The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-05-11
West Virginia
News Briefs
n Most Important events ri
of entire sfsfe covered
~ by our sorrespondents u

W1,OVV ny IRE anu wafer.
Fairmont,-Miss Dorcas Prlchard re-
elected president Of the business and
professional women's club.
Parkersburg,-Tra from all
over the state will gather here May IS
and ID to compete for prizes.
inSton,-American Legion Post
to purchase permanent memorial home
for local veterans of the war.
South ElkinS,-Fire in one of the
Rilns of the Keystone Manufacturing
Company caused a loss of $1,000 to
$2,5OO.
Fairmont-With 1891 900 available
for road improvement, it is expected
the unemployment problem here will
be solved.
West Union Theodore Holden,
school superintedent, has reduced tardi-
ness by making tardy pupils sweep
school property.
Hinton,-Unknown persons destroyed
a barn and cut down 200 young fruit
trees on the premises Of L. NJ. Nc
Bride, Pipestem district.
Salem-A big athletic field is to be
constructed here by the newly organiz-
. ed Salem athletic park company. The
tract includes three acres.
RavenswoOd-Th Sunday train serv-
ice on the Ravenswood, Spencer and
Glenville branch of the B. and o. has
proven such a success that it will be
continued.
Romney,-The Rev. f. J. Brooke,
pastor of the ROmney Presbyterian
church, has resigned to accept a call
to the Baptist church at Rural Retreat,
iWythe county.
Huntington-Richard Barrett. Of
charleston, reported to police that
highwaymen had stripped him of s45
his clothing down to his hat and socks
and left him on the G. & o. railroad
tracks minus conventional garb.
Clarksburg,-Of 547 arrests made
by city police during the first quarter
of the year, only 33 were for drunken
ness, according to a report submitted
ny K. n. Sappington, chief of police, to
Harrison G. Otis, city manager.
Morgantown-Dr. Chauncey w. Wag-
hood "a
ment of physics, has received license
IRON the United States Government
permitting the broadcasting of news
from the university radio station.
Wheeling,-Mike MahOlia, a lad of
10, confessed to having fired three
Catholic institutions at Elm Grove q
suburb of this city, including the manual
training school which was DESTROYED
after 90 boys had a close call from
death.
Clarksburg-Every county in West
Virginia needs a full time health Of
ncer, DR.. w. T. Henshaw, state health
commissioner, declared in a round table
conference with health officers from
10 west Virginia counties here. "I do
not know what West Virginia is going
10 DO" he said, unless every county
employs full time officer"
Clarksburg.-Five ex-service men.
four Italians and one Bulgarian. were
Invested with the rights Of American
citizenship by Judge w. L. Baker in
u. 5. district court for the northern
district Of West Virginia In session
here. Naturalization cases have been
practically the only matters to come
before the cOurt-at this term.
Morgantown-West Virginia Univer-
sity has received permission from the
FEDERAL department of commerce to
install a radio broadcastng station
mere, it was announced by DIR. G.. W
Waggoner, head OF the department of
physics. Tentative plans are being
considered for sending out rcgYIor
programmes from to Gp. n. ana from
z To- 80 y. I'M. daily except SUNDAY.
Programmes will be broadcastcd ON
Sundays from 10 40 to - o'clock.
org9ntOwn,- Wcstover and River
side two Incorporated suburbs of Nor
gantown, are considering consolidation
into one municipality in order that
the'r population may be large enough
Tor issuance OF municipal bonds to pro
Yide water and sewer system. The
west virginia state law fOrb'ds any
municipality of less than 1000 popula-
ton to issue bonds Each town has