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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1930
Page
8
The school board met to review salary checks and required annual tests, noting reports that have not yet reached the superintendent. A key topic was instructing Superintendent Rice to arrange interviews with prospective coaching candidates for Grafton High School. Hiring is expected to be completed in the coming days.
A rural verse laments farmer hardship as election promises fade after votes. It critiques politicians who woo farmers with pledges while neglecting roads and fair treatment once ballots are cast. The piece notes recurring cycles of neglect, broken promises, and ongoing need for infrastructure and schools.
Schenectady July 28 The world listened as Squadron Leader Charles Kingsford Smith spoke from the United States with his mother sister in law and his partner in Australia 10000 miles away The talks centered on the Southern Cross flight details and bearings by radio The aviator asked about Amy Johnson and commented on family news and the coming meeting with Colonel Charles A Lindbergh
Dr. John B. Lahiff, from Clarksville Tennessee, arrived in Chicago with ten risks in mind and a gun ready to defend himself. At his son’s home a hug caused the gun to discharge, wounding Mrs Lahiff in the thigh but not seriously.
Alpine Texas June 28 The Residuo Mining Company announces the closure of Shafter, a silver mining camp on Alameda Creek, effective July 1. The town empties as miners drift toward Chihuahua and northward, drawn by low silver prices and lack of support.
Washington reports a treaty binding the United States and China to arbitrate differences before a tribunal, ready for Senate submission. It mirrors eight ratification pacts and follows patterns set by past agreements. In related dispatches from Clarksburg and Bridgeport, a Bridgeport man named John McDonald, 26, was fatally injured after stepping into traffic driven by Roy E. Peshak, who police say was not at fault.
K N Merritt traffic agent for Railway Express Agency spoke to the Grafton Rotary Club at Hotel Be ton on the romance of railway express development. He traced roots from early carriers to the modern network, noting 1839 origins, 1861 transcontinental milestones, and the 1929 formation of the Railway Express Agency. He described express growth into air delivery and cited notable feats including 132 million baby chicks shipped and a giraffe movement for a circus. Members and visitors listed include Charles Bush Arch F Petersen Taz McCordial Clarksburg EB Hoover Buckhannon and others.
The North American martyrs Jean De Brebeuf and six others who died in Canada and northern New York in the 17th century will be canonized tomorrow morning in St. Peter's Basilica. The ceremony elevates these early missionaries as the first saints chosen from this region.
In New York a two year unclaimed trunk in a hotel baggage room was opened revealing narcotic drugs valued at $120,000. The trunk bore the name Mrs A Peck, likely fictitious, and was labeled as shipped from St Genevieve Switzerland. Investigators pursue links to Joseph V Unger senior and associate Arnold Rothstein.
Local society page lists Miss Dorothy Wells vacationing in Washington D C and sisterly visits. Grafton residents Lucille Malone Holt to Cincinnati for a weekend with Mr Holt, while Sam McClaciam and kin travel from Monongahela City to visit West Main Street friends. Other residents and relatives from Pruntytown, Parkersburg, and Akron drop by or plan trips to Fairmont and Washington D C for social visits and family gatherings.
Col Thompson dies suddenly in Los Angeles after a wedding attended by Hoot Gibson and Sally Eilers. The couple wed the night before at the Gibson hacienda near Saugus with 150 guests, guests seen among corrals and horses. Attendants included Carmen Pantages Marion Nixon Marie Prevost and Mae Sunday. groom William Collier Sr. Gibson, 36, widower twice before, married the 21 year old bride on the previous night.
The commissioner's court schedules final settlements for fiduciary accounts including H B Daugherty for Howard J Daugherty from April 1 1929 to April 1 1930 First National Bank of Graf ton as administrator for George W Travis estate from February 19 1930. Ashby Rhod Fisher guardian for William Dodson Fisher from July 1 1929 to March 31 1930. Dated June 23 1930. Independent peach growers of California report 325000 tons to address this year’s surplus.
Helen S. Ahonen earned a perfect attendance record over four years at Norway High School, distinguishing herself in athletics and scholarship. Her steadfast punctuality and absence record were noted alongside her academic and extracurricular achievements.
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