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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1929

Page

8

Tuberculosis Seal Sale Trails Target by $521.26

The Taylor County Tuberculosis Association reports $478.74 raised in the Christmas seal drive initiated by the Grafton Rotary Club. The group aimed for $1,000 and will continue soliciting until the close of business Tuesday. Secretary Nuzum said a full campaign report will be sent to the state headquarters in Charleston.

Ial Karl J. Naum Taylor,ounty Tuberculosis Association Sis Grafton Ola’ Club Nuzum The Tuberculosis Association Charleston

Four Taylor county tuberculosis sufferers receive support

Four Taylor county tuberculosis sufferers at the Hopemont state sanitarium are already being supported by the local tuberculosis association. Ann Arbor Michigan Ralph H Curtiss professor of astronomy and director of the University of Michigan Observatory since 1927. Martinsburg West Virginia Almon W Smith president of the Berkeley county court and retired Methodist minister. Mexico City Felipe Canales undersecretary in the department of the interior.

Taylor County Hopemont State Sanitarium Tuberculosis Association Ann Arbor Mich Ralph H. Curtiss University of Michigan Observatory Martinsburg W. Va Almon W. Smith Berkeley Mexico City Felipe Canales Department of the Interior

Dr Frank Hupp Dies Suddenl y Noted Surgeon

Dr Frank Hupp 64 prominent physician and surgeon died today after a cerebral hemorrhage. He served as former president of the West Virginia State Medical Association and chaired the West Virginia Nurses Examining Board. A charter member of the American College of Surgeons, he was regarded as a leading cancer surgeon and a close friend of many in the medical community.

Dr Hupp Dead. Noted Cane Specialist Services Scheduled

Dr Hupp born in Wheeling studied at Linsty Institute Washington and Jefferson College and Columbia University earning medicine and surgery degrees. Survived by widow and one daughter. Funeral services will be held Saturday with interment here. He served on the staff of the Ohio Valley General Hospital.

Bloodgood Hupp Wheeling Linsty Institute Washington and Jefferson College Columbia University Ohio Valley, General Hospital

Bodies of Two Men Victims of Exposure Found Near Co Linc

Two men perished from exposure after getting lost on a mountain near the McDowell Mercer county line. Identified as Alex Combs, 55, and his son Andy, 18, residents of Ashland about a mile and a half away. A coroner's jury ruled exposure caused their deaths.

Linc Elch W. Va McDowell Mercer County Alex Combs Andy Coromer Ashland

Paralyzing Illness Claims Life Of West Hill Girl

Maggie De Cost 16 daughter of D D and Dosie Mayle DeCost of West Hill died at 1 17 pm in City Hospital after a paralysis attack a week earlier. She had been treated locally with little improvement. survivors include her parents five sisters Mrs Ed Kennedy Mrs Roy Croston Miss Ruth DeCost Miss Genevieve DeCost and brothers John Leonard and Frank. Funeral arrangements set for Wesleyan Methodist Church Saturday at 2 pm with Rev W W Stevenson. Interment in West Hill cemetery. Removed to Bartlett mortuary for return to parental home tomorrow morning.

Maggie DeCost D D Dosie Mayle DeCost West Hill Ed. Kennedy Roy Croston Arnett Mayle Ruth Genevieve DeCost John Leonard Frank Bartlett Mortuary Wesleyan Methodist Church W. W. Stevenson West’ Hill

Parkersburg Boy Killed When Sled Struck Taxi

Virden Vaine fourteen was killed in Parkersburg when his sled tied to a moving automobile veered into the path of a taxicab. William Bayliss, taxi driver, was exonerated by police.

Parkersburg W. Va Virden Vaine Vaine William Bayliss

Anderson Youth Fined For Assault Charge

John C. Anderson, 19, was assessed $10 and costs in his appearance Tuesday afternoon before Magistrate John L. Wittman on a charge of assault and battery. The youth allegedly attacked Pasquel Pat King, oldest son of Mayor Charles King. A robbery charge originally placed against Anderson was dropped, and the mayor asked the court for mercy on the assault charge.

John C. Anderson John L. Wittman Pasquel “Pat” King Charles ©. King Anderson

Bodies of Missing French Aviators Found by Italians

In Tripoli Cyrenaica on December 26 Italian aviators found the wrecked French aircrew plane from Le Bourget to Saigon Indochina. Three men Lieutenant La Salle Rabard and Falnot died in the crash after arriving Tunia December 15 and departing for Neweast Cyrenaica. Debris seen December 23, fate learned today.

Tripoli Cyrenaica le Bourget Saigon Indochina Syria la Salle Rabard Falnot Tunia Neweast

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