Financing School Idea Remains Undetermined
Charleston. State School Superintendent R Virgil Rohrbough proposes a five year incentive plan costing 75 million dollars with 12 million annually in matching county funds and 3 million yearly for cost of living increases. Governor Underwood backs the concept but seeks a revenue plan andYa says leadership may request a finance conference.
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Charleston
Virgil Rohrbough
Rohrbough
Cecil” H. Underwood
Underwood
State Board of School Finance
Department of Education
Boone
Brooke
Cabell
Doddridge
Hancock
Harrison
Lewis
Lincoln
Logan
Marion
Mineral
Mingo
Monongalia
Morgan
McDowell
Ohio
Pleasants
Preston
Putman
Tyler
Wayne
Wetzel
Wyoming
J M Shingleton Dies On Sunday Rites Thursday
John Merle Shingleton of Hagerstown Maryland died December 29 at 8 45 pm at age 52 He was born September 2 1905 in Taylor County the son of the late H C and Mary E Lockwood Shingleton His wife Opal Duckworth Shingleton survived by three children Robert Lee Jr Hagerstown Md David Merle Tacoma Park Md and Donald Lee Hagerstown Rt 1 Two brothers W Shingleton and J H Shingleton of Grafton Three sisters Mrs W E Hardin Trenton N J Mrs Ruth Shroyer and Miss Edna Shingleton Maitland Fla and one grand son He worked for Fairchild Aircraft Funeral services Thursday at 2 pm Bartlet Funeral Home Burial Bluemont Cemetery Friends may call after 7 pm Wednesday at Bartlet Funeral Home
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John Merle
Bartlett Funeral Home
Bluemont Cemetery
Eagles To Hold New Year Party at Eagles Home
Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie No. 2389 and Auxiliary members and families gather at the Eagles Home on West Main Street tonight for a New Year Eve party. President Hyle Sandsbury announced plans for an entertaining evening with food including ham and salads and invited all Eagles to join in celebrating the new year.
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Order of Eagles Aerie No
Eagles
West Main St
Hyle Sandsbury
Landsbury
Felow
Revival begins with New Year's Eve watchnight services
Beech Street pastor Rev. Hazel OBrien announces revival services starting tonight at 9 30 for New Year’s Eve watchnight. Evangelist and Mrs James West of Charleston will minister and sing. Cleaveland city site laid out in 1796 by Gen. Moses Cleaveland. city named for him.
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Hazel O'Brien
Assembly of God Tabernacle
Beech St
James ‘West
Charleston
City of
Cleveland
Moses Cleaveland
City
Mrs Shingleton Passes Suddenly In Maryland Rites Thursday
Mrs Opal Duckworth Shingleton aged 44 died December 29 at 8 45 pm on Route 1 Hagerstown Maryland born June 23 1913 in Grafton daughter of Floyd and Artie Duckworth widow of John Merle Shingleton survived by three sons Leland Robert Lee Jr David Merle and Donald Lee two brothers Leland and Bernard Duckworth and four sisters Ethel Rutherford Carl Nestor Mary Virginia Duckworth and Harold Deem one grandson funeral Thursday at 2 pm in Bluemont Cemetery Bart Funeral Home post-calls after 7 pm
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Opal Duckworth Shingleton
Rt. 1
Hagerstown
Grafton
Floyd
Artie Howatter Duckworth
John Merle Shingleton
Robert Lee, Jr
David Merle
Tacoma Park
Donald Lee
Leland
Bernard Duckworth
Ethel Rutherford
Rt. 4
Carl Nestor
Thornton
Mary Virginia Duckworth
Harold Deem
Fairmont
Bartlett Funeral
Bluemont Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Home
West Virginia employment dips in three metro areas
Employment in Charleston Wheeling and Huntington fell in the latest bi monthly report by the State Employment Security Department. As of Nov 15 total jobs in Charleston dropped from Sept and year ago levels with a 950 gain by chemical firms offsetting coal and non manufacturing declines. Wheeling saw a 2500 drop in two months and 3300 below Nov 1956 with manufacturing at 50800.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Wheeling
Huntington
State Employment Security Department
Ren
Kanawha
Fayette
Steubenville
Ohio
Ashland
Kentucky
Ironton
Firemen Pay Toward New Equipment at Year End Meeting
Firemen at the station last night designated a 500 dollar check to reduce the cost of truck and equipment bought nearly a year ago. The department will host the NCFA meeting January 10 at 7 30 pm with representatives from over 15 departments.
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Theraton Fire Department
NCFA
North Central Firemen's Association
Grafton
Simmons
St Augustine Plans Special New Year Masses
St Augustine Catholic Church pastor GerveV M. J Isauers announced special Masses for New Year’s Day. The Holy Day of Obligation masses will be held at 8 am and 5 30 pm with Benediction following the 5 30 pm service.
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Guervev
M. J. Isauers
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Two Escapees Are Retaken in West Virginia
Two youths aged 15 and 16 escaped from the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown. They were recaptured last night around eight o'clock by Marion County officials, after fleeing shortly before noon yesterday. Authorities in neighboring counties were alerted and later notified Taylor County officials that one boy from Chattaray and the other from a Moundsville foster home had been taken into custody.
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West Virginia Industrial School For
Pruntytown
Marion County
Taylor County
Chattaray
W. Va
Moundsville
Job-holders in Huntington total 46200 in latest survey
Metropolitan Huntington shows 46200 employed, down 1500 from mid September and 1650 from November last year. Manufacturing workers two years total 24500. Unemployment rises vary by region with 13.6 percent in Charleston, 43 percent in Wheeling, and 33 percent in Huntington, with forecasts of declines below November levels in the next two to four months.
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Huntington
Charleston
Wheeling
Angus Ferguson Dies in Fairmont Civil Engineer and Veteran
Funeral services were held in Fairmont for Angus Ferguson a former Grafton resident and Lansdowne Pa civilian director of construction in the Fourth Naval District public works division He served in the Army Corps of Engineers in World War I and later worked as county engineer at Grafton He is survived by his widow sister and three nephews with ties to Michigan and West Virginia institutions and towns
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Fairmont
Angus Ferguson
Grafton
Duncan
Mary MacQueen Ferguson
Pittsburg
Lansdowne
Fourth Naval Dstrict
Army Corps of Engineers
Lansdown
American Legion
Helen Jackson Ferguson
Robert Parks
Howell
Mich
Robert Parks, Jr
Detroit
Richard
Jack Tetrick
Clarksburg
Clyde 8, Tetrick
West Main To Have Service For New Year
New Year s Eve Watch Night Services start at 9 pm and run to 12 05 am at West Main St Methodist church. Attendees may come and go during the three hour service. Special speakers and singers will include Rev. William Wolfe Rev. William Cook and Rev. O Ray Martin with brief sermons at 9 45 10 45 and 11 45 respectively.
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West Main St. Methodist Church
William Wolfe
William Cook
O Ray Martin
Jordan Needs Financial Aid From United States
Foreign Minister Samir Rifai said Jordan will need about 50 million dollars annually from the United States for five to ten years. He noted half of the funds would support economic development and the rest would maintain Jordan's armed forces.
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Amman
Jordan
Samir Rifai
United States
U.S
Rifai
United Press
Farm Fresh Eggs Potatoes Prices Displayed
Market listing shows eggs at 39e per dozen and potatoes priced at 1.00 to 82.50 for 10 lb items. Additional 4 Ibe and 25 appear as part of bundled offers in the display.
Mrs Sterling Dies In Grafton Hospital At 68
Nellie White Sterling aged 68 of Grafton died December 31 at 3 a m in Grafton City Hospital after illness. She was born February 22 1889, daughter of the late Spencer K and Laura White. Survived by son James P Sterling Rt 2 Grafton, sister Lena Voeter of Grafton, and one grandchild. Funeral Thursday at 1 p m Knotts Funeral Home with Rev Virgil R Gillum officiating. Burial in Kingwood Cemetery. Friends may call after 10 a m. She was a member of Andrews St Pauls Methodist Church and lived in Taylor County most of her life.
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Nellie White Sterling
Rt Z. Grafton
Grafton City Hospital
Spencer K
Laura White
Franklin P. Sterling
James P. Sterling
Rt. 2
Grafon
Lena ,Oeter
Grafton
Andrews-St. Paul's Methodist Church
Taylor County
Knotts Funeral Home
Virgil R. Gillum
Kingwood Cemetery
Mrs Henderson Dies In Oregon Port Woman Passes in Portland Hospital
Elizabeth Poe Henderson of Portland Oregon died December 30 at 5 30 p m in a Portland hospital She was daughter of the late W d and Martha Poe of Wickwire community She leaves John B Henderson of Seattle Wash a brother Glen Poe of Akron three sisters Mrs G A Vincent Fairmont Mrs Fennie Jacobs and Mrs Lillie Daugherty of Grafton Funeral plans are incomplete.
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Elizabeth Poe Henderson
Portland
Oregon
W. d
Martha Poe
Wickwire
John B. Henderson
Seattle
Wash
Glen Poe
Akron
G. A. Vincent
Fairmont
Fennie Jacobs
Lake Rites Are Thursday for Mrs Lammie Warder Lake
Funeral services schedule for 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Mannington for Mrs. Lammie Warder Lake 85 widow of Goff Lake who died at her daughter Laila Chaddock home in Mannington. Burial will be in Webster Cemetery. Mrs Lake formerly resided in Webster and served as.
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Mannington
Lammie Warder Lake
Goff Lake
Laila Chaddock
Webster Cemetery
Correction notice for Grinnan survivors error
The Sentinel corrects a previous obituary error listing survivors of James A. Grinnan. The corrected list includes cousins Mrs. Mary Fordyce Miss Ina Warder Charles H. Warder and Miss Rose Lewin. It notes the first steel heat in 1864 at Wyandotte Michigan and adds that John C. Grinnan and Maude Dixon Grinnan were inadvertently omitted.
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Mary Fordyce
Ina Warder
Charles H. Warder P
Rose Lewin
Wyandotte, Mich
James A. Grinnan
John C. Grinnan
Maude Dixon Grinnan
the Sentinel
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