Death of Charles Costolo Ends Local Life and Business
Charles Marion Costolo 46 owner of Costolo Electric Shop on West Main Street died at home on 82 Dobb Street after a long heart illness. Born December 13 1997 in Evansville he was a Grafton Elks member and civic participant. Survived by wife Maxine Hershman Costolo, six children, a brother, two sisters, and his mother Mrs Icie McPherson Costolo. Funeral services pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Marion Costolo
Costolo Electric
West Main Street
Dobb Street
Cat
Elks
Evansville
John Costolo
Icie McPherson Costolo
United Brethren Church
Grafton B.P.O Elks
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
His Trother
Maxine Hershman
Betty Jean
Shirley
Carolynne
Nina Marie
Charles M. Jr
Mary
Merle Hudson
Grafton
Sarah Barnes
Fayetteville N.C
West Virginia Men Lose Lives in Europe Battle
Washington reports 32 more West Virginians killed in European combat including 2nd Lt. Frank J. Bailey and staff sergeant Samuel A. Kelley among others. Casualties span multiple towns such as Kenova Canton Chapmanville Hiawatha Fairmont New Haven and Rock Cave with families identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West
West Union
Frield H. Edwards
Glenna G. Edwards
Lex
Max Gabbard
Ruby E. Gabbard
Stallings
Claude W. Garretson
Queenie Garretson
Prenier
Benton ‘L. Gibson
Frenchman Gibson
Replete
Walter H Hartwell
Julia S. Hartwell
Hiawatha
Joe Holpe
George Holpe
Filbert
George F. Hoover
Hazel Z. Hoover
Rock Cave
Samuel A. Kelley
Charles W. Kelly
Mineral
Hazel P. Kindrick
Wharncliffe
David D. Lawson
Floss
Artificial Insemination To Build Higher Milk Production
West Virginia dairy program proposes artificial insemination through dairy associations to raise milk output. Farmers pool resources, buy proven bulls on a fee basis, and track results to discard underperformers. The plan envisions state support including facilities, veterinary service, and record keeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Agriculture
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wartime furlough letters praise soldiers in service
Excerpts from a letter by James F. Sturm recount a 22 day furlough with his son Cpl Virgil Norris and other servicemen. The correspondence highlights personal character, discipline, and loyalty, naming families in Amarillo and Blueville, plus Navy trainees at Great Lakes.
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Eaters Gunnery School
Cpl
Virgil Norris
George F. Norris
Blueville
Marguerite Cross
West Mainstreet
Amarillo
Texas
Kingman
Arizona
Norris
Local Names and Family Ties Mentioned in Frame
The notice lists multiple relatives linked to servicemen and women from Welch, Inwood, Ansted, Belington, Nellis, and Guyan, including Sgt Samuel M Welch and Pvt Delmont T Rogers with mothers Edith L Riley and Edith C Rogers, plus Stan Turner and Leonard Webb. It notes George Eliot’s real name as Mary Ann Evans.
Leftist ministers resign after police open fire in square
A large crowd gathered in Constitution Square and police fired as it advanced on police headquarters. Women and children were among the injured. British armored cars stood by but did not intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EAM
Constitution Square
Mrs Evia Setler Dies In City Hospital At 72
Mrs Evia Gertrude Setler 72 of 15 West St Charles street died today at 12 45 pm in City hospital after a long illness. native of Newburg daughter of the late James M and Mary M Plum Dulin widow of Jacob Setler born Aug 27 1862. Survived by sons James E and Faris F Setler of Grafton and Dorsey Setler of Flemington. daughters Mrs H H Boyles and Mrs William E Boyles of Galloway. Mrs Maude Miller of Fairmont. brothers Clyde Dulin Braddock Pa James Dulin Chicago Ill and sister Mrs Maude Miller. Funeral from her son's home Wed at 3 pm Rev Earl W Slayton officiating interment Bluemont cemetery. Body to the son's home tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evia Gertrude Setler
James E. Setler
St Charles Street
City Hospital
Newburg
James M
Mary M. Plum Dulin
Jacob Setler
St. Paul's M. E
Faris F. Setler
Grafton
H. H Boyles
Galloway
William E. Boyles
Dorsey Setler
Flemington
Clyde Dulin
Braddock
James Dulin
Chicago
Maude Miller
Fairmont
West St. Charles Street
Earl W. Slayton
Bluemont
Aged Webster resident Barbara Myers Shumaker dies
Barbara Myers Shumaker 83 of Webster died at home Sunday morning from complications of age. Born August 16 1861 in West Virginia she was a widow of George Shumaker and daughter of Jacob and Anna John son Myers. Surviving children include Mrs Anna Blackwood Mrs Rose Bowley Mrs Sturchie Wilt Mrs Kate Bartlett and Delbert Shumaker. One brother George Myers also survives. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 p m Bartlett funeral home with Rev E J Johnson officiating and interment in Webster cemetery.
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Barbara Myers Shumaker
Webster
West Virginia
George Shumaker
Jacob and
Anna Johnson Myers
Anna Blackwood
Spelter
Rose Bowley
Hamilton W. Va
Sturchie Wilt
Kate Bartlett
Delbert Shumaker
Parsons
George Myers
Simpson
Rt. 1
Bartlett Funeral Home
E. J. Johnson
Sonce
Card of Thanks for Willis E Bayley
D I Bayley and family express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness sympathy and floral offerings following the death of their son and brother Willis E Bayley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis E. Bayley
D. I. Bayley
Patton pushes Third Army toward Saarbrucken and Saar
Allied forces under Lt Gen George S Patton advance on a 12 mile front into the Saar region as German resistance tightens around Saarlautern and the Siegfried Line. Patton aims at Saarbrucken while Lt Gen Alexander Patch’s Seventh Army pressures Hagenau and Selestat near Strasbourg.
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George S. Patton
Third Army
Saarlautern
Saar River
Home Guards
Volksstrom
Siezfried
Saar
Merzig
Patton
Germany
Reich
Ruhr
Silesia
Saarbrucken
Saarland
Sarregue
Alexander M. Patch
U. S. Seventh Army
Lorraine
Hagenau
Karlsruhe
Patch
Selestat
Cleansed
Strasbourg
Alsace Plain
Illegal deer kill reported in Knottsville area Sunday
Two women Mrs Lewis Poe and Mrs Glenn McDaniel reported the first deer kill of the current season on the Fred McDaniel farm in Knottsville. The incident, an illegal Sunday hunt, involved a Kentucky hunter and dogs in Plum Run and Booths Creek Irontown districts with a four point buck over 175 pounds found after witnesses alerted state police. A man named Williams from Fetterman was held as an accomplice as officers prepared the deer for county institutions. Mag C P Lucas said little about the case as state police continued inquiries. In Huntington, Melya Lee McClaskey 12 died from burns after clothing caught fire by a gas stove in her home.
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Lewis Poe
Glenn McDaniel
Fred McDaniel
Knottsville
Plum Run
Williams A
Fetterman
Kentucky
Mag. C. P. Lucas
Huntington
Melya Lee“ McClaskey
Cecil D. McClaskey
Huntington Hospital
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Charles Costolo
Dobb St
West Virgina
Europe
Willhide
Latrobe
C. Willhide, Mer
James F. Sturm
Ean
M. W. Virgil Norris
Sturm
Westlands Street
Strum
Army
Air Force
Eighth Airclub House
Richmond
GI Havens
Pfc
Lee Rogers, Jr
France
Reat
Duct
Rogers
Route 3
Great Lakes
Warner Phillips
C. W.phillips
Clarence Paugh
C. E. Paugh
West Francis ~ Street
Charles McDermott
C. F. McDermott
Knotts Avenue
Howard Fast
R. G. Fast
Luther Street
Odbert Hovatter
Paul Wesley Swisher
Buford Kelly Mayle
U.S. Navy
Great Lakes, Il
SFR
North Pole
ICE & Coal
W. Main Street
Malones Drug and Chemical Co
Evia Setler
Newbury Passes
Webster Passes
Pittsburgh
Sander Mine
Shelby Run Road
Pruntytown
Grafton Domestic Coal CO
Malone’s Drug & Chemical Co
Tillegal
Booths Creek
Irontown
Comes Santa
Childs
Loar Jewelry Store
Roberts
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