Board Votes to Close Central School for Remodeling
The Taylor county board of education decided to close Central School for next year to permit major remodeling and repairs. Central students will be split between the Junior High and East Grafton schools, while Grafton Senior High will continue on a four year plan.
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Grafton
Central
East Grafton
Central School
Taylor County Board of Education
Supt. of
E. Guy Kuhn
Menad
King Plant
Old Central
Kuhn
Self
Harry 8. White
Torlock Rasgussen
Pele
Mason ‘Tucker
West Grafton
Sig
Knottsville
Thegament
Francis Wolfe
Flemington
Haymonn
H. M. Queen
Astor
Hepzibah
Tiaae Mayle
West Hill
BOARD Hires Drivers and Janitors for 1940 41 Term
The Taylor county board of education approves ten regular bus drivers for the coming term, two more than last year, plus three substitute drivers. Names of substitutes and regulars include Lee Armentrout Charles Burke Jr Percy Lucas Leo Moore De Moran Kenny Rosier Delbert Wolfe and Bernard Satterfield Ira Morris George H Keller. Janitors see few changes with staff reassigned to Grafton Junior High and senior high. Eva Paige moves to the Senior High and Howard Jackson to Basil Graton.
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Taylor County Board of Education
Grafton Banking and Trust Company
Schols
E. G. Kuhn
Lee Armentrout
Charles Burke, Jr
Percy Lucas
Leo Moore
East Grafton
Howard Jackson
First Ward
George C. Shaw
Flemington
W. L
Boyd
Haymond
Ralph Watkins
Hepzibah
Emmett Shingleton
Park View
Thomas Sheets
Pruntytown
George Jones
Rosemont
Mary Spadafore
Thornton
E. W. Bloom
Webster
L. B. Shaffer
Wendel
Rosa Caruso
West Grafton
George Lockwood
West
City cuts city debts and wages by five percent
City Attorney Hugh R. McPhail says wages of all city employees fell five percent last year and total current bills declined from about $25,000 to $21,000. Since 1938 the city debt surged to $25,000 but is now reduced by around $4,000 with leaner spending and no padding of receipts.
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Hugh R. McPhail
McPhail
Ed St.Clair
Installation Postponed By Illness In Local 279
Illness of newly elected Ray Wiseman delays the 40 Et 8 installation for Local No. 279 La Societe des 40 Hommes et Chevaux, adjunct of the American Legion. The Moose Home session tonight is postponed indefinitely.
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Ray Wiseman
la Societe Des 40 Hommes Et B Chevaux
American Legion
Moose Home
Legion Sons Nominate Officers for 1941 in Taylor County
Nominations for 1941 officers of Taylor county squadron No. 12, Sons of the American Legion, will be received at the Moose Home meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday. Captain Robert M. Miller, retiring head, will preside. Since 1936, the second Thursday of August marks officer-naming time. All squadron and supervisory committee members urged to attend. election and installation to follow.
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Taylor County
Sons of the American Legion
Moose Home
Robert M. Miller
American Legion Post
High Bonds Set for Friedin and Jones on Poisoning Charge
Justice of the Peace A B Enabenshue bound Sherman Friedman and Burl Jones over to the September grand jury on an attempted poisoning charge in bonds of 5000 each despite defense objections. Witness Luther Wilt testified he drank wine he says Jones handed him, and Dr Campbell said chloral hydrate was involved. both defendants remained jailed awaiting trial.
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Justice of the Peace
A. B. Enabenshue
Sherman Friedman
Burl
Bad Boy" Jones
Francis L. Warder
Jed W. Robinson
Wilt
Luther Wilt
Webster
Friedman
Harry Wilt
Campbell
Luther
Jones
Aail
Aged Lady Margaret Adams Dies in Knottsville District
Mrs. Margaret Loar Adams aged 70 died at 4 30 this morning at her Knottsville residence after a long illness. A Barbour county native born August 4 1870 she was a daughter of the late George Adams and had been in critical condition for some time.
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Margaret Loar Adams
Knottsville
Barbour County
Adams
George
Obituary of Mrs. Adams of Knottsville Community
Five children survive Mrs. Julia Trickett Loar Adams widow of Jonsh Adams longtime Knottsville farmer. Survives include brother Elijah Loar of Moatsville and children Ethel Karras Ruth Royden Buena Wamsley Dakoth Adams and Helen Adams. Funeral Friday at 2:30 pm Knottsville Methodist Church with Revs James Shaw and L L Rec kart officiating. Interment Knottsville cemetery under G T Bartlett.
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Julia Trickett Loar
Jonsh Adams
Knottsville
Methodist Church
Knottsville Church
James Shaw
L. L. Reckart
Knottsville Cemetery
G.T. Bartlett
Reed Reeded for vacant Grafton city commission seat
James J. Reed, longtime city employee and street foreman, has been invited to become the third member of Grafton’s city commission as street commissioner. City officials believe his appointment could unite departments and end years of bickering over city projects including a water and sewage survey. Reed reportedly will not be a yes man and may align the commission to push needed studies.
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James J. Reed
Grafton
Graftonery Commission
Sentinel
Hailey C. Haller
J. B. Bradford
Reed
Stella Shaw Granted Divorce In Local Court
Stella Shaw was granted a decree of divorce in a county circuit special term. John Woods, a Black man from Nuttallburg, was sentenced to five to 18 years in prison for second degree murder of his wife.
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Fayetteville
Judeé
H. EB. Dillon, Jr
John Woods
Taylor Nuttallburg
Mar Stella Shaw
Desertion case grants alimony and custody to mother
Judge Herbert W. Dent orders Freedom from Daniel Percy Shaw on grounds of desertion. Shaw must pay $15 monthly alimony and court costs. Custody of a nine year old daughter goes to the mother. Neither party may remarry within 60 days.
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Daniel Percy Shaw
Herbert W. Dent
Shaw
Frey Issues Statement On Strike Cause
W J Frey general manager of the Carr China company releases the firms version of the labor dispute with the Brotherhood of Operative Potters that has closed the local pottery leaving 266 workers idle. A Union meeting is set for Thursday night to air the dispute. Frey states the strike arose from unequal work time given to employees and asks workers to return to keep the plant operating.
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W. J. Frey
Carr China Company
Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Idcal No. 98
M. Bank
James Duliy
East Liverpool
Ohio
Frey
the Sentinel
Reds
Grafton
Death Claims Mrs E R Lohm in Oakland Md
Mrs Ella R Lohm aged 83, widow of G W Lahm and mother of Mrs Ralph Kunst, died this morning in Oakland Maryland of pneumonia. The funeral is set for Friday at 2 30 p m at her late residence 53 Adler Street Oakland with Rev A W Leamer of St Mark's Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Survivors include her son Ralph Kunst of Grafton and four Lohm siblings.
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Ella R. Lohm
Ralph S. Kunst
Grafton
G. W. Dy Lah
Oakland
Kunst
Adler Street
A. W. Leamer
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Lahm
Fyoitburg
Aetter
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Geneva Hilkey
Beatrice Little
Roy McBee
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Ina Warder
Maxine Snyder
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