Camp Towles Camp Aids Taylor County Youth
Taylor County now hosts its own Towles Youth Camp for 4-H club members school groups church and residents who enjoy picnicking or camping by the Tygart River. Facilities include picnic tables outdoor fireplaces a dining hall and three cottages with tent housing for about 150 youths and leaders in August. Donations fundward growth via booster plates offered at local businesses and through support from 4-H clubs, senior groups, optimists and local merchants.
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Taylor County
Towles
Board of Education
Grafton
Hig
Friedman Brothers Closes Business After Overnight Losses
Friedman Brothers has gone out of business, ending operations after years in the trade. The closure leaves customers seeking refunds and creditors awaiting final settlement as the firm winds down its affairs.
Nonpartisan school board row tangles West Virginia law
The West Virginia high court heard arguments over a confused nonpartisan school board election act. Andrew S. Thomas Jr. seeks placement on the November ballot after a May primary, with counsel contending two candidates from Charleston district may be eliminated due to conflicting provisions and interpretive gaps. Attorneys for others in Kanawha county argued the ambiguity persists with terms for long and short office durations.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
Kanawha
Andew 5S
Thomas Jr
County Education Board
Rsust
Interviors
Kannawha Board
Scout Leaders Meet Thursday For Five Year Plan
Boy Scout executives and leaders of Taylor county will meet in the YMCA building on Thursday evening August 3 at 8 PM to discuss plans for a Five Year Plan for scouting in the region. Wheeler Carl Bachman said eight counties in the region would meet this month and a joint meeting of the eight counties is planned later. A major topic will the county’s role in the Phillips Fund Plan. Bachman noted Troop No 6 and the Rosemont troop were at Camp Randolph this week and enjoying the experience.
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Taylor County
Y.M.C.A
Wheeler Carl Bachman
Phillips Fund
Bachman
Rosemont
Camp Randolph
Tag Day Sale Nets 132.35 For World War Mother Club
Mrs Rosemary Powell chair man of the World War II Mother s club says donations from Grafton citizens totaled 132 35 and will furnish new club rooms on Latrope street The lower rooms of the American Legion home were loaned rent free for the project and renovations continue.
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World War Mother Club
Rosemary Powell
Grafton
Latrope Street
American Legion Home
Active Service
Military Moves and Training Notices From Grafton to Purdue
Short notes report several soldiers moving between bases and states. Grafton high graduate Bert (Shorty) Custer from class of 1944 is transitioning from Van Dorn to Fort Meade, while Pfc. Alfred L. Jones moves from Fort Leonard Wood to San Luis Obispo. Pvt. Reynolds B. Gall departs for Purdue University in Lafayette for a basic academic course under the ASRTC. Corp. Nicola Jr. earns promotion to sergeant in the South Pacific, with friends Richard Redinger and Albert Deets nearby. Pvt. Carl F. Jones begins radio school in Sioux Falls after a knee injury and prior Baltimore and Ohio work in Pittsburgh.
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Pvt. Hu
Grafton High
Bert
Shorty) Custer
van Dorn
Car
Miss
Fort Meade
Purdue University
Pvt
Reynolds B. Gall
Army Specialized Training Reserve Corps
Lafayette
Ind
Pvt. Gall
Z. Wayne Gall
West Main Street
PR Charles Street
Corp
Nicola,Jr
Sgt
Nicola
South Pacific
Richard Redinger
Albert Deets
Carl F. | Jones
AAF
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Dewey Jones
Parkview
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pittsburgh
Red Army Presses Warsaw Front as Hit lingers East Prussia Push
Soviet forces widen a three pronged advance toward East Prussia while modeling pressure on Warsaw. Cherniakhovsky’s group cuts toward Lyck and Suwalki while Pilvnskiai arm heads to Koenigsberg. German withdrawals surge toward Riga as Hitler braces eastern defenses.
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Warsaw
East Prussia
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Reich
Hitler
Cherniakhovsky
Kopiec
Grodno
Cheriakhovsky
Lyck
Suwalki Triangle
Pilvnskiai
Koenigsberg
Germany
Riga
Ivan C. Bag
Ramian Army Advances Through Latvia Near Jelgava
Soviet scouts raced along both sides of the Lielupe River, entering the Baltic region 20 miles north of Jelgava and 14 miles west of Riga. The Ramian army swept through Latvia toward Jelgava and captured Jelgava, as forces push toward strategic fronts.
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Ramian
Latvia
Jelvada
Lilence River
Baltic
Jelgava
Riga
Missouri Primaries Signal GOP Candidacy Fight
Rep Hamilton reports Dewey prediction of 25 states and 311 electoral votes against Roosevelt. Missouri Governor Donnell faces seven Republicans in Senate race as primaries choose 13 House seats. New York Dems and others also vote. Virginia sees one incumbent challenged by L. L. Bean.
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Dewey
St. Loui
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Roosevelt
Clark
Roy McKittrick
Missouri
Senate
Harry S. Truman
Forrest C. Donnell
Kansas
Virginia
Patrick, H. Drewry
Petersburg
L. L. Bean
South All
Modern Romeo and the Wave Drama in Morgantown Jail
Virgil L Crichfield of Morgantown faced charges of drunkenness and disorder after an alleged failed subduing attempt on his steady girl home on WAVES leave. A small man’s rabbit punch disrupted the scene in the B and O terminal, leading to a jail trial before Mag. Ona C. Jefferys amid a missing $100 bill hunt and an odd tobacco wad reveal.
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Mag. Ona C. Jefferys
Virgil L Crofield
Morgantown
Crichfield
Stars of Heaven
Wave
Poli
Jefferys
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Brooklyn
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Col. Willis
International
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Partners Protection
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J.K. Jones
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