Pallbearers Named for Walter Smallwood Funeral
Active pallbearers from the B and C railroad include Henry Malone W H Peel C F Theis H H Tedericx W H Chenoweth L V Atha J H Bradford R J Manning. Honorary pallbearers are H R Gibson C B Gorsuch John Edwards Jr R H Cline W C Deegan C C Pitcher J M Nil and J Fleming John Kimmel W P Stewart T R Shields. Funeral set for tomorrow at 1:30 PM at Bartlett Funeral Home on McGraw Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter “Red” Smallwood
Grafton
Wheeling
Bartlett Funeral
McGraw Avenue
Luther Ford
Henry Malone
W. H. Peel
H.R. Gibson
Monongah
C. B. Gorsuch
John Edwards, Jr
R. H. Cline
W. C. Deegan
C. C. Pitcher
J. M. Niland
D.C. Peck
J. Fleming
John Kimmel
Three Arrests Reported By Grafton Police
City police arrested three individuals in the last 24 hours per the police court docket. Riley Males was jailed two days for a drunkenness charge on West Grafton Bridge. Huston Dalton faced a disorderly conduct charge on Maple Avenue and received five days in jail. Kelley, charged with drunkenness in public on Latrobe Street, was sentenced to two days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Males
West Grafton, Bridge
Earl DeMoss
Males
B. Otto Waugh
Huston Dalton
Maple Avenue
A. 5. Lockard
Waugh O ‘Kelley
Latrobe Street
Hugh Woodford
Kelley
Salvation Army Drive Committee Plans Fund Drive
Salvation Army drive committee meets in Mayor Otto Waughs office to outline a 1400 dollar fund drive for the coming year. A pep dinner at Moose Home Monday June 3 at 6 15 p m will inaugurate the drive and a house to house canvass will follow. Music short talks and a national female quartet are planned to highlight the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Otto Waugh
Lloyd L. Shriver
Moose Home
Supreme Court Upholds Pattons Verdict Against City
The state supreme court affirmed the Taylor County circuit court ruling granting Theodore Patton $800 against the city of Grafton. Damages stem from injuries Mrs. Patton suffered in a fall on Indian Alley, according to Associated Press dispatches.
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State Supreme Court
Taylor County
Theodore Patton
Grafton
Associated Press Dispatches
Patton
Glenn's Pain-Well Tonic Promises Nerve Rebuilding
An aggressive advertisement claims Glenn's Pain-Well Tonic can restore exhausted nerves and improve sleep, calm shakiness, and relieve heart pounding. Marketed as a nerve and brain food, it promotes sale across drug, department, and general stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
AIDS WIFE TRIED IN DEATH PLOT
Mrs. Arthur Beall, named as co-respondent in a divorce suit, asserts four men used her as a tool in a blackmail attempt. They allegedly sought to compel her to surrender bank keys at the institution where she was employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ands Lyddane
Arthur Beall
Hire Porters in Grog Shops in West Virginia Stores
Charleston May 28. G A Bryant of McDowell county, once a hitchhiking U S representative candidate, has been hired as a cashier at the Welch state liquor store. The liquor commission also named staff for Princeton and Parkersburg outlets and noted Fairmont equipment not yet installed delaying openings.
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Charleston
United States
Washington Monument
Roosevelt
G. A. Bryant
McDowell County
West Virginia
U. S
House of Delegates
Liquor Commission
Welch
William West
B. B. McClaugherty
J. M. Bell
Guy Moore
W. F.shaw
M. B. Postlewaithe
Bluefield
Princeton
Fairmont
Parkersburg
Francis L 'Ferrell
James P. Dugan
Webster boy Hubert Sinsel dies at 20
Hubert D Sinsel 20 a Webster high school senior died at 2 oclock this morning at Grafton City hospital from peritonitis after a ruptured appendix He had been ill late last week and his condition was unsalvageable Survivors include his mother Mrs Hattie Funk Sinsel twin brother Herbert Sinsel and several sisters Funeral services set for 2:30 pm Thursday at Webster M E Church with Rev Foster L Jones guiding burial in Webster Cemetery by Bartlett Funeral Company
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Hubert D. Sinsel
Hattie Funk Sinsel
Webster
Grafton City Hospital
Curtis Sinsel
Herbert Sinsel
Lulu Smith
Edith Countryman
Grafton
Blanche Moore
Moatsville
Webster M. E
Foster L. Jones
Burrial
Bartlett Funeral Company
Webster Cemetery
Strike Ends at Cincinnati Body Plant as Workers Return
Cincinnati May 28 A 2200 strong Chevrolet Fisher body plant workforce ended a strike that began April 30 when all returned to their jobs. In Cleveland about 2400 workers voted almost unanimously to accept a company union agreement with the United Automobile Workers. Pickets at the plant were withdrawn and union secretary R E Reisinger said men would resume work tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Chevrolet-Fisher
White Motor Company
Cleveland
United Automobile Workers’ Union
R. E. Reisinger
New Kiwanis Head Harper Gatton Elected President
Harper Gatton of Madisonville Kentucky, longtime superintendent of Madisonville city schools since 1914, was elected president of Kiwanis International at the nineteenth annual Kiwanis convention held in San Antonio Texas.
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Harper Gatton
Madisonville
Kiwanis International
Gatton
Kiwanis
San Antonio
Tex
Watkins Youth Holds Own at City Hospital
Watkins Youth and Carl Held were listed as holding their own after a late Sunday motor crash on Riverside drive. Frank Watkins remained in serious condition though slightly stronger, while his father John Watkins, injured April 17 on Route 260 near McGee, remained about the same.
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Grafton City Hospital
Frank Watkins
Riverside Drive
Carl Held
Watkins
John Watkins
McGee
Frank
Cement pouring begins at Tygart Valley flood dam project
Formal concrete pouring started today at 11 a m on the $12,000,000 Tygart Valley river flood control dam above Grafton City park. The mixer plant operates at partial capacity while final adjustments are completed, with about twenty five percent capacity maintained for the next few days. Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt, wife
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tygart Valley River
Grafton City Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President to visit large flood control dam site with Jennings Randolph
The president and Representative Jennings Randolph of Elkins are slated to visit the flood control dam site early tomorrow afternoon. Frederick Snare officials said no special ceremonies were planned for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
Frederick Snare
Two Women Bond On Loitering Charge
Mi chel Brown and Louise Lamb posted bond of 300 dollars each after being arrested in a raid on Barnes cafe on Latrobe street. They appeared before Justice Ona C. Jefferys and were released pending the next Taylor county circuit court term.
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Ona C. Jefferys
Michel Brown
Louise Lamb
Barnes Cafe
Latrobe Street
Taylor County
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Supreme Court
Pattons
White CO
Dingle
Fetterman
Baylor County Bwdr. CO
Anne
Francis Lyddane
Rockville
City Hospital
Maple Wood
Ainting
Bennett & Son
W. Main Street
New Kiwanis
Watkins Youth
Bond
Grafton Fruit Market
Kentucky
California
Great Lakes
Campbell’s
Strand Theatre
Tenue
Thrift
RCA
Paramovn
Lionel
Cesar Romero
Josef von Sternberg
Metro
Vitaphone
Clarksburg
Gulf-Lube
Gulf
Gulf Refining CO
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