Funeral Friday for Dick Lawson in Grafton
Solemn rites are planned for Dick Lawson a Woodford addition resident who died yesterday in City hospital. The Rev Harry Eckels United Brethren Church will officiate with Grafton Lodge No 15 A F and A M in charge. Burial will be in Simpson cemetery. Survivors include wife Mary Frances Patton Lawson and children W C G Lawson Olaf R Lawson D Howard Lawson Helen Francis Boyd and six grandchildren. A brother and three sisters also survive. Friends may call at Bartlett Funeral home.
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Bartlett
William Dellett
Dick) Lawson
Woodford Addition
City Hospital
Harry Eckels
United Brethren Church
Simpson Cemetery
Grafton Lodge No. 15
A. F
A.M
Bartlett Funeral Home
Lawson
Woodford
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mary Frances Patton Lawson
W. C G. Lawson
Olaf R. Lawson
D. Howard Lawson
Grafton
Helen Francis Boyd
Akron
Ohio
Jerome Lawson
Monongah
Maude Love
Clarksburg
Gertrude Hacker
Haywood
W. Va
Emma Chenoweth
Philippi
Missionary Herbert Smith to Speak at First Church
Herbert Smith, a three year Congo missionary and long time Congo Christian Institute instructor near Bolenge, will be guest speaker at the First Church of Christ morning service at McGraw avenue and Beech street next Sunday. Born in Kent England, he studied at Bethany College before going to Congo in 1909 to open a new station at Lotumbe.
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Herbert Smith
Congo
Africa
First Church of Christ
McGraw Avenue
Beech Street
Congo Christian Institute
Bolenge
Mr. Smith
Kent
England
David Livingstone
Bethany College
Bethany
W. Va
Smiths
Lotumbe
American Legion Post To Meet Here Tonight
The regular monthly meeting of American Legion Taylor County Post No. 12 is set for Wednesday December 8 at p.m. The local post leads the Ninth district in members and Steward Edgar T McKee said it is hoped the post will remain ahead when final counts are made.
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American Legion
Taylor County
Edgar T. McKee
Court questions officials in recount of Taylor County race
In Taylor County Court the election officials testified about disputed ballots in the county commissioner race between incumbent H Lee Carder Republican and challenger J Gus Lambert Democrat. At noon no decision. Carder led by two votes after a recount that followed a 12 vote Lambert edge. Court House sources say the recount could go to the State Supreme Court. Lambert's attorney Warder asked for officials to answer questions about the challenged ballots.
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Taylor County
H. Lee Car‘der
J. Gus Lambert
Carder
Lambert
Court House
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Francis L. Warder
West Virginia Behind Nation in Certificated Teachers
Washington report shows West Virginia held 1,558 substandard certificates in 1947-48 and 1,449 this year, a nearly 7 percent drop while the national average fell about 12 percent. Officials say many emergency certificates are near standard preparation and may not need replacement.
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Washington
West Virginia
National Education Association
TORR
WomanContends With Five Names In Communist Espionage Hearings
A New York grand jury investigating Communist espionage questioned Chambers, renounced Communism and now Time senior editor, and Hiss. Mundt stated the committee hopes to question unnamed individuals accused of giving the Communists government documents. The closed session continued with witnesses to be named later. Alex Campbell attended the session.
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Page One
New York
Grand
Chambers
Time Magazine
Hiss
Mundt
Alex M. Campbell
Justice Department
Postmaster Urges Early Mailing of Greeting Cards
Postmaster James T. Murphy urged early mailing of Christmas cards with a warning that cards not in mail pickup boxes by Friday night may arrive after Christmas. With peak holiday mail nationwide, about 200000 cards and packages are expected to pass through the local post office before Christmas Eve. Out of state mail should have been posted by December 10. use airmail for distant friends.
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James T. Murphy
Urge Veterans Burial Rites With Charleston Honor Guard
The article notes a push to bury Grafton veterans with full military honors as the Honor Guard from Charleston comes for rites. It cites U.S. attorney George Morris Fay and reports on a mystery man search, plus odd tidbits on camel water intake and historic roller skates in Holland.
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Charleston
Holland
Columbian Carbon Names Bargaining Agent
Charlestown Charleston West Virginia December 8 employees of the Columbian Carbon Company in West Virginia named the Oil Workers International Union CIO as their bargaining agent. Harry Drenne international representative said the CIO group received a substantial majority of 208 ballots counted in the collective bargaining election.
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Charleston
Columbian Carton Company
West Virginia
Oil Workers International Union, Cio
Harry Drenne
Seth
CIO
Air Reserve Training Corps Trebles Since 46
Morgantown December 8 Enrollment in the Air Reserve Officers Training Corps unit at West Virginia University has nearly trebled since 1946 Col E P Luckert said the number of advanced cadets now stands at 96 up from 70 last year and 34 in 1946 47 for ROTC enrollment at the university total including basic two year students reaches 1 2
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Morgantown
Air Reserve Officers Training Corps
West Virginia University
E. P. Luckert
Former embraces bizarre confession after Philadelphia slaying
The article recounts a man named Gulembo who spoke of drinking and brooding over a death after reading news in Philadelphia that a local ice man had been convicted. He claimed overseas cracks and led officers to a Sagina w tavern where he was arrested, then held for further questioning as Philadelphia authorities were contacted. Also noted is the death in 1908 of composer Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov, who began as a commissioned naval officer.
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Was
Theyembo
Philadelphia
Gulembo
Italy
Busenske
Notice
Saginaw
Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov
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Christian Church
Dixie
Richard Crane
Lyn
Hal Hackett
the Pirate
Nation
Gestitee al Wines
Sion
Malone’s Drug & Chemical CO
Tom Murphy
National Foundation
Sterling Evans
March of Dimes
Murphy
Evans
Brewster
U.S. Public Health Department
Malone’s Drug & Chemical
George Morris Fay
U.S
District of Columbia
Campbell
Air Reserve Training Corps
Pettrey’s
Petiey's Shoe Store
Brownlow Park
Brownlow
Parrish Agency, Inc. Insurance
Main Street
Loar Jewelry Co
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