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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1938
Page
7
Mr and Mrs W A Beavers of Graftonwert visited Mr and Mrs P S Beavers. Herbert Brown of Washington and William Watson Jr of Patmont spent the weekend with their families, Mr and Mrs Watson.
Rescue crews worked through the Alicante ruins after yesterday’s air bombardment killed at least 250 people and wounded about 1,000. Hundreds perished in the market plaza where shoppers queued for food as insurgent bombers struck from Mallorca.
Webster residents recall Miss Margaret Posten eighteenth birthday with dancing games and a centering birthday cake. Attending guests included Geraldine Gibson Norma Lee Sutherland Viola Godwin Dorthea McBee Posten and others. Various locals shopped visited and attended services in the area.
The Tunnelton sixth graders held their commencement in the high school auditorium with student speakers, musical performances, and diplomas presented by principal Shaw. Recipients include Donald Adams, Ellen Bolyard, Letty Jane Grimes, Junior Shay, and many others, as programs featured readings and songs.
A Tuesday two car collision near Belington on Audra road left Mrs. Zeta George and Paul Wilgoh with facial and scalp wounds and Howard Weese with a deep eye cut. B L Wiseman of Meriden was jailed on a driving while intoxicated charge while R B Wiseman of Belington, who rode with the injured, was unhurt. Trooper Pratt investigated. both cars heavily damaged. Also reported, a banquet at Alderson-Broaddys college closed the school year with remarks by Rex Pyles and Joe Ford and music by Hunter Blits.
President Roosevelt will lunch with school children and deliver the commencement address for 13 graduates before Memorial Day weekend in Hyde Park. Mrs Roosevelt leads a party touring Arthurdale, started in 1933 to aid jobless families on 1133 acres with homes and three acres for self-sustaining farming. The Spud and Splinter festival dates at Richwood are moved to August 25 26 and 27.
Williamson May 26 A Ragland negro, 32, named Willie Bus ford, faces a one year manslaughter sentence in a slaying tied to cats. He claimed the white cat next door provoked the incident while describing a blue cat in his home and a wet floor from cleaning as his fault in Martha Davis’s death.
Senator Wheeler and Manty condemned WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins on the senate floor May 26 for what they termed sensible conduct. Wheeler said he was shocked to learn Hopkins had been quoted saying he would support Representative Wearing against incumbent Senator Gillette in Iowa.
The trial of Dr. W. D. Wayne for malicious wounding is set for June 8 in circuit court. He faces a charge of shooting Dr. F. B. Stewart on March 9 in the screw art kitchen. Wayne said he fired at a bride of four days and struck Stewart.
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