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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1935
Page
3
A mother dog with seventeen offspring is owned by J. H. McCullough of Sedan Kansas. The litter includes quintuplets and is said to have broken a local dog breed litter record. The puppies are bottle fed and consume a quart of milk daily.
The Epworth League of the West presented a Sunday night service at Andrews church featuring prayers and song, piano solo by Jane Mahaffey, vocal by Rose Mae White, and a discussion on Moyles. Reports by Vivian Peters, Joseph Mahaffey, and Gladys McDaniel. Ruth Gerkins read a poem If. Tea and wafers served. social time followed.
June social calendar lists officers club meeting, Judson Missionary Society activities at First Baptist Church, Ladies Aid group at Andrews M E Church, Naomi Sunday school class on West Main, Fisher Class at M P Church, plus society members’ visits and travels. Notables include Klaude Spaur visiting Clarksburg, the Niland family returning from Emmitsburg, and local moves and graduations.
Morgantown June 10 Recommendations were presented to the university board urging steps to keep the American Medical Association grade A rating and to pursue a four year medical college. The report signed by Koontz Walker Simpson and Hogg calls for maintaining the rating, correcting deficiencies, forming working agreements for accreditation, and urging legislative support for expansion. Koontz to continue as committee chair with a full report due July 1 at the annual meeting.
The daily vacation Bible school at St. Pauls Methodist Episcopal Church starts this morning with activities for children. Volunteers lead crafts, storytelling sessions, and devotional times as the program runs through the week, welcoming families from the community.
Gloria Vanderbilt, once the center of custody battles, forgets her troubles and rides a merry-go-round at a charity fair on Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney's estate in Manhasset, New York. Proceeds fund milk for babies.
In Rockville Maryland on June 10 Mrs Anne Lyddane a Rockville bank secretary faced court charged with hiring a gang on an installment plan to kill her husband and Mrs Beall. State witnesses and an alleged confession tied the defendants to a murder plot while the defense contends a frame up. The case centers on payments totaling 1500 and a plan to stage a robbery by killing on pay day.
Postmaster James T. Murphy reports U S government Baby Bonds sales at the local post office exceed 4100 in the first nine days of June. He notes May sales peaked at 24000, higher than earlier months since bonds began March 1.
Four trainriders were arrested in the railroad yards and brought before Justice Ona C. Jefferys by Baltimore & Ohio Patrolman C. H. Dunnigan. All were found guilty and sentenced to five days in jail. The men are Charles Conrad, Pat Thomas, Henry Hudson, and Stanley Holmes, all transients.
Melvin McDowell escaped Hillsboro jail May 30 after a five hour posse chase in Indiana. His companion Carl Leetham was captured after midnight. Police had tracked a car used by the pair and McDowell fled from a sewer outlet before Special Policeman Paul Elliott fired, killing McDowell.
In Wheeling on June 10 Ambrose Habig former Ohio county sheriff was declared elected to the city council unders the proportional representation system after five days of ballot counting He secured 2140 votes the quota required and was the first winner in a field of 121 candidates Final results for the remaining eight seats were pending as officials expected to complete the full count by tomorrow Chester McElroy and Dr E L Ambrecht held the next highest totals and local associations backed several other potential winners in the race
Martinsburg an eastern panhandle city buys ice at a new low price and receives ice cream salt and fly-swatters as freebies as part of an ice price war driving sales quotas. Local merchants report aggressive pricing and bundled incentives to attract customers.
The report notes ice sold at 15 cents per 100 pounds at city and county distributing points with truck delivery costing 30 to 40 cents per hundredweight. Last summer prices ranged up to 60 cents. One plant boosted sales by including ice cream salt and a fly-swatter with purchases.
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