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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1934
Page
4
The paper welcomes letters to the editor not exceeding 600 words and anonymous communications are ignored. Classified ads cost 2 cents per word for the first insertion and 1 cent per word thereafter with 6 cents per inch for late composition. To be placed same day, ads must be in by 9:00 a.m. Removal notices by 6:00 p.m. the previous evening.
The column discusses forming a six team intercity semi pro baseball circuit with Grafton Clarksburg Weston Belington Philippi and local players as a practical, low cost project to boost regional ties and good will. It also covers Kiwanis District Conference at Pruntytown State School for Boys and critique of Republican Party leadership and New Deal policies with WV figure Walther Hallanan praised as a capable national chairing option.
A curtailed Wheeling Intelligencer item notes a political setback or error in judgment tied to the governing official. The brief suggests public skepticism and calls into question impartial action by the governor amidst ongoing scrutiny.
Notice shows fiduciary settlement before Commissioner of Accounts for Wade F Smith administrator of Augustine J Smith deceased. May 1 1934 signature J Guy Allender Commissioner of Accounts.
Practically the entire personnel of the local FERA office attended a divisional district meeting at the Morgan Hotel in Morgantown. Dr Brook, chairman of the welfare board for Monongalia county, spoke. Afterward delegations toured Arbhury dale to view the federal home stead project with state welfare officials issuing instructions. Delegates from Grafton included Simon Friedman purchasing agent Kate Kole and others.
Commissioner of Accounts in Taylor County issues a notice to all creditors and beneficiaries of the C. B. Lake estate. Claims must be verified and filed at the Outen Beanie watch Company Building in Grafton West Virginia by November 14, 1934. Beneficiaries must attend on that date to protect their interests. Dated May 9, 1934.
Virginia Henderson and R C Wood O M Sinsel, a member of the local welfare board, were present at the meeting.
Arguments on the constitutionality of the state income tax law and a ruling by Tax Commissioner Pred L Pax that it is effective for the full year 1933 will be submitted to the state supreme court this afternoon. John Lanning of Charleston entered the case for an unidentified client.
The Gray Gables school house in Booths Creek district sold at public auction for 460 dollars. Arthur Davis was the high bidder. The building sits on Davis farm along the Pike Road and was abandoned last year when the county unit school law took effect.
Judith Dale grapples with post storm ruin and a stalled dam project funded by Big Tom Bevins. The Scoggins family arrives to press a contract dispute as Judith contemplates Norman Dale’s likely return and an uncertain future in hill country. Delphy offers blunt comfort while a burning contract ends a debt.
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