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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1934
Page
6
City commissioners met and again failed to agree on appointing a successor to the post made vacant by the death of Commissioner W. P. Withers. The issue was raised by Commissioner Fred W Kunst. Mayor Charles Q. King replied that he had not made up his mind regarding the appointment.
Grafton Taxi and Transfer Co offers taxi service with 1 passenger for 25 cents, 2 passengers for 35 cents, and 3 passengers for 50 cents. Phone number listed as 39.
Mrs Goldie Nicola Phillips of Moatsville Barbour county died at Grafton City Hospital from meningitis that followed an infection She was 44 and survived by daughter Martha born February 13 1800 in Barbour county Her father William Nicola and Martha Mitchell Nicola are deceased A sister Miss Blanche Nicola also survives Funeral arrangements call for the body to be moved to her father s Moatsville home and remain in state until 11 o clock Wednesday when services will be held at Clem town church Rev Mr Smiley of Moatsville M P church officiating Burial will be in the church cemetery under Bartlett Funeral Company direction
Forty six life saving class members at Grafton Park passed examinations conducted by Leslie Holsworth of Clarksburg with five years of life saving experience. The tests began at 10 a.m. and continued for hours until all passed. Participants include Betty Jean Bailey Mary Frances Sturms Rosemary Smith Marjorie Ellen Lambert Mona Louise Sturms J Paul Parkhill Betty Helms Betty Knight Ruth, under supervision of Ralph Kunst Jr Charles Marshall and John Monroe.
He had been in ill health for six weeks and was brought to the hospital late yesterday when his condition worsened, hospital officials said. The body was taken to a Rowlesburg funeral parlor.
Ernest Messenger, 38, of Rodamers and an employee of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, father of eight, died early today at City hospital according to a hospital report.
Harry Forman Howard, nephew of Attorney Gene W. Ford, is improved at St. Joseph's hospital Baltimore after left leg amputation from a Friday log train wreck on a hill 12 miles from Diana Webster county. Blood transfusions Saturday and Sunday boosted his condition though earlier fears lingered. Mr. Ford has been advised. The subsistence farmers may make mail bags which will be better than the regular farmer's time honored job of holding the bag.
Safety Day on Saturday at Jackson's Mill Four-H camp will draw safety teams from Taylor county mines to compete in first aid and related drills. Teams representing Simpson Creek Collieries and Galloway No. 1 plus counties Taylor Harrison Barbour Marion Preston Webster Tucker Randolph compete. Events include baseball, basketball, band concerts, and speeches. junior teams are not entered this year.
New York reports the stock market opening the week with a sharp downward drift as traders react to broad declines. Brokerage houses search for catalysts but find little news to reverse the slump. The session signals continued pressure across major sectors and indices.
A black bear escaped its cage at Pine Manor Country Club in Charleston on July 23. It bit and clawed two people and besieged nearby residents before being killed.
A heated dispute over union representation ends with both sides agreeing to a drivers union backed election after a violent week. Claude Smith owner of Sadie Blake bear blames the heat wave for the trouble as the incident left one dead and 67 injured. Federal mediators broker the accord amid a tense Minneapolis scene with nazi guardsmen guarding the armory downtown and a truck convoy moving unmolested by pickets.
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