West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-12-16

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weresGrafton visitors last Thursday.
Attorney Joseph v. Gibson was a
prominent visitor here Thursday.
Jackson V. Blair. OF West Union
was here on Friday on. importan,
business. Mr.. Blair is connected with
the Office OF Samuel A. Hays. internal
revenue collector. OF the income tax
department. with headquarters a,
Huntington.
1. Raymond Mattingiy, local attor-
ney. left Sunday morning for Ciarks.
burg. where. on Monday. he entered
st. Mary's hospital for treatment. Mr.
Matingiy has not been feeling well
Tor some time. suffering from stom-
aoh trouble and finally concluded tc
seek medical aid.
Miss Gazelle Parrack. eldest daugh.
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. +. f.. Parrack
who had tho misfortune of scalding
herself last week. IL convalescing very
nicely. and while her injury was OK.
crnciatingly painful Il is not thought
serious
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank West are re.
jotcing over the happy arrival OF q
bouncing baby boy at their homo on
tuesday morning. DIR. Everett Walker
was the attending physician and re.
ports mother and babe doing nicely
Attorney j. III. s. Barlow of Grafton
was here Tuesday on legal business IN
the court OF Squire j. Willis Haibrit-
ter.
Postmaster Hayes Sapp and A. NJ
Moore. justice OF the peace, were
prominent Newburg visitors hero ON
Monday
William Sinclair. OF Hiorra, wan
here on business the first part OF the
week.
The basket ball game here Satur-
day evening between the local high
school and the Terra Alta high school
was thoroughly enjoyed by all who
witnessed IL. While the local team
lost 24-l4 the game was spirited and
Tar better than the score would indi-
cate. Between the halves two of the
sirl teams of the local high school
played one half and acquitted them
selves creditably. This is the first
season we have had a basket ball tenn
here for some time and II continued
from season TO season IL can no OK
pected that we will eventually round
winning team into shape.
Miss Nell Frantz, one OF the teach
ers In the Rowlesburg graded school.
spent the week end with home folks
me ladies' OF the Baptist church
gave festival and bazaar on Friday
evening which was well attended and
neat sum was realized, which will
go To the liquidation OF the debt on
the local edifice.
FRANK Osbourn, freight agent and
all round hustler at the local station
mas had vast and varied career I'm
railroad circles. but this week he had
an experience different from any
heretofore encountered. Some one
shipped n dog into the local office and
the consignee could not be reached
FOR several days and this necessitatod
feeding and caring for the animal
Frank says he can hustle freight with
the best of them and ask for no ouar-
ters' but that he has never qualified
as an animal care-taker.
Mrs. A. Il. Frantz is confined TO her
room with severe attack OF muscu-
lar rheumatism. IL ia the fond hone
OF her many friends that she will soon
recover from this painful ailment
Phra Kercheval. eldest child of Mr.
and Mrs. George Kercheval, who had
the misfortune to have leg broke
while playing football at the Keyser
normal last month. is now able TO be
up and around the house on crutches
However. the weather conditions will
not permit his venturing out. He
hopes to return to Keyser and resume
his studies the first OF the year.
On Tuesday night. December 2Ist
AT Brown's hall, the people of this
community will have offered to them
one OF the rarest intellectual treats
on the American platform when Ralph
Parlette will lecture here. Mr.. Par
lette has been on the platform now
for over twenty years and has lee
tured throughout the United States I'm
every city of any size. II is predict
ed that record breaking audience
VIII be present to hear him as such n
treat is rarely offered to our people.
The local boys are organizing an
independent basket ball team and
after they are whipped into shape they
expect to take on some OF the best
teams In the county. Tuesday night
while practicing Harry Il. Watkins
mad the misfortune to turn his ankle
and II is giving him considerable
trouble. IL is badly swollen and ne
VIII be out OF the game for some
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