The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-10
MOUNDSVILLE NEWS
Will Orgniaze Live Wire
Commercial Organization

4 meeting Of the citizens Of Mounds
! willie will be held in tho Park thcater
; this evening for the purpose of organic
! ing live wire organization for this
city. Moundsville has Il wonderful op-
; portunity TO become one OF the coal
! ccnters OF the United States. and the
/ leading business men OF the community
, want the people 10 grasp the oppor-
tunity.
Mr. Gus Thelcen. secretary of the
; Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce. Will
be- the principal speaker. and Will toll
how the citizens may make progress
, Siye town.
Tho committee in charge have an
! nuunccd that over 200 business and pro-
fessional men Of the city Will back this
. movement. and ii is the duty Of every
, citizen ~ help them. Mr.. Sybert Is
! arranging for II program. consisting OF
! local speakers. who Will tell OF the
! towns opportunities, orchestra music
! songs and pictures.
| This movement was started by the
! Rotary and kiwanis clubs. who deserve
! much credit for 1t. 1t is the purpose 10
: form a commercial organization to rep
! resent the business interests Of the
/ town.
| At the present time seven now coal
| mines are in the course OF construction
| IN this vicinity. 4 road to Fish. creek
! along tho river is being contemplated,
! and several plants are to be constructed
! in or near Muundsvi!le. and all citizens
/ interested in tho future welfare of the
city are urged to attend the meeting to-
! night.
K. Of p. Festival
Arrangements for the big fair and fcS-
| tival TO be given by Little Prince Lodge.
| No. 20. h. Of F., to be given this and to-
. morrow evening in the Pythian castle.
; This Is expected to be the biggest ar
! fair of its kind ever given in this city.
and all forms Of amusements will be
provided. Everyone is invited to at
tend.
Finds Daughter IN Ohio.
Miss Lora Maud StroSnlder, OF
Twelfth street. this city. has been To-
Gated at Adena. O., in company with her
employer, Charles Maroon. and Is in jail
their awaiting her father, an Assyrian
merchant. OF Wheeling.
The girl who IS "A years OF age. dis
appeared last week. Maroon tclephoned
: TO this city from Adcna Tuesday night.
The call was traced and the police cap
tured the pair there. MIR. Strosnidcr left
! yesterday for Ad"na. He Will bring the
! pair back. and will charge Maroon with
white slavery.
Back in Prison.
c. w Chambers. was returned to the
state prison yesterday. after being re-
leased on parole few days ago
l'ha mbCrS was suffering from tuD'ICu-
! l"sIs when released. and went 10 Wheel
! ing. whore he went 10 tho home of Frank
! Prezelcski. who is also serving SEN
! tence and told his wife and family that
/ he stated that hr' got out of prison on
I n faxed health certificate. and offered To
urt PrcZelcSki one for $Ihh The money
was paid. but prison Officials got Cham
brrS hrforc he escaped.
He had served two years or flve-
year sentence for obtaining money on
/ false pretcnSoS.
Received Burns.
. Miss Martha StultZ chief operator in
| the Bell Telephone offiC" received slight
burns when hrr dress caught fire from
, thu gas flame If a hot water heater ut
the home OF her sister. Mrs. Smith. on
Eleventh street Sh" was badly burned
on the hands while trying TO put out
the flames, but her sister smothered
Thorn with rug.
Miss StultZ was just recovering from
bad attack 81 tonSilitis which had
kept her confined to her home for thr
past week. Her burns. while very pain
full are not serious.
Moundsvtlls Personals.
Miss Alice Criswell ha srcturnsd to
her home in this city. after visit with
friends ut Washington. Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Willis and
daughter. Margaret. or Fairmont. nre
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Bodley,
on Seventh street.
8. ID. Hawkins, weil-known business
man OF Sciu. O.. spent Wednesday In
this city on business
Mrs. Il. l.. Galloway. Of Lafayette ave-
nue.. Will Sucrd the Weekend with
friends Mt B"ilaire.
. DR.. and Mrs. N. +. Compton. OF