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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1929

Page

3

Community Clubs Schedule Social, Games and Parties Across Town

Gratton Sentinel reports a series of social club events including a Mer Club gathering at Mrs Joe Mahaffeys home with music and ice course, K Y D Club games at West Main Street, surprise birthday for Mrs I H Kincaid, Catholic Daughters of America fundraising bridge and 509 party, and a D A R colonial reception planned at Elks Home. Radio broadcast features Little Jeanne Strickling and musician guests from Gratton. Maintainers Club hosts a weiner royal for Simpson High School students with a large turnout and multiple attendees.

Joe Mahaffey Mer- Club Weat Wilford Street Archie Illett Max Wheeter Chile W. Welle West Main Street K. Y. D. Club Inwiée William Wilson Amos Gall Evelyn Paugh Jenkins Robert R. Slack Grand Street Ape Jeanne ‘Strickling Ada Strickling Clarksburg WMMN Fairmont Strickling W. B. Cruise Maintatiers Club Tantalizers Club Arthur Wolfe Earnest Smith James Fordyce Milford Swisher Joseph Fordyce Simpson High School J. F. Fordyce Webster Road Ruby Findley Opal Cain Edna Myers Glen Old Moore Madaline Haun Alma Swisher Mildred Garrett Dorothy Findley Genevieve Bryant Clara Fordyce Mevsis Howard Wolfe Rexat Swisher Thomas Marley Harley Cain Marshall Swisher Herbert Henry

Hat Shoppe Specials And Local Social News In Clarksburg

Specials for Saturday, hats and hosiery dominate the Clarksburg notes with Mrs Katherine Tucker undergoing an appendectomy at St. Marys Hospital in Clarkshoro. Various visitors and locals are listed from Dewey Avenue to Fairmont, including Roy Mason from Trenton and Mrs Louis Greenwald. Decoration Day hats promoted and a mid season shipment for Mother and Daughter priced 1.50 to 8.75. Hospital and hotel references appear among social arrivals and outings in Graf ton and surrounding towns.

Katherine Tucker Grand Street St. Mary's Hospital Clarkshoro Roy Mason Trenton Ohio Lee Mason Dewey Avenue Louis Greenwald Clarksburg Brooks R. Gall May Leeds Faimont Blanche Guard Grafton Sentinel Inez Hickel West Main Street Fairmont E.R. Glenn Chester Blue W. E. Taker Elkins Baler United States Court For Northern Ditrict West Virginia Grafton Hotel Grafton R. G. Murphy Cumberland Willee Wheeling Chas. E. Sandler Newark N. J W. A. Armstrong Huntington R. L. Route F. P. Sloan James W. Gumi Cincinnati David Schuh Keyser R. W Taylor Baltimore E. B. Weavhance Weston W. Hardin Industrial School For Pruntytown Lucy Monroe Flemington

Seven Named Reappointments Begin Terms on June First

The list shows Hugh Ike Shatt Jr of Bluefield in the fifth district reappointed for four years starting June 1, plus Gertrude Roberts of Huntington in the fourth district also reappointed for four years from June 1. C. M. Selbert of Martinsburg named representative of the state at large for a term of unknown length, continuing the page one continuation.

Ginia University Hugh Ike Shatt, Jr Bluefield Gertrude Roberts Huntington C. M. Sélbert Martinsburg

State education and parole board appointments listed

Four year terms begin June 1 for HR L Ramsay Boone County and six year term from July 1 for HL Gorby New Martinsville. Irene Moats Clarksburg named four year advisory council member beginning July 1, William Snyder Shepherdstown named parole board member from June 1. E L Hogsett Huntington fills Cabell county House of Delegates vacancy after M F Leonard’s death.

HR. L. Ramsay Boone County State Board of Education HL Gorby New Martinsville Irene E. Moats Clarksburg E. L. Morton Beckley Parole Board of West Virginia Penitentiary Ies William B. Snyder Shepherdstown Donald Clark Huntington House of Delegates E. L. Hogsett M. F. Leonard Cabell County

Senator Couzens Gives 10 Million to Children Fund

Detroit senator James Couzens built a fortune with Henry Ford and donated 10 million dollars to a Michigan children’s trust fund. His gifts support health welfare and happiness programs, including a 2 million dollar contribution to the Children’s Hospital of Michigan at Farmington. The Bath school tragedy inspired his philanthropy, leading to the James Couzens agricultural school and a bronze statue of a laughing girl in the lobby.

Associated Press Detroit James Couzens Michigan Couzens Henry Ford Senator Couzens Children's Hospital of Michigan Farmington Tually Bath School Yorn Truman H. Newberry Senate Ford Newberry Kénatér Sémes Codzeris

Juvenile Kills Boy After Quarrel Over Iron

In a juvenile court proceeding, a boy under 10 killed an 8 year old after a quarrel over an iron object. The boy testified they fought and that he then fired a shotgun, returning it to its place. The father testified the boy feared the gun was loaded. The jury, empaneled at defense request, deliberated 30 minutes under the state's presumption that a minor under 14 is ignorant of wrong.

Carl Cecil van Cecil John Mahian

Stock Market Sees Mixed Moves At Steel Institute Meeting

At the semi-annual gathering of the American Iron and Steel Institute, steel executives offered little market stimulus. Betas among rails showed volatility with Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe rising almost 8 points to a new high, Western Maryland advancing notably while Washington fell about 1 point to a historic low.

Steel American Iron and Steel Institute Atchibon Topeka

Market downturn hits leading stocks as prices falter

Expedited by fall in volatile shares Case Threshing dropped 18 points from its early high while General Electric and Columbia Graphophone Electric Auto-Lite fell. Speculators who bought early rushed to liquidate as leaders sunk. The closing was heavy with about 3,300,000 shares traded.

Case Threshing General Electric Columbus Graphaphone Electric Auto-Lite

Fort Worth Meacham Field Draws Crowds for Plane

Large crowds visit Meacham Field daily to watch the plane reverberate over the city. In the past two days fan mail has been delivered to the pilots by the auxiliary ship.

Torested Meacham Field

Woman Identifies Body As Husband In Omaha Case

Omaha Nebraska May 24 Mrs Lavinia Christian of Plainview New Jersey identified the body of a man who died here Saturday as her husband George P Christian missing New York stock broker. Earlier the body had been named as Walter Hayden by Ervin J Smith a New York private detective who arrested him last March in Texas and brought him back.

Omaha Neb The Bee-News Lavinia Christian Plaiview N. J Nan George P. Christian New York Christian Walter Hayden Ervin J. Smith Texas

Pledge by Eana Jettick Shoes Makers Heard

The article notes a pledge by the manufacturers of Eana Jettick Shoes. It highlights corporate promises on quality and customer service, framing the pledge as part of a broader industry push. The piece emphasizes accountability and the brand’s commitment to satisfaction.

Eana Jettick Shoes

Enna Jettick Shoes Range Promises Perfect Fit For All

Manufacturers of Enna Jettick Shoes for women and Junior Enna Jetticks advertise an extreme range of sizes and widths. Dealers claim to fit any normal foot with stylish design regardless of width, breadth, or size.

Enna Jettick Enna Jetticks

Missing broker linked to $2.9 million brokerage failure in New York

A day span shows a broker tied to a $2.9 million collapse of Day and Heaton brokerage firm in New York. He had vanished five years ago and was later connected to a federal indictment in New Jersey over mail misuse.

New Jersey Day and Heaton Brokerage New York

Chicago Police Seek Body Of Gunman Victim

Chicago police hunt for the body of a man killed by machine guns after a taxi ride incident. A man with a revolver warned the driver to flee, a second car arrived, a passenger fled, and a submarine gun was used in the confrontation. Four kidnappers were involved in the events reported today.

Chicago Melville Oliver Bert Oliver

Pruntytown Box Supper Planned For Tonight

An old fashioned box supper with evening entertainment is planned to begin at 8 00 oclock at the Pruntytown school auditorium to benefit the community school. The event is expected to draw several hundred people tonight according to reports.

Rrunitytown Pruntytown

Auctioneer Promises Good Time At Untold Pruntytown Event

Local youths and residents from Pruntytown and nearby areas prepared theft boxes for a sale while a Grafton barber acting as auctioneer boasted of high profits. He could not publish notices but pledged an entertaining gathering for attendees.

Pruntytown

Jury Advocates Care By Federal Dry Men

In Hochester New York on May 24 a jury acquitted Glehn nings amid a trial involving federal and local authorities over use of firearms to stop vehicles on a public highway. The case followed a fatal shooting connected to coast guardsmen and concerns over liquor searches. The jury deliberated about an hour before delivering its verdict.

Hochester Glehnnings Jacob Hinson Niagara Falls Bike Hanson Jky

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Gratton Sentinel Bistorial Department Goral H. Kincaid West Boyd Street Rholte Daughters— Court Ave Maria Catholic Daughters of America Knights'of D. A. BR Elizabeth Cummins Jackson Daughters of the American Revolution Elks Home Colonel Morfan Pairmont Osgood’s Chamberlains the Love Drug Co H. L. Potts American Restaurant Luzadder’s Main Street I. Wilt Mgr David J. Wilkie Blueville Florence-Poe Donohue Denny Tony Central W. G. Chrislip Grafton Hotel Burton & Randolph Grafton, ‘West Va Burton & Sitter's Togeéry Fort Worth Madame Schumann-Heink Enna V. Miller Reliable Footwear Grafton, W. Va Coats
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