Taylor Enrollees And Home On W. M. Brown Farm
W M Brown of Route 3 Grafton and his wife qualify for enrollment in the Taylor County Farming for Better Living program due to extensive on farm activity. Brown presides over the Taylor County Farm Bureau directs for Southern States Co operative and serves on the Farming for Better Living Council. They operate 205 acres with beef cattle dairy cows hogs poultry timber and orchards plus market crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Brown
Route No. 3
Grafton
Mrs. Brown
Taylor County Farming For
Mr. Brown
Taylor County Farm Bureau
Southern States Co-operative
County
Farming For Better Living Council
Brown
Haymond Community Club
Farm Mutual Insurance Company
Deaths of Frederick Gelhausen and Carl Kern
Frederick Perrie Gelhausen a 37 year old Beaumont addition resident of Grafton died after a year long illness. He leaves wife Grace Carroll Gelhausen and children Charles Frederick and Marion Grace with brothers L R Theodore Clayton and sister Mrs Josephine Kirby. Funeral at Bartlett Funeral Home Tuesday at 2 pm, burial at Bluemont under Bartlett's care. Carl B Kern aged 58, former Grafton policeman, died after a long illness at his home. A new law prohibits under 18s operating power driven hoisting apparatus in affected establishments starting September 1 under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Frederick Perrie Gelhausen
Beaumont Addition
Grafton Man
J. A. Gelhausen
Sarah Bonner Gelhausen
Taylor County
Gelhausen
Bartlett Funeral Home
Lois Luzader
Bluemont Cemetery
Bartlett's
Fairmont
Carl B. Kern
Charleston
James V. Anderson
U. S. Department of Labor
Rae
Veterans urged to file terminal pay forms here Wednesday
The Grafton Post of the VFW will supply prescribed forms for veteran terminal pay applications. John G. Ford, service officer, will assist at the VFW club. The post funded the forms and leads in state service, saying no other veterans group has undertaken such help. A separate war story notes an overdue American transport from Vienna to Udine reported with tracer bullets. another Yugoslav shootdown and cautions to avoid Yugoslav airspace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Ford
V-P.w
Ford
Grafton
Austria-Italy
Yugoslavia
European Air Transport Service
Vienna
Klagenfurt
Austria
Udine
Venezia Giulia
Isonzo
RAF
Carloadings Reported by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad reported 66,517 carloads handled for the week ended Aug. 17, with 41,951 loaded on line and 24,566 received from connections. The figure compares with 57,784 for the same week in 1945 and 67,318 for the week ended Aug. 10, 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Magistrate To Rule Later On Highway Case
Magistrate John W. Snider said a ruling on the case of George Mauller arrested Friday by State Trooper J R Wayt for a shifting load on a public highway near Pruntytown will be issued after consultation with Prosecuting Attorney W P Samples today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Snider
George Mauller
Priday
J. R. Wayt
U. S. ‘Highway 50
Pruntytown
W. P. Samples
Hit And Run Driver Damages Car In Market Street
A hit and run driver struck Mrs. Shaw's car on Market street about 10 50 PM Saturday night causing extensive damage. The driver allegedly swapped off lights to avoid identification and fled toward West Main then turned west and disappeared. Police report the victim’s car badly damaged with no exact damage estimate yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindu Congress
League
GOP Leader Calls Student Probe Over War Material Injustice
GRAFTON Aug 19 Special Merle Watkins Republican State Executive committeeman of Taylor county calls for a sweeping investigation into reports that the War Assets Administration mishandles surplus materials meant for veterans. He attacks non veterans profiting and red tape hindering veterans. Also features. Paintings by Ruth Marie Bumgardner, Grafton Senior High student, displayed by W R Lear and Son.
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GOP
Grafton
Merle Watkins
Republican State Executive Committee
Taylor County
War Assets Administration
WAA
Watkins
Ruth Marie Bumgardner
Grafton Senior High School
W.R. Lear
Bumgardner
Rufus Yost
Miss Bumgardner
Brice Bumgardner
Yates Avenue
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Universal Choir
City Police Court Doldrums Mark Summer Session
City Police Court business showed summer doldrums with eight habitual drunks and a disturbance case at City Hospital. Norman Watkins of Grafton Route 1 paid $2 forfeiture for non appearance after a Saturday night arrest for parking in a restricted Boyd Alley zone. Police say the area is kept clear for fire truck access during emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Watkins
Grafton
Boyd Alley
City Hospital
Regatta Planned for Huntington as City Celebrates 75th
An Ohio river regatta sanctioned by the National Outboard Drivers Association will be held Saturday September 7 as part of Huntington s 75th anniversary celebration. R T Roche civic committee chairman announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
National Outboard Drivers Association
R. T. Roche
Delbarton Area to Vote on Incorporation
Residents of the Delbarton section will vote in a special election tomorrow on whether to incorporate the area. The move aims to establish local governance and municipal services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
Delbarton
Maytag Service Ad for Godwin and Shaffer in Grafton
An authorized Maytag dealer Godwin and Shaffer promotes expert washer service to keep appliances like new. The ad lists contact details including Route 50 bus route, phone 1193, and manager Kenneth Godwin in Grafton.
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Godwin & Shaffer
Grafton—Kenneth
Godwin-mgr
Truman Enjoys Summer Cruise On Williamsburg
President Truman, aboard the USS Williamsburg, ends a Washington D C cruise with a quiet summer vacation. He avoids political talk, defends inviting none since focusing on his 18 day break. Navy Secretary Forrestal drops by during the ship’s Newport stop to say hello.
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Truman
U.S.S. Williamsburg
Washington
New England
Theodore Francis Green
D-R. I
Green
Navy
James V. Forrestal
Newport
Lake SAIKE sees rapid strike-bound Great Lakes action
The outlook is excellent for a nationwide strike on the Great Lakes within a week as NMU organsations push for a 40 hour week. Joseph Curran moved to reopen talks with Bethlehem Transportation Co while leaders met Standard Oil of Indiana and other firms. In Cyprus, the Empire Rival carried the refugee schooner 23 to avoid incident as troops kept order in Tel Aviv amid a protest.
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Great Lakes
NMU
Joseph Curran
New York
Bethlehem Transportation Co
Bethlehem Steel
Chicago
Standard Oil
Indiana
Empire Rival
Cyprus
Famagusta
Cyrus
Tel Aviv
One Killed In Wreck Near Roney's Point Bridge
An automobile wreck on a bridge near Roney's Point Saturday night killed Chester Sacheck a 19 year old from Carnegie Pennsylvania and injured five other persons State Trooper Robert Elliott reported
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Wheeling
Chester Sacheck
Carnegie
Roney’s Point
Robert Elliott
Settlement and Aboriginal population in early Australia
In 1788 during the first settlement of Australis estimates put the Aboriginal population around 300,000. By a later count the number had fallen to about 52,000 due to ongoing impacts on communities.
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Australis
Australia
Businessman dies in Charleston founder of Kanawha Woolen Mills
John Louis Minsker, 71, business leader who with his father and brothers founded Kanawha Woolen Mills Company and ran the firm until 1929, died yesterday at his Charleston home after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
John Louis Minsker
Kanawha Woolen Mills Company
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Frances Rafferty
Robert Stanton
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Grant
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Horton
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Grafton Theatre
Opera House
City Police Court
Congo River
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Grafton Park
Epples
Latrobe Street
Bolyard Barber Shop
First National Bank
Harry S. White
Prescription Headquarters
Malones Drug & Chemical CO
Lake
Saike
Aes
Towa
Garland Taylor
Russell Creek
Malone
Drug & Chemical
Ath
Hite
Joan
Ringlers Plumbing
Main St
Fawcett Brothers
W. Main ST
Grafton, W. VA
Robt. W
Bill) Fawcett
James R. Fawcett
Hal
Memoriam
George W. Luzadder
Calvary Tabernacle
Beaumont
Ruby G. Foley
John McCord
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