Army Cracks Down on Reservists Training Duty
U S Army authorities crackdown on reservists failing to report for summer training. Two Taylor County men Loren Balducci Flemington and Harry Schultz Grafton plus three Preston County men were detained Friday and Saturday and sent to Fort Breckinridge Kentucky for training. County officers said a larger group of nonreporting reservists is expected to be collected and sent to the Kentucky site.
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U.S. Army
Taylor
Preston County
Fort Breckinridge
Loren Balducci
Flemington
Harry Shultz
Grafton
Pale
Charleston
Kentucky
Jury selectors named by court in Taylor County
New Taylor County jury commissioners G Goodwin and C Ebert were appointed by Circuit Judge W Merle Watking to serve terms of unexpired and four years respectively. They will meet for the levy term to compile lists of persons eligible for jury duty and select petit and grand jurors before each court term.
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Taylor County
G. Goodwin
Ebert
W. Merle
Watking
Goodwin
Ralph Eunst
Petit and
Grind
Transportation For Polio Clinics Set
Transportation schedules list bus departures from multiple school stops and towns for polio clinic visits. Routes include Mt Airy Hepzibah Simpson Rosemont West Grafton Grafton Junior High and First Ward stops with specific 9 to 16 minute headways and times like 9 00 a m 9 30 a m 10 15 a m and 12 30 p m.
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Bild
Mt. Airy
Cs Pruntytown
Hepzibah School
Taylor
Reaves Park Union School
Ton
Simpson School
A. Be ‘Bus Leaves Rosemont School At 10:15 A. m. West Grafton Clinic
W. Hill
Webster School
Grafton
Parkview
Garrison School
Cne Legyes Lucretia
Er Pienves
First Ward
Cement spillage ruin in Arkansas vegetable plot scare
In Conway Arkansas William Jack Chrisler confessed a fishing mishap that sprinkled ten quarts of cement into his nearby garden. He claimed the vegetables onions radishes mustard and spinach grew for several days despite being untreated.
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Conway, Ark
Jack Chrisler
16 Car Derailment Delays B&O Near Newburg
A 16 car derailment west of Newburg station halted all B&O tracks for several hours. A 64 car coal train from Fairmont derailed 16 cars after a misstart on the engine’s rear car. Tracks 2 and 9 were cleared by 1:20 am and 8:30 am respectively. One passenger train was 1 hour 47 minutes late. cause under investigation.
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Newburg
B&o
Cumberland Division
Fairmont
Curtis v
Grafton
Curtis
Towles Leaders Meet Tomorrow at Camp Towles
An important meeting of the Camp Towles Committee is set for tomorrow night at 8 in the Extension Office, Post Office building. Officers will discuss financing for a bath house construction at the Camp, per County Agent Woodbridge Stout. Also noted are Egypt’s five major pyramids at Giza, Dachur, and Sokara.
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Camp Towles
Woodbridge Stout
Egypt
Giza
Dachur
Sokara
Violent Deaths Reported In Multiple Midlands Crashes
A highway crash on Route 260 near Philippi killed Ronald M. Neef 20 of Philippi after his car skidded into a station wagon driven by Austin W. Marteny 37 of Volga. In Boone County an 18 year old South Charleston youth James E Isabel died of a broken neck when a convertible overturned on a rural road between Seth and Prenter. Four other teenagers in the car were injured. An airplane crash near Ashley Doddridge County killed Julia Dynes 32 of Dayton Ohio. her husband Charles piloted the plane and escaped with minor injuries after attempting an emergency landing. A small wing clipped a tree causing the Dynes craft to crash. Four year old Sharon Lynn Barker was injured in an accidental shooting at a Cherry Fork home near Liberty Putnam County as her father attempted to shoot a chicken with a .22 rifle.
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Philippi
Ronald M. Neef
Neef
Austin W. Marteny
Volga
South Charlestonton
James E. Isabel
Seth
Prenter
Boone County
South Charleston
Charleston
Ashley
Doddridge County
Julia Dynes
Dayton
Ohio
Clarksburg
Charles
Dynes
Sharon Lynn Barker
Cherry Fork
Liberty
Putnam County
Water Tank Levels Rise 14 Inches After Rain
The concrete reservoir water level, down four feet earlier, rose to within 14 inches of full as weekend rains reduced irrigation needs. Water department chief Raymond Shingleton noted the gain of about three feet after a period of danger.
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Raymond Shingleton
Cotton Duster Flight Crashes and Fatal Bullet Incident
A cotton dusting pilot Hugh Barr Miller landed safely on a residential street after engine failure. Earlier, D C Gerguson crash landed atop a moving auto after a rock ricochet. A girl was killed by a stray bullet, and Ann Griggs Bays drowned near Thurmond in Fayette County, with authorities reporting a near-immediate body recovery.
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Greenville
Mins
Hugh Barr Miller
D. C. Gerguson
Ann Griggs Bays
New River
Stone Cliff
Thurmond
Fayette County
Lightning claims two mothers and rescuer in Newark tragedy
In Newark a expectant mother and her sister with their 10 month old and friends sought shelter in a paneled truck during a storm. A 4,000 volt wire fell, electrocuting the mother in law Mrs Reed, and her sister Mrs Doris Patterson with 10 month old twin unborn killed. A rescuer, John Gomez, 24, died after touching the bodies. The incident occurred as a storm raged Sunday night. Mrs Patterson noted her sister expected twins and the husband is a Marine sergeant in Virginia. The report also briefly mentions the first American play in 1665 at Cole's Tavern, Pugotague, Va.
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Newark
J.i
Reed
Doris Patterson
William
Terry Williams
Taylor County Fiscal Ledger and Municipal Levy Estimates
A historical county and municipal financial record showing estimated receipts and current expenses for Taylor County and the town of Flemington. It lists authorities, salaries, departments, and levy calculations with figures for property classes, public utilities, real estate, and personal property, plus totals and dates.
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Circuit Court
State Tax Commissioner
J. P
West Virginia
Taylor
Roxlett
Clair Fowler
Roxie
Clatr ‘Fowler
Taylor County
Flemington
Towi
Pkymiington
Presei Ok
Stapley Fleming
Howard Vincent McCauley
Byron C. Ross
A. A. Blake
Sam Sal Oh. Sherwood
General Expenses Police Department
Fire Department
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