Opening Day Deer Harvest Favored In Taylor County
A drizzle gave way to favorable hunting conditions on opening day as deer hunters swept Taylor County. Game Protector Powell predicted record crowds and a possible surpassing of yesterday’s 23-kill mark. Several does were taken with notable bucks, legal actions included fines for illegal deer kills and multiple reports to the sheriff’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Bucks
Joseph W. Powell
West Virginia
Ray Freeland
Smithfield
Mr. Powell
Charles 3. Burke
Justice of the Peace
C. P. Lucas
Freeland
James Echols
Andrew Shaffer
Hammond
Mayle
Woodsdle Memorial Park
Roy Hau
Knottsville
Knotts Farm
Fetterman
Herbert Mayle
Burks
Burke
Coffman
Raymond
Fairmont
Kenneth Radcliff
Fred Eakle
Ex-Pruntytown Youth Receives Two Year Term
Charles Munday twenty, who fled Pruntytown's Industrial School for Boys, was sentenced by District Judge R M Gibson in Pittsburgh to two years in a federal reformatory on charges of transporting a stolen car from Morgan Bir to Salemville Pa. Munday and two others, after stealing Wilbur Haddix's car on Main Street, left it in Morgantown for another vehicle and were captured in Pennsylvania.
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Charles Munday
West Virginia
Clyde Mays Succeeds Barnes As Division Accountant
Clyde N Mays becomes Monongah division accountant for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad replacing William C Barnes who moves to Cumberland division. Haskell E Proudfoot takes over Mays duties as new inspector of accounts George Welsh becomes inspector of accounts A testimonial dinner for Barnes planned at Andrews Methodist church on Thursday December 11 with high officials attending and an elaborate turkey banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde N. Mays
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
William C. Barnes
Cumberland
W. R. Pitt
Proudfoot
Mr. Mays
Accounting Department
Mays
Haskell E. Proudfoot
George Welsh
Barnes
Andrews Methodist Church
Ben F. Donley
E. J. Clapton
Arthur R. Carver
F. G. Hoskins
W. R
Pitt
C. M. Shriver
C. E. Catt
Arrest Auto Part Thieves In Federal Sting
The Justice Department said FBI agents seized 30 men in Detroit Chicago and New York over a stolen auto parts ring tied to Ford plants. Hoover said the ring netted at least 1 million this year and possibly up to 4 million, with two fences admitting purchases over 500000. Seizures followed a Detroit-centered operation, per official release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
FBI
Detroit
Chicago
New York
Ford Motor Company
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ford
Michigan
Forty-Eight Merchant Ships Claimed By Nazis
Berlin reports that in November Germany's navy and air force sunk 48 merchant ships totaling 231,870 tons and 11 naval craft. A 2,000-ton freighter was sunk near England and two other merchant ships were damaged. The High Command also said 39 ships were damaged. British losses included one aircraft carrier, one cruiser, three destroyers, four motor torpedo boats, one escort vessel and one patrol boat with severe damage to 14 other vessels including two battleships.
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Berlin
Dec. P
High’ Command
Germany
Britain
England
High Command
Hunter victim marks start of 1941 hunting season
Southwestern Pennsylvania reports the first hunter fatality of the 1941 season. A 36 year old school bus driver, described as friendly, was killed in Uniontown after telling a student riding with him yesterday that he never hunted on the first day because so many people get shot. The incident underscores the dangers of the opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Southwestern
Pennsylvania
Teachers Aid in Roll Call of Red Cross Taylor County
Contributions continue for the Taylor County Red Cross roll call led by Miss Lila D. Love. Grafton Junior High School reports 100 percent enrollment with members including Torlock Rasmussen and many others, plus numerous Pruntytown, Webster, and area names joining in support.
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RED Cross
Taylor County
The
American
Lila D. Love
Grafton Junior High School
Torlock Rasmussen
Noriie Sterling
Waugh
Roy McBee
Florence White
Jessie Cochran
Beatrice Little
Vera Finley
Mattie Jace
Maxine Snyder
Edgar Poe
Connie Reed
Donna’ Ryan
Ina Warder
James Fordyce
Geneva Hilkey
Patterson
Messenger
Pruntytown
Don Matthew
Myrtle O. Bartlett
F. J. Bartlett
C. Burl Dunham
Flesher & Stoops
H. E. Flesher
Burl Mason
Viola Nixon
John A. Scranage
Webster
J. F. Fordyce
James T. Fordyce
Ina M. Warder
A. B . Batson
Mary Love
Melvin Newton
Earl Waller
Delphia Curran
Georgia Poling
C. T. Bartlett
Joe Manno
Sherman Haselden
Ross Gerard
C. F. Dotson
C.E. Hosler
R. C. Sloan
Roy Nestor
L. Shain
Hetlin's
Elizabeth Cather
Joe Evans
W. G Chrislip
Paul Murphy
Sayre's Market
LeRoy Hedrick
L. B. Crane
P. H. McGrady
Margaret Clark
George Foster
George White
William Carder
Dod
Charles Carpenter
C. C. Wilcox
TC. Rauscher
Nell Fahey
W. C. Manley
Laura Stalnaker
Mason Tucker
G. T. Bartlett
G.T. Bartlett, Jr
Tygart Valley Chevrolet Co
G. Fred Haymond Glen Bord
Ben Donley
B. F. Baileys
State Publisher Receives Finnish Honor from 1939 Relief
ELKINS Dec. 2. James W. Weir longtime weekly publisher received a gold insignia from the government of Finland for directing relief efforts during the 1939 40 Russian invasion. He serves as secretary of the West Virginia Publishers association and was named Knight Second Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland. A Finnish minister to the United States conveyed the appointment by letter on behalf of the Finnish president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
James W. ‘Weir
Government of
Finland
Weir
West Virginia Publishers Association
White Rose
Jalmar Procope
United States
Rural resident injured after fall from truck
Delmer Wilfong of route 3 Grafton was hurt pulling off the back of a truck. He suffered a fractured left shoulder head cuts and a badly lacerated nose and is confined to Grafton City hospital. He is expected to be discharged within a day or so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmer Wilfong
Route 3
Grafton
Grafton City Hospital
Wilfong
Former local dentist dead in Washington suicide
Dr Worth Paugh a 61 year old former Grafton dentist who moved to Washington DC after retirement died of a self inflicted gunshot wound at his home on Fourteenth Street NW. His wife Evelyn D Paugh and two daughters in Baltimore are named in the obituary with note of recent nervous illness and retirement from practice. Last rites were reported to have been held in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Washington, D. C
Capital
Worth Paugh
Fourteenth Street N. W
Washington
Robert Retzer
Garfield Hospital
Evelyn D. Paugh
Paugh
J. D. Zylman
Baltimore
Willard
Plan Musical Program For Kiwanian Dinner
The Grafton Kiwanis club will host a weekly meeting at Cozy Rest tonight with a musical program. Miss Vivian Thomas and Miss Doris Fleming, Fairmont State College students, will entertain with musical numbers. Both are well known locally and a good attendance is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton-Kiwanis Club
Cozy Rest
Vivian "Thomas
Doris Fleming
Fairmont State College
Japanese Cabinet Seeks War-Era Clarifications in Nego Talks
Tokyo dispatches report the cabinet focusing on Washington negotiations while media describe ABCD forces assembling in the South Seas. British war preparations along the Malaya Thailand border are claimed. Manila reports an imminent Philippines state of emergency declaration.
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Tokyo
Washington
South Seas
Britain
Thailand
Domei
Malaya - Thailand
Manila
Philippines
Hearing Dec 11 Set On Pitzer Guardianship Case
A hearing in Taylor county court on December 11 will decide settlement of W H Pitzer guardian affairs for his daughter Mary Marget Morgan. Attorneys W P Samples for Pitzer and J Guy Allender for the daughter will present arguments. Commissioner John K Burdett’s report is being protested. School reports at St Augustine reveal top averages: Martin Foley 96.1 lead, with seniors and juniors posting scores above 90 in a detailed roster of students across grades and classes.
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Taylor County
W. H. Pitzer
Mary Marget Morgan
W. P. Samples
Pitzer
J. Guy Allender
John K. Burdett
D. I. Bayley
St. Augustine
Revealis
Martin Foley
Jo Clare Lalley
Richard Haislip
John Flanagan
Mary Reed
James Rauscher
Viola Gennette
Mary Ann Miller
Charles Kelly
Mary Jo Bradford
Doris Stephens
Bernadine Dorsey
James Stephens
Martin Hussion
Patricia Dougherty
Bonnie Ford
Sadie Speranza
Miriam Grinnan
Eugene Flanagan
Betty Behan
Mary Pappalardo
Patricia Lalley
Mary Jean Tucker
Mary Ann Rogers
Billy Turner
Mary Ann Behan
Anna Marie Kelly
Mary Warder
Jackie Rogers
Gratia Lalley
Victor Saccone
John
Litzinger
Jane Bradford
Charles Turner
Mary Cauliflower
Court Allows Payne Appeal in Estate Note Case
The State Supreme Court of Appeals granted an appeal for Charles H. Payne executor of Kate Barnett's estate from a Taylor county circuit court ruling awarding Earl Cassell $1,549.87 on a note. Payne's counsel argued Cassell's claim was not properly verified, a stance previously rejected by the county authorities. A hearing date remains to be fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Charles H. Payne
Kate Barnett
Earl Cassell
W. Merle Watkins
Payne
Cassell
Commissioner of Accents
Gene W. Ford
Taylor
Fewer Hunting Licenses Issued in Taylor County in November
State licenses for hunting and fishing in Taylor County fell to 139 in November, per Mary Goley, chief deputy county clerk. Four duplicate permits were issued during the 30 days, and eight marriage licenses were granted in November. Jewelry and gifts were noted as Christmas ideas by SKAGGS & Co.
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Taylor County
Mary Goley
Local Lady Dies in Ritchie County
Death notice from Ritchie County reports a local woman died with survivors including two daughters, Mrs. Charles B. Marshall of Grafton and Mrs. Bernard Marshall of Cornwallis. Funeral at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Cornwall Methodist Church with Rev. Boone officiating, burial in Cairo Cemetery. Body at Ogden Funeral Parlor in Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Charles B. Marshall
Firemen Control Grass Blaze on Leonard Street
A grass fire behind Mrs. Jason Rogers residence at 29 Leonard Street endangered a garage. Firemen responded to the general alarm yesterday afternoon and quickly controlled the blaze with no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Street
Jason Rogers
Card of Thanks for James C. Smith
The family thanks friends and neighbors for acts of kindness during the illness and death of James C. Smith. Special appreciation goes to Rev. Mrs. Lois Luzader and G. T. Bartlett and staff for aid and comfort. The children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Smith
Lois Luzader
G. T. Bartlett
Staf
X ‘the
Local Legion Post 12 Granted State Charter
The American Legion post 12 received a state charter from the secretary of state. Corporators named Rasmussen and William Grimes followed by Grafton and R. R. Mathew of dependence were listed among organizers.
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Local Legion
Ecerican Legion
Edgm
Secretary of State
Rasmussen
William Grimes
Grafton
R. R. Mathew
Baltimore and Ohio freight loads rise in November 1941
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad moved 261,374 cars of freight in November 1941 with 168,500 loaded on line and 93 8 received from connections. The week ending November 29 shows 558 freight cars, 310 loaded on line and 248 from connections, up 10 501 from the previous year. For the prior week totals were 8 751 with 26 186 loaded on line and 22 616 from connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Tighe Pleads Guilty To Charge Of Bad Davia
Tighe of 440 East Street was fined ten dollars and costs after pleading guilty in court. The incident arose from a late yesterday appearance with the mayor presiding, and he was fined and held in custody for the costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe
Davia
West Ae Harry
East Street
Gustody
Sada
Loiterer Ordered Out By Mayor After Court Hearing
A man described as Clemens from Bridgewater Massachusetts was picked up on West Main Street at night. He testified he previously worked as a driver and faced a municipal court hearing where he was ordered to depart from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Mainstreet
C. C. King
I Clemens
Bridgewater
Mass
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Andy Devine
Tahiti
No. T Roy Rogers
Deadwood
Tom Keene
Charles Bickford
Evelyn Ankers
Burma
Clyde Mays
AN. Peters
S. T. Seymour
Mr. Clapton
G. H. Welsh
Anna M. Foley
Pauline Bradford
Hazel Double
D. B. Reed
Virginia Foley
H. R. Shafer
F. G. Cutright
Marie Deegan
Harold Waller
Elizabeth Heedy
Majorie Moran
D. L. Cutright
Frances Rogers
W. H. Longwell
B. F. Davisson
C. M. Farnsworth
Carl Goff
W. M. Hughes
C. E. Newhouse
S. H. Wells
J. T. Staples
L. V. Atha
L. Ford
J. F. Stafford
J. F. Stevens
A. T. Vaughan
C. C. Hinkle
F. P. Lambert
G. M. Hushion
G. E. Powell
J. H. Bradford
E. Pepper
R. L. Sergent
F. Schroeder
W. Pickens
A. B. Cutright
Lee Murphy
R. G. Dotson
E. H. McDargh
Leota Griffith
Dr. Worth Paugh
Kiwanian
Navy
Army
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Midshipmen
West Point Cadets
Philadelphia
Busik
Slinkw
St. Augustine High School
Barnett
State Supreme Tribunal
Skaggs & Co
Grafton Sterling Store
Ellers
Ritchie County
Uncle Sah
Eady
Malone
Walt
Lae
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