The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-11-29

5gned as secretary OF the Grafton
anhamber of commerce and his resig-
Grafton has been accepted.
slo'
no Morgantown-Nick Opacho was shot
md seriously wounded at his home in
Granville, near here, when he was
slow in obeying the commands of a
hold-up man.
Parkersburg - Roy S. Bobbitt, OF
Canton, o., has been appointed physi-
cal director of the local Y. NJ C. A.
to succeed l.. e. Andrews, OF Buffalo,
n. Y, resigned
Redwood - John Wade Bell. Of
Quinwood, shot deer while with
hunting praty near here. Two others
were bagged by A. L. Craig, former
mayor, and j. e. Kessler.
MoundSville = Wilbur Berry lent
stranger $50 and held a new autOmo-
bile for security. A policeman In
Wheeling recognized the car as a
stolen one and Berry lost
Sistersville - Six million marks in
postage were on letter received from
Germany by Walter S. Sugden. He
ngures the pre-war value Of the pos
tage would have been S1,5OO,OOO.
Huntington - Homer Yeich, of the
Huntington police department. has ac-
cepted an offer of the city manager
OF Tallahassee, Fla, to become chief
nf hot oit II
officer here.
II 'nCton-C. e. Blagg, a printer,
was found guilty of manslaughter in
common pleas court after trial on
a charge of causing the death of his
father-in-law, George w. Saunders, IA,
by a blow of his fist.
Beckeley-COal company officials as
well as employees are taking a large
amount of interest in the mining
classes which are being conducted by
the West Virginia university in the
Winding Gulf field near here.
Bluefield-Edward T. Rea, aged 80
years, of this city. a travelling sales
establishment, succumbed to injuries
sustained in an automobile wreck in
which James L. Young, also of Blue
field, was killed instantly.
Clarksburg- c. C. Lawson, pas
tor of the First Methodist Protestant
church at Fairmont, has accepted a
call to the pastOrate Of the Confer
ence Memorial church of the denomin-
alton here. He succeeds Rev ]. p.
Turkeson, recently assigned to Par
kersburg.
Wheeling-Rev. Harry Taylor an
nounced that he had received a call
from the Australian church, Mel
bourne Australia, TO become associate
minister with DR.. Charles Strong. DR..
Strong is a very cid man and has
been in the ministry thirty-fve years,
and it is hoped that Rev. Taylor will
eventually succeed him.
Rowlesburg - The body of Taylor
Lee, late employee of the 3. & O. rail
road, and a large property holder i'm
Taylor county, was found at a Sc
cluded spot on his farm by party
OF surveyors. Lee disappeared from his
home last June and since that fine
authorities throughout West Virginia
and adjoining states had joined in
search for him.
Martnsburg - Approximately 400
school teachers of Morgan. Jefferson
nd o1 fr,
at q twO-day meeting Of the eastern
Panhandle round table association.
Speakers were w. II S. White, presi-
dent Of Shepherd college; Or. r. o.
Armstrong, Of West Virginia unlver-
sity. and Or. Lee Driver, Pennsylvania
State supervisor of rural schools
Bluefeld-If plans now being con
sidered by officials OF the Norfolk and
Western railroads are cOnsummated.
Pluefeld will become the biggest pas
senger terminal on the road between
Norfolk Va, and Columbus. o. IT IS
Planned to operate locomotives Of all
through trains between these two
cities with but one change. which
would be made here. new and mod.
ern type OF locomotive Just put into
use would make this plan possible
MOrgantOwn-Mrs Ruby Phillips.
who carries mail on Rural route s out
OF the Morgantown postomce IS beIIcv-
cd by local postal officials to be the
only woman mail carrier in the state.
Mrs. Phillips, who covers a route 2i
miles long and including more than
300 mail boxes each day, took the
place after the Morgantown postmas-
ter had announced that unless a sub
stitute could be obtained for the reg.
ular carrier who resigned, he would
be forced TO discontinue the rural de-
livery service on that route.