Big Day Here Friday Plan Co Round Up
Officials for the seventh annual Taylor County playground round-up were announced by J Bernard Dryfield. The event runs Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Maple avenue with Queen Cecilia I crowned at 8 p.m. A large crowd is expected and the pageant includes numerous events, committees, and a modern sound system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bernard Dryfield
Taylor
Preston
Taylor County
Rosemont
Flemington
Boothsville
Haymond
Thornton
Brownlow Park
Central School
East End
First Ward
Maple Avenue
Cecilia Debendarfer
H. K. Debendarfer
Cecilia I
Mary Spare
Lizzie Sinsel
Viola Lynch
Elmer Trader
Hector Austin
L. L. Bradley
Carl Shaw
V. Lynch
Beulah Barker
Elizabeth Glenn
Flayvilla Dabney
Albert Sturms
Hial Sandsbury
Doctor F. Hines
Elizabeth Gill
Edna
Vivian Peters
William Fogg
Elizabeth
Gill
J. B. Dryfield
Annabelle Crouse
Wallace Ludwick
Edward S. Keane
M. E. Doorman Sound Service
William Hart
F. 8. Smith
Taylor County Playground Association
Cecilia
Virginia Debendorfer
Betty Bailey
City Schools to Observe Daylight Saving Time Shifts
Grafton public schools will observe daylight saving time while rural districts hold unsettled schedules. The day will end at 3:15 with five periods, lunch 70 minutes, and a Tuesday special schedule for assemblies and a shortened morning. Band, agriculture classes, and football timing adjust to the new plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
E. G. Kuhn
H. E. Odgers
Sembly
Taylor county playgrounds pageant to crown Miss Natal ie Pembroke
Crowds over 2000 are expected as the seventh year of Work Projects Recreation unit playgrounds in Taylor county near the nation al scene reach a climax. Invitations go to state and national officials. the Grafton High band and West Virginia Industrial School drum corps lead an evening parade. Committees led by Eunst and Joe Evans will release a full list soon.
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Natalie Pembroke
Natalie I
Taylor County
Work Projects Administration
Grafton
West Virginia Industrial School For Boys
Eunst
Joe Evans
Fair Backers Hold Meeting for Third Tay lor County Fair
Plans for the third annual Tay lor county fair were discussed at a meeting of officers and others at the county agent's office. Frank L Kunst presided as president. The group moved toward incorporation and will seek a state charter. Incor porators named include Kunst Kinsey Grayson Woodyard McVicker Keener. Exhibit space will be doubled with more buildings in use and new lighting planned for exhibit entrances at Wal nut and Beech streets.
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Federal
Frank L. .Kunst
The
Fair Association
Secretary of States
Kunst
Clarence Kinsey
Ed Grayson
W. A. Woodyard
Truman McVicker
Ray Keener
Walnut and
Beech Streets
B. and O. Freight Loading Rises in Week Ended Aug 23 1941
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad moved 68,237 cars of freight in the week ending August 23 1941. Of these 42,807 were loaded on line and 22,430 arrived from connections. This surpasses the same week last year by 11,932 and the prior week by 729.
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Baltimore and Ohio , Railroad
WPA project to rebuild South Grafton bridge approved
President Roosevelts approval of a WPA project funds a $43,280 reconstruction of the South Grafton bridge with Taylor county court as principal sponsor and $24,365 contributed by the sponsors. The county sets aside $8,775 with equipment boosts, city of Grafton adds a lot for the east approach and tracks, and Baltimore and Ohio railroad also contributes. The plan eliminates the curve, adds new approaches, and aims for long service despite winter delays. Traffic hardships on Knottsville area residents due to previous bridge closure are noted as the project proceeds.
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Grafton
Taylor County Court
Washington
Roosevelt
U.S
Harley M. Kilgore
Herbert W.dent
City of
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Harley M. Haller
Tygart Dam
South
Park View
Knottsville
Bridge Street
Three Parking Tickets Cost Motorist a $2 Fine
James W. Jacobs of near the city was fined $2 by Mayor Charles O. King in municipal court for three parking violations in downtown Grafton. He was among the first fined since parking meters returned to use earlier in the summer as police described him as a persistent violator.
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Grafton
James W. Jacobs
Charles O. King
Jacobs
Peace Warrant Served After Beaumont Fight
Ada Mae Poling of the Beaumont area obtained a peace warrant leading to the arrest of Charles Workman by state and county officers. He was jailed in Taylor county with a hearing expected today before Justice of the Peace George L. Jolliffe. The complainant accuses Workman of entering the home and committing an assault.
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Ada Mae Poling
Beaumont
Charles Workman
Taylor County
Justice of the Peace
George L. Jolliffe
Workman
Fairmont Man Fined After Guilty Plea in Reckless Driving
Anillo Maguanne, 34 of Fairmont, pleaded guilty to reckless driving for a Route 50 crash at Pruntytown on August 15. Justice C. P. Lucas fined him 25 dollars plus costs. Injuries included a leg fracture to Kitty Reel of Fairmont and minor injuries to Neal Dieriggi, Fairmont nightclub manager and car owner.
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Anillo Maguanne
Fairmont
Pruntytown
Justice of the Peace
C. P. Lucas
Fetterman
Miss Kitty Reel
Neal Dieriggi
Young Woman Arrested On Prosecutor's Order
Verna Mae Goff age 22 of Francis street was arrested by city police on the prosecutor Francis L Warders order and jailed at 1230 a m. on West Francis street. Charges had not yet been determined, police said in a later conference with the prosecutor.
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Francis L. Warder
Verna Mae Goff
Francis Street
West Francis Street
Earl DeMoss
Small Infant Passes Funeral Is Held Here
Charles William Menear four day old son of Kenneth B Menear and Irene Phillips Menear, former city residents, died Sunday at Huntington and was buried yesterday in Bluemont cemetery after services by Rev Durward B Brown at Bartlett Funeral Home at 10 30 am. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Golden Menear and Mrs Ruth Phillips, all of Grafton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles William Menear
Kenneth B. Menear
Irene Phillips Menear
Huntington
Bluemont Cemetery
Durward B. Brown
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Bartlett
Golden Meneary
Ruth Phillips
Grafton
Auto Thieves Busy Here With Runaway Inmates Link
Two cars were stolen in the city and county last night. One theft was blamed on runaway West Virginia Industrial School for Boys inmates. A late model Chevrolet was taken from Walnut street around 6 p.m. No trace found morning. In Pruntytown another car vanished tied to two runaways in custody. One youth was nabbed in Clarksburg. the other fled. State and local officers pursued both cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Vandergrift
Walnut Street
Pruntytown
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Blueville Considers New Traffic Light at Busy Intersection
At a city commission meeting in Blueville yesterday the proposal to install a stop and go light at routes 50 and 119 was discussed. Officials favored trading the current blinker to the State Road commission for a new unit. Trooper C W Dye called the intersection among the state’s most dangerous noting recent accidents and that the blinker fails to manage traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blueville
State Road Commission
C. W. Dye
Dye
Film Exhibitors Meet at White Sulphur Hotel
Executives of the West Virginia Motion Picture Exhibitors association wrapped up the final convention program at the White Sulphur Hotel in White Sulphur Springs. Speakers included H. M. Richey of New York and Ed Kuykendall, national president of the Motion Picture Theater Operators Association. The seventh annual program began yesterday with a series of social events.
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White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Motion Picture Exhibitors’ Association
H. M. Richey
New York
Mero-Goldwyn-Mayer
Ed Kuykendall
Hattiesburg
Miss
Motion Picture Theater Operators’ Association
Husband and wife quarrel at Station Square
A husband and wife, Bertha Hyre and Howard Hyre, quarrelled downtown near the Baltimore and Ohio Station Square at 3 a.m. They appeared before Mayor Charles O. King in municipal court and were fined five dollars plus costs, to be paid Saturday. They live at 17 West Wilford Street. Police did not disclose the quarrel’s cause.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Charles
King
Saturn Iday
Bertha Hyre
Howard
West Wilford Street
Opie Ew
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Edward Everett Horton
Don “Red” Barry
Wyoming
Roy Rogers
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Igh Herbert
Grafton Senior High
Lise
Ny Drug Store
Malone’s Drug and Chemical CO
WPA
City
White Sulphur Hotel
Noor
Barton's
E. Main Street
Chambray
Dad
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