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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1941

Page

5

Veteran Station Agent Snapp, 76, Dies in Harrisonburg

Harrisonburg Virginia January 1 Robert J Snapp a 76 year old veteran station agent who spent 35 of his 51 years with the Norfolk and Western Railroad as its agent at Fairton Va led a life noted for public service. A native of Romney West Virginia he was once president of the Norfolk and Western railroad veterans association and helped push for the Shenandoah National Park creation about 15 years ago.

Harrisonburg Robert J. Snapp Norfolk and Western Railroad Fairton Romney W. Va Snapp Norfolk and Western Railroad Veterans Association Shenandoah National Park Glen Bord Taylor County Marion County Industrial School Board of Trade C. M. Wells Grafton High Buckhannon James Thomas Osborn Thayer Avenue Gertrude Sommerville Joseph Fordyce West Penn Robert Norris Blueville Yacht Club Curtis Currey Lost Run Central West Virginia Hospital Service, Inc James C. Holt Elks Auxilary Union Baptist Convention Hepzibah Church R. EL. Stout Grafton A. Carl Lynch Knights of Columbus John Edward Clingan W. D. Clingan Clarksburg Mary E. Newman Independence Cecil Mylone Yates Avenue Simmons Beer Webster Mary A, Powers Deegan Maple Avenue Sons of American Legion Lois Lee Ford Joseph J. Lopez Jesse G. Corbin DeMolay Knights Templar Ethel Mae Davis Joseph Walter St. Augustine Catholic Church Katherine Marple Leggett Dorsey Street Hugh McPha A.F A. Masons J. P. Luke Mys Tig Sterling Motor Company West Main Street Morandy Flemington Elks Charles C. Robey Salvation Army Cambridge Joseph Marshall Lake Simpson Farmer Abraham Klein I. @.Klein Pennsylvania H. W. Dent Ray Evans Bluefield Rotary C. F. Shafer Woman's Christian Temperance Union Roosevelt Wilson Grafton Bearcats Blueville Methodist Norman Bethel Colored Republican Clarence Moatsville Arlie E. Leonard Gratton Kiwanis Club Paul Watson Mike William Mikutovich Pioneer Frank M. Hollis Young Democrats Shinnston Spartans Phoebe Cox Fellowsville Newburg Woodrow Standard Edgar Lee Clark Burgess Dean Moundsville Wooddell Howard Glenn Bolyard Sandy Creek A.B. Shroyer ACP T. J. Moran John Bradford Grafton Elks Lodge Sherman Friedman Philippi Bulldogs Grafton Sentinel Estella M. Wyckoff Simpson William B. Shafer Washington Mary D. McFarland Fairmont B. F. Donley Andrews Methodist Church A. Coleman Brown Mullens Arthur Lazenby St. John’s H. J. Mitchell Belington E. L. Lowery Durward Brown

A Doctor's Review 1940 Not an Eventful Year in Medicine

LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D. reviews the past year in medicine amid global tension. He notes no major medical breakthroughs, cites sulfanilamide efficiency but few new German contributions, and recalls wartime limits on science. The piece includes reader Q A on fatty tumors, pamphlet offers, and July events in Grafton area society and local notices.

Logan Clendening Clendening Germany France Italy Scandinavia J. R. Darnall Col. Darnall Wallace Irwin F.N

3000 Miles to Safety court summons Sheriff Evans

Miss Ruth Winifred Whiteman of Clarksburg marries Homer Junior Gatrell, former Grafton Sentinel manager now with Clarksburg Publishing in Philippi. Several local deaths noted, a Sunday school convention in Haymond, and multiple society events including weddings, anniversaries, and community meetings.

Evans Ruth Winifred Whiteman Clarksburg Homer Junior Gatrell Grafton Sentinel Clarksburg Publishing Company Philippi Charles R. Wagner Addison Street City Hospital Jennie Jolliffe Sapp J. A. Jolliffe Morgantown Taylor County Haymond Church George Pickens Rosa Maxwell Grafton Bellwood E. F. Clark Jane Lisk Russel Mathews Sentinel H. H. Rose Fairmont W. J. Hussion Poe Harvey Poe Oakey Wilson Grow Taylor County Sunday School Association

Italian Army portrait signals Cavallero rise to chief

Portraits Gen Ugo Cavallero as newly named chief of the Italian general staff, succeeding Marshal Pietro Badoglio after Italy’s Greece campaign reversal. Other items note deaths in Grafton and nearby towns, local elections, marriages, a parade, and community events.

Ugo Cavallero 3 General Staff Pietro Batol Greece

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