Baltimore & Ohio Veterans Honor Program Monday Night
Baltimore and Ohio Veterans association head Russel G. Dotson announces a 1:30 Monday Night Meeting at the Hotel Grafton to honor retired railroad veterans. J R Frease, new Monongah Division superintendent, will act as master of ceremonies with LaDonna Hall baton twirling Nancy Shahan toe and ballet dancing Virginia Paugh Wolfe singing. About 50 veterans are expected. desserts served buffet style as women of the Auxiliary provide service.
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Russel G. Dotson
Baltimore and Ohio Veterans Association
Grafton
J. R. Frease
LaDonna Hall
Nancy Shahan
Virginia Paugh Wolfe
Cupid Lists Two Couples To Wed
No applications for marriage were filed in the office of the June Clerk Roxie St. Clair Fowler this week. They were Charles E. Rush 24 of Fairmont and Viola White 17 of Bridgeport Route 3. Tra Digman 67 and Louella Whitehair 58, both of Grafton.
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Junly
Roxie St. Clair Fowler
Charles E. Rush
Fairmont
Viola White
Bridgeport
Tra Digman
Louella Whitehair
Grafton
Funeral Arrangements Incomplete At Bartlett Home
Funerals arrangements are incomplete as friends may call at Bartlett Funeral Home after 4 PM Monday.
Charles L Whiteman Services Set At Bartlett Funeral Home
Services for Charles L. Whiteman will be Sunday at 1 p.m. at Bartlett Funeral Home with Rev. L. B. Withlin officiating. Burial in Woodsdale Memorial Park. Friends may call at Bartlett Funeral Home. O.F. Lodge No. 31 to hold services tonight at 7:30 at Bartlett Funeral Home. Pallbearers: T. L. Nuzum Alfred Morgan J. B. Shumaker Nelson Blankenship George Vogel Paul Dowell.
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Bartlett Funeral Home
L.B. Withlin
Woodsdale Memorial Park
O.F. Lodge No
T. L. Nuzum
Alfred Morgan
J. 8. Shumaker
Nelson Blankenship
George Vogel
Paul Dowell
Funeral Services for Ralph Newson at Bartlett Home
Ralph Newson dies with service at 3 p.m. officiated by Evangelist Jevwis E. Smith at Bartlett Funeral Home. Burial in Woodsdale Memorial Park. Military honors by Memorial City Post No 3081 VFW and Taylor County Post No 12 American Legion. Pallbearers include Coleman Knight Franklin Jennings Carl Jennings Ray Phillips Douglas Norris McCoy Satterfield.
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Bartlett Funeral Home
Jevwis E. Smith
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Memorial City
V.F.W
Taylor County
American Legion
Coleman Knight
Francis Jennings
Carl Jennings
Ray Phillips
Douglas Norris
McCoy Satterfield
Ex-Pruntytown Resident George Drainer Dies at 68
George W. Drainer, 68, a former Pruntytown resident, died suddenly at his Morgantown home at 1 a.m. He was born October 29, 1889, in Nelsonville, Ohio, son of William and Dora Lauris Drainer. Survived by widow Georgia Curry Drainer and four children Nathan A Drainer of Grafton, George Drainer Jr of Fairmont, William Drainer of Florida, and Barbara Drainer at home in Morgantown. brothers Gewey Driner of Rosemont and August Drainer of Chicago. sisters Nellie Drainer Gardener of Calvary PA and Lea Daugherty of Flemington. four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by McGrumphy Funeral Home. Burial at Harmony Grove Cemetery. Burial site details and services to be announced by local clergy.
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George W. Drainer
Morgantown
Pruntytown
Nelsonville
Ohio
William
Dora Lauris Drainer
Georgia Curry Drainer
Nathan A Drainer
Grafton
George Drainer
Faimont
William Drainer
Florida
Barbara Drainer
Pruntytown Baptist Church
Phoenix Mason Lodge
Sistersville
Royal Arch Masons
Mt. State Business College
McGrumphy Funeral Home
Evereebury
Henry O. Loving
Clark Neptune
Harmony
Methodists Map Out Activities at Christmas Events
Rev L B Wibhlin of W Main St Methodist Church announces the WS CS Christmas meeting for December 4 at 7:30 p m at the church with a gift exchange. Members bring a dish and a towel for the needy. Hostesses are Mrs Velma Rogers and Mabel Peters. An annual Christmas bazaar is set for December 7 starting at 10 am. Play practice occurs each Tuesday and Thursday after school.
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L. B. Wibhlin
W.main St. Methodist Church
Ws.cs
Velma Rogers
Mabel Peters
Advent Sunday Marks Start of New Church Year
Rev Allen E Sither rector of St Matthias Church announces Advent Sunday the start of the new church year. Two Eucharist celebrations are planned and all men and boys are urged to attend one service. The church school begins Advent studies in preparation for Christmas.
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Allen E. Sither
St. Matthias Church
Episopali Church
Flemington PTA Units Schedule Meetings and Events
Flemington High and Grade PTA units will meet Monday and Tuesday at 7 30 p m in their schools. High School program features music poetry readings and hostesses L W Talbott Piccolo Johnson Burton Cardot and Sims. Grade School theme safety with Fire Chief Proctor speaker and Christmas carol group singing. Grade hosts Hamack Hayes Greathouse Brout. Church of God director visited Flemington church. Flemington Woman's Club held bake sale at Rebekah Hall with ways and means committee. Spaghetti dinner at Flemington Grade School tied to Civil Defense discussion led by Proctor and Talbott. Dinner served by the women's auxiliary. J P Parley set Charleston West Virginia. The Miner Judiciary Committee meets Sunday.
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Flemington Pta
Flemington High
Flemington
PTA
Flemington High School
L. W. Talbott
Frances Piccolo
Delvera Johnson
Jean Burton
Dorothy Cardot
Betty Sims
Grafton
John Proctor
Clyde Bush
James Hammack
David Hayes
Junior Greathouse
Jean Brout
Church of God
Flemington Church
John Brand
Flemington Woman's Club
Rebekah Hall
Ways and Means
Earl Robinson
Hamilton Cather
Howard Richardson
Lucille Hess
Elmer Phelps
Betty Williamson
Earl Jones
Plemington
Flemington Fire Department
Taylor County
L W Kitzmiller Dies At Age 53
Lloyd William Kitzmiller of 115 East Knotts avenue died at his home at 12 30 a m aged 53 born Shaw West Virginia July 24 1903 son of the late Joseph Kitzmiller and Pearl Hatsell Kitzmiller widow Ottis Hebb Kitzmiller survives also son Doneld L Kitzmiller in the U S Navy San Diego California two stepdaughters Mrs Jean Slaughter Keyser and Mrs Leo Lanham Piedmont two half sisters Mrs John Kellar Thomas West Virginia and Mrs Harold Shaffer Cumberland Maryland employed by Woods dale Memorial Park Cemetery funeral plans Knotts Funeral Home incomplete.
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Lloyd William Kitzmiller
East Knotts Avenue
Shaw
W. Va
Joseph Kitzmiller
Pearl Hatsell Kitzmiller
Ottis Hebb Kitzmiller
Doneld
L. Kitzmiller
U.s.navy
San Diego
Calif
Jean Slaughter
Keyser
Leo Lanham
Piedmont
John Kellar
Thomas
Harold Shaffer
Cumberland
Woodsdale Memorial Park Cemetery
Knotts Funeral Home
Mrs Talbott Dies At Elkins Home
Mrs L W Talbott Sr of Elkins died at 3 a m Friday at her home. Former Mary Evelyn Bosworth of Beverly she was married to Dr Lewis Wilson Talbott Sr a longtime Randolph County physician. Survived by four sons and a daughter Dr Richard B Talbott Martinsburg W Brown Talbott extension instructor W Va University Bramwell Lewis W Talbott Flemington High School James N Talbott manager Wierton Steel Philadelphia and Sara Talbott Wagner Elkins. Talbott was active in the Presbyterian Church Elkins and United Daughters of the Confederacy. Funeral services set for Sunday afternoon in Elkins.
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L. W. Talbott
Elkins
Mary Evelyn Bosworth
Beverly
Lewis Wilson Talbott
Randolph County
Richard B. Talbott
Martinsburg
W. Brown Talbott
W. Va. University
Bramwell
Lewis W. Talbott
World Bible Sunday At Christian Church
The First Church of Christ observes World Bible Sunday with morning service and a sermon titled The World's Wonderful Book. Special choir music Under His Wing. Elders Roy Gray and J. W. Shomo. deacons Hayward Skidmore John White and William Freeze. Evening service at 7 30 features Words of Life. Choir practice Wednesday at 7 30 directed by Mrs Carl Sinse and Glenn Satterfield.
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Church of Christ
Roy Gray
J. W. Shomo
Hayward Skidmore
John White
William Freeze
Clair
Carl Sinse
Glenn Satterfield
JOUAM District Session Tonight
Mountaineer Council No 44 hosts a JOUAM district meeting at the Daughters of America Hall on Main Street. District 4 delegates from Morgantown Stewartstown Masontown Albright Tunnelton Lumberport Pairmont Clarksburg and the host council will attend with state officers present.
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Mountaineer Council
Psu
Daughters of America
Main St
Morgantown
Stewartstown
Masontown
Albright
Tunnelton
Lumberport
Pairmont
Clarksburg
Divinity Student Faces Morals Charge in Illinois Jail
Evanston Illinois James M Miranda 24 a Garrett Biblical Institute student and divinity student and part time minister in Michigan City Indiana was jailed awaiting a hearing on two charges of committing lewd acts. He was held on 2000 dollar bond and the hearing was set for Tuesday. He was identified by 34 women and children from Chicago suburbs as the man who allegedly harassed them in libraries and while in his car. Miranda arrived at the Institute from West Virginia in his final year and is married.
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Evanston
Michigan City
Ind
James M. Miranda
Garrett Biblical Institute
Miranda
Chicago
West Virginia
Children Welfare Chieftain Succumbs in West Virginia
Charles E Kenney chief of the child welfare division in the state Department of Public Assistance and former president of the state Conference of Social Work died in Charleston Friday. He had chaired West Virginia children and youth at the 1950 White House Conference and began as a teacher before moving to state service in 1938. He is survived by his widow a daughter and three children. Funeral services will be held here Sunday with burial at Huntington.
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Onwa
Charles E Kenney
State Department of Public Assistance
State Conference of Social Work
Kenney
West Virginia
White House
Fayette County
Huntington
Tibetan Greeting Custom Noted by Tradition
A traditional Tibetan greeting to a superior involves sticking out the tongue as a sign of respect and humility. The gesture is a distinctive cultural practice reflecting historical etiquette and social hierarchy.
Mrs Inez Davis Dies Ex Resident at 87 in Akron
Mrs Inez Davis a former Simpson resident died last night at 7. She was 87, daughter of Jonathan and Lina Whitehall, widow of M I Davis who died in 1943. Survived by children Lena Herrick Myrtle Williams Stanley Davis and Max Davis nine grandchildren two great grandchildren two sisters May Surtley and Ziiza Looman. Had lived in Akron ten years after earlier residence in Simpson. Funeral arrangements by Bartlett Funeral Home are in complete. friends may call after 4 p m Monday.
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Inez Davis
Simpson
Akron
Jonathan
Lina Whitehall
M. I. Davis
Methodist Church
Charles
Lena) Herrick
Myrtle Williams
Dayton
Stanley Davis
Max Davis
Clarksburg
May Surtley
Watson
W.va
Ziiza Looman
Chester
Davis
Bartlett Funeral Home
Young State Man Killed In Brawl In Columbus Cafe
A recently discharged West Virginian, Adam Bojaski from Logan, was fatally stabbed during a brawl at the Pink Poodle Cafe in Columbus, while doctors tried to restart his heart. Bojaski died after being stabbed three times in the chest as Ed Santucci tied to calm the fighting party that included two of Bojaski's companions who were Black. The dispute reportedly involved tensions over racial mixing.
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Columbus, C
Adam Bojaski
Logan
W. Va
Ed Santucci
Bojaski
Gratitude to Fire Department and Local Friends
A note of thanks expresses appreciation to the Fir Department and the operator who connected the emergency, and to Mr and Mrs John Dougherty and their family for offering assistance.
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Fir Department
Fire Department
John Dougherty
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