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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1919
Page
2
President and Mrs Wilson will not receive King Albert and Queen Elizabeth during their Washington visit due to the President’s illness. The royals will be guests of Vice President and Mrs Marshall, staying at the home of the third assistant secretary of State during their stay.
The Loyal Order of Moose campaign in this city, led by Tol A H Logan of Parkersburg, has shown remarkable success over two weeks. Pre drive membership topped 1400, with about 600 new applications, 163 of which were turned in at the lodge meeting. A public meeting at the opera house Sunday, Oct 26, will feature Grand Lodge officers and Moose Land of Fairmont, plus music, as the new Moose Home on East Washington Street opens the same day.
The Mountain State Moose lodge plans a dedicatory ceremony for its new home on Sunday October 26 inviting the public. Pittsburgh furniture has been installed, promising a grand finish. The organization notes West Virginia's rise in state memberships with a surplus of new members last year and the year prior. Colonel Logan will travel to Pittsburgh after the campaign to launch a similar membership drive there.
Oct 19 Fairmont report recounts Albert Jamison a 10 year ex convict returning to Pruntytown under Probation Officer Musgrove after eloping with Junn. He is charged with breaking into Scotty Conn's mother home near the Pairgrounds, concealed whiskey stashes and a revolver. Will Robinson to stand trial. brass worth 400 pounds from Pairmont Mining Machinery found hidden at the crematory.
The Accident Prevention Drive on the Charleston Division, under federal control, launches a two week safety effort from Oct 18 to Oct 31. A rally at the Y M C A auditorium in Gassaway showcased strong enthusiasm among Charleston Division employees and town residents, with speeches by rail officials and local leaders.
Rev. P Theodore Crickenberger returned from Avora Preston County where the State Synod of West Virginia adjourned. Delegates from formerly separate Lutheran bodies attended, marking consolidation and a stronger West Virginia synod with ordinations and elections.
Paris reports 116000 American troops in France, rapidly diminishing, with repatriation nearly complete within a month. Gen. W. D. Connor says most soldiers will be home as Germany prisoner liquidation ends, with remaining cases fast tracked.
Officials continue settling about 18,009 small Army supplies accounts and arranging American peace conference headquarters in France. General Connor expects liquidation to end within a month as all American supplies are already the property of the French government.
The Farm Bureau of Taylor County organized a Saturday display on Court Square by Roys and Girls Farm Clubs showing prizes from lambs sheep hogs and vegetables. Inside the court house the event featured canned fruits vegetables and handiwork by girls, attracting State Farm Extension Bureau representatives and local farmers. Officials hope to secure a suitable market building for yearly exhibits and a year round market to ease living costs.
In Wheeling West Virginia on Twenty eighth Street a man named Box Ip, age 26, died after a collision involving four autos and a horse and buggy. He rode on a running board of a car driven by Carl Lydick and was crushed against an electric light pole. Police could not determine the crash cause beyond excessive speed. other drivers fled the scene except Lydick. The buggy and driver were also sought.
Deputies and officers trailed beyond Deep Cut road to seize seven 52 gallon barrels of illicit alcohol and arrested proprietor Morrison Demoss after a large cache of contraband booze was moved into town by truck. The county meeting followed, focusing on railroad smoke, road improvements, and farmers’ ties to the Business Men's Association.
Doctor K I Trippett formerly of Buckhannon after fourteen months in French service will locate in Grafton and partner with his brother Vir L J Tippett Junior. Their Klein Building West Main Street office will include a four room laboratory suite. Trippett did post graduate surgery study at Lyons as a U S Government appointee and plans to focus mainly on surgery.
Twenty one members attended the noon session of the Taylor County Business Men's Association at the Blen Avon Hotel. With secretary absent, Jed W. Robinson acted as secretary and presiding officer, following a luncheon. S R Jenkins reported growing support for a Taylor County Fair and urged the committee previously appointed to handle the matter to take charge.
Robert King a former brakeman on the Comb 1 Division who recently resigned to become a waiter at the B and O restaurant at the old passenger station was tried in Justice C H H McCafferty’s court this morning. He faced charges of taking money daily from patrons, was found guilty, fined fifteen dollars and costs, and sentenced to ten days in the county jail to be worked on streets and roads.
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