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Howard H. Holt
Latrobe Street
Gratton
W. Va
Gratton Printing Co
Grafton
Postoffice
Associated Press
Adults Learn More Readily than Children Says Carnegie Panel
A Carnegie Foundation study shows adults acquire in 100 hours what children need 3,000 hours for, prompting a surge in night schools, night high schools, and night colleges as grown ups pursue education. Cleveland College reports over 7,000 adult students in its fourth year, reflecting a broad shift to adult education.
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Carnegie Foundation
Cleveland College
Judicial Good Sense and the Ohio Radical Ruling
Ohio freed three radicals convicted last summer under a wartime criminal syndicalism law after a District Court of Appeals reversed. judges rejected constitutionality review, ruling the defendants’ speeches did not pose a serious threat and reaffirmed limits on free speech.
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Ohio
District Court of Appeals
Traffic Lice Hitch-Hikers Bother Urban and Rural Roads
A traffic commissioner denounces hitch-hikers nicknamed thumb-jerkers as a danger to traffic. He notes their thumb signaling causes motorists to swerve toward the street center, worsening conditions on both city streets and rural highways. Multiple officials call the situation a widespread nuisance.
Old Grads Class of 1930 Reunion Highlights
State briefs cover Wheeling death at work, Morgantown heat record, and railroad staffing shifts. West Virginia leaders discuss hydro power, education, and university consolidation. Alumni remarks praise reflective thinking, practical schooling, and leadership aims for Grafton High School.
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Tomlinson
Grafton High’ School
Schroeder
Fred Schroeder
Alumni Association
Virginia Madera
Czardas
Clarence .Menear
Harold A. Rice
O. J. Fleming
Fleming
State Board of Education
Rice
I City
Bledif
Ripe
Grafton
Grafton High High School
Jay Fleming
Lanham
West Virginia University
Greenfield's Shoe Store Sells Shoes and Hosiery Priced
A brief item notes pricing at six dollars for footwear and hosiery at Greenfield's Shoe Store. The text mentions a public nuisance and suggests motorists may refrain from aiding hitchhikers without protective laws, hinting at organized action.
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Greenfield’s Shoe Store
Education plan discussed for state institutions
Mr Menning outlined a shift to state schools focusing on teacher training and education degrees, aiming to unify denominational gaps. He urged the Class of 1930 to continue schooling, stressing practical learning and life understanding, while Miss Suddarh and Miss Bartlett entertained banqueters before adjournment to meet next year.
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Menning
Gertrude Suddarh
Mildred Bartlett
Adherte
Stein
University of Maine
Fire fighters recruited near Wildell for Randolp forest blaze
Volunteers were recruited on the streets of Elkins West Virginia to staff a forest fire burning along a three mile front near Wildell in Randolph county. The fire threatened the Monongahela National Forest.
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Elking W
Elkins
Wildell
Randolph County
Timberland Fire Burns Over Two Thousand Acres
A wildfire burned more than 2,000 acres of timberland as 125 firefighters worked under the direction of C. L. Perkins, supervisor of the U S Forest Service, addressing the brisk blaze despite persistent flames.
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C. L. Perkins
U. S. oFrest Service
Impeachment Petition Seeks Nicholas County Court Members
In Summersville West Virginia on June 4 a petition filed with Judge J W Kary in circuit court asks for impeachment of Nicholas County court members C C Coe LaFrank president Otto Smith Belya and Arnold McCue Persinger all Democrats. The petition signed by Elbert Dixon and other taxpayers alleges the officials made purchases and entered contracts when funds were not available during the current fiscal year. No hearing date was set.
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Summersville
W. Va
Nicholas County
J. W. Kary
Elbert Dixon
Nicho Nag County
C. C. Coe
LaFrank
Otto
Smith
Belya
Arnold McCue
Persinger
Davis & Elkins announces over twenty one thousand in donations
Elkins June 4 Dr Jamies E Allen president of Davis Elkins College announced donations of more than 21000 during the year as commencement exercises were held. Forty five seniors received diplomas and honorary doctor of divinity degrees were conferred on Rev Peter MacDonald Rev S R Diehl and Rev John A Shaw.
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John A. Shaw
Presbyterian Church of
Port Jervis
N. Y
Thompson
Ohio State Universally
Grafton Boy Graduates With Highest Honors at Young Age
The Grafton boy, tutored at home by his mother, completes a seven year curriculum in six years and earns a law career path. At nineteen he graduates with top honors from Elkins academy after excelling in academics and debates, editor of The Senator, and president of the Senior Class. Ben Black visits Wheeling as Ford joins the Sentinel office.
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Davis and Blkins
Academy
Elkins
Ford
Ife
the Senator
College board reelects officers at annual meeting
Officers of the board of trustees were re-elected at the annual meeting. Dr Fred Gilck Barron of Charleston was chosen president. The Rev J M Potter of Wheeling was named vice president. Thaddeus Pritt of Bikins became treasurer, Harry B Whetson of Elkins anti treasurer and business manager. D Hill Arbold of Elkins named counsel with A Bowers as assistant counsel.
Death Car Found On Road Police Probe Fatal Shooting
A car linked to the killing of Elizabeth Brown near Ironton was found abandoned on Huntington Street. A murder warrant was sworn by Prosecuting Attorney Lee D. Andrews as authorities identify the vehicle and suspect Leroy Duty. The case follows the shooting of Miss Vance after she refused a trip with Duty, with Duty and two accomplices fleeing. A separate trust sale in Taylor County Georgia details a June auction of property tied to Kathleen J. Kelly. Also listed is a July 6 board of review meeting in Taylor County and a note that Mrs. Hearst is visiting in Wheeling.
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Huntington
W. Way
James O. Brown
Leroy
Ironton
IMI
Elizabeth Brown
Irton
Dewey Ave
Tronton
Huntington Street
Lee D. Andrews
Lawrence County
Ohio
Miss Vance
Duty
Forest Iis
Glenn Duty
Orlyn Johnson
Kathleen J. Kelly
W. Merle Watkins
Taylor County
W. Va
Joyce
Grafton
Taylor Roountys
Maple Avenue
Tygarts Valley
Board of Review
Court House
John Poullock
John Pauljlusi
Elbert Ruswell
Biveville
Mead
Sune
N W. Bruce Talbott
Walter A. Wood seeks Republican nomination for Taylor County Supt of Schools
Announcement by Walter A. Wood from Gratton Rev D No 2 states candidacy for Republican nomination for Superintendent of Schools of Taylor County. He asks for votes and goodwill of citizens.
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Taylor County
Walter A. Wood. Gratton
Attorney offers property settlement in Rhinelander divorce
Las Vegas June 4 Alntley A Harmon attorney for Leonard Kip Rhinelander a member of a prominent New York family who recently divorced his octogenarian wife Alice Jones Rhinelander said today that his client offered to meet and discuss a property settlement with his former wife.
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Las Vegass
Nev
Alntley A. Harmon
Leonard
Kip Rhinelander
New York
Alice Jones Rhinelander
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