Paul Booth Wins First Prize in City Beautiful Lighting Contest
Paul Booth of 212 N Pike street won $10 as first prize in the Grafton Woman's Club City Beautiful committee Christmas lighting contest. Second prize went to Dr. Robert Gerkin and third to Milford Griffith, with six honorable mentions and special nods to C&B Cleaners, the post office, and Grafton High School. Madrid lies near central Spain.
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Paul Booth
N. Pike Street
Grafton Woman's Club City Beautiful Committee
J. A. Jordan
Westinghouse Electric
Fairmont
Carroll
H. Curry
Monongahela Power
Ross R. Talbott
Grafton
Robert Gerkin
McGraw Avenue
Milford Griffith
Barrett Street
W. H. Jaco
J. W. McGahan
Brownlow Park
Russell Harman
Blueville
Victor Willhide
Beech
Paul Rogers
East Bluemont
Chester G. Breyer
McGraw Invenue
C&b Cleaners
Grafton High School
Elizabeth ‘Cather
Woman’s' Club
Sentinel
Light Thefts Prove Costly In Grafton Neighborhoods
Residents report thefts of outdoor Christmas lights as elaborate displays on McGraw avenue suffer repeated losses. Replacement costs soar with bulbs stolen in a wholesale fashion. Police say no arrests have been made. West side vandalism continues with Halloween window paintings and curfew enforcement appears to have faded.
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Grafton
McGraw Avenue
Mannner
West Side
Hallowe'en
Death of Frank E. Lyon of Mancelona
Word was received of the sudden death of Frank E. Lyon of Mancelona Michigan. He died on Wednesday leaving a widow Sally Evans sister of Mrs Clyde Gilbert and other Evans sisters. Panora services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Mancelona.
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Frank E. Lyon
Mancelona
Michigan
Sally Evans
Clyde Gilbert
Walnut Street
Alma Evans
Mary Scranage
Pruntytown Road
Panera
Boys Held For Probe Of Monday Break-In
Two boys from the state Industrial School for Boys at Prunty town were taken back to the school after several days in Taylor County jail over an alleged break in at Balls Service station and Settlers coal office in Flemington on December 26. Police reported theft of candy tobacco chewing gum and two dollars. The pair was returned to the school for inquiry.
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State Industrial School For
Prunty
Taylor County
Balls
Settlers Coal Office
Flemington
Parking Meters Five Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Dollars
Acting City Manager Walter H. Wolte reports July through December parking meter revenue. Street meters total 3,699.46 dollars, parking deck 1,778.99 dollars, north side 401.69 dollars, with a grand total of 5,880.14 dollars for the period.
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Walter H. Wolte
Police Probe Mystery of 18 Year Old Mary Austin
Philippi State police investigate the disappearance of an eighteen year old girl identified as Mary Austin of Grafton. She was reportedly found in a ditch along Philippi road Wednesday around 6 a.m. Officials say she was last seen with three companions, a girl and two boys in a car. names of friends not released.
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Philippi State
Mary
Austin
Grafton
Philippi Road
Preston Matron Killed In Mine
A 47-year-old woman Isa Pearl Forman of near Bruceton died in a roof fall while digging coal at an abandoned strip mine near Bruceton in Preston County. Sheriff W R Schooley said the fatal incident, the area’s first feraleine death, was reported today. Forman mined coal for home use due to her husband’s inability to work.
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Kingwood
Bruceton
Preston County
W. R. Schooley
Isa Pearl Forman
Irish Widow Faces Choice On 500000 Estate
Glenealy Ireland resident Anna Winifred Beatrice Lockhart may inherit three quarters of her uncle Russell Pickering’s 500000 dollar estate and Doylestown Pennsylvania home if she relocates to the United States. Pickering left the rest to cousins and charities, while a nursing home plan may proceed if she declines.
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Glenealy
Wicklow
Ireland
Pennsylvania
Anna Winifred Beatrice Lockhart
Russell Pickering
Doylestown
Pickering
Woodsman Dies After Tree Fall Near Friendsville
Kingwood Lakla Schroyer a 46 year old woodcutter from Friendsville Maryland was fatally injured when a tree fell during work last Tuesday in Preston County He died Thursday at Preston County Memorial Hospital after lying unattended for about three hours his companion Nathan Gibbs recounting that another tree dropped the one that struck him while the men were felling timber
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Kingwood
Lakla Schroyer
Friendsville
Tues
Gay
Preston County Memorial Hospital
Schroyer
Preston County
F. W. Pritt
Nathan Gibbs
Boulder crushes woman as two boys watch in horror
A three ton boulder crushed a woman while two young boys in the home looked on in horror. The grisly incident underscores the danger posed by unstable rock formations, with witnesses recalling the sudden, shocking collapse and emergency responders arriving at the scene.
Drivers Warned To Follow Law On New Year’s
Police Chief Joe Mask warns New Year drivers that the law will be strictly enforced with no warning tickets. Two extra officers will patrol the New Years weekend to curb holiday violations. He urges careful driving to stay alive until spring amid possible sleet and ice.
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Joe Mask
Mask
Winter driving tips from Chief Mask on stopping distances
Chief Mask notes harsh conditions raise stopping distances. On packed snow 21 mph equals 50 mph on dry pavement. dry concrete at 20 mph stops in 21 feet. Hard packed snow varies 38 to 60 feet with tires. glare ice 110 to 250 feet, chains reduce to about 80 feet. Wet surface may require chains. Safe driving hinges on visibility and wipers.
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Mask
National Safety Counncil
Ice and Snow Removal Advice Tactics
The snippet hints at advice on scraping ice and snow from windshields and windows. It suggests guidance on clearing ice, with focus on safe methods and proper techniques for visibility and vehicle safety. The fragment implies practical steps but lacks full details or context.
25 000 Veterans Likely To Miss WV Bonus Deadline
Approximately 25 000 veterans in West Virginia are expected to fail to meet the December 31 deadline for the veterans bonus. Officials cite gaps in publicity and note two extensions past 1952. The agency has paid about $68 million to 244 000 claims since 1951 with more than 6 000 additional valid claims filed.
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West Virginia
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Robert B. Moran
Moran
Card of Thanks for Fire Department Aid
We thank friends neighbors and the Fire Department for their help when we were burned out Harold E Sorga and Family express gratitude for the support and assistance received during the incident.
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Fire Department
Harold E. Sorga
Funerals for John Lewis Smith and Edward Kirby
Services set for Saturday at 1 pm for John Lewis Smith at the Simpson Community home Buck Run Road led by Rev Clyde Bush. Burial follows in Simpson Cemetery. Friends may call. Edward Kirby to be honored Saturday at 2 pm at Bartlett Funeral Home led by Rev Noah Sullivan. Burial in Webster Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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John Lewis Smith
Simpson Community
Buck Run Road
Clyde Bush
Simpson Baptist Church
Burths
Simpson Cemetery
Edward Kirby
Servces
Bartlett Funeral Home
Noah Sullivee
Church of the Nevarene
Webster Cemetery
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Spain
Preston Matron
Evans Furniture
Vermont
Green Mountain
Horwich
Gay Leneenerie
Magnesia
Issa
VICK
Parke-Davis
Sofskin Moierare
Roftens
Deep Cut Rate Drug Store
Rexall Store
Malone
Aga
Abe
Niron
Sree
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