The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-27
West Virginia
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gives dances.
Bluefield-Contracts for paving
four miles of streets have been let by
the city.
Williamson-Movie men have taken
pictures of officials making raid on
moonshine stills.
Parkersburg-On of the largest
swimming pools in the valley is under
construction here in Terrapin Park.
Clarksburg Forty arrests were
made here in raid on gamblers, con-
Quoted by Chief of Police X. NJ. Sap
pington.
Parkersburg-Miss Beatrice Tucker
has resigned from her position in
charge of the children's work of the
union mission.
Fairmont-Nicholas Pacicca and
Anna Falters, who eloped here from
New York, were intercepted and held
pending the arrival of New York au-
thorities.
Fairmont-Chares Gray Bifle,
said to be former Lutheran minister,
is under arrest here on charge of
sending Objectionable matter through
the mails.
Charleston-A young girl clad in
grey-blue knickerbockers riding
through the streets of Charleston on
Smith motor wheel proved to be the
shock of the season.
Fairmont-Mrs. Ida Floyd and her
four-months-old son, Erwin, of near
Brink, were buried in the same casket.
The child died a day after the mother,
each of pneumonia.
Morgantown - Mrs. Noah Hays
started to walk here from her home
four miles away to take her baby to a
physician. When she got half way
she found the badly had died.
Clarksburg-Spot, a registered Hol-
stein, owned by c. w. Cunningham,
leads the list of cows in the Central
West Virginia Cow Testing Associa-
ton for the month of March with $50
pounds of butter fat.
Notwithstanding West Virginia
department of the American Legion
will be asked to hold it's 1923 CONVEX
ton in Morgantown, when 1t meets
this fall at Bluefield it was announced
here. The local chamber of COM
merce is back Of the proposition.
Charleston-Some Of the chewing
gum slot machines fastened to the
outside of buildings, have been put
In the class of gambling devices, by
the City Solicitor Donald o. BIagg
Chief of Police Britton removed two
from buildings in the business sec
ton Of the city after the attorney
made the ruling.
Moundsville-Three people were
burned to death in a fire that destroy
ed residence at Woodland, eight
miles south of here while the nelghbor-
hood and the mother of the two chill
dren, looked on helpless. The dead
are Mrs. George Mcbride, aged 60 :;
Alvin Doyle, aged Ia; James Doyle,
aged 2.
MorgantOwn-That there are teeth
in the state laws prohibiting reckless
driving of automobiles was realized
when r. E. Watson, local coal man,
was fined so and sentenced to GO
days in Jail. Efforts on behalf of
Watson and his friends to have the
sentence suspended were of no avail
and he has gone to Jail.
gantown-Sentiment Of athletic
authorities in 116 West Virginia first
class high schools in regard to the
establishment Of wrestling as a scho-
lastic sport was sought in letters ad-
dressed to the officials by Harry A.
Stansbury, director of athletics at
West Virginia University. Mr.. STAINS
bury said that II there was sufficient
interest shown the University would
hold state high school wrestling
tournament at Morgantown next win
ter.
Parkersburg-Fo the purpose OF
e'btiIr NdLd dS 10 LUe COU0lLlOn OF
land for reforestration and learning
the kind Of timber that Is best suited
for each section Of the state, an In
vestigation is being made Of a number
Of counties by w. y. Nation. ex-
tension specialist Of the United States
forestry service n. U. Vandervort,
of the West Virginia University ex-
tension department and Dr. a. T..
Brooks, chief game warden of the
state.
Wheeling-The Peoples Savings &
Trust company OF Pittsburgh filed
suit TO recover Sf7592.OG alleged TO
be due on a promissory note signed
by the Richland coal company and the
Morehead company.
MorgantOwn-A committee OF Nor
gantOwn stockholders in the Crown OIL
Co., headed by Howard l.. Swisher.
has announced It's intention Of taking
action In the federal courts in Ken