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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1930
Page
6
West Virginia residents officials and civic groups urge the State Road Commission to approve the Grafton to Morgantown route via Halleck road. City commissioners say funds are available and cementing the chosen road is ready.
A letter from Grafton city leaders asks regional authorities to certify prompt use of bond funds and Federal aid to complete two miles of U S No 50 on the Grafton Halleck road. The officials claim state money is available and urge grading and surfacing to begin at once, with finish planned for next year if needed. The letter, signed by Mayor Charles C King and commissioners John H Newcome and Clarence Hinkle, stresses broad local support for the project.
Refugees in Alexandria and surrounding parishes in the Red River valley endure hunger and distress as floodwaters from the Red River threaten further hardship. Red Cross workers race to deliver provisions to those in Bossier, Natchitoches, and nearby areas still submerged by rising waters.
Crowded refugees in waterside hills receive Red Cross aid as $12,000 relief funds are released. Shick Gardner reports fifteen families near Plain Dealing face starvation without immediate rations. Guards patrol levees while floods crest in Red River and Natchitoches, killing six and damaging property. malaria cases appear in Hast Point while typhoid is controlled in camps.
Wheeling May 27 1922 The Federal Savings and Trust Company and E D Tumlin of Morgantown were named defendants in a suit by District Attorney Arthur Arnold for the federal government The government claims 9627 08 is due because a lien on Ernest H Gilbert Morgantown holdings was disregarded by bank officials
The funeral for H G Loving was conducted May 27 at 2 PM in Independence M E Church with Rev J L Dotson and Rev H S McCulty officiating. Interment followed in K of P cemetery. Survived by widow Ella, four sons Harry Wheeling Howard J A Morgantown Charles Washington DC, daughter Nellie Hoffman Moatsville, and sixteen grandchildren. Sail for New York Captain Frank Frazier wife and son Harald left New York for Honolulu to take up residence for several years. Captain Frazier is son of Charles Frazier of Newburg.
The Newbury high school held its twentieth annual commencement last Monday with 26 seniors receiving diplomas, the largest class in the school's history. Dr. George Thomas Plummer of Bayard, 71, was buried after funeral services at the Catholic church, with relatives in Newburg and Fairmont among mourners.
Veterans gather for a program with Uriah Jones 92 honored. Speakers include Arthur Yates and E. J. Kersting. John Holmes spoke of the middle aged man, tracing life in five stages and recalling youth and olden days.
A speaker addresses middle aged men urging perseverance and resilience. He cites Archimedes Grant and Civil War heroism as examples, insisting midlife is high noon on Earth and men should not falter but strive to reach the top with courage.
Williamson West Virginia May 30 Herschel Hackel a negro was sentenced to 15 years in state prison after being convicted of second degree murder in the Delbarton killing of Willard Hoyle last February in Mingo county circuit court. Hackel pleaded self defense.
Funeral services for C C Watts former attorney general of West Virginia will be held tomorrow afternoon at his home in Charleston. Honorary pallbearers will include state officials and prominent business leaders of the Charleston district.
Several fishing parties have been organized in the city to start out early this morning and for the weekend. Among those forming crowds to go are Claude Reiger Abe Tackett and a Mr Tucker. They plan to spend the weekend at the sport. Another group going out for the day includes John Shields Louis Ford and Richard Gerlkins.
Charles Devers opens the Charles Store at 134 West Main Street beside the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. The informal Thursday opening drew strong early business, with a Saturday full stock display planned. A special on ladies house dresses is advertised and the shop will offer men, women, and children's ready to wear. Devers, formerly with Cohen store and tied to Joseph Cohen’s mercantile group for over fourteen years, aims for continued growth.
Charleston West Virginia May 20 Adjutant Stanley Hamric of the American Legion says the West Virginia department reached a membership of 10001, one over the goal at the start of the drive.
The state supreme court refused a petition of Bert Cook a deposed county court member for a rehearing on the removal order issued by the appellate court for allowing an overdraft in county funds. J Albert Toler was also removed. Four other petitions for rehearings were denied.
Washington May 29 The campaign expenditures of a candidate for the house would be limited to three cents per vote cast in the preceding general election under a resolution introduced by Representative Cable Republican Ohio If state law prescribes a lesser amount that would govern The measure aims to cap campaign spending per vote to curb influence and aligns with existing state rules where applicable
M E pastors returned home Wednesday evening from the Morganto District Conference at Terra Alta. Rev W M Shultz district superintendent presided. Attending from Grafton were Reverends Barlow Boone Hughes Moyers and Lambert. Moyers report noted 186 conversions and 78 new members on the Gratton circuit. Shultz to visit Gratton and vicinity for a quarter meeting June 8 at Pruntytown circuit church at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
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