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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
7
Princeton West Virginia city council approves a personal bond for P S Reaves as chief of police after a surety company seeks relief. The move comes amid bond processing and city security concerns.
Salem Colleg e enters cage practice after a six and two football campaign as Coach T Edward quile plans a full slate. Four veterans depart from last year’s seven and eight Tigers but Frank Grubbs Douglas Stone Floyd Giebell Paul Krumenacker and Hubert Bowen return alongside promising freshmen led by David Kehoe Bill Reppert Allen Golden Polan Wiles Kennedy and West. The 1936 schedule likely mirrors 1935 with games against Westmin ster and the usual conference foes including Wesleyan Davis Elkins Morris Harvey Glenville West Liberty Marshall Fairmont and others.
Charles G Corbin offers instruction on all band instruments violin and banjo at Noel Clelland Studio room 210 Grafton Banking and Trust Company contact phone 293-R for lessons.
Radio schedules show NBC CBS and mutual network programs with soprano Louise Piera organist Robert Koch and many acts across stations WCKY WHAS WLW WGN WEAF KDKA and more broadcast from 5:30 PM to midnight. Notable items include Orphan Annie sketches Buck Rogers and Flying Time segments along with various orchestras bands and vocal ensembles.
The Young Republicans meeting discussed the possibility of Senator Watkins seeking the Republican nomination for governor in the May primary. Watkins said he was “considering it seriously” while other club members spoke briefly. The session adjourned until January 3 for officer elections and organizational matters.
Dec. 5 report that Lincoln County Court named Mrs. B. A. Hager, 67, as the first woman jailer in the county. She succeeds her husband who died November 23.
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A Midship man’s four years culminate in the ring dance in Dahlgren Hall as the Navy cadet exchanges his class ring with his sweetheart before graduation. The Cosmopolitan film shown at New Dixie Theatre stars Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler with John Wayne and a strong supporting cast.
Vitagraph four star western The Telegraph Trail fills the New Dixie with Indian pageantry and uprisings as John Wayne stars as a government scout leading linesmen tasked with laying the first telegraph across the plains. Duke the miracle horse appears in a fresh role amid vivid thunderous action.
The Dark Angel a romantic drama from Samuel Goldwyn will play four days starting Saturday at the Opera House starring Fredric Marek Merle Oberon and Herbert Marshall. Set in rural England the film follows a woman and two men in a tale of love heartbreak and eventual reunion directed by Sidney Franklin.
Funeral services set for the Rev. A Lee Barret 86 a veteran Methodist Episcopal Church South minister who died in Cumberland Maryland Born in unknown place he served many years before his death in Cumberland Cumberland Md announced in local obituary notes
Director Frank Lloyd took a 14 000 mile voyage with a record size production to film Tropic isle scenes for Irving Thalberg and Metro Goldwyn Mayer. He used 2500 natives and built two villages to recreate 150 year old island life with 50 000 feet of picture film and 30 000 feet of sound. Over 100 tons of gear accompanied the trip.
Mrs. N. A. Watson reports a purse theft in Logan on December 5. A thief grabbed her purse containing $100 and fled before responders arrived, despite attempts to pursue.
In a bank robbery attempt an assistant cashier Oren C. Henderson was shot at as troopers opened fire. Henderson dropped to the floor and a bullet hit a checks sheaf in his hand. Hayes and Taylor were struck and fell on the sidewalk as officers rushed them toward Morgantown.
Dec 5 4 The council voted to give the American Legion management of the new $28 000 community building recently dedicated by Governor Kump.
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