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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1928
Page
3
Ruth Courtney hosted a bridge party in her West Main Street home honoring new bride Mrs Howard Courtney. Three tables played bridge with prizes. guests presented a shower to the hostess. Out‑of‑town guest Mary Satterfield of Fairmont attended.
The piece notes Amelia Earhart wrote verse cited by Marion Perkins after lectures at Denison House. It quotes lines linking courage to life’s price and the soul’s dominion with every choice, ending with a brief social item about Charles Swisher visiting Monongah.
Residents and visitors are listed as returning home or traveling. Mr. and Mia Gole with Frederick and Ruth, of Fairmont, visited relatives in the city and left for home. Dr. Painter and family were in Aurora. Mrs. Wells visits Old Washington. Kenneth Swisher of Uniontown guest of his parents. Robert Love and W Merle Watkins left for brief vacations, with Love visiting Naoga Illinois and Watkins stopping in Indianapolis. Mrs. Walden returns to Clarksburg after a brief visit. Walter Stitt and sons from Columbus visit Rev Crickenberger’s family. Mary Dorthea Parrish joins them. West Virginia coach Harry Stansbury attends local affairs. Mrs. Ray Shaw and daughter return from Newark. Miss Martha Fitzgerald visits Maple Avenue. Miss Dorothy Waldron and Helen Amos return home after weekends with Miss Dorothy Baker. Mr. Furbee returns from Clarksburg. Mr. and Mrs. Lowden spend weekend with Mrs. Margaret Lowden. Mrs. C L Locke travels to Akron for the week.
New York authorities announced after examining Mary Pickford's twelve trunks that she must pay additional duty on merchandise worth about $2,000 beyond her declared $5,000. The case followed a customs inspection completed today.
Authorities said the film actress acted in good faith declaring her goods at the discount she received from fame rather than at home valuation. No fines or penalties will be levied after she was brought back from Europe last week.
Bremen honored trans Atlantic flyers Captain Herman Koeh with a large civic reception. Barron von Hurnefeld and Major James Fitzmaurice were celebrated as flags and streamers adorned the market square and city hall. Offices closed at 11 for a city drive and senate reception.
Patrick T. Pagan, president of District No. 5 UMW, and others were restrained by a preliminary injunction preventing alleged interference with the Treveskyn mine operated by McClane Mining. Judge James H. Gray issued the order pending a permanent ruling. Plaintiffs allege union pickets near the mine used profanity and interfered with workers. Pagan and many pickets were previously arrested for inciting to riot and unlawful assembly.
Paris reports a partial gain for wildlife protection as the government promises tighter rules. Regional hunting licenses will cost 1.60 francs, a quarter of prewar prices, with a five dollar national license. Fees will rise and open seasons shrink, thwarting plans to claim every unreserved area as a game preserve.
Representatives from Wesleyan Davis and Elkins Marshall Broaddus New River State Potomac State Bethany Fairmont Normal and Concord Normal attended the West Virginia Athletic Conference meeting in Charleston. Officers were to be elected as a main agenda item. The gathering took place in the assembly room of the state department of education.
Arthur H. Sapp of Huntington Indiana spoke at the 19th annual Rotary convention in Minneapolis detailing Rotary’s shift from inspiration to world service. He cited service through vocation, highlighted boys' work for crippled children, and noted 100000 new members in a decade with clubs seven times as many.
President Arthur C. Storz of the Automotive Equipment Association said merger plans with the Motor and Accessory Manufacturers Association of New York were discussed at the Chicago organization annual convention. Adoption would create one of the largest combines in American automotive trade history by dollar volume of business.
New York June 19 UP Westmoreland Coal Co reduced its quarterly dividend from $1 to 50 cents payable July 2 to holders of record June 27. Poor coal business given as the reason. CARS IN CRASH An auto collision on Webster road caused damage to a Chevrolet driven by C L Dalton of Wendell and to a Studebaker coach driven by C E Wyckoff. No injuries. Six couples danced more than 200 hours in Chicago. Mackinac Island reports bomb annoyances Chicago. Negotiations toward the with.
A public notice extols thrifty shopping at J C Penney Company Store as a way to stretch a yearly income of 1200 dollars by saving 52 dollars a year. It frames 1 dollar per week as about one day of labor and compares saving to reducing everyday spending on groceries and goods.
Funeral services for Rhea Frances McCue three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy V McCue of West Railroad street were held at 2 30 this afternoon by Rev L L Casto of the Methodist Episcopal church south Interment was in Bluemont cemetery under Bartlett Funeral Company direction The child died Sunday after a short illness from intestinal influenza Survivors include her parents two brothers and a sister
Manila June 19 23 Relat ed reports to the Philippine constabulary today disclosed damage of about $250 000 was done by earthquakes at San Jose Mindoro province south of here The quakes occurred Wednesday night and Thursday morning The damage was to Mindoro sugar estates There were no casualties Thermblars were felt in Manila but slight and there was no damage Madame Bergoin aged 80 was decorated for bravery in St Amont en Yvelines France She was a canteen keeper with the Seventy third regiment during the Franco Russian war and is one of the few living survivors of the war of 1870
Rev A J Torrey of Logan will assume duties at St Matthias Church in Grafton parish after Rev J Ambler retires next Sunday June 24. Bishop Strider selected Torrey and will preach at St Matthias Thursday evening then confirm candidates joining the Episcopal church. Torrey will likely occupy the pulpit July 1 as the new active pastor of the parish.
Doctors claim colds and grippe result from toxic poisons and aspirin helps. A well known specialist offers a new TESTES form called Asper- mpea combining aspirin laxative that supposedly relieves suffering and eliminates poisons quickly with guaranteed relief and no cost. Drug and department epic.
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