Mrs Hannah Colebank dies at 63 in Knottsville area
Hannah Colebank 63 of Knottsville road died at City Hospital at 2 PM after surgery for complications. A native of the county, she was a devout Wesleyan Methodist and is survived by son W A Colebank, two daughters Alice Dadisman and Hya Custer, and four sisters. Funeral set for Knottsville Methodist Episcopal Church at 2:30 PM Sunday, Bartlett Purieval Company in charge.
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Hannah Colebank
Knottsville Road
Jesus of Nazareth
Allen
Rebecca Stewart
Colebank
Wesley ‘Methodist-Episcopal Chapel
W. A. Colebank
Alice Dadisman
Tucson
Arizona
Hya Custer
Blueville
Ide Rhodes
Emma Lowther
Laura ‘Custer
Ida Henerson
Clarksburg
Knottsville Methodist Episcopal Church
Church
Bartlett Purieval Company
Train Plunges Through Bridge. One Killed at Gravestone Station
A northbound passenger train on the Baltimore and Ohio branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad plunged through a bridge at Gravestone station. One person was fatally hurt while responding crews and firemen were reported missing that night. The crash disrupted service and prompted a full search of the area.
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Timore
Engla Nd
Baltimore
Gravestone Station
Pruntytown W C U Holds Monthly Meeting
The Pruntytown Woman's Christian Temperance Union met at the Baptist church. Miss Ruth Hoffman spoke on Annie Wittenmeyer, and plans were made for a July institute. Miss Letha Stoops reported rising arrests for drunken driving and auto accidents in several cities after repeal. Mrs. Virginia Mason to lead July meeting.
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Pruntytown
Annie Wittenmeyer
Flesher
Letha Stoops
Detroit
Chicago
Springfield
Ohio
Bluefield
W. Va
Virginia Mason
Community celebration eyed to put Grafton on the map
Leaders of a movement urge a city wide Fourth of July festival to foster civic spirit. They praise raising a fund from local families to fund family friendly displays and avoid unsafe firecrackers. Next week backers plan further meetings inviting civic groups to support a fitting observance in Grafton.
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Grafton
Ex-Constable Fined for Being Drunk
C. B. Green former constable was fined $10 after arraignment before Mayor Charles C. King on a drunk charge. The case, pending since May 31, ended with Green denying the charge and planning an appeal to the Circuit Court, which the mayor denied. Green was arrested en route home May 29 by Patrolmen DeMoss and Helms who testified to his intoxication.
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C. B. Green
Charles C. King
Geen
DeMoss and
Helms
Green
Corroborating testimony and witness attempts in municipal case
Griffith corroborated a testimony of officers. Green testified on his own behalf and produced one witness to prove his sobriety. He urged the mayor to summon more witnesses to clear him of the charge, but the mayor said he must provide his own witnesses. Green paid the fine under protest and received a receipt. He did not state any further action he would take.
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Griffith
Green
Odd Fellows State Meet Ends In Philippi
William H. Wilson of Parkersburg elected grand patriarch at the annual grand encampment in Philippi. J. Worthy Reed of Clarksburg named grand representative. Parkersburg to host next year’s encampment on June 5 or 6, 1935. Grafton members absent over date confusion.
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William H. Wilson
Parkersburg
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Philippi
J. Worthy Reed
Clarksburg
Otto Settler
Huntington
Clay. H. Goff
W. T Wilson
C.H. Riggle
Fairmont
D. D McCardle
Wheeling
Grand Sentinel
Grafton
Plan Picnic and Dance Endorsed by City Elks and Mayor
Exalted Ruler Bradford pressed to proclaim June 14 as Flag Day with Elks backing. Mayor King agreed to observe but could not attend in Washington. Congressman Randolph of Elkins invited Mrs Roosevelt to West Virginia for college commencement. Mayor King cheerful after meeting Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Bradford
Price
N. M. Sidrow
R. H. Clyine
Paul Warden
Cochran
Cline
Arief
Park
Charles O. King
Elks
Washington
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mrs F D R welcomed by press workers at Baltimore station
A large press crowd gathers at the Baltimore and Ohio station to greet Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Journalists from Elk Institute Inter Mountain Fairmont Times and Fairmont Sound News film the event while Elkins Mayor Coberly and Frank Haymond mingle with attendees. Congressman Robert L. Ramsey is also noted among the notables.
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Baltimore, & Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Wilverding
Elkins Inter-Mountain
Madora Mason
Carolyn Smith
Fairmont Times
Fairmont Sound News
Coberly
Elkins
Frank Haymond
Fairmont
Robert L. Ramsey
Local State College Grad Has Fine Record
Joseph Fordyce of this city earned a bachelor of arts in education from Fairmont State Teachers College this week. His portrait appears in The Columns. Fordyce founded the West Virginia Federation of College Students and served three years as National president of Sigma Pi Rho. He was student body president, Omicron Pi fraternity president, sports editor of The Columns, and a member of Pi Upsilon Phi.
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Joseph Fordyce
Fairmont State Teachers College
West Virginia Federation of College Students
Fordyce
Sigma Pi Rho
Omicron Pi
Pi Upsilon Phi
Mrs Roosevelt Attends West Virginia Event and Gifts
Mrs Roosevelt spoke at an event in West Virginia praising homestead projects at Valley Head and Arthurdale and expressing hope for state and national benefit. Mrs Ickes stood before the audience. no remarks were made. Mrs Roosevelt received gifts including a wooden lamp crafted from timbers of the Tygarts Valley bridge, linked to Alderson manual training department.
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Ome
West Virginia
Valley Head
Arthurdale
Ickes
Roosevelt
Ickesquire
Secretary of the Interior
Roosevelt speaks at Tygart Valley homestead event
Mrs Roosevelt, in a gracious address at a mountain rimmed homestead in Elkins, urged settlers to take up a new rural life plan. She emphasized responsibility and the hope for a growing community where people own homes and aid the country nearby, as the first official push of the program begins.
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Elkins
Tygart Valley
Roosevelt
Peesestead
Fife
Grafton Rejects 1936 Civil War Encampment Bid
Grafton officials refused to host the 1935 encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. The decision, announced at a regional convention in Wheeling, signals the city will not entertain invites to veterans of the Civil War for the gathering.
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Grafton
Grand Army of the Republic
Chi Nl
Wheeling
Local veterans elect officers at annual meeting
Joseph M. Smith, 90, of Wheeling, reelected state commander. W. H. Smith, 83, of Shadeside, chosen as senior vice commander. Other officers named include Wilder of Parkersburg as assistant adjutant and quartermaster.
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Joseph M. Smith
Wheeling
W. H. Smith
Shady~ Side
Wilder
County Sanitation Work Starts Near Blueville
County sanitation program begins under Administrator Simon D. Fried with ten workers in Blueville building sanitary toilets over four months, aiming 200 toilets countywide. A second crew will start at Wendel and move into Flemington Rosemont to prevent a flux outbreak that claimed over thirty lives last year. A survey notes 44,000 acres of tung groves across Florida Georgia Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Texas yielding valuable oil.
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Simon d. Fried
Blueville
Wendel
Friedman
Flemington-Rosemont
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louis
Iana
Texas
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Institute of Union
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ODD Fellows State
William Wilson
F.D.R
State College Grad
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