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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1936
Page
8
Acknowledges friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of Aunt Achsah A. Cather. Thanks those who sent flowers the choir and Rev. Johnson. From Nieces and Nephews.
The Grafton office of the National Reemployment Service reports March public placements totaling 1,177 with 430 veterans placed. Taylor Preston and Barbour counties form the district, aided by flood control projects at Tygarts Dam and Berkeley Run relocation. The office placed 34 of 435 state veterans and led in referrals while WPA placements were low at 35. Taylor County led with 67 referrals, Preston 25, and Barbour 16.
Mrs Janet Clangin of Frank F. and James R. Mantz of Grafton died yesterday afternoon at 2 15 in Edinburg Va. She is survived by her husband Michael four children a sister Mrs Jesse Murray and a brother Guy Mantz of Edinburg. Frank Mantz left last Thursday for Edinburg called by illness and will remain there after the funeral set for tomorrow at 1 30 p m. Mrs Clangin was well known here and visited her brothers on several occasions.
Mercer county officers seized a 50 gallon still and 60 gallons of mash at a plant in Wolfe. Isaac Murray, 53, was arrested on charges of operating the still.
Po Whom It May Concern states it will not be responsible for any pills contracted by anyone other than the person named, disassociating from liability for purchases or use not directly authorized. This public notice serves to clarify responsibility boundaries and protect against unauthorized transactions.
Former Graftonian 1 Bunner of Graf ton now living at Woodsm en of the World War Memorial hospital in San Antonio Texas will be honored at public Mother's Day ceremonies for association members with twenty five years of service to be held on the hospital grounds May 10 De E Bradshaw of Omaha Woodmen of the World president will go to San Antonio to present the veterans with silver medals symbolizing their years of service
Washington May 4 The Supreme Court failed to rule on constitutionality of the Guffey act. The decision was postponed for at least two weeks with adjournment until May 18 to review numerous controversies from lower courts. Twenty four cases remain to be decided ahead of summer adjournment.
Blueville school announces top performers for the fifth six weeks led by third grader James Longacre with a straight A average. Noted near top was sixth grader Willa Copenhaver with 2.9, followed by other high scorers across grades seven, six, five and below.
Grafton Volunteer Fire department confirms committees for the May 25 to 30 carnival will be named at tonight’s meeting at the station. A publicity committee and grounds committee will join cooperation with existing arrangement and advertising groups. Permission for using the old fairgrounds has been granted as plans unfold for a major event, with organizers optimistic about success.
Joseph E Widener, owner of Brevity the Derby runner up, rode through Gratton yesterday aboard a special eight Pullman car train. He was accompanied by C We gateway, a vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Northfork May 4 The Pauley brothers James of North fork and H W Pauley of Keystone were sent to Marion Virginia to face charges of stealing chickens.
Local candidates reported expenditures ranging from 0 to 55.75 dollars with no contributions noted. Herbert Evans led with 55.75 for announcements and cards, while James C. Holt reported zero expenditures and zero contributions for reelection. Others included John F. Gawthrop 2.10, Harry Curry 12, Ralph W. Bartlett 29.53, William J. Hussion 39, Edward B. Shaffer 27.15, Hoye G. White 3.75, P. Lucas none, and C. V. Smith none.
Three fires were reported to the Grafton Fire Department last Saturday. One blaze burned a wash house on H. J. Kramer’s property in Blueville, gutting floors walls and clothing before a pocket brigade contained it. A second grass fire at Liberty and Ona streets caused about five dollars of damage, and a third trash blaze at 409 West Francis Street caused no damage.
Mayor B Otto Waugh urged Grafton citizens to cooperate fully with City Clean Up Week from May 11 through May 16. Free trucks will collect all garbage placed on the street and containers will not be returned.
Chief A. E. Lockard of Graf ton reports marks along streets designate bus stops and instructs city buses to stop only at those spots. For a few days riders may walkless as residents learn the plan, but random stops will not be tolerated beyond the week.
A mob killing in Pavo Georgia claimed John Rushin age 55 as the third black man lynched in Georgia within a week following the slaying of Marion Pate. Earlier victims were Lint Shaw 45 from Royston Ga and Willie Rees 19 near Lepanto Arkansas.
In Columbus Ohio May 4 delegates to the quadrennial conference of the Methodist Episcopal church overwhelmingly approved unification with the Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Methodist Protestant church. The vote 470 to 83 followed a two hour debate amid a protest from negro delegates. If approved by the other two bodies unification would create a 4000000 member church the world’s largest Protestant group.
Magistrate Ona C. Jefferys offered a hearing tonight for Meta Folio of Beaumont section charged with assault on Henry R. Smith of the same area. The altercation stemmed from a dispute over a line fence.
Logan Clendening analyzes heart disease myths and risks, arguing that many so called heart conditions reflect aging or functional changes rather than fatal disease. He notes fat around the heart and athletic strain are not inherently harmful and emphasizes functional heart capacity as the key measure.
Rioters claiming priests and nuns distributed poisoned candy set fire to more than 12 Catholic buildings in Madrid. At least 32 wounded, including two nuns. Five churches two convent schools and two priests homes destroyed. Civil guards and police patrol Cuatro Caminos as priests and women sought refuge in Los Angeles chapel protected from the mob.
The Mothers Day planning committee of Andrews M E Church will meet tomorrow night to finalize arrangements for Sunday services. Rev William Knox said Miss Blanche Guardill head of the committee cannot attend due to fines but other members will continue the work. The Andrews church, known as the mother church, hosted the first Mothers Day services 29 years ago.
Velma Patterson, acquitted of poisoning one daughter Dorothy McCasland, faces a second indictment for poisoning another daughter Billie Fae McCasland. State alleged a motive tied to romance with a cattleman. Children died months apart. bodies exhumed and poison found. Patterson lamented lost babies and the verdicts.
The death toll from the Labor Day tropical storm in the Matacumbes region rose to 524 after authorities reported eleven more skeletons. Fishermen found seven bodies on Cape Sable Island and four at the Reef on Middle Cape, across Florida Bay.
Low lying Coral Isles suffer hurricane winds flooding waters threaten homes of key residents and veterans camps. World War veterans' camps face water intrusion while storms damage infrastructure and force evacuations along the coast.
Newfoundland doctors report nine year old Lucy Harris, once nicknamed the babe in the woods, has endured twelve days of snowbound hardship and is now improving in a St Johns hospital bed as she recovers from the ordeal.
Shifting rebels drive fighters from the capital as Emper or Haile Selassie flees. American, British, and Ethiopian officials endure attacks and barricade in legations and compounds. Dr Lambie heads Ethiopian mission service, attacked at HQ. British Red Cross chief Dr Melley wounded while aiding casualties. Journalists remain barricaded as chaos continues in the capital.
Rioters attacked the Turkish legation and set fire to the Red Cross office in the town center. Foreigners were sheltering as mobs looted the government gold stores and destroyed the treasury post office and customs. Remaining Muni tions exploded as authorities collapsed, with the five populace driven by terror and only tribal forces near the capital opposing the Pasists.
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