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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1947

Page

8

Potter of Grafton Dies at 61 with Honorary Rites Planned

DES THIS MORNING Mr. John Weslie Gordan 61 a respected potter of Grafton Route 1 died at home about 5 30 this morning He served in World War I and is survived by wife Eda Henselmann and children Ruth Virginia Duff John Jr and Albert Gordan three grandchildren and sister Della Martin He was a longtime member of Wesley Chapel Methodist Church and Grafton Post 3081 Veterans of Foreign Wars The local V P W post will conduct military rites The funeral is set for Sunday at 1 30 pm at Bartlett Funeral Home with Rev J T Boshell officiating Burial will follow in Wesley Chapel Cemetery Friends may pay respects after 10 am tomorrow at Bartlett's Funeral Home

John Weslie Gordan Grafton Mr. Gordan John Susan Gordan Harrisville W. Va Gordan Carr China Company Grafton Post V.P.W. Post J. T. Boshell Wesley Chapel Bartlett Funeral Home Bartlett’s

Euphronia Carlson Dies At 75 In Grafton City Hospital

Mrs Euphronia Carlson 75 of Parkview dies at Grafton City Hospital after a short illness. She was born March 15 1874 a daughter of Sarah Jane Isner. Survived by husband Gus Carlson, brother William C Isner Parkview sister Mrs Mary Saffel Grafton and three nieces and one nephew. Services Saturday 3 PM Bartlett Funeral Home with Rev L G Robinson officiating. Burial Bluemont Cemetery.

Euphronia Carlson Parkview Grafton City Hospital Barbour County Sho Gus Carlson St. John's Methodist Church Sarah Jane Isner William C. Isner Mary Saffel Grafton Bartlett Funeral Home L. G. Robinson Uciating Bluemont Cemetery

Seals Mailed To 1500 Citizens For Tuberculosis Drive

Frank M. Hollis Jr announces Taylor County Tuberculosis Association mailed 1947 Christmas seals to about 1,500 residents. Envelopes include return address for stamp purchases, funding X ray clinics and case finding services under the county’s tuberculosis control program.

Frank M. Hollis, Jr Taylor County Tuberculosis Association T. B Taylor County Cit

Schnabel Com Expands New Industry In West Virginia

Schnabel Truck Body continues expansion with a local plant at 56 Maple Avenue in the former Standard Garage site. The Pa based company, new to West Virginia, adds eight local employees and serves as distributor for school bus bodies and other commercial truck bodies. Operations began October 1 after preparatory work, supplying and repairing vehicles across the state.

West Virgton Garag Maple Avenue Gro Bakery West Virginia States

Hussion Named On Denne Ex Senator Joins District 29 Council

Ex Senator William J. Hussion of this city is elected to membership on the District 29 Machinist Executive council. He succeeds D. A. Horn of McMeen. The former state senator is the only local candidate to win a post in the recent council election and the only Grafton man on the council.

William J. Hussion Hussion D. A. Horn McMeen Grafton

Death of S F Lanford's mother at Charlottesville hospital

Friends learned with regret today of the death of S F Lanford's mother in a Charlottesville Virginia hospital on Tuesday the 21st. Local inquiries and funeral arrangements being awaited.

S. F. Lanford Charlottesville, Va Steel Street

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