The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-05
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Grading on Gap Between FAIR
mont and Shinnston
3s Under Way

uifuEi1 wa
sHINsToN. May s. The
/ s4fetch :.of road near Enterprise,
1shich has separated the two
lengths OF good road between
Shinnston and Fairmont. is soon
4 to be paved. Contractors started
3i1he. grading the first OF this week
This will be a great improvement
as during several months OF the
year, autom o bile over tn csc roads
was practically Impossible. An
other piece OF good roads is to be.
built betwe en HAYWOOD and core
n Attend Funeral.
ss S55f8S Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Nuzum, Mr..
" and Mrs. Paul E. Tetrick, VIM. j.
Il Harmer, Edgar Harmer, Mr.
land Mrs. E.. E. Cufrey. J G. Hart.
!, ley, Irwin Hartley and many others
were at Boothsyille last Sunday to
4 attend the funeral Of Henry Gas
kfns.
!. Sister Dies.
5:s Mr. and Mrs: Harry Eichhorn,
sSwere called to Brownsville. M Id
an Wedn esday Of this week to at
lend the funeral 5of the formers.
sister, Mrs. Halen Brown.
Baranca Funeral.
Frank Baranca, AZ years old,
3sxiied at his home at Viropa on
Monday. The deceased was a mine
Nv orker and had been i'll for sew
oral weeks Funeral services were
held from his late residence, with
bu rial following In the Shinnston;
odd Fellows Cemetery. William
S. Harmer and Son were in
charge OF the funeral as under
takers. I,
i5gS 81 To Baltimore.
Miss Mabel Vincent. who has
been iii for several weeks. left
the first or the week for Balti-
more. Md, where she willsconsult
specialists at the Johns-Hopkins
h Hospital in regard to her illness.
Miss Vincent was accompanied to
the hospital by her aunt, Mrs. c.
ID. Snider. who will rem ain with
4 che patient for a few days The
Rev. O. e. ones, who also accom-
panied the party returned home.
the same evening.
Pastors Family Arrive.
The Rev. F. "A. Tinney and his
family have arrived here from
Virginia and are located in Main
street. Mr.. Tinney is the new pas
tJr Of the Christian Church and
will assume his new duties next,
Sunday morning.
Crochet Club Entertained.
Local m EN- berS of the Crochet
Club went to Fairmont Tuesday
evening, where they were enter
x tanned at the home of Mrs. Harry
Feits. The ladies in the party
were Mrs. Lyle Shriver. Mrs. Lucy
Lashbaugh, Mrs. A. E. Vassar,
A M r-S oh
Radford, Mrs. Gertrude Nay, the
Misses. Flora, Alma, Virginia and
#Philys Vasser. The ladies had q
delightful time and were served
with tempting refreshments be-
fore returning home.
Fruit Prospects
While some fruit growers in this
section report that their fruit crop
has been com pletely destroyed by
the late freeze, others are more
optimistic and say that there Will
still be partial crop. F. W. Sturm
of the Shinnston Orchard Co.
states that from all indications
there will not be two bushel of ap-
+ pies left in the company's large
orchard. L. RICHTER Of Shinns Run
sfstilI thinks that some of the late
bearing trees may. bloom again and
4 bear partial crop while other
orch ardists think there is no pos
sible hope OF this
A NJ Sourthern who also has
large holdings near here. states
that he has prospects for more
than a thousand bushels OF apples
1 for this year, and also states that
seevral of his peach trees seem 20
have a part Of their fruit unhar m
ed. Another fruit grower. NJ. r..
watson, with whom the cores
Apondent talked on Wednesday Of
this week. says that he has a young
orchard OF seeding peaches on
high ridge which were still in good
shape and from these he hopes to
realize full crop. Other trees
which had budded and were on
hover ground give promise OF at
beast a third of the normal crop
THESE latter are late varieties.
principally Albertas.
Entertains for Sisters
Honoring her sisters. Mrs. D =.
M. Steele of Ranger, Texas, ann
Mrs. John L. Core Of Wheeling,
w va, Mrs. Arch Tetrick enter
tanned a party composed of the
members Of the Shiunston Sewing
Climb on Tuesday evening. A very
pleasant evening was spent, and
dainty refreshments were served
the guests. Those present We're
Mrs John Lucas, Mrs. r. s.
johnson. Mrs C. A. Cole. Mrs. w.
K McCray, Mrs. Allen Mclean,
4 Mrs r w Sturm. Mrs. Frank
Book, Miss Villa Lowe. the honorj
guests and the hostess.
Sunday Guests
Young people entertained at .eie;
home Fl Miss Mary Sturm last Sun
day includ ed Camilla and Vivian
Davis OF Salem, Edith Sandy of
Lota Bonar OF Shinns-i
TON. Beulah Tetrick and Lorene
Sturm OF Enterprise. Messrs. Don
t#McNutt and Arthur Porter OF Sa-