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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1933

Page

6

Charles E Maxwell Dies on National Limited Run

Charles E Maxwell 58 of Chicago died of a heart attack on the National Limited train while en route from Chicago to Willard Ohio. He was a conductor for the Baltimore and Ohio line and is survived by a widow three children and several siblings. Funeral services will be held at Glad Creek Primitive Baptist Church with interment in Chicago. Bartlett Funeral Co. in charge.

Charles E. Maxwell Chicago Garrett Ind Maxwell National Limited Willard Mr. Maxwell Alec and Sophia Maxwell Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company New York Frank Maxwell Pittsburgh George Pickens Bellwood D. V. Lake Philippi E. F. Clark James Maxwell Barbour County W. E. Brown Harry Maxwell Baptist Church

Gravely Ill Morgantown Professor Collapses at Home

Alfred Jarrett Hare, longtime West Virginia University emeritus professor and former Morgantown registrar, fell and collapsed at his Spruce Street home Sunday evening while moving to the bathroom. He was semi conscious after the fall, but brightened yesterday and regained consciousness. A former local high school teacher and assistant principal, Hare held a university chair for many years and has many friends and former pupils hoping for recovery.

Alfred Jarrett Hare West Virinks University Spruce Street Morgantown Hare

West Virginia man killed in Kentucky sewer

Frankfort Kentucky detective reports Gilbert Reynolds, 40, of Springhill West Virginia, believed to have walked into a sewer during rainfall and was found deceased in the city.

West Virginia Kentucky Frankfort Gilbert Reynolds Springhill W. Va

Mrs Phillips Dies At 57 At Home In Glady Creek

Mrs Mary A Phillips 57 died at her Glady Creek Marion county home after a ten month cancer illness. Born March 6 1876 in Glady Creek she lived there all her life. She was a devout Christian and member of Glady Creek Primitive Baptist Church. Survived by her husband Jerome Phillips a prominent farmer and one brother.

Mary A. Phillips Glady Creek Marion County

Former pastor of Andrews M E passes away

Rev. John H. Hess 82 retired Methodist Episcopal minister died Saturday night at his son John H. Hess Jr. s home in Charlestown of paralysis. Born January 5 1851 in Taneytown Md he once led Andrews M E Church here from 1888 to 1892 and guided steady growth. Survived by son daughter sister and four grandchildren, funeral held this afternoon in Wheeling with interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

Wheeling John H. Hess Charleston Greenwood Hess Grafton Phebe Hess Adamston Josiah W Agnes Morrison Lynch Cherry Camp Bristol Taneytown Samuel Hes Gettysburg, Ps Hess Wis Walter M. Evans George Hess Hume Md Carrie Mehrsing York Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church Wilford Street Morgan Proudfoot

Kump Lists 56 Appointments to W.Va Posts

Governor Kump filed fifty six appointments for state posts including eighteen institution heads and three department chiefs. Most were made in summer and fall under recess powers. Senate confirmation is expected with some opposition to a few selections and to Ernest L. Bailey as Rona Commissioner.

Charleston Kump Senate Ernest L. Bailey Thomas Rona Department of Mines

Tomlinson Dislocates Shoulder in Fall at Client Home

E M Tomlinson former principal of Grafton schools and local insurance agent residing on West Main Street suffered a dislocated right shoulder after sliding down a cellar stair at a Webster Pike home near Lawson filling station. He was taken to City Hospital where the fracture was reduced and he rests well.

E. M., Tomlinson Grafton Schools Popular Insurance West Main Main Street Webster Pike Lawson Tomlinson

State boards names recess appointees and public health council

The governor announces recess appointments to state boards and commissions including the Board of Governors at West Virginia University with Seibert and Boreman, and Miss Harriet French. The Public Health Council names Drs McCuskey, West, Price, Morrison, Hoge, Swint, Minghim with terms through 1935 to 1937.

Board of Governors West Virginia University C. M. Seibert Martinsburg Herbert 8. Boreman Parkersburg Fourth Harriet French Bluefield Public Health Council D. W. McCuskey Wheeling W. E. West Huntington 8. W. Price Scarboro M. T. Morrison Sutton A H. Hoge B. H. Swint Charleston W.E. Minghim

Funeral for Mrs Rose Gordon Shrader in Harrisville

Funeral services were held at the Harrisville residence for Mrs Rose Gordon Shrader 50 wife of John Shrader of Harrisville after a brief pneumonia illness. Rev R L Maness officiated with burial in Harrisville cemetery. Survived by husband one daughter Rosa four sons Audra George John and Charles all at home one sister Mrs Della Martin of Century and two brothers John and Albert Gordon of Grafton.

Harrisville Rose Gordon Shrader John Shrader R. L. Maness Methodist. Episcopal Church Della Martin Century John and Albert Gordon Grafton

West Virginia appointments list new terms and appointees

The article lists multiple state appointments with term endings in 1935 1936 1937 1938 and 1987 across boards including Dental Examiners Engineers Pharmacy Examiners Nurses and Education along with heads of state institutions led by the governor new appointments include A Spates Brady as Board of Control president Clarence L Jarrett Commissioner of Labor and N P Rinehart Mines chief as well as institutional superintendents in Berkeley Springs Denmar Hopemont Rutherford Huntington Spenser Lakin Welch and others.

R. E. Tripp Fairmont Board of Aeronautics David M. Gilaman Charleston Fred M. King Wheeling Hugh Ike Scott Bluefield Board of Education Mary B. Boyd Daniel N. Mohler John M. Crawford Parkersburg Board of Dental Examiners H. A. Erwin Hurricane Nathaniel Barnard Morgantown Henry C. Hill Board of Engineers Ernest W Thrasher Clarksburg E. H. Venable Ira F. Davis Huntington Thomas H. Clagget Board of Pharmacy Louis Hawkins Fred G. Allan Martinsburg E. F. Heiskell M. Zita O. Parkersburg Senate A. Spates Brady Elkins Board of Control Brady State House Clarence L. Jarrett N. P. Rinehart Mount Hope Department of Mines McClintic D.H. Phillips Berkeley Springs 8. J. Bampfeld Logan Denmar W. H. Post Masontown Hopemonth K. M. Jarrell Beckley Rutherford Sanitarium Charles T. Taylor Huntneton Huntington State Hospital J. E. McQuain Spenser State Hospital J. E. Offner Weston State Hospital G. A. Banks Lakin State Hospital Luther H. Clark Kyle Welch Emergency Hospital C. M. Ramage R. H. Paden West Virginia Training School Ava Stanard Weston West Virginia

West Virginia colored home superintendents named

Mary E. Brooks Huntington supervises the Industrial Home for Colored Girls Robert P. Bell Point Pleasant supervises the Virginia Industrial School for Boys Mrs Olita W Hooker Buck Shannon supervises the West Virginia Children's Home W B Fox Huntington heads the Colored Children's Home W O Robinson Huntington oversees the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Men and Women

Mary E. Brooks Huntington Industrial Home Robert P. Bell Point Pleasant West Virginia Olita W. Hooker Buck Shannon W. B. Fox

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