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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1930

Page

5

Philippi Meeting Hailed by Eastern Star Members

Philippi reports a regular Eastern Star meeting with about 40 in attendance. Ada Pitsenberger was admitted as a member and officers were elected for the year. Refreshments followed, with a committee on arrangements listed and several out of town members noted.

Opie Mak -Poling Philippi Order of the Eastern Star Ada Pitsenberger Mra Iman B. Watson Nellie Watson Ada White Susan Shock Find Charlottte Carpenter Out of Town Charity Dickenson Peel Trees C. G. Stroud W. B. Bievler Galloway

Local visitors and residents noted in Clarksburg area

Ellen Corder and Miss Ware guests of the McCoys at Century No. 2. H. L. Cummings and A. S. Sturms were business visitors. Ruth Ware and Ronald Puller attended Otterbein College and Westerville events. Broaddus College graduation guests included Carl Cummings of Wheeling. The school opens daily at 9 with a two and a half hour session for two weeks, led by Catherine Leamon and Betty Kyle with Turvander and assistants managing junior work.

Ellen Corder Century No M.d.mccoy Cummings Buckhannon L. Poe Grafton H. W. Kelley Clarksburg A. S. Sturms Beech Avenue C. G. Nestor Nestorville H. B. Kelley Dorsey Carl Cummings Wheeling Broaddus College Monroe Shomo Helington Ruth Ware Schol Otterbein College Westerville Ohio Ronald Puller Catherine Leamon Betty Kyle Turvander Velma Cather William Fisher Norman Mahaffey

Children Learn To Give Thanks At Vacation Church School

Young pupils at the local Presbyterian church study the habit of giving thanks at meals under Rev. Frank J. Turvander. The lessons emphasize humility and obedience to the Deity as part of the vacation church school program.

M. M. Neely Nator M. M. Neely Fairing Broaddus College College Tannhauser Jenevieve Jenkins Wilda Mae ‘Knight C. C.1ert Crimemogial Church Frank J. Turvander

Secret Hunting Trip Ends in Tragedy Near Pineville

In Pineville West Virginia on June 12 11 year old Winford Jackson son of Mr and Mrs Ezra Jackson of Itmann died after secretly taking a shotgun from his grandfather and dragging it while climbing a fence it discharged causing his death while visiting his grandfather.

Pineville W. Va Winford Jackson Ezra Jackson Itmann

Police Clash With Pickets at Lahore Liquor Shops

A Bombay dispatch to Daily Herald reports police clashed with Indian Nationalist Satygraha pickets outside Lahore liquor shops. A magistrate and police watched. police charged pickets and sympathizers after a quarrel. Twelve pickets were arrested amid protests. An effigy of Sir John Simon was burned at Surat by a crowd opposing the commission's report.

London Daily Herald Bombay Today Lahore Dehradun Bombay Mail John Simon Indian Commission On Statutory Reform Surat Commission

Pay As You Live And Die Slogan Satire Poem

A fragmented poem mocks consumer slogans urging payment as life and death, listing items like piano topcoat mattress and silverware with pay as you go phrases. It critiques a world of debt and consumption with jarring lines and scattered quoted phrases.

Asia Kagowan

Six Americans Escape Death In Buying Plane Crash

In Mytilene harbor, six Americans including two named Ernest Lindley and his wife Betty and four priests survived after their Italian airliner caught fire during takeoff and sank. Lindley and his wife leapt from the burning craft and swam to shore as priests and others were rescued by boats.

Athens Greece Mytilene Ernest Lindley Betty Lindley Son

Second Largest Twin Cities in Census Figures

Washington June 12 brief notes a Missouri town Sedalia and Ferndale Michigan show large shifts in the 1930 census. Sedalia down 1.6 percent and Ferndale up 687.7 percent to about 20 756 population, making them the second largest twins after Waukegan and Mansfield. Linden New Jersey and Peabody Massachusetts trail.

Washington Missouri Michigan Sedalia Ferndale Mich Waukegan Mansfield Bsr Linden N. J Peabody Mass

Chicago Beer Barons Quizzed In Lexington

Two Chicago men, allegedly linked to Terry Druggan, were arrested in a Lexington hotel on loose loitering charges after arriving by a 16 cylinder automobile. The pair registered under aliases Max Schneider and Jake Clusmai, claimed ties to Druggan and talked of buying yearlings. Schneider displayed a note from a Chicago reporter and defended his association with Druggan.

Lexington Chicago Terry Druggan Max Schneider Aes Clusmai Terry Rrigean Schneider Terry Albert Jake Sters Maye Schneider

Lawsuits Filed in Kanawha Court for Damages

Suits for 6000 damages each were filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court today by Marjorie Campbell and Mary Jane Hughes of Charleston against J N Johnson of Wilkeeville C for injuries after being struck by a truck driven by Jabig son. Also noted: an Oak Park woman collects bottles with 1200 bottles valued at 750.

Charleston Nawha Marjorie Campbell Mary Jane Hughes J.N. Johnson Wilkeeville Jabigson

Jail Delivery Plot Foiled at Joliet Prison

Five convicts at Joliet State Prison tunnelled under the chair shop, reaching 14 feet toward the north wall before being captured. William Evans, 38, a longtime inmate, and Warren Hill described the plan as under way for weeks with guards positioned to thwart the escape attempt.

Joliet William Evans Warren Henry C. Hill

Reappoint Two on Governor's Board

Governor Conley reappointed two West Virginia University board members for terms ending May 31, 1924. E G Smith of Clarkeburg represents the third district and D A Burke of Wheeling represents the first district.

Charleston Conley West Virginia University E.G. Smith Clarkebure D. A. Burke Wheeling

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U. B Focal United Brethren Church Gille Oterbein Guild Bealdes Mt. Vernon Hall Néstorville Philipp Ald L. Frank Poling Virginia Washington, D. C Mr. Poling A. and P. Company E. E. Croppleman Weston Broad C. V. Tate Betty Jean Marie Crite Agnes Moore West Viteginia Womans’ Missionary Association United Brethern Church Duffstrest United Brethern Church Eall Miss Moore Olterbein Guild Society of Church Women’s Page Chesser Peggy Washington, D.C Inon G. B. Bennet Carrie Postlethwait India H. A. Conley Lynnwood Cal Ayei Beverley Robinson New York Medical Journal Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra N. B.C The American Telesees Coy Twin Cities Dad Wm. Archdeacon Lexington, Ky Kanawha Court Oak Park Palace Furniture Co West Main Street
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