The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-25
NEEDY CHILDREN
GIVEN TREAT At
TEMPLE THEATRE
Amercus Club Host To $50 Tots
Baskets Distributed BY Saliva
ton Army.

poor tanlllE III the city Will tHJ'H '''t'
Christmas today as III" result Of the
thu ghtfulness of others. lrnctcali!
cv> fratcrnal. civic and church organ
'2atin.' has planned tn assist IN making
merry Mhristmas for all.
About 200 boys and girls. many Of
them orphans. were tn" gu:.;s "f the
Americas club yesterday afternoon.
Each poor hoy and girl was presented
with 4 number of toys. as we'll ms candy.
fruits and nuts. 4 large Christmas tree
was erected on the stage and christ
mas entertainment was presented 10y
members Of the club and the pupils o!
the Yuhu School Of Expression.
Baskets OF fnodstuft were distributed
by the Salvation Army Saturday and
sunday. The Bcllaire Lodge Of Flks
also aided the deserving families with
supplies for Christmas Dinner. The
Union Mission presented gifts I" the
children at the Christmas entertainment
held last evening The K!wanis club
gave the children Mt the county home
at Tacoma. real Christmas. All
fratcrnal organizations arranged To as
sist the widows Of deceased members
that were in need. Church "rganiza-
tons went outside tho congregations to
carry on their work and there is prob
ably not one family in Hellair" that Will
not enjoy n real Christmas today.
Died in Columbus.
The body of Mrs. Lucinda Vessels,
who died IN the state hospital III Column
bus arrived in E"i!aire yesterday morn.
In, and was removed tn the Myers
morguc The deceased was G7 years OF
age and had been COnfiIed 10 the inst!-
tuition for the past % Years. She was
,f pf
The funeral services probably will he
conducted Tuesday afternoon at the
Myers rhapr! burial will tie made in
the Rose I'm cemetery.
william Driseon Dies.
Funeral services for the late william
prIscoll who died Saturday night in his
home on North Jefferson street Will
lr conducted Wednesday morning in the
81. Johns Catholic church. Burial viii
10 made in Mt Calvary cemetery.
Wheeling He vas 4 member Of Local
l'nion No IL. y. +. G.. w. L., and the
nth 10 answer tho call IN the past
wear.
Leg fractured.
C. W. Dunn cf Darlington !s con-
lined TO the cat" hospital with frac-
tured Of the lcr, leg. While passing
along the lfHU~N HHIlid Ni'i' NJ 'N'''
Thirty-hrst street Saturday he trippcd
and fell breaking his icg.
Home Robbed.
Police are making an effort to locate
the thief who entered the Crow home
on Twenty-Sccnnd street. and stole jew
elry valued at about S3pn Saturday
night Tho loot consisted o! two gold
watches. several rings and two fountain
rens Police have established tho idcn.
tity Of the thief but he has not been
unprecedented Investigation IL still be-
Inc made Of the rohherics in the two
homes on I;:aS"l Hin last Friday eve
Ming.
No Results.
Under tho leadership Of Mayor Wyatt
and Acting Chief Martin Ncy. the POI
lice searched ihr"" places IN South feI-
la!rc, last night for illiCit booze In no
Instance was any bOuZ" found. thl"t
Ncv was slightly injured when he fell
while passing inruugh YARD.
Liquor Cases.
RcllaIrc police will make December
ihe banner month in nucS from liquor
law violations and at the present rate
lii, city may be enriched about S5,0Oh
Two more names were added I" the HIST
Saturday night. Peter krcc OF thirty
second and Union street. charged with
having moonsh:nc and William Jones.
charged with operating sttll were
taken into custody. Both put up $1,000
bond for their appearance before Mayor
]. r. Wyatt. r. Cook of Belmont str"ei
pnid q fine Of $5n0 and costs Saturday
Attend Meeting.
Prof Floyd Deacon, principal Gt the
n,cn school, and rrof. Rose. instructor,
will attend the meeting of the ohi1
inI
bus the latter part OF the week. They
nre the delegates from the local schools,
Rendered Programs.
Programs appropriate To Christmas
were rendered by local SUNDAY schools
Yesterday morning. In the evening can
,ntas and special services were con-
dyctcd. At the 81. Johns church the
,pccial services started at midnight.
Special Police.
Special police were On duty III Narl-
GUS parts of the city on Saturday eve
ming. Harry Manlcy was assisting Pa
trnlman chester Snivclr on Gravel HI!
FIRE chief Graf was working In the
business district. and Pert crosby. sub
.uitute patrulman was ais" III the busi'
hess district.
Nsis Funeral.
Funeral services for the late Nicholas
NtlS VINO uitu ll'tS W. ''h'"''' =
=, ator,,ay afternoon in the homo of his
son. Joseph Ncis on Belmont street
I,priai vas made In til" Rns" lliil c"mc-
terry.
Real Service.
Brllairn received real srrv'c" from
The local pnstnfnre employees, this
Christmas. Postmaster John Flynn roll.
rr up his sleeves and pitched Int" the
work like n regular clerk. ais" employ.
my much needed help. \ delivery OF
parcel post packages by trucks was con-
timucd until lat" last evening.
opens Tuesday.
TIL" Church Basketball l"agu" OF the
y NJ. e. A. opens Tuesday afternoon In
Ia, Central gymnasium Til" contests
Will he continued throughout ia" week.
Three games viii b. played in III" AT
ernn"u and three IN tn" evening. Ea'h
church * represented IN 'h!S league.
wedding To-day.
The marriage Of MISC Gnlair Hazel
'nnmau uf This city ami John Henry
Norman Of Wheeling VIII Il" s"lrmn!zed
this evening AT 80 o'clock In III" par
sunagc Of the First NJ. t. church by
Rev. j. IT. Palmer. \ wedding dinner
will h" served In tho home "f NJ. and
Mrs H. j. Low" on Guernsey street.
Hearing Wednesday.
The case u" Michael Davis. chief OF
rulicc who was suspended u few weeks
ago, will be tried before the civil scrV-
lee commission Wednesday evening. lie
was suspended on Ave charges and the
hcarlnf promises to he most interesting.
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