Mrs. Darl Smith Honored At Party
Mrs. Darl Smith was guest of honor at a surprise birthday party at her home Saturday evening. Various guests attended and gifts were given. Refreshments were served to many attendees including the Kerns Robinsons Mitchells and Howell families with detailed invites listing numerous relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darl Smith
Bruce Kerns
Arthur Robinson
Samantha Robinson
Vera McCauley
Carroll McCauley
Norma Jean McCauley
Elwood Mitchel Jr
Louise Mitchell
Lucille Mitchell
Daughters of America Hold 39th Annual Convention
The thirty ninth State Convention of the Daughters of America met August 27 28 at the Waldo Hotel Clarksburg with registration at 1 00 p m Thursday on the mezzanine. The event featured speeches songs and a roller skating act, with officials from Clarksburg and Charleston attending and plans for new members announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Daughters of America
Waldo Hotel
Clarksburg
Louise Huntley
Nancy Hickman
Curry
Susan Whaley
Mary Jane Rebrook
Dorothy Gill
Mildred Christian
Cleo McMichaels
Charleston
8. C
Susan Phillips
Irene Frey
Sarah Gillispie
Birdie Thompson
Community reunions and church events listed for September
The notice lists gatherings on September 5 and 12 across multiple churches in Taylor County. Reunions include Sinclair Cornwell Marquess at Mount Zion Church, Currey Family at Harmony Grove, Mt Pleasant Church Homecoming, Robinson and Bartlett at Webster Baptist, Ford Reunion at Oak Grove, plus September 4 Mountaineer Council meeting in VFW Hall and August 30 F H A and F F A cookout at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.H.A
F.F.A
Circle No. 2
St. Paul's
C. C. Batson
Dewey Avenue
R.T.S
First Baptist Church
Mountaineer Council No
United American Mechanics
V.F.W. Hall
East Main Street
Sinclair-Cornwell -Marquess
Mount Zion Church
Bailey Memorial Church
Currey
Harmony Grove Baptist
Taylor County
Mt. Pleasant Church
Sinclair Moran
Marquess
Robinson and Bartlett
Webster Baptist Church
Ford
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Eliza E Boyce Party Marks 77th Birthday in Flemington
Miss Eliza E Boyce was celebrated at a birthday dinner and all day gathering hosted by her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs William L Boyce at their Flemington home. Family and friends in attendance included Mr and Mrs William Boyd Morris Mrs Adram M Boyce and son Richard Mr and Mrs Commodore Boyce and more with a note of distant cloudless air above 40 000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza E. Boyce
William L. Boyce
Flemington
William Boyd Morris
Adram M. Boyce
Richard
Commodore Boyce
Wilson Morris
Chip
Boyd Sutler
Rosemary
Jo Ann
Linda Sue
Ronnie
Junior Harvey
Rosa Wease
Mattie B. Harvey
William Morris
Rose Preston
Opal
Wease
Violet Marquess
Edith Smallwood
W. W . Stalnaker
Yuma
Arizona
Jimmy Ed Hughes
Jai
Smallwood
James Loar Smallwood
Annette
Local Briefs From Grafton and Surrounding Areas
Visits to relatives in Washington and St Charles Street noted for Mr and Mrs Fred Nicola Jr of Waukegan IL. Birth announced for David Earnest Shaver born August 25 at 4 30 pm weighing seven pounds ten ounces to Hazel McDaniel and Eugene Shaver of Harmony Grove. Edmond M Jacobs commissioned Captain in US Air Force assigned to Lackland AFB San Antonio. Sergeant Ernest R Johnson stationed in Tachikawa Japan and wife Irene resides Chicago. Surgical patient Rev George E Manson at St Marys Hospital Clarksburg. Hospital notes list admissions Doris Delancey Robert Rogers Mabel Mitter and discharges Fred Gerkins Grace Brown Marie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Fred Nicola, Jr
Waukegan
Itil
Fred Nicola, Sr
St. Charles Street
Washington, D.C
Richard Rédinger
Nicola
Mary Alice Palmer
Eugene Shaver
Harmony Grove
David Earnest
Hazel McDaniel
Earnest L . McDaniel
Beech Street
Dorsey Brown
Iré Shaver
Monongahela Power Company
Alvey Jacobs
Walnut Street
Edmond M. Jacobs
United States Air Force
Jacobs
Station Field
Lackland Air Base
San Antonio
Texas
Douglas
Georgia
Fifth Air Force
Ernest R. Johnson
Arthur
Clara Johnson
Japan
Tachikawa Air Force Base
Johnson
Chanute Air Force Base
Irene Johnson
West Division Street
Chicago, Ill
Grafton City Hospital
Doris Delancey
Robert Rogers
Mabel Mitter
Fred Gerkins
Grace Brown
Marie
Birth of Linda Maureen Duffy in Grafton City Hospital
Announce Birth at 5:28 p.m. Sunday August 22 at Grafton City Hospital. Linda Maureen Duffy weighs seven pounds two ounces. parents Mr. and Mrs Bernard L. Duffy announce, mother former Maxine Watkins. paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs James J. Duffy. Father a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad fireman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard L. Duffy
West
Wilford Street
Grafton City Hospital
Linda Maureen
Maxine Watkins
Margaret Watkins
Blueville
James J. Duffy
East Wilford Street
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Coast area braces for hurricane as winds rise inland
Coast residents prepare for a hurricane threat with boats dragged ashore, shutters and precautions at Manteo hotels, and Red Cross disaster workers being dispatched from Atlanta. Cape Hatteras station evacuated, naval planes moved from Chincoteague to Buffalo, with Norfolk orders in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manteo
Red Cross
Atlanta
Atlantic
Oregon Inlet
Cape Hatteras
Chincoteague
Norfolk
Naval air stations evacuate planes as hurricane nears coast
The Navy orders all flyable aircraft evacuated from Lakehurst Muston Atlantic City Willow Grove Johnsonville Norfolk Patuxent Weeksville Annapolis Chincoteague Anacostia Dahlgren Cherry Point Elizabeth City and Oceana as alerts spread along the northern east coast. About 390 planes are moved to Buffalo Niagara Falls Griffiss and other FAA sites with dozens more dispatched from Oceana and Leakesville and pilots from Anacostia to Harrisburg Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Air force crews stand by in the Carolinas Virginia and Maryland to fly out if danger worsens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiara Falls
Griffis Air
Lakehurst
N. J
Washington
Navy
Marine
Anacostia
D. C
Harrisburg
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Naval Reserve
Air Force
Carolinas
Virginia
Maryland
Pope Field
N. C
Shaw
8. C
Turner Ga
Langley
Bollingfield
Naval Air Station
Potomac River
Muston Field
Atlantic City
Willow Grove
Johnsonville
Norfolk
Human Chain witness describes wartime plane crash
A witness recounts a plane crash seen from a yard with lightning striking the craft. Another farmer’s wife watched pieces fall as the plane wrecked, with wreckage found near Winona. The report notes a civil war statistic about New York State soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Charles Guenther
Fountain City
Winsona
Public Notice in Taylor County Chancery Case Items Listed for Sale
The Circuit Court of Taylor County WV orders publication to notify all named and unknown holders of interests in lands listed for sale to benefit the school fund. The 1948 order details numerous parcels including coal and mineral rights on Tygarts Valley River and properties in Grafton and Simpson, with owners and defendants named. Parties must appear within one month to protect their rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
West Vir
Ginia
Circuit Court
Taylor County
West Virginia
Tygarts Valley
Cecil
Court House District
B. F. Overholt
Helen O. Horrell
Raymond D. Overholt
Overholt Coal and Coke Company
Woodford
Grafton
Court House
Isaac Proudfoot
Clyde B. Parsons
Robert Morris Robinson
Helen Robinson Stoetzer
Gabes Fork
Clarence D, Robinson
Berkley Sturm
Sturm
Sara Woodford
Sara Taylor
Carrie P.thorn
W. Merle Bailey
State of West Virginia
E.J. Ball
Herrs Et al
Graftan
E. J. Ball
O. V. Ball
Rosetta E Brown
Riley Ball
George Ball
Nancy A. Shaffer
Mary L. Barlow
John A. Barlow
Marie C. Judge
Mary Catherine Barlow
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
New York City
J. J. Swint
Catholic Church of the Diocese
Valley River
Grace E. Clark
Mary A. Cole
Tygart Valley
Cora ©. Cole
Helen M. Corbin
Tygarts Valley River
Herman G. Croston
Herbert M. Crawford
Berkley Run
Hhrman C. Croston
Martha J. Croston
Herman Croston
William Croston
Jessie L. Dalton
Mallie Michals
Mildred McKinney
Mary Jane Hoffman
Ralph Croston
Opal Croston
Flag Run
J. F. Chenoweth
Harry F. Chenoweth
Simpson Creek
Sarah V. Outright
Sarah V. Cutright
Pleasant Creek
J. D. Dadisman
Pruntytown
Mary G
John W. Dudley
C. Burl Mason
Luella, Coke Company
William ‘T. Lively
Luella Coal and Coke Company
Virginia
A. Tetrick
Simpson
Mary Manfreda
Simipson
Land tax delinquency order lists Samuel Faris heirs and many parcels
A 1948 Chancery order in Taylor County West Virginia directs all named defendants and unlisted interest holders to appear within one month of the first publication to protect their interests. The document lists numerous parcels with owners and descriptions including Rose and Mary Flanery, Grafton Woodford additions, Simpson Creek and Pleasant Creek tracts, and blocks in Woodford Addition, with mineral rights and oil and gas rights noted for several properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodford
John L. Robinson
Elizabeth Robinson
Edward Robinson
Virginia Young
Nettle S. Robinson
Mildred , Morgan
James D. Robinson
Virginia Robinson
Eugen Robinson
Helen Cundy
J. W. Robinson
Anna M. Warder
Gabes Fork
Sam and
Rosaiia
Woodford Addition
J. C. Simmons
North Simpson Addition
G. O. Sinsel
M. A. Lynch
J. U
Pleasant Creek
W. R. Stanst Berry
Sara Woodford Addition
Lawson Starcher
State OF
West Virginia
Circuit Court
Taylor County
Orler
Samuel Faris
Land Commissioner's
Grafton
Court House
Rose
Mary Flanery
Rose Riffee
B. Oil and Gas
Simpson Creek
George Faris
Robert D. Faris
Mary L. Faris
Florence Faris
Nell Faris Shinn
Rachel Faris Shuttleworth
Court House District
G. F. Gregg
J. W. Gold
G. H. Earle
UT. B. Willison
North Simpson
Simpson
C. F. Grimm
F.oll
Owen Haddix
Robert W. Henderson
T. B. Henderson
John B. Henderson
Geo. W. Henderson
Sara Ann Hayhurst
Francis M.hill
Francis M. Hill
Sand Lick
B. F. Hoffman
Sherman H. Hoffman
Fay Hoffman
Lelia Hughes
Tygart
Long Run
Court, House District
Arden Lynch
Charles A. Lynch
Robert Lynch
Gerthide Lynch
Grace Lynch
Margaret Lynch
John Lynch
Ty- Sarts Valley
Alcinda Male
Rose Martin
T. Oil and Gas
Bessie McVicker
U. Oll
Berkley Run
Bertha Davis Miller
Tygarta Valley
Charles. Wy. Monroe
Charles W.monroe, Jr
John L. Monroe
W. Merle Balumy
Otreutt Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Darl Smith
D. of A
Bartlett
Bartlett General Homes & Grafton
Bridgeport
Glarksburg
Baltimore
Mrs
Lawrence Preiss
Baltimore, Md
Cooper Bartlett and
Family
Knottsville
George E. Manson
St. Matthias Church
St. Mary's Hospital, Clarksburg
Trans Furniture Co
Ature Beautyrest Mattress Usar
Barbour County
Charley Browning
C. J. Shingleston
Maude Loving
Dennis Murray
Lee Williams
Joe Ferguson
Murril McDonald
Darrel Currey
Bernice Raikes
First Baptist Grafton
Fairmont, W. Vo
THE
Capitolaire
Wiedebusch Plumbing & Heating CO
First Street
Fairmont
W. VA
Harry Priedman
Elizabeth R. Davisson
Luigi Duose
Oarl E. Dawson
Charles Dawison
Harry Friedman
Harry Friedmiah
Reed Commissione
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