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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1937
Page
5
Charles Teets 76 died at home on Buckhannon river yesterday morning from complications. He was the son of Michael and Luella Teets. Funeral at Mount Hebron church Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Rev. Floyd Pultz to officiate. Survived by widow Louisa Campbell Teets and children Lucy Boyles Meriden C. L. Teets McMechen Rosa Marteney Metz W. Va. Don Teets Grafton Doy Teets Philippi.
In Preston County, Peace Justice I. R. Mattingly sentenced Vanser Stevenson and Thomas Dunbar, both of Rowlesburg, to 30 days in jail and $100 plus costs after being found guilty of possessing an illegally killed deer. Game Protector Ola H. Taft identified Dunbar as a former Rowlesburg police chief. Taft noted 14 illegal deer kills in Preston County, with 106 legal kills across Monongahela and Preston counties.
Noel Newton, 22, son of Rev. C. E. Newton, testifies in Til Pittsfield on charges he killed a woman friend. He describes the events last July that first aroused suspicion, avoiding eye contact with his father as he speaks.
Hopalong Cassidy battles rustlers to round up 500 wild horses for Cuba. Billy King helps Cassidy escape captivity and the two guns he carries secure the herd and enlistment ends the adventure. Judith Allen co stars in the new Texas Tale at the New Dixie Theater.
A dense listing of 1930s radio programming shows Margaret Daum and Marek Weber performances, Jimmie Shields songs, various orchestras and stations, and nightly features from 6:00 to 10:45 PM. Programs span NBC CBS WJZ WSM CKLW WOR WGN and more with multiple artists and sketches.
Mary Livingstone and Charles Buddy Rogers headline Paramounts This Way Please a fast moving musical comedy opening Sunday at the Dixie theatre. Rogers loves Betty Grable and Mary loves all the world with Sparks the deadpan artist providing laughs as the two couples navigate romance in the light hearted film.
Miss Livingstone, famed radio star, signs for This Way Please marking her first film appearance. Despite years of refusing offers, Hollywood producers pushed her to try, noting her potential to sell personality on screen. Co star Rogers, veteran of Paramount talent school, brings seasoned film presence and a history from Wings to today’s production.
RKO's Border Cafe stars Harry Carey and John Beal in a romance amid a border town gun battle. It features a triangular love plot, rustler racketeering, and Armida’s colorful Mexican numbers alongside a cast including Marjorie Lord J Carroll Naish George Irving and Leona Roberts.
Socialite parents Lew Landers directs Robert Sisk production based on Tom Strand screenplay by C McCall Jr. star Madeleine Carroll Frances Lederer Mischa Auer in Columbia comedy about a secretary heir and a fortune. Mischief and a husband hunt unfold with an A list cast and witty capers across San Francisco.
Jacob Olsker, a farmer near Belington, was held on manslaughter charges after a hearing before Justice J A Visquesney. He posted $500 bond as the grand jury investigates the Dartmoor auto accident that fatally injured six year old William Alston Hymnes, son of Okey A Hymnes and Ella Rowe Hymnes of Dartmoor, who died at Elkins hospital later that day.
City Manager E. P. Mitchell announced 183 parking meters would be put into operation in Bluefield on Saturday, marking a new step in city traffic management.
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