District meet opens with varied talks and events
The Buck District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened with a luncheon in Philippi dining rooms. W A DeBarr was re elected secretary treasurer. Discussions covered church problems today and Christian education. Dr M A Dawber and Rev A Coleman Brown spoke on missions and education. Dr Homer E Wark urged retaining the Eighteenth Amendment. Roy McCuskey of West Virginia Wesleyan College spoke on Wesleyan Today Tomorrow. A stewardship drama followed as ministers and laymen gathered. Williams trial recounts police pursuit and capture near Newburg.
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Buckin
Methodist Epscopal Church
Philippi
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. A. DeBarr
West Milford
M. A. Dawber
Home Mission Board of
Chingo
A. H. Rapking
Good Hope
A. Coleman Brown
Huntington
Building of America
Homer E. Wark
Clarksburg
Roy McCuskey
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Conference On “Wesleyan
Dawber
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Buckhannon
Elmer Ray and the Abduction Case on Front Street
The article recounts a kidnapping involving Williams and his estranged wife, detailing the abduction of her son on June 2. Mrs Williams chased, rode on a running board, and later followed leads to Millersville and Danville area before James Williams fled. Police captured him June 6 aboard a train.
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Williams
Newburg
Hhe
Hierra
John Jace
Front Street
Front St
Danville
Barbour
County
Price
John Williams
Water Station
C. Lundy
Henderson
Demoss
John Wilams
Young Williams
Marniix
Newbury
Notice on Delinquent Accounts Asks Payment Promptly
A notice dated before September 1 1982 requires all outstanding accounts to be paid this month or face legal action. It warns of additional costs and urges callers to arrange payment. Signed by G L Jolliffe.
Local Boy Plans River Navigation From Ohio to Lake Michigan
Local lad Monroe aims to sail by water from the Ohio River to Lake Michigan via the Father of Waters and Chicago drainage canal. He follows falls by expert skippers, with coast guard warning Louisville river travelers. Past locals Merle Watkins and Charles Shaw rode to St. Louis in 1904.
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Falls
Ohio
United States Coast Guard
Louisville
Young Monroe
Chicago
Cairo
Mississippi
Turing
Illinois River
Chicago Drainage Canal
Lake Michigan
W. Merle Watkins
Charles C. Shaw
Panama
Grafton
St. Louis
David Ramsey
Valley Falls
Merle
Grafton Welcomes Pittsburgh Visitors For Social Dinner
A Grafton committee invites local citizens and business people to greet Pittsburgh guests with hospitality and a social dinner in Clarksburg at four o clock. The visitors seek friendly exchanges and mutual greetings, highlighting regional trade ties and cordial community spirit.
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Bank
Pittsburgh
Grafton
Farm Bureau lobby probe cites Frame case and payroll misuse
The board's final order against Frame accuses him of using the Agricultural Extension payroll for political and personal purposes, lobbying at the Capitol, and directing funds to support a Farm Bureau lobbying effort. Evidence includes letters to extension agents and March 1933 payroll actions and misused funds linked to Charleston delegations.
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Neff
Frame
Oglebay
Hall
E. S. Humphrey
Farm Bureau
Silver
New
Capitol
Charleston
Booth
Why Toasting Makes Luckies Mild and Pure
The ad explains that Luckies achieve mildness fragrance and purity through a toasting process. It argues toasting purifies and cools the tobacco, making Luckies milder and more fragrant than other cigarettes. The message emphasizes the smoker’s personal experience and the brand promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucky Strike
Resignation Sought Over Irregularities in Extension Office
A state board urged Nat Terry Frame to resign as director of Agricultural Extension amid findings of irregularities dating to 1931. The report cites subsistence gardening funds, misreporting, and lack of authorization, with Frame declining to apologize before tendering resignation. The board pursued action after legislative committee findings were reviewed.
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University
Pauline Hamilton
Goodwin
House
Frame
Nat Terry Frame
American Friends Service Company
Rockefeller Foundation
Koppers Company
College’ of Agriculture
Humphrey
Secretary of Agriculture
Board of Governors
Neff
Goodwin Legislative Committee
Prame
Turned
Dean Fromme
Turner
Actress Mary Dorne Returns Home After Amnesia Attack
Hollywood actress Mary Dorne wife of playwright Eugene Walter is back home after an absence of over two days. She phoned her husband claiming she had seen her photo and story in a newspaper and that the attack may have caused symptoms of amnesia. The incident remains unexplained.
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Hollywood
Calif
Mary Dorne
Brett
Baby 3 Falls Into Spring At Tunnelton
A three year old boy named Edward Gerald Riggins drowned last night at 8 30 after falling into a spring near his home in Tunnelton The spring about three feet deep with steep sides claimed the child despite immediate resuscitation attempts by Dr C R McGuffie and others He was found head downward by his mother and survived by his parents a sister Mary Catherine and two brothers Junior and Robert Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Tunnelton
Edward Gerald Riggins
Percy D. Riggins
C. R. McGuffie
Mary
Catherine
Junior
Robert
Hotel Beer Case Reopened Over License Charge
Luther Hodges, manager of the Hotel Grafton, faced a beer distribution charge for lacking a city license. The case, reopened after a missed appearance, is under mayor May or King’s review as he studies the city ordinance. Mike Hodges reportedly bought two half-barrels of 3.2 beer from W. P. Thomas, with police arrest tied to unloading at the hotel grill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Hodges
Grafton
Charles ©. King
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Elmer Ray
G. L. Jolliffe
Durham
Enders
Keen Kutter
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West Virginia Farm Bureau
Oglebay Hall
Supreme Court
A. C. Herold
Gray Silver
Agricultural Extension Service
Senate
T.R. Bennett
W. Va
Farm Bureau Corp. Assoc
Duprey
Erdlen
Agricultural Committee
Goodwinn Legislative Committee
C. M. Carter
L Seber
Preston
Hopemont Library
Hopemont
West Virginia
Preston Republican
Hopemont Institutisn
Terra Alta
W, VA
Legislative Committee
Neft
Mr Macdonald
Baby
Florida
Miami
Fla
Ruth Lund
June Lund
Kathryn Lind
June
Malet
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