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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1929
Page
6
Joseph ComeTon and family express heartfelt thanks to friends neighbors and all who offered sympathy and help during the bereavement following Alta Compton Hechmer's illness and passing. Gratitude is extended to those who donated cars sent flowers and provided assistance. blessings be upon them.
A letter dated April 18 shows Dr. Hartigan notified the Weston hospital superintendent that he withheld the February salary believing it illegal for a state legislator to be paid as hospital superintendent. Records show Hartigan’s name appeared on January February payrolls but not March through May. Auditor Lawson calls the arrangement a liberal interpretation of the constitution.
Cap W H L Arnold announced a Salvation Army campaign dinner at the Baptist Church on Main Street Monday evening to solicit funds for a new citadel. Rotary Kiwanis members and local business leaders will speak as final plans for the $4,000 drive are announced.
Several members of Grafton Camp No 14, Spanish American War Veterans, plan to attend the West Virginia grand encampment in Parkersburg on June 23, 24 and 25. announcement made by Herbert M Wolfe, vice commander of the local camp.
Governor Conley orders a sanity examination for Theodore Carr 60 of Pocahontas County to assess his mental condition before his June 14 hanging for the slaying of neighbor Lock Shary with an evaluation by Dr L V Guthrie Huntington State Hospital. An possible commutation to life imprisonment is under review. William C Cook designates June 21 for Edison scholarship entrant exams statewide.
Plans laid for the annual fall conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to be held September 25 here with Bishop Herbert Welch of Pittsburgh. Delegates from seven districts will attend. discussions include speakers and women’s missionary activities.
An affidavit charging involuntary manslaughter against Marvin M. Cramer Mishawaka Alex Sievers and Hawley C Burke is filed by Prosecutor H S Taylor in the killing of Edward Blankett a Mishawaka politician at a roadhouse near Mishawaka yesterday.
Charleston reports counties must form welfare boards of six to twelve members under a 1929 act. Three members must be women, with the county court president and juvenile judge ex officio. Members serve unpaid, chosen from eligibles submitted by the state board of children's guardians.
In West Point Mississippi on June 8 eleven Black residents faced a preliminary hearing on attempted murder charges for allegedly plotting revenge after a whipping. Sheriff Lon H. Miller announced a confession from one suspect.
Moundsville June 8 The state parole board met to consider about 100 applications from West Virginia penitentiary inmates for paroles or pardons due to a quorum absence at the last session. New members Mrs W B Snyder Shepherdstown and Mrs M Z White Williamson attended their first meeting. An unofficial pardon petition for John Bond former state auditor serving time for misuse of state funds was among the items.
Charles J. Van Meter, 60, chief of police for 16 years in Gloucester City, shot himself to death amid fears of a grand jury investigation into bootlegging and vice. Mayor David Anderson said the death followed two grand jury inquiries.
North and Middle Atlantic states see a showery pattern early week then again toward week’s end. Temperatures start below normal, rising to near or above normal for the remainder of the period.
Pittsburgh June 8 Mrs Mary Copley Thaw mother of H K Thaw is critically ill at her Pittsburgh home. Attending physicians reported she is in precarious condition as pneumonia threatens her health amid ongoing treatment.
June 8 reports say rain postponed morning action at the state tournament in Charleston. Collier Ford’s hours and the Christian association cited. Whether play resumes this afternoon depends on court conditions.
There will be no junior prom at Evanston High this year as students refuse to relinquish their right to attend. The decision reflects ongoing student protests and disputes within the school community surrounding the event.
A dispatch from Agua Calientes reports rebels cut railroad northward and derailed a freight train near Mexico City. In New York a proposal to make Sunday June 30 Loyalty Sunday in support of Hoover administration law enforcement was endorsed.
New York scene delayed by a storm causing postponement of an experiment last night. Thick weather today prevented plane operations from the incoming liner. Limited readable details mention weather Impact and transportation disruption in the city.
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