Grafton West Side Bus Trial Draws Community Support
Grafton residents begin a trial bus service at 6 30 tomorrow through Dec 23 to test demand in the West Side outpost and Pottery area. Over 1400 district residents signed petitions via the Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce showing strong interest. If demand holds, a permanent schedule may be developed later.
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Grafton
West Side
Leroy Kinter
Grafton Transportation Company
Out Avenue
Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Grafton Sentinel
West Virginia Holiday Cookies and Court Actions
In West Virginia the holiday program at the big army hospital proposes 35,000 cookies for patients as part of camp and hospital service efforts. In Clay County circuit court defense moves to overturn a verdict of voluntary manslaughter against E. H. Foley, a 47 year old United Mine Workers organizer, in the tar shooting death of mine foreman Joe Groves of Elk River Coal and Lumber. Rawson Kirk, also an UMW organizer, is indicted and to be tried next term.
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West Virginia
Big
Army Hospital
Camp and Hospital Service Committee
Woman's Club Music Dept Concert At First Baptist Church
Public invited to attend a concert by the Woman's club music department tonight at 8 o'clock at First Baptist church. The event invites community members to enjoy performances by club musicians and vocalists in a community evening of music.
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Music Department of Woman's Club
First Baptist Church
Miss Ora Pepper, 63, Akron resident, dies after hemorrhage
Former resident Miss Ora Pepper of 223 Jewett street Akron Ohio died in an Akron hospital at 1115 am Saturday after a cerebral hemorrhage. A Barbour county native she was daughter of the late Leonard and Mary Pepper. Survivors include two brothers Earsel Pepper of Grafton and Orus Pepper of Akron. Funeral services are set for 1030 am tomorrow in Akron with interment in Rosedale cemetery.
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Ora Pepper
Jewett Street
Akron
Ohio
Barbour County
Leonard
Mary Pepper
Earsel Pepper
Grafton
Orus Pepper
Rosedale Cemetery
Tony Ondo Service Here on Tuesday
Funeral services for Tony Ondo 86 of 634 West Main Street who died Saturday morning will be held tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Bartlett funeral home. The Rev Father M J Hannon will conduct with interment at Mt Calvary cemetery. A coal miner of Wendell he moved to Grafton three years ago. Survived by wife Mary Martin and children Joe Wendell Mike Grafton and Mrs Anna Tomocik Youngstown Ohio.
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Tony Ondo
West Main Street
Bartlett Funeral Home
M. J. Hannon
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Wendel
Grafton
Mary Martin
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Joe Ondo
Mike Ondo
Anna Tomocik
Youngstown
Ohio
Superforts Raid Nagoya and Hankow Targets
Allied bombers struck Nagoya in a two fisted day long raid after a December 13 strike, with 47 direct hits reported on the aircraft factory. A sizable force also attacked Hankow targets while Japanese broadcasts claimed several formations broke through over Japan. Bolivia is noted as a principal aluminum ore producer.
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Pass Vie
Bangkok
Thailand
Rangoon
Burma
Nagoya
Japan
Ble
H. S. Hansell
Saipan
Curtis le May
20Th Bomber Command
Hankow
West Virginia Men On Wounded In Action Lists
The War department reports 42 additional West Virginians wounded in action in European and Mediterranean theaters. Next of kin notified of status changes. Names include Bow ers Morgantown Goots Clarksburg Gordon Eldersfield Howard Caldwell Hudkins Bluefield King McComas Sizemore Morgantown Trickett Morgantown Zirkle Cas sity Adkins Lavalette Arbogast Durbin Ballengee Conner McComas Evans Faulkner Feck Ferrell Morgantown Gandee Emmons Kinder Lambert Weston Linn Hammond Sokolosky Fairfield Swick Chattaroy Williams Chattaroy Zaborowsky Wilkinson with interment planned at Woodsdale cemetery.
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War Department
West
John
C. Gora
Fata
College Ave
Eldefield
Robert B Howard
Enola F. Howard
Caldwell
Earnest J. Hudkins
Russell G. Hudkins
Sutton
Wilbur M. James
Juanita Q James
Raleight Terrace
Bluefield
Randolph King
Maggie King
McComas
Dewey T. Law
Alice Law
Kellysville
Francis Sigmon
Charles Sigmon
Dott. Tech
Carl D. Sizemore
Myrtle Sizemore
Glen
Raymond L. Trickett
Hazel V. Trickett
Wells St
Morgantown
Cletes Zirkle
Gordon Zirkle
Cassity
Willie L. Adkins
Lorena Adkins
Lavalette
Vere Arbogast
Minnie Arbogast
Durbin
Lassie C. Ballengee
Ella Ballengee
Judson
Ervin M. Conner
Ralph E. Conner
Mose Evans
Rebecca Evans
Delbarton
William F. Faulkner
Thelma Faulkner
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Dale R. Feck
Yettie
Feck
Box
Floyd H. Ferrel
Helen E. Ferrell
Middlebourne
Dewey B. Gandee
Lowsa J. Gandee
Ovapa
Leon
Princeton
Joseph Sokolosky
Blanch F. Sokolosky
Fairmont
Russell E. Swick
Edward Swick
Ireland
James H. Thompson
Mary J. Thompson
Chattaroy
Bill P. Williams
Mabel M. Williams
Bennie K. Zaborows
Uniform Home On Leave By Robert Curry Gunners Mate
Uniformed gunner's mate second class Robert Curry spends a 22 day leave with his Blueville parents while his North Bergen wife visits. Sgt. Charles Raymond Rogers and family also visit Blueville as Rogers works at El Paso hospital. News of service members wounded, hospital confinements, and a chaplain's humorous wartime anecdotes accompany local military notes and personal updates.
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Robert Curry
Armed Guard Center
Brooklyn
New York
Burt Curry
Blueville
North Bergen
New Jersey
Charles Raymond Rogers
el Paso
Texas
Charles L. Rogers
W. Shahan
Morgantown
Sgt. Rogers
William Beaumont General Hospital
Students face resignation or expulsion over campus kissing stance
Heller offered a choice of quitting or being expelled after stating we cannot have promiscuous kissing on the campus and that the university overemphasizes sex problems. She outlined writing a leaflet to protest university handling of student relationships and quoted officials forbidding kissing on campus. She argued actions against friends kissing their dates were unfair. The broader context notes ongoing ABA membership and antimony consumption data.
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Continuouivn
Heller
Miss Heller
Hatcher
Grafton Junior Chamber Raises 124.50 for Salvation Army
Members of the Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce assisted the Salvation Army Christmas Fund Drive last Saturday, delivering the largest single donation in years. Captain H. R Gilbert announced the total of 124.50 and thanked all Salvation Army members who supported the effort to fund Christmas for county children in need.
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Grafton
Card of Thanks for George Favish Death
Our heartfelt thanks and sincere appreciation are extended to the Bartlett Funeral Home and to all our relatives friends and neighbors for their words of sympathy and beautiful floral offerings extended at the death of our beloved husband and father George Favish. Mrs George Favish and daughter Sylvia.
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Bertlett
George Favish
Sylvia
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