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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1930
Page
3
The Grafton Sentinel society page lists social notices including a June 4 commencement at Davis and Hiisins College with Elayne Haldeman Ford named valedictorian. It also notes Zona Smith and Orin Zinn's marriage near Oakland MD, with details of attire and home in Buckhannon WV.
Kansas City youth Commander Thomas Brandenburgh Hughes, commander of midshipman company No 1 and winner in the Annapolis inter company contest, was denied the official kiss due to an unofficial decree. Relatives disclose Hughes and Miss Alberta Ely's involvement as graduation looms next Thursday.
The name Marion Womble, a 14 year old girl from Raleigh Georgia will be presented for a Carnegie Medal in recognition of her rescue of a companion from drowning in a swimming pool. A flag presentation will occur and the couple will marry soon after graduation from Shawnee Mission rural high school in Johnson County Kansas.
Leroy Clemans former supervisor of legislative printing was denied a writ of error today by Circuit Court Judge Albert P Hudson. He faces a three year sentence after conviction of forging the 1929 budget bill. A stay of execution was granted to allow an appeal to the state supreme court, with attorneys planning to file within two weeks.
Paris May 31. Mrs Florence Williams of Portsmouth Ohio, an American Gold Star mother, is out of danger from bronchial pneumonia and improving rapidly at her Verdun hotel. Mrs Florence Reynolds of Damascus Ohio, at the American hospital, has almost recovered and will join a new group soon. The third group of mothers to arrive in France rested in preparation for a reception at the Arc de Triomphe.
Memorial Day auto races in Indiana caused four spectator deaths and one driver fatality with two others injured. A tire blew, a turn was missed, and a grand stand crash occurred at a Winchester dirt track near the Ohio line. At the Indianapolis speedway the Annual 500 event left Paul Marshall fatally injured as his car skidded into a wall and fell 25 feet. Cy Bruhn's car driver Roland Bruhn, 24, Fort Wayne, sustained minor injuries and the driver remained in critical condition.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Courtney of 637 West Main street welcomed a nine pound baby boy born May 30. The name is not yet chosen. Memorial Day adds to the joy as their family grows. Both mother and son at 647 West Main street are reported doing well.
Alexandria Iowa May 31 flood emergency crews worked to keep Red River from washing over farms and homes while officials denied clearance for undiminished liquor boats to ship to United States ports. Memorial Day visitors include Mr. and Mrs. L. Ray McClain of Pittsburgh and others.
Report describes a 15 foot wide crevasse washing out near Lamothe at the Bayou Rapids Saline Bayou junction, with several thousand flood victims along the Red River, Natchitoches and Grant parishes. Workers pile drivers and sandbags to seal the opening as fears persist of further overflow.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the US officially notified today that women may represent ruling bodies in local churches and synods this year. An overture ratified 157 to 116 approves election and ordination of women as ruling elders, though ordination to the ministry remains barred.
Morgantown May 31 Alumni and former students gather for the sixty first annual commencement exercises awarding 560 degrees including 76 master’s degrees. Dr Wishart will deliver the baccalaureate sermon, Frederick B Robinson will give the address, and John R Turner will award diplomas. Activities include alumni luncheon and varsity baseball game, with multiple events across the campus culminating in the academic procession.
Mr and Mrs Burk family and others from West Lafayette Indiana visited over Memorial Day. Residents from Woodbury Texas Akron Ohio Morgantown and Morgantown area joined Mrs Wolfe Brown and family as guests in the Memorial Day period.
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