Tunnelton Boy Saves Girl in Dam Incident
Johnie Simpson, about 12, leapt to rescue Jean Watkins, 8, from Hillman Goal Company dam after she and a boy clung to the wall. Ibert Knotts gave first aid. Jean was reported as all right. Also notes a 60th birthday dinner for Mrs. Lucy Erwin and local hospital patient Bobby Cole recovering from leg surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Wiles
Tom
Jean Watkins
Ray W. Watkins
Hillman Goal Company
Tina
Johnie Simpson
Joe
Ibert Knotts
Clyde Hall
Mrs. Hall
Lucy Erwin
Erwin
Sanford Moyers
Mary Louise
Mildred
Joseph Erwin
Albright
Kathleen Erwin
Slyde Hall
Hospi
Bobby
Jesse Cole
Ohio Valley Hospital
Wheeling
Slain by Father Snider and others at Rowlesburg
Multiple names listed, including Dorent McGee, Arlie Wiles, Gene Watkins, Ralph Watkins, Billy Watkins, Margaret McGee, Blondell McGee, Ruth Mc Gee, Katherine McGee, Helen Zinn, Marian Zinn, Dorothy Zinn, Myrtle Zetty, Norma June Collins, Kenneth Kelly, Vernon Sheets, Ralph Shrout, Helen Wiles, Betty Doris Watkins, and guest Eileen Wat king. A picnic at Indian Rocks featured Pienie Dunne, the Trickett family, Inez Funk, Della Funk, and Jay Hawkins. A local business office was established with Ol na Strawser in charge to handle local payments. 8.8 Class held a wiener roast at Tunnel Hill with many attendees. Harold Miller underwent appendicitis surgery at Shepherd College. condition serious after ruptured appendix. Additional personals note visits and travels among locals, with several names listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
Loyalty Temple No. 85
Mildred Shrader
Newbury
Louise Trickett
Lowise Shaver
Dorothy Miller
Dorothy Marie Watson
Louise Shaver
Margaret Montgomery
C. R
Frank Silcott
Kathleen
W. E. Shaffer
Boyd Harder
Helen Wolfe
Daisy Moon
Jenny Moon
Newburg
A. P. Wiles
Mollie Halbritter
Gertrude Halbriter
W. L. Hart
Ona Strawser
Lo- Z
Local social notices reflect visits and guests in Morgantown area
The town’s social scene lists numerous dinners and visits across Morgantown and nearby towns. Names include Harry Hollis, R Doyne Halbritter, Frank Halbritter, Mya Lyndsay Howard, Mrs Fannie Crogan, Dave Zinn, Les Montgomery, Billy Wiles, Amanda Bolyard, Ellis Wiles, Hillman Supply’s Paris Shay, Lanah Martin, Bradford Bowman, Jessa Goff, Ruth McCabe, Lula McCabe, and Beulah Reed. Relations span family dinners, hotel stays, and day trips to Stotteville Virginia, Accident Maryland, Monteville, Pittsburgh, and Morgantown hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Metchners
Mrz
Frank ‘Hollis
Mya
Lyndsay Howard
Cot Ifltence
Hotel Lavelle
Frank Hart
Guy
Grafton
Dave Zinn
Les Montgomery
Coffian
Fannie Crogan
Newbury
Billy Wiles
Bradford Bowman
Jesse Goff
Earl and Rhea
Golf
P. N. Rhodes
Ruth McCabe
Morgantown
Lula McCabe
C.S. Wiles
Ruth
Beulah Reed
Tunnelton
Mary Cole
Carl Wiles
Kingwood
River Packet Race Shows Betsy Ann First Across Line
The 22 mile river packet race saw Tom Greene finish first but Betsy Ann fully cross the line ahead. The event began at 2 PM and ended after 4 30 PM with WLW broadcasting the affair and NBC planning coverage from 4 30 PM to finish. The Philippine public works bureau opened 21 waterworks costing 330000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Greene
Betsy Ann
WLW
National Broadcasting Company
Philippine Bureau of Public Works
Rough Romance to headline at Strand in new Fox talkie
Fox announces the first Cascades sound recording for Rough Romance directed by A F Erickson with George O’Brien Helen Chandler Antonio Moreno and Noel Francis. Filming moved from Fox Movietone City to Tacoma Longmire area 4000 feet up for authentic scenery. Rich People stars Miss Bennett with Robert Ames Regis Toomey Mahlon Hamilton John Loder Ika Chase Wilson Benge and Polly Ann Young. Opera House showings Monday Tuesday and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade Range
Great North Woods
Hollywood
A. F. Erickson
Fox Movie
Fox
Cascades
North’ American
Movietone City
Tacoma
Ipland
Longmire
George O'Brien
Helen Chandler
Antonio Moreno
Noel Francis
Thourande
Miss Bennett
Mo~don Pictures
Pneee
Robert Ames
Regis Toomey
Mahlon Hamilton
John Loder
Ika Chase
Wilson Benge
Polly Ann Young
A. A. Kilne
Edward Griffith
Opera House
Flashes of Life Drawn From AP Tidbits Across Cities
A patchwork of brief items shows Miss Signe Holmer delivering a cherry pie to Mayor Walker, a Wilmington treasure hunt by plane, John Voorhis becoming a great grandfather, an ILO eight hour day limit, Pemberton Billins in New York with monocles, and orchids in Budapest fashion. Also noted are a Hungary Yugoslavia bridge reopening, Paul A. Siple earning a three year Allegheny College scholarship, and Leo De Korn’s 144 holes at Purchase CC with a 12 hour work stint starting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Michigan
Walker
Signe Holmer
Miss Holmer
Paul A. Siple
Erie
Byrd
Alleghany College
Constance Bennett Returns to Screen at Grafton Opera House
Opera House patrons in Grafton welcome Constance Bennett back to films with Rich People a Pathe drama showing Monday through Wednesday. Bennetts’s Europe residence and long absence were noted as she resumes her career beginning at age sixteen with Cytherea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Constance Bennett
Europe
Bennett
Search For Beauty 4 30 a m and on average five minutes
A fragment notes a pursuit titled Search For Beauty at 4 30 a m with a pace described as averaging five minutes and more than sixty per hole. The text hints at a racing or performance context likely from a sports or show listing.
Scoutcraft Boy Scout Camp Applications Placed
Scouts of Grafton vie for a two week camp at a cost of seven dollars with Troop 2 largely intending to go. Applications from Jack Keener Joe Keener James Calif Ray Grinnan Albert Gaskins John McFarland W Harbert Welch Tom Stafford John S Cather Robert Lambert Richard Dean Homer Bell Jr Forrest White Kenneth Cole William Hartsock Harold Dressler Woodrow Squires Russel Mathews John Pickens submitted. A July fundraiser baseball game between Kiwanis and Rotary aims to raise camp funds. Since 1908 Max T Payne of Greensboro funds funerals and burial plots for penniless deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scouts of Grafton
Jack Keener
Joe Keener
James Calif
Ray Grinnan
Albert Gaskins
John McFarland
W. Harbert Welch
Tom Stafford
John’ S
Cather
Robert Lambert Richard Dean
Homer Bell Jr
Forrest White
Kenneth Cole
William Hartsock
Harold Dressler
Woodrow Squires
Russel Mathews
Joh D
BS Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Embroidering Scarves Offered With Enclosed Address Notice
An advertisement offers scarves for embroidery at no charge with no selling. The reader is asked to return an addressed envelope to receive details. The note mentions Marval Park Row, New York, Depts 91 and an eight dollar amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Row
New York
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Graham
Stanley McMillen
Schemectady
N. Y
Joe Graham
Spokane
Wash
Ruby Greham
Chester Graham
John Graham
Jesse Golf
Harland Rhea
Gratta
Alma Rhodes
Prant Rhighs
Rhode
A. W. Dorsey
Dorsey
Melvin Shade
Rome
Ray W., Watkins
Ri- Teép
Doloresson
Ruth Simpson
Bobby Ipson
Gene Simpson
Edith Watkins
Lois Wiles
Eileen Simpson
Babe Simpson
Johnnie Simpson
Dorothy Ruggles
Helen ‘Witen
Mary Knotts
Bian Jat Fataon
Vesta Reese
Bobby Clifford Moore
Willister Belle
Pienie Dunne
G. R. Trickett
Louise
Richard
Paul
Charles
Billy
Mary Trickett
Inez Funk
Della Funk
Jay Hawkins
Indian Rocks
Olna Strawser
Joseph Liyton
Yass
Tunnel Hill
Mary Jane Montgomery
Winifred Montgomery
Ruth Watson
Marle Hart
Elen Oli
Viol Oli
Vienna Olli
Louise Ruggles
Mary Sherren
Bessie Myers
Mary Cale
Brondell Martin
Willard Maier
Foster Maier
Forest Maier
Victor Halbritter
Ralph McCabe
Ruby Adams
Lillian Weaver
Alice Weaver
Lawrence ‘Taylor
Clifford Martin
Orpha Alice Reidler
G. W. Reidler
Thomas West
C.F. Danser
Rahama Haney
Darwin Phillips
John Dawson
George Plum
Dorothy Courtney
Lucille Garner
Virginia Pratt
James Reed
Lessie Hoffman
Harold Winters
Ralph Wiles
Harold Wiles
Hiwood Zinn
Everett Wiles
Hilda Weaver
Maxine Courtney
Mrs. Layton
Harold Miller
Henry Miller
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
Martinsburg
Miller
Dan Wood
Betty Shafter
Genevieve Goff
Aubten
William Spangler
Lois Spangler
Paris ‘Shay
Noble Montgomery
Arthur Halbritter
Country Club
Lyntrick
N. Yop Welieve
Helen Waters
Charlea H. Watera
Harry Hollis
R. Doyne Halbritter
Mr. Halbritter
Frank Halbritter
Gloria
Ria
Billie
Paris
Aia Cs
By Julien Oliendoref
She Reasa
Scorchy Smith
John G. Terry
le Hem
Clive
Sarara
Snowlands
Movietone
Mike
Winter
Wilmington
Del
Tomorow
H. Belin’ Dupont
John R. Voorhis
Tammany
Geneva
League of Nations
International Labor Conference
Pemberton Billins
Budapest
Inst
Hungary
Jugoslavia
Danube
Purchase, N. Yi
Leo de Korn
Purchase Country Club
OPERA
Pathe
John Loser
Rich Papple
Senorite
Haydee Morales
Ming
Nicaragua
Miami
San Francisco
Max T. Payne
Greensboro, N. C
Thayer Sirbet
Carl M. Allender
Mia
Carrly Glenn
Washington Street
Miling, Jiailon al Krotery
Oi Philippi Pike
Alae Phippi
Vale
Philippi
Ethel Roach
Eigeg
Witt Alt
Bargain’ Priew
H. H. Holt
Poerteees
Eeeey
Rotor Wright
James Wright
Chicago
Tvory
Novelty
Fourth Avenue
New York City
Ypar- Hculars
Frank Werner
North
Alburtis Avenue
Corona
Long Island
Beattice Moats
Baward Moats
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