Sunday School Convention in Taylor County Planned
The Taylor County Sunday School council schedules a full day convention at Simpson Methodist on Friday August 13 starting 9 30 a m with Fred D Robinson presiding Featuring devotional services addresses reports and entertainment a basket dinner at noon The program includes sermons forums choir music and practical talks on Protestant cooperation and county council planning with several clergy and lay leaders participating including Rev L J Lunsford Rev Harry Eckels Rev J C Gould Rev J H Carson Rev T James Boshell Rev Z B Edworthy Lonnie Mays Rose Maryight and others through the afternoon and evening sessions concluding with a benediction and a motion picture demonstration.
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Taylor County
Harry Eckels
First Baptist Church
Oral J. Jones
Edward Whitescarver
J. H. Carson
County Council
T James Boshell
Z. B. Edworthy
West Virginia
Rose Maryight
First Presbyterian Church
Rosemont
Robert McKinney
Perlo dodges questions at hearing on Red underground ties
Witnesses described Perlo as a leader of a prewar Communist underground in Washington. Time Magazine reporter Whittaker Chambers linked him to Soviet spy networks. Perlo refused to confirm or deny specifics, invoking the Fifth Amendment to avoid incriminating himself while asserting no shame in his stance.
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State Department
Oksila Stepanovna Kosenkina
New York
Miss Bentley
Perlo
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Chambers
Washington
Red Underground
Nixon
R-Calif
Red
Nixon questions witness in suspected perjury case
The exchange centers on Perlo as Nixon argues about truth and potential perjury. Nixon cites a statement denying violations and questions handling of secret information. Committee chair Thomas cautions on legal exposure, while Perlo declines to answer further.
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Nixon
Perlo
Rep
McDowell R-Pay
Thomas
Little Girl Dies of Acute Leukemia in Wellsburg
Virginia Ann Dinardo, nine, died from acute leukemia after her father Bernard Dinardo declined hospital aid offered by fraternal groups. Her parents had undergone recent operations. she had shown loss of appetite and stopped playing with dolls. The family has four other children. In New York, a U.S. agriculture report notes 88,000 West Virginia children received noon meals during 1947-48 under the school lunch program. Hong Kong is described as a rocky island about 11 miles long in the South China Sea.
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Wellsburg
Virginia Ann Dinardo
Bernard Dinnardo
Virginia
Dinudo
Jesis
New York
U.S. Agriculture Department
West Virginia
Hong Kong
China Sea
Firemen's Jubilee Week Parade Plans Grow In Grafton
Grafton Volunteer Fire department prepares for a large Labor Day parade with about 73 departments from a 100 mile radius. John Proctor leads as fire chief and parade chairman, with a judging committee including Mrs. T. W. Heironimus Jr and others. A reception at the Baltimore 2nd Ohio depot will honor visiting chiefs, and a carnival will follow at the old Fair Ground property near Grafton High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
John Proctor
Blueville
Fair’ Grounds
Baltimore 2Nd Ohio Railroad
T. W. Heironimus, Jr
Eldora M. Bolyard
Claude 8. Eaert
A. E. Leonard
J. Paul Murphy
Richard Bord
I. Ee
Russell Dotson
Curtis D. Decker
Robert F. Gerkin
Victor C. Willhide
H. Dent Wiles
William A. Murray
James F. Holt
Grafton Sentinel
Mr. Proctor
Durley J. Kiser
The
Volunteers
Harold A. Appel
Earl Layman
Old Fair Ground
Grafton Senior High School
Firemen Plan Big Radio Show For Friday Night
The Red Belcher Kentucky Ridge Runners join a Grafton August Friday night at Grafton Junior High in a show backed by the Grafton Volunteer Fire Department. Red Belcher hosts and performs on banjo while the Ritchie Brothers perform original pieces and hits. Chick Stripling provides comedy and songs in a format aimed at local radio listeners.
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Red Belcher
Grafton
Belcher
Ritchie Brothers
Melvin
Galen
WWVA
Chick Stripling
Stripling
Johnson
Fairmont Man Dies In Philippi Hospital
Rob ert E Knighton 65, a Fairmont businessman, died yesterday at a Philippi clinic. Survived by his widow and two sisters Mrs Calmer Dickson of Altoona Pennsylvania and Miss Florence Knighton of Pittsburgh. Requiem mass will be held here Wednesday morning.
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Fairmont
Aus
Robert E. Knighton
Philippi
Wdow
Calmer Dickson
Altoona
Florence Knighton
Pittsburgh
State Population Drop Hits West Virginia
A census bureau report shows West Virginia among nine states decreasing population since 1940. The Mountain State's July 1 1947 population was 1,882,000 versus 1,901,974 in April 1940, as census data reflect. Russia's surface generally lies under 600 feet and its navigable waterways sum about 60,000 miles.
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Washington
Census Bureau
West Virginia
Russia
Native Grafton Man Sings With Fairmont Quartet
Sam L. Kidview from Huntingdon end White Day Creek in Northern West Virginia drew near the state last weekend for the Barbershop Quartette event at the Fairmont hotel in Fairmont. Ridenour, long a local musical figure and part of the Merry Widow Quartet, visted Fairmont to oversee improvements on White Day Creek and to stay a week or 10 days. He once ran a Music Den in the Watson hotel basement, played with the Greater Fairmont band and Omens First Reg men, and later became a noted lobby figure with coin collections and a Holt Office Supply display of small- value paper money called Shiplasters.
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Sam L. Kidview
Huntington End
White Day Creek
West Virginia
Fairmont Hotel
Fairmont
Sam
Lloyd Bell
Charles “Chug” Ingram
Charles Dawson
Ridenour
Riden
Watson Hotel
Greater Fairmony
Omens
Reg
Grafton
Pittsburgh
Huntington
Harmony Lions
Holt
City Police Report 66 Arrests In July
City police docket shows sixty six arrests for July led by twenty nine drunkenness cases. Other top charges include six loitering, five for investigation and five for traffic violations, with multiple arrests for disturbance speeding warrants disorderly conduct and drunk in car. Minor charges include driving drunk driving without lights and panhandling.
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Mask
Wbout
Lcense
Claims Quiet Border Tightening Amid German Flight
Reports say new Russian border controls curb illegal traffic from the Russian zone to the American zone, cutting the prior flow of about 10,000 people monthly. The piece mentions salt uses in plastics and dyes, and notes Liberia's 12,000 descendants of freed US slaves. Also restates Russia's vast size and regional notes, with scattered odds and ends about film thefts, gum and cigarettes, and a stray price.
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Page Ones
Russia
Europe
Asia
Liberia
Africa
United States
Haiti
Theft arrests follow earlier burglaries in Clarksburg
Police say several thefts occurred earlier with two men sought for week. Saturday arrest followed. Trooper Duckworth noted a hearing date for May for Jeffreys has not been set. Police value estimates exceed $200 in losses.
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Duckworth
Jefferys
Miss Queen Performs Let My Song Fill Your Heart
Miss Queen used special framing to enhance a semi classical number Let My Song Fill Your Heart during the program. The presentation showcased a poised performance with notable stage framing and musical nuance.
In Loving Memory of Loraine Deavers
In loving memory of my daughter Loraine Deavers who died seven years ago on August 8. Seven years have passed yet it seems yesterday. The house is empty without you. Your memory lingers on and nothing can take your dear smiling face. Her mother Laura Deaver.
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Loraine Deavers
Laura Deaver
Taylor County Farmers Picnic Draws Hundreds
The Taylor County Farmers Picnic at Camp Towles drew hundreds yesterday including at least 60 Rotary Kiwanis and Lions members and families. Attorney Dayton Stemple of Philippi spoke on road bond issues while a 4 H Style review crowned Miss BurnGardner and Miss Parkhill, with winners to represent the county at state events.
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Taylor County
Camp Towles
Grafton Rotary, Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Kiwanis and
Rotary Club
Lions Clip
Rotary
Kiwanisclus
Dayton Stemple
Philippi
Ruth Marie Bumgardner
Dorothy Bowe
Helen Louise Outright
Richardean Parkhill
Andrews Church Plans 75th Anniversary Celebration
Andrews Church marks its seventy fifth founding anniversary with a week of activities planned for late October. A committee led by Frank M Hollis Jr coordinates details and will issue a full observance report soon. Events likely begin October 24 and conclude October 31, highlighting the church as the Mother Church of Mothers Day rooted in Anna M Jarvis's request.
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Andrews Methodist Church
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Andrews Church
Anna M. Jarvis
Taylor County
Card of Thanks for John Thomas Stilwell
The family of John Thomas Stilwell expresses grateful appreciation for the sympathy shown by friends and neighbors, the floral offerings, and car use during their recent bereavement. Special thanks are given to Rev. M. J. Hannon and the Sisters of Divine Providence for their consoling words.
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John Thomas Stilwell
M. J. Hannon
Sisters of Divine Providence
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