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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
4
The Grafton Sentinel publishes weekday editions from its Latrobe Street offices in Grafton West Virginia with Howard H. Holt as publisher and W. V. Bell listed as business manager. The notice frames the paper as a community guardian and friend and provides contact details for the editorial rooms and office.
A Senate hearing features W J Love of the Eme Fleet Corp advocating private sale of government ships at roughly World market price. He argues competition drives effort while criticizing communism and praising leadership through personal financial stake. The piece also reflects on Richard Croker's rise and Tammany Hall's enduring control of New York City's politics.
The editorial argues for adopting brick surface roads on concrete foundations over cheaper options. It notes local calls to express views and favors highest quality over lowest cost, contending brick surfaces offer superior performance despite limited impact on policy.
County officials weigh road improvements under a bond program with bids for projects across several towns. The discussion favors brick on concrete foundations for durability, while bids from Monongahela Construction Co and others cover plain concrete, vitrified clay tile, macadam, and reinforced pipe options for projects 1 through 6 across Flemington, Wendel, Barrett Street, and Brydon to Fleming ton.
Grafton will welcome hundreds of visitors for the Ninth Biennial Convention of the Protected Home Circle, to be held Wednesday through Friday next week. Local lodge crews have arranged a full program, with lodges from Uniontown, Brownsville, Point Pleasant, Philadelphia, and West Virginia expected. The Willard Hotel has reserved accommodations to handle the crowd.
The City Chamber of Commerce Forum Friday evening will feature the unveiling of a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt. Presented by the American Defense Society of New York, the picture is from Mrs Roosevelt's favorite photo. Jed W. Robinson and L W Burns will speak. Dr D Peek opens the discussion on A Grafton Hospital. Special music, then a social hour with refreshments by a committee of ladies. The program starts at eight.
William Canfield, long time in the taxi service, is appointed by the county court as traffic officer for Taylor County. He also becomes constable under Justice of the Peace Charles R. Lilly in Grafton. He began work Monday, advising owners on traffic violations and intends strict enforcement with arrest authority when proper, offering guidance first for ignorant violators and a possible second trial before arrest.
The Fifteenth Annual Morgantown District Missionary Society convention closed after three sessions at Andrew's Methodist Episcopal church. Morning and afternoon business meetings featured a musical program with vocal solos and quartets. Mrs. F. B. Salmon of Cincinnati, branch president, attended and delivered two unparalleled lectures, described as a spiritual uplift. Officers were elected for various departments of missionary work.
District President Mrs. Levin B. Harr of Fairmont and a slate of officers from Morgantown Fairmont Terra Alta and Kingwood were elected including First Vice President Mrs. Richard Hall Second Vice President Mrs. J R Trotter Recording Secretary Mrs. W A Beavers and Treasurer Mrs. D C Clark. The hospitality of the local auxiliary and their pastor Rev T E Maness extended to the delegates was unsurpassed.
Delegations from ten cities will attend in Grafton for the Monongahela Valley Association meeting. The group will be hosted by the Grafton Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon limited to one hundred tickets. A short program will follow as officials discuss freight rate adjustments affecting the valley and the B and O railroad plan. Civic women are urged to attend in large numbers.
Secretary Vaughn M Kerr of Morgantown Moose Lodge announced the Morgantown degree team will visit Grafton to initiate new candidates at the Knights of Pythias hall next Sunday afternoon. About 50 candidates are ready and more may join before Sunday. Moose Lodge members say the team work is the best in the state. The Moose regular meeting is tomorrow night at the Moose home.
Buckhannon West Virginia May 2 The Methodist baseball fans question how the Wesleyan and West Virginia series at Morgantown May 12 will unfold Two jinx ridden teams meet on a southern trip lacking form Wesleyan coach Krushank plans changes in practice and lineup but effects remain uncertain until game action.
The regular line up will see two changes that could boost the Methodist batting order while Wesleyan may face a shaken outfield. Informational sources note strong pitching from lard and brisk efforts to reach unbeatable form for games with West Virginia. Salem College hints suggest a tough battle ahead as Wesleyan confronts the Seven Day newcomers and the Casey Aggregation ready for a close contest.
President Harding asks Congress for a 500000 appropriation for the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute war era frauds civil and criminal. Attorney General announces McCulloch as special assistant to lead the probe into wartime contracts and expenditures while the Rules Committee prepares a probe into war and navy department contracts and alien property claims. The department vows thorough, nonpolitical action, protecting the innocent and prosecuting the guilty.
The West Virginia Supreme Court holds that a marriage contract is invalid without the parties meeting in good faith for matrimony. Lucila Crouch and Floyd M. Wartenburg allegedly married after rumors of ruinous consequences, but they separated and did not live together. The case originated from Huntington after a hotel party in January 1921.
A crowded city scene notes visits by W W es e Megs sre Dn Wash and Haught of Fairmont to the Baptist Missionary convention at First Baptist Church. Rothrock of Parkersburg discusses bids on Tag county road project. Fred Jenkins of Fairmont and Coplin with daughter Miss sing travel through. Dr H B Bailey buys a new Olds roadster from Brothers Garage. Fleming plans a Florida winter followed by Washington visit before returning home. Willa and Ruby Carter undergo tonsil and adenoid removal at City Hospital. Mrs G H L Beeman and others attend Women Home and Foreign Missionary Society meeting in Mannington and plan Ohio trip. Kathryn Thayer advances Christian Endeavor work in Mannington. Rev G H L Herman reports on a million-dollar Presbyterian educational campaign in Charleston. Child culture symposium set for tonight at prayer meeting. Marshall Gawthrop, 83, recovering after surgery, remains stable but uncertain outcome. Farme listings note Berkley Farms road sale postponed to private sale with 2–13 acre lots.
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