Deer Kills Show Decline Tuesday
Deer hunting in Taylor county slowed a second day as seven legal kills were reported versus twenty three on Monday opening day. Game Protector Joseph W. Powell noted deer scarcity this year. Read lists detail hunters from Philippi to Bridgeport, with weights from 111 to 200 pounds and points from 3 to 11. Local sportsmen near Baird and Tucker counties also bagged several deer.
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Taylor County
Joseph W. Powell
Henry D. Shanaberg
Philippi
Court House
Clark Cather
Maple Avenue
Flemington
Edwin Shriver
Grafton
Booths Creek
W.H. Calatch
Dalmont
Clyde DeBarr
Edgar R. Nuzum
Bridgeport
C. Smallwood
Angelo Soterson
Coney Island
Irontown
Baird
Grant County
Merle Bailey
Ray Newcome
Herbert Spencer
Dana Leach
Kenneth Cole
Grand Street
Tucker County
Lawrence Brown
Ralph Brown
Blueville
CIO Seeks Wage Increases Through Collective Bargaining
The CIO and affiliated unions vow to press for substantial wage boosts to restore real incomes eroded by inflation. They argue profits remain high and price hikes are unwarranted, while about six million members have already secured third round raises or are negotiating them.
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CIO
Freak Accident Hurts Pedestrian Damages 3 Cars
A runaway 1937 Chevrolet rolled down St John street in Grafton striking pedestrian Earl Kinsler and damaging three parked cars. Louie Romo, driver, confessed responsibility as his brakes failed near Main Street, injuring no one but tearing Kinsler’s trousers while the auto caused damage to four vehicles including a new 1947 Dodge.
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St. John Street
Main
Louie Romo
Cheery Street
Grafton
St. John
Earl Kinsler
Route 3
Dennis Shingleton
Route 1
Herman Freedman
Mt. State Sports Center
Auto
Freedman
Ira Moran
Komo
Public hearing set on city water works ordinance
A public hearing will be held at 8 p m on December 16 at City Hall for a second reading of the water works ordinance. The plan creates a water department to regulate rates, connections, penalties, and possible discontinuation of service. It authorizes plant expansions, maps, and supervision by the Public Service Commission. The council may exercise eminent domain for land and oversee legal actions for the department.
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City Hall
Public Service Commission
Hhe Department
Water Regulation and Licensing Rules for Plumbers
The ordinance proposes licensing for plumbing workers and sets water rent payments quarterly on January April July and October at the City Director of Finance. It allows discounts for early payments, charges one dollar to shut off or restore water, and six percent interest on delinquent accounts. Only authorized officials may take water from public hydrants. Street work must be protected at night and repaired promptly. A city-funded corporation cock and meter may be installed at curb lines after permits. Permits to connect services are handled by the city clerk. Water service liens apply to owners for unpaid charges. Yard fountains capped at six hours daily without a meter. sprinkling limited to two hours daily without a meter.
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Corporation
Dancing Classes Start at Local YMCA This Week
About 25 students from Grafton Senior High attend the new YMCA dancing classes taught by Mrs. Hugh R. McPhail, with assistance from her sister Mrs. Lynn Faulkner. The Tuesday 7 PM sessions, funded by Harley Dunham, executive secretary, will be free of charge and open to any student who wishes to join.
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Grafton Senior High Schooe
YMCA
Hugh R. McPhail
McPhail
Lynn Faulkner
Harley Dunham
Joan McKinney
Mary Andrews
Left Paris trains blocked as 20 cars wrecked on main line
Estimate 20 left Paris at about 10 o'clock last night. Cars were strewn over the right of way in indescribable confusion blocking traffic in both directions. Ordinance violations carry fines from five to fifty dollars or up to 30 days in jail, with liability for damages and costs.
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Paris
Two Re Burials Conclude Services This Week
Two World War I burials concluded the reinterment program at the National Cemetery this morning. Brack W. Goode RM 3-c U S Navy of Pineville and Staff Sgt R Stollar U S Army of Hundred were interred with Catholic rites. The 277th Tank Battalion National Guard at Clarksburg provided the firing squad and local Legion and VFW posts supplied color guards and pallbearers. Lt Col George H Rochman supervised the burials as West Virginia Military District officers organized the event.
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National Cemetery
Brack W. Goode
U. S. Navy
Pineville
Walter G. Goode
R. Stollar
U. S. Army
Hundred
Hilda K. Stollar
McNulty
277Th Tank Battalion
National Guard
Clarksburg
American Legion
VFW
W. Va
Charleston
George H. Rochman
West Virginia Military District
Memorial for Prof Vincent Aims to Log 5000 Pupils
Continued from page one shows Mrs. W G Fowler deputy clerk in the Federal Court at Fairmont and niece of Mrs. Kendall. Vincent’s planned catalog titled The Vincent Students would list more than five thousand names. He is survived by his widow and daughter, two brothers Earl and Thomas, and a sister Mrs Grover Thayer. The funeral is set for Friday December 5 1947 at 10 30 am from Peacock Park Fairmont with Bluemont Cemetery interment in Grafton after services.
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W. G. Fowler
Federal Court
Fairmont
State Case Admits Testimony Of Prostitution Suspect Victim
Agent Hurley of the FBI read a statement obtained from Ferguell at Kingston as the state rests its case. Ruth Virginia Fitzwater, 24, testified she was given liquor and driven to Kingston to deter her from testifying against Marrello in a pending state prostitution case.
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Pare One
S. District Court
Lewis P. Hurley, Jr
Federal ‘Bureau of Investigation
Ferguell
Kingston
Ruth Virginia Fitzwater
Marrello
Two Divorce Petitions Filed In Taylor County Circuit Court
Two divorces are requested this week in Taylor County Circuit Court. Mrs Zella Tety arte seeks divorce alimony and costs from Vernon Hebb whom she married on November 22 1919 claiming desertion. Carl Franklin Lose files for divorce from Ruby Longwell married July 28 1945 in Cumberland alleging desertion.
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Taylor County
Zella Tety Arte
Vernon Hebb
Carl Franklin
Chares
Ruby Longwell
Cumberland
Truman to dedicate Everglades National Park
President Truman plans to dedicate the Everglades as a national park with top White House aides including Clark M. Clifford and John R. Steelman. The trip, from Key West to Naples, may hinge on runway adequacy as plans consider Lou spanning roads and a $15 million congressionally funded loaring road program.
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Everglades
Truman
White House
Clark M. Clifford
John R. Steelman
Charles G. Ros
Matthew J. Connelly
William D. Leahy
Staley Woodyard
State
Funeral Thursday for Floyd Sturm in Wheeling
The funeral for Floyd A. Sturm who died at his Wheeling home will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from Schmeichel Funeral Home on Chapline Street with burial in a Wheeling cemetery. He was a retired Baltimore and Ohio railroad engineer and a Knottsville native who moved to Wheeling 21 years ago. Survived by wife Minnie Miller Sturm, one daughter Jo Clyde, three sisters Mrs Ed McDaniel Mrs S C Colebank and Mrs Claude Luzadder, and two brothers John K Sturm and Clifford C Sturm.
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Floyd A. Sturm
Wheeling
Schmeichel
Chapline Street
Mr. Sturms
Knottsville
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Minnie Miller Sturm
Jo Clyde
Ed McDaniel
S. C. Colebank
City
Claude Luzadder
John K. Sturm
Clifford C. Sturm
Firemen Sponsor Radio Show This Evening
The Grafton fire department hosts a radio show at Grafton Jun g Bih school tonight to raise funds for general department equipment. Performers Che kee Sue Little John Uncle Bill Jackie Osborne and Rich moh headline the program.
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Grafton Volustey Fie
Grafton Jung Bih
Che*kee Sue
Little John
Uncle Bill Jackie
Osborne
Ric Moh
Rail car totals rise in latest week ending November 29
Balti more and Ohio traffic for the week ended November 29 reported 65 879 cars, with 41 000 loaded on line and 24 469 received from connections. The total climbed 12 500 cars from the prior year’s 53 379. In the week ended November 12 the total was 70 857.
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Baltimore and Ohio
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Grafton, W. Va
Kodak Supplies
Mothers’ Club
Eane
Malone’s Drug and “Chemical CO
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West Main Street
Dixie
Malone's Drug & Chemical Co
Taylor
Congress of the United States
Chris
Floyd Sturm
Crescent Club
Moonaget Crusaders
Tax Inc
Starks
Romans
Grimes
New Town
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