Bolyard dies by self to shot gun in Preston County
Preston County coroner says death ruled suicide after Russell Bolyard used a 12 gauge shotgun at home near Fellowsville. Sheriff and prosecutor investigated. daughter heard shot, body found near outbuilding. Survived by wife Grace and ten children. funeral at Fellowsville Methodist Church. Burial Fellowsville cemetery.
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Preston
H. Paster Hartman
Hobart Spindler
Charles Eisner
R. Doyne Halbritter
Spindler
Route 50
Fellowsville
Preston County
Premar Coal Company
Tunnelton
Order of Eagles
Alonzo J. Bolyard
Jessie Messenger Bolyard
Blanch Wagner Bolyard
Grace G. Wolfe Bolyard
Pvt
Harold L. Bolyard
Germany
Dwight G. Long
Burke Burnett
Texas
Ronald B. Bolyard
Hollywood
Calif
Gertrude King
Oakland
Evelyn Bolyard
Martyn Bolyard
Jessie Bolyard
Methodist
C. H. Guthrie
Clarke Shade
Bartlett Funeral Home
Polio Ties Tonsil Surgery to Family Tragedy in Akron
West Virginia physicians decline tonsil and adenoid operations for polio era children during the infantile paralysis epidemic. The Akron study linked anesthesia related oxygen reduction and exposed nerve endings from surgery to vulnerability, noting five of six siblings developed polio after operations, three died, youngest spared.
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Grafton
West Virginia
National Foundation For
Akron
Thomas Francis, Jr
Union of Michigan
John West
Francis
Toomey
Chilren
Gerkin to Speak at Rotary Dinner on Home Rule
Dr Robert F Gerkin president of the city charter framing board will discuss and explain the Home Municipal Rule to Rotarians tonight at the Belvedere club Rotary dinner meeting scheduled for 6 15 p m He will address Ro tarians during the weekly gathering.
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Robert F. Gerkin
City Charter Framing Board
Rotary Club
Belvedere Club
Three Taylor County Men Enlist in Regular Army
Three Taylor county men enlist in the Regular Army. Two are ex-servicemen. They left for Fort Hayes in Columbus Ohio this week. Named are Fred Wilmer Adams 504 East Knots avenue Raymond O Waver Route 4 ex GIs and John Paul Trocino 19 Simpson the third enlistee.
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Taylor County
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Fredrick Angel
Fred Wilmer Adams
East Knots Avenue
Raymond O. Waver
Route 4
John Paul Trocino
Simpson
Polio Camp Evacuated as Contagion Controls Enforced
Polio outbreak prompts strict controls at a Brooklyn camp where David Schwartz, 18, contracted infantile paralysis. A chartered bus evacuated 29 campers while others were sent home by private car or avoided public transport. State permission granted for campers to return. home-city health authorities notified for 14 day observation. The Galil association of Cleveland ran the camp for boys and girls. Jane Austen’s first four novels published anonymously.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Lehnered
Galil Association of
Cleveland
Jane Austen
Christopher Columbus and the magnetic compass use
Christopher Columbus forged the first practical use of the magnetic compass. Tegucigalpa is identified as the capital of Honduras. sinc
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Christopher Columbus
Post Office Picnic Set for Sunday at Camp Towles
The event gathers post office clerks city and rural carriers office staff and janitors with families for an all day outing at Camp Towles starting at 10 am. Families bring basket lunches for noon and a program of entertainment follows. Committee leaders are Junior Poe Truman Mc Vicker Joe Keller Omar Lambert and Ralph Watkins.
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Camp Towles
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Truman McVicker
Joe Keller
Omar Lambert
Ralph Watkins
West Virginia Taxi Drivers elects Curtis Hanna in Charleston
West Virginia Taxi Drivers Association names Curtis Hanna of Charleston as president and schedules a fall meeting for September 27-28 in Clarksburg. Other notes include Wheeling Steel Corp earnings drop to 1.10 per share for the June quarter and state health reports measles and polio cases for the week ending July 27.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Taxi Drivers Association
Curtis Hanna
Clarksburg
Wheeling Steel Corp
A.J. McFarland
State Health Department
Raleigh County
Randolph
Hospital payroll shows decrease at City hospital
The payroll for the City hospital in the second half of July declined by 93.71 dollars from the first half, due to vacations illnesses and reduced employment. Business manager W A Cobun notes 19 nurses worked in the latter half along with five office workers and nine cafeteria staff.
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City Hospital
City Hall
W. A. Cobun
Air Forces celebrate day with B-29 flights over Tokyo
Army Air report notes rapid growth from humble start as B-29s flew again over Tokyo on Air Force Day. Japanese civilians gathered to watch the Superfortresses, reminders of American air power that could quell armed resistance to the occupation.
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Tokyo
Japan
Deputy U.S. Marshals Named for Southern West Virginia
Announcement by Marshal W H Mc Ginnis confirms the appointment of Morris Imboden of Beckley and Ira Helton of Bluefield as Deputy U S Marshals covering southern West Virginia. The note also references delays at the Elkins flood control project after a heavy conveyer was dropped on workers.
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Elkins
Beckley
Morris Imboden
Ira Helton
Bluefield
U. S
West Virginia
W. H. McGinnis
Train passenger fined after arrest at Fairmont station
An incident on passenger train No. 44 from Fairmont led to a Grant Town man’s arrest by B&O Patrolman A. T. Leach at the local B and O station about 10 p m Tuesday night. He appeared before Mag. Jefferys, fined five dollars plus costs, and jailed for five days for nonpayment.
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Fairmont
A. T. Leach
Grant Town
Mag. Jefferys
Native Grafton Dentist Dr. William A. Duffy Dies
Friends and relatives learned of the sudden death of Dr. William A. Duffy a native of Grafton and son of the late Mr and Mrs William Duffy Sr He left Grafton after schooling and became a popular New Haven dentist Funeral arrangements are incomplete
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William A. Duf
William Duffy
Grafton
Duffy
New Haven
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