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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1933

Page

2

AdAmAn club plans New Year Pike’s Peak ascent

AdAmAn club intrepid climbers prepare for the annual New Year ascent of Pike's Peak in sub zero conditions. A fireworks display, budgeted at 800 dollars, will greet the new year from the Summit house as they attempt radio contact with Admiral Byrd's polar party. The roster includes Colorado Springs residents and climbers from outside the state. Doris Eileen Brown is welcomed as the Brown family’s newborn daughter.

Colorado Springs AdAmAn Club Pike's Peak Richard E. Byrd South Pole Ronald Amundsen Colorado Timberline Admiral Byrd Agaman Club America

One New Member Yearly And What An Initiation

Radio program listings for NBC WEAF and CBS WABC detail a night of broadcasts from 5:00 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. including musical acts such as The Mountaineers Billy Bachlor’s sketch Lum and Abner and serials The Goldbergs. NBC schedules feature The Music Box Doolittle Adventures and Wayne King’s Orchestra while CBS presents Skippy Phil Regan Buck Rogers and Myrt and Marge among others.

Nbc-Weaf WEAF Frances Alda The Mountaineers Billy Bachelor Lum Abner Goldbergs Ben Bernie the Lads Ed Wynn Parkas Cruise Sylvia Robert Simmons John B. Kennedy Jack Russell Paul Whiteman Freddie Martin Cbs-Wabc Skippy Phil Regan Jack Armstrong George Hall Buck Rogers Bobby Benson Myrt Marge del Campo Boake Carter NBC WJZ_ NETWORK Richard Himber Orel Mary Small Lowell Thomas Amos ‘N’ Andy Hillput Tria Poet Prince Megyer Davis Phil Harris & Orchestra Harry Sosnik

Budget and tax bills headlines in early session

Legislation outlines repeal of the Volstead act for DC and territories, a liquor revenue act with a $2 per gallon levy on spirits and beer, and a broad tax tightening plan aiming to raise about $270 million. President’s budget and pay restoration proposals also loom, with a packed schedule of radio programs listed for the evening.

I Saa District of Columbia Territories and Possessions Doughton D-Nc House Ways and Means Congress General Revenue

Christmas Day Sled Run Dims Spirits in Far North

A garbled verse fragment shows laughing lads watching Santa’s sleigh begin its journey. Fluff sighs at the odd sight with lines about a backward day and a quirky Christmas scene. The text reads like playful holiday verse lacking clear names or dates.

Santa Claus

Apparent Affection in Mothers and Unconditional Love

Brooke Peters discusses how some mothers display exaggerated care for infants while neglecting children who seek independence. She argues true love should endure disagreements and growth, not fade as a child gains will and autonomy.

Brooke Peters

Bridgeport Fire Quietly Handled While Boy Recovering

In Bridgeport on December 26 a family narrowly avoided disaster as soot in a neglected flue sparked a fire at the Morris home. Because Hayward Morris was recovering from an appendicitis operation, neighbors formed a bucket brigade to extinguish the blaze without alerting the boy, preserving his safety. Damage was minor, estimated at 50 to 75 dollars, confined mainly to the attic.

Bridgeport Hayward Morris H. H. Morris Main Street Les Very Morris Fire Department

Lover Breaks Promise Girl Kills Herself

In Buckhannon on December 26 Reba Rexroad 20 a daughter of Oscar and Rexroad fired a .22 caliber bullet into her head at the Peck's Run home after allegedly being offended by a broken Christmas promise. She died three hours later in a Buckhannon hospital.

Buckhannon Reba Rexroad Oscar “Rey Jay Asneoey Rexroad Ingoe Upshur County Cali Teter Peck’s Run

Local Buckhannon case ends in suicide verdict

Locust street resident Reba Teter, former fiancé of Heaston Teter, died in an apparent self inflicted act after a Christmas shopping trip with relatives. An inquest at Whitescarver's home, led by Magistrate R L Evans, returned a verdict death by own action while temporarily insane. The report notes Teter had been staying with the couple and had received gifts from Teter in Clarksburg. Sheriff Morgan Bailey led the investigation.

Clarksburg Sheriff Morgan Bailey Whitescarver R. L. Evans A. Js F. M. Farns Horace Farnsworth A. T. Lon Stalnaker Sd. McClain Woodson Martin J. A. Rusmnisell Bthannon Hospital

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