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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1935

Page

8

Needy to Get Winter Help in Taylor County

Taylor County relief officials said Charleston headquarters authorized the announcement that winter aid will be provided. Despite a weekly allotment shortfall, Administrator Brooks Reed expects unemployables on file to be helped and working unemployables to receive checks as funds allow. Coal and clothing calls were rationed to extreme emergencies, with distributions including 200 sacks flour, 500 cans beef, 477 two-pound prunes, and 477 sacks dry skim milk, plus 133 leather coats arriving for distribution.

Taylor County County Relief Administration Charleston Brooks Reed

Wheeling Rabbi to Broadcast Christmas Day Talk

Dr Baruch Braunstein rabbi of the Eaff Street Temple Wheeling West Virginia will deliver a Christmas Day address over station WWVA Wheeling 1160 kilocycles The program aims to reach the city and surrounding area with a holiday message from the local religious leader.

Baruch Braunstein Eaff Street Temple Wheeling W. Va WWVA

Christmas Day sermon on good will to Jews and Christians

Dr Braunstein, noted author and lecturer, will speak from 3 30 to 245 p m on Christmas Day at the bondcats address on Similarities and Differences A Message of Good Will for Jews and Christians The lecture has been well received on Wheeling station and throughout the district The program is a fitting symbol of Peace on Earth Good Will Toward Men

Braunstein Wheeling

Rosemont Grade School Honors Roll Named

Principal F. D. Yates lists the Rosemont Grade School honor roll for the month. The roster includes Evelyn Snyder Frank Rogoodsky Gene Snider Maggie Bushel Mary Emma Williams Mary Securro Myrtle Johnson Norma Centera Robert Brown Robert Taylor Rosie Scourse Rose Mary Smith Thomas Kelley William Haney Wilma Tenney Richard Criswell Bonnie Simmons Billy Williams Marjory Bailey Myrtle Coulter Lena Davis Faancis Davis Elwanda Drainer Ja Garrett Virginia Johnson Pauline Katick Anna Lang Audrey Mayles Nadine Savage Mary Singleton Helen Vranish James Bonnell Clifford Simmons George Wilfong Betty Brown Marjory Mayles Margaret Smith Norma Jean Williams Stanley Cornalick Gene Shipplett George Stackpole Rosa Bensky Margaret Glaug Betty Lou Jenkins Geraldine Jenkins Pauline Smith Auta Switple Martha Ann Mitch Vonda Dalton Pauline Basil Helen Marion Dorothy Brown Betty Fay Wallace Frank Spadafore Ruby Mayles Louise McGee Margaret Bensky Ruth Mitch Catherine Bays Junior Shipplett John Bobella.

F. D. Yates Rosemont Evelyn Snyder Frank Rogoodsky Gene Snider Maggie Bushel Mary Emma Williams Mary Securro Myrtle Johnson Norma Centera Robert Brown Robert Taylor Rosie Scourse Rose Mary Smith Thomas Kelley William Haney Wilma Tenney Richard Criswell Bonnie Simmons Billy Williams Marjory Bailey Myrtle Coulter Lena Davis Faancis Davis Martha Ann Mitch Vonda Dalton Pauline Basel Helen Marion Dorothy Brown Betty Fay Wallace Frank Spadafore Ruby Mayles Louise McGee Margaret Bensky Ruth Mitch Catherine Bays Junior Shipplett John Bobella

School Boy John Lee Lambert Dies After Illness

John Lee Lambert, 13, son of R.8 and Ina Riffee Lambert of McGee, died after a two day illness at home. Stricken at school, he fell unconscious and died last night, with diabetes cited by the attending physician. Survived by four brothers Lee, Maynard, Ralph, Joseph. three sisters Lena Cofindaff er, Velma, Betty. Funeral plans by Hart Funeral Company of Boothsville, at Harmony Grove.

John Lee Lambert Ina Riffee Lambert McGee John Lee Lee Rosehill Maynard Ralph Joseph Lena Coffindaffer Velma Betty Hart Funeral Company Boothsville Harmony Grove

Chapman Interviewed On Charges Against WPA

F Q Boyer regional engineer met with Mayor Martin V Chapman in Huntington to discuss alleged WPA mismanagement. Chapman charged workers were sent without tools and paid for unperformed work and claimed the agency is building a political machine. Assistant WPA Administrator Howard C Hunter said investigations will occur.

Huntington F. Q. Boyer Martin V. Chapman WPA Charleston Chapman Boyer Columbus Howard C. Hunter Washington

B and O Arrest of Alleged Coal Thief

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad says it will not supply free coal to Curve Bridge residents this winter. Captain T Morehead cites the arrest of Mrs Tol lie Wilson of Curve Bridge for stealing coal from a parked train in the east end yards. She was fined five dollars plus costs and agreed to pay.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Curve Bridge T. Morehead Tollie Wilson East End Wilson Jpay

Tom Fears Santa Claus Will Pass His Stocking

Tom Barnhouse a 62 year old newsboy fears Santa may overlook him this year especially for new shoes which he needs badly. Friends are urged to contact Tom and help provide a Christmas dinner and footwear to make his season brighter.

Tom Santa Claus Tom Barnhouse Santa

Cinders Placed On Taylor County Highways After Snow

State road crews worked through last night and today on routes 119 250 and 50 placing cinders to abate the snow. Three snow plows on front of trucks operated through the night and will continue until the danger is past. Cinders are being laid at dangerous points this day.

State Road Commission Commission

Seek Hideout of Kidnappers near Doylestown

Federal agents scour a derelict farm house ten miles from Doylestown as the Caleb Milne IV kidnapping mystery persists. Milne, grandson of a Philadelphia retiree, claims four men lured him from a coast-to-coast abduction plot, found drugged and gagged after Details remain unclear as officials press the case.

Doylestown Caleb Milne Wrightstown Milne Department of Justice Casey J. Mine, Jr Mone

Milne Abduction Case: Youth Reported Abused by Four Men

Milne, a youth abducted near Wrightstown, was allegedly assaulted after being lured into a car by four men. He stated he was slapped, injected with narcotics, and taped, with food only every four days as investigators traced the abduction to a farm house. Federal agents scanned western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio for suspects.

Milne Mina Atye Jagents Wrightstown Doylestown Little Germantown Philadelphia Moore Bureau of Investigation Pennsylvania Ohio

Two Fairmont Girls Returned Home From Pittsburgh

Two Fairmont girls Velma Gilardo aged 17 and Winifred Amos aged 18 were taken into custody by Pittsburgh police after a night hitchhiking to Pittsburgh. They were returned to their homes today.

Fairmont Pittsburgh Velma Gilardo Winifred Amos

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