The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-16

had been crushed by accident.
Parkersburg-A number Of citizens
of the city recently orgari- d to take
up the matter of relieving destitute
families in the mining communities of
t. " southern part of the state
Huntington-The proposal to estab-
lish a stadium and athletic field is en-
dorsed by the Huntington real estate
board. Plans call for a space AGO by
GOO feet, seating capacity of $4,000
and parking space for 900 machines.
Grafton-That railroad business Is
picking up is believed to be indicated
by the fact that six Mallet engines
have been put to work on the Kayser
run and five or six other locomotives
have also been withdrawn from mac
tivity and put into service.
observation-disclosures Island, one of
the historic places along the Ohio riv-
er, has been sold TO the Ohio Valley
sand and gravel company. Formerly
the property of the pioneer Neale fam
lily, it has been owned recently by
James Dudley and II. d. Price.
Morgantown-The new board of di-
rectors of the chamber of commerce
is composed Of G. A. Albright, P. Guy
Ash, j. NJ. G.. Brown, Harry o. Cole,
a. G. Callen, II. a. Davidson, Gaylord
Dent, Il. GlasscOck, Johl NJ. Gregg,
c. f. Hodges, w. E. Lowther, C. F.
Sutherland, Forney Wade, Dr. 1. c.
White
Wellsburg - Two small boys,
both Of ages within the juvenile court
law, are being held in the Brooke
county Jail suspected of incendiarism
in connection with the fire that de-
Stroyed the enamel room of the Eagle
manufacturing company. Because of
their ages their names were withheld
by the judge.
Buckhannon-Post G. A. r. at
recent meeting installed the following
new officers: : p. G, y. F. Simpson; s. V.
C., George w. Shipman j. V. c., NJ G..
Lemons; adjutant, ]. j. Morgan q. m.
]. NJ Chidester; o. d., A. f. Carr; o. o.
g, G. l.. Critics; =. m, w. G.. L. Tot
| ten; chaplain, +. G. Woodruff; patri-
ot;- instructor, b. f. Malone.
West Union.-When the new town
! council met to appoint officials, David
| Cunning was named chief of police. He
accepted the position and Immediate
| ly asked that the salary be cut $50
month. The council agreed to his re-
quest. Other newly appointed ofIic-
ials, however allowed their salaries to
remain uncut.
CharlestOn-Dr J. r. Koch, one Of
CharlestOn's leading Boy Scout boost
ers, has offered a radio set valued at
SO to the Boy Scout tro,p r Charles
! ton which makes the best progress. be-
tween January and September of the
present year. He has outlined GER
tain requirements, and so many points
will be scored in the observance of
each.
Morgantown-A course in the es-
thetics of literature is to be given
at West Virginia university during
the next semester by DIR. II. c. Grum-
bine and all students will have oppor-
tunities to study Freud, Schopenhaur,
! BergsOn, Aristotle and others. The
course, it is said, Golfers a national
basis in psychology for the apprecia-
tion of literature"
Huntington-The local board of ed
ucation has approved the plan under
which the womans club will pay the
salaries Of teachers i'm night schools.
The classes are to be held in all the
junior high schools. The project is
the result Of recent census taken of
the city by club women to find out the
number of illiterates, which was found
to be unusually large.
Romney-A deal involving 10000
acres of timber land and 1895, 900 has
been closed. The land is i'm Hardy
and Hampshire counties, Of this state 4:
and in Frederick county, virginia.
They include the entire holdings Of
the Moore Keppel interests held in
the name Of the Cacapon lumber COM
pany, Of which w X. Cornwel1 is
president; r. y. Kenney, secretary
and J. Frank Euster, of Winchester,
treasurer
Petersburg Plans are being com
pleted by the local board Of education
for bond issue election mt which
bonds in the amount Of 100000 are
90 be voted on These bonds are to be
used in the construction of a new jun
for high school building and two other
school buildings, the latter I'm outlying
districts Of the city and to replace
small wooden buildings which have be-
come too small for the number of
pupils listed.
Huntington. Mrs. Sarah Belle Rob
inson, "a negress, - years old. and her
four children, persisted when flames
destroyed their home I'm MllviHe. near
here. The children ranged in age from
u months TO 6 years.
HuntingtOn.--JOhn Bradshaw, resid-
ing near Hamlin, w Va, was sentenc-
ed here by Common Pleas Judge Mat
thews 20 serve four years in the state
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