Jaycee Turtle Derby Expected to Break Records in Grafton
Grafton Jaycees, led by Calvin Morrison, forecast the annual turtle race at 3 30 p m Labor Day at Grafton High football field after the parade. Entries rival prior years with 150 to 200 turtles expected. gate receipts aid the high school band uniform fund with 10 cent admissions. Kentucky bred racing turtles shipped from Henderson, Kentucky, are to be used, entry blanks available from Jaycee members, sponsorship fees of 5 dollars finance local projects.
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Calvin Morrison
Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Grafton High School
Morrison
Jaycee Organization
Grafton High School Band
Jaycee
Henderson
Kentucky
Berlin Council Postpones Meet Over Kremlin Talks
Berlin faces a divided council vote as meetings are postponed until Moscow talks yield a communique and police protection. Communists disrupted anti Communist meetings, while Soviet authorities order taxes paid only within the Russian sector, aiming to split city finances amidst four power talks and a 68 day Soviet blockade. The Socialist press circulated a note urging the killing of two city leaders.
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George Bria
Berlin
Kremlin
Moscow
Harvest Days set for three day Grafton sale
Grafton merchants met at the Taylor County Board of Trade and announced a three day Harvest Sale on September 30 October 1 and 2. Claude S. Ebert heads the sales committee and says many unusual values will be offered by local merchants in the expanded trade area. This marks the first community wide sale in recent years organized by Grafton businessmen.
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Grafton
Taylor County Board of Trade
Claude S. Ebert
Barker subjected to non-support charges in Fairmont hearing
On complaint by his wife Stella Barker now of Fairmont Harry Barker also listed as Fairmont faced a non-support hearing before Magistrate John Snyder last Saturday on behalf of his wife and four children. The magistrate said a final decision had not been reached and a ruling was expected later in the week.
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Stella Barker
Fairmont
Harry Barker
John Snyder
Boulevard Project From Vienna To Parkersburg Hinted
State Road Commissioner Ray Cavendish told officials here the $550000 five mile boulevard between Vienna and Parkersburg might start immediately after bid letting in October. Main causes of farm fires include lightning defective chimneys sparks on roofs stoves and furnaces hot ashes spontaneous hay ignition misuse of electricity matches and smoking.
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Parkersburg
Ray Cavendish
Vienna
West Virginia law library donated to university
Officials of the West Virginia University College of Law said a five thousand volume law library once owned by the late Arthur Dayton of Charleston was turned over to the college. Also reported a fatal auto crash near Gordon and a man identified as James E. Stewart of Charleston killed when his car skidded into a stump after exiting a highway.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University College of Law
Arthur 8
Dayton
Charleston
Manchester
O'to Istate Highway Patrol
James E. Stewart
Four Bus Drivers Fail Oral Driving Test in Taylor County
Four of the 13 Taylor County Board of Education bus drivers did not pass the oral examination for the driving tests. Local state police said those failing will take a second test Friday. A regular bus safety inspection by state police will occur in Taylor County later this week to ensure proper condition for transporting children.
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Taylor County
Heat Relief Records Toll as Scorching Heat Persists
The heat wave continued across the northern plains and midwest with 90s and near 100s in parts of the Dakotas and Montana. Nationwide deaths reached 173 in 16 states as temps eased briefly in some areas after storms. Blythe California hit 119, the season high, while New York City faced 95 and 42 fatalities including eight drownings.
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Midwest
Central
Dakotas
Montana
Washington
Portsmouth
New York City
U.S. Weather Bureau
New York
Huntington
W. Va
Blythe
Calif
Illinois
Michigan
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maryland
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Virginia
Washington, D.C
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Maine
Lightning bolt strikes Ford home on Wilford Street
A lightning bolt hit the Ford residence at 225 West Wilford Street this afternoon around 2 30 causing over 200 dollars in damage. Mrs. John Francis Ford was shaken but not seriously injured, as firemen and neighbors aided in preventing a fire from spreading. The strike smashed the radio, shattered a front window, scorched furnishings, and knocked a chandelier from the ceiling. investigators warned possible damage to wiring and fuse boxes. Assistant Chief Ray Osborne estimated losses at 150 to 200 dollars.
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John Francis Ford
Ford
West Wilford Street
City
Ray Osborne
Registration under way for draft board expansion in county
A Taylor county draft board reconvened with A. T. Miller named chairman and Mrs. Harold Weekly returning as clerk. The six day per week operation runs 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. as registration begins, with 25 year olds targeted first and efforts to catch up on delays in the schedule.
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Grafton Banking and Trust Co
Taylor-Bar~ Poor County
A. T
Bert) Miller
Taylor County
Clarence W. Meadows
Miller
Harold Weekly
Barbour County
John Mattingly of Preston County Dies
John Edward Mattingly born in Howesville West Virginia in 1862 died today in Washington pneumonia after a long illness. He held multiple managerial posts including West Virginia Mercantile Co and Dobin Lumber Co plus merchantile work in Morgantown and Fairmont. He moved to Washington in 1939 with his daughter Pauline Mattingly an instructor at Wilson Teachers College. He belonged to Morgantown lodge Elks and is survived by Emma Gocke Mattingly two daughters and a nephew.
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Washington
John Edward Mattingly
Howesville
Preston County
W. Va
Austin
WVA) Coke Works
Dobin Lumber Co
Fairmont
Morgantown
West Virginia Mercantile Co
Pauline
Wilson Teachers’ College
Lodge of the Elks
Emma Gocke Mattingly
David B. Reger
Pauline Mattingly
Paul H. Gocke
Disturbance case and weekend docket from city police court
A local docket lists one disturbance case for which Carl Tracy, 18, of Grafton Route 1, was found guilty and fined along with four drunks and two loitering charges. Tracy was accused of starting a disturbance near a Main Street restaurant on Saturday night. City Police Court Judge J. Guy Allender convicted him this morning. Charleston and Morgantown items follow: a 4494 mile non stop B 29 training flight will land at Kanawha Airport September 18, West Virginia University freshman week opens September 9 with 41 events, U.S. fire statistics, New York population, and a dinner menu tip. Drowns fishing report notes Clayton Taylor of Robson, Fayette County, reportedly drowned after a small skiff overturned on the Kanawha River near Alley. Additional board members named Byron C. Ross and Billie Hollen.
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Carl Tracy
Grafton
Rte. 1
Tacy
Charleston
Anchorage
Alaska
Kanawha
New York
Union
R. K. Price
Clayton Taylor
Robson
Fayette County
Alley
Uled
Byron C. Ross
Flemington
Billie Hollen
Philippi
Frugal Roast Seasoning Tip Cites Garlic or Mustard
A brief food note advises that flouring a roast isn't required and suggests rubbing the meat with a cut clove of garlic or a touch of dry mustard for flavor enhancement.
Dr Whiteside Dies at 71 in Parsons
Dr William Everet Whiteside a Parsons physician since 1925 died of a heart attack. He graduated in 1906 from a Louisville medical school and left a widow a sister and brother plus several nieces and nephews as survivors. Robert Brady 75 Romney brother in law of former West Virginia Governor Cornwell died at a nearby hospital after a week long illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow with survivors including two sisters Miss Susan Brady Romney and Mrs John J Cornwell. The flippers or wings of penguins are covered with small scale like feathers.
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Romney
Robert Brady
Cornwell
West Virgina
Susan Brady
John J. Cornwell
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