Speedy Boats Enter Tygart Lake Race Season
Plans for Tygart lakes first motorboat races of 1940 show 15 outboard and seven inboard entries for a Sunday event. Grandstand seating, buoy markers, spectator transport arranged, tickets on sale. Morning time trials precede 2 p.m. racing with classes from 4 to 68 horsepower and numerous entrants from Grafton Morgantown Clarksburg Philippi and Flemington. A full day of lake action with a launch ride included.
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Tygart Lake
Monongahela Valley
Union Drug
Grafton Drug and Chemical Company
Turner's
Tygart
Tygart Dam
Elizabeth
Lawrence Hall
Grafton
W. W
Metal
Johnson
Dana Balyard
D. W. Lawson
Dorsey Setler
Flemington
Wolverine
Neason-Robinson
Star Metal
H. P. Lambert Motor Co
Woline
Evenrade
Dana Bo
City Round-Up Set for Friday at West Side Playground
Sixth annual round-up supervised by WPA Recreation Staff will be at West Side playground starting 9 a m. Events span athletics music and handicraft exhibitions. Boys and girls in A B C classes compete in dashes jumps basketball throws and archery. Adults join croquet horseshoes archery and volleyball. Softball features junior and senior girls games.
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W.P.A
West Side
West Virginia payrolls reach historic highs in 1939-40
West Virginia industries paid out a record 377,882,587.99 in Workmen's Compensation wages for the year ending June 30. The commission actuary Clyde L. Ferguson said gains reflect normal recovery and higher half-year wages, with total earnings estimated near 581,000,000 for workers covered by compensation.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Workmen's Compensation Commission
Clyde L. Ferguson
Commission
Ferguson
Officers In Franklin To Return Aged Man Here
Held by the sheriff at Franklin West Virginia an elderly Pruntytown man Harry Lambert is to be returned to Taylor county for a hearing before the county sanity commission within the next few days Deputy Sheriffs Joe Mask and James Guth made the trip to Franklin by automobile Lambert wandered from his home and was seen in Tucker county Sunday
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Franklin
W. Va
Harry Lambert
Taylor County
County Sanity Commission
Joe Mask
James Guth
Lambert
Tucker County
Gladiolus show exhibits arrive in Grafton area
The Gladiolus show at 203 West Main Street opens this evening for growers to arrange entries. Exhibits must be in place by 11 o clock August 2. The event, sponsored by the Woman's club of Grafton, welcomes all growers. Doors open Friday at 2 pm and again August 3 from 10 am to 9 pm. Judges include C M Reeves and H V Wright with premium ribbons awarded per schedule. Large crowds expected from near and far. first Grafton display of this flower feature.
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Gladiolus
West Main Street
Woman's Club of Grafton
Gladiolus Society
F. G. White
J. A. Keller
West Virginia Gladiatus Society
R. @. Apperson
Wheeling
C. M. Reeves
Fairmont State
Teachers’ College
A. M. Reeves
Maryland, Gladiolus Society
H. V. Wright
Maryland Gladiolus Society
Thomas Manley
Fairmont
Oliver Shurtleff
Glenn
Hawkins
Native Here Catherine Langan Dies at 83 in Clarksburg
Catherine Langan age 83 widow of Patrick Langan died at 6 35 p m yesterday at her daughter Mary Fa ihey s home 219 Charleston avenue Clarksburg after months of illness She leaves three daughters Sister Gabriel of Baden Pa and Regina Riley of Tucson two sons Ambrose J Langan of Pontiac and Alphonse A Langan of Philadelphia two brothers Michael Snively and two sisters Margaret Davisson and Alice Elliott 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren Born July 13 1857 in Grafton she lived here many years Last rites will be at Immaculate Conception Church Clarksburg with arrangements pending at Lynch Funeral Home
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Catherine Langan
Patrick Langan
Mary Fa Ihey
Charleston Avenue
Clarksburg
Langan
Gabriel
Baden
Regina Riley
Tucson
Ariz
Ambrose J. Langan
Pontiac
Mich
Alphonse A. Langan
Philadelphia
Michael Snively
Seaside Heights
N. J
Margaret Davisson
Grafton
Alice Elliott
Michael
Harriet Snively
Germany
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Lynch Funeral Home
John Hulley Finishes Early Naval Training
John Hulley Jr. an apprentice seaman in the U S Navy, on leave from Norfolk Virginia, visits his parents at 37 St Charles street. He enlisted May 28 at Clarksburg and finished training July 26 at Norfolk Navy Training Station, granted ten days leave. A Grafton High School '39 graduate, he will return to Norfolk to seek admission to Navy trade training schools.
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John Hulley
U. S. Navy
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Virginia
St. Charles Street
Hulley
Navy
Clarksburg
Norfolk Navy Training Station
Grafton High School
Norfolk Navy
New Principal Odgers Takes Charge at Grafton High
H E Odgers newly appointed principal of Grafton senior High school assumed duties today. The Taylor County Board of Education announced the move from Fairmont pending housing. Odgers previously led Wheeling and Parkersburg High schools and most recently served as Marion county assistant superintendent.
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H. E. Odgers
Grafton
Taylor County Board of Education
Fairmont
Mr. Odgers
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Relcently
Marion County
Taylor County Sunday School Convention Date Set
Wednesday, August 28, the Taylor County Sunday school convention will convene at the Haymond Methodist church. Rev. Dewey Jones presides, with Francis L. Warder giving the welcome and Rev Z B Edworthy of Charleston replying. Officers to be elected and committees formed. a Morgantown motor trip and Salvation Army band concert follow.
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Taylor County
Haymond
Dewey Jones
Francis L. Warder
Z. B. Edworthy
Charleston
Morgantown
State University
Salvation Army Band of
Fairmont
Sir Odgers
Grafton High Ee
Iwell
Galloway
Edworthy
St. Paul
Haymond Church
Royal Neighbors Memorial Service for Mrs Iole May Rogers Jacobs
Members of Victor camp No 9543 Royal Neighbors of America plan memorial services at 8 30 this evening at the Blueville home for Mrs Iole May Rogers Jacobs who died suddenly at 7 p m Tuesday of a heart attack Last rites set for 2 p m tomorrow at the residence with Rev Gordon L Withers of First Baptist Grafton officiating Interment will be in Woodsdale Memorial Park
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Victor Camp
Royal Neighbors of America
Blueville
Iole May Rogers Jacobs
Gordon L. Withers
First Baptist Church of
Northwest Launches First Large Vessel In A Decade
Tacoma Washington August 1 Pacific Northwest celebrates the launch of its first large commercial vessel in almost ten years ending a 17 year drought. President Roosevelt's daughter Anna Roosevelt Boetigger will christen the 417 foot diesel powered cargo ship Cape Alva at Seattle Tacoma shipbuilding corp. The vessel costs 2 217 000 dollars and is one of five 6 1 type freighters.
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Tacoma
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Roosevelt
Anna Roosevelt Boetigger
Seattle
Maritime Commission
Seattle‘Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp
Cape Alva
Washington State
Pacific
Cape Flattery
School Board Orders Buses for Taylor County Schools
The Taylor County Board of Education approved two new school buses for September operation. Each GM C 100 HP bus from Parsons Motor Truck Co. meets state standards, includes fire extinguisher and first aid kit, with speed limited to 36 mph. Price per bus is 2973.44 dollars. Bids were opened after demonstrations at a special board meeting.
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Taylor County Board of Education
E. G. Kuhn
State Department of Education
Board of Education
Roosevelt and Willkie Face Key Campaign Choices
Roosevelt and a five member committee weighed candidates for the Democratic national chairmanship vacated Aug. 17 by Farley. Byrnes declined citing hay fever, Crowley preferred not to take the post, and Willkie planned budget talks with Republican leaders at his Colorado Springs hotel.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frank C. Walker
New York
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
James A. Farley
Byrnes
South Carolina
Chicago
Crowley
Leo. T. Crowley
Wisconsin
Federal Deposi
Insurance Corporation
Farley
White House
Willkie
Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell L. Willkie
Republican Party
Joe Martin
National ‘Committee
John Hamilton
Martin
Willkie Plans Elwood Speech and National Campaign Tour
The Republican nominee drafts his acceptance address in Elwood Indiana on August 17 and outlines a busy campaign with six formal talks and many short stops nationwide. He plans a southern tour and weighs timing before or after his Elwood address. Willkie spoke with Governor Payne Ratner who expects Kansas to swing by about 100000 votes. Roosevelt carried Kansas by over 60000 in 1936.
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Kansas
Elwood
Ind
South
Willkie
Payne Ratner
Roosevelt
All M. Landon
Mail Box Improvement Week Being Observed
Rural Box Improvement week is being observed nationwide beginning today. Postmaster James T. Murphy announces the Postal Service seeks to interest rural route box holders in improving both appearance and utility. The department urges painting boxes and inscribing names to aid the mail carrier.
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James T. Murphy
Post Office Department
Heat Wave Ends as Rains Break Drought Across Regions
Rains and cooling winds ended the two week heat spell that had blanketed the area. The toll reached 1,002 with 482 deaths from heat prostration and 530 from drowning, while lightning felled scores more as the storm swept into Washington D C and Maryland, ending the long siege.
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Associated
Washington, D.C
Maryland
Warder and Lockard to Speak at West Side Playground Service
A dedication service will be held at the West Side playground tomorrow at 7 p m with the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars in charge. Chief of City Police A E Tockard and Prosecuting Attorney Francis Warder will speak, Rev H J Mitchell will give the invocation, and an American Flag will be presented. Similar services are planned for other WPA playgrounds on later dates.
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West Side
American Legion
Vicerans
A. E. Tockard
Francis Warder
H. J. Mitchell
W.P.A
Seven Merchants Fined For Not Collecting Tax
Huntington August 1 Seven Huntington merchants and firms were fined fifty dollars each after magistrate Ezra Knight found them guilty of failure to collect consumer sales tax. Two others, Paul Taylor and O B Taylor, waived hearing and will face grand jury. Names listed include E D Bates W J McCaffrey Henry Hall William Presley Homer Bradley and firms Anton & Casssis Richardson and Love.
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Huntington
Ezra Knight
Knight
E.D. Bates
McCaffrey
Henry Hall
William Presley
Homer Bradley
Anton
Ruhl Custer Promoted To Bradford High School Principal
Ruhl L. Custer, longtime Weir High School principal, has been named principal of Bradford High School in Pennsylvania, a 1000-student district. A native of Knottsville, he led Weirton to substantial enrollment growth and expanded curriculum over eight years, after earlier posts in Ripley and West Virginia.
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Ruhl L. Custer
H. A. Custer
Lincoln Street
Weir High School
Weirton
Bradford
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Kane
Custer
Ripley
Knottsville
West Virginia University
Wes ‘Virginia Wesleyan
Riley Makes Official Visit to Kiwanis Club in Grafton
Jesse I. Riley of Parsons, lieutenant governor of the Kiwanis district, made his official visit to the Grafton Kiwanis club Tuesday evening at Cozy Rest Inn. He addressed the dinner meeting and afterward conferred at length with the club officers and directors of the service organization.
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Jesse I. Riley
Parsons
Kiwanis
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Cozy Rest Inn
New Japanese Ahead Frame Aims at Axis Realignments
The statement failed to move Japan closer to Rome Rome Axis while highlighting totalitarianism at home. It drew Japan away from Western powers and urged a broad rearmament program. Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOT 4 Foundation
Japan
Yosuke _Mat
Medicines Claim Quick Relief RUX Compound and Williams Formula
Local notice promotes RUX Compound and Williams Formula as fast internal remedies for rheumatic, neuritic, neuralgic and muscle pains plus after eating upset constipation headaches dizziness and kidney pains. The ad cites Mr. W B Means of Charlestown and urges readers to ask at Bond Street drug store for availability.
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RUX
W. B
Williams
Don Rus
Saya
William Sairmula
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Yacht Club
Dorfer
Century
Grey
H. P
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mus-Warden
Star
John Morgan
Chrysler
Myera
Philippi
Chris-Craft
Sturm-Point-Davis
Mullens
Lycoming
Bob Robinson
Bill Manly
E. H. Reppert
Dr. J. W. G. Hannon
Mater
A. L. Lockard
L. C. Prey
Bill Manley
John B. Purinton
J. W. Hannon
D. W. Dudley
Edward Grayson
Victor Potts
Opera House
Shanghai
Ralph Morgan
Bob Steel
Texas
Richard Cornwell
John Wayne Claire Trevor
Jesse James
Marg
Catherine Snively Langan
Royal Neighbors
School Board
Willkie Will
West
Union Drug Store
Grafton Drug and Chemical Co
Tygart Restaurant
Warder
Lockard
Grafton Printing Ee
Latrobe
Ruhl Custer
Wansuoka
Toadylam
Greater East Asia
East Asia
Manchukuo
China
Matsuoka
South Seas
Indo-China
East Indies
Konoye
Riley
Kiwanis Club
Tella
Tmappy
Ube
Rux and
Ulg My
Bonet
Bor Gale
AN Chemical Company
Main Street
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