Henderson Couple Attend Final Rites After Illness
Mr and Mrs Earl Fson of the First Ward mourn the passing of ned o elock H enderson after a three months illness. The funeral service was conducted by Rev Millard Stump Baptist minister assisted by Rev W H Flangan pastor of West Main Street M E Church. Interment followed in the church cemetery with Bartlett Funeral Company in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned O'Elock Henderson
Earl Fson
Luckane
Nia
Millard Stump
W. H. Flangan
West Main Street
M_E
Bartlett Funeral Company
Modern Gymnasium Details Hold Building Plans
The article outlines a new gymnasium with gray stone walls quarried along the Wabash and Tygart Valley river, a ruble stone appearance, and a 84 by 48 foot main playing floor. It will seat 1,000, with bleachers, while downstairs houses dressing rooms, laundry, toilets, an equipment room, and a 40 by 70 foot swimming pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Tygart Valley
Fetterman
Grafton
Gymnasium Project Promises Local Jobs In Grafton
The school system plans a gymnasium and field house costing about 40000 dollars, funded by the CWA with labor costs borne locally. Brick from the South Side school will reduce material outlay, aiding re employment and neighborhood employment opportunities.
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CWA
South Side Schol
Board of Education
South Side
U. S
County plans new high school beside athletic field
The board of education aims to relieve crowding by housing nearly 750 pupils and adding three rooms while temporary relief is provided. A modern, commodious high school is planned adjacent to the athletic field and, if a gymnasium and field house are already built, no further taxpayer expense is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Board of Education
Delinquent Land Sale Voided by New Redemption Law
Sheriff Lee Bennett halted a delinquent tax sale as a new West Virginia law extended redemption by a year. Press reports say the legislature enacted the measure Saturday. without official notice, Bennett proceeded under the old law, finishing sales in Boothscreek and part of Courthouse districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Bennett
West Virginia
Bennett
Boothscreek
Cour House
Escaped Lunatic Captured After Cold Farmhouse Stop
Pannemora N Y December 14 an escaped inmate from Pannemora state hospital sought shelter in a Rand Hill cottage after a nighttime pursuit and was captured by state police at daybreak. The man Wesley Alger 43 a hospital trustee knocked on the door seeking shelter from 20 below zero weather before being taken in. Police traced footprints then surrounded and captured him at the farmer's cottage.
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Pannemora
N. Y
Pannemora State Hospital
Wesley Alger
Charles Ferber
Rand Hill
Alger
A Problem by W W McDaniel about the jury system
A poem-era critique of juries and crime, arguing that jurors tainted by personal interests fail to convict. The speaker cites chicken thieves, a bomb attack, moonshining, and biased jurors who let offenders go free, urging reform to restore justice.
Haskins Pleads Not Guilty in Bank Case
Bud Wiglekins aged 50 was arraigned before Magistrate RL Evans in the circuit court room and pleaded not guilty. He remains jailed in Upshur County awaiting grand jury action. Myron Hymes, his attorney, was absent. The body of bandit John Malik was moved from Poling Undertaking to a Detroit undertaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud ‘Wiglee Haskins
Bank of Adrian
RL. Evans
Upshur
Myron B. Hymes
Haskins
John Malik
Forest Hill Stump
Poling Undertaking Company
Detroit
Bramwell High School Destroyed By Fire
A fire destroyed Bramwell High School injuring two people including C. E. Huff who suffered a probable skull fracture and was taken to a Bluefield hospital. About 200 pupils and nine teachers watched as emergency measures were enacted to continue classes, with the loss covered by insurance. December 14 Bramwell W Va. Fire origin undetermined. Mrs. Fmt Peters of Georgetown building early today caused a loss estimated at 75,000. Bluefield firemen responded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Huff
Bluefield
Bramwell
W. Va
Bramwell High
Fmt Peters
Georgetown
Georgetown College
Soviet Air Fleet Praised By French Official
Paris December 14 Aviation Minister Tyre Cot told the Foreign Affairs Committee that Soviet aviation would be five times stronger than England or France within two or three years. He praised Russia’s technical progress, experimental zeal, and skilled personnel, noting planes capable of carrying three to four tons of explosives to Berlin-range distances and plans for new forty-ton models with extended range.
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Paris
Tyre Cot
Foreign Affairs Committee
Te Chamber of Deputies
Uda
England
France
Uniion
Moscow
Berlin
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