The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-05-02
NEWS BRIEFS

road east OF Elm Grove was taken I'D
IN earnest yesterday and material for
the work is being hauled BY about
twenty teams. The grading work is
now Progressing rapidly and IL will
not De long before the pike east OF
this city will be paved for a distance
OF eight miles.
Handsome dark blue sweaters
with wide gold stripe have been or
dered for both boys and girls basket
ball teams at the high school and are
expected TO arrive in few days.
AT the meeting of the county com
missioners yesterday routine business
was transacted and the contins ent
poor bills were audited
The committee on elections will
meet in the city auditors office this
evening to make final arrangements
for the coming municipal election
Judges and clerks for all precincts
will be named
About fifty members of the differ
ent charitable organizations of the
city called on Mayor Kirk yesterday
and expressed their thanks for the
manner in which the mayor handled
the food situation.
The offices of Architect &. W
Bates. on the third floor OF the board
Of trade building. are being remod-
eled. A partition is being removed.
and the offices will now be more com
modious. Contractor Huecer is in
charge OF the work.
Yesterday marked the close OF
the flood relief headquarters which
had been established on Eleventh
street soon after the March flood. and
from where the Associated Charities
carried on it's relief work.
A meeting of the board of d-
rectors of the Associated Charities
has been called for Monday after
Loon at O'Clock To take up "A num-
Der of special matters.
Probably an interesting feature
OF the semi-centennial celebration in
this city I'm June will be a display Of
old style fire fighting apparatus. This
will give an idea Of the progress DO
ing made in the manufacture of fire
lighting machines.
A meeting of the Womans Home
and Foreign Missionary society of the
First English Lutheran church will he
held next Tuesday evening
Many cities are making ar
engagements 10 appropriately observe
the hftieth anniversary OF the found
ing OF West Virginia on June 20
Preparations for the celebration have
already been begun in Parkcrsburs.
Members OF tn" Ladies' Of the q.
4. II. and the Woman's Relief Corps
are making arrangements 20 take q
prominent part IN the scmiccntcnniaI
celebration here in June
A meeting Of the building com
mittee of the Thomson VI. r. church
was held "Wednesday evening. and
matters relating to tho new cdifice
were considered
A special meeting Of the conGrc-
cation at the First English Lutheran
church has been called for Wednes
day evening, May :. following the
usual prayer meeting.
o. II. May. of the Island. has
purchased the Empire pool room on
Market street. Just south az Eleventh
street. Extensive Improvements will
be made 10 the place
One Of the feature Of commence
ment week at West Liberty Normal
school will be reunion of the
classes of lS72-72 Fifteen Of tho
twenty members are living.
The "EXplortis" adult Bible class
OF me VI. +. sunday school ~ Fridge
port. W. Va. composed Of 70 men.
was Yesterday granted % charter nv
IN" West Virginia Sunda, school a..
sociation. The charter was num-
bcred SIS
Extensive improvements are be-
ing made 10 the Dawson restaurant al
100 Market street. and the place is
being entirely rcmodeled and over
hauled
Major g. W Ruihcrs. of Parkcr=-
burg. returned YESTERDAY after spend
ing short time In thi, city. While
her" he accepted tao recruits 10 tho
United States army