Terra Alta Rotarians Celebrate Year of Perfect Attendance
Grafton Rotarians visiting Terra Alta for a banquet honoring a 100 percent attendance record from 1926 to 1927. The event included Presidents Keefer and Pettit, Jed W. Robinson delivering the response, and a feature address by Charles Conley. Attendees from Grafton, Fairmont, Morgantown, Oakland, Keyser and Kingwood joined Terra Alta members in the toast to Rotary International.
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Grafton
Fairmont
Morgantown
Oakland
Keyser
Kingwood
Fc. Pettit
Terra Alta
W. ©. Conley
Charleston
Terra Alta Club
United States
Rotary | International
L. F. Everhart
Rotarians
Terra ‘Alta
Rotary Club Banquet Highlights 1927 Achievements
Visitors from other clubs reviewed the 1927 work at a banquet held at the Cassiday Hotel. About 100 guests from neighboring cities attended and 35 Rotarians from the Terra Alta club sang during the program.
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Cassiday Hotel
Terra Alta Club
Galloway and Party Attend Wheeling Dinner
Vice President G W Galloway and key staff returned to Baltimore from Wheeling where they attended the Wheeling Chamber of Commerce annual dinner. Because President Daniel Willard was slightly indisposed, Galloway read the president's message. Guests included J R Brown H H Marsh J M Scott and other noted railroad officials with ties to the Monongah division.
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G.W. Galloway
Baltimore
Wheeling
Wheeling Chamber _of Commerce
Daniel Willard
Cumberland
Galloway
J. R. Brown
H. H. Marsh
Grafton
J. M. Scott
Local Assessor Talks At State Convention
Ed Locke of Taylor County addressed the assessor assembly in Charleston on Farming and Grazing Lands. Other speakers included Attorney General Howard B. Lee Governor Howard M. Gore and Tax Commissioner Grant P. Hall. The two day session focused on county administration problems with a banquet concluding the event.
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Charleston
Ed. Locke
Taylor County
Locke
Howard B. Lee
Howard M. Gore
Grant P. Hall
Footers Bring Suit Against Ex-Managers
Footer's Dye Works files a $2500 assumpsit suit in this territory against former agents L. F. and Mathew Preics. The action was filed today in Circuit Clerk Frank M. Hollis Jr. office by Steptoe Maxwell and Johnson of Clarksburg. No declaration or particulars available at present.
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Assumpsit
Footer's Dye Works
L. F
Mathew Preics
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Steptoe
Maxwell and Johnson
Clarksburg
Weather Man Keeps Word on Severe Cold and Snow
The region endures a sharp cold plunge with a dry snow, bringing 6 to 8 degree readings in rural Knottsville and city levels around 8 degrees. Trains face minor delays while lake shipping slows. officials warn this is one of the harshest cold spells in years, likely to persist with little relief soon.
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Jand
King Winter
Taylor Countions
North Dakota
Lake
Parkersburg
New Victor Records Favorite Southern Tunes and Ballads
A compiled song list featuring titles like Good Bye My Blue Bell Hello Central Give Me Heaven When the Flowers Bloom and The Church In the Wildwood. Includes Carolina Tar Heels Bring Me a Leaf From the Sea wax lula lou and numerous other tunes with performer attributions such as ROBIN Governor and various composers.
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Srooks
Puckett
Hello Central
Give
Heaven
Calmoun
Church In
Cottonfield
Traction Co Fixes Maple Avenue Street Improvement
Maple avenue residents praise the recent street work by the Tygarts Valley Traction Company along its lines. A prior effort to repave failed due to business costs, but work near N. F. Kendall and William Hanway has greatly improved conditions. City officials note full repaving of the entire avenue is not planned at present.
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Maple Avenue
Tygarts Valley ‘Traction Company
City and Traction Company
N. F. Kendall
William Hanway
Thomas H. Cather
Traction Company
Six Year Old Girl Dies At Park Home
Pansy Pearl Breedlove six-year-old daughter of Fred Breedlove of Faust farm near Grafton Park died yesterday afternoon about 2 o clock after a three week illness. The child suffered an enlargement of the heart aggravated by inflammatory rheumatism and diseased tonsils. She is survived by her father three brothers and one sister. Her mother died last year. Funeral from the home Sunday at 2 o'clock with Rev Earl Hillen officiating. Interment Webster cemetery Bartlett Funeral Company in charge.
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Pansy Pearl Breedlove
Fred Breedlove
Faust Farm
Grafton Park
Earl Hillen
Webster Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Company
Infant Dies Soon After Birth In Sad Loss
Friends of Mr and Mrs Warner Six of Westmitts avenue Will join in extending sympathies on the death of Laura Lee Six infant born yesterday afternoon died shortly after. The child was the first born in years of married life, death came within minutes. The mother was in a critical condition at birth but has improved in past hours. Her condition is reported better today. The Sentinel joins friends in offering condolences to the Six family.
Youth Released On Bond In Watch Theft Case
Dennis Wiseman was released on $500 bond after appearing before Squire L C Haymond. He faces a December 15 magistrate appearance over the loss of a watch allegedly taken from his stepfather Curt Norris in Lost Run. Wiseman denies involvement in the theft and says he knows nothing about it.
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Dennis Wiseman
Curt Norris
Lost Run
Squire L. C. Haymond
Wiseman
Four Japanese Army Aviators Are Killed
Tokyo dispatch reports four Japanese Army aviators were killed last night when two planes collided over Omura airfield. Both planes burst into flames. the pilot and observer in each aircraft perished.
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Tokyo
Omura Afrdrome
Aviation Conference Urged By President
President Coolidge urged an international civil aviation conference to meet in Washington next December in a letter to the ongoing civil aeronautical conference.
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Washington
Coolidge
Civil Aeronautical Conference
Give Her a Ring Not on the Telephone but a Real Sparkler
A compact plea for Christmas jewelry shopping promotes fine jewelry in stock at economical prices. It highlights bracelets watches chains necklaces and rings with Santa as a selling hook and offers a small deposit to reserve a gift until Christmas and a chance on a diamond ring prize.
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Santa
Gore speaks to assessors on road bond plan
Governor Gore addressed assessors from 65 counties in Charleston urging support for a proposed 35 million dollar road bond constitutional amendment. He pressed road building as essential, noted concerns over bus permits and rail line preferences, and pledged state effort to complete the capitol.
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Charleston
Fera
Gore
Supreme Court
Men Tu ke One Job Away From Women
London readers note that men are increasingly entering flower arranging, a field long dominated by women. Experts claim men can arrange flowers more artistically, though some exhibitors worry women would create braver displays if allowed to lead.
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London
Royal Horticultural Society
Westminster
Dismissal Asked in Snyder Insurance Suit In Court
New York December article describes Prudential Insurance Co. seeking to dismiss a $95,000 life policy suit filed by Ruth Snyder’s mother as guardian for Snyder’s daughter Lorraine. Judge Churchill reserved decision while noting ongoing actions to cancel the policies.
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New York
Ruth Snyder
Jamies H. McIntosh
Prudential Insurance Co
Supreme Court
Churchill
Sayled
Josephine Brown
Snwder
Lorraine
Snyder
Insurgents Reach Accord on Senate Organization
Washington December 9. Differences between the senate Republican old guard and five western independents over senate organization were amicably adjusted after a lengthy series of conferences. The agreement ends a period of mounting friction and sets the stage for a unified leadership approach.
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Washington
Senate Republican Old Guard
Senate
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