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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
5
A detailed nine point plan calls for higher oversight of the City Clerk and City Collector, monthly financial reports, strict bill handling, no unauthorized water bill changes, proper charges before water service, a larger bond for the collector, annual audits, optimized sinking fund investments, and a formal commission-based collector pay system to prevent mingling funds.
Respectfully submitted, ag gly RM. PARRISH F.C. GRAH ALONZO BARTLETT. The note lists committee members for the financial group and signatures, indicating formal support and approval.
Three Benevolent Lodges of Simpson and affiliated orders held annual memorial exercises Sunday afternoon. A parade to the cemetery grove featured speeches by W. T. Lake and J. G. Clair, with Prof Henry M. Payne delivering the day’s address amid cheers. Visitors enjoyed supper at the Davis hotel before returning home.
Cash paid for mixed hardwood standard ties 7x8 to 8 feet 6 inches, sawn or shown. Inspected at loading point. Aberdeen Lumber Co. Pittsburg, Pa.
Engineers, firemen, trainmen and railroaders see freight traffic improving in the past week though some call recent slow movement a normal dull period. West and northwest crop reports boost optimism for a fall revival, with heavy western shipments likely to demand full railroad service. Howard Kinter reports wife in Baltimore hospital. she expects to return home in about a week.
Parkersburg June 12 Fire department rushed to the B and O bridge over the Ohio River to rescue J P Davisson of West Union who became stuck while attempting to walk the span as a train neared He clung to a pier about 60 feet above ground until passersby alerted police and firefighters freed him after a frightened paralysis left him unable to move he apologized and was released to go home
The Grafton Lodge of Elks observed Flag Day with hall decorations and officers draped in flags. Hon. B. F. Bailey gave an address on the flag recounting Betsy Ross’s birth of the flag through its modern history. In Martinsburg, a violent storm struck. farmer John Freese was killed by lightning, livestock and crops suffered, and wide damage disrupted utilities and streets.
Carmine Ursula Breedlove daughter of Mrs James Breedlove of Luzadder street died Saturday evening after a multi year illness. She was 22, baptized Saturday by Rev J A McClelland of the Presbyterian church. Survived by mother one sister and three brothers Jas Edward from Grafton Charles Parsons Fay at home. The funeral will be Tuesday at the Presbyterian church with interment in Bluemont cemetery.
On Saturday evening at Andrews M E church Rev James W Engle united Frank Wescott and Lottie Henderson in marriage. The ceremony had a few witnesses and the couple departed for a wedding trip to Atlantic City and other eastern points. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs S Lee Henderson of Addison Street East End. the groom works at the Dominion Window Glass factory.
Walter Blue, an old Grafton boy, arrived in the city this morning and stays with his aunt Mrs. Virginia Stine at the old Blue home on Washington Street. He travels for Westinghouse Electrical Supply Co. with headquarters in Kansas City Missouri. He is greeted warmly by old friends and looks well.
The Rev Father McElligott rector of St Augustine's Catholic church leaves Sunday for Baltimore then New York to sail for Europe with Rev Father Boutloe of Fairmont. They will visit France and Ireland before returning home as part of a health-related trip lasting several days.
Several candidates were initiated into the first degree of the Knights of Columbus at their hall in the St Augustine school building on Sunday afternoon. Three initiates came from Tunnelton and one from Grafton. A good crowd of Knights attended despite very warm weather.
The engine of passenger Train No 4 derailed at Cornwallis on the Parkersburg branch while backing into a siding to let Train No 56 pass. The incident caused a short delay, then a second long delay after a freight train with a broken down engine was met. No one was hurt. Train No 2 followed later, with arrival times around 8:40 this morning.
The Adan Fereradgh and Selis Trotters circus uses five dynamos and twelve electricians to illuminate tents, cages, and a mile-long train with incandescent globes and search beams. The grounds glow with beacons while gas softens the glare. The operation includes a post office, hotel serving 3,000 meals daily, 65 kitchen staff, and a full entourage of support facilities. It travels about 35,000 miles per season to roughly 200 cities, employing 1,000 people and 600 horses. On June 23 it plays Fettermann Field in Grafton.
In Elkins West Virginia on Saturday three dynamiters robbed the French Creek post office and fled. The building burned, destroying two thirds of town structures. Sheriff Snyder said efforts to catch the culprits were paused. A farmer’s boy sighting came too late to help. US authorities have been alerted but have taken no action yet. The village remains unsettled but residents are recovering, with property loss still being tallied.
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