Police Court Busy Day In City Justice System
The police court processed multiple cases this morning with swift action by Mayor P F Gillespie. Seven drunks were jailed after failing to pay fines, one man was released after paying 10 dollars and costs, and others faced ten day county jail terms or fines. Additional arrests for drunkenness resulted in fines and jail terms, while two men forfeited bonds after failing to appear. One petit larceny case led to a 5 dollar fine plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F. Gillispie
Eddie Moran
Charles Gillispie
Gillispie
Otto Bolyard
Bolyard
John Osho
Glenn Rosier
Jim Hamilton
Arthur Mayle
George Anderson
Hary Lipscomb
Justice of the Peace
Hoye G. White
Obituary of Dr Currey with Flemington ties and family
The aged county resident completed 62 years in medicine in Taylor county and was active at Harmony Grove and Flemington Baptist churches. Surviving are wife Asenath Howell, two children Mabel Currey and Tracy Currey, with two deceased. Funeral held at 2 p m with ministers present.
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Uae
Taylor County
Harmony Grove
Flemington
Asenath Nancy Howell
Mabel D. Currey
Tracy A. Currey
Thomas
Lona
Percy H
Bartlesville
Oklo
Wif
J. D. Currey
Pruntytown
D. J. Currey
E. L. Currey
Fairmont
Millard B. Stump
Flemington Baptist
Kelley
Interment and pallbearers listed for local funeral
Interment was in Simpson cemetery. Pallbearers included Byron C. Ross O. G Hall H. B. Batson George Drainer Hollis Powell and C. D. Springer Active. Honorary pallbearers were I. D. Martin H Waller C. F. Monroe J. A. Springer G. O. Sinsel Dr. R. D. Stout Dr. D. C. Peck and C. B. Wolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron C. Ross
G Hall
H. B. Batson
George Drainer
Hollis Powell
C. D. Springer
I. D. Martin
H Waller
C. F. Monroe
J. A. Springer
G. O. Sinsel
R. D. Stout
D. C. Peck
C.B. Wolfe
Grafton Plumbers Form Local Union At Meeting
Grafton plumbers and steamfitters formed a local union at a Friday night meeting with 11 charter members and applied to the American Federation of Labor for a charter. W. B. Rightmore was elected president and Carl McFadden secretary to qualify for PWA school building jobs requiring union cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Plumbers and Steamfitters
American Federation of Labor
W. B. Rightmire
Carl McFadden
PWA
Doomed Baby May Survive
Harold Holt, two, from Monongahela, Pa, was given ten days to live after a large tumor pressured his lungs and liver. After X ray therapy in New Rochelle and treatment plans in Pittsburgh, his mother Mrs Wilma Holt reports his abdomen shrank by nine inches and he now plays and laughs, though the tumor remains in his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahela
Wilma Holt
Harold Holt
Ben
Pittsburgh
Novel Defense In Suit Over Hay Sale
Sankey Shackefford doing business as the Exchange Mill sues Lloyd and Esther F Grayson to recover 29.26 for hay sold February 5 19xx near Fetterman. The Graysons claim the hay caused cattle impaction killing six head, presenting a novel defense in a case heard by Justice of the Peace A B Knabenshue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sankey Shackefford
Exchange Mill
Lloyd
Esther F. Grayson
Fetterman
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Grayson
Graysons
Local Elks Bridge Team To Entertain Wednesday
Bridge players of Grafton lodge 308 will entertain teams from Morgantown and Fairmont lodges at the Elks home. The matches, which cap a series begun last fall, start at eight in the grillroom with Captain E J Sway leading the Graf ton team.
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Bridge Players of
Grafton
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Morgantown
Fairmont
Elks
E. J. Sway
Trial of Grafton hot dog stand owner Dilworth set today
The case of Jim Dilworth, operator of a East Main street hot dog stand, charged with selling an automobile under a levy, is scheduled for trial this afternoon before Justice A B Knabenshue. The city of Grafton is the complainant and the matter was continued to allow witness invitations. Dilworth is alleged to owe the Grafton City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Dilworth
East Main Street
Thirty-Seven Will Graduate at Elkins College
Thirty-seven seniors from Davis and Juins College are eligible to graduate at the June 7 exercises as announced by college officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
Davis and Juins College
Trio Hurt In West Main Street Car Crash
Three people were slightly injured in a Sunday morning auto accident on West Main street when their car lost control and rammed a parked 1939 Ford sedan. William Fawley, 28, and Albert Hebb, 21, along with Mabel Fawley, 20, were treated at Grafton City Hospital and discharged. Police say an oncoming car blinded Fawley, forcing swerving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Main Street
William “Pickles” Fawley
Orchard Street
Mabel Wilson Fawley
Albert Hebb
Latrobe Street
Robert Collier
Grafton City Hospital
Paul P. Warden
I Corp
Fred Strader
Fawley
Collier
Hebb
Fairmont Man Fined for Intoxication by Justice White
Joseph Estep of Fairmont pleaded guilty to intoxication after being picked up Saturday night in the county by Deputy Sheriff Joe Maske. He appeared before Justice of the Peace Hove G. White Sr. and was fined $5 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Estep
Fairmont
Joe Maske
Justice of the Peace
Hove G. White, Sr
Estep
Executive Secretary Of State Society To Speak
The Taylor county committee of the West Virginia Crippled Children's society will hear an address by state Executive Secretary W. S. Johnson of Charleston tomorrow night at the Y M C A. Mrs. Thomas Dezan announced the session will begin after the Kiwanis club meeting. Easter seal sales are to start this week and Mr. Johnson will explain the use of funds raised. Fred Lewin, director of the Taylor County Department of Public Assistance, will succeed E A Lipscoms as director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
West Virginia Crippled Children's Society
W.S. Johnson
Charleston
Thomas Dezgan
T Phe Sesson
Kiwanis Club
Johnson
Fred Lewin
Taylor County Department of Public Assistance
E. A. Lipscoms
Deegan
Retired Minister Frank Townsend Dies in Morgantown
Morgantown dispatch says the Rev. Frank S. Townsend retired Methodist minister died Saturday at his daughter Mrs Forrest W Stemple s home. Ordained in 1879 he served 12 years in the New York eastern conference before pastorates at Parkersburg Huntington Buckhannon New Martinsville Ringwood and Wh Buckhannon He headed the West Virginia conference board of examiners 17 years founded Pittsburgh area summer school of theology and served as a West Virginia We college trustee from 1924 through the late 1920s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Buckhannon
Frank S. Townsend
Forrest W. Stemple
New York
Justee
West Virginia
We College
Golden Wedding Fete For Middlebourne Couple
March 27 marks the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hissam celebrated with a dinner and reception. He, 74, formerly a railway mail clerk and later postmaster of Sistersville and Tyh County Court member. She is 67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebourne
Sam Hissam
Hissam
Sistersville
Tyh
Fifteen Scheduled To Finish At Fellowsville
Fellowsville High notes fifteen seniors set to graduate at commencement on May 25. Helen Carrico, faculty sponsor, leads the group. listed graduates include Velma Rosalea Bolyard, Marie Belle Bolyard, Delphia Marie Knotts, Edna Grace Schumacher, Lois Elizabeth Lindsey, Elma Irene Mason, Garold Walter Stemple, Darrell Monroe Fank, Alston Lee Reed, Loren Shahan, Henry Bernard Weaver, William Page Rutherford, Aukra Monroe Ridener, Freeman Willard Runner, and Dale Ridenour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowsville High School
Helen Carrico
Velma Rosalea Bolyard
Marie Belle Bolyard
Delphia Marie Knotts
Edna Grace Schumacher Lois Elizabeth Lindsey
Elma Irene
Local angler nets 1-pound carp on Tug River
Cully Byrum of Mohegan reports catching a one pound carp in the Tug river using a homemade line wrapped with a sewing thread and worm bait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Cully Byrum
Mohegan
Tug River
Italy seeks rapprochement with France via diplomacy
Rome signals readiness to negotiate with Paris over colonial tensions in Tunisia Djibouti and the Lux Canal. Mussolini’s March speech emphasizes Italy’s natural African rights and warns against Western coalitions, while affirming the Axis link with Germany and Italy’s continued arms program.
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Rome
Taos
France
Tony
Premer Mussolni
Paris
Haat Ni Duce
Italien
Italy
Tunisia
Suow
Djibouti
Ni Messaggero
Africa
Mussolini
Tri Duce
Europe
Toaland
Somaliland
Talian
Ethiopia
Corsica
Nice
Savoy
Rome - Berlin
No Political Continued From Page One
The article notes February 22 events proceed normally until a signed agreement. It highlights a discrepancy with March 17 reports that Germany offered a near economic ultimatum to King Carol. Chamberlain faced a restless House of Commons and waning faith in a swift European settlement as Mussolini and Siebolds align with Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Carol
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Siebant
Adolf Hitler
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