Red Cross appoints drive captains for Taylor County unit
Red Cross leaders named at a Grafton meeting to organize the 1925 war fund drive. The goal for Taylor County is $10,000 with about 2,000 contributing families expected. state and national quotas are $1,750,000 and $200,000,000 respectively. Local divisions outlined plus captains for business districts schools and rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Red Cross
Taylor County
Torlock Rasmussen
J. W. Warner
Ralph O. Taylor
Elkins
H. R. Petty
Chester A. Huff
Simpson
Rosemont
Flemington
John Marks
Woman's Division
Charles Carpenter
Bertha Hodges
Harold Kramer
D. EB. Fawcett
John Tucker
In Memoriam Virginia Riley April 1 1941
In Memoriam for Virginia Riley who died April 1 1941 features a verse about a lone grave and lasting memory. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hume and Ray Hume from Red Key Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Riley
Ross Hume
and Ray Hume Red Key
Ind
Airplane Stamp Info Promises Indefinite Validity
A brief notice states that the No 1 Airplane stamp remains valid indefinitely or until further notice. It notes a well balanced stock and assures customers can be served to good advantage.
Scottish Rite 10 Hold Annual Meet Commemorating Maundy Thursday
The Scottish Rite Club of Free Masonry Southern Jurisdiction plans its twenty-ninth Maundy Thursday observance at 8:00 PM on April 5 at the Masonic Temple. Banquet will be omitted due to the War. past speakers have included H. H. Rose, Gov. Wm G Conley, and other West Virginia figures. Local officers are Arthur G. Yates president, K. C. Arnold vice president, H. Compton Jr. secretary, and Chas. W. Steel treasurer.
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Masonic Temple
Grafton
West Virginia
C. Jay Fleming
Supreme Court
H. H. Rose
Wm G Conley
West
Brothers of the Rite
Arthur G. Yates
K. C. Arnold
H. Compton
Early ads Spotlight Coffee Tea and Chocolate Rise
The passage notes that coffee chocolate and tea were among the first food products advertised in newspapers. It also states that the first practical diving bell was invented by Dr Edmund Halley of England in 1717.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Halley
England
High School to Honor Local Soldier with Medal Ceremony
Ellsworth H. Day of 542 Maple Avenue will receive the Soldier's Medal at a public ceremony in Grafton High School auditorium next Thursday at 8 pm. The event, co hosted by the Army West Virginia Maneuver Area and Grafton Post American Legion, honors Day's heroism in the South Pacific on February 4, 1943, when he saved crew members after severe wounds by halting a runaway gun. Colonel Oliver I. Holman will present the award, with Lieutenant General Harmon authorizing the citation.
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Army
Grafton
Grafton High School
Ellsworth H
Maple Avenue
West Virginia
Grafton Post American Legion
Grafton and
Taylor Country
Veterans’ Organization
Day
Air Corps
United States Army
South Pacific
Sergant Day
Harmon
Oliver I. Holman
Uniform Return and Overseas Arrivals Reported
In uniform will return to base Pfc. Lawrence L. Cunningham of the U S Marine Corps will return to Kinston North Carolina tonight after a week with his parents on West Main Street Overseas word confirms Pvt. Robert L. Poling arrived safely overseas and Pvt. Robert L. Arble has reached North Africa Mrs Robert L Able conveyed the news. Arble wrote to his wife and son Harry Franikin noted seeing Carl Pinky Moats’s name carved in rock while crossing North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Lawrence L. Cunningham
U. S. Marine Corp
Kinston
N. C
Mrs. H. J. Cunningham
West Main Street
Freya Poling
Pearl Street
Pvt
Robert L. Poling
North Africa
Robert L. Able
West Boyd Str
Robert L. Arble
Fyt. Arble
Harry Franikin
Carl B. Moats
Grafton
W Va
Carl “Pinky” Moats
Andy Moats
Parkview
Arble
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Igh
George Ashby
al Warden
Wm. Turner
Fred Robinson
James Guth
Clyde Turner
George Welsh
Libya
Africa
Reliable Cleaners
Pearl Duskey
Memoriam
C.V. Miller Reliabe Footwear
Grafton, W. Va
Girl Scouts
I'S
Scottish Rites
Malone’s Drug & Chemical CO
Mann
Dorothy Mann
David O. Selznick
United Artiste
Opera House
Republic Pictures Presents
Joe E.brown
al E Ey
Lee Pr
Age Cena
Barain Matinee
Buddy
Mecal
Pearl Harbor
U.S
North
South Carolna
Mieke
L. Brooks Hart
Mr. Han
R. Brooks Harr
Fairmont, West Virginia
McCroy
Dixie
Cecil B. Demille
John Wayne
RAY Mill and
Paulette Goddard
Radio City Music Hall
Melvin Newson
Republican
Eagles
Featuring Johnny Born
Lodge Hall
Gantown Road
Fort Pitt Shoe Stores, Inc
Baltimore
J. S. Employment Service
W. Main Street
W. Va
Draes
Rollsxoara
Sherwin-Williams
Evans Furniture Store
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