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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1930
Page
8
Superintendent H R Gibson attends a timetable meeting in Baltimore while Capt Charles P Maxson retires after 46 years service. Maxson led the Southern Pacific fleet, sailing 3,000,000 nautical miles without a passenger ship loss.
About 25 Belington Kiwanis members will join Grafton Kiwanis at Hotel Graf ton for a special weekly meeting. Dr J J Kauf man program chairman says the program will be novel. D D Holtz Huntington governor elect calls meeting of district club presidents and trustees in Parkersburg January 26 to discuss 1931 plans.
Charles Goudy, about 89, died Monday afternoon at 2 35 at his daughter Mrs H L Potts home on Walnut Street after a long illness. Obituary details were not yet available and funeral plans will be announced tomorrow afternoon.
Hortense Miller of Tunnelton underwent a major operation at City Hospital on Sunday. Nora Louden had an emergency major operation last night. Constable Ode Cole was admitted Friday evening and Saturday underwent amputation of his right leg about an inch below the knee. He is reported to be improving. D R Shater was discharged Saturday and moved to her home near Simpson after injuries in an automobile accident including a broken skull. Lee Hamilton and Olivia Haddix were discharged Saturday. Virginia Devers, Mary Adama, Opala Knotta, and Frank Campbell were discharged in following days after major operations or recovery. Haymond McPherson, a pneumonia patient, was brought to the hospital yesterday by the Salvation Army. Junior Gordon was admitted yesterday for medical treatment.
Women who waited to buy winter coats can now purchase at prices that usually prevail in January or February. Dresses are greatly reduced in Jolie’s Annual January Clearance sale, now in full swing during December. The store is filled with Christmas spirit and new merchandise awaits approval. Shop early to avoid last minute crowds and save your Silex slips.
A three act comedy Blundering Billy directed by M Virginia Robinson will be staged tomorrow at 7 30 pm at the first ward school auditorium by the West Main Street M E Church Epworth League. The action unfolds in a Swarthmore hotel reception room in San Francisco Bay near Alemada with Dale Peters as Billy Butler and a cast including Forrest Knotts Lorraine Evans and others. Music will be provided by Davis Evans Ernest Hart Robert Bolyard and Lucille Collier with a full technical staff. Final dress rehearsal is tonight at the school house.
Mrs Amanda Whitehair Marple Ayteser of Flemington dies at home Saturday at 9:45 PM after a long illness. Funeral service planned at Simpson Baptist Church with Rev Haintick, interment in Simpson cemetery by McGlumphy. Survived by husband Steven G Marple and ten children, sixty grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren. among survivors are Alice Bayne Rebecca Bland Majissie Kelly Daily Marple Bills Manple Homer Marple Dorsey Marple Ezekiel Marple and others. She spent life in Flemington and was active in local churches.
In Shickshinny Pennsylvania a Christmas package left on a porch exploded killing 49 year old Joseph Masteikas instantly and injuring his wife who suffered severe burns and a nearly severed arm. State police say the package contained a bomb and a suspect is in custody amid indications the attack may stem from a neighborhood quarrel. The blast also tore part of the house’s rear and did not hurt the couple’s daughters on the second floor.
Washington reports the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved four of President Hoover's power commission nominees. George Qus Smith, Maing chairman, R. B. Williamson, Martel Garland, and G. L. Draper were confirmed with Williamson and Draper clear. Garland faced a 13 to 1 tally against and Smith 11 to 1 with some members signaling future opposition. McNinch's nomination was postponed for tomorrow pending Senator-elect Cameron Morrison.
Shepard notes that three of the Western conference's star backfield men this year are sophomores Risk Pure Due Newman Michigan and Rentner Northwestern, underscoring emerging talent across major programs.
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