The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-01-05

! cooperate with Kiwanans in staging
"big brother" movement here.
Parkersburg-N esis Te M
pie. No 3, Ancient Arabic Order of
Mobiles ,of the Mystic Shrine initiated
81 candidates at annual winter cere-
monial.
Mannington-Jesse NJ z, 8,
kills himself When body was found
his clothing was afire, having aDpar-
entity caught from the flash of his
revolver.
Morgantown-More than so ndi-
dates are competing for membership
on the West Virginia university rifle
team being trained by Captain Harlan,
commandant of cadets.
Morgantown-D Donald Keller
Gait, 13 months old, died of burns.
after striking a fly swatter in burning
Goals in stove. He was son of Mr..
and Mrs Joseph Gait.
Clarksburg-Ass in the en-
forcement of prohibition laws through
countrywide organization of citizens
committees was arranged at a mass
meeting in Methodist Episcopla church.
Parkersburg rg-Programme committee
OF West Virginia state dental society
meets here to make arrangements for
annual state convention of organiza-
ton to be held in Clarksburg April
11-12-13, 1923.
HuntingtOn-Nine year old orphan
boy adopted by federal soldiers recent
ly stationed at Blair, Logan county
passes through here in charge of the
American Railway Express service on
his way to Camp Knox, Ky.
GraftOn.-On the initiative of the
Grafton Rotary club, delegates from
other Rotary clubs throughout West
Virginia met in Parkersburg to plan
national advertising campaignlto off
set erroneous Impressions about West
Virginia i'm other states resulting from
recent industrial disputes.
INSTRUMENTATION $1,OO0OOO has
been added to the value of the Nor
gantown Wheeling railroad during
the five years it has been under the
control of receiver, according to a re-
port filed by Raymond Il. Kerr, the
receiver, covering his own tenure and
that of former Governor w. L. Glass
cock.
Wheeling-West Virginia rotary
club delegates met recently at Park
ersburg for the purpose of planning
national advertising campaign to
offset erroneous impressions about
West Virginia in other states as the
result of certain industrial disputes.
The meeting is called upon the initia-
tive of the Grafton rotary club.
arleston-Contributi to the
Marshall FOch fund from school chill
dren throughout West Virginia amount
ed to a total of S2,6657S, have been
sent to the national fund by the state
department Of education. The fund.
which is being raised from contribu-
dons of from one to five cents each
from school children, is to pay for
building and equipping two high
schools in France and also pay for a
medal for Marshal Foch as a gift from
the school children of the United
States.
organtOwn-French l. Niles
Buckhannon, and H. Claude Cor, Of
near Harrisyille, won second and
fourth prizes respectively Of $50 and
$40 i'm the annual national saddle and
sirioin club medal essay contest, the
subject being Livestock as a Factor
in Eliminating Waste in American
Agriculture Purdue University.
Penn State, University of Wisconsin.
Cornell University, Kentucky Univer-
sity, and the University of California
were inferred in addition to West Vir-
ginia'S entrants
Fairmont- Miss Airline Lesson Of
| MOnongah became bride of James
/ chapman Of DOla i'm Open-air on court
house veranda i'm presence Of thou
sands OF persons. The wedding was
feature Of the trade expansion week
celebration and the newlyweds receiv-
| ed presents from number of the
business houses of the city.
Wheeling Louis Bennett.
Of Weston, formerly OF this city. has
/ been granted a window in the West
minister Abbey at London where she
/ VIII honor the heroes OF the air with
an appropriate memorial. Her hus-
| Dand, an aviator, fell on the western
front and she is now i'm Il London. after
/ a visit to the battlehelds.
HuntingtOn-Wi1iam NJ aier Of
! Huntington, student at Harvard, who
| has Just won the Cecil Rhodes scholar
/ ship for Oxford, Is only IS years old.
and is the son Of Mr. and Mrs. VIII
liam J. Maier Of Huntington. He was
the youngest member of the class
| that graduated from the Huntington
school i'm 1918
Parkersburg- Orchard SITS re
port heavy damage being done TO
fruit trees OF Wood county by rab-
| bits
Charleston a Ike FrledIy. o
Dana, was recently brought TO the
county Jail to answer an Indictment
| charging him with feloniOuslv wound
| Ing Albert Hodge last September
Freddy was indicted on the charge
! before he was arrested. according 10
assistant Prosecutor Salisbury. but
| 9Ied TO appear 10 have his trial
date set In intermediate courf Tro