4 H clubs begin their annual exhibit Thursday at noon in the Bonafede building on West Main Street, closing Friday after noon at 4. Seventy six members participate, with a state university judge from Morgantown arriving to officiate. Demonstrations and free public viewing planned Friday afternoon. exhibits cover sewing, cooking, nature study, gardening, poultry, drawing, handicraft, pigs and calves, home beautification, and canning. Each member must show work, project, circular, progress report, and an original booklet aiming to inspire a best club exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
4 H. Clubs
Bonafede
West Main Street
Myrtle Anvil
State University
Morgantown
Clu
New Mexico Colony Plan for Veterans Proposed in Mexico
Doak Carter of the American Emergency Force reports a veteran colony plan in Tamaulipas Ciudad-Ocampo and Minfaulan Vera Cruz Mexico by Manuel Puerba who offers up to 150000 acres for colonists. Carter considers Reiniger Los Angeles land purchases and aims to meet in El Paso to seek President Rubio’s approval amid objections over price and dual citizenship for colonists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Mexico
Doak Carter
Bonus Army
Manuel Puerba
Tamauliapas
Ciudad-Ocampo
Minfaulan
Vera Cruz
Carter
Charles Reiniger
Los Angeles
Veterans of Land
Chihuahua
Puerba
Reiniger
el Paso
Texas
Indianapolis
Rubio
Temperature Reaches 105 in Virginia Heat Wave
Richmond Va Aug 31 Temperatures climbed to record highs across Virginia as Old Sol scorched the region. Danville recorded 105 degrees while the official Buchanan US government observatory logged 104 degrees in the heat wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Old Sol
Mercury
Danville
Buchanan
U. S
Merchants urged to speed recovery and recapture pioneer spirit
Richmond officials opened the Southern Retail Merchants conference urging cooperation and advertising to aid speedy national recovery. In New York the Railway Express Agency announced that Robert E. M. Cowle will retire as president on August 31, with L. O. Head elected to succeed him. Governor Ruby Laffoon of Kentucky designated one week each month as pardon week to handle pardon requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
L. F. Harper
Urbanna
Southern Retal Merchants Conference
New York
Railway Express Agency
Robert E. M. Cowle
L. O. Head
Chicago
Ruby Laffoon
Kentucky
Local Personal Notices From Clarksburg Area
Mrs John Goley and Miss Mary Goley of High Street attend funeral services for Cecil H Towles veteran Clarksburg railroading agent. Mayor C O King and family return from Fort Wayne after a vacation. Bobby Henderson critically ill at home with anemia and heart trouble. John Hess John Forcello Thomas Madden among locals on a weekend trip to Cincinnati. Catherine Hamilton spends summer in Pittsburgh with relatives.
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John Goley
Mary
Goley
High Street
Wickham
Eddie Deegan
Clarksburg
Cecil H. Towles
Rail ‘Road Company
C. O. King
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hilda Roberta
Bobby” Henderson
Daugther
T. N. Henderson
West Main Street
Wallace Henderson
John Hess
John Forcello
Thomas Madden
Cincinnati
Ohio
Catherine Hamilton
Pittsburgh
Rosalene Reed Returns Home From Weston Visit
Miss Rosalene Reed returns home after spending weeks with friends and relatives in Weston. Mrs. Maples of Love of the Court Pharmacy also returns from a visit with her daughter Mrs. Bernard Gocke and sister Mrs. Fannie Beall in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalene Reed
Weston
Mrs. Maples
Court Pharmacy
Sweeks
Bernard Gocke
Fannie £. Beall
Baltimore
Charles Halloway Dies in Wheeling
Charles Halloway, 62, financier and clubman, owner of the dormant Wheeling baseball club in the Middle Atlantic League, died after an 18 month illness from anemia. He helped introduce night baseball to boost attendance but sat out this season due to economic conditions. He founded and led United Dairy Company, serving vast areas of Eastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia. He was a native of Keokuk, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Charles Holloway
Wheeling Baseball Club
Middle Atlantic Baseball League
United Dairy Company
Ohio
West Virginia
Keokuk, Ia
Lemon Chiffon Pie Filling and Baking Steps
A recipe for lemon chiffon pie filling uses 4 yolks 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons flour 1-8 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons grated lemon rind 4 tablespoons lemon juice and 4 beaten egg whites. Yolks beaten with half sugar and flour then cooked briefly with salt rind juice. Fold in rest, pour into shell and bake twelve minutes, cool and serve.
Arnold Hart Resume Posts as Pastors Across Churches
Rev E L Arnold was returned to the Grafton Methodist Protestant pastorate at the state conference in Spencer. Rev W H Hart was reassigned to the Fle church, Rev H S McNulty to Newburg, Rev Ritchie Smalley to Nortonville, and Rev Earl W Slayton to Rowlesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Arnold
Grafton
Methodist Protestant Church
Spencer
W. H. Hart
Fle
H. S. McNulty
Newburg
Ritchie Smalley
Nestorville
Earl W. Slayton
Rowlesburg
Teachers of Taylor County Meet in High School Auditorium
Teachers from Taylor county schools will gather at the city high school auditorium Saturday at 10 A.M. for a brief conference and round table discussion with Superintendent Lloyd L. Shriver. A large attendance is expected as topics on the coming term and classroom concerns are addressed, with supplies distributed at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
City High School
Lloyd L. Shriver
Shriver
Increase in oil well flow asked in Texas field
Austin Texas August 31 The Texas Railroad Commission is urged to raise the daily allowable flow for each well in the East Texas oil field to 50 barrels. Wells currently produce about 43 barrels per day under the commission order due to expire at midnight. Freeman Burford and Bartell represent the Haates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
East Texas
Texas ‘Railroad Commission
Commission
Oma
Freeman Burford
Bartell
Haates
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Coral Parrish Montgomery
Baptist Aid Society
Ladies Aid Society
the First Baptist Church
W. C. Byers
Ladies’ Aid Safety
Andrews M. E. Church
Grafton Park
William Tighe
Charles William
Dana Leach
Joe Anne
Charles Leach
Chester Blue
Beulah Williams
Charles Stolzenfels
Myrtle Kite
William Craft
Charles Bolliger
Clyde Hickman
Powell
Minna Gombell
Weldon Williams
Fairmont Orchestra
MOOSE
Raleigh
High Court
Barbour
Forman
County
Bonafede Bldg
Sally Staunton
Foundation Garments
Miss Staunton
Charles Halloway
Rockyford
Mrs
Alexander Geore
Arnold, Hart
M. P. Churches
Teachers OF County
City High Hall
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