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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1929

Page

11

Fred B. Watkins Hosts Grafton Rotary Dinner

Fred B. Watkins presided at a chicken dinner for Grafton Rotary Club officers and committee chairmen at the Watkins summer residence. Business plans for the year were outlined, with many members listed as present and visiting friends noted at the Riffee Home.

Fred B. Watkins Fred Watkins G. Thomas Bartlett Charles Brinkmen Leslie J. Loar Dr. L. L. Painter Harry C. Compton E. M. Tomlinson W. A. Hurd Glenn A. Bord Charles H. Warder W. A. Beavers W. C. Manley O Jay Fleming R.H. Kidd

Paris Mountaineer Council Meeting Notice

Paris and Mountaineer Council No 44 United American Mechanics will meet at Wehn Hall Friday evening at 7 30 for the regular weekly business meeting. All members and officers are urged to attend. Grafton Printing Company manager C B Walden departed today by motor for Rainelle West Virginia to visit his brother in law T F James. Mrs Walden and two children Jimmie and Margaret Ann have been in Rainelle for two weeks and will return with him Sunday evening.

Florence Poe Donohue Loveland Addition Quotarians Mooseheart Meeting Mountaineer Council No United American Mechanics Wehn Hall Rainelle C. BE. Walden Grafton Printing Company W. Va T. F. James

Social notes from Fairmont and surrounding towns

Mrs Réna Goodwin spent yesterday in Fairmont while Ralph H. Cline master mechanic for the B and O was a business visitor there. Mrs Clark Hamilton of Newburg is visiting her daughter Mrs Curtis Boice for the weekend. Miss Pauline Foley on West Main Street visits friends in Washington D C and plans to accompany Washington friends to Virginia before returning. Miss Eliza Ambler of Richmond Virginia recently visited Miss Gertrude Suddarth at 208 Thayer Street. Mr and Mrs Percy Byrd and two sons Bill and Jimmie of Clarksburg have returned from New York and Atlantic City and are guests of Mrs Byrd's father Patrick Hayden on Beech Street.

Réna Goodwin Fairmont Ralph H. Cline Clark Hamilton Newburg Curtis Boice Pauline Foley West Main Street Washington, D.C Miss Foley Washington Virginia Eliza Ambler Richmond Gertrude Suddarth Suddarth Thayer Street Percy Byrd Bill Jimmie Clarksburg New York Atlantic City

Clarksburg Student Wagner Heitz Found in Buffalo NY

Missing since June 25 from Carnegie Institute of Technology Pittsburgh, Wagner Heitz 21 of Clarksburg located in Buffalo New York. He sent a postcard to his mother confirming he is working there since the Fourth of July and is well. Relatives puzzled by his sudden departure and lack of notice. Miss Virginia Campbell of Dewey Avenue was called to Cumberland due to illness of her cousin Mrs H M Armstrong.

Clarksburg Carnegie Institute ‘of Technology Pittsburgh Virginia Campbell Dewey Avenue Cumberland H. M. Armstrong

Weirton Boy Killed When Hit By Train

Weirton West Virginia July 25 James Randolph age 10 and three companions sought shelter from a rainstorm under freight cars on a siding. A Pennsylvania locomotive released a string of cars that rolled into them. Randolph was killed losing both legs. The other boys escaped just before impact.

Weirton W. Va James Randolph Pennsylvania Randolph

Desserts and Quick Yeast Dough Delights

A collection of kitchen recipes listing orange sherbet delight and a cheese butter pastry. Includes steps for dissolving gelatin with boiling water then molding and chilling, plus a cheese loaf dough rolled and cut into bars. Also covers a biscuit style cheese butter loaf and bake time, then assembling orange sherbet dessert with whipped cream and marshmallows.

Registrar Named Miss Lila Miller to Succeed Ford

Miss Lila Miller was named county registrar on Tuesday to succeed Mrs Gefle Ford. She will record births and deaths in the county. No definite reasons for the appointment were given.

Lila Miller Gefle Ford Miss Miller

$60,000 Blaze Destroys Martinsburg Building

Martinsburg West Virginia July 45 Fire last midnight destroyed the Willard Battery Company building. Origin of the blaze is unknown. The structure had been purchased a few years earlier for $60,000.

Martinsburg W. Va Willard Battery Company

Circumnavigator Alain Gerbault Reaches Cherbourg

Alain Gerbault aboard the Firecrest nears the end of his solo globe voyage anchoring in Cherbourg after sailing from Cannes in 1923. He plans to proceed to Havre to terminate the cruise and will be honored by local yachting groups.

Cherbourg France Alain Gerbault Firecrest Havre Cannes

Heart Attack Fatal To Clarksburg Woman

Mrs Cora Ludy aged 48 of Clarksburg died of heart disease yesterday while waiting in an anteroom of the Ohio state prison to see her brother Harry L Foreman a prisoner. Ludy collapsed and was pronounced dead at the penitentiary hospital with death instant. Foreman is serving time for forging checks.

Cora Ludy Clarksburg Ohio State Prison Harry L. Foreman Ludy Penitentiary Hospital Foreman

Ninth Tentative . 1 (Continued from page one)

Testimony notes Snook and the girl used mat coties as defense, while the former professor admits a signed confession to killing the girl during an automobile ride six weeks earlier after she threatened his wife and child. Jurors include Mrs. Albert C. Brooks and F. G. Mills.

Snook Albert C. Brooks F. G. Mills

Anonymous reports on Stansbury whereabouts persist

Anonymous reports have circulated among Sheriff W J Mays and officers since Stansbury vanished early Saturday. Claims of sightings in Clarksburg Morgantown and near his home proved unverified, while his wife Lucy Wickham Stansbury seeks protection amid fears of harm.

Stansbury Curr Stansbury Lucy Wickham Stansbury Ohio W. J. Mays Clarksburg H. K. Debendorfer Morgantown

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Coral R. Parrish Riffee Home Irwin B. Keller Helen Stroh Jane Lew Mer Graftonian J. C. Riffee Keller Grafton William J. H. B. Wels Edna Elizabeth Alexander Zeck Jefferson Maryland Wilson Ave Zeck The Womans’ Home Missionary Society Methodist Episcopal Church Eagle Settlement House Fairman Fred Helmick A. K. Miller John R. Waters E. 8 M. E. Church Marilyn Morgan Pathe Westginia Ritz Barber & Beauty Ritz Theatre Burpee Tennessee B. F. Poe Paris Ates Rca A&p Bokar C&c Imperial Lucky Strike Camel Chesterfield Old Gold N. B.C N. B.C. Strawberr Atlantic« Pacific East Main Street W, VA Buffalo Alexander George Athletic Union Men’s Athletic Unions Burton & Randolph GLOBE Patt Wallace Henderson Stansby Clarence Siiman Mays Beaumont Australia Associated Press Robert Jorgenson San Jose Cal Emmett L. Gox Innet
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