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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1936
Page
3
Victor Potts of 223 Maple Avenue is named a winner in the Pure Oil essay contest and receives a Wittnauer all proof Jimmy Mattern round the world model watch valued at 37.50. H C Haller, station manager, and H U Canfield of 740 on a street are also announced as winners of the same award.
Arthur G. Yates, Taylor County Safety council president, urged Kiwanis members to be vigilant on the roads to cut the high accident toll. G. Ed Headley was named delegate to the Kiwanis international convention in Washington, replacing Torlock Rasmussen who cannot attend. Part of the delegate’s expenses will be covered by the club. Stewart Whiting of the National Reemployment Service will lead next week’s program, details to be announced.
The Allegheny Regional Advisory Board reports freight shipments within 200 miles of Pittsburgh will rise 14.1 percent in the July to September period from a year earlier. The board includes about 2,000 shippers. Steel shipments may gain 25 percent, coal and coke traffic about 11.5 percent. News from Pittsburgh dated June 17.
Miss Artie Isner of Grafton hosted a neighborly weiner roast at her home, with many families from Newbury attending for games music and ice cream. The gathering included the Stockett Rogers Kirk Wongcott Isner groups and varied neighbors, followed by a convention dinner at the Cafe Court and a Queen City Quota Club meeting. Various local social events and church activities list June gatherings for Protective Home circle Bunco Women’s groups and missionary societies.
Ceremonies join Left segments seen as binding the government to power as the premier and ministers attend. The extended warm clenched fist gesture has become a general signal at events where the government is showcased.
Miss Mildred Flanagan Fred Flanagan and Randolph Peters travel to Elkins. Mrs. John N. Tregellas hosts guests James T Brown and two children. Ralph E. Davis visits Grafton. George Hardesty family visits Hannah Bolyard. Harold M Tregellas family returns home to Clarksburg. W B Daughtry leaves for Chincoteague Island after visiting Ellsworth McVicker family. Lawrence Fibble, a damworker, undergoes appendicitis surgery at Grafton City Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ronald Bailey of near Wickwire creek announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday June 13 at 10 30 p m weighing eight pounds. Shirley Jean is healthy and both mother and baby are doing nicely. Mrs Bailey formerly Miss Marie Finch.
Billie McCue a 12 year old boy is treated at Grafton City Hospital after a truck backed into his bicycle on West Main. The truck owned by North Pole Ice Company. Police have not received a report on the accident.
In Lewisburg on June 17 the Greenbrier Military School announced its ROTC program earned an honor award from the War Department for its outstanding record and achievement.
Amid hope for quick reenactment the Guffey-Vinson bill is sent to Senate debate. Supporters call it necessary to save a sick industry while opponents warn of price fixing and regulatory backlash. John L. Lewis urged reenactment citing wage fears, while Rep Mapes called it price fixing and anti democratic.
The Taylor county wool pool was taken up at the old Musgrove mill last Friday. Patter son and Company of Boston paid 38 cents per pound for clear medium wool and 31% cents for rejects. The average price for wool from thirty-two Taylor county farmers was 37.5 cents per pound. It was Taylor county’s first wool pool with low reject percentages and room for improvement noted during grading demonstration by E. L. Shaw and discussion by C. V. Wilson, sheep specialists from West Virginia University.
In a continuation of page one coverage, officials probe alleged flogging tied to a union incident near Earle. Sheriff Carlin says he cannot fully investigate without clergy and Miss Blagden returning to file formal complaints. A Parkin man reports a separate flogging incident. Governor Futrell dismisses reports of a fatal beating as a staged mock funeral by H L Mitchell and allies.
Fletcher of (Continued from page one) ter, Mrs. T. J. Kemp, lives in St. Louis. The senate adjourned soon after the noon convening hour out of respect to Fletcher.
The article notes a July 14 display by French Leftists to celebrate Bastille Day and their labor gains. It describes Premier Blum’s government organizing mass demonstrations to mobilize followers against Nazis and Fascists, with devaluation fears shaping political debate.
Davis criticized restrictive agricultural policies that favor high domestic prices over world prices, arguing they would curb exports and echo European nationalism. He also attacked a second plank proposing government handling of surpluses by selective bargaining for foreign markets, exporting and importing by country.
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